Jiangning, Qinhuai River.

A gorgeously decorated pleasure boat slowly cruising in the river, and the sound of silk and bamboo came from the boat. Since the British fleet stationed in Xiaguan, all the gentry, merchants and people in the west of the city have been moved. The Qinhuai River is also deserted. The originally prosperous Qinhuai River naturally became deserted. This pleasure boat was particularly conspicuous on the wide river surface.

In the large cabin, Sushun and other members of the royal family were quietly tasting the wine, listening to the singing girls singing softly, and they were all enjoying it. Yi Zhizu was not interested in it, so the two songs he listened to went straight to the second floor to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the Qinhuai River.

After a while, Sushun followed and said softly: "Are you worried about it?"

After taking out a cigar and lit it slowly, Yi Zhizu said: "It's okay, it's not that good, come up and be quiet."

Su Shun smiled and said, "It has been ten days since the contract signed with the British to be sent to the capital? I have counted it day by day."

"Brother Yuting, which pot is not open to pick up." Yi Zhizu slowly exhaled a stream of smoke. He was indeed a little worried. It has been ten days and there has been no order yet. It seems that Daoguang is a little unsure about asking England to undertake the construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway. He didn't know what would happen if Daoguang opposed it?

Su Shun whispered: "I haven't been able to come down for a long time. Brother Zhizu is probably going to make the worst plan."

Before he finished speaking, he saw someone waving on the shore. Yi Zhizu turned around and looked at him. He recognized the people from the Governor's Mansion. He couldn't help but feel happy. It was probably because there was news from the capital. He immediately walked downstairs and said as he walked: "You are happy, I'll go to the Governor's Mansion to take a look."

The pleasure boat was on the shore, Yi Zhizu jumped onto the shore and asked, "But Lin Butang summoned me?"

"Yes." The Changsui bowed and said, "The Master of the Ministry sent the young man to invite Lord Yi."

He hurried to the Governor's Office and entered the signing room. When he saw Lin Zexu, Yi Zhizuo didn't care about the greeting and asked, "Is there any news in the capital?"

Lin Zexu glanced at him, put his pen and stood up, and reached out to give up his seat, saying, "There is news, but not the will." After sitting down, he continued, "Mu Zhang'a strongly opposed it from Pan Zhongtang, and the emperor was hesitant, and the situation was quite complicated."

Yi Zhizu asked: "Complex?"

Lin Zexu nodded with a serious expression and said, "The construction of the railway is already very controversial, and it is also widely involved. In addition, Mu Zhang'a accused him of being content with instigating the British and threatening the imperial court to build the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway with the British, and he had ulterior motives."

"With ulterior motive?" Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "Yuan Qi gave advice and money to send troops, but he ended up with ulterior motives?"

Hearing his tone of resentment, Lin Zexu reluctantly smiled and said, "There are still many people who support it. Prince Ding County Zaiquan, Grand Secretary and Minister of Revenue Jing Zheng, Minister of Military Affairs and Minister of Revenue Qi Junzao, Minister of War, and Minister of War Xu Naipu all agreed. The emperor is also a wise king. Let's wait for two days. The construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway is not a trivial matter after all."

After leaving the Governor's Office, Yi Zhizu had no intention of returning to Qinhuai River. He went straight out of the city and returned to Baitushan camp. He entered the central army's tent. Jin Ying, who pretended to be a personal guard, came up and said, "That Puding Cha wants to see the young master."

It seems that Pu Dingcha can't hold back any more. Yi Zhizu pondered for a moment before saying, "Reply and ask them to wait for another two days."

Two days passed by and there was still no order. The situation inside and outside Jiangning City became tense. Both Qing and Ying began to prepare for war, as if the storm was about to come. Both sides knew that if Daoguang refused, the two sides would lose the possibility of peace talks and could only meet in war.

The pavilion on the top of Baitu Mountain, Yi Zhizu, Pu Dingcha and Elliot met privately again. As soon as we met, Pu Dingcha said: "Our army has been waiting in Jiangning for half a month. Mr. Yi should be very clear that the Yangtze River will soon usher in a dry season."

Yi Zhizu certainly knew that Pu Dingcha was anxious and knew that time would not wait for anyone. The British fleet would inevitably take action one month before the dry season. After a little consideration, he said: "It is not a trivial matter to build Beijing-Hangzhou, a railway of more than 1,000 kilometers long, which involves hundreds of millions of silver, and you can make a decision easily.

According to the news I have received, His Majesty the Emperor of my country and the Ministers in the Court have been arguing about this. I think we should add another clause."

Pu Dingcha said vigilantly: "What terms?"

Yi Zhizu looked at Elliot and said, "You must not forget the cause of this war, right?"

Why did this war start? Because the Qing Dynasty strictly prohibits ravens! Because Humen destroyed tens of thousands of boxes of ravens! Elliot hesitated and said, "Mr. Yi means banning smoking?"

"Yes." Yi Zhizu said: "I hope to add one in the contract to declare the eclipse trade in the name of Her Majesty the Queen of your country, and strictly prohibit the British merchants from transporting eclipse to the Qing Dynasty!"

How much profit is in the raven trade? Pu Dingcha and Elliot know it clearly. After hearing this, both of them hesitated. Seeing that they did not say anything, Yi Shi said slowly: "Since the two countries are equal trade, merchants of your country must abide by the laws of the Qing Dynasty. The Qingming Festival prohibits the raven trade. It is only a natural thing to add this. You will not feel embarrassed, right?"

After pondering for a moment, Pu Dingcha said: "Mr. Yi should be clear that the trade of eclipse has always been a legal trade, whether in European countries or in the United States."

"But it is undeniable that this is an immoral and sinful trade, and it can even be said to be a more sinister trade than the slave trade!" Yi Zhizu said in a deep voice: "If your country's Queen and the government can vigorously cooperate with the ban on smoking, I believe that this can greatly promote the normal trade between the two countries! It can also encourage His Majesty the Emperor of my country to support the construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway in England!"

Elliot and Pu Dingcha exchanged glances. In fact, both of them knew that although the tax on eclipses accounts for a very high proportion of the UK's fiscal revenue, the Queen and the government have always been relatively shirkable about the opium trade, never blatantly supported it, and the domestic call for opium trade has never been cut off.

"The respected Foreign Minister, Lord Bamazun, has clear instructions in his orders to me." Eliot said slowly: "Her Majesty's Government has no doubt that the Qing government has the right to prohibit the import of erections, and has the right to seize and confiscate any erections imported into the territory of the Qing Dynasty regardless of the appropriately formulated ban."

"Yes, I agree to add this one." Pudingcha said, in fact, in his order to give him a reiteration, "Her Majesty the Queen's government does not make any demands on the Qing Dynasty's ban on opium, because they have no right to do so. The Qing government has the full right to ban opium. All British subjects engaged in a trade in a contraband must bear the corresponding consequences.

After a slight pause, he continued: "Can Mr. Yi guarantee that after we add this clause, your Majesty the Emperor of your country will agree that our country will undertake the construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway?"

"No." Yi Zhizu shook his head and said.

Seeing that he answered so simply, Pu Dingcha and Elliot were stunned. Immediately, Pu Dingcha said in a deep voice: "Five days, wait for another five days. If we cannot get a clear answer, our army will take action!"

"Five days don't work, at least ten days." Yi Zhizu said: "It takes two days for the army to set off, and eight days for the express round trip."

The army set out? Where did it go? Pu Dingcha said suspiciously: "What does Mr. Yi mean?"

"It is not enough to just add this clause." Yi Zhizu said: "If you cooperate with the Yuanqi group training, I will be ready to transfer the Yuanqi Five Thousand Group training to Jiangyin."

Pu Dingcha was stunned, then reacted, quickly stood up and stretched out his hand, and said with a smile: "Thank you very much!"

Liangjiang Governor's Office, signing room.

"Transfer Yuanqi's 5,000 regiment training to Jiangyin?" Lin Zexu said in a lost voice: "What should I do if Jiangning?"

"There will be no danger in Jiangning." Yi Quezu's old god said.

"No!" Lin Zexu said without hesitation: "You can't take risks with Jiangning, I can't afford to bet!" He really dared not bet, the British army did not dare to attack Jiangning, and what he feared was the 5,000 Yuanqi regiment training. Once the Yuanqi regiment training retreated to Jiangyin, the British army could attack Jiangning at any time. Just rely on the 30,000 Eight Banners Green Camp in Jiangning? The British army would probably be able to capture Jiangning in one day, and defeat the 30,000 Eight Banners Green Camp. Isn't Zhenjiang the best example? He didn't want Jiangning to be razed to the ground by the British army!

Yi Zhizu took out a cigar and lit it, and said slowly: "The emperor neither agreed nor scolded him. It can be seen that he was very hesitant. If Yuanqi Group retreated to Jiangyin, he would force the emperor to make a decision!

Pu Dingcha, Elliot is bound to win the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway, otherwise he would not agree to add another clause that publicly declares the raven and film trade illegally. Within ten days, the British army will never attack Jiangning.”

Lin Zexu also calmed down and thought to himself that this kid was very brave. Once Daoguang learned that Yuanqi's regiment had evacuated Jiangning, he would definitely agree to the "Jiangning Treaty". Otherwise, Jiangning would lose. However, in this way, Yi Zhizu and Yuanqi would be afraid that the disaster would come. After a while of silence, he said: "If you are content, aren't you afraid of the emperor's punishment?"

Yi Zhizu's mouth curled up, "The emperor does not look like a fool."

After pondering for a moment, Lin Zexu ordered to the outside world: "Come here, please invite Yishan, Senggelinqin, and Yang Fang to discuss."

Yishan, Senggelinqin and Yang Fang rushed over. After hearing Yi Shizu's plan, the three of them were stunned. They looked at Yi Shizu like monsters. This was obviously forcing Daoguang to accept the construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway in England. This was too brave! After coming back to their senses, Senggelinqin hurriedly said, "It's not appropriate, this is too risky!"

Yishan echoed: "The risk is not very large! It may even involve Yuan Qi, be cautious when you are content!"

Yang Fang looked at Lin Zexu, then looked at Yi Zhizu, and hesitated: "Or, I will lead the Yuanqi team to Jiangyin. I have the title of First-class Guoyong Marquis, and at least I can't get rid of it."

Yi Zhizu bowed to the three of them and smiled and said, "The Yuanqi regiment evacuated Jiangning, and he can't escape the blame. The marquis should not be involved." After a pause, he continued, "If the court refuses to build the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway in England and Geely, Jiangning will not be spared. Even if it can severely damage the British fleet, we will not win this war, and may even anger the British army and further expand the scale of the war. If this is the case, then we will be the sinners of the Qing Dynasty!

The best outcome of this war is that we will end when we get better. At present, peace talks with the British army are undoubtedly the most in line with the interests of the Qing Dynasty. The only way to solve the current deadlock is to evacuate the Yuanqi regiment from Jiangning.

This is a great risk, but we cannot watch the war situation lose control. The dry season of the Yangtze River is approaching, and the British army cannot afford to delay it. They can only take risks and urge the court to make a decision early."

After a while of quietness, Yishan said: "When we were advised on the Jiangning Battle and deploying the Jiangning Battle, we were already ready to stop whenever we were ready?"

"This is the best ending." Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "Although I also want to wipe out the British fleet, I was hesitant when the British side proposed peace talks. After all, it took a lot of effort and a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to deploy this battle. But in the long run, we must stop when we get better, because we are not the opponent of the British army now!"

The next morning, the 5,000 Yuanqi Regimentary Army led a camp and left Jiangning, and rushed to Zhenjiang. On the Yifengmen Qiao Tower in Jiangning, Lin Zexu, Yishan, Senggelinqin, and Yang Fang looked at the team that was gradually moving away from each other, and could not speak. After hearing the news, a group of children of the royal family and civil and military officials from all over the city of Jiangning, rushed to the walls of the North City to watch. Each of them was surprised and wondered why Yuanqi Regimentary Army suddenly left.

Yanziji, British Army Camp, Pu Dingcha, Elliot, Baga, Aaron Kwok and other senior officers also watched Yuan Qi's regiment go away, put down the telescope in his hand, Aaron Kwok said in a muffled voice: "How can they really go to Jiangyin?"

"Is General Aaron Kwok trying to take the opportunity to attack Jiangning, right?" Elliot said: "There is no need."

Pu Dingcha nodded slightly and said, "The wisest choice is to end this unnecessary war!"

In the team of Yuanqi's training, Feng Renxuan, who was riding on the horse, looked at the British army camp from afar, urged the horse to follow Yi Zhizu, and said in a muffled voice: "Big shopkeeper, are we really going to Jiangyin? What if the British army attacks Jiangning?"

Yin Youcai smiled and said, "Captain Feng regrets that he has no chance to fight a battle with the British army, right?"

After hearing this, Feng Renxuan looked depressed. The Henan camp had fought several battles, but their Huadi camp failed to catch up. This time, he finally transferred to Jiangning from a long distance. He originally thought he could fight a good battle, but unexpectedly, the two armies had been in confrontation for so many days, but they didn't fight, but they actually transferred to Jiangyin for no reason. Seeing that the military achievements that were at your fingertips were gone, he felt so depressed!

Yi Zhizu looked back at him and smiled and said, "Go to Zhenjiang first. It is only 150 miles from Zhenjiang to Jiangning. You can reach Jiangning by marching for a day and night. Even if the British army attacks Jiangning, there is still a 30,000-Four Banner Green Camp in the city. It is no problem to stick to it for a day and night. Don't worry about Jiangning's safety."
Chapter completed!