1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Xiangshan is the hometown of Liang Yao, and it is also the main area for foreign immigrants since the Opium War. Many early immigrants in California also came from Xiangshan.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the immigration work, Liang Yao did not give gifts to the officials of Xiangshan after his fortune, and established a good relationship with the officials of Xiangshan County.

It's just that Fang Jianyuan has just arrived, and he hasn't done his homework well, so he doesn't know the details.

But it doesn't matter, the magistrate of Liushui, the squire of iron, as long as Liang Yao can win over the squire of Xiangshan, the attitude of the magistrate of Xiangshan is not that important to him.

Furthermore, in the Qing Dynasty, officials like Lin Zexu were a minority after all, and most officials were still easily corrupted.

"I have already informed Governor Ye about the army's transit and reorganization. I bought the land under my feet, and I also paid for the construction of the Xiangshan Port for berthing ships. It is also suitable for my soldiers to rest and reorganize on my land." Reasonable things, magistrate Fang, are you right?"

After Fang Jianyuan was seated, Liang Yao asked the accompanying followers to show Fang Jianyuan some tea.

"The Liang family was originally a prominent family in Xiangshan. After Liang Yao made his fortune, his foundation in Xiangshan has become more and more behind. The county lord, you have done what you should do just now, and the merchants have also seen it. Your lord governor We have also explained everything, we must not offend Liang Yao again."

When Fang Jianyuan took the teacup, Fang Jianyuan's master whispered in Fang Jianyuan's ear, hoping that Fang Jianyuan could speak more politely next time, so that both parties could have a step down.

"The Holy Majesty handed Xiangshan over to me. I have a heavy burden on my shoulders. It's been a troubled time recently. You have warships in port and soldiers in transit. This makes me very embarrassed."

Fang Jianyuan took a sip of tea pretending to be calm and said.

In addition to expressing embarrassment, Liang Yao was also powerless to prevent the soldiers of Liang Yao's warship from staying in Xiangshan.

In addition to the California Infantry Regiment and Arizona Infantry Regiment, there are more than [-] naval officers and soldiers from Perry in the navy. Including the sailors and related logistics personnel hired by Liang Yao himself, the number is four More than a thousand people.

A military force of this scale, let alone a county in Xiangshan and a province in Guangdong, even the modern military force of the Qing court with [-] people, is enough to drink a pot.

"Fang County is respected as the parents of Xiangshan County. As a former citizen of Xiangshan, I also understand the difficulties of Fang County Magistrate, so I specially prepared some California specialties to relieve Fang County Magistrate's worries."

As Liang Yao clapped his hands, the guard behind him quickly brought a heavy plate of gold to Fang Jianyuan.

Fang Jianyuan's eyes lit up, staring straight at the gold delivered to him, he couldn't help swallowing.

"Can these special products relieve the worries of the county officials?"

Liang Yao smiled and asked Fang Jianyuan.

"This thing can relieve worries better than Dukang wine."

Fang Jianyuan's entourage was all his confidantes, and in front of these confidants, naturally, he didn't have to put on a false pretense, show his integrity, and accept the special products he gave away unceremoniously.

In addition to the gold, Liang Yao also gave the room a set of books called "Tongjian of All Nations".

"Wan Guo Tong Jian" is a book he wrote while compiling history textbooks. Its main content is to introduce the history of countries in the world, especially European countries. The difference from the textbook is that the content of "Wan Guo Tong Jian" is more in-depth. Some, by the way, introduced the current international situation.

The understanding of the outside world in the Qing Dynasty during this period cannot be said to be ignorant, it can only be said to be ignorant.

Six years later, Tsarist Russia, which had just been defeated in the Crimean War, had the mentality that the West had lost the East, and threatened General Yishan of Heilongjiang. Signed the illegal "Aigun Treaty" with Muraviyov.

Let Tsarist Russia occupy more than 60 square kilometers of territory north of Heilongjiang and south of Outer Xing'an Mountains in China, and designate about 40 square kilometers of Chinese territory east of the Ussuri River as a "co-administered land" between China and Russia. The second Opium War Later, Tsarist Russia even took advantage of the fire to loot and directly occupied these so-called joint management lands.

After that, they carried out genocide of the Far Chinese residents in the Outer Northeast, Russified the Outer Northeast in the most brutal and bloody way, and completely occupied these territories.

The "Aigun Treaty" completely deprived Northeast China of its access to the Sea of ​​Japan, and the negative impact on the Northeast was immeasurable.

The most direct reason why this treaty can be signed is that the local officials of the Qing court are ignorant and cowardly about the outside world.

To Liang Yao's disappointment, Fang Jianyuan was more interested in gold than in "Wan Guo Tong Jian".

Wu Shangrong was very interested in the book written by Liang Yao. He picked it up and looked through it for a while and said to Liang Yao, "Young Master Liang, can you also give me a set of "Tong Jian of All Nations?"

Liang Yao nodded, and then asked someone to give Wu Shangrong a set of "Tongjian of All Nations". He looked at the Guangzhou merchants, and they were all relatively new faces. He didn't see Wu Yuanhua and Pan Zhengwei, so he asked Wu Shangrong: "Aren't Tingyu and Liangyi in Guangzhou?"

"A few days ago, Deshe (Pan Shicheng) brought Tingyu and Liangyi with the American tribute delegation to Beijing to pay tribute to the Holy Spirit, and now it is time to go to the capital." Wu Shangrong held the coil that Pan Shicheng gave him not long ago. answered the rosary.

Immediately, he introduced several core children of the Wu family and Pan Shicheng's sons Pan Gui and Pan Guorong to Liang Yao.

The arrival of Liang Yao also shocked the Guangdong authorities. Ye Mingchen and Xu Guangjin knew in their hearts that the hastily mobilized battalions of Green Battalion soldiers were Citi national soldiers who could not live in Xiangshan and landed in those years.

The attitude of Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong, was as negative as ever, and he ignored the fact that the Citi soldiers were stationed in Xiangshan for rest.

Xu Guangjin, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, had a completely different attitude from Ye Mingchen. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He mobilized his five battalions of supervisors and prepared to go to Xiangshan to suppress the soldiers of Citigroup.

"Ye Shaobao! The soldiers of Citigroup have arrived in Xiangshan! If Liang Yao's plan is wrong, his soldiers will come to the city of Guangzhou within ten days! I also ask Ye Shaobao to send soldiers from the Fubiao Battalion to follow me to Xiangshan!"

Xu Guangjin said to Ye Mingchen anxiously, hoping to borrow Ye Mingchen's support soldiers.

Although the governor of Guangdong and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi are civilian officials, they both have certain military powers, can control the green camps in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas, and have directly governed pacesetters under their command.

The two pacesetter battalions under the governor's command are called the Fubiao battalions, and the five pacesetter battalions under the governor's command are called the supervisory battalions.

Since they are directly under the jurisdiction of the governors, the combat effectiveness of the supervising and bidding battalions is generally stronger than that of the green battalions. Of course, the equipment and treatment are also better.There are as few as [-] people in the standard camp, and as many as [-] people in the standard camp. There is no customization, which is similar to the green camp in this regard.

"Why is Jinghou so flustered? General Muttern of Guangzhou is not as anxious as you. Why are you so anxious? Citigroup's conquest is Japan, and they will leave Xiangshan on their own in a few days."

Ye Mingchen stroked his beard and said very calmly.

It was no secret that the United States declared war on Japan, so Liang Yao informed Ye Mingchen in advance that his soldiers would rest in Xiangshan for a period of time.

In this regard, Ye Mingchen upheld his experience in dealing with foreigners, and neither agreed nor objected.

It's just that he didn't expect Liang Yao's soldiers to have more than [-] soldiers.
"Ye Shaobao! Mutten is a banner man! He came to Guangzhou to retire! You and I are local officials who hold the local military and political power. If there is a mistake in Guangdong, how will you and I explain to the Holy One?! To the people of Guangdong?!" Xu Guangjin paused.

Although General Guangzhou is the highest-ranking official in Guangdong and Guangxi, General Guangzhou does not have much real power, and the real power in Guangdong and Guangxi is actually in the hands of these two governors.

Mutten is a bannerman, and if the court pursues it, it will naturally not punish Mutten severely, but it is not necessarily the case with the two governors.

"There is no accident in Guangzhou, and there is no accident in Guangdong. The Fubiao Battalion of our Fu is responsible for defending the city of Guangzhou, and it cannot be easily transferred from Guangzhou." Ye Mingchen still looked indifferent.

Xu Guangjin went to Xiangshan by himself, anyway, he would not go, as for the two Fubiao battalions under his command, Xu Guangjin would not even think about taking a single soldier away.

"Hey! Confused!"

Seeing that Ye Mingchen was unmoved at all, Xu Guangjin knew that he would not be able to persuade Ye Mingchen, so he had no choice but to walk away and take his five supervisors to Xiangshan on horseback.

Xu Guangjin's soldiers arrived in Xiangshan together with the troops of the Xiangshan Xieluying battalion. At the same time, he asked Hong Mingxiang, the admiral of the Guangdong navy, to lead the Guangdong navy. The two armies advanced by land and water and surrounded Liang Yao's Xiangshan military camp.

For a moment, the atmosphere in Xiangshan became tense.

But Liang Yao wasn't nervous at all. In his eyes, the so-called Standard Supervision Camp was just an elite version of the Green Camp.

There is a qualitative gap between Xu Guangjin's pacesetters and his soldiers in terms of equipment, training level, and combat effectiveness.

In the entire Far East region, the only thing that can make Liang Yao feel nervous is the British army stationed on Hong Kong Island. He really doesn't pay attention to other troops.

"Finally met a decent magistrate." Liang Yao said to Deng Yan quite gratified.

"Second Uncle, you once served in the Guangdong Navy. Do you know Hong Mingxiang, the current admiral of the Guangdong Navy?"

"I don't know much about it. I was under the command of Guan Junmen (Guan Tianpei) when I was in the Guangdong Navy." Deng Yan shook his head and said, "I only heard that Hong Mingxiang had a close relationship with Governor Xu, and he was promoted seven times in a year. class."

"Up to seven levels in a row?" Liang Yao was very surprised at this rocket-like promotion speed.

"Yes, within a year, Hong Mingxiang was promoted from the defense to the capital, guerrilla, general, deputy general, co-tai, town (command), and finally promoted (admiral). He was the most popular figure in the Guangdong navy at that time. " Deng Yan said.

"However, as far as the broken ships of the Guangdong Navy are concerned, not to mention Hong Mingxiang, even if Guan Junmen is alive, there is nothing we can do about it. Compared with our ships, the ships of the Guangdong Navy are far worse."

Deng Yan's mentality was the same as Liang Yao's, not nervous at all.

He has been in the Guangdong Navy for decades, and has also dealt with the Green Battalion of the Xiangshan Association. He knows in his heart that neither the Guangdong Navy, the Green Battalion of the Xiangshan Association, nor the Supervision Battalion under Xu Guangjin can threaten him.

"Let's go, let's go out and meet Governor Xu for a while."

Liang Yao got up and said.