Australian Governor's Official Residence
When Bugaloo heard that Carlos was about to be sentenced to death, his expression changed slightly. He was silent for a moment and said, "Count, can you please not execute Carlos? His family has a high reputation in the country. If he is sentenced to death for crimes in Haojing, Being executed, I am worried that it will cause some changes in the country."
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and said: "Sir Bugalu, because of him, you and I have lost the precious lives of nearly a thousand soldiers. It would not be appropriate if we do not punish him severely."
Bugalu thought for a while and said: "Count, can you spare his life, even if he is sentenced to imprisonment?"
Nona on the side listened to the conversation between her father and the boy, blinked her eyes, looked at Mrs. Hailey not far away, stood up and walked over, whispering in Portuguese: "Mom, why do you want to execute Uncle Carlos?"
Hailey gently took Nona's hand and whispered: "These are adult matters."
Jia Heng refused to give in and said: "Sir, if you let him go, he will definitely become a trouble in the future. Only by executing him according to law can we eliminate the trouble and avoid unpredictable risks in the future."
He felt that Bugalo was probably not worried about Carlos' family causing trouble in Portugal. Being able to serve as the governor of Haojing and being a knight meant that he could not have no background behind him.
It can only be said that if Carlos is beheaded by him, it will cause attacks and public outcry in Portugal.
After all, Portugal is still the maritime overlord among the barbarians at this moment, and it is obvious that it cannot accept this "humiliation", so it may recall Bugal Road and replace it with a new Australian governor.
Thinking of this, Jia Heng pondered and said: "Our country will send an official note to your country to explain the war crimes committed by Carlos. If your country withdraws the governor who signed the lease of residence in Macao, we believe that the lease is no longer valid and will Portuguese people in Haojing will be deported."
When the governor of Australia changes next time, it will be an opportunity to completely solve the Hao Jing problem. Now he really can't spare any time. This time he came here was an extraneous incident.
Bujialu's eyes flashed when he heard this. He obviously understood Jia Heng's intention. It was to help him put pressure on the country. However, this matter had advantages and disadvantages.
In your Majesty's eyes, will you doubt that he has reached a tacit understanding with the Han Dynasty? But after Carlos made such a fuss, Han had an excuse.
Jia Heng looked at Bugalu, who was clearly thinking, and said, "If Sir, you feel uneasy, you can also write to the king of your country to explain the situation here. If your country chooses to trade with our country, it will gain prosperous profits."
The Maritime Silk Road not only brought trade, but also exchanges of culture and technology between the East and the West. With Haojing as a window, it was logical to introduce other Western technologies.
Bugalu nodded, agreeing.
The two chatted casually. In the past few days of contact, Bujialu had already been deeply impressed by Jia Heng's erudition. A lord from the ancient Han Dynasty actually had knowledge of Britain, France, and even ancient Rome thousands of miles away. Knowing them all so well made Bujialu astonished.
In the afternoon and evening, the guards of the Jinyi Mansion escorted Carlos and Alam to the Australian Governor's residence. Bujialu also left the living room and came to the courtyard, where he saw Carlos and Alam bound by ropes. people.
At this moment, Carlos' young and handsome face was almost full of joy, and he said excitedly: "Sir, are you back?"
Alam also pretended to be happy, but compared to Carlos's superb acting skills, this young man with bronze skin had a somewhat stiff expression on his face, his thick lips moved, and he whispered: "Sir. "
Bugalu looked at Carlos coldly and said in Portuguese: "Carlos, before I left, I told you many times to wait carefully on the island. Why did you deceive Poole and the others and launch an attack on Han?" attack?"
Carlos argued: "Sir, it was an aide who reported that you were detained by the Han army. After I heard the news, I was worried about your safety."
"That's enough!" Bujialu shouted, turning to look at Jia Heng and saying, "Earl, I'll leave these two people to you."
Since Jia Heng had already helped to think of measures to eliminate future troubles, the Portuguese governor abroad also regained his aggressive and decisive momentum.
No matter what the reason was, he didn't obey his orders and had hidden motives. Do you think he didn't know? The war started here, and the people of Han Dynasty were so angry that he would probably never come back.
Jia Heng nodded, looked at the Jinyi palace guards who were holding Carlos and Alam on their shoulders, and said, "Take them to the Yuehai Navy Camp."
Carlos' expression changed drastically, he struggled violently, and said urgently: "Sir, you can't let the Han people take me away..."
Before they finished speaking, Carlos and Aram were dragged out of the courtyard by the guards of the Jinyi Mansion, and they suddenly regained their tranquility.
There was nothing unusual on the road. He extended his hand to invite me and said, "Your Highness, let's talk in the living room."
After all, he was a governor of the same place, and had been a local emperor overseas for many years. The previous episode only made this knight lose his mind for a moment, and he had already made up his mind.
It is true that Carlos cannot be retained, otherwise, he will be known in the country as a shameless person who colluded with Han and betrayed national interests.
Jia Heng nodded and followed Bugaloo back to the living room.
The next day, noon
As the Guangdong Navy gradually took over the Haojing sea area, Jia Heng also took some time off and wandered around Haojing City with Chen Xiao, planning to buy some gifts and return to Jinling. The two of them wandered along the streets, Chen Xiao Xiao looked at Jia Heng, who was buying in bulk, and his eyes flashed.
"You never seem to be afraid of dealing with bracelets, necklaces, and rings when they meet." Chen Xiao looked at the young man who was holding a pink bead chain and said sarcastically.
She finally knew where his jewelry came from.
The jewelry that Jia Heng gave to Zhen Qing and Zhen Xue was naturally seen by Chen Xiao.
Jia Heng raised his eyes to look at Chen Xiao, chuckled, and said: "They are all specialties of the Portuguese people. I just gave them a piece as a gift. There is no other intention, as long as the styles are different."
This is the same as bringing back some local specialties from a trip. It has no special meaning. Xiaoxiao is still young after all.
Chen Xiao's eyes dimmed slightly and he whispered: "You are indeed deliberately planning this."
Jia Heng said softly: "You have preconceived ideas. Come and choose which one you like."
"I don't like these." Chen Xiao looked indifferent and glanced at the necklace that was filled with jade and gemstones.
Jia Heng whispered: "Then help me pick two pieces for Xianning. You two have similar looks and temperament."
Chen Xiao: "???"
The girl's eyebrows and heartbeat were beating, her eyes were dark, and she tightened her grip on the sword at her waist.
Jia Heng walked straight towards the street and said to the girl who was following silently: "I didn't see anything interesting along the way."
As we walked along, we found that there were no epoch-making technological products in Haojing or the West in the mid-to-late 17th century, because the industrial revolution had not yet arrived. There was a gap of nearly a hundred years between what happened in the 1860s and now.
The girl observed Jia Heng's expression and wondered if it was her imagination. The man in front of her seemed to be thinking about these foreign things.
Could it be that he had been to the country of the barbarians? Otherwise, how could he speak the barbarian language? Or maybe it was because he wanted to flee to the Yi country if he was discovered by the palace, so he learned the Yi language in advance?
"What are you looking for?"
Jia Heng said: "Look for traces of modern technology."
Looking at the confused Chen Xiao, Jia Heng said: "Maybe one day, there will be a car that can run on its own without mules and horses, transporting goods on established tracks, saving a lot of manpower."
Chen Xiao: "???"
Are you really stupid? Have you been talking nonsense in Haojing these two days?
In fact, the girl did not know that this was caused by the relatively modern environment around her. Jia Heng had never thought about future technologies in Shenjing before, because she rarely made associations in an ancient environment, and secondly, she knew that it was unrealistic. .
Without Taobao's ready-made module combinations, how could it be possible to create one from scratch?
If an ordinary person who has never learned carpentry is given a piece of wood and a saw, he cannot make a chair. How can he still want to make big technological inventions after traveling through time?
Jia Heng said: "The nature of a gentleman is not different. He is good at pretending to things."
Chen Xiao said softly: "You have been a little unusual lately."
Jia Heng smiled and said, "I felt a little emotional when I saw the foreign things."
As he spoke, his eyes were suddenly attracted to the vendors in the distance.
He walked forward and picked up a saber. It was a dagger with a wooden handle and a silver body with patterns. The blade was as bright as water, and the whole thing had a simple and heavy feel.
Damascus saber.
Jia Heng recognized the dagger at a glance, picked up the saber, and asked, "How can I sell this?"
The saber forged by the Persians had obviously gone through some years, and there were heavy traces of time on it.
Seeing that the young man opposite was speaking Chinese, the Portuguese also said in a strange accent: "Twenty taels of silver."
Jia Heng took out the silver and bought a dagger. He turned over and said, "Yes."
Chen Xiao looked at the young man with watery eyes, his eyes fell on the dagger in Jia Heng's hand, and he said in surprise: "This is..."
Jia Heng explained: "This is a Damascus saber, a knife forged by ancient Persians. There are not many genuine ones left in the world. It is very sharp. It is best for peeling pears and apples."
Chen Xiao: "..."
Gave her a saber?
However, he still pulled out the dagger from the scabbard out of curiosity. He saw the cold edge filled with water, reflecting a cold face, and thought to himself: "This knife is indeed sharp."
Jia Heng stared at the girl with beautiful features and said warmly: "It's getting late. Do you have anything else to buy? If not, let's go back."
There was actually nothing to see in Haojing. There was nothing he wanted. In other words, the technological level between the East and the West at this time was not that big.
After all, according to the timeline of parallel time and space, it is still the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the country will be closed off for another hundred years, which is when the Industrial Revolution took place.
Chen Xiao put away his saber and said softly: "I have nothing to buy, just go back."
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Time flies, and three days pass in the blink of an eye.
As Haojing and other places were gradually taken over by the Guangdong Yuehai Navy, at Jia Heng's suggestion, the Guangdong vassal selected a counselor to serve as governor in Haojing and set up a government office. Jia Heng stayed in Haojing for a few more days. After that day, I said goodbye to Bugia Road and returned to Guangzhou.
The matter of lifting the sea ban is once again on the desks of high-ranking officials in Guangdong.
Governor's Yamen, backyard, Governor Zhou Zao of Guangdong, dressed in regular clothes, walked in the garden of the rockery corridor, stopped in the corner pavilion, sat down on a stool, looked at the southwest corner, saw the gorgeous autumn chrysanthemums blooming in the autumn, and asked Said: "Is it over with Hao Jing?"
"It turned out to be a scabies disease, and the Guangdong Navy put it down." The staff lowered his voice and said: "Dong Weng, the Wu family originally wore the same trousers as the Jia family. This time they cooperated in sending troops. I heard Uncle Yongning also reciprocated the favor. He planned to reopen the city's maritime affairs department and withhold part of the tax money to support the Guangdong Navy. At the same time, he would allocate a group of people from the Guangdong Navy to specialize in private patrol matters. This is not changing the soup without changing the medicine."
Zhou Zao said coldly: "I have discovered this Uncle Yongning a long time ago. When the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps were reorganizing the army, everyone else was taken down and dealt with. On the other hand, Shui Yu of the Jiangbei camps, as the leading Jiedu envoy, But he is safe and sound. Who doesn’t know that the Shui family and the Jia family have been friends for several generations? You say that he doesn’t show favoritism and only serves the public good? I don’t believe it!”
"What Dong Weng said is true. This person has been rectifying things, just to attack dissidents and cultivate party members." Chief Liang said softly.
Zhou Zao twirled his beard with his hand, looked a little more solemn, and said in a low voice: "Old Zhao Ge in the capital replied to the letter, saying that there is a lot of controversy between the DPRK and China on the re-imposition of the sea ban. The Qi party strongly recommended it, and the emperor also approved of it. Mr. Zhao Ge has warned you to proceed with caution, as Yongning Bo's holy family is flourishing, so we must stay away from the edge for the time being."
Chief Liang nodded and said with a smile: "It is wise for Dong Weng not to confront Uncle Yongning head-on. As long as he can stay in Guangdong, he will eventually return to Jiangnan and Shenjing. I heard that this time he came to Hao Jingyuan to rush to the capital." In order to introduce Hongyi's firearms so that we can fight against the Donglu in the future, now that we have fulfilled our wish, we will naturally leave. Even if we open the sea, don't we still have the final say in this city?"
Zhou Zao nodded slightly and said, "That's true. After opening up the sea, who will take the lead?"
Master Liang said: "Dongweng is a province in Futai, so it is natural for Dongweng to preside over it."
"Mr. Zhao Ge and Mr. Han Ge in Beijing also mean the same thing, but..." Zhou Zao looked confused.
It's just that when the sea ban was closed, he had expressed his position to the DPRK and China many times. Now that he has changed his tune and withdrawn, he can't keep his face and is easily ridiculed by his colleagues in the officialdom.
Chief Liang rolled his old eyes and said in a low voice: "Even if Dong Weng cannot take charge of this matter, he must be kept in the Chief Envoy's Department so that he can ask questions at any time. I think Shi Bo has only been promoted to a few ranks, so what? Isn’t it time for Dong Weng to say a word?”
"That's what I mean too." Zhou Zao nodded, with calculation in his eyes.
And just when Zhou Zao and his staff were dealing with the reconstruction of Chaoguan in Guangzhou, Jia Heng also arrived in Guangzhou's capital city by boat.
Liu Xiaoyuan, Chief Secretary of Guangdong, who was on the same boat, said: "Uncle Yong Ning, the imperial court has recently reconsidered the policy of opening up the sea. I wonder what the proposal is?"
During this period, the Guangdong political activist advised Jia Heng on the benefits of opening up the sea whenever he had time.
Jia Heng said: "Liu Shenzheng, please be patient. There should be an imperial edict issued in the near future. In the future, Liu Shenzheng will be required to preside over the reconstruction of the Shibo Tiju Department."
"Don't worry, Uncle Yongning, I will do my best for you." Liu Xiaoyuan bowed his hands and said thoughtfully: "Just how will I manage things? Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in Guangzhou city about the opening of the sea. There is no noise from the Guangdong Governor's Yamen and the Chief Envoy's Yamen. few."
Jia Heng said: "I mentioned to the imperial court that the previous rank of the city's shipping envoy was too low to resist local interference in affairs, so the Guangzhou Customs and Taxation Branch was re-established, with the Guangdong vassal participating in politics, and the Kadu Imperial Palace Historian title, he is responsible for this department. From now on, the tax money input will not be accepted by the Guangdong vassal. The tax money will be uniformly allocated by the central government. Firstly, it will be sent to the court to support the household department, and secondly, it will support the Guangdong Navy."
In fact, the ideal is for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take over, but this will inevitably push Jinyang to the forefront again, and needless to say, the two parties in Qi and Zhejiang are opposed together, so it is not feasible.
When Liu Xiaoyuan heard this, he was slightly shocked and asked: "The Customs and Taxation Branch is not under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong vassal?"
With the title of Censor of Jiadu, isn’t this... governor?
This Uncle Yong Ning is really a generous person. This nephew of Brother Lin is... incredible.
The full name of the governor is the governor of the capital, and Liu Xiaoyuan is a third-rank official who participates in politics. The title of censor of the capital is not as high as the rank of governor, but it is comparable to that of the second-rank chief envoy, which means that his authority is independent from the governor of Guangdong and Guangdong. Chief envoy.
Jia Heng said: "Otherwise, the city's civil servants will not be promoted to the fifth rank, and they will be easily bullied by the local government."
He believed that this proposal would definitely tempt important officials in the court, and not only Guangdong Province, but also Fujian Province could set up customs, and even Shanghai County of Songjiang Prefecture could open Fu for trade and set up additional customs.
And he believes that this proposal will be realized.
Everyone knows the disadvantages of opening up the sea, but the key is that the Ministry of Revenue is in a tight financial situation. At this time, adding a tax source is a matter of great interest to the party.
Therefore, even if they knew that it was Jia Heng's proposal to open the sea ban, Qi party officials strongly supported it during the cabinet and six ministries' meetings.
Moreover, Jia Heng proposed in the memorial, "Use 30% of the customs' silver to support the navy, use the navy to cruise to clean up the pirates, and go north to pacify the captives..." This is the final word.
This undoubtedly corroborates what Jia Heng originally wrote in the "Ping Lu Policy". Combined with the previous Eastern Lu raids in the south of the Yangtze River and the threat of Chen Han's wealth and wealth with the navy, the importance of the navy was initially recognized by officials.
For Emperor Chongping, with the popularity of the Lianghuai Salt Law and the good news that the Lianghuai Salt Reform had achieved initial results, he naturally no longer had any doubts about opening up the sea.
Seeing Liu Xiaoyuan's eyes slightly condensed and his mind agitated, Jia Heng said loudly: "Don't pay attention to Zhou Zao, the governor of Guangdong. He can't do anything under the grand situation. Besides, someone will take care of his affairs."
The person standing behind Zhou Zao is still keeping a low profile and will not take the initiative to have any conflicts with him, and even uses him to defeat Yang at critical moments.
Hearing this, Liu Xiaoyuan nodded, feeling hot in his heart.
In the evening, Jia Heng finally returned to the post house in Fucheng, Guangzhou, used to entertain officials from Beijing.
Jia Heng entered the wing and was somewhat tired after running back and forth in Haojing for several days.
Chen Xiao whispered: "Those cannons and muskets are already in the warehouse in Guangzhou Fucheng. According to what you said, the bullets are all waterproof and moisture-proof. Xu Tingye, the superintendent of the Ordnance Supervision, followed him throughout the process, as well as Jinyi Mansion and Guangdong Hai Protected by the Navy."
Jia Heng said: "We won't be able to stay here in Guangdong for long, so we will go back to Jinling."
Hao Jing's trip was basically completed after a small-scale armed conflict. He took away 80 craftsmen from the arsenal, mainly craftsmen in key processes, and then there were 28 cannons and cannons. The Hongyi cannon is just a preliminary test. It can at least equip an artillery regiment, which is almost enough.
As for Hao Jing's other Hongyi cannons, Bugalu has also promised to only use them for his long-distance ships. Even the craftsmen of the cannon factory have been emptied by more than half.
Because the cannons were too heavy, a lot of mules and horses were used to transport them this time.
There is no need for a sea ship, mainly for the sake of confidentiality.
If the Guangdong Navy sends too many troops, then it is possible that the pirates in Fujian and Zhejiang will get the news, and the news will reach the ears of Duduo who is hiding in the islands of Fujian and Zhejiang.
(End of chapter)
