Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 92 Mr. Pan’s weird reaction

However, being in the cabin and surrounded by vast water, how easy is it to escape?

Jumping into the river?

If the enemy comes prepared, his water nature will definitely be better than his own.

And after working hard for so many days to start a business, you just throw away the gold and silver you gained?
Lan Yingying felt like she was trembling and feeling cold all over.

It was like being stared at by a tiger.

she looked up,
Ahead, there was a blurry black shadow.

Hengtang Station!

She hinted to Xiao Taohong with her eyes that she was ready to escape.

This is the only chance.

At Hengtang Station, the official flag was hung.

No matter what, it's better than falling into other people's hands.

No matter it is the Pan family or the enemies in the world, they dare not think about the outcome.

The swallows plucked their feathers and made a pot of soup.

The boat passed slowly, at least 10 meters away from the delta land where the inn was located.

At this distance, she is not Yanzi Li San.

Big beads of sweat fell on the cabin.

Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a long wooden pier.

There can be no further delay.

First he threw the leather box over, and then he jumped forward.

Xiao Taohong followed suit and became a little embarrassed.

……

"Officer, help me."

"Someone kidnapped."

Lan Yingying couldn't care less about her face and desperately called for help.

Sure enough, two flood soldiers not far away came with spears.

The tip of the spear faced the master and servant, with complicated eyes:

"Who tied you up?"

"It's the people on that boat, they are the kidnappers."

Xiao Taohong quickly took out a piece of silver.

"Master, please send us to the Yamen."

The flood soldier took the money with satisfaction and prepared to be a good person.

"Follow me and stay for now."

A shabby woodshed, but in the eyes of the master and servant, it is the safest place.

I haven’t had time to rejoice yet,
The flood soldiers came with someone:

"It's the two of them."

"Master Li raised two little pets, and they ran out if they didn't obey me." Liu Qian said with a smile.

The flood soldiers nodded and bowed, and took out the hemp rope.

He was tied up tightly and his mouth was gagged with a cloth.

Return to the original owner.

"Master Liu, go slowly and say hello to Master Li for me."

"It's easy to say, but it's about the inner house, and Mr. Li doesn't want anyone else to know about it. Do you understand?"

"clear."

"There is a vacancy in Green Camp, and Mr. Li will promote you."

"Thank you, Master Li, thank you, Master Li."

The flood soldiers thanked him for their kindness and watched Liu Qian leave by boat, waving again and again.

……

Arriving at Lijiapu,
Li Yu came forward now, there was no need to disguise his identity.

Wuwu, as soon as Lan Yingying saw him, she struggled wildly.

"You will share half of it when we meet. I won't hurt you. The condition is that I share half of your stolen money."

With that said, he took off the gag cloth.

This time, she didn't curse.

He probably saw through the situation and had people under the roof.

The belongings and jewelry she carried were of great value.

They are all small in size and high in value, such as rubies and luminous pearls.

Among them is a piece of Tianhuang stone, which is particularly expensive.

So to speak,

Emperor Kant was like a bereaved dog. When he traveled between the Forbidden City, Jinmen, Japan, and Siberia, he always carried a Tianhuang stone seal with him.

Li Yu didn't know how much money these things were worth.

However, it is certainly a satisfactory number.

The light in Lan Yingying's eyes disappeared little by little.

It's like a middle-aged man who has to bear the mortgage, car loan, and tuition fees for his children is forcibly declared to have graduated.

She finally did a big job.

But I didn't expect that the mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole followed behind, and made contributions to others.

There are also several banknotes, the minimum value of which is 2000 taels.

It's hard to make money.

"Miss Lan, we are old acquaintances. Let's talk?"

Li Yu quickly asked some answers that interested him.

For example, she took the opportunity to steal most of the property.

Pan Wu and Mr. Pan have different views on this woman, and there is a huge conflict.

……

After leaving the cellar, Li Yu sighed:
"The Pan family is as rich as any other country, and their financial resources are astonishing. I'm envious of them."

Liu Qian was also shocked, especially the ruby ​​​​the size of a pigeon egg.

The shining light is simply breathtaking.

"This matter is to be kept secret."

"I understand, otherwise Pan Mansion would have thought it was the swallow we released."

Several people involved in the operation were temporarily transferred to Xishan Island.

Give them a level up and become team leaders.

Those two flood soldiers can also help to level up.

Li Yu recently spent 3 taels of silver from the governor's Yamen clerk to obtain a detailed report on the strength of the Green Camp in Jiangsu Province.

The structure of the Qing army was complex, let’s leave aside the Eight Banners for now.

Let’s just talk about the establishment of Jiangsu Green Camp.

The total strength of the green battalion in this province is about 4.

The highest military officer is the "Jiangnan Admiral", and the Admiral's office is located in Songjiang.

There are 6 towns under its jurisdiction, each with a chief soldier.

An association was established under the town, led by a deputy general.

However, not all of these 4 troops were under the control of Admiral Jiangnan.

The governor of Jiangsu and the governor of Water Transport have their own green battalions directly under their command, and the admiral has no authority to command them.

In addition to the Fubiao left and middle battalions, the military forces directly under the governor also included the Suzhou City Guards left and right battalions.

A very subtle restriction.

Taihu Association is directly under the control of Jiangnan Admiral.

Therefore, the commander-in-chief of Susong Town cannot control Shi Linglun, the deputy general of the Taihu Association.

The Qing court really took great pains.

Make the command hierarchy so complicated.

For the soldiers who were also on the border of Suzhou Prefecture, the city garrison camp was under the control of the governor, the Pingwang camp was under the direct command of the admiral, and the flood troops were under the command of the general army of Susong Town.

Fortunately, it didn't cover the whole city.

Otherwise, it will be more messy.

The Qing court took mutual restraint to its peak.

Li Yu also had to admit that the Qing court actually acted "fairly".

He defended not only the people, but also the officials, the soldiers, and the Manchus.

The main theme is that I don’t trust anyone and you will all hurt me.

Like a resentful woman.

……

During the White Lotus Sect's battle, the Suzhou City garrison suffered many casualties, and all the commanders above Qian were sent to the northwest to eat sand.

Li Yu wanted to move Lao Hu to a new home and ask him to be promoted to the city guard camp and become a thousand generals.

Then, two flood soldiers were promoted to be the commander-in-chief of the foreign affairs committee, and they occupied Hengtang Flood and Jinji Flood.

Throw in a few more men from Lijiabao and enter these two seasons.

Be a second-in-command and take control.

With money and military merit, it is not difficult to operate.

Li Yu has a good reputation in the official circles of the government and is not afraid that no one will accept him.

The officialdom of the Qing Dynasty spontaneously formed a circle.

Anyone who wants to break the rules of the game will be ostracized by everyone.

Even if you are a first-rank official, you will be asked for rewards by the subordinate staff group pointing out the bad rules.

No matter how prominent your background is, you can wear the Three Flags ribbon.

Or he is one of the top three in the imperial examination and belongs to a prominent local family.

In front of an ugly, greedy disciple, everyone has to pay for their money with a smile.

Then, you can enter the Yamen, the Sixth Department, and the Forbidden City, and handle affairs smoothly.

Li Yu invited Mr. Hu to host a banquet.

The concubine who lives in Lijiabao also accompanied him to the table.

"Lao Hu, I want to change your head."

"Ah?" Lao Hu was stunned and thought, I think it's okay.

"There is a vacancy in the city guard camp. Can I find a sixth-grade Qianzong for you?"

"Thank you brother."

"Pick a reliable person to take your original position. I have a few more people here, so they can all be put in."

……

that month,

The money is spent, and the favor is taken care of.

Soon, the transfer paperwork came out.

Lao Hu was promoted to the post of General Qian, Zuoying, Suzhou City Guard Camp, with more than 100 people under his command.

Li Yu selected two people from his subordinates and sent them to Jinji Flood and Hengtang Flood respectively.

Not having a green camp soldier identity is a problem.

However, Li Yu has a way.

He directly found two Green Camp soldiers to take their identities.

I have enough money, could you please change your name?Give me your name.

One pass operation,
Han Yue is the general manager of the Hengtang Flood Foreign Affairs Committee.

Wuxi, the general manager of the Foreign Affairs Commission for the Golden Rooster Flood Season.

It is much easier than running an inspection for Fan Jing.

Because those below the rank of General Qian of Luying were all low-ranking military attachés.

No matter how low the inspection level is, it still belongs to the civilian rank.

Civil servants are responsible for one thing.

A military attaché has one thing to do.

This made Li Yu also think about it, and he mostly tried to stuff people into the Green Camp soldiers.

Cost-effective ah.

Although civil servants are good, they are too expensive.

……

After not seeing Pan Wu for a long time, Li Yu was startled and felt a little guilty.

The whole person's spirit is very decadent.

"Brother Pan, what are you?"

"Hey, it's a bad year."

The two found a teahouse to catch up on old times.

"Can you tell me the reason?"

"Brother Li, do you still remember the woman you met at my house last time?" Li Yu pretended to be stupid:

"There are a lot of maids in your house, which one are you talking about?"

"The cousin you saw is actually a liar."

"what?"

"Don't look at me like this, my intestines are broken."

Pan Wu faintly talked about his recent experience. First he was scolded by the old man, and then he was grounded for many days.

"Why get so angry? Why not just lose some money? You, Master Pan, are not short of money."

"But she took away the old man's treasure, the Hotan Yellow Stone."

"Is this stone expensive?"

"Treasures that money may not be able to buy."

"If that's the case, why don't you capture the person?" Li Yu was filled with indignation.

"Shh."

Pan Wu gestured awkwardly not to speak so loudly.

"Before she left, she left a letter in the old man's study. Then, the old man said that the matter was over and she was not allowed to mention it again."

Li Yu's curiosity was great,
Staring at Pan Wu, he seemed to want to guess whether this was true or false.

"The loss is so huge, so we won't pursue it? We won't report it to the official, and we won't look for it privately?"

"Brother Li, I don't understand either. But I dare not not listen to what the old man says."

……

Li Yu went back with great confusion.

As soon as he saw Liu Wu, he ordered:

"Bring me Lan Yingying."

In the study room, Li Yu looked at this woman with a half-smile.

"Go ahead."

"What are you talking about?" Lan Yingying's eyes flashed with panic.

"Your biggest secret."

"The Lun family has told you about the banknotes, jewelry, and what they have done over the years."

Lan Yingying is worthy of being a professional and a good general.

The grievance was expressed so vividly that for a moment, Li Yu almost believed it.

"is it?"

As he spoke, he lit a stick of incense.

I pay my respects to Mr. Guan.

"You have a chance to speak before this incense burns out."

In fact, he didn't know what the secret was.

But according to what that boy Pan Wu said, there is definitely a problem here, a big problem.

Even if Mr. Pan feels embarrassed and doesn't want to report it to the official.

You can also send a nursing home servant, or even spend money to place a wanted order.

As long as the flowers bloom happily, there will definitely be people in the world who will respond.

Instead of issuing a gag order, one maid was even beaten to death and expelled from the mansion for talking behind her back.

Lan Yingying’s letter,
There must be some secret hidden, enough to force people like Mr. Pan to not delve into it.

Time is passing slowly,
Li Yu studied the structure of a flintlock gun and wrote and drew from time to time.

"The Lun family really has no secrets. If you don't believe it, you can search for them yourself."

This little grievance will make anyone faint when they see it.

However, Li Yu is an art student and is immune.

Not to mention the one wearing fox fur, I have seen too many people who have had their skin stripped off.

……

I wiped the parts of the flintlock gun clean and reassembled them.

Incense, burnt out.

Li Yu took out the horn powder from the table, poured it into the barrel of the gun, and paused the gun handle on the table.

After finishing loading, he opened the hammer and asked:

"Are you willing to speak?"

Lan Yingying's face changed in an instant, her expression was vicious and ferocious:

"If you have the guts, just shoot. If I fall into your hands, I have no chance of surviving. I am just a little thief, and you are indeed a big thief."

"is it?"

"You are a thief who wants to steal the world, a rebel."

Li Yu smiled:

"If you say that, aren't you asking for death? In order to keep it secret, I dare not let you go."

"From the day I entered the world, I had no intention of living on the pity of others."

Lan Yingying's tone became extremely calm and emotionless.

Lin Huaisheng, who was standing aside as a bodyguard, couldn't help but stare.

Jianghu is disorderly and without morality.

Li Yu felt quite boring for a while:

"Lock her up."

The interrogation has yielded no results and there is no point in continuing.

This woman was in a state of indifference to death.

Even if he gave her a shot, it would only be to vent his anger.

Never let anger replace reason.

Every step Li Yu takes must be carefully calculated without making any mistakes.

A fanatical spirit of rebellion is meaningless;

It's nothing more than that there is one more traitor in the world, one more Qianlong's perfect martial arts, and one more tragic hero in Jiangnan.

Once forced to revolt,
The Qing army was surrounded on all sides and took turns attacking, leaving no time or space for its own development.

A wheel-and-wheel battle can also bring down one's family fortune.

At least, the land route must occupy Suzhou Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture.

Waterways must tightly control Taihu Lake.

There is enough money and food.

It has preliminary metallurgical and military production capabilities.

He can pull out thousands of soldiers under his command, equipped with advanced muskets, artillery, and warships.

Only then can they have the strength to deal with the Qing court's crazy counterattack.

Of course, this is the ideal rebellion plan.

Generally speaking, God does not like to perfect people.

……

Strike while the iron is hot,

Next, Li Yu will carry out infrastructure construction, make friends in official circles, and attract rebels from all walks of life.

Spending money is like a mountain roaring and a tsunami roaring.

The money Guanglan Yingying collected was far from enough.

A bigger vote is needed.

He shut himself in the room and thought for a long time.

From the silver in the official warehouse, to the rich businessman and the gentry, to the gangster, he finally targeted the Fan family.

The Fan family in Gusu usually remains quiet.

But with a thousand years of heritage, they may not be poorer than the Pan family.

Li Yu once talked with some local subordinates. These old people said that the Pan family is the new rich and the Fan family is the old rich.

The money of the new rich is piled on the roof.

The money of the old wealthy families is hidden under the water.

So, engage in the Fan family and get lots of gold coins.

Everyone in the conference room was shocked.

"Military advisor, are we going to take action against the Fan family?"

"Yes, to make money, as for which method to use, whether it is civil or military, you can all speak freely."

Du Ren, Fan Jing, and Lao Hu all came.

such a big event,

It is better to let all key members know in advance.

Fan Jing spoke first:

"We must resort to tactics, but if there is an open fight, the government will intervene. How about pretending to be the White Lotus Sect again?"

Hahahaha,

The conference room was filled with cheerful laughter.

This is when I became addicted to playing the White Lotus Cult and tasted the sweetness.

Li Yu nodded, this idea can be used as an alternative.

But, not perfect.

He said:
"Have you ever thought about how much money you can make in a short time even if you break into Fan's house? It's nothing more than floating wealth."

When everyone heard it, that was the case.

You can't dig deep in Fan Mansion, just treat it as a guest and stay for a few days.

No matter how much the officers and soldiers hesitated, two hours had arrived.

When the time comes, the White Lotus Sect will be exposed.

"The Fan family has lasted for thousands of years, and its wealth is mainly not in cash, but in real estate, antique calligraphy and paintings." Du Ren said solemnly.

Li Yu nodded in approval.

This is indeed the case for most aristocratic families.

Liu Qian couldn't help but add:
"Besides, even if we find the cellar bank, we probably won't be able to move the silver away."

"Why?" Everyone said in unison.

Liu Qian scratched his head and explained sheepishly:
"Five years ago, I once walked into a house in Jiangning Mansion and found his silver cellar."

"However, after working for half an hour, I couldn't take away a single ingot."

"The silver cellar is full of silver winter melons!"

……

"Silver Winter Melon, what is it?" Everyone was dumbfounded.

It’s not their fault, it’s mainly because class limits imagination.

Among those present, Yang Yunjiao was probably the only one who had seen it with her own eyes, and Du Ren knew a thing or two.

Liu Qian could only explain with gestures:

"It means melting silver ingots into silver water and molding it into the shape of a winter melon. It's so big. It must weigh several thousand kilograms at least."

Old Hu was dumbfounded. He couldn't imagine what this was like.

We are the same people, how can there be such a big gap in wealth?

If he heard this on a daily basis, he would definitely not believe it.

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

"I feel bad when I think about it. The rows of silver winter melons in the cellar are so shiny, but I can't take away any of them."

What Liu Qian said was heartbreaking and very funny.

Normally, everyone would definitely laugh at him.

But here and now, no one has the intention to laugh.

Everyone was shocked.

Therefore, it is possible that Fan Mansion also deposits money in this way.

"Prepare more ropes, raise the bar, and send more people. It should be possible to move it, right?"

"The slave family doesn't think it's possible. A special car is needed to carry the silver winter melon, otherwise there will be nothing to do." Yang Yunjiao also spoke.

She was born as a salt merchant in Huizhou, so she had naturally seen her before.

"Besides, it's very hard to carry along the way, and it can't even run fast."

Hiss, everyone felt like they had been taught a lesson.

It turns out that old men can be so rich.

Li Yu took the opportunity to promote another wave:
"They have everything, but they still want everything. They are so greedy that they even want to take away the few copper coins in our hands."

"What Liu Qian saw was not silver winter melons, but thousands of hard-earned money like ours."

"What can we do? What are we going to do?"

"Kneeling? Lying on your stomach? Like a dog, wagging its tail to beg for mercy?"

Everyone's faces became darker and darker, filled with indignation.

Li Yu suddenly had a cold look in his eyes, stood up and said:

"Kill them and turn the silver winter melons into copper coins all over the sky."

……

(End of this chapter)