Kowloon wins

Chapter 1079 Humen sells cigarettes ([-])
"We are a British merchant ship, and the place where we are located is the territory of Great Britain. Please do not trespass, otherwise the consequences will be borne by you!"

Although the sailors on the "Mayflower" also have weapons, and there are two cannons on board, but faced with the powerful deterrence of the Qing fleet, how dare they make a counterattack gesture, but the British have always He is used to being proud, not only did he not surrender, but instead sent an interpreter, who yelled loudly at the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who were about to board the ship along the gangplank for inspection.

"Bah, grandma is a brat, a bunch of barbarians, dare to speak nonsense, brothers, come on, those who dare to resist will be killed without mercy!"

Hearing the other party's interpreter clamoring on the side of the ship, a company commander of the Marine Corps who was about to lead a team to check on the ship cursed unhappily, and commanded the soldiers of the next company to rush up along several springboards. He took over the "Mayflower", quickly seized the commanding heights everywhere, and took control of the entire merchant ship.

"Mr. Officer, I am Brooks Hull, the second-level manager of the East India Company of the Kingdom of Great Britain. My merchant ship has a trade license signed by the Kingdom of Great Britain. You have no right to forcibly land on my 'Mayflower'. For your actions, I will lodge a diplomatic protest, please respect international practice and withdraw from this ship."

Facing the threat of force from the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, although Brooks Hull turned pale with fright, he refused to give in. He led his interpreters and found the company commander of the Qing Marine Corps who was in charge of boarding the ship. , Strongly propped up a protest.

"Open these boxes!"

The company commander of the Qing army ignored Brooks Hull's protest at all, just sneered, waved to a few soldiers, pointed to the large wooden boxes scattered on the deck, and stepped down with a stern voice. make.

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When the company commander of the Qing army gave such an order, several soldiers rushed forward and used crowbars to pry open several large wooden boxes that were sealed, revealing layers of square objects wrapped in oiled paper inside.

"What is this, huh?"

The company commander of the Qing army reached out and took out a piece of goods from a large wooden box, cut the oil paper with a bayonet, revealing a three-inch square golden yellow solid inside, and handed it to Brooks Hull with a cold voice. He asked loudly.

"This is bliss ointment, the most popular drink in the world today. The purpose of our visit is to introduce this noble drink to your country. Please don't misunderstand, Mr. Officer."

After listening to the interpreter's report, Brooks Hull slyly blinked, and pretended to be arrogant and nonsense.

"Drinks? Hey, isn't it just opium? Good job, you dare to come to China to sell this forbidden thing, you really have enough guts, brothers, let me take down all these red-haired ghosts!"

Brooks Hull spoke eloquently, but after listening to the interpreter's report, the company commander of the Qing army suddenly sneered, waved his hand, and gave the order in a stern voice.

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With the general order, the officers and soldiers of the Qing army who had already controlled the whole ship no longer had the slightest politeness, and they arrested Brooks Hull and others without any explanation. They were all tied up in the cabin, and the sailors dispatched by the "Majestic" controlled the "Mayflower" to slowly sail towards Lingdingyang. At the same time, the four Qing Dynasty ships including the "Shunfan" One of the smuggling ships was also escorted by the Qing fleet and turned to the northwest...

Humen, located in today's Shajiao, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, more than [-] miles away from Guangzhou City, is known as the coastal defense fortress of the southern gate of China. As early as the Ming Dynasty, several forts were built. , and rebuilt again, with a total of twelve forts including Nanshan, Henggang, Shajiao, Dajiao, Weiyuan, Zhenyuan, Jingyuan, Consolidation, Yongan, Dahu, Xinyong, and Jiaomen. The headquarters of the South China Sea Fleet was always heavily guarded in the past. In the past few days, there have been two posts and two sentries, and there are Marine Corps officers and soldiers patrolling back and forth with armed guns and live ammunition. Yunlu is stationed here. To ensure safety, Sun Mingxu, the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, did not dare to slack off in the slightest. Not only did he set up a sentry post, but he also took care to chat with Prince Zhuang every day. Naturally, it was no exception, the two of the host and guest traveled from the south of the sky to the north of the earth, and they had a great time.

"Report, my lord, General Sun, General He has led his troops back in triumph, and all the red-haired ghosts involved in opium smuggling, Jardine and Qihang Company have been captured and brought to justice. Please tell me what to do."

Just as Lao Shiliu and Sun Mingxu were chatting nonsense, a naval officer walked in quickly from behind the screen in front of the office door, and within a few strides he grabbed Lao Shiliu in front of him and made a standard attack. Qian, hurriedly reported a sentence.

"Oh? Hahaha..., good job! Go, pass on the order of the king, and Li Zhaoqing, the governor of Guangdong, will immediately paste notices everywhere in Guangzhou. Second, all opium addicts are required to surrender to local governments within three days and receive drug rehabilitation treatment. , will sell cigarettes in Humen in four days, and behead those involved in the smuggling, as an example to others!"

Hearing that He Ming really fulfilled his mission, the old sixteen laughed out loud with excitement, and at the end, he gave a high-five with pride and issued three orders in a row.

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The current identity of the old sixteenth is an imperial envoy, and he represents Renhe Emperor Hongqing. What he said naturally has absolute authority. The navy officer who came to report the matter did not dare to have the slightest objection, so he hurriedly respected The ground agreed, and went to arrange related matters without mentioning it.

"Let's go, old grandson, let's go to interrogate those bastards with my master!"

Punishment without teaching has never been the way of hospitality in the Qing Dynasty. For this, the old sixteen is very happy to use the interrogation and punishment of the clan mansion for fun. Just after issuing the order, he can't wait Standing up, gearing up, preparing to offer a "big meal" to Brooks Hull and others.

"Since the lord has such a taste, the general dares not to follow his orders."

Sun Mingxu is an orthodox veteran of the navy, and he is not very interested in the interrogation. However, since the old sixteen sent an invitation, he would not take advantage of the old sixteen, and readily agreed. Now, at this time, he would never have thought that just because of this straightforwardness, in the next few days, he would have no appetite at all, nothing else, the old sixteen's interrogation methods are extremely wretched, just Even generals like Sun Mingxu who walked out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood felt horrified. This is a digression, so let's skip it...

On April 27th, the first year of Renhe, early in the morning, the avenue from Guangzhou City to Humen was crowded with people, and countless people flocked to Humen from four townships and eight miles. This is the day of selling opium, and also the day of execution of all those involved in the smuggling of opium. After the publicity of the posters posted in the governor's office of Guangdong, the people in the whole of Guangzhou were all shocked by it, and they all wanted to see the sale of opium. What the hell is going on with smoke and execution.

Before noon, the Humen Beach was already crowded with people, so crowded that nothing could get through. At the height of the beach, there were two large ponds dug in advance, each measuring fifteen feet square. There is a ditch from which water can be poured into the pool. A large platform is built ten feet away from the pool, on which sits a row of officials from the Qing Dynasty. On the left are naval officers, and on the right are Guangdong As for the local officials, as for the old sixteenth, he was sitting on the grand teacher's chair in the middle. The high platform was surrounded by sentries. Nearly a hundred death row prisoners were kneeling five feet away from the pool in front of the high platform. Ten executioners selected from all over Guangdong were dressed in red and stood behind the death row prisoners holding big knives.

"My lord, the time has come, please tell me clearly!"

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had already reached the middle of the day, a prison officer in red hurriedly walked up to the high platform, and greeted the old sixteen with a respectful report.

"Okay, let's cut!"

The old sixteen waved his hand boldly, and gave the order without hesitation.

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Since the old sixteenth had an order, the beheading officer didn't dare to neglect, he respectfully responded, and hurried to the front of the high platform, waved his hand, and shouted angrily: "The time has come!" , execution!"

As soon as the execution order was issued, dozens of selected executioners rushed forward one after another, raised the gleaming ghost-headed swords high, and then dropped them all at once. Fountains of blood sprang up one after another, and finally turned into blood mist all over the sky. Such a sad and beautiful scene immediately caused the hundreds of thousands of people onlookers to scream in unison.

"My lord, the execution is over, please tell me clearly!"

Although there are a lot of death row prisoners waiting to be executed, it is just a matter of each executioner slashing twice. In just one stick of incense time, nearly a hundred death row prisoners have all been executed. Dare to delay a little, hurriedly turned back to the old sixteen, and respectfully asked for instructions.

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Old Sixteen made a reserved sound, waved his hand, and signaled the supervisor to step back, then shook his hand, took out a scrolled imperial decree from his wide sleeve, and drank it in a sigh of relief. With a voice: "Your Majesty has an edict here, all officials and people listen to the announcement!"

"By God's blessing, the emperor's decree said: Opium, like drugs, is the most shady thing. It hurts the human body and disrupts China. It is completely prohibited..."

As soon as the old sixteen showed the imperial decree, no matter whether it was the civil and military officials on the high platform or the tens of thousands of people below the stage, they all knelt down and filled the ground. There was a delay, but when he stretched out his hand and spread out the imperial edict, he read it in a high-pitched tone...

(End of this chapter)