My Italian Chapter 78

As Xiangshan County is adjacent to Macau occupied by Portugal, it is not easy to be the magistrate of Xiangshan. Although it seems to be much better than Bao'an County, which is separated by the sea, it is easy to involve foreign affairs and is always less attractive.

Therefore, Bao Yaopin, the two hundred and sixty-ninth jinshi in the top three of Enke's ranks in the ninth year of Tongzhi, was appointed as the magistrate of Xiangshan County.

Although Xiangshan County is involved in foreign affairs, 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 contentment. Compared with Baoan County next door, Bao Yaopin, the county magistrate, is much better.

Recently, the French raided Mawei. The Fujian navy who had worked so hard over the years suffered heavy losses, and the achievements of many years of ship management were destroyed. Hearing about Shen Baozhen, Master Shen was so angry that he could not afford to fall ill.

The Governor's Office immediately ordered the states and counties along the coast to organize their people and patrol the coastline to guard against the appearance of the French fleet.

This errand has made Bao County Magistrate busy for a while, and his calf has grown bigger. After this is finally arranged, Bao County Magistrate can finally take a rest.

However, Magistrate Bao is destined to work hard and cannot rest.

A yamen ran in panting and shouted.

"Sir, it's not good."

"My lord, I'm fine, why are you so panicked?"

Bao county magistrate, who was disturbed, immediately came out to apply for the yamen.

"No, sir, two large warships have come from the sea."

"What!" The county magistrate Bao, who heard the news, immediately stepped forward and grabbed the yamen's shoulder. "Did you see that there are other ships after the coming warships?"

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

Failing to get more information from the yamen, the county magistrate Bao immediately ordered. "Prepare the sedan now, and this official will check it out in person. In addition, we will immediately summon the people and prepare to find out with this official."

It can be seen that Magistrate Bao is also a responsible person, and he has not messed up like others.

However, the subsequent news made Bao County Magistrate's dangling heart put down.

Before the sedan chair left the city gate, Liu Bantou rushed over on a fast horse.

"what happened?"

Seeing Liu Bantou coming, Magistrate Bao immediately stopped him.

"Misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding."

Tired and panting, Liu Bantou took a breath before continuing. "This is our big warship. Before I was impatient, I asked Jia Er to come and report it, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding."

Hearing it was a misunderstanding, Magistrate Bao let go of his dangling heart, but he still had to ask carefully.

"Tell me carefully, sir."

Later, in Liu Bantou's mouth, Bao County Magistrate General Yu sorted out the ins and outs. It turned out that Liu Bantou led people to patrol the coastline as usual this morning, but this time, when he visited Jiajia Village, he heard a report from panicked villagers. Two large military ships appeared on the sea of ​​Jiajia Village, and there were others from the village. Several small boats were put down on the military ship, and blond and blue-eyed foreign devils could be seen on them.

When they found a large warship with foreign devils, the village elders immediately thought of the notice in the county, which might be a prisoner called foreign devils from France, so they sent people to the county to report and organized the transfer of the villagers.

After hearing Jiajia Village's report, Liu Bantou felt that it was a big deal, so he immediately asked Jia Er to report.

As a result, when I arrived at Jiajia Village, I saw the foreigners, but there were people wearing Qing official uniforms beside the foreigners. This strange combination made Liu Bantou feel strange, and only after he sent two daring people to approach, did he find out. It turned out that the two large warships belonged to the imperial court, and those foreign devils were also invited by the imperial court to fight, and foreign devils fought foreign devils, which made Liu Bantou feel that his head was not enough, but he also knew that this matter should not be returned and that he should not be involved. Immediately get on the news horse and rush over to report.

After listening to Liu Bantou's words, Bao County Magistrate immediately issued two instructions. "Don't call on the people to be strong, hurry up and let people buy a batch of pigs, sheep, melons and fruits, and send them to Jiajia Village when they're ready."

Then Bao County Magistrate immediately rushed to Jiajia Village under the leadership of Liu Banfa.

"Xiaguan didn't know that Mr. Liu was here, and I have made a mistake in welcoming him. I hope you will forgive me."

In front of Liu Buchan, who rushed to Jiajia Village as soon as Bao county magistrate arrived, he spoke politely.

"Jia County magistrate doesn't have to do this. This magistrate also made a hasty decision to disturb your county."

Although Liu Buchan was only a guerrilla, when he rushed to Italy, Li Zhongtang specially gave him the rank of Daotai in order to make him qualified enough to command the fleet, so he was also the magistrate of Bao County. The county magistrate's adult name.

"Where can I get Mr. Liu to meet him, the subordinate officer is full of brilliance, and the subordinate officer prepares a little wine. I also hope that the Lord and a few adults will show you the friendship of respecting the landlord."

Magistrate Bao didn't know the identities of Leifer and Gomes, but seeing that they had a good conversation with Liu Buchan, they also called them adults. Anyway, it is customary for foreigners to see a senior official, and it is not bad for Bao Yaopin.

"No need." In the face of Bao County Magistrate's banquet, Liu Buchan directly refused, and of course he also gave reasons. "Wait a while, the master of Taiwan may come, and we will accept the good intentions of Bao County Magistrate."

When he heard that the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was coming, Bao Yaopin certainly wasn't angry, but felt that his previous decision was correct.

"Master Liu is very polite. Since the Taiwanese master is coming, let's prepare for the next official."

Then Bao county magistrate immediately ordered his servants to quickly send someone to call the best cook in Xiangshan, and buy another batch of food. As for meeting Mr. Dutai, it's unnecessary. Who knows, Zeng Guoquan and Dutai don't like cumbersome etiquette, let him see that he is ready.

About an hour later, the ceremonial guard of the Taiwan Master appeared in front of everyone.

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

Upon hearing what Zeng Dutai said, Liu Buchan immediately knelt down and explained. "Also, please forgive me, Lord Taiwan. This is also a last resort."

Their fleet had no choice but to stop at Xiangshan. They couldn't go to Guangzhou, and in order to prevent being caught in the urn of the French fleet, they couldn't go to Guangzhou at all. Taking into account the safety and convenience of contact, they arrived at Xiangshan.

"Okay, I'm just joking with you, Zixiang. It's a great achievement to think that you have traveled thousands of miles to command the second ship Zhijing to return to China. How can I blame you. Don't say that you asked me to come to Xiangshan to meet you, that is, I came to Fangcheng. No comments."

Zeng Guoquan's words moved Liu Buchan for a while, then he remembered the two Italian captains who were with him, got up and immediately introduced to Zeng Dutai. "Master Taiwan, these two are captains Lefer and Gomes from Italy, and they are currently commanding the second ship Zhijing."

"Thank you two for helping me from thousands of miles away. The friends who helped us in Qing Dynasty will not be disappointed."

Since Zeng Guoquan could not speak foreign languages, Liu Buchan acted as an interpreter, so that the communication between the two would not be a problem.

"Your Excellency Governor Zeng is very polite, we are just doing our part."

Although it is possible to communicate in this way, it does not make both sides very satisfied, but it is not bad at all.

At this time, Bao County Magistrate appeared at the right time. "My lords, the lower officials have prepared the banquet. Are you lords seated first? Let's talk while eating."

This just eased the atmosphere. Seeing Zeng Guoquan from Guangdong and Guangxi, he opened his mouth and said. "Since the master has invited us, let's be guests once."

Afterwards, the group sat down at the table. After three rounds of drinking, Zeng Zhitai opened his mouth and said. "Zixiang, what are your plans next?"

That's right, this is Zeng Guoquan's purpose. He likes these two large warships. Although he knows that they are Li Shaoquan's heart, but now that the Fujian Navy has collapsed, as long as he pulls it into a plate, it is a dish. That's why he hurriedly left other official duties and ran from Guangzhou to Xiangshan, not because he hoped that these two ships could continue to stay in the South China Sea, so that the isolated fleet would not be abused in the southeast and affect people's hearts.

Otherwise, it's just Liu Buchan, who is worthy of being a Taiwanese producer~www.mtlnovel.com~ hurried to meet him. No matter how you say the Taiwanese, they are all big bosses, and they don't have so much spare time to manage all the machines.

In the face of Zeng Zhitai's inquiry, Liu Buchan's face was embarrassed, because the result of this question has not yet been negotiated. Because according to his original intention, that is to quickly arrive at Jinmen and return to Li Zhongtang. Unfortunately, the idea of ​​the two Italian captains was that they needed to stay in the South China Sea to harass France's transportation insurance, and take the opportunity to find French military and civilian ships that were left alone.

Although Liu Buchan issued an order forcibly, but all Italian officers and soldiers were in charge of the operation on the ship, and he was not good at using force, so there was no consultation on the way.

And now Zeng Zhitai's inquiry is like pinching him seven inches, making him not know what to say.

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

"Liu, what is your Excellency Governor asking?"

As the captain of the Zhiyuan, Lefer himself was also born from a noble family, so he is not lowly skilled in reading words, so he opened his mouth and asked him at this time.

Faced with Leifer's inquiry, Liu Buchan could hide it, but as long as this situation is exposed, he is doomed to be killed, and even Li Zhongtang will not protect him for this, so he can only tell the truth.

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

So this banquet with the honored guests and guests was an extraordinary success, only Liu Buchan was a little complicated.

However, this matter is out of his control now, so we can only take a step by step.

Fortunately, their ships were well maintained in Calcutta, so now they don't have to worry about the maintenance, otherwise they have to go to Japan.

Chapter end