Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 518 Deng Fei's Spring

When he woke up, Deng Fei still felt a little dizzy.There was a faint scent of Chinan mixed with perfume and powder in his nostrils, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

In his confusion, he was about to turn over and get up when he heard a female voice speaking with a southern Hokkien accent softly outside the veil: "Are you awake, my lord? I'll get you some water to wash up right now."

Concubine?Deng Fei's mind suddenly thumped, and his first reaction was that I'm sorry!

It has been the fourth day since Beihai Town and his group came to Bagua City in Jiading. Ruan Fuying entertained them graciously every day, and said a lot of grateful words, and they were short of beheading chicken heads and burning yellow paper with Deng Fei, calling him brother.When she learned that Deng Fei was over [-] years old and not yet married, Ruan Fuying even proposed to betroth her eldest daughter Ruan Yuzhu to him.When he heard that the beautiful princess was only nine years old, Deng Fei almost choked to death from the alcohol, isn't this a joke!
The veil at the head of the bed was lifted by a pair of pure white hands and hung on the golden faucet hook.At this time, the sun was hitting the man from the side, and Deng Fei could see clearly that the woman was beautiful, with dark eyebrows, white skin, and a snow-white plain dress. .

For a moment, Deng Fei was a little dazzled.

"Bang! Bang!."

At the same time, in the martial arts arena in Bagua City, Guangnan King Ruan Fuying held the "84-style" revolver Deng Fei gave him and shot continuously at a wooden target 20 meters away.Behind him are several French officers and several generals from Guangnan.

Ruan Fuying started his career as a martial artist, he is good at using shotguns, and his shooting skills are also good.The silver-plated revolver that Deng Fei gave when they first met Ruan Fuying couldn't put it down. After the officer of the Northern Navy who accompanied him yesterday taught him how to load and shoot, he brought his men down early this morning to test the gun.After the initial discomfort caused by the recoil, Ruan Fuying quickly mastered the shooting skills and hit the target with every gun.

If there is no Beihai Town, the world's first revolver will not appear until another 40 years, so the shock brought by this thing to the Guangnan monarchs and ministers can be imagined.As for the white smoke caused by the leakage of gunpowder gas, that's nothing to worry about. The smoke from a flintlock gun is much heavier than this.

Seeing that Ruan Fuying shot out all six bullets in an instant, everyone behind him was stunned.Among these people were not only the five French officers recruited by Peter, but also Deng Chenchang, Ruan Van Thanh, Vu Van Thanh, Le Van Yuet and others.

Philippe Vanier said excitedly: "Lord Ruan, we must get such a weapon! With this, your troops will be even more powerful! Our navy will no longer be afraid of those Xishan thieves in melee combat!"

This is the captain of the largest warship of the Guangnan Navy, the "Fengfei".Although the ship is big, the weapons that can be equipped are pitiful. Except for a few cannons, there are not even 30 muskets.With this level of equipment, when facing the Qianliao Guangzhou Ship of the Xishan Shui Army, it can only shoot a few shots and run away.

Li Wenyue at the side shook her head and said, "It's difficult! Lord Ruan doesn't know something, that Admiral Deng completely refused to sell weapons, saying that no weapons would be sold without the permission of His Royal Highness Zhao Wang."

"I don't know what kind of person that Zhao Wang is, he can train such a strong army and create a god like Thor." Ruan Fuying sighed, handed the pistol to another French officer, and asked kindly: "Ruan Zhang Qi, can this gun be imitated?"

The Frenchman he called "The Hand" was named Victor Olivier de Pimanuel, Annan's name was "Ruan Wenxin", and "The Hand" was Annan's official position as a military officer. Yu Daiqing's lieutenant general.Not only him, but several other French military officers recruited by Peter also took the name of Annan, and their official positions were all "hands-on-hand".

Pimanuel is a construction engineer, and he worked as a volunteer on a French warship before defecting to Nguyen Phuc Anh. The Bagua City in Jiading was built by referring to the theory of French Marshal Vauban.This person not only knows how to build cities, but even presides over the European-style training of Ruan Fuying's army. He is considered an all-rounder in military affairs.

Right now, due to the shortage of food, grass and weapons, Pimanuel has only [-] new-style troops under his command.In history, this person trained a total of [-] soldiers for Nguyen Phuc Anh. These soldiers wore bamboo hats, wore British-style loose uniforms, performed European-style military salutes, and were barefoot.
Pimanuel took the pistol and looked it over carefully, then picked up the bullets and caps in the box and looked at it for a while, then shook his head and said, "Master Ruan, the structure of this weapon is extremely precise. The magazine is completely milled out of a piece of steel with a lathe, not to mention Jiading, I don’t think even local governance or Europe can make it. The technology of these Chinese people is too advanced!”

Ruan Fuying frowned after hearing this, and said to Li Wenyue who was in charge of the negotiation: "I need to discuss this matter with Admiral Deng again, and let them sell some weapons no matter what."

Li Wenyue said: "Your Majesty, I heard from Admiral Deng that their King Zhao is now fighting Eros in the extreme north. It will take half a year to get in touch, and it will take at least a year."

"What?! Those Chinese are at war with the Tsarist Empire!"

Li Wenyue said: "Yes. Admiral Deng just mentioned a few words in the chat. They have been fighting with Eros for several years, and now they have captured a large area of ​​land. It is said that the east, west, north, south, and north are thousands of miles away. But those place names and people's names sound like It's a mouthful, and I didn't remember a few of them. It seems that a marshal named 'Rutsev' was also killed by them, and tens of thousands of people were captured."

Several French officers were all shocked when they heard the news. Although they have now taken refuge in Ruan Fuying, they are all French after all. Such a big event in Tsarist Russia will definitely have a serious impact on the situation in Europe.

Jean-Baptiste Marie Dayo, who is in charge of the Guangnan Navy, bowed slightly to Ruan Fuying and said, "Dear Lord Ruan, please allow me to meet with that General Deng. I would like to ask him carefully. After this matter, the situation will be sent to the local government of the French Governor-General."

"Yes." Ruan Fuying also wanted to know more about Beihai Town.

For this sudden northern force, Ruan Fuying was a little scared because of its strength.Just hearing from Jiang Fan that Beihai Town defeated the Qing army several times shocked all the civil and military people in Guangnan.

It is said that the prestige of the Eight Banners soldiers had already spread throughout Southeast Asia during the Qing-Myanmar War. Although Ruan Guangping defeated Sun Shiyi's green battalion, when he learned that Qianlong had sent the Eight Banners soldiers to the south, he immediately surrendered and negotiated peace, posing as a "lie down" flat" posture.

Thinking back to when the Qing army attacked Burmese Laoguantun, 1.8 Qing troops defeated tens of thousands of Burmese soldiers armed by the French in field battles, and even thousands of French mercenaries fled. All countries know that a field battle with the Qing army is death!
And Beihai Town actually lost its weight, dared to use thousands of people to fight tens of thousands of Qing troops in field battles, and fought more than once, and each time it was a big victory.

As for Ruan Fuying's deep heart, he was both happy and worried. The happy thing is that with the help of such a force, it will be much easier to deal with the army of the Xishan Dynasty;
He had already thought about it, and planned to send an envoy to the north no matter what, to visit the legendary "King Zhao" and find out the true strength of Beihai Town next year.

These days, Ruan Fuying and his staff worked hard to win over that "Admiral Deng".Since the nine-year-old daughter was not good enough, he asked his ministers to choose a beautiful and talented woman from among the Mingxiang people in Jiading. Taking advantage of Deng Fei's drinking yesterday, he sent her to serve directly by her side.If the other party is not satisfied with this, he will be at the end of his rope.

At this time, in the courtyard specially vacated for Deng Fei in the palace, a 16-year-old girl stood aside, helping Deng Fei serve porridge and vegetables.These years, Deng Fei is single and often lives on the boat, so he is used to being alone.Right now, there was someone he didn't know standing beside him, which made him a little uncomfortable.

After finishing the two bowls of porridge, Deng Fei put down the bowl, wiped it with a silk scarf, and asked the woman, "Uh, what's your name, Miss?"

"My surname is Chen." The woman's voice was soft and sweet, very pleasant to hear.

"Is the girl a local? Tang Dynasty?"

"It's from the Tang Dynasty, the ancestor of the family, Lord Yilue."

What is Yi Lue Gong?Deng Fei hadn't heard of it at all. He pointed to the chair opposite and said, "Girl, let's sit down, let's chat for a while. You stand while I sit, it's not good."

The corner of the woman's mouth turned up slightly, thinking that this person was interesting, so she walked to the opposite chair and sat down comfortably, but her upper body was still facing Deng Fei sideways, and her head was lowered slightly to show the difference between men and women .

During the chat afterwards, Deng Fei learned that this Miss Chen was a descendant of Jiading Mingxiang, her ancestral home was Gaozhou, Guangdong, and that Duke Yilue—that is, her great-grandfather was Chen Shangchuan, who was well-known in the history of Annan.

Chen Shangchuan was a scholar during the reign of Chongzhen. After the Qing soldiers entered the customs, he first served the Yongli court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and was later appointed by Zheng Chenggong as the general army of Gao, Lian and Lei.After the end of the San Francisco Rebellion, Chen Shangchuan did not want to become a citizen of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he and his deputy Chen Anping led 3000 people to Tuodang Port (Da Nang in the north of Hoi An) on [-] warships.

At that time, Guangnan was reclaiming the south, so Chen Shangchuan and another overseas Chinese leader Yang Yandi were ordered to go to Bianhe and Dingxiang in the south to open up wasteland.Some of the [-] tribes brought by Chen Shangchuan stayed in Hui'an to settle down. These people were the ancestors of the Mingxiang people in Annan, the "ten elders" and "six surnames" mentioned earlier.

Chen Shangchuan was granted the title of Marquis of Shengcai and Governor of Jiading by Lord Ruan at the time.Under its decades of operation, the Jiading area has become increasingly prosperous, not only from a swamp to a land of fish and rice, but also a trade transfer station in Southeast Asia. In 1720, Chen Shangchuan died at the age of 90. The local Mingxiang people and local people all admired his merits and virtues, and built a shrine to worship him. The incense has been burning for decades.

However, even such a family could not escape during the "Jiading Massacre".Thanks to the great fortune of the Chen family, all the female relatives who went to Hexian Mansion due to the war escaped unharmed, while none of the men who stayed in Jiading were killed.

The actions of the Northern Navy to attack Hue and Hoi An made the Chinese in Jiading inexplicably grateful, and it also made the Chen family feel relieved.However, even if they want to make friends, it is impossible to talk about sending a daughter, because Deng Fei is just a warrior in their eyes.If Ruan Fuying hadn't asked his important minister Li Guangding to come forward to plead, the Chen family would never have sent this little daughter here anyway.

After chatting with Ms. Chen for a while, the time has come to 8 o'clock in the morning. According to yesterday's agreement, in one hour, it will be the day to formally sign the contract with Guangnan.

At this time, Jiang Fan had finished washing. When he came to the courtyard and saw that breakfast was ready, he hurriedly sat down and ate.

Deng Fei smiled and said, "Mr. Ziping, did you drink until midnight yesterday?"

Holding the bowl, Jiang Fan glanced at Miss Chen standing behind Deng Fei, just smiled and said nothing.

He's been very good these days.When I first met Ruan Fuying on the first day, I learned that Jiang Fan was a master of Confucian classics in the south of the Yangtze River.Ruan Fuying treated him with respect as a disciple, and even hoped that Jiang Fan could accept apprentices and teach in Jiading.

In the past few days, Jiang Fan not only discussed with Ruan Fuying's important officials Li Guangding, Wu Congzhou, Zheng Huaide, Wu Renjing and other classics, poems, and article allusions, he even visited the teacher of the three, Wu Changzuan.

The 81-year-old is an unknown figure in Annan's history.He is also a descendant of the Tang Dynasty. His ancestors immigrated to Jiading in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.Wu Changzuan then gave up becoming an official and lived in seclusion to teach apprentices.Many of his disciples became famous officials of the Nguyen Dynasty in the future.

When he learned that Jiang Fan belonged to Gu Yanwu's lineage and studied under Hui Dong, a master of Confucian classics, Wu Changzuan actually took the other's hand and claimed to be the last student.In the subsequent conversation, he admired Jiang Fan's knowledge even more.

Jiang Fan humbled himself and said that his little knowledge is really nothing. Wang Rongfu, Hong Junzhi, Liu Duanlin and others under Zhao Wang's command are all famous talents in the world, and they are many times better than themselves in knowledge. The master and apprentice of Dewu Changzuan are fascinated leisurely.Everyone in Beihai town can accept such Confucian classics as their subordinates. I don't know what kind of person that King Zhao is.So in his daily speech, he was even more respectful to Deng Fei and others.

Deng Fei didn't expect that Jiang Fan, who was just a small staff officer, could be valued so much by Ruan Fuying and his ministers. It seems that he was really right to bring him to the south this time.

On January 1791, 1, Deng Fei, on behalf of Beihai Town, and Guangnan King Ruan Fuying formally signed an agreement in the main hall of the palace located in Bagua City, which is known as the "Jiading Treaty" in history.The two sides agreed:
50. Beihai Town lent a total of 20 taels of silver to the Guangnan regime at one time, interest-free, and repaid in [-] years;

50. Beihai Town leased Ganling'ao from the Guangnan government for a period of 5000 years, with a one-time payment of [-] taels of silver per year;
[-]. After the Guangnan regime achieved the reunification of Annan, it retreated the Sino-Vietnamese Yunnan section of the border to the Dahuamo River, and ceded Lang Son Province on the Sino-Vietnamese border in Guangxi.At that time, the two sides will erect monuments on the border as evidence, and will never regret it;
[-]. The Hoi An area is temporarily managed by Bei Hai Town, and Bei Hai Town is allowed to recruit an army composed of all Chinese in Hoi An, with a maximum number of [-].After Nguyen Phuc Anh occupies Quang Ngai Province, the North Navy will return Anh;

2. Within one month after the signing of the treaty, no later than February 15th in the Gregorian calendar, the North Navy will attack Phan Thiet from south to north along the coastal road, and assist Quang Nam in capturing Binh Thuan province.

After the treaty was signed, Deng Fei immediately returned to the Thunder God moored in Qinchu Port, sent a telegram to the North Navy Staff Headquarters to inform the situation, and sent the full text of the treaty verbatim.After Beihai Town received the telegram, it immediately sent a telegram to Zhao Xin in Siberia by way of relay.

That night, Zhao Xin saw the telegram.He was very satisfied with Deng Fei's replacement of Conlun Island with Cam Ranh Bay, and he was so busy that he even forgot such an important place.

On the morning of January 1, Beihai Town received a series of orders from Zhao Xin.

First of all, the mint immediately opened the mold and produced 60 tons of blanks. The material ratio of the blanks was mixed according to the ratio of copper, lead and six.After all the work is completed, these things will be transported to Hoi An together with a coin press, a [-]MV diesel generator and foundry workers along with the Jinglei, where the North Navy will produce the copper coins needed by Nguyen Phuc Anh.

The diameter of the copper coin is 25 mm, and the weight is 3 grams. The pattern on the front is Thor, and the wording on the back is a penny.In fact, because the copper coins in Beihai Town are all solid, the actual value of the copper coins is much higher than a penny.However, Zhao Xin didn't care about this little money. Ruan Fuying would melt it down if he had the ability, as long as he wasn't afraid of losing money.

At the same time, Li Ji and Ding Guofeng, who were in charge of logistics, also received orders.Li Ji extracted 30 taels of silver from logistics and handed it over to Ding Guofeng. Except for Ruan Fuying, the rest was used to go to Siam to buy a ship.

As for Ding Guofeng, before February 2th at the latest, he must carry the above-mentioned materials and the strength of the two battalions, fill up the diesel, and head south to Hoi An to refuel the Thor.

From then on, Beihai Town finally had its first foothold in the South China Sea.However, it was precisely because of this treaty that Nguyen Phuc Anh was scolded bloody in the history books of Annan hundreds of years later.Scholars of later generations in this time and space believe that although he unified the turbulent and divided Annan society, and then implemented a series of reforms, which played a role in promoting social development; The foundations of the Red River Plain were laid.

(End of this chapter)