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Chapter 326 – Behind The Scenes (7.6K)

Chapter 326 The Black Hand Emerges Behind the Scenes (7.6K)

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be honest.

As a Fujianese on a Cantonese recipe.

Xu Yun’s understanding of Cantonese is not high.

His knowledge of Cantonese is limited to words such as ‘Pujie’, ‘Dou Lei Lou’, ‘Mi Yi Jiu Xiang’, ‘He Shi La You’, and very few Chaoshan dialects that are somewhat similar to Hokkien.

As for the standard Cantonese, that is Cantonese dialogue

Xu Yun sounds like four words:

It’s like a heavenly book.

So if it were any other situation, the chat between Tian Caiming and Xisheng was indeed very safe—Xisheng had asked about his background just now during the chat, and it was obvious that he was well prepared.

Unfortunately, what this comprador old man doesn’t know is

Xu Yun is a man with a halo.

This language plug-in can clearly translate wheat’s strong Scottish accent into English, and it can also make Xu Yun and Gauss Riemann’s phlegm-stuck Germans chat and laugh happily.

So speaking Cantonese, which is both complicated and complicated, and simple and simple, is naturally not a problem.

anyway.

I don’t know if this thing can translate Wengzhou dialect, it’s the ultimate language with its own encryption system

The line of sight returns to reality.

Hearing that Xisheng proposed the idea of talking in Cantonese, Tian Caiming also quickly glanced at Xu Yun:

“It’s just as good as it is. This Pujie is really not from Guangzhou. His ancestors were called Fat Yuzai. He was eating in Europa more than a hundred years ago.” , it won’t come out to add to the jokes.)

Received Tian Caiming’s second confirmation, Xisheng’s last worry was finally let go:

“That’s good, but it saves some effort.”

Afterwards, Tian Caiming lightly supported the brim of his hat, pondered for a moment, and asked:

“Mr. Xi, have you brought all the things we agreed on? That gentleman is waiting a little anxiously.”

Xisheng nodded, and gently patted his left pocket with his left hand:

“It’s all in the cabin, the list is on me, and it can be shipped out when the time is right.”

Tian Caiming pouted his chin out of the deck again. From the high platform, he could see Ran Hongfu and several other leaders of the delegation were leisurely sipping tea on the ground:

“So what about those people?”

Xisheng followed Tian Caiming’s gaze, locked onto Ran Hongfu and sneered:

“Brother Bo Lun, don’t worry, these people are all internal affairs officials in Beijing and China, and they don’t know water.”

“Although they know about the transaction, they only know that the cabins are filled with silk and tea leaves. It’s just that some nobleman wants to grab a ticket along the way.”

“I don’t know if such a big ship wants to have a draft of two feet, how can there be enough silk and tea?

“Brother Bo Lun, Prince Zheng has already made an explanation. After the matter is completed, these adults should stay in Britain.”

“It is rumored that the royal tombs of Britain occasionally allow outsiders to be buried in them. There seems to be a craftsman named Newton. I don’t know if these adults are also so lucky.”

Tian Caiming was slightly taken aback, but soon showed a smile:

“Since Prince Zheng has made arrangements, Tian is relieved.”

“.”

Looking at Xisheng and Tian Caiming who had ‘arranged’ Ran Hongfu and others while talking and laughing.

While Xu Yun felt a chill run down his back, a little enlightenment quietly emerged in his heart.

So that’s what happened.

When he boarded the boat just now, he had a question in his mind:

Judging by the depth of the draft, it is obviously impossible for this ship to fall empty.

However, the number of exhibits that the delegation participated in this trip was far less than what should be carried theoretically.

but in the meanwhile.

As a comprador, Xisheng is okay as an intermediary pimp, but he wants to make such a big fight with officials accompanying him

Then it’s better to count on rng to win this year’s World Championship.

Xu Yun only understood now after hearing the chat between the two.

It turned out that Xisheng did not handle this matter on his own. Not only was there someone else behind him, but he had already established a line with Tian Caiming.

In this way.

Xisheng just needs to do his own business.

The main emissary standing behind Xisheng was obviously the Prince Zheng he was talking about.

Mentioned earlier.

Xu Yun once wrote a novel about creating X in the Qing Dynasty in his previous life, so he has a better understanding of some key figures in the late Qing Dynasty.

Among them is Prince Zheng—because this person played a lot of roles in the late Qing Dynasty.

Students who were Emperor Xianfeng in their previous life should know.

When Emperor Xianfeng died, he arranged for eight ministers who were responsible for his life, and it was considered as a caretaker on his deathbed.

The first of them is Zaiyuan, Prince Yi of ****, who is also Xianfeng’s confidant minister.

Zaiyuan has a lot of experience in negotiating peace, but unfortunately every time the good situation of the negotiation is ruined by Emperor Xianfeng’s repentance.

The third is the star figure among the eight ministers, named Aixinjueluo Sushun.

In many film and television works, Sushun is often regarded as the head of the eight ministers.

What is special about you is that this is one of the few spiritual Han people in the Qing Dynasty:

Although Sushun was born in the nobles of the Eight Banners, he looked down on those mediocre Manchu relatives and nobles very much, thinking that these people could do nothing but make money.

and opposite at the same time.

He believes that there are many Han people with outstanding talents, so he deliberately accepts and recruits them.

Guo Songtao, Long Zhanlin, Wang Kaiyun, Deng Fulun, Yin Gengyun, Gao Xinkui, Li Huangxian and other literati and celebrities were successively hired by him into the shogunate, and they were called the “Seven Sons of the Sumen”.

In the imperial court, he also strongly recommended Chen Fu’en, Kuang Yuan, Jiao Youying, Huang Zonghan and other Han officials to participate in political positions, and the control of corruption was quite effective.

However, this gentleman also has some black spots, such as the Wuwu case of public revenge, etc., so I won’t go into details here.

Some people in later generations said that Liang Bi died and Qing died, while some people thought that Su Shun died and Qing died. This shows the ability of this person.

In addition to the above two digits, the remaining four to eight digits are:

Forehead son-in-law Jing Tao.

He is the brother-in-law of Emperor Xianfeng.

Mu Yin, Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

One of the negotiators of the Two Crows, he was the one who ordered the arrest of the British negotiator, Bacharley.

Minister of Rites Kuang Yuan.

Ministry Minister Du Han.

and Jiao Youying, then Shaoqing of Taipusi.

Seeing this, some readers may find a problem:

Where did the second place go?

Presumably most readers thought of the answer when they discovered the question.

That’s right.

Ranked second among the Eight Ministers Gu Ming is the fourth Prince Zheng of the Qing Dynasty, Aixinjueluo Duanhua.

is also a well-known mediocrity.

Duanhua is a man from Manchuria Xianglan Banner, the seventh grandson of Prince Zhengxian Jierhalang.

Born in 1807, knighted in 1846, experienced a wave of Louis XVI’s happiness in 1861.

How far is this person stretching his hips?

You should have learned the fate of the Eight Great Gu Ming Ministers in history textbooks—these people were killed by the 26-year-old youth version of the old hag under the circumstances of eight against one and with a will.

It is also the famous Xinyou coup.

When the coup took place, Duan Hua was serving as the commander of the infantry, commanding the troops escorting Feng Xianfengzi Palace back to Beijing.

He has more than 20,000 troops stationed in Miyun, Gubeikou, and Rehe under his command, as well as 2,000 people from each battalion of the Eight Banners who escorted Xianfeng to Chengde.

There are more than 4,000 cavalry reinforcements from various places in Northeast China and Xi’an.

At that time, the brother-in-law of the kind old hag, Wang Yizhen of Chun County, directly took the command of the infantry army in front of Duanhua, and immediately snatched the command of the garrison of the capital.

Relying on these army horses, Yizhen rushed to the Lingjia brigade to arrest people. Except for Duanhua, five and a half vegetables were forced and one and a half normal people were directly caught in the spring—one normal person was Sushun, half was Mu Yin, After all, he dared to arrest the British when the two crows were negotiating.

In addition to giving away the head.

Duanhua also committed an innumerable crime during his lifetime:

Reselling cultural relics.

Don’t look at Duanhua, he actually has a very high status in the Aixinjueluo family:

He was not only the Minister of Gu Ming after the death of Emperor Xianfeng, but also Duanhua was the Minister of Gu Ming when Xianfeng’s father Daoguang passed away.

Relying on this status, Duanhua made a lot of treasures. During the period of two crows, he witnessed the divine operation of Xianfeng fleeing to Rehe, and he was extremely awed by the British.

Perhaps people who are good at food also have advantages.

Duanhua felt that the Qing Dynasty was coming to an end soon, so he relied on his power to resell wealth to the British.

Later, one of the crimes for which Duanhua was put to death was “sick people in the country, colonization of foreign vassals”.

Just follow the original timeline.

Duanhua would resell wealth wantonly after Er Ya, but now it is much earlier.

Maybe it is because of the strengthened communication between East and West in this timeline?

And there is

How much cargo did Xisheng bring this time?

How many of them are real national treasures?

Who is the ‘that lord’ that Tian Caiming said?

Orientals in England, or some British dignitaries?

Xu Yun thought about it, and reported the names of the new exhibits to Klein one by one:

“A pair of oriental special armor.”

“Two pieces of porcelain.”

“One Yehenara glass massage stick.”

at the same time.

Xi Sheng on the side suddenly thought of something, and asked Tian Caiming:

“By the way, brother Bolun, do you have any clues about that thing?”

Tian Caiming’s face suddenly sank when he heard the words, a glint of gloom flashed in his eyes, and he turned to look at the other side of the deck:

“No trace has been found yet, even Shi Yuanbiao and the others have dispatched, but still nothing.”

Xisheng was silent for a moment, and also frowned slightly:

“Brother Bo Lun, you don’t have to be too impatient, after all, no one would have thought that those people would betray.”

“Mr. Xi, to put it bluntly, how can I not be impatient?”

I don’t know if he was poked at a pain point, but Tian Caiming’s voice suddenly raised a bit, and he abruptly interrupted Xi Sheng’s words.

But soon he realized that something was wrong, secretly glanced at Xu Yun, Klein, and the other coolies, and then lowered his voice:

“Mr. Xi, if we can’t find those people, our transaction can only be regarded as 50% completed!”

Looking at Tian Caiming whose face was flushed with blood, Xisheng kept comforting him, but a vengeful schadenfreude flashed in his heart.

It would be better if those people can’t be found.

In this way, Prince Zheng will only trust himself in the future

The topic raised by Xi seemed to make Tian Caiming a little unhappy, so the tone of the white glove couldn’t help but be a bit blunt:

“Mr. Xi, now that the other party has disappeared, the burden on you will be heavy.”

“It’s hot right now, and Britain is different from the Qing Dynasty. Even the docks have a lot of industrial equipment, and the sailboats are made of wood.”

“If someone accidentally gets into the water, I may still rely on that adult to mediate for a while. Mr. Xi, I am afraid that you will stay in England like those few adults.”

Listening to Tian Caiming’s words with a gun and a stick, Xi Sheng waved his hands as if he didn’t care:

“Hey, brother Bo Lun, don’t worry, the old man will definitely send someone to strictly guard the cabin day and night to ensure that there will be no mistakes.”

Tian Caiming still had a sullen face, and said coldly:

“That would be the best, after all, what you and I have traded this time is extraordinary, even”

Said here.

Tian Caiming suddenly stopped talking, and cast a knowing look at Xisheng:

“Anyway, be careful with everything, okay, Mr. Xi, Tian still has executive affairs, so let’s not bother him for now.”

“If there is an urgent matter, you can send someone to find a newsboy named Xiao Shishi at the third pillar between the ninth platform and the tenth platform of King’s Cross Station, and say to him, ‘Today’s Dingxianglou can have two A donkey board sausage’ will do.”

Xisheng silently wrote down the information, and bowed his hands to Tian Caiming:

“Since this is the case, the old man will not stay with Bo Lun brother, and walk slowly.”

Tian Caiming lifted the top hat, revealed a bald head and nodded, and put the hat back on after the ceremony:

“Farewell.”

Coincidentally.

During the conversation between the two, Xu Yun and Klein happened to count an eight-meter-long exhibition painting, and Klein spent a lot of time recording and measuring it.

Therefore, Xu Yun seemed to be fighting, but actually had time to listen to the conversation between the two clearly.

Although the exchange between Xisheng and Tian Caiming was to the point, it still revealed a lot of information.

First of all, it is the ‘Shi Yuanbiao’.

Tian Caiming looked to the other side of the deck when he was speaking, and he could clearly see Scarface and others who were busy in his field of vision.

At the same time from the perspective of pronunciation.

The two words Shi Yuanbiao and ‘siyuepiao’ are about 30 to 40% similar in the situation of rapid recitation.

This is a completely possible error for a foreigner like Kaziy Galao.

In other words, the name of Scarface is most likely Shi Yuanbiao.

Tian Caiming was able to command, or contact Shi Yuanbiao to go out, which means that the person behind him is likely to be related to Holt—that is, the British policeman who stood next to Shi Yuanbiao when Shi Yuanbiao slapped Tian Hao that day, and also a member of the Apostolic Society.

Either the same person is behind the two, or they cooperate within the same political camp.

Judging based on Holt’s position in the Apostolic Society and Xu Yun’s understanding of the early British police.

If nothing else happens, most of the political parties behind Holt are .

Whigs!

As to which person or family in the Whig party they were involved, it is temporarily unknown.

In addition to this, the dialogue between Xisheng and Tian Caiming revealed another message:

I don’t know why.

The resellers sent by Prince Zheng were divided into two groups and went to England respectively.

One of them is the ship that Xi Sheng was on, that is, the United Kingdom that arrived in the name of the delegation.

The number of people, departure date and means of travel of the other part are unknown.

It may be a boat or a carriage.

Maybe even on foot.

Of course.

The means of travel is not the point, what Xu Yun really cares about is—

Another group of people disappeared.

Considering the identities of these Orientals, they

Could it be the body that Lao Tang said was found in Scotland?

That is.

Xu Yun himself! ?

Think here.

Xu Yun shook his head lightly.

It doesn’t seem quite right either, after all, if “I” belong to that group of people, Xi Sheng should be able to recognize him.

But if it is said that there is no connection between the two, it seems unlikely?

So here comes the problem.

What happened to these people?

Is it internal strife?

Or was it intercepted?

In addition, Holt once said one thing at the Apostolic Society meeting:

A group of thieves ran into London last month, and his superior directly issued a search warrant, and even the Bow Street detective team was dispatched. (See Chapter 267)

Combining what Tian Caiming said that Shi Yuanbiao was dispatched, can it be considered that the group of thieves is another team?

True.

There are still some things that are not logical in the whole link, but it must not be a bug, but the information that Xu Yun has learned is still not enough.

But overall.

Xu Yun’s tool people today are really making a lot of money.

After Tian Caiming left.

Xi Sheng walked up to Xu Yun cheerfully, glanced at the form in Xu Yun’s hand from the corner of his eye, and asked:

“Brother Luo Feng, I don’t know how the inventory is progressing?”

Xu Yun showed him a simple and honest smile like wheat:

“Mr. Xi, there are five items left, and the task will be completed soon.”

Xisheng nodded:

“It’s so good, it’s just that my brother has worked hard.”

“No hard work, no hard work.”

Xu Yun waved his hand honestly, then looked at the mast of the sailboat with a naive and curious face, and said to Xi Sheng:

“Mr. Xi, does this ship sail entirely by wind?”

Xisheng was in a pretty good mood at this time, so he patiently said to Xu Yun after hearing the words:

“That’s right, have you seen the three masts? They can change positions and make great use of the wind to move forward, saving a lot of manpower.”

“However, I heard from some British people in Guangdong Province that the UK has now built a huge ship that can be driven by ‘steam’ of raisins, and it can even sail against the wind, which is extremely convenient.”

As he spoke, Xi Sheng put his hands behind his back and shook his head with emotion:

“Britain deserves to be the strongest country in the world, and our generation is not as good as it”

Xisheng’s tone is full of yearning and admiration, a typical image of the early shepherd dog.

But now, if he wants to inquire about the news, Xu Yun can only follow the other party’s words:

“Mr. Xi’s junior quite agree with what Mr. Xi said, but Mr. Xi, although the oriental sailing ship is inferior to the steam ship, it is not bad as an object for people to visit.”

“Don’t be afraid of my husband’s jokes. Although the younger generation is from the East, this is the first time I have seen an Oriental sailing ship.”

Xisheng laughed when he heard the words, and patted Xu Yun on the shoulder:

“What the little brother said is really a trivial matter, what’s so difficult about it?”

“According to the agreement between the Qing Dynasty and Britain, the ship ‘Hongze’ will be open to the public on the opening day of the expo, but only those with British titles can visit it for the first three days.”

“At that time, the old man will reserve a spot for you. Brother, you can come and leave whenever you want. How about if you don’t know what to do?”

Xu Yun was waiting for his words. Seeing this, he quickly took a half step back, clasped his fists and said:

“Sincerely, Luo Feng is very grateful!”

Xisheng patted him on the shoulder again, just at this time someone called him on the front deck, so he said to Xu Yun:

“Brother Luo Feng, today’s handover is of great importance. There seems to be something wrong with the bow of the ship. I won’t stay here any longer.”

“On the day of viewing the boat, the chores on the boat must have been settled, and then I will make tea and talk to you!”

Xu Yun didn’t keep him when he saw this, and the two bid farewell.

Half an hour later.

Klein finished counting.

He and Xu Yun stamped their seals at the same time, got off the boat and found Big Ace to hand in the work.

In the coming days.

Xu Yun came to the pier every other day to be a tool man, and he seemed quite diligent.

But unfortunately.

Tian Caiming seems to have completed some tasks, and did not show up at the pier for the rest of the day, let alone chat with Xisheng again.

that’s it.

Ten days flew by.

The day finally came

The opening day of the World Expo.

Note:

I have friends in Chengdu, no, I heard there was another earthquake there

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