It was a bit difficult to hear Huang Dianyuan ask for benefits, but Yishizuo was really difficult. Yuanqi, as mentioned above, responded actively in Guangzhou and provided a large amount of silver and money loan for the Tiandihui. He made a statement casually because he knew very well that the British army could not fulfill the will of Tiandihui, but the subsequent benefits must be fulfilled, so he naturally could not express his opinions at will.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "If the British army can be severely defeated, it will not only prevent China from becoming an English colony, but also shake England's rule in Southeast Asia. Will this be of no benefit to the Nanyang world where you make a living in Temasek? What other benefits do you want from Brother Yourong?"

Huang Dianyuan didn't go around in circles and said directly: "Must guns, two thousand Western muskets."

When Yi Zhizu heard that he only wanted two thousand muskets, he laughed secretly and said with a lion. He immediately said, "Brother Yourong has a big appetite. Two thousand muskets and Yuanqi Group trains not so many muskets. Now the situation is tense. There are no Western merchants coming to trade. Even if you want to buy, there is no place to buy at most five hundred. Don't bargain anymore, and you can only deliver it after the war."

"Just according to what Quest said." Huang Dianyuan said cheerfully. Last time he was in the Basin, he was determined to form a pure musket battalion. However, Yi Zhizu said that the musket battalion was expensive, which made him a little worried. He was also satisfied with taking this opportunity to form a musket battalion. Moreover, whether this matter can be accomplished may not be necessary to bargain now.

After a little pause, he continued: "It is hard to say whether the British army will value the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society. If we are truly content, we will definitely try our best to control it, but we will first say that the Heaven and Earth Society is only responsible for inducing and will not participate in the battle against the British army."

Yi Zhizu glanced at him and said sarcastically: "It seems that Nanyang Tiandi will have a good understanding of the combat power of the British army, otherwise he would not be so afraid of confronting the British army."

Huang Dianyuan didn't care about his tone at all, and said, "The British gunboats are not something that our small boats can deal with. There is still a world of self-knowledge." After a pause, he said, "Can Yuanqi regiment trainees defeat the British army head-on?"

"No." Yi Zhizu shook his head slowly and said, "But try your best. Besides, fighting is not entirely about strength. If you make more sense of strategy, you will win more, and you will win less. If you don't plan, you will have some chances." As he said, he changed his mind and said, "For the British army's marching route and attack plan, Brother Rong's timely Clippers can inform Yuan Qi, so I have time to deploy."

"This is no problem." Huang Dianyuan said without hesitation: "We will try our best to collect British military intelligence and inform them in time."

After seeing off Huang Dianyuan, Yi Zhizuo was alone in the study and smoking. For the first Crow and Film War, he didn't remember much and knew much. Moreover, God knew how many records in later generations were true. Therefore, after hearing that Tiandi would have the intention to assist the British army, he fooled Huang Dianyuan, hoping to obtain the British army's intelligence through Tiandihui.

Although the Yuanqi regiment trained muskets that were more advanced than the British army, they were recruits who had never been on the battlefield and lacked generals. He was also a new recruit, and he felt a little guilty when he was fighting against the British army head-on. However, in this battle in Guangzhou, he had to bite the bullet and had no way of retreat. Once the British army hit the city of Guangzhou, they would definitely not let Yuanqi go and other factories.

With the attitude of the Tiandihui, if the British army attacks other places, they may provide intelligence without any scruples, but if the British army attacks Guangzhou, the Tiandihui will probably not provide intelligence truthfully. Not only will people arrange for people to collect intelligence in Macau, but they will also collect intelligence from the Guangzhou Gang through the Qinglian Sect and Su Mengdie, especially the Sanhehui.

Is it necessary to remind Lin Zexu if Tiandi intends to assist the British army? This thought flashed in his mind and he quickly put it out. There is no need to cause trouble. It is difficult for him to explain this matter. Besides, if Lin Zexu vigorously investigates the triad association in Guangzhou, how could Huang Dianyuan not suspect him? It is possible to report him, which is really a matter of nothing. The reason why Huang Dianyuan dares to leak this news unscrupulously is that he must have calculated that he did not dare to report it.

If the Heaven and Earth Association really do their best to assist the British army, it would be really troublesome! Yi Zhizu couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this. Lin Zexu started a local group training and implemented a solid wall and clear the world. However, the Heaven and Earth Association volunteered to act as a traitor. It was a luxury to strengthen the wall and clear the world, and the harm was far more than that, but he could not make the Heaven and Earth Association change his mind.

Three months passed in a flash, and May was in a blink of an eye. On the 22nd, two British warships, one large and one small, arrived at the overseas overseas of Jiuzhou, Macau. A large warship, three-layer deck-loaded artillery, and one only had one deck-loaded artillery. On the 23rd, seven warships of all sizes arrived. In addition to the four warships that have arrived since last year, English had as many as thirteen warships outside Haikou, Guangzhou.

The news soon came back to Guangzhou, and the entire Guangzhou city caused a sensation. Since the severance of trade with England last year, England has repeatedly threatened to mobilize a large number of warships to attack Guangzhou, but it has been thunder and rainy. Only four warships came to blockade outside Haikou. After the Guangdong Navy purchased 12 Citibanks of the country and converted them into warships, both officials, gentry and merchants in Guangzhou were very excited, and they felt a little lucky, thinking that England did not dare to commit lightly.

But now England has suddenly added nine battleships, including a large warship with three deck guns, which immediately smashed the luck in everyone's hearts. Everyone knows that a big battle is right in front of them!

The situation in Guangzhou was slightly better. A group of gentry, merchants and people just rushed to buy and store grain, salt, etc. Outside the city, Dongguan, Nanguan, Xiguan, Henan, Huadi and other places were panicked. Many people brought their families to Guangzhou, and most of the shops closed down, and there was a chaotic scene.

In the lobby of Yuanqi General Number, although there are many people withdrawing cash, they are orderly. Everyone abides by the rules and queues to withdraw money. Yi Zhizu couldn't sit still in Rongyuan. After a walk, he saw that the withdrawal team had already been out of the lobby. Standing under the sun, he couldn't help but frowned and walked slowly to the backyard. He happened to meet Kong Jian'an who was rushing and said immediately: "Why don't there be more staff on the counter?"

"Report to the shopkeeper." Kong Jian'an hurriedly said: "It has been arranged."

Yi Zhizu said: "Can the current currency be sufficient?"

"Don't worry, the shopkeeper is very prepared." Kong Jian'an smiled and said, "Although there are too many people, the amount is not very large. Generally, large deposits have been withdrawn one after another two months ago."

"Since that's the case, you can take care of your family." Yi Zhizu said: "I'll go to Huadi and Henan Daying to have a look."

"Big shopkeeper." Kong Jian'an hurriedly said: "Now the people outside are panic and in chaos, and the guests are withdrawing cash. Besides, the staff of each sub-collector is limited, so they are not afraid of 10,000, but also afraid that if they are there, can some groups be trained and maintain order in the outside world?"

Yi Zhizuji said first: "What I am worried about is that I will send a battalion to Xiguan to patrol." As he said that, he turned around and walked out to maintain local public order. This is the responsibility of local gang training. Although Yuanqi gang training is different from ordinary local gang training, the responsibilities of gang training must be fulfilled, otherwise some gentry and merchants should complain again.

At the Yuanqi Gate that had just left, Yi Zhizu bumped into Yu Baochun, who was wearing casual clothes and was in a hurry. He quickly bowed and smiled and said, "Mr. Yu is here to get the money, too?"

"Don't make fun of contentment." Yu Baochun smiled and bowed, saying, "What money did I get? I'm so hard that I'm afraid that Yuanqi will go bankrupt?" As he said, he lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Master is going to Humen. He came here to inform me, and followed him with contentment. The official boat was at Tianzi Pier."

Yi Zhizu really didn't want to go down the Humen with Lin Zexu, and immediately said: "Now people are in panic and in chaos everywhere in the suburbs of the city. If you are going down, go to arrange a group training and patrol. Please reply to the master of the ministry and go down and take a quick boat to chase after him."

Arranged a group training to inspect the place, which was a serious matter. Yu Baochun naturally didn't say much, so he immediately said, "Then you can come after you meet me."

In Huadi Camp, a group of brave men are training the musket shooting steps in intense training. Because it is a bore gun and the loading of gunpowder bullets must be carried out from the muzzle. After loading, they must be pressed with a strip. The ignition is not a needle impact, but igniting the medicine pool by hitting the fire cap and installing a fire cap. It can be said that muskets are a technical job.

Yi Zhizu broke down the entire musket shooting into several steps. The group brave men conducted training according to the steps. For three months, the group brave men were busy carrying out boring loading training and gun-holding training. They all picked up guns with bitter faces, and they felt tired of feeling tired. The news that a large number of warships in England arrived outside Haikou, Guangzhou was heard, and the camp was very excited. England had hit the door. Now it was time to let live-fire training?

As soon as Yi Zhizu entered the camp, Yan Yangtian quickly came up and saluted: "Students have met the principal."

"Two battalions were dispatched to Xiguan, Nanguan and Huadi patrol to maintain order." Yi Zhizu said: "In addition, Henan Daying also dispatched two battalions to patrol Henan Island and Dongguan."

"Student obeys the order." Yan Yangtian quickly stood attentively and put down his hand. Then he asked for instructions: "Principal, now that the war is about to break out, should the camp conduct live-fire training? After all, aiming and shooting will take a long time."

Yi Zhizu said: "How is the loading training situation?"

"Return to the principal." Yan Yangtian said loudly: "At least 20% can reach the loading speed of four rounds per minute, and the remaining 80% can fully meet the minimum standard of loading three rounds per minute."

"Are you very satisfied with the training progress?" Yi Zhizu glanced at him and said, "Under normal, without any pressure, you can load three rounds in a minute. On the battlefield, it is very likely that you will not have the level of one round. Tomorrow you can try it and let each battalion simulate actual combat shooting at a distance of 30 steps, load gunpowder, and not load bullets. See how many rounds can be loaded in a minute in this case? Various statistics are recorded."

"Student obeys the order." Yan Yangtian quickly responded.

After pondering for a moment, Yi Zhizu said: "The two thousand elite troops in Henan Camp can be trained live ammunition. However, once they enter live ammunition training, they will wait until the four battalions are stationed in separate areas, and no one is allowed to ask for leave or leave the team. The live ammunition training situation of the musket is not allowed to leak any external information."

Yan Yangtian said loudly: "Students understand."

At dusk, Yi Zhizu arrived at Humen Town by fast ship and approached the dock. He realized that he had quit smoking on the dock. He was fully armed soldiers and whistle every three steps and every five steps. Fortunately, the navy officers and soldiers knew him, the God of Wealth, otherwise, the ship would not be able to get close to the dock.

Upon boarding the dock, a military officer came up quickly and said with a smile: "Linbutang and the military gate have all told me that if the shopkeeper Yi Da comes, please rush to the Admiral's Office as soon as possible and prepare an open sedan for the shopkeeper Yi Da."

Yi Zhizui recognized him as Qian Zheng of Guan Tianpei's personal military camp. His surname was Qin. He immediately said politely: "I'm working." As he said that, he took a cigar and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Where is the pressure to be great when the war is about to come?"

This kind of Western cigar is expensive, so Mr. Qin Qian naturally recognized the goods. He thanked him before taking it and sniffing it at the end of his nose, and whispering: "How can the pressure be low? There are many officers and soldiers making trouble in the past few days."

"Making money?" Yi Zhizu was quite surprised. The navy did not lack money, so why did he owe money? He quickly realized that this was what the imperial court had owed over the years!

"The old debt owed for years." The military officer said disdainfully: "The riot is just a reason, but it is actually a cowardly battle. He was scared by the British warship."

Yi Zhizu was not convenient to stay for a long time, so he immediately bowed and sat in the open sedan chair. He thought that Lin Zexu and Guan Tianpei called him, wouldn't he ask Yuan Qi to pay the silver to advance the salary? Yuan Qi really couldn't afford the silver at this time. Except for the Shangshang's deposit, almost all the other deposits were all gone. Now only the original bank was left. He invested a lot in Changhua Iron Mine, Foguang Railway, England Iron and Yuan Qi Group training, and he dared not use the original bank any longer.

Furthermore, it is also a headache for the navy officers and soldiers to fight so timidly. Even if they pay all the wages they owe, will they go to the battlefield to work hard? This may be very small. Thinking about it, he will have a headache. These green camps are really a mess. They say that they can raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while. They are afraid of the enemy in the battle. What kind of soldiers do they raise?

After entering Humen Village, he got a sedan chair outside the gate of the Admiral's Office. Yi Zhizu stepped forward quickly and was about to submit a post to report, but the gate smiled and said, "The manager Yi Da doesn't need to report it. The military gate has given orders. You can go as soon as you arrive, and there is no need to pass it on."

Yi Zhizu nodded, walked in quickly, reported outside the signing room, and then walked in quickly. As soon as he saw him in, Lin Zexu, who was standing in front of the large coastal defense map, waved and said, "Come here to see, the British warships are now moored in Jiuzhouyang, sharpening the knife and triangular oceans, and there seems to be no intention to attack. Could there be any warships coming?"
Chapter completed!