1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 270 Xu Guangjin

"Hong Junmen! The foreigners are aiming their guns at us!"

Outside Xiangshan Port, the warships flying the flag of Citigroup aimed their guns at the ships of the Guangdong Navy. Facing the black hole of the guns, the sailors of the Guangdong Navy were terrified and hurriedly reported to Admiral Hong Mingxiang situation.

"Understood, this military sect is not blind!"

Hong Mingxiang's complexion is dignified. As a hot figure in Guangdong in recent years, Hong Mingxiang has been doing well in recent years, and the comments from all walks of life are very high.

The imperial court praised his performance in suppressing bandits, and Xu Guangjin relied heavily on him, praising him as the pillar of Guangdong's sea frontier.

But the Guangdong navy has a few catties and a few ounces, and Hong Mingxiang still knows in his heart that the Guangdong navy is barely capable of exterminating the Pearl River water bandits and pirates along the coast of Guangdong.

But to expect the Guangdong Navy to intimidate the foreigners, and go head-to-head with the foreigners' warships, that would be too much for the Guangdong Navy.

Since the signing of the "Nanjing Treaty" in the 1842nd year of Daoguang ([-]), the attitude of the Western barbarians headed by the English has become more and more arrogant, and the Guangdong authorities have become less and less important.

The British ships also often provoke troubles. As for the Citigroup people, although Hong Mingxiang has little contact with them, in his eyes, the Citigroup people are no different from the English people.

If it wasn't for Xu Guangjin's kindness to know him, Hong Mingxiang wouldn't want to go through this muddy water in Xiangshan.

The three warships under Liang Yao's command, the [-]-ton flagship Roland, and the [-]-ton frigates Chaoyong and Yangwei, although there are still many hired foreign crews, the Chinese crews on each ship have reached [-]%. one.

Especially the flagship Roland, because it was Liang Yao's first warship, it had the longest time. Nearly half of the crew on board were Chinese.

Hong Mingxiang glanced at the crew members with the same skin color as him on the Citigroup warship, seeing these strong sailors skillfully manipulating the naval guns and aiming the guns at him, he felt a little uncomfortable.

I hope that if the Guangdong Navy can have such ships and such sailors, foreigners would definitely not dare to be so presumptuous on the seas of Guangdong.

"Xu Butang! Citigroup's navy is aiming their guns at us! These dangers! Please retreat to a safe place temporarily! Leave it to Hong!" Hong Mingxiang said to Xu Guangjin.

"Ridiculous! Ben Du is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"

Although Xu Guangjin spoke harshly, looking at the huge foreign warships standing beside him, the gate of Xiangshan Shipyard waiting in full force, and well-trained soldiers, Xu Guangjin's mood was very complicated.

He still underestimated Liang Yao's strength. Before bringing troops to Xiangshan, he thought that Liang Yao had only been in America for two or three years, and most of his soldiers were Hua Yong recruited by the English on Hong Kong Island.

His battalion supervisor might be able to frighten Liang Yao and force him to withdraw from Xiangshan. He never thought that Liang Yao's Chinese soldiers were no different from the British soldiers he had seen.

And in terms of military appearance, Liang Yao's soldiers are more rigorous than the British army, and they are more oppressive.This made Xu Guangjin feel like he was riding a tiger.

Xu Guangjin wanted to give Liang Yao a bad start, but he never thought that his five battalion pacesetters and the sailors of the Guangdong Navy would be frightened by Liang Yao first.

"Shangshan (the character of Hong Mingxiang), you are also from Xiangshan. I heard that Liang Yao's grandfather used to work for Shizhong, and now he is at home. Go and invite Liang Jishizhong here. The governor wants to meet Liang Jishi in person. In." Xu Guangjin turned and said to Hong Mingxiang.

Seeing that Liang Yao could not be deterred from the front, Xu Guangjin had a plan, hoping to ask Liang Yao's grandfather Liang Weiming to come forward and persuade Liang Yao to lead his troops to withdraw from Xiangshan.

"Why didn't I think of it, this is a good idea, Master Butang is wise! Hong will go and invite Liang to give Shizhong himself!" Hong Mingxiang said while supporting his forehead, Hong Mingxiang thought this was a good idea.

Just as Hong Mingxiang moved away, a tall Citigroup officer came out of the barracks on horseback, and signaled the soldiers at the gate of the barracks to put down the foreign guns in their hands.

This person was Liang Yao. Facing the pacesetters that Xu Guangjin was proud of, Liang Yao's attitude was quite disdainful and he did not take these pacesetters seriously.

However, he still needs to send immigrants to California through Guangdong in the future, and it is not in his long-term interests to offend the local officials of the Guangdong authorities.

Seeing that the goal of deterring the Guangdong authorities had been achieved, Liang Yao decided to stop as soon as it was easy to avoid further expansion of the situation.

Perry's views coincided with Liang Yao's, and he did not want to have a conflict with the Qing Dynasty before the expedition to Japan.

"I don't know that when Xu Butang visited Xiangshan, Liang was far away. I hope Xu Butang will forgive me."

Before the battle, Liang Yao reined in Xu Guangjin's horse and shouted at Xu Guangjin.

Seeing that Liang Yao ordered the soldiers under him to put away their weapons, Xu Guangjin's face turned pale, and he also stepped forward and said to Liang Yao, "Liang Yao, you were also a citizen of the Qing Dynasty, why did you lead a large army to station in Xiangshan?" Reason? Why don’t you quickly lead the troops back!”

"If the governors and generals of the Qing Dynasty were as strong as Xu Butang, why would the Qing Dynasty be afraid of foreigners." Liang Yao put a high hat on Xu Guangjin.

"Our army is only temporarily resting in Xiangshan. I have informed Governor Ye of this matter in advance. After the rest is over, I will lead the army away by myself. Wherever the disturbance, Liang is here to apologize to Xu Butang!"

Among the current governors of the Qing Dynasty, Xu Guangjin is still relatively capable and has a relatively tough attitude towards the outside world. In this regard, Xu Guangjin is indeed better than Ye Mingchen who is trying to catch fame and wait for death.

"How long do you want to stay in Xiangshan?"

Xu Guangjin originally wanted Liang Yao's soldiers to withdraw from Xiangshan immediately, but after thinking about it, this was not realistic, and he could only blame the Green Camp in Guangdong, his own Supervision Battalion, and the insufficient strength of the Guangdong Navy.

Otherwise, he wouldn't need to bargain with Liang Yao here.

"Three days, three days later, I will leave Xiangshan." Liang Yao said.

He also hoped that the war against Japan would end as soon as possible, so he had no reason to stay in Xiangshan for a long time.

The expense of this expedition was quite large, and he could save a lot of money by forcing Japan to surrender as soon as possible and returning to California.

Liang Yao gave an exact date, and also gave Xu Guangjin a step down. Xu Guangjin is not a pedantic person either.If he didn't know how to be flexible, he wouldn't be able to sit on the position of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

"The governor will believe you for once!" Xu Guangjin said angrily.

"Xu Butang came from a long way. Liang has already prepared food and drinks for Xu Butang, and invited Xu Butang to the camp for a talk." Liang Yao made a gesture of invitation to Xu Guangjin.

Xu Guangjin was vigilant, waved his hands and said, "Forget it! The governor still has important things to do."

After speaking, Xu Guangjin walked away in a huff. This was not entirely an excuse for Xu Guangjin to refuse.

He is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Guangdong and Guangxi naturally include Guangxi, but Guangxi is not peaceful now.

Although the long-haired rebels broke through from Yong'an two months ago, attacked Guilin and turned to Quanzhou. The bandit leader Feng Yunshan was shot dead in Quanzhou and returned to Daozhou, Hunan. The banditry in Guangxi seems to have shown signs of improvement. But Xu Guangjin still didn't dare to be careless.

Xu Guangjin faintly felt that this long-haired bandit was different from the bandits he had suppressed in the past, and it was not easy to completely wipe out the long-haired bandits.So Xu Guangjin didn't dare to be careless.

(End of this chapter)