When he woke up, Deng Fei still felt a little dizzy. There was a faint scent of Qinnan mixed with perfume and powder floating between his nose, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Confused, he was about to turn over and get up when he heard a female voice speaking with a southern Fujian accent outside the screen, saying softly: "My lord, are you awake? I will get you some water to wash up right now."
Concubine? Deng Fei's mind suddenly pounded, and his first reaction was, Damn it!
It was already the fourth day that a group of people from Beihai Town came to the Bagua City in Jiading. Ruan Fuying treated him hospitably every day, and said a lot of grateful words. He only had to cut off chicken heads and burn yellow paper with Deng Fei, calling him brother. When he learned that Deng Fei was over thirty and unmarried, Ruan Fuying even proposed to betroth his eldest daughter Ruan Ngocchu to him. When he heard that the beautiful princess was only nine years old, Deng Fei almost choked to death on the wine without falling over in one breath. Isn't this a joke?
The gauze curtain at the head of the bed was lifted up by a pair of pure white hands and hung on the golden faucet hook. At this time, the sun hit the person from the side. Only then did Deng Fei see clearly that the woman had a delicate appearance, dark eyebrows, and snow-white skin. She was wearing a snow-white plain dress. When she turned around, he could see that her waist was only a round waist. .
"Bang! Bang!..."
At the same time, in the martial arts arena in Bagua City, King Ruan Fuying of Guangnan held the "Type 84" revolver given to him by Deng Fei and fired continuously at a wooden target twenty meters away. Behind him were several French officers and several generals from Guangnan.
Nguyen Phuc Anh started his career as a martial artist and was good at shooting with shotguns. Nguyen Phuc Anh couldn't put it down because of the silver-plated revolver that Deng Fei gave him when they first met. Yesterday, the Northern Navy officer who accompanied him taught him how to load and shoot, and he took his men to test the gun early this morning. After the initial discomfort caused by the recoil, Nguyen Phuc Anh quickly mastered the shooting skills and hit the target.
Without Beihai Town, the world's first revolver would not have appeared for another 40 years, so you can imagine the shock this thing brought to the monarchs and ministers of Guangnan. As for the white smoke caused by the leakage of gunpowder gas, it is nothing to worry about. The smoke when shooting a flintlock gun is much heavier than this.
Seeing Ruan Fuying firing off all six bullets in an instant, everyone behind him had expressions of astonishment. These people not only included the five French officers recruited by Peter, but also included Deng Chen Chang, Nguyen Van Thanh, Vu Van Xing, Le Van Yuet and others.
Philippe Vanier said with excitement: "Lord Ruan, we must get such a weapon! With this, your troops will be even more powerful! Our navy will no longer be afraid of those Xishan bandits when joining gangs in close combat!"
This is the captain of the "Feng Fei", the largest warship in the Guangnan Navy. The predecessor of the "Feng Fei" was the third-level battleship that Peter had been insisting on from the local governor. Although the ship is large, the weapons it can equip are pitiful. Except for a few cannons, there are not even 30 muskets. With this level of equipment, when facing the Qianliu Guangchuan of the Xishan Navy, they could only fire a few shots and run away.
Li Wenyue on the side shook his head and said: "It's difficult! Lord Ruan doesn't know something. Admiral Deng completely refused to sell weapons, saying that no weapons would be sold without the permission of His Highness King Zhao."
"I wonder what kind of person that King Zhao is, who can actually train such a powerful army and create a divine object like the God of Thunder." Ruan Fuying sighed, handed the pistol to another French officer, and asked kindly: "Ruan Zhang Qi, can this gun be copied?"
The Frenchman whom he called "Zhang Qi" was named Victor Olivier de Pimanuel, and Annan's name was "Nguyen Van Sin". "Zhang Qi" was Annan's military attache position, the second rank, similar to Yu Daiqing's lieutenant. Not only him, but also several other French officers recruited by Peter were named Annan, and their official positions were all "Zhangqi".
Pimanuel was a construction engineer who had served as a volunteer on a French warship before joining Nguyen Phuc Anh. He built the Bagua City in Jiading based on the theories of French Marshal Vauban. This man not only knew how to build cities, but also presided over the European training of Nguyen Phuc Anh's army. He was considered an all-round military expert.
At present, due to the shortage of food, grass and weapons, Pimanuel only has 300 new army troops under his command. Historically, this man trained a total of 50,000 troops for Nguyen Phuc Anh. These soldiers all wore hats and British-style loose uniforms, performed European military salutes, and went barefoot...
Pimanuel took the pistol and looked at it carefully, then picked up the bullets, flash caps and other items in the box and looked at them for a while, shook his head and said: "Master Ruan, the structure of this weapon is extremely precise, such as this bullet-loading The magazine is completely milled out of a piece of steel with a lathe. Let alone Jiading, I don’t think even the local government or Europe can make it. The technology of these Chinese people is too advanced!"
After hearing this, Ruan Fuying frowned and said to Li Wenyue, who was in charge of the negotiation: "We need to discuss this matter with Admiral Deng again, and we must let them sell some weapons no matter what."
Li Wenyue said: "Your Majesty, I heard from Admiral Deng that their King Zhao is currently at war with Oros in the far north. Even if we can get in touch, it will take half a year. It will take at least a year for him to come back and forth."
"What?! Those Chinese are at war with the Russian Empire!"
Li Wenyue said: "Yes. Admiral Deng only mentioned a few words in casual conversation. They have been fighting Oros for several years, and now they have captured a large area of land. It is said that it stretches thousands of miles from east to west, north to south. But those place names and people's names sound It's really hard to say, and I don't remember a few of them. It seems that a marshal named 'Rutsev' was also killed by them, and tens of thousands of people were captured."
Several French officers were all shocked when they heard the news. Although they had now taken refuge with Ruan Phuc Anh, they were all French after all. Such a big event in Tsarist Russia would definitely have a serious impact on the situation in Europe.
Jean-Baptiste Marie Dayot, who was in charge of the Guangnan navy, bowed slightly to Ruan Fuying and said: "Dear Lord Ruan, please allow me to meet with General Deng. I would like to ask him carefully. This matter will then be sent to the French Governor-General's Palace for local governance."
"Okay." Ruan Fuying also wanted to know more about the details of Beihai Town.
Ruan Fuying was a little scared of this sudden northern force that was so powerful. Just hearing from Fan Jiang about how Beihai Town defeated the Qing army several times shocked the civil and military officials in Guangnan.
It is said that the reputation of the Eight Banners Soldiers has spread throughout Southeast Asia with the Qing-Burma War. Even though Ruan Guangping defeated Sun Shiyi's Green Camp troops, when he learned that Qianlong had sent the Eight Banners Soldiers southward, he immediately surrendered and negotiated a peace, putting on a "lie down" attitude. "Flat" posture.
Think back to when the Qing army attacked Laoguantun in Myanmar, 18,000 Qing troops defeated tens of thousands of elite Burmese troops armed by the French in a field battle. Even thousands of French mercenaries fled. So Southeast Asia later All countries know that fighting with the Qing army in the field will mean death!
But Beihai Town actually fell into a trap and dared to use thousands of people to fight tens of thousands of Qing troops in a field battle. They fought more than once, and each time they were victorious. This is like listening to a book from heaven, it is unbelievable!
As for Ruan Fuying, she was feeling happy and worried deep down in her heart. What she was happy about was that with the help of such a force, it would be much easier to deal with the Xishan Dynasty army; what she was worried about was that once Beihai Town became interested in Annan in the future, how would it deal with it?
He has already considered it, and plans to send an envoy northward no matter what when the spring breeze comes next year, to pay a visit to the legendary "King Zhao" and to find out the true strength of Beihai Town.
In order to win over "Admiral Deng" these days, Ruan Fuying and his men have worked hard. Since his nine-year-old daughter couldn't do it, he asked his ministers to choose a beautiful and talented woman from the Mingxiang people in Jiading. Taking advantage of Deng Fei's drunkenness yesterday, he sent her directly to his side to serve her. If the other party is still dissatisfied, he will be at the end of his rope.
At this time, in the courtyard specially reserved for Deng Fei in the palace, a sixteen-year-old girl stood aside, helping Deng Fei serve porridge and dishes. Deng Fei has been single in these years and often lives on the boat, so he is used to being alone. There was an unknown person standing next to him, which made him quite uncomfortable.
After finishing two bowls of porridge, Deng Fei put down the bowl, wiped it with a silk scarf, and asked the woman, "Uh...what's your surname?"
"The surname is Chen." The woman's voice was soft and waxy, very pleasant to the ear.
"Is the girl a local? From Tang Dynasty?"
"He is from the Tang Dynasty, and the ancestor of our family is Duke Yilue."
What is Gong Lue? Deng Fei had never heard of it at all. He pointed to the chair opposite and said, "Girl, you'd better sit down and let's chat for a while. You stand and I sit. This is not good."
The corner of the woman's mouth curled up slightly, thinking that this person was quite interesting, so she walked to the chair opposite and sat down generously, but her upper body was still facing Deng Fei, and her head was slightly lowered to show the difference between men and women. .
During the subsequent chat, Deng Fei learned that Miss Chen was a descendant of the Mingxiang people in Jiading, and her ancestral home was Gaozhou, Guangdong. The Duke of Yi Lue, her great ancestor, was Chen Shangchuan, who was famous in the history of Annan.
Chen Shangchuan was a scholar during the Chongzhen period. After the Qing troops entered the Pass, he first served the Yongli court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and was later appointed by Zheng Chenggong as the commander-in-chief of the three states of Gao, Lian and Lei. After the San Francisco Rebellion ended, Chen Shangchuan did not want to become a subject of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he and his deputy Chen Anping led 3,000 people and took 50 warships to Tuo Nang Port (Da Nang, north of Hoi An).
At that time, Guangnan was reclaiming the south, so Chen Shangchuan and another overseas Chinese leader Yang Yandi were ordered to go to the south to open up wasteland in the Bianhe and Dingxiang areas. Some of the three thousand tribesmen led by Chen Shangchuan stayed in Hoi An to settle down. These people are the ancestors of the Annan Mingxiang people, the "Ten Elders" and the "Six Surnames" mentioned earlier.
Chen Shangchuan was named Marquis of Shengcai and Governor of Jiading by the then Lord Ruan. Under his decades of operation, the Jiading area has become increasingly prosperous. It has not only transformed from a swamp into a land of plenty, but has also become a trade transit station in Southeast Asia. In 1720, Chen Shangchuan died at the age of ninety. The local Mingxiang people and locals admired his merits and built a temple to offer sacrifices. The incense continued for decades.
However, even this family could not escape the "Jiading Massacre". Thanks to the great achievements of the Chen family, all the female relatives who went to Hexian Mansion due to the war escaped unharmed, while the men who stayed in Jiading were killed to the last tenth.
The Northern Navy's attack on Hue and Hoi An made the Jiading Chinese grateful, and also gave the Chen family a sigh of relief. However, even if they wanted to make friends, they couldn't talk about giving away their daughter, because in their eyes Deng Fei was just a warrior. If Ruan Phuc Anh hadn't asked his important minister Le Quang Dinh to come forward and plead, the Chen family would not have sent this little daughter over anyway.
After chatting with Miss Chen for a while, the time has come to 8 o'clock in the morning. According to yesterday's agreement, in one hour, it will be the day to officially sign the contract with Guangnan.
At this time, Jiang Fan had also finished washing. When he came to the courtyard and saw that breakfast was ready, he hurriedly sat down and started eating.
Deng Fei smiled and said, "Mr. Ziping, did you drink until midnight again yesterday?"
Jiang Fan held the bowl and glanced at Miss Chen standing behind Deng Fei, but just smiled and said nothing.
He has been enjoying his glory these days. When I met Ruan Fuying for the first time on the first day, I learned that Jiang Fan was a master of Confucian classics in Jiangnan. He had now joined the army and all the monarchs and ministers in Guangnan were very respectful. Ruan Fuying treated him as a disciple and even hoped that Jiang Fan could accept disciples and teach in Jiading.
In the past few days, Jiang Fan not only discussed the meanings of classics, poems, articles and allusions with Nguyen Phuc Anh's important ministers Le Quang Dinh, Ngo Congzhou, Zheng Huaide, Ng Renjing and others, he even visited their teacher Vu Truong Tsuan.
This 81-year-old man is a unique figure in the history of Annan. He is also a descendant of the Tang Dynasty. His ancestors immigrated to Jiading in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. This man was young and intelligent, with noble aspirations, but he was born at the wrong time and encountered the Xishan Uprising. Wu Changzuan then gave up becoming an official and lived in seclusion to teach apprentices. Many of his disciples became famous ministers of the Ruan Dynasty in the future.
When he learned that Jiang Fan was from Gu Yanwu's lineage and studied under Hui Dong, a master of Confucian classics, Wu Changzhuan actually took the other man's hand and claimed to be a junior scholar. In the subsequent conversation, he even admired Jiang Fan's knowledge.
Jiang Fan said modestly that his knowledge was nothing. At present, Wang Rongfu, Hong Junzhi, Liu Duanlin and others under the command of King Zhao were all world-famous talents. Their knowledge was many times better than his own. Listen. Master Wu Changzuan and his disciples were fascinated by it. In Beihai Town, even such a Confucian scholar can be accepted as his subordinate. I don't know what kind of person that King Zhao is. So in his daily speech, he was even more respectful to Deng Fei and others.
Deng Fei also didn't expect that Jiang Fan, who was just a small staff officer, could be so valued by Ruan Fuying and his ministers. It seemed that he was really the right person to take him with him when he went south this time.
On January 15, 1791, Deng Fei, on behalf of Beihai Town, formally signed an agreement with King Ruan Fuying of Guangnan in the main hall of the palace located in Bagua City, which was known as the "Treaty of Jiading" in history. The two sides agreed:
1. Beihai Town will lend a total of 500,000 taels of silver to the Guangnan regime at one time, interest-free, and will be repaid in twenty years;
2. Beihai Town leases Citrus Ao from the Guangnan regime for fifty years, with an annual rent of 5,000 taels of silver, paid in one lump sum;
3. After the Guangnan regime achieved the reunification of Annan, it returned the Yunnan section of the Sino-Vietnamese border to the Dachuma River, and ceded Lang Son Province along the Guangxi border on the Sino-Vietnamese border. At that time, both sides will erect monuments on the border as evidence and will never go back on their word;
4. The Hoi An area is temporarily under the jurisdiction of Bei Hai Town, and Bei Hai Town is allowed to recruit an army composed entirely of ethnic Chinese in Hoi An, with a maximum number of three thousand. After Nguyen Phuc Anh captures Quang Ngai Province, the Pak Navy will be returned safely;
5. Within one month after the signing of the treaty, and no later than February 15th in the Gregorian calendar, the North Korean Navy will attack Phan Thiet from the south to the north along the coastal road, and assist Quang Nam in seizing Binh Thuan.
After the treaty was signed, Deng Fei immediately returned to the Thor docked in Qinchu Port, sent a telegram to the Northern Navy Staff to inform the situation, and sent the full text of the treaty verbatim. After receiving the telegram, Beihai Town immediately sent a telegram to Zhao Xin in Siberia via relay.
That night, Zhao Xin saw the message. He was very satisfied with Deng Fei's replacement of Kunlun Island with Cam Ranh Bay. He was so busy that he even forgot such an important place.
On the morning of January 16, Beihai Town received a series of orders from Zhao Xin.
First, the mint immediately opened a mold and produced twenty tons of blanks. The material ratio of the blanks was according to the mixture of copper, four lead and six. When all is completed, these things will be transported to Hoi An along with a coin press, a 60MV diesel generator and foundry workers on the Thunder, where the North Navy will produce the copper coins Nguyen Phuc Anh needs.
The copper coin has a diameter of 25 mm and a weight of 3 grams. The pattern on the front is the Thor and the words "One Penny" are on the back. In fact, since the copper coins in Beihai Town are all solid, the actual value of the copper coins is much higher than one penny. However, Zhao Xin doesn't care about the money and interest. If Ruan Fuying has the ability, just melt it down, as long as he is not afraid of losing money.
At the same time, Li Ji and Ding Guofeng, who were in charge of logistics, also received orders. Li Ji withdrew 300,000 taels of silver from logistics and gave it to Ding Guofeng. Except for the one that was given to Ruan Fuying, the rest was used to buy a ship in Siam.
As for Ding Guofeng, he must carry the above-mentioned materials and two battalions of troops, fill up with diesel, and head south to Hoi An before February 15 at the latest to replenish the Thor.
Since then, Beihai Town finally has its first foothold in Nanhai. However, it was precisely because of this treaty that Nguyen Phuc Anh was scolded in the Annam history books hundreds of years later. Later scholars of this time and space believe that although he unified the turbulent and divided Annan society and later implemented a series of reforms, which played a role in promoting social development; it was precisely because he used the Northern Navy to suppress the Xishan Uprising that he later laid the foundation for Annan to lose the entire The Red River Plain laid the foundation.
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