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With a bang, everyone laughed. The old butler is a good person. He has been working in the housekeeping business in Sijiucheng for a lifetime. He is very good at handling matters. The last sentence of the three sentences is actually the key point. If you have read this chapter of the novel gege, please go to Biquge () to read the latest chapter, or you can directly search for "" or "" on Baidu. Please remember our new website Bi-Qu-ge,, ,,
The girls in the inner house haven't seen the master for a year, so they have to go and comfort him. The feeling of a fire in the back garden is not pleasant.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, the work we have just done is enough to keep us busy for a while. Sir, you should have a good family dinner. Let's go meet Zhou Mingkui, or let him come again tomorrow..."
The room was filled with the sound of chairs being pulled. Xiao Letian had just arranged a lot of work, which required everyone to work together to execute it.
Xiao Letian sighed, "I'll see you off..." He knew that the girls in the inner house were looking forward to his return. It wasn't that the girls had any ideas, but that the two hostesses were not at home, and they were completely depressed. Bottomless.
In a feudal society where men are superior to women, the personalities of these girls who have been trained by Jiaofangsi since childhood are not complete. Even if these girls are as independent and capable as Ping'er, or as hot and unyielding as Qingwen, they always long for a master to protect them in their hearts.
Xiao Letian is the master, and Fuhui and Huniu are the two wives. This home is their haven, where they can have enough food and clothing, there are no cold words or harsh words, and there will be no crazy men jumping on them.
The gate of this mansion is a paradise for girls, but there must be a master in paradise.
Fuhui was trapped in Jingshan, and Huniu stayed in Ryukyu to accompany old shopkeeper Fan Lian. Now only Xiao Letian can comfort these girls.
"Prime Minister, stay here. You'd better go back to the inner chamber... I'm afraid there will be a fire if it's too late, hahaha..." This group of narrow-minded ghosts urged Xiao Letian back all the way.
When the group of people walked to the gate, Zhou Mingkui, who was sitting in the concierge drinking bitter tea, jumped out of the room and neatly gave Xiao Letian a thousand dollars.
"The Prime Minister is here, please accept my bow..."
Xiao Letian sent Xiao Hexin and the others away, turned around and helped Zhou Mingkui up, nodded and said, "Well... you are very good. You can strictly maintain neutrality in this battle. This proves that you are still smart, and you are worthy of the care I put into you... …”
When Zhou Mingkui heard this, he didn't scold him. He even said that neutrality was right. He couldn't find Bei all of a sudden. He thought that what Xiao Letian said was ironic.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister... I'm humble... I'm timid and afraid of getting into trouble. I don't stand clearly on the side of the Special Administrative Region. I beg for your understanding..." After finishing speaking, he wanted to kneel down.
Xiao Letian knew what he was thinking and was not angry, "Okay, stop kneeling. If you continue to kneel down, I really don't care about you. I have a new task for you. Don't delay my time to eat..." "
Unexpectedly, the officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are really a bunch of bastards. If you look nice, they think you are trying to harm them, but if you treat them harshly, they will become more energetic.
"Please give me your orders, Prime Minister. I will listen attentively..."
Xiao Letian looked down on his mean look, and after a breath he waved his hand and said, "You only have one job now, which is to settle the people. I gave Xiao Hexin a map. You go and ask for one. Everything I circled with my pencil Please walk me through all the places..."
"You have to meet with the local big families, the garrison, and the petty officials, and then tell them that Xiao Letian's new army is just a concession of this land, and it is not a rebellion. The officials of the Qing Dynasty will still do what they want. Taxes will still be paid...Don't think too much, tell them this land still belongs to the Qing Dynasty, and no one is forcing them to become rebels..."
When Zhou Mingkui heard this, he almost jumped up in shock, "Do you really mean what you said, Prime Minister? Are you trying to trick me? You have defeated the imperial army three times in a row... What are you trying to do?"
Zhou Mingkui was an official after all. While waiting at the concierge, he had already read the translated newspapers from the Lion City that Xiao Letian had brought. He was completely impressed by what Xiao Letian had done in Europe.
Chinese literati are extremely sensitive to things like luck. Xiao Letian is nominally the Prime Minister of Ryukyu, but this cannot fool him. Xiao Letian is now Cao Cao of Ryukyu.
Although Ryukyu is small, Xiao Letian's new army is strong... The Japanese, French, and Austrians all suffered at his hands. The Americans, Prussians and even the British now respect him very much. With such a reputation, Even if a person cannot aspire to dominate the world, he is still capable of dominating one place.
Zhou Mingkui doesn't dare to think about whether Xiao Letian can become the emperor, but Xiao Letian is definitely powerful enough to be the overlord of one party. In the past dynasties of China, there have been many overlords occupying one party. When the power is strong, even the emperor has to retreat. of.
Now that Xiao Letian has strong reinforcements from outside, allies within, and a strong army in his hands, such an overlord would actually take the initiative to show weakness to the Manchus? He really couldn't understand it.
Xiao Letian patted Zhou Mingkui's head, "Can't you understand? Then don't read it. Listen to me, you're right. You're lucky. I guess you'll be promoted again this time... I'll give you three days to finish this. Town, go back and write a memorial to the court, and I will send it to the Queen Mother for you..."
Xiao Letian waved his hand and turned around and walked to the inner chamber, "Go quickly, go quickly, remember that this memorial requires all officials to jointly sign as guarantee... I want to tell the ministers in the Forbidden City that I, Xiao Letian, have no time to rebel... "
The Prime Minister's figure disappeared outside the Moon Gate, leaving only the dumbfounded Zhou Mingkui in a daze. He really didn't understand Xiao Letian's plan.
After more than ten minutes, Zhou Mingkui stomped out of here. Now he had no choice but to completely obey Xiao Letian's orders.
But when he returned to Tanggu City, the chaotic scene beside the Haihe River made all the hairs on his body stand up. "Oh my God, Xiao Letian also said that he didn't want to rebel. Isn't this just a lie?"
On the edge of the Haihe River, the Wavebreaker was docked in the middle of the river, blocking the outlet of the Haihe River in a domineering manner, followed by two scissor boats with swaying silhouettes.
On the north bank of the Haihe River, the new troops were gathering in small boats to board the boat. The whole city was excited with slogans one after another.
"Fight to Tianjin... bombard the Tianjin guards... the new army is mighty..."
"Capture the city of Tianjin... dominate North China... the new army will be victorious..."
Zhou Mingkui's feet went weak and he almost collapsed to the ground. Just now, the Prime Minister said that he would not rebel. Why was he about to bombard Tianjin Wei in the blink of an eye? How is this different from rebellion?
Zhou Xing, the catcher next to him, knew what the Lord was thinking. He said with a sad face, "Do you think this is the end? Look over there, this time the court is poking a hornet's nest..."
Zhou Mingkui followed Zhou Xing's finger and looked at it. Suddenly his vision went dark and he fell into Zhou Xing's arms. "Why...why are foreigners involved?"
On the bank of the Haihe River, forty or fifty foreigners who were sorting their rifles and ammunition were whistling and looking relaxed. They hung their cigars and looked at the new army with high morale, and burst into applause and cheers from time to time.
"God bless you...the invincible iron army, our interests must be protected by ourselves...let the emperor pay for our losses..."
This group of foreign devils were really watching the excitement and not afraid of big troubles. When they heard that Xiao Letian invited them to make trouble and they could get subsidies, they couldn't close their mouths with smiles.
In these days, foreigners who dare to travel halfway around the world to come to China to make a living have an adventurous spirit in their bones. They are either cowboys or adventurers. They are born to worship the strong. Excellent people like Xiao Letian are the most attractive to them.
What shocked Zhou Mingkui was more than that. In another corner, a group of initially selected prisoners were strung up by ropes into a long string and walked over like centipedes.
A few vicious New Army soldiers captured a prisoner and asked him a few confessions, and then asked, "Do you plead guilty?" If the prisoner confessed, someone would immediately kick him to the ground, and the veteran holding the ax would bang him. Two of his thumbs were cut off, and then a veteran roasted his bayonet on the flames, and then cut off a hamstring.
The screams frightened the captives into agitation, and some unwillingly wanted to rebel on the spot. However, they were the opponents of the New Army. As soon as the bayonet was passed, the corpse was hung on the flagpole.
The bloody suppression made those Eight Banners soldiers finally accept their fate. They had only two choices before the new army, one was to die, the other was to be disabled.
No one would say that Xiao Letian is inhumane. In the mid-19th century, war still maintained the cruelty of the medieval world. Since you dare to extend the butcher knife to innocent people, then no matter how big the subsequent punishment is, you can’t complain. That’s you. Deserved retribution.
Those crippled Eight Banners soldiers were dragged to one canal after another. These bugs were not qualified to board the giant ships of the New Army. They were only qualified to eat behind the tall warships.
At this time, even the boss of the boat was no longer afraid of these lost dogs. He sprayed saliva into the cabin: "You are eight generations of ancestors, you just met the prime minister's good intentions... If you follow our thoughts, you will all Throw you into the sea and river and feed them to the bastards..."
"The Prime Minister is so kind-hearted that he actually lets you go home? Hey... what do you think of this? What do you think of this..."
Zhou Mingkui couldn't understand everything at all. He stood up holding Zhou Xing's arm and said with lingering fear, "Arrange manpower immediately. Let's go to the countryside. The prime minister's order to be beaten to death must be carried out even if he doesn't understand... No wonder there was something hidden before." As for the dragon rumor, this layout definitely makes sense, but why can’t my stupid mind not understand it?”
Zhou Mingkui went to carry out Xiao Letian's mission. Even if he didn't understand, he had to do it. Not only him, but all the forces in Tanggu were dancing under Xiao Letian's baton at this moment.
But just when everyone was busy to death, Prime Minister Xiao of Donghai had already slipped into the bathtub beautifully. His whole body was surrounded by water vapor, and he screamed out from the comfort.
"Oh...it's better to be at home...Qingwen...bring me a bowl of ice-cold wine. Wouldn't it be a sin not to drink while soaking in a hot spring..."
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