Huang Zonghan was unhappy, but he still had to do something. He really didn’t want to see Bai Gui’s face, so he handed over all the things that were responsible for receiving the city and taking the British into custody to Hua Tingjie and others. He said that he would also care for Min Gen and didn’t plan to go to Nancheng.
The flag and green campers in the camp of Guangzhou Xiezhen were released, and the foreigners went in and handed over their weapons like them. Hua Ting Jie was afraid that these flags would retaliate against the foreigners, and he also specially sent his own hands to the north of the city to escort the flag soldiers.
Zhu Jinglun has not been idle, and he has knelt down in front of a dozen coolies.
They all said that they were forced by foreigners to cry one by one. It turns out that they are not unreasonable or ignorant. Helping foreigners to do the right thing with the government is a big crime of rebellion. It is a pedantic scholar who takes it for granted that these people know very well that they are rich, but they also know in their hearts that doing things is not authentic. At least they know that they are a felony in the eyes of the government.
"Get up!"
Zhu jinglun waved his hand, but no one dared to get up
"My family’s adults are unappreciative when you get up, aren’t they?"
Next to Hou Jin, the leaders trembled and called them when they came. Hou Jin asked them if they were afraid of cutting pieces. These people knew that if the court decided that they were a traitor, it would be the year of death.
All of them were scared to death, begging Hou Jin to help them make it clear. Hou Jin told them that if their adults were willing to take them in, they would be guilty. Only then did these people kneel before Zhu Jinglun one by one.
After seeing these leaders get up, Zhu Jinglun immediately ordered
"You all know where the foreigner’s arsenal is, right? Now order all of you to follow Hou’s adult to collect the foreigner’s weapons!"
Property, this is a good thing. This group of people screamed and took action, and Zicong quietly told Zhu Jinglun that he knew where the foreigners’ treasury was.
Zhu Jinglun also wants the silver thing, but now he has no money to divide the spoils.
He knew there was bound to be something fishy in it, and then the lawsuit would be unclear. He didn’t want to get involved in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom treasure after the collapse of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which made Zeng Guofan and other ministers get into a mess. Can he get involved now?
It is serious to get a batch of British weapons first while Hua Tingjie has just entered the city and just contacted the British.
Although these heavy smokers are unbearable, they are the only forces that they can get into their arms and the only forces that can be mobilized.
I followed a group of coolies called Yelling, and found the British arsenal. The arsenal was guarded by a group of special officers and the British.
Of course, the other side refused to hand over their weapons.
Zhu Jinglun asked the officers if they knew that the British army had surrendered.
The officer said that he had received a notice to wait for the Qing army to hand over the arms.
Zhu Jinglun said that they just came to receive the Qing army from the arsenal.
The officer said these were coolies, not the Qing army.
Zhu Jinglun said that they had surrendered and had been incorporated by the Qing army. Now they are the Qing army.
The officer said that Zhu Jinglun did not receive the documents.
Zhu Jinglun stared at him and asked him if he could shoulder the responsibility of provoking the war between Britain and the Qing Dynasty again or if the other side wanted a few people to get along with him.
Two thousand coolies couldn’t beat each other, so the officer stared at Zhu Jinglun and chose to give in. Anyway, he had nothing to give up.
In this way, Zhu Jinglun robbed the British arsenal, not to mention it was a fortune, 5 thousand brand-new 153 Enfield rifles
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I didn’t expect the British to buy so many weapons. Of course, this is not the case. More than 1,000 British troops were prepared to be the main force of the British-French Coalition forces. They stayed in the north. Maybe the British prepared too many arms. After the main force of the Coalition forces took enough arms, there were so many left. Maybe they forgot. Who knows?
Anyway, now that Zhu Jinglun has taken such a big advantage, he doesn’t care how he got it. It’s serious to get rid of these arms first. Hua Tingjie and those people will come to receive them sooner or later and hide them before they start work.
The coolie is that two thousand people moved these things in one trip. On average, one person carried two rifles and two people carried a box of ammunition and easily moved to Houjin Baolai Inn.
Hua Tingjie and the others didn’t find the arsenal until noon, and they were dumbfounded when they saw the arsenal, such as Hua Tingjie and the person in charge of handing it over to Britain.
It didn’t take long for Zhu Jinglun. Who would have thought that the British officer guarding the arsenal knew Zhu Jinglun? Zhu Jinglun was a translator who often went in and out of the British army, but there were many translators. Who would have thought that the other side remembered himself?
So the lawsuit started.
The coolies are all hiding in the inn, smoking a big cigarette, but Zhu Jinglun is not hard to find. He is in the British military camp, wondering if he can get some British cannons, when Bai Gui sent someone to call him.
Bai Gui asked Zhu Jinglun why he wanted so many rifles.
Zhu Jinglun knew that things had come to light.
I don’t deny that "where do I want it? It’s for adults."
Baigui frowned. "I want so many fire walls. Is there a soldier in my hand?"
Zhu Jinglun woke up and said, "My Lord, have you forgotten that you asked the villain to surrender two thousand English coolies?"
Baigui one leng said, "Yes, it’s true that the officer asked you to have coolies to disturb the rear of Yingyi, which drove Yingyi to surrender because he had to give consideration to both. It’s really stupid that the officer had already forgotten it at this time."
Bai Gui is a wise man, and it must be done under his leadership.
But the rifle thing is not so easy to fool in the past. Bai Gui continued, "Hua County has ordered you to share the arms plot, so you have to give the officer an explanation."
Zhu Jinglun sighed, "This gun is a good thing. The villain looks greedy. Last year, when foreigners called, green camp, a city flag, and Xiangyong were vulnerable. This time, Huang’s adult sent troops to attack the city and broke the wall. Although an adult ordered the villain to cooperate with the outside world in the city, the villain also contributed to the acquisition of that batch of guns by Xiangyong."
Xiang Yong doesn’t know where to buy foreign guns, but it’s true. Not to mention Guangdong, there are many foreigners doing arms business in the sea. Not to mention Guangdong Xiang Yong can buy Taiping Heavenly Kingdom equipment. There are many foreign guns.
Baigui nodded. He understood why Zhu Jinglun wanted to rob these guns.
But I’m still not satisfied. "I let you have 2,000 coolies. You can take 2,000 guns. How can you take them all away and provoke Hua Tingjie to make noise in the old man’s ear? Go back and count them and give them to him."
Zhu Jinglun doesn’t even want to hand over a rifle. Although Xiang Yong is also equipped with these line-bore rifles, he can’t wield the power. There is no formal training rifle, that is, a poker. What’s worse, Zhu Jinglun deeply realized that the strength in his own hands is not much money. Five thousand rifles are far from satisfying Zhu Jinglun’s appetite. There is no way to let him hand over.
So he said, "My Lord, I heard that the magistrate of Hua County can send someone to copy the Yi people’s treasury. Why can he copy the treasury and we can’t copy the armory? God, that makes sense."
When I heard that Hua Tingjie copied the treasury, Bai Gui was more interested in it. He saved his life a few days ago. He spread out more than 100 thousand taels of silver back and forth. Over the years, more than half of it was gone, and it was very painful to recall.
I asked, "Is this serious?"
Zhu Jinglun said, "It’s true that the villain heard it from two foreign people. It is said that the people of Huachi County and Lichi County who copied the silver treasury almost fought. It is a good irony for foreigners to talk about this."
Bai Gui snorted "Disgrace!"
Zhu Jinglun quickly added a fire. "Besides, I want these guns as a precaution. In case foreigners call back in a few days, we may have a guy beside us."
Bai Gui was just thinking that Yinyi almost sat up when he heard the foreigner. "What did you say? You said the foreigner would call back?"
Bai Gui is afraid of foreigners. He almost fell on foreigners’ heads in his life.
Zhu Jinglun said, "That’s natural. These days, the barbarians in the city are waiting for the main force of the northern barbarians to return to Hong Kong. The villain sent rumors that the barbarians were fighting against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at sea, and Yingyi could not see the hope of rescue before agreeing to surrender. But this is all a rumor made by the villain. It’s almost time for the main force of Japan, Britain and Yi to arrive in Hong Kong. Maybe reinforcements are on their way now."
Bai Gui can’t sit still completely. "This is good."
He is really scared. If foreigners occupy Guangzhou again, he doesn’t even want to toss it. If they toss it again, he can’t stand his desperate efforts.
Zhu Jinglun said, "So we have to prepare early for foreigners to come and have hard objects in our hands to deal with it. Even if we recruit rural brave out of the city, we can catch our own team with guns. It won’t be so passive as this time."