My Italy

Xiangshan County is adjacent to Macau occupied by Portugal, so it is not easy to be the magistrate of Xiangshan County. Although it seems to be much better than Bao'an County across the sea, jobs that are easily involved in Westernization are always not so attractive.

Therefore, Bao Yaopin, the 269th Jinshi of the Third Class of Enke in the ninth year of Tongzhi, was appointed as the magistrate of Xiangshan County.

Although Xiangshan County involves Westernization, after all, the Portuguese are not strong enough, so it is not difficult for him to be the county magistrate. The most important thing in life is to be content. Compared with Bao'an County next door, Bao Yaopin, the county magistrate, is much better.

Recently, the French raided Mawei. The Fujian Navy, which had worked hard over the years, suffered heavy losses. The achievements of many years of shipping management were ruined. When I heard about Shen Baozhen, Mr. Shen was so angry that he couldn't sleep.

The Governor-General immediately ordered the coastal states and counties to immediately organize civilians to patrol the coastline and be on guard against the appearance of the French fleet.

This errand has kept Magistrate Bao busy for a while, and his calves have grown big. After the arrangements are finally made, Magistrate Bao can finally take a rest.

However, Magistrate Bao was destined to work hard and could not rest.

A government official ran in panting and shouted.

"Sir, it's not good."

"My lord, I'm very fine. Why are you in such a panic?"

Magistrate Bao, who was disturbed, immediately came out and warned the official.

"No, my lord, two large warships have arrived from the sea."

"What!" Upon hearing the news, County Magistrate Bao immediately stepped forward and grabbed the Yamen servant's shoulders. "After the approaching warship, did you see clearly that there were other ships?"

The officer who was grabbed by the shoulders looked troubled. "I don't know about this. As soon as we saw two large warships, Liu Tou immediately asked me to come back and report to your lord."

Unable to get any more information from the Yamen, Magistrate Bao immediately ordered. "Prepare the sedan immediately, and I will go check it out personally. In addition, I will immediately summon the people and prepare to find out what happened with me."

It can be seen that Magistrate Bao is also a responsible person and does not mess up like others.

However, subsequent news relieved Magistrate Bao's worries.

The sedan has not yet left the city gate, but Liu Bantou is riding over on a fast horse.

"what happened?"

Seeing Bantou Liu coming over, County Magistrate Bao immediately stopped him.

"Misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding."

Tired and out of breath, Bantou Liu took a breath before continuing. "This is our big warship. I was anxious before and asked Jia Er to come and report back. It turned out to be a misunderstanding."

Upon hearing that it was a misunderstanding, Magistrate Bao felt relieved, but he still had to inquire carefully.

"Tell me carefully, Master."

Later, through Liu Bantou's words, Magistrate Bao finally clarified the whole story. It turns out that early this morning, Team Leader Liu led his people to patrol the coastline as usual, but this time when he patrolled Jiajia Village, he heard panicked villagers reporting that two large warships appeared on the sea in Jiajia Village, and there were also people from Jiajia Village. Several small boats were put down from the soldier's ship, and blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners could be seen on them.

Upon discovering the presence of a foreign warship, the village elders immediately thought of the notice in the county. This might be some kind of foreign prisoner called France. So he sent people to the county to report it and organized the transfer of the villagers.

After hearing the report from Jiajia Village, Bantou Liu felt that the matter was of great importance and immediately asked Jia Er to report. In addition, he took people to see the truth.

As a result, when we arrived at Jiajia Village, we saw foreigners, but beside the foreigners there were people wearing official uniforms. Such a strange combination made Team Leader Liu feel strange. He sent two bold men to get closer and found out. It turned out that these two large warships belonged to the imperial court, and those foreign devils were also invited by the imperial court to fight. Foreign devils fought foreign devils, which made Liu Bantou feel that his head was not full, but he also knew that it was not his place to have anything to do with this matter. Immediately mount the news horse and rush over to report.

After listening to Liu Bantou's words, County Magistrate Bao immediately issued two instructions. "Stop calling the people together, hurry up and buy a batch of pigs, sheep, melons and fruits. Once they are ready, send them to Jiajia Village. Hurry."

Then Magistrate Bao, led by Liu Banfa, immediately rushed to Jiajia Village.

"I didn't know that Mr. Liu was coming, and I missed you from afar. I hope you will forgive me."

As soon as Magistrate Bao arrived in Jiajia Village, he rushed to Liu Buchan and spoke politely.

"Magistrate Jia doesn't have to be like this. I made a hasty decision to disturb your county."

Although Liu Buchan was just a guerrilla, when he rushed to Italy, Li Zhongtang specially gave him a Taoist title in order to make him qualified to command the fleet, so he could also become the sixth-rank magistrate of Bao County. An adult title for the county magistrate.

"Where can I be received by Mr. Liu? I will be very happy. In addition, I will prepare a small amount of wine. I hope that you and a few other gentlemen will let me show my respect to the landlord."

Magistrate Bao didn't know the identities of Leifer and Gomez, but he saw the two chatting happily with Liu Buchan, so he called them adults together. Anyway, it is customary for foreigners to be promoted to a senior official, and Bao Yaopin's experience is no different.

"No need." Faced with Magistrate Bao's banquet, Liu Buchan directly refused, and of course he also gave a reason. "The Taiwan Maker may be coming soon, and we understand Magistrate Bao's kindness."

When he heard that the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was coming, Bao Yaopin certainly wouldn't be angry. Instead, he felt that his previous decision was correct.

"Mr. Liu, you're welcome. Since Master Tai is coming, I'll let someone prepare for it."

Then Magistrate Bao immediately ordered his servants to send people to call the best cook in Xiangshan and buy another batch of food. As for greeting Mr. Dutai, there is no need. Who doesn't know that Zeng Guoquan and Zeng Dutai disliked complicated etiquette the most, so just let him see that he is already preparing.

About an hour later, Master Tai's guard of honor appeared in front of everyone.

As expected, this Zeng Zitai was different from the others. He actually came on horseback. As soon as he arrived in front of them, Zeng Dutai immediately smiled and said to Liu Buchan who came up to him. "You Liu Zixiang, you actually asked me to rush from Guangzhou to Xiangshan to welcome you. You are guilty."

Upon hearing Zeng Dutai's words, Liu Buchan immediately knelt down and explained. "Please forgive me, Mr. Tai Tai. I have no choice but to do this."

Their fleet had no choice but to stop at Xiangshan. Their ship could not go to Guangzhou, and in order to prevent being caught in the trap by the French fleet, they could not go to Guangzhou at all. Considering safety and convenient communication, they rushed to Xiangshan.

"Okay, I'm just joking with you, Zixiang. I think it's a great achievement that you traveled thousands of miles to command the Zhijing 2nd Ship back home. How can I blame you? Don't tell me that you asked me to come to Xiangshan to welcome you. I just came to Fangcheng. No comments.”

Zeng Guoquan's words moved Liu Buchan for a while. Then he remembered the two Italian captains who were accompanying him, and immediately introduced them to Zeng Dutai after standing up. "Master Taipei, these two are Captains Leifer and Gomes from Italy. They are currently commanding the second ship Zhijing."

"Thank you to the two people who traveled thousands of miles to help me. Daqing will not let down our friends who help us."

Since Zeng Guoquan did not speak a foreign language, Liu Buchan acted as a translator, making communication between the two easy.

"Your Excellency Governor Zeng is too polite. We are just doing our part."

Although communication can be achieved in this way, neither party is very satisfied, but it is more or less okay.

At this time, Magistrate Bao appeared at the right time. "My lords, my superiors have prepared a banquet. Would you please come to the table first and talk while eating?"

This just relaxed the atmosphere, and Zeng Guoquan, who was from Guangdong and Guangxi, spoke immediately. "Since the master has invited us, let's be guests for once."

Then the group of people went to the banquet and sat down. After drinking for three times, Zeng Zhitai finally spoke. "Zixiang, what are your plans next?"

Yes, this was Zeng Guoquan's goal. He was interested in these two large warships. Although he knew that this was Li Shaoquan's pet peeve, but now that the Fujian Navy was in ruins, as long as they were pulled out of the plate, they would be the food. That's why he hurriedly left other official duties and rushed from Guangzhou to Xiangshan. It was not to hope that the two ships could continue to stay in the South China Sea and prevent the lonely fleet from wreaking havoc in the southeast and affecting the people's hearts.

Otherwise, just Liu Buchan would not be worthy of him, a stage maker, rushing to meet him. No matter how you say it, the Taiwanese producers are all big people, and they don’t have much free time to deal with everything.

Facing Zeng Zhitai's inquiry, Liu Buchan looked embarrassed because the issue had not been discussed yet. Because according to his original intention, that is to arrive at Jinmen quickly and return to Li Zhongtang. Unfortunately, the two Italian captains wanted to stay in the South China Sea, disrupt French shipping, and seize the opportunity to attack lone French military and civilian ships.

Although Liu Buchan issued the order forcefully, the people in charge of the operation on the ship were all Italian officers and soldiers, and he was not easy to use force, so there was no result discussed along the way.

And now Zeng Zhitai's question was like pinching him by seven inches, leaving him unsure of what to say.

But although Liu Buchan didn't speak, someone wanted to talk.

"Liu, what is your Excellency the Governor asking?"

As the captain of the Zhiyuan, Leifer was also born in a noble family, so he was very good at observing people's emotions. At this time, he asked about him.

In the face of Leifer's inquiry, although Liu Buchan could conceal it, as long as this situation was exposed, he was destined to be in trouble. Even Li Zhongtang would not protect him for this, so he could only tell the truth.

When the two Italian captains heard Liu Buchan translate Zeng Guoquan's words, their eyes lit up. "Please tell Governor Zeng that we are very willing to lead two warships to continue to attack France's maritime power."

As a result, this banquet where the host and guest enjoyed themselves was extremely successful. Only Liu Buchan was in a complicated mood.

However, this matter is no longer under his control, so he can only take it one step at a time.

Fortunately, their ship was well maintained in Calcutta, so they don't have to worry about maintenance now, otherwise they would have to go to Japan.

Since everyone said that Chapter 68 is extremely poisonous, then Mantou Rushan has changed.