Back at the mansion behind Qichang Foreign Service, Han Xiufeng wrote down the letter as if he was not caring at all, and wrote down everything he had experienced at night in detail, asking Ding Gui to take it back overnight to report to Yang Nengge.

The next morning, I was planning to ask Xiao Wuzi to the foreign company to ask if there is any news about "selling chickens". Huang Yunsheng, a friend of the "selling chickens", not only returned from Jiangnan Camp, but also brought a familiarity that could not be more familiar.

old acquaintance.

"Brother Han, it is said that scholars should be treated with admiration after three days of separation in Taizhou. After only a few days of separation in Taizhou, you have been promoted again! If you hadn't seen the translation of the Taiwan Department to Jiangnan Daying, you would just listen to the one-sided words of the surname Huang

, I won't believe it even if I beat it to death." This is the first time Zhou Xingyuan has come to Shanghai. He has never seen a foreigner before, let alone lived in a villa. He said while pressing the chair under his butt, and seemed to be curious about why the chairs the foreigner sat on was so

soft.

Han Xiufeng was also very happy to meet an old friend in a foreign land. While greeting him for tea, he asked curiously: "Brother Zhou is radiant and there must be something good. Can you tell me first and let me be happy for you."

Zhou Xingyuan was so excited when he was happy, and he couldn't help but bow and smiled: "I have to support my brother, and I have to seek Kaifu. But compared to me, my good deeds are really nothing."

"So the official has been restored?"

"It's not so easy to reinstate an official position. Just now, the Shanghai County Magistrate who has just been appointed, Xiang Shuai is still asking for help for your sake. But then again, I, Zhou Xingyuan, was dismissed from his post and never told me.

It is not easy for people who use it to find a good start and a lack of it."

"This is, after all, the most difficult thing is Kaifu." Han Xiufeng smiled and asked curiously: "Brother Zhou, Xiang Shuai is using people. He asked you to come to Shanghai, not only the acting county magistrate

That's that simple, right?"

"I know I can't hide it from me." Zhou Xingyuan looked back and saw that the study door was closed. He thought that Xiao Wuzi should be guarding outside at this moment, so he said worriedly: "Changmao divided his troops to attack the west, and the court not only did he do it.

He frequently drew troops from the Jiangnan camp, and issued an order to urge Xiang Shuai to attack the city every few days. But Xiang Shuai was not only short of troops, but also had food and salary, and even the guns and cannons were not sharp. Tell me how Xiang Shuai attacked this city.

How did Xiang Shuai fight this battle?"

Thinking that Xu Naizhao transferred Xue Huan, Liu Cunhou, Hu Songlin and Qin Ruhai from Jiangnan Camp to Shanghai to quell the rebellion, Han Xiufeng realized that there were probably only a few thousand soldiers left in Jiangnan Camp, Xiang Shuai.

Now, I can only sing the "empty camp plan". Not only do I have no spare energy to attack the city, but I even have the danger of blocking Changmao and protecting financial resources such as Suzhou and Hangzhou.

"Brother Zhou, did Xiang Shuai ask you to come to Shanghai to raise funds and get guns?"

“That’s right.”

"It's easy to make a gun. With Wu Jianchang here, as long as you have money, not to mention foreign guns and cannons, even foreign ships and soldiers can be hired. But where does the money come from?" Han Xiufeng touched the corner of his mouth and then said, "Yang Xiang."

The handsome man asked you to act as a county magistrate, but the county magistrate needs to listen to the county magistrate! The new Shanghai magistrate Sun Feng is not a difficult task to deal with, but now he, the county magistrate, doesn't count. Not only is Wu Xu staring around him, everything is happening

You have to report to the new Su Song Taidao Yang Nengge. It’s not that you say something discouraged, but the errand that Xiang Shuai gave you is not easy to handle."

Zhou Xingyuan did not feel depressed, but asked, "Brother Han, Wu Xu is Xu Naizhao's man, right?"

"You even know this!"

"If I don't find out clearly, if I don't prepare, I won't dare to come."

"Brother Zhou, this matter is not as simple as you think. You must know that Shanghai is not Shanghai a month ago. Xu Naizhao wants to raise food and funds on the spot, and Yang Nengge is also trying to raise money on the spot.

.How much money can the people have? If they have money, they will not resist food or even rebel with the rebellion. Let’s put it this way, now everyone is staring at me, the nameless Jiang Customs Supervisor, and those who have escaped from the county town.

Gentlemen and merchants in the concession.”

"Brother, don't worry, I won't make any decisions about you."

"Then how do you plan to raise the silver?"

Zhou Xingyuan took out a letter bag from his arms without pride. Han Xiufeng took it and took it out and saw that it was a document issued by Peng Yuwen, the general grain station of Jiangnan Daying. He actually ordered Zhou Xingyuan to come to Shanghai to start Lijin.

"Brother Zhou, you have two positions. You are both the county magistrate of Shanghai and the general office of the Silk Tea Bureau that directly obeys the General Grain Station!"

"If you don't have a good reputation, it will be unpleasant. If you don't become this county magistrate, it will be difficult to set up a card to collect two items of silk tea donations." Zhou Xingyuan put down his tea cup and smiled confidently, "It's Xiang Shuai who came to Shanghai to start a donation.

I followed the Jiangbei Camp and asked the court for approval. Not to mention Yang Nengge, even Xu Naizhao and Jierhanga would not interfere."

Han Xiufeng didn't expect that the court would agree to the Jiangnan Camp to start a donation like Jiangbei Camp. When he thought that the General Grain Station was still Peng Yuwen, he couldn't help but ask with a smile: "If you want to prepare two accounts if you say so?"

"When I receive the lijin, I will pay more or less some of it to Lord Peng, and all the rest will be used to make guns."

"Brother Zhou, do you think Lord Peng is so relieved to you, so he wouldn't send someone to stare at me?"

"Mr. Peng is an old minister of three dynasties. The court has entrusted him with important tasks to serve as the General Grain Station of Jiangnan Daying. How could he not know the good intentions of the court? Not only did he not feel at ease with me, Zhou Xingyuan, but also Xiang Shuai. It's just that he is old and old.

He is weak, lacks energy, and can doze off even when he speaks, so he can't care about these things."

Looking at Han Xiufeng's thoughtful look, Zhou Xingyuan said again: "And Xiang Shuai just asked me to start two donations for silk tea in Shanghai, not to ask me to do the whole Songjiang Prefecture donation, not to do it.

When he saw any business, he would snatch a lot of money, which was almost the same as picking up a hole from his old man’s hand.”

Foreigners sell opium and foreign goods to China. The goods that China can sell to foreigners are mainly silk tea. Shanghai is also a big wharf. Not only Su Songtai and other governments, but also silk tea from all over Zhejiang is mostly transported to Shanghai to foreigners.

Trading. In other words, what Zhou Xingyuan wants to collect next is not just the silk tea gold from Shanghai, but the silk tea gold from the entire Jiangnan.

Thinking that he would be rich as soon as he opened his door, Han Xiufeng looked at him and asked, "Brother Zhou, you gave Xiang Shuai the idea of ​​starting two-item donations for silk tea in Shanghai, right?"

"I guessed it again, but I can rest assured. Although Zhou loves money, a gentleman loves money and makes it easy. The reason why he came up with this idea and volunteered to come to Shanghai was really to repay the support of his son.

kindness!"

Zhou Xingyuan looked sincere and said something powerful.

Han Xiufeng believes that he is a kind person, but he really can't believe whether he can be fair and honest. After all, Qianli is an official only for money. But I think that if Xiang Shuai changes someone, he might not be able to be there.
Chapter completed!