1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 270 Xu Guangjin

"Hongjunmen! The foreigners are aiming their guns at us!"

Outside Xiangshan Port, warships flying the Citizen flag invariably aimed their guns at the ships of the Guangdong Navy. Facing the black muzzles, the sailors of the Guangdong Navy were horrified and hurriedly reported to the Navy Admiral Hong Mingxiang.

situation.

"I know, this military sect is not blind!"

Hong Mingxiang's face was solemn. As a popular figure in Guangdong in recent years, Hong Mingxiang has prospered in recent years, and people from all walks of life have high comments on him.

The imperial court praised his performance in suppressing bandits. Xu Guangjin relied heavily on him and praised him as the pillar of Guangdong's maritime territory.

However, Hong Mingxiang still knew how many pounds the Guangdong Navy had. The Guangdong Navy was barely competent at destroying the Pearl River bandits and pirates along the Guangdong coast.

But to expect the Guangdong Navy to intimidate foreigners and confront foreign warships head-on is to look down upon the Guangdong Navy too much.

Since the signing of the Treaty of Nanjing in the 22nd year of Daoguang's reign (1842), the attitudes of the Western barbarians headed by the British have become increasingly arrogant, and they have paid less and less attention to the Guangdong authorities.

British ships also often caused troubles. As for the people of Citi, although Hong Mingxiang had not had much contact with them, in his eyes, there was no difference between the people of Citi and the British.

If it weren't for Xu Guangjin's kindness to him, Hong Mingxiang wouldn't want to take a trip into the muddy waters of Xiangshan Mountain.

Liang Yao's three battleships, the two-thousand-ton flagship Roland, the thousand-ton frigates Chaoyong and Yangwei, although there are still many foreign crews employed, the number of Chinese crew members on each ship has reached three-thirds.

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Especially the flagship Roland, because it was Liang Yao's first battleship and had been owned for the longest time, nearly half of the crew on board were Chinese.

Hong Mingxiang glanced at the crew members with the same skin color as him on the Citizen warship. He felt a little uncomfortable watching these sturdy crew members skillfully manipulate the naval guns and point the muzzles at him.

I thought that if the Guangdong Navy could have such ships and such sailors, foreigners would definitely not dare to act so recklessly on the waters of Guangdong.

"Xu Budang! The Citizen navy has aimed its guns at us! These are dangerous! Please Xu Budang retreat to a safe place temporarily! Leave this place to Hong!" Hong Mingxiang said to Xu Guangjin.

"Absurd! How can this governor be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?"

Although Xu Guangjin was tough on his words, looking at the huge foreign warships standing on his left and right, and the well-trained soldiers waiting at the entrance of the Xiangshan Shipyard, Xu Guangjin felt very complicated.

He still underestimated Liang Yao's strength. Before leading his troops to Xiangshan, he thought that Liang Yao had only been in the United States for two or three years, and most of his soldiers were similar to the Huayong recruited by the British on Hong Kong Island.

His supervising battalion might be able to intimidate Liang Yao and force him to withdraw from Xiangshan. He never thought that these Chinese soldiers in Liang Yao were no different from the British soldiers he had seen.

Moreover, in terms of military appearance, Liang Yao's soldiers were more organized and more oppressive than the British army. This made Xu Guangjin feel like he was riding a tiger.

Xu Guangjin wanted to give Liang Yao a blow, but he never thought that the pacesetters of his fifth battalion and the sailors of the Guangdong Navy would be shocked by Liang Yao first.

"Shangshan (name of Hong Mingxiang), you are also from Xiangshan. I heard that Liang Yao's grandfather once worked for Gei Shizhong, and now he is at Fu Xian's home. You go and invite Liang Gei Shizhong here. The governor wants to see Liang Gei Shizhong in person.

In." Xu Guangjin turned to Hong Mingxiang and said.

Seeing that Liang Yao could not be deterred from the front, Xu Guangjin came up with a plan, hoping to ask Liang Yao's grandfather Liang Weiming to come forward and persuade Liang Yao to lead his troops to withdraw from Xiangshan.

"Why didn't I think of this? This is a good idea, sir, you are so wise! Hong will go and ask Liang to help you immediately!" Hong Mingxiang said, holding her forehead, Hong Mingxiang thought this method was good.

Just as Hong Mingxiang moved forward, a tall Citizen officer walked out of the military camp on horseback and motioned to the soldiers at the entrance of the military camp to put down their foreign guns.

This person was Liang Yao. Facing the role models that Xu Guangjin was proud of, Liang Yao's attitude was quite disdainful and he did not take these role models seriously.

But in the future, he will need to transport immigrants to California through the Guangdong area, which will not be in his long-term interests if he offends the local officials of the Guangdong authorities.

Seeing that the goal of deterring the Guangdong authorities had been achieved, Liang Yao decided to stop as soon as possible to avoid further escalation of the situation.

Perry's views coincided with Liang Yao's, and he did not want a conflict with the Qing Dynasty to break out before the expedition to Japan.

"I didn't know that Liang was disappointed when Xu Butang visited Xiangshan. I hope Xu Butang can forgive me."

Liang Yao reined in Xu Guangjin's horse in front of the formation and shouted to Xu Guangjin.

Seeing Liang Yao ordering his soldiers to put away their weapons, Xu Guangjin's face brightened a little, and he stepped forward and said to Liang Yao: "Liang Yao, you were once a citizen of the Qing Dynasty. Why did you lead a large number of troops to station in Xiangshan?"

Reason? Why don’t you lead your troops back quickly?”

"If the governor generals of the Qing Dynasty were as strong-willed as Xu Butang, why would the Qing Dynasty be afraid of foreigners?" Liang Yao put a high hat on Xu Guangjin's head.

"Our army is only temporarily resting in Xiangshan. I have informed Governor Ye about this in advance. When the rest is completed, I will lead the army away on my own. Where there is a disturbance, Liang will apologize to Xu Butang here!"

Among the current governors of the Qing Dynasty, Xu Guangjin is relatively capable and has a tougher attitude towards the outside world. In this regard, Xu Guangjin is indeed better than Ye Mingchen, who is just fishing for fame and waiting to die.

"How long do you want to stay in Xiangshan?"

Xu Guangjin originally wanted Liang Yao's soldiers to withdraw from Xiangshan immediately, but after thinking about it, this was not realistic. He could only blame Guangdong's Green Camp, his own Supervisory Base Camp, and the Guangdong Navy's insufficient strength.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have to bargain with Liang Yao here.

"Three days, three days later, I will leave Xiangshan." Liang Yao said.

He also hoped that the war against Japan would end as soon as possible and had no reason to stay in Xiangshan for a long time.

This expedition was quite expensive. By forcing Japan to surrender as soon as possible and returning to California, he could save a lot of money.

Liang Yao gave an exact date and gave Xu Guangjin a step up. Xu Guangjin was not a pedantic person. If he didn't know how to be flexible, he wouldn't be able to sit in the position of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

"I will trust you for once!" Xu Guangjin said angrily.

"Xu Budang has come all the way. Liang has prepared food and wine for Xu Budang, and also invited Xu Budang to come to the camp to talk." Liang Yao made an invitation gesture to Xu Guangjin.

However, Xu Guangjin was wary, waved his hand and said: "No need! I have other important matters to attend to."

After saying this, Xu Guangjin walked away. This was not entirely an excuse for Xu Guangjin to refuse.

He is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, which naturally includes Guangxi, and Guangxi is not peaceful now.

Although the Changmao bandits broke out from Yong'an two months ago, failed to attack Guilin, and moved to Quanzhou. The leader of the bandits, Feng Yunshan, was shot dead in Quanzhou and then turned back to Daozhou, Hunan. The banditry in Guangxi seems to have shown signs of improvement.

But Xu Guangjin still didn't dare to be careless.

Xu Guangjin vaguely felt that this group of long-haired bandits was different from the bandits he had suppressed in the past. It would not be easy to completely eliminate the long-haired bandits. Therefore, Xu Guangjin did not dare to be careless.

(End of chapter)