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Chapter 380: Heavenly King, They Have Guns! (Please subscribe, please vote)

The "magic weapon" that Zeng Jiumei was holding was a magical device for reasoning, called a speaker. It could be used as a loudspeaker by plugging in a microphone. Even if Hong Xiuquan shouted at the top of his lungs, the sound he made could not compare to that of this magic weapon.

However, this "magic speaker" needs to use a kind of "spiritual energy" called "electricity" to drive. Since Luo Yaoguo only brought a solar charger when he descended from the sky, it was impossible to charge the speaker and the motorcycle. So after the batteries of the speaker and the motorcycle ran out of energy, they could no longer be used. In the past two years, Luo Yaoguo has never used these two magic weapons again. So much so that Hong Xiuquan forgot their existence.
But King Hong never imagined that there is a machine called a generator in this world that can charge the magic weapons in the sky!
After all, it was the middle of the 19th century. Faraday had discovered how to use magnets to generate electric current more than twenty years earlier, and the first generator had appeared as early as the 19s.

The "Confederate engine" consisting of forty magnets and sixteen coils was invented around 1848. This generator can generate about fifty volts of direct current, which can be used to light a kind of electric lamp called an arc lamp, and can also charge Luo Yaoguo's motorcycle and speakers.

Therefore, Luo Yaoguo included the item "generator" on the purchase list for Wang Libin, and with the help of Moore and Friedrich, he actually bought one. Now this generator is placed in the Wuwang Mansion in Suzhou, and is driven by "donkey power".

"Your humble servant pays homage to the Heavenly King, long live His Majesty!"

Luo Yaoguo, who possessed the magical power of reasoning, would certainly not be rude. After climbing up the stairs to the platform, he bowed to Hong Xiuquan and shouted "Long live Hong Xiuquan".

However, Hong Xiuquan was not panicked. He had 50,000 people in Tianjing City, while Yang Xiuqing and Luo Yaoguo together might not have more than 15,000.

Fifty thousand people versus fifteen thousand people, the advantage is on Hong!
Moreover, on the platform outside the Sun Palace, his advantage was even greater. Hong Daquan, Meng De'en, Chen Chengrong, and the more than 200 female soldiers left on the platform by Bian Sanniang were all equipped with swords!

The officials of the East Palace and the Wu Palace were not only few in number, only a few dozen people, but also none of them carried swords!
The weapon of criticism - the loudspeaker, will definitely not be able to defeat the criticism of the weapon - the broadsword!

"My fellow countrymen, I want to ask you, are you Luo Xueyan, the Qing Dynasty's evil Minister of Nanyang and Governor of Shanghai?" Hong Xiuquan asked sternly.

Luo Yaoguo took a microphone from Zeng Jiumei and asked, "Heavenly King, are you talking about Luo Xueyan, the Shanghai General Manager and the Nanyang Trade Manager under the Wu Wang Mansion?
I have the imperial edict from you, the Heavenly King, conferring the title on him, and the receipts from the Heavenly King's Palace for the tribute from the Nanyang Trade General Administration. In March, 80,000 silver dollars were collected, in February, 70,000 silver dollars were collected, and in January, 65,000 silver dollars were collected.
In addition, I have here the receipts from the Nanyang Trade General Office for presenting foreign guns, cannons and gunpowder to the Heavenly King's Palace. In March, 1,200 brown bass rifled guns and 1,000 barrels of gunpowder were presented. In February, 800 brown bass rifled guns and 500 barrels of gunpowder were presented. In January, 500 brown bass rifled guns, 300 barrels of gunpowder and ten 12-pound cannons were presented.
In addition to the receipts, you also sent Luo Xueyan several imperial edicts, some of which were to commend him for his gift of silver dollars and foreign guns and cannons, and some of which ordered him to find foreign sisters for you in Shanghai!"

As Luo Yaoguo spoke, he took out receipts and imperial edicts, all of which could prove that Luo Xueyan was a loyal and good man of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!
Hong Xiuquan didn't know what to say for a moment. He had originally wanted to debate with the illiterate Yang Xiuqing, but how did it turn into a "lawsuit" with Luo Yaoguo?
Moreover, Luo Yaoguo came prepared. He had already collected evidence and formed a chain of evidence, which could fully prove that Luo Xueyan was a model minister of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!

Since Luo Xueyan was a model minister of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, no matter whether Luo Xueyan was transformed from Luo Yaoguo or not, the accusation that Luo Yaoguo was a colluder with a demon could not be established.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Luo Xueyan from Shanghai is a loyal minister of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!" Yang Xiuqing said with a fake smile, "Your Majesty, you and your brother have been to Shanghai a while ago. Half of the men in Shanghai have cut their braids. This is not the appearance of the Qing Dynasty's demon territory!"

Hong Xiuquan snorted, "Qing people, tell me if Luo Xueyan is the Qing demon's Shanghai governor and Nanyang minister?"

Yang Xiuqing turned his gaze to Luo Yaoguo: "Ninth brother, you should tell me. Is this Luo Xueyan the Qing Dynasty's Shanghai Governor and Minister of Nanyang?"

Luo Yaoguo turned off the microphone first, and then earnestly "taught" Hong Xiuquan: "Heavenly King, the military is a trick! Luo Xueyan is undoubtedly a loyal minister of our Heavenly Kingdom. The reason why he temporarily bears the signboard of the Qing Dynasty's Shanghai Governor and the Minister of Nanyang is to practice trickery to deceive the trust of foreigners, maintain imports and exports, facilitate the spread of "The True Covenant", and at the same time attract the gentry and their money who fled from all over the south and north of the Yangtze River.

In the past few months, we have imported tens of thousands of foreign guns through Shanghai, the number of purchases under signed but unfulfilled contracts has reached more than 100,000, and the number of imported artillery of various types has reached three or four hundred!
Moreover, I have also bought five steam gunboats and rented six large steam warships. One of them is the Dingyuan ship, which is over 2,000 tons and equipped with a 64-pound cannon. It is now on the river outside Tianjing City and can be inspected by you, the Heavenly King, at any time!"

"what?"

When Hong Xiuquan heard this, he almost jumped up from the throne.

A warship equipped with a 64-pound cannon is now on the Yangtze River outside the city of Tianjing?
What does Luo Yaoguo want to do?
But he soon calmed down.

Jinlong City is far away from the river, and the gunboats on the river cannot threaten Jinlong City at all.

Luo Yaoguo and Yang Xiuqing are now in the palm of his hands.

"Luo Yaoguo!" Hong Xiuquan shouted angrily, "You are the King of Wu of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but you use the name of Luo Xueyan to serve as the Shanghai Governor and the Minister of Nanyang of the Qing Dynasty. You are clearly disloyal to God and have two hearts. You know your crime!"

"I am innocent!" Luo Yaoguo turned on the microphone again and said loudly, "I came here at the behest of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother. Everything I do is to achieve peace and unification as soon as possible, to build a paradise on earth where everyone can eat, wear, farm, use money and exercise power together." "What? What do you mean by power?"

When Hong Xiuquan heard the words "share power", he was like hearing a "sensitive word". He could no longer hold his temper and immediately jumped up, raised his right hand and pointed at Luo Yaoguo, shouting: "Hong Daquan, capture this thief who is secretly in contact with the Qing demon!"

"Yes!"

Hong Daquan immediately agreed and took two steps forward, preparing to draw his knife and chop someone. Then he saw Zeng Jiumei bravely standing in front of Luo Yaoguo, then lifting the front hem of her robe with her right hand, revealing the revolver on her trouser leg.

Seeing the revolver, Hong Daquan immediately took a few steps back and withdrew his hand that was originally on the knife handle.

"Hong Daquan, why don't you arrest him?"

When Hong Xiuquan found that Hong Daquan suddenly shrank back, he immediately became anxious, turned his head and glared at Hong Daquan and asked.

"Heavenly King, they..." Hong Daquan raised his hand and pointed at Zeng Jiumei, "They have guns!"

Got a gun?

When Hong Xiuquan turned his head, he saw that all the officials of the East Hall and the Wu Hall had stood up and lifted the front of their robes, revealing the holsters on their trouser legs and the revolvers inserted in the holsters!
Everyone has a gun!
"Rebellion, rebellion against Yang Xiuqing, Luo Yaoguo, do you want to rebel?" Hong Xiuquan's voice trembled a little when he spoke.

Luo Yaoguo said calmly: "Heavenly King, it's not me and my fourth brother who want to rebel, but you seem to have the intention of rebellion!"

Yang Xiuqing nodded and said with a smile: "Heavenly King, you want to be the emperor, you want to be Zhu Yuanzhang. This is not right!"

"Nonsense! I, I am the Heavenly King!" Hong Xiuquan roared, "Does the Heavenly King need to rebel?"

"Yes!" Luo Yaoguo said, "The king of heaven is not the emperor!"

When he said this, he was holding a microphone in his hand!

Through the speaker held by Zeng Jiumei, his words could be heard clearly by people in half of the square.

Yang Xiuqing also stood up, walked to Luo Yaoguo, took the microphone, and loudly told everyone: "The emperor is the supreme ruler, but the Heavenly King is not. The Heavenly King is just the elder brother among the Heavenly Kingdom. He was ordered by the Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother to come down to earth to establish the Taiping Kingdom. And I, my third brother, sixth brother, seventh sister, eighth brother, ninth brother and your brother-in-law, were also ordered by the Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother to come down to earth to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom together with the Heavenly King.

The Heavenly King is our elder brother, not our master!"

Luo Yaoguo took the microphone again and said loudly: "What Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother want us to establish is a Republic of Great Harmony where we can eat together, wear together, farm together, use together, and hold power together!

Heavenly King, have you forgotten the instructions of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother?"

At this moment, Hong Xiuquan suddenly realized that Feng Yunshan had remained silent from the beginning to now. He quickly turned his head and looked at this good brother: "Fellow mountain man, please say a few words! Did Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother ask me to be the true Holy Lord of the world?"

Feng Yunshan nodded gently and said, "Heavenly King, you can still be the true holy lord of the world!"

(End of this chapter)