Chapter 150 Identification
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The reason why such a bizarre phenomenon occurs is due to the current abnormal environment in China. The foundation of the Qing Dynasty's rule has been corrupted by the Taiping Rebellion. After the invasion of the West, a large number of knowledgeable people were also angry and felt that there was no point in serving the country. Door.
As for the imperial court, haha, everyone can see what kind of junk it is!
However, what the Qiao family did this time seemed to open a new door for them.
What patriots see from this is: It turns out that we can serve the country without going through the court! !
What people who like fame see from this is: It turns out that I can still increase my reputation in this way.
What the rich see from this is: It turns out that money can still be used to make money.
What careerists see from this is: It turns out that money can be transformed into fame and force in this way! !
But Uncle Qiao, who was in the center of the whirlpool, had the deepest experience:
After the news came, Qiao's bank in Shanghai exploded!
In order to support the expeditionary force, even the old man who wore leather shoes came to the "Dadetong" ticket account established by Qiao's family to deposit money. He himself even received a flurry of invitations from important people who originally needed to make an appointment but might not be able to meet him. , posted it directly.
Not only that, the Li family, who had been frequently stumbling against him in the mall recently, actually backed away, saying that they admired the loyalty of the Qiao family and did not dare to entangle any more.
But the uncle of the Qiao family knows one thing very well. If these bastards from the Li family were loyal, they wouldn't have forced seven people to death just to irrigate three acres of land last year. They were afraid!
If the Qiao family could hire Russians to loot Nagasaki, Japan, then of course they can hire Russians to loot their entire family! !
Uncle Qiao immediately realized keenly that he had to continue doing such a business even if he was losing money, not to mention that his family had already made a lot of money before the dust had settled.
Therefore, out of the acumen of a businessman, Uncle Qiao began to instinctively absorb those who came closer, and of course there were resources ------- everyone formed a state of hugging each other for warmth, sharing resources, and even more power. It expands like a snowball, and of course it feels like the road is getting wider and wider as you go.
Of course he didn't know that this was the prototype of the consortium! And once a monster like the consortium takes shape, how terrifying will the power it unleashes when faced with the obstacles ahead! !
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Three days later,
Watching another huge warship slowly start up and leave the dock loaded with things looted from Nagasaki Port, Fang Linyan showed a smile on his face, and then looked at Zheng Xianren next to him.
"I'm sorry... I really can't wait any longer. The safe time here in Nagasaki is running out. The combined fleet will appear on the sea outside Nagasaki Port in at most fifteen hours. , what are the plans of the Zheng family here?"
Zheng Xianren, standing next to Fang Linyan, smiled brightly, and of course he was also very high-spirited:
"Being able to hold Nagasaki in your hands and possess it for a few days like a slut is the pinnacle that the Zheng family has reached in these 153 years! Next, we are going to negotiate with Japan .”
"Negotiation?" After thinking about it in many aspects, Fang Linyan did not expect to hear such two words.
Zheng Xianren said with confidence:
"Of course, we are a group of businessmen, and the essence of businessmen is to pursue profits. Now that we have enough chips in our hands, of course we can negotiate a deal with the Japanese government--of course , we will use spokespersons.”
"Wait!!" Fang Linyan was also a sharp-minded person, and then he took a breath and said, "Do you plan to use the entire Nagasaki as a bargaining chip? Are you crazy?"
Zheng Xianren burst out laughing, even to the point of crying:
"That's right!! When the Chinese house screamed in the fire and smoke, and then turned into ashes bit by bit, my heart died and my whole body went crazy!"
"Brother Hu,
To you, the destruction of Tangyashiki is just one less place for sightseeing and a port for smuggling, but for us! "
Looking at the excited Zheng Xianren and several young Chinese business representatives behind him, Fang Linyan suddenly realized that he had overlooked a very crucial thing, that is, personal emotions!
Just as he was about to speak, he heard Zheng Xianren's sad and angry words:
"I am fifty-eight years old now. I was born in Tangjin Yashiki, studied here, met the first girl I fell in love with here, started a family here, and even prepared a funeral before that day came. Among the ancestral graves here..."
"But everything has changed. All my thoughts, all memories, all longings have turned into smoke, blood, and ashes... That is my hometown!!"
By the time he said the last few words, Zheng Xianren was already hoarse, the veins on his neck were bulging, and he was breathing in a low voice, like a dying beast:
"In the past three days, my people have planted a large amount of explosives in Nagasaki, as well as hundreds of fire houses filled with flammable materials. Iemitsu is helping me with the final work."
"So, if the Japanese government cannot meet my demands, then let Nagasaki bury me in my hometown."
The main building materials in Japan are "bamboo, wood and paper". The reason is that earthquakes occur frequently here. If you use these materials to build a building, it will not easily hurt people even if it collapses, and the reconstruction speed will be very fast.
Of course the shortcomings are also obvious, they are afraid of fire!
Japan has been responsible for several of the world's most famous fires.
In 1657, the Meiretsu Fire burned for three days. The fire in Edo Castle burned more than 500 samurai residences, more than 300 temples, more than 9,000 warehouses, and 61 bridges, killing 100,000 people.
In 1945, General LeMay of the US Army used napalm against Tokyo. A quarter of Tokyo was reduced to ashes, with 200,000 casualties and 1 million people homeless. The most ironic thing is that in the end, the Japanese actually awarded the highest-level "Order of the Rising Sun, First Class" to General Li Mei--ahem, Li Mei arrogantly refused to accept it.
In this case, Zheng Xianren's arrangements for Nagasaki were really capable of turning Nagasaki into a sea of fire. His bargaining chip turned out to be the entire city! There is no doubt that this time it will really cause the Japanese government to bleed!
Zheng Xianren turned his head and looked to the west, with a sneer on his lips:
"Of course, first of all, I want to make the Japanese government believe that I have the ability to reduce the entire Nagasaki to ashes, so let's use Isahaya as a sacrifice to the Chinese Yashiki!"
Isahaya is a town under Nagasaki City, similar to the administrative level of a county seat! It is more than 20 kilometers away from Nagasaki. The two of them were standing on a hill outside Nagasaki. Looking far into the distance, they could see billowing smoke appearing in the west. It must be that the manpower arranged by Zheng Xianren had been activated.
Looking at Zheng Xianren, who was already a little hysterical, Fang Linyan sighed slightly, feeling that his method was a bit excessive.
However, don't encourage others to do good unless they have suffered. Fang Linyan has not experienced the severe pain of Zheng Xianren's hometown being destroyed, so he cannot judge his methods. He nodded to Zheng Xianren, then turned and left.
After returning to his residence in Nagasaki Military Port, Fang Linyan found that a waiter was waiting here. When he saw Fang Linyan, he saluted directly and said:
"Mr. Hu, what you told the chief steward yesterday has been completed. Now these people are waiting in the conference room next to it."
Fang Linyan nodded, then stood up and walked to the conference room next to it. This was originally the staff room used by the Japanese when they were stationed at the military port.
Now there were four tall and thick Russians standing outside, chatting and laughing casually. Some of them were still crunching pickles. When they saw Fang Linyan, they hurriedly stood at attention.
Fang Linyan said that he was used to this. Lao Maozi was not afraid of death, and being able to fight was their characteristic. However, it was also common for soldiers to be lax in discipline and rough in style.
After Fang Linyan walked into the staff room, he saw about five Japanese people wearing kimonos. Judging from the material of their kimonos and their plump figures, they should all be wealthy people.
This group of people were all talking worriedly. As soon as they saw Fang Linyan, they immediately shut their mouths, then stood up one after another, and bowed directly to him at a forty-five degree angle.
Fang Linyan didn't speak, and looked at their faces. After a while, he found a stool and sat down, and then said casually:
"I heard that you are a famous big businessman in Nagasaki! Especially in the identification of antiquities, you can be said to be extremely skilled."
If it were any other time, place, and occasion, then these five people would definitely be very happy to hear such praise, but in a place like this--it is said that the Emperor's warriors are in the tens of thousands here. These five people are so worthless that they wish they were just paupers with nothing. The lower profile the better.
A fat businessman started to cry directly:
"Your Excellency, we have provided military rewards three times for the army. We have really tried our best and gone bankrupt."
Another businessman named Imamong Kuri also complained:
"We are really at the end of our rope, sir!"
Fang Linyan smiled and said:
"I heard that if a person is extremely thirsty, he can even drink his own urine. If I wanted to sell a bowl of water at that time, for 200,000 yen a bowl, would you buy it? ?”
"By the way, there is a kind of torture in China. Cut a child once, and then immediately put a handful of salt into the wound. After ten cuts in a row, the child is made to wail in the cell for an hour, and then a bucket is washed. The clean water from the wound is sold to his father. It’s very cheap, only 200,000 yen. I wonder if you are interested?”
As soon as Fang Linyan said these words, the expressions of the businessmen present immediately changed. Two people were even so frightened by the scene he described that their lips trembled.
After the five people discussed it, the big fat man at the head could only stand up and said with a pale face:
"Your Excellency... Your Excellency, we are willing to donate another 600,000 yen as military expenses. I just ask for your support."
Fang Linyan burst out laughing, and then said with great interest:
"Your Excellency?"
The big fat man trembled:
"My name is Hosokawa Keitada."
Fang Linyan walked forward, patted his shoulder and said with a smile:
"I was just making a joke just now, and I didn't mean to ask you to pay for it. However, there is indeed something that I need your help with."
Then he took out the broken battle flag he had obtained before.
"I got this thing by accident. I like it very much, but I don't know its origin. But I asked many people in Nagasaki and they couldn't explain it clearly."
"So, I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer. I am a special person. When I am in a good mood, I will forget what I said before/what I planned to do. But if I am in a bad mood, I might not be able to do it before. We have some bold ideas that are about to be implemented.”
After hearing Fang Linyan's words of tiger and wolf, how could these five bosses dare to slack off? They immediately got the "broken battle flag" and watched it carefully.
After Hosokawa Keizhong looked at it for a few times, he discussed it with the others and immediately said to Lin Yan:
"This item should not be an ancient relic of our country, but my uncle should be able to identify it."
Another businessman also said:
"Sir, I see that you attach great importance to this, so I hope to call the shopkeeper in the store. He is an expert in this field."
Fang Linyan nodded.
Half an hour later, after the group of Japanese murmured for a while, Hosokawa Keitada finally came forward. He bowed deeply first, returned the broken battle flag to Fang Linyan with both hands, and then said seriously:
"Your Excellency, we have identified this ancient artifact of yours."
Fang Linyan perked up and immediately said:
"Okay, you say."
Hosokawa Keitada said:
"This battle flag is not an antique from Japan, but something from China. According to the analysis of several masters, it is a flag left by the Ming army during the Battle of Bunroku Keicho."
When Fang Linyan first heard about the "Battle of Wenlu Qingchang", he felt it was strange. Then he suddenly remembered that it should be the Korean Conquest among the three major conquests of Wanli!
During this battle, two more hot words were added to the history of North Korea: Yi Sun-shin and the Korean Turtle Ship.
In Japan, it indirectly led to the death of the historical legend/Guan Bai/Monkey/Kinoshita Tokichiro, and the Tokugawa family successfully usurped the throne.
Although the Ming Dynasty won the battle, it was severely damaged. Li Rusong, who was guarding the northeast, died in the battle, which provided external conditions for the subsequent rise of Nurhaci.
Hosokawa Keitada continued to explain:
"According to the Chinese Five Virtues Renewal Theory, the Ming Dynasty was a fire virtue, so most of the battle flags in its army were red. The most important battle flags in the Ming Dynasty were three types, the sun flag, the moon flag and the dragon flag. .”
"According to our research, this battle flag is the Japanese flag used by the Ming Dynasty army."
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