Chapter 235 Macartney? The British envoy is here!

"General Liang, for more than half a year, thanks to your help, my Annan has been able to calm down. Xiao Wang is very grateful. However, there is one thing that Xiao Wang can't rest assured. In the apse, Li Weiqi took a sip of tea and complained to Liang Pengfei.

Prime Minister Chen Kun, the commander of the Forbidden Army, Li Dashuang and other civil and military confidants sat quietly, staring at the two talking on the couch.

"I don't know what the lord is worried about? If the people in Annan are prosperous and the people are safe, although the people can't live and work in peace and happy, but under the governance of the lord of the country, the atmosphere of peace has gradually returned, it should be gratifying. Liang Pengfei said with a smile.

"The general's words are not good. You should also know that Nan Ruan's rebellious minister has now received the help of the French Yi, and his strength has greatly increased. If it hadn't been for the general's surprise attack on Jinlan Bay, I'm afraid that in the central Annan, it would have been broken by Nan Ruan. Now, although the Nan Ruan rebel has retreated, his strength is still there, and he heard that the French firearms are extremely sharp..." Li Weiqi blinked his eyelids and almost covered his eyes and looked at Liang Pengfei.

"That's true." Liang Pengfei nodded with a deep-hearted look: "At the beginning, it was fortunate that he would fight with Nan Ruan's sailors. If they were fighting on land, it would be based on my little people and horses. The other party's artillery and muskets would be a big profit. I think the proportion of firearms in Nanruan's army seems to be a little higher than mine in the Qing Dynasty.

This made Li Weiqi couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva. He had seen the power of firearms under Lang Mall. Whether it was a musket or artillery, it was mainly cold weapons. In addition to a few artillery and a few bird guns, the Xishan Army, which had almost only cold weapons such as knives and arrows, almost filled the city with human life.

So, when he heard that Nan Ruan, who had been planning a northern expedition, smuggled a large number of firearms from the French and Portuguese to equip the army, Li Weiqi's heart, which had been relieved, had to hang up again.

"Well, General Liang, Xiao Wang knows that you have a close relationship with those heavenly merchants. There are quite some channels in Guangdong and Guangxi. I don't know if you can help. Presumably you also know that I have nearly 50,000 soldiers in Annan, and more than 5,000 sailors, but this firearm is really scarce. Originally, Xiao Wang wanted to buy it from the upper country. Unfortunately, that Lord Guo, who is acting as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, has many excuses, which are really..."

"Your Excellency, to be honest, the emperor once had an order to ban the sale of firearms and artillery. Similarly, the sulfur and other things made of gunpowder are also banned. You go to Governor Guo. In fact, you can't do it." Liang Pengfei couldn't help laughing and explained.

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"So that's it." When Li Weiqi heard this, he couldn't help but look gloomy, and the smile on his original face was also a little far-fetched: "Unexpectedly, Xiao Wang also planned to buy firearms and gunpowder from the heavenly dynasty for the use of the southern expedition."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the South Reverse Firearms are sharp. If you want to break them, you must be equipped with more powerful firearms, but the firearms we captured from the Xishan Army are really useless. There are only a thousand muskets, and they are so old and unbearable. The total number of artillery is even less than 70 guns, and most of them are small cannons. It seems difficult to defend the city, let alone attack the city. At this time, Li Dashuang, the commander of the forbidden army as the chief general, also complained.

All the ministers and workers opened their mouths one after another. The originally quiet hall simply turned into a meeting of bitterness and sweetness. Hearing Liang Pengfei's eyes straight. In the end, Li Weiqi finally announced after seeing Liang Pengfei's appearance of an old god and wining at Chen Kun, he finally announced At the end of the banquet, Chen Kun asked Chen Kun to send Liang Pengfei, the general of Shangguo, back home.

"You mean that your lord wants to buy firearms and gunpowder through this general? I said, Lord Chen, is your lord confused? Do I have so much power? Liang Pengfei looked at Chen Kun, who stood in front of him and carefully accompanied him with a smiling face. After learning that the leader of the State of Li sent Chen Kun to send him back home, he actually hoped that Chen Kun could persuade him to sell gunpowder and firearms to Annan, Liang Pengfei couldn't help laughing.

"The general's words are very reasonable. Although our lord takes it for granted, now, although Nan Ruan is slightly frustrated by the general, his strength is still there, and he will not give up. At that time..." Chen Kun frowned, with a bitter face.

"I'll figure this out for you." Liang Pengfei stretched out his finger and tapped his forehead gently. Chen Kun's analysis and the worry of the Lord of Annan were indeed reasonable, and now Li Weiqi, the Lord of Annan, is under his control. Naturally, Annan is also a thing in his pocket. How can Ruan Fuying take over?

But I can't do this gunpowder business blatantly. Although Lao Liang's family has a way, the question is that this is Annan, and he can't reach the point of covering the sky. If he really does this, how will he deal with himself if the news is sent back to China? At least, impeachment is inevitable. If it is more serious, it is possible to lose office or even lose your head.

After thinking for a long time, Liang Pengfei finally came up with a way to let Annan do firearms trade with the Lanfang Republic. Of course, this is just a cover. In fact, the old Liang family used the shell of the Lanfang Republic to deal with Annan. In this way, even if the court heard something, it was just the Lanfang Republic and Annan. The trade between them is related to Liang Pengfei's farts. With the ability of the Qing court officials, I don't know who the main finger behind it can be found out. At that time, I had already done it.

He secretly told Chen Kun about the matter, and finally got a satisfactory answer, Chen Kun finally left Liang Pengfei's mansion with satisfaction.

On the third day, the Lord of Annan sent a envoy to quietly go south by boat to Mindanao Island to meet the general system of Lanfang Kingdom to discuss the issue of firearms trade. On the same day, Liang Pengfei finally finished Annan's affairs and was about to embark on a return journey. At this time, he had already stepped into A.D. s. s. Three years, that is, in the early spring of the 58th year of Qianlong, Liang Pengfei unexpectedly met the messenger of Guo Shixun, the governor of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

He brought Guo Shixun's order to wait for a fleet of messengers from the West in Da Nang. First, he was responsible for inspection. Second, because of the unhappeasedness of the Southern Ocean, he needed to lead the fleet to escort this messenger fleet to Macao. It was not so much an escort, but a better surveillance, and at the same time let him explore these envoys. The intention of the person.

When Liang Pengfei saw the list clearly, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and the two thick eyebrows on his forehead were like two swords that seemed to come out of the sheath at any time.

"Martney? The British Mission's fleet... They finally came. When Liang Pengfei saw the list of members of the mission, he couldn't help but be stunned. Unexpectedly, he looked a little absent-minded for a moment.

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Especially when the name of the East India company Dabans Dangdong, although Liang Pengfei is not familiar with the East India company Dabans Dangdong, his son Thomas. Xiao Sidangdong, this person, is the only British man in the mission who can speak Chinese. Moreover, he became an Englishman who has been to China twice. He also made an impassioned speech in the British Parliament, and finally passed the motion of aggression against China by a small vote. From then on, it was the Chinese people. The beginning of ethnic suffering.

"Okay, very good, that's great..." Liang Pengfei took this official document, and the smile on his face was like a robber who had just looted countless treasures. There was a strange arc at the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were trembling. He was afraid that he had said something wrong to offend the man who was famous in the two seas. General Soldier.

However, he still had to finish the affairs assigned by Guo Shixun. After seeing Liang Pengfei restrain his smile, the soldier continued: "Mr. Liang, the governor still has to say that those foreigners have always been annihilarized and untrained, so I also asked the adults to escort you to Macao. The majesty of the Qing Dynasty.

"Since the governor has an order, of course Liang will obey. If you go back and report to the governor, just tell him to rest assured that I will complete this task successfully." Liang Pengfei was very happy to accept this task. Although this task will delay him to go home, he is still happy to meet these British.

In less than two days, Liang Pengfei received information that the British envoys had passed through the Strait of Malacca and bypassed most of the Central South Peninsula, less than half a day away from Da Nang. Even if the order was ordered, the sailors under his command anchored to the sea and went to meet them.

"My grandma, my lord, look, that ship is really big." When a new recruit who had just been in the army for less than three months saw the distant sea level, revealing the huge and legendary Kunpeng-like British warship, he couldn't help staring at his eyes, which was both envious and deep fearful.

Even Liang Pengfei, who has mastered a lot of Western warships in his hand, has seen countless tons of giant ships in later generations, and even the time traveler of aircraft carriers, couldn't help taking a breath when he saw this British warship.

The warships he captured in the hands of the pirates and the Spaniards were not small, and the two warships in the hands of the Spaniards were battleships that could carry nearly fifty guns, but the warship in front of him was taller and more majestic than the warships in the hands of the Spaniards, and they were actually equipped with Sixty-four guns were loaded. Liang Pengfei was really jealous. He looked at the British battleship, which didn't know whether it was the Lion or the Hindustan, with green light in his eyes. If it hadn't been for the more ambitious plan and goal in his heart, maybe Liang Pengfei really wanted to pull the high dragon flag and replace it with the shark skeleton flag of the old Liang family. Rush to rob his mother.

"Your grandma, in the future, I will build a more powerful warship than such a warship." Liang Pengfei sucked his nose and swore in his heart, because only a strong navy can defend his home in this era.

(to be continued)