Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 18 - Returning to the Guangde

Xiao Letian spent an entire hour to completely convince the suspicious Qing San Ye. Xiao Letian's words were very round. He had reduced the number of bandits in Taihang Mountains to less than 200, and had even added on to their experiences, which made people feel that they were water villains.

"They are a group of people who have been persecuted by the government. If they didn't have food to eat, how could they have fallen prey to the law? "As for those archers and crossbows, you should know that the southern lands have too many of these weapons. As long as you have the heart, it would be a piece of cake to buy one or two hundred of them …"

"More importantly, they only have around a hundred people. Other than having a feast, what else can they do? Don't think too much of those people. I have decided to go back to Tianjin to open a foreign bank and start a small business with the foreigners. "As you know, this foreigner is not easy to deal with. If you don't have a ruthless character, won't you let the foreigners eat all my bones?"

After spending a long time, Xiao Letian finally brought out all of his trump cards. "Qing San Ye, even if you don't listen to anything else, you have to consider the face of the Emperor and the empress dowagers, right?"

Fu Qing was stunned at that time, "What did you say? The Emperor's face! And the empress dowager's face? "

After Nanjing City was captured in July, the emperor and the empress dowager celebrated with great joy. Not only did they invite the officials of the imperial court, they even brought the Master Yang s over. It's the end of the year now, and it's said that Ceng Guofan still has to return to the capital to report to the Emperor.

These words were a reminder to the dreamer. Qing San Ye was a standard-bearer after all, and was very clear on the twists and turns of the imperial court. It was almost the new year, and he was risking his life to exterminate the bandits. Wasn't this just adding fuel to the fire for the emperor and empress dowager?

"Aiya, I'm confused and muddle-headed. No wonder that fellow Ning Xueluo refused to send out troops no matter what." So the root was here? They were thinking of the face of the imperial government! "If I make this big, how much trouble would the emperor and the empress dowager have to have?" Qing San Ye pounded his chest and stomped his feet in frustration.

At this time, Xiao Letian was still beating the gong. "That's right, if the foreigners were to hear about this, they would not even be able to protect Xi Ling's territory. We cannot lose face for the Great Qing Dynasty … Also, I promise you, I will move into the Beijing at the latest before the Spring Festival. When the time comes, look at me with your own eyes and see if I'll make this group of brothers rebel? "

Xiao Letian said it over and over again, but in the end, he dispelled the doubts in Qing San Ye's heart. The Third Master looked at Xiao Letian hesitantly, "Are you really going to start a business trip? Is it really to make them the bodyguards of a foreign bank? "

"Aiya, my Lord Third! When the time comes, you'll be part of the foreign exchange. Can't you just watch every day?" This time, Qing San Ye was relieved. He patted the dirt off his body and shouted, "Men, prepare for the noon feast. I'm going to get drunk …"

Just at that moment, a low voice came from outside the room. "Young master, Chief Steward has sent troops into the city again, and they actually surrounded the Guangde this time. It seems like they are going to make a move on shopkeeper Fan Lian."

"Damn, this old pervert is really going to make a move on Hu Niu, this girl is so pitiful …" Qing San Ye shook his head in anger.

Xiao Letian looked at Fu Qing strangely and suddenly asked: "You're just sighing? If you don't help out a little, you won't care about sharing the same interests as us? "

"I … I … I …" What can I do? 'Someone who's your eldest uncle is either a matchmaker or an employee. It's not illegal for me to get involved … What's going on … '

"Bullshit!" Hu Niu is a woman that I like, whoever dares to snatch her away, I will fight with him for my life. What a good Fu Qing, you don't even have to think about it, letting Hu Niu and an old man who is about to be buried in the ground, you actually turned a blind eye and watched on the side? " The good mood that Xiao Letian had just accumulated completely crumbled, and saliva sprayed onto Fu Qing's face.

Now that Fu Qing had flushed red, he realized that his thinking could no longer keep up with Xiao Letian's. Could it be that all foreigners consider things this way? Why is he completely different from the people of Great Qing Dynasty?

He hasn't even jumped up and down to curse, how can we outsiders interfere? Furthermore, Hu Niu was after all, a daughter born from a concubine. Her position in the large families was actually only a little higher than the butler. Most of the time, this kind of daughter was no different from a servant girl in the family. Even if it was a marriage, it was for the benefit of the family.

Not to mention marrying an old man in his sixties, even if he were to marry a dead man with an underworld marriage, it would be a common thing. What was there to not see? Why was Xiao Letian so angry, could it be that he really moved his heart towards Hu Niu?

"Calm down, brother, calm down. If you scold me a little, I won't mind, but don't go to someone else's house and cause trouble! When that happens and Hu Niu's reputation is ruined, the little girl will not be able to continue living … "

"Holy sh * t …" Xiao Letian was completely speechless, he had been defeated by the thinking of the ancient people. It's already a crime for me to help Hu Niu break free from the Feng Clan's shackles. He also didn't want to waste his breath on Fu Qing, so he grabbed his arm and said, "I don't care. Hu Niu is my woman in this life anyways. "Worse comes to worse, I won't be writing books, and I won't be doing business with the ocean. I'll be learning how to move mountains in order to stir up trouble in Jiang Prefecture City …"

"Hey brother, is your temper a firecracker? How can you say that it will collapse just like that! "Come back here right now …" Qing San Ye patted his chest while holding onto Xiao Letian tightly, "This is my problem, how can it not be mine? But brother, let's get to the bottom of this, there's no hope between you and Hu Niu, don't be so full of yourself … "

Xiao Letian laughed, "Tell the truth to big brother, even Hu Niu's father won't object now, do you think it's hot for one or hot for two!?"

Qing San Ye can be considered to be completely defeated by Xiao Letian, his heart said yes, after living in the mountain for one day and one night, they can steal Hu Niu's heart.

If there was one person in Yi County who was not afraid of Second Master Lian, it would be Fu Qing. Even though Fu Qing was still a subordinate of Second Master Lian, he was a noble with a yellow flag at the bottom. Although his family was no longer the same as before, as long as he put down his pride, he would be able to establish a relationship with the prince.

As for the Second Master of the Lian Family, he was nothing more than a Chinese who had raised the flag early before entering the stage. He had relied on his seniority to earn his way up to the position of manager of Xi Ling. Giving him face was equivalent to giving him a lot of face, not giving him any face would be considered bullsh * t.

"Stop Stop Stop..." Which car are you from? You have no eyes! The Guangde will not do business today … " Just as the black carriage of the Qing San Ye approached the street where the Guangde were, it was stopped by the guards at the entrance of the alleyway.

"Stupid monkey, you are blind. How dare you block your Qing San Ye's car …" Pa! Fu Qing opened the cotton curtain and stared angrily at the guard.

"Aiyo …" "Greetings to you, San Ye …" The face of the Lai Pi Monkey changed, immediately becoming the most respectful, most standard ceremony procedure in the Beijing.

"Alright, alright, who let you block the door? I wonder if Manager Fan is my friend? "

"Aiyo, Master San, how can we offend the Manager Fan? This is Second Master Lian's order, you little errand boy, take pity on us. We won't listen to anyone who scolds us! "What do you think …"

He was so respectful that he could not even imagine it. At that time, he recalled the plot of the old version of "Teahouse", but he really did not expect that people from Old Beijing would actually be so polite to each other, and actually play with flowers.

However, the respect on their faces could not hide the thorns in their words. With just a few words, they were able to plant a fear in the hearts of Fu Qing and Second Master Lian Lian. Isn't your Qing San Ye awesome? Then I'll just throw Second Master Lian out. If you want to fight, go and fight with me.

Xiao Letian was about to clap this shameless monkey in his heart, thinking that if his assistant from back then had such a clever mouth, he wouldn't have to work so hard. However, when his eyes inadvertently landed on the chaos stall at the entrance of the alleyway, he discovered that the old man who sold chaos had long since been frightened to the point of kneeling on the ground. Furthermore, the monkey's eyes were filled with fear. He had been bullied quite a few times just now.

Sigh! Flattery and bullying, this was the true power of the late Qing, Xiao Letian sighed inwardly.

"Enough, stop messing around with your third master and settle your wonton account. All those poor people in the cold …" After saying that, a streak of silver light flew across the air. Six to seven pieces of silver flew into the hands of the Reeves Monkey.

"Aiyo, thank you for your reward …" The Rape Monkey bowed towards the black car, its heart blooming with joy. However, he turned around to look at the timid Chaotic Store Owner and once again threw the silver pieces up and down with a cold expression.

"Look, if you see it, you won't be able to pull it out!" Even if this grandpa gave it to you, can you even find the right to open it? " His words scared the old man and he hurriedly shook his head.

In the carriage, Xiao Letian scolded Fu Qing a little: "You actually call yourself a silver? I'm sure that he'll have to go to Ning Xi's room to divulge the news …

With a bitter face, Fu Qing gently shook his head. "Brother, how can I not know about the lousy dog treasure in their stomachs? I grew up with this group of people... The money that I have given him is actually to buy a seal of the mouth for a period of time. This bit of money can let him delay it for at least another two hours before he reports.

This time, there was no one stopping the black caravan. They drove all the way into the Guangde. Without waiting for Xiao Letian to get off the carriage, ten of the workers with bird spears and faces filled with grief and indignation surrounded him, looking around vigilantly to protect and escort Xiao Letian.

"Aiya! You are Luo Huo, you are Chu Zhao, your name is Lu Ying … " Xiao Letian's memory is amazing, he actually called out all the ten Musketeers s that he had trained overnight.

When the ten workers heard their master call out their names, their eyes filled with tears of excitement as they all lowered their voices and said, "Master, don't worry. We guarantee that we will protect you. Whoever dares to be disrespectful will be shot …" The tall guy called Luo Huo even patted his bulging gunpowder bag.

Xiao Letian never thought that after spending one night with them, they would actually be so respectful to him, just like how they protected one's eyeballs as they walked towards the inner chamber. Along the way, Xiao Letian saw many familiar faces in the caravan, the shop assistants were beating them up, kowtowing and kowtowing to them, and looking at his savior with teary eyes.

Yi County's Manager Liu and his subordinates were all dumbfounded. They suddenly felt that this group of frosted eggplants had suddenly regained their vigor, especially the ten Musketeers s, who were staring at them as if they were looking at dead people. They didn't know what killing intent was, but they could feel that something bad was about to happen to them.

Fu Qing and Xiao Letian walked into the inner chamber behind the small business. The ten Musketeers s and the attendants, who were loyal to Fan Lian, surrounded the study room. Manager Liu awkwardly wanted to send some dried fruits and tea, but he was stopped by Luo Huo and the rest.

"Manager Liu, you should do the business at the counter. His cold tone made him unable to say a word.