Xiao Letian's change of attitude actually suppressed Third Master Qing's momentum. The nobleman of the Eight Banners blinked and suddenly ran out of words to explain. This is really a rare and kind man among the Eight Banners disciples. He can actually think about the problem from Xiao Letian's point of view.
Yes, a Japanese devil who has returned from overseas doesn't owe you anything to the Qing Dynasty, so why should he accept the legal supervision of the Qing Dynasty? Isn’t it just a matter of patting someone on the butt if they want to leave?
Xiao Letian has been very busy writing books and doing business for more than a year, but no one has borrowed any money from you, and he has always relied on his own ability to make a living. Not only did the princes in the imperial court not provide any help, they also did many things to disrupt and even assassinate him.
Qingliu tried his best to suppress him, the royal family just wanted to take advantage, and the rest of the forces were just watching from the other side to watch the excitement. The only person in the Qing Dynasty who had really given Xiao Letian any favors besides himself was the Ninth Commander Zeng Guoquan.
As for this favor, Xiao Letian paid it back with the shares of the foreign bank, and he received 10% of it for free. I heard that Jiu Shuai also spent an unknown amount of silver from his own pocket in exchange for Xiao Letian's 10% share.
This is not someone who refuses to repay his kindness. Even a fool can understand how Lotte and Foreign Company's business is going. The friendship between this group of people is great enough, and Xiao Letian can almost repay it.
The third master slumped on the Taishi chair, rubbing his temples with his thumbs and sighing. At this moment, a burst of crying came from the backyard. It seemed that Amber's experience had once again made the girls in the house lose control of their emotions. Fuhui was probably crying hard now. .
Looking at the photos on the table, as well as the interrogation confessions, including the circumstantial evidence signed by countless Tanggu people and even foreigners, Mr. Qing was really too embarrassed to speak anymore.
"This, this, this... why is this such a mess... How can this Sun Sanhu be so arrogant? Who gave him the right to mobilize troops? How dare he kill..."
"Why else? Isn't it just money... Sun Sanhu pretended to be a steward around Fan Ru. During this period, he was in contact with all the big businessmen in the Tanggu business district. He had seen everything he needed to see. Fan Ru had two One million silver coins in cash, and my foreign bank apparently has 1.5 million silver coins in circulation..."
"Sun Sanhu must have heard various local rumors in Tanggu. Maybe he thought that foreign banks now have tens of millions in silver. With such a large amount of silver, even if he keeps 10% of it privately, he will not be able to eat and drink it all in a few lifetimes..."
Mr. Qing was dumbfounded. "You...you have 10 million in cash? Really 10 million?"
Xiao Letian curled his lips, "Do you believe what the idle guy on the street said? I really have ten million taels, but it's not cash. Most of it is in the form of goods, loans, land, etc. Real cash flow Just over two million taels..."
This was the first time that the Third Master heard Xiao Letian talk about how much money he had in foreign companies. He never imagined that Xiao Letian could amass such a huge wealth in half a year. Could it be that there is such a huge gold mine hidden in the sea?
Xiao Letian seemed to understand what the third master was thinking. He sneered, "Do you understand now, the third master? You know that Britain, France and other countries would not hesitate to go to war with the Qing Dynasty and also want trade rights. Why? In order to pry open the Qing Dynasty more?" market, they can capture the city of Beijing and burn the mountains and gardens..."
"Forget it, forget it, I can't tell you these things. If the Qing Dynasty doesn't keep me, I will go somewhere else to hang out. I don't believe I can starve to death in such a big world..." After saying this, Xiao Letian pretended to want to Walk.
The third master was definitely not Xiao Letian's opponent for being so naughty. He jumped up from his chair with a cry, "No, you can't leave... What will I do if you leave me alone in such a huge industrial zone? If those rotten scholars come in again, they will It’s become a big government office again, aren’t you trying to trick me?”
"Third Master, you are wrong. Those who deceived you are the corrupt scholars, the greedy royal spies, and the ambitious but stupid high-ranking officials in the court. If you want to explain, you go to them..."
Fu Qing was so angry that he realized that Xiao Letian was serious about it. His expression and tone did not sound like he was joking. "Xiao Letian! Are you not wrong in this matter? What happened to those armed soldiers? I know what you are going to say about foreign guards, but are there any guards like you who are uniformly dressed and armed with foreign guns? Pigtails No, this is not rebellion..."
Xiao Letian looked at the third master up and down, and said disdainfully, "Well, you guessed it right, these two hundred people are my personal guards. I recruited them in Ryukyu. What do you want? What can you do? Look. Don’t you like the more than 200 people I have? Go to Zeng Guofan and ask him to lay off 200,000 troops first, and then tell me about these 200 people..."
"You..." Mr. Qing San was so angry that he couldn't speak. You Xiao Letian, aren't you just playing tricks? How do you compare with Zeng Guofan? What is his identity and what is yours?
"Me? What's wrong with me... He allowed the Zeng family to have a private army, but he didn't allow me, Xiao Letian, to support him? If I hadn't had these hundreds of hard-working men, I would have had Sun Sanhu burned to death that night, and my family property would have been destroyed. Loot everything. Since the Qing Dynasty is unwilling to protect my life, then I will protect myself. What's wrong with this?"
"Let me tell you the truth, Third Master. I still have more than 200 soldiers in Ryukyu. This is a way for me, Xiao Letian, to save my life. When you come back, you can tell the court clearly that I will keep these hundreds of living and dead brothers. In the worst case, I will take them with you." Follow them and leave the Qing Dynasty. You can go and enjoy yourself..."
After Xiao Letian said that, he opened the door and walked to the back house. The third master hurriedly chased after him. Although he was a little at a loss for words, he still wanted to persuade Xiao Letian.
"Brother, don't be confused. The imperial court still values you. The emperor and the queen mother still want to use you. Can't you curb your foreign devil habits? Since you are in the Qing Dynasty, you must look like a Qing minister..."
Xiao Le had the time to talk nonsense with him, so he ran into the inner house in a flash. At this time, Fuhui was about to collapse. He looked at Amber, who was leaning on the bed with a pale face, and tears fell like a river.
"How could this happen? How could it be like this... Your Majesty! Queen Mother! Look at the trouble these slaves have caused. They are forcing my man to rebel... I don't care, send a quick horse to kill all the people. Send the evidence to the palace. If I don’t support my man, who will?”
For this reason, even if all the dark clouds cleared one day, Fuhui and Fuqing wrote secret letters to the emperor and the queen mother overnight, recounting the causes and consequences of the Tanggu riot exactly as Xiao Letian intended, and then again Together with a large number of photos and written evidence, they were sent to the capital on a fast horse.
After finishing everything, it was already late at night. Fu Hui couldn't bear it anymore and went to rest first. Fu Qing gritted his molars and said, "Take me to see Sun Sanhu. I will give him a few whips with my own hands!"
Xiao Letian scratched his scalp and said sheepishly, "Let's forget it. I'm afraid you'll see it and accuse me of setting up a private dungeon again. I've already committed enough sins. Do you want to add one more?"
In the end, Xiao Letian still couldn't screw with the third master, and the two of them went to Xiao Letian's secret dungeon outside the city under the leadership of Master Long.
Opening the secret door inside the warehouse, a narrow staircase appeared in front of you. Walking down only three or four meters, you can see an iron door, and there were waves of ghostly wailing sounds coming from inside.
The iron door was opened, and the pungent smell of blood and fishy smell came out, and Mr. Qing almost fell over. When he took a closer look, he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
"Is this Sun Sanhu?" There was no sign of a human being in front of him. Two huge iron hooks passed through the pipa bones and hung the whole man on the wooden frame. The skin and flesh all over his body were beaten to pieces. Fortunately, it was winter. If it was summer, Get maggots.
Sun Sanhu's throat made a gurgling sound like a beast. A slight cough could cause wounds all over his body to ooze blood. His eyes were swollen like peaches, leaving only a gap.
When the figure of Mr. Qing appeared in Sun Sanhu's eyes, the struggling beast suddenly became excited. His whole body shook violently and he used all his strength to squeeze out the sound from his throat.
"Is it the Third Master... I know you... Please help the Third Master..."
"Damn it, you haven't eaten for three days and you still have the energy to talk?" The soldier next to him raised his hand and whipped Sun Sanhu twice, which made Sun Sanhu tremble all over.
A drop of smelly blood splashed onto the third master's cheek. He was so shocked by Xiao Letian's methods that he was speechless. The secret agent of the imperial court, the royal eagle dog, was actually lynched, and was beaten like this. An indescribable feeling came to the third master's heart.
Xiao Letian snorted coldly. He felt that it was necessary to teach Third Master a lesson. "What's wrong? Third Master has softened his heart? Do you think I'm rebellious again? Yes, I committed a crime by setting up a private dungeon and raising an army." That's fine, but think about it, Third Master, did these bastards ever show any mercy when they dealt with me?"
"It's OK for them to kill me, but it's not OK for me to fight back? Your theory is really weird, Third Master. Since ancient times, kindness has not been in charge of military affairs, justice has not been in charge of wealth, and governing a country is even more difficult. You are so indecisive. , A woman with a kind heart, how can she survive in the imperial court in the future!"
Xiao Letian walked up to Sun Sanhu and looked at him coldly, "I know you are cruel to me and you want to kill me, but I also know that you are cruel to me in your heart, but it is not because of the army in my hands. What you said on your lips Killing traitors for the Qing Dynasty is just an excuse to cover up your dirty mind..."
"There are only two things in your mind. One is to take away the money from my pocket, and the other is that you sincerely look down on me, a Japanese devil. Do you think I should kneel down in front of you and say hello to you? You kowtow. Haha, it’s not just you, how many of the great men in the imperial court can look up to me?”
"Fuck, take your official rules and go to hell...someone, give him another punishment and let him feel better!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Sanhu screamed in his throat, and his eyes that had been beaten to a slit opened again. The soldiers next to him had no time to pity him, so they grabbed a bamboo basket from behind and found what kind of living thing was swishing inside.
When the lid of the bamboo basket was opened, Mr. Qing had goosebumps all over his body. It turned out that there was a basket full of live mice inside.
"Sun Sanhu has been trained. We used to make bamboo signs on his fingers one by one, but he didn't even try. Finally, I came up with this idea. Doesn't he practice boy skills? This kind of person is just like a eunuch. He has an abnormal desire to continue the family lineage. In this case, I will extinguish this desire in his heart..."
While Xiao Letian was talking, the bamboo basket was already placed between Sun Sanhu's legs. The frightened mice were jumping up and down inside the bamboo basket, biting desperately.
"Ah... you will go to hell, you are not a human... you kill me, please kill me..."
Xiao Letian looked at Sun Sanhu coldly and said in a low voice, "This is my determination, this is my limit, no one can bully me, I am also a mad dog..."
Qing Sanye felt chilled when he heard this. He knew that Xiao Letian was telling Sun Sanhu openly, but secretly he was telling him, including the imperial court.
This man is really not easy to mess with. I don’t want to suffer even the slightest loss!
