C137 Rumors of Vomiting
After enduring the unbearable high summer, the Northern Capital City's day and night finally revealed a bit of shade. Seeing the leaves gradually turning slightly yellow during the daytime, people realized that autumn was coming and the thicker Clothes s were finally about to be revealed.
This year, there was a lot of harmony between the markets of the Northern Capital City. The chaos in long hair of the south had completely subsided last year. Although the chaos caused by the Twisted Army in Henan Province was very big, but the court and the Xiang Jun already had the experience of calming the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom down, so it shouldn't be a problem to take care of these bandits.
After a year of recovery in the south, grain and various products could already be transported northwards along the canals. This year, the first ship of the south, New Rice, was close to the wharf and the price of grains in the entire city instantly dropped by ten percent.
This was something that Old people was truly concerned about. At that time, the streets were filled with the howls of "Long live Kaiser", and all the temples were burning brightly.
This year's joyous event was not only over there. Not long ago, there were a few foreign Merchant ships s from Tanggu, bringing over ten thousand stones of Siamese and the rice from Fingers Country. Furthermore, they had spread the news to the two countries in South Asia to harvest rice this year. When the overseas rice flowed along the Haihe River's water system into the Northern Capital City, the price of the grain was actually pushed down by another 10%.
Since ancient times, the price of food had always been stable for the citizens. When faced with such good news from the old folks in the Hanlin House, the two empress dowager and the emperor were blown high into the sky. However, the empress dowager, the emperor, and the palace ministers all knew of the details of the incident. These facts had a history, the merchants of Tanggu were trying to curry favor with Xiao Le Tian's sworn brother.
It had to be said that the Rakuten was playing a pretty good game. Fu Qing was a high-class noble, after all, one of the Three Flags, and the reason he had increased his achievements was to give gold to the Eight Banners of the Manchuria. With this group of Trader's power building, the number of people who opposed the ascension of Wu Guanfeng would be fewer.
However, this happiness only lasted for a few days. After a shocking rumor spread through the Northern Capital City, the heart of this big brother of the Empire, couldn't help but become restless.
"Aiyo, that grandpa!" How's your morning walk? Look at your face, it must be because you don't know what was going on last night... "Come, let me tell you something …"
"Aiyo, his grandmother. Don't tell me you are just teasing me?" Who fought who? That Xiao Letian who wrote the books fought with the little Japan? Damn, where is glume … "
glume is an island nation on sea, and since ancient times, he has been our Subordinate States. I heard that in the past years, Sui Tang had come to pay respects, but were secretly taken over by the little imps of Japan. "Aiya, just wait for me to explain myself. The things here are complicated …"
The idlers on the street gathered together, not caring about the small autumn wind, each excited to spread all kinds of bizarre rumors.
"You don't understand, the so-called famous name of Japan is actually not as big as our county. Normally, even the famous name does not eat grains, some families only eat one meal a day. That's right! It's because they are poor that they secretly sent troops to control the glume King. Damn it, they used the seal of the glume King to secretly trade with Da Ming and the Daqing … "
"Aiyo, this bunch of bastards really know how to play tricks!" "You took advantage of us for hundreds of years without any care?"
"Isn't that so? This group of little rascals have gone for broke. They robbed glume. The great King drinks his congee everyday and eats melon. Japanese took all the money away …"
"Aiyo, this isn't the king of the nation of doom? "Tsk tsk tsk tsk …" crowd swarmed over and the gossiper intentionally stopped. He happily sipped his tea and enjoyed the feeling of being urged on. He held it in his hand for a long time before he continued.
"To tell you the truth, when the glume King heard that a scholar had come to the Upper Sky, he did not care whether he was an official or not. "The eighteen eunuchs and experts in the palace broke four of the Japan's bars consecutively, killing almost all of them before sending the blood letter to Xiao Letian's side …"
"Did you know that the glume's battle that night had turned the whole city blood-red? Even the flying swords of the foreign mutants were drawn out, and the multicolored light had dyed the entire city red …"
Alright, this bunch of rumors sure are boastful. In a short while, they have already turned into a freakish novel. This wasn't the end. When the rumors reached the tavern, it would be even more outrageous.
"Come, come, brothers, come, come …" "AHH!" When he received the letter from glume Wang Yi, he could not help but be enraged. He stood on the peak of the mountain with over a hundred of our Daqing's Green Forest experts behind him, and even the tyrant Dragon Lord is inside …
Xiao Letian pointed at the Na Ba Cheng and bellowed, "You peasants from a small country dare to insult the royalty, you must know that the glume is the Daqing's Feudal Lord." With that, he waved his hands and the top elites of the Daqing, the Green Forest experts, took advantage of the situation and rushed down, at the foot of the mountain, there are thousands of the Japan's Soldiers …
The customers in the mutton restaurant were all dumbfounded. They had forgotten to press the charcoal into the copper hotpot. The flames were half a foot high and had almost boiled the soup dry. But like this, no one thought of adding more water and meat.
"Tell me quickly, what happened behind …"
"Hahaha, how could that Japan's small country be a match for our Glorious Daqing. Don't look at how they've bullied the small countries of glume, when the Green Forest experts made their move, half of the cities would have already been killed … "Xiao Letian, with a white feather fan in his hand, laid down the Golden Lock Array at the peak of the mountain like Zhuge Kongming …"
"Little Japan has never seen the power of the military formations of the upper countries. The Wonder Gate Escape Armor left behind by the Gesun Marquis is not something they can break. In the end, not a single one survived! "
Alright, in just half a day, Xiao Letian's image as a Western Scholar turned into a demon capable of calling the wind, calling the rain, and summoning the troops. "In any case, superstitious thoughts had a market at the time. Otherwise, no one would have believed that drinking water from a rune could block bullets and swallow incense ashes.
Xiao Letian tried his best to suppress this news, but no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't control all of the foreign Merchant ships. This piece of information was first sent to the Shanghai by the foreign people, and it started spreading from the Shanghai to the inside of the Daqing.
The facts proved that there were no secrets under zodiac's feet. When the information from the foreigners was sent to the Forbidden City, not even one night had passed and the entire Beijing was already in an uproar.
The entire Beijing, regardless of whether it was the Han or the other people, they all jumped in excitement. The sales of wine in the Capital City had increased by 30% over the past three days. When people put their mouths together, they would talk about Xiao Letian. When they were excited, they would dance as if they saw Xiao Letian with their own eyes.
Look, our country still has capable people. Although we suffered a few losses in front of the foreigners, but don't we still have a few white jade pillars in the sky and a purple gold beam in the sea? With Ceng Guofan's Xiang Jun up, it was said that the chaos in Twisted Army, Li Hongzhang's peace was not bad.
Now he was even more invigorated, Master of Western Studies was actually able to pacify the entire nation's capital with only a few tens of strong men. Although the little scumbag from Japan could not be compared with the big scumbag from the west, but it was still Foreigners, and it was said that the Westerners had obediently listened to Xiao Letian's orders and started to support the Chinese with their cannons.
As expected, Daqing was not done yet, this Xiao Letian was really good. It was in the late autumn of 1865, four years after Tongzhi's death, that Xiao Letian once again stirred the hearts of the Daqing.
When Old people and the other old men heard that the young Japan actually dared to plot and kill Chinese who was filled with city guards, they even dared to lead their armies to attack the glume Kingdom, and in the end, they even dared to blast the city. This could be considered stabbing the lungs of the citizens.
The scenes of the English and French entering the Beijing still lingered in people's eyes, and he still did not forget the bullying. Now that the glume had also suffered such a tragic fate, and the perpetrator was actually the Japan, Popular's emotions became even more fervent.
people and the rest lived in teahouses, Restaurant s and even brothels, cursing Japan Kingdom's shamelessness. They had even joined forces with the Recital and demanded court to punish Japan strictly, as if Daqing could really control Japan.
Amidst the fanaticism in the city, Leader, the limpid and calm Weng Tonghe, excitedly went to his family's banquet to celebrate as a former official. During the banquet, this Imperial Advisor practically brought Xiao Letian up to the skies.
"This is the same achievement as Chen Tang and Ban Dingyuan. A thousand miles out in the open is the distance to pacify a nation's capital. This is the achievement of a marquis …" I want to get on the clasp, and you guys also need to get on the clasp, and pay tribute to Xiao Letian, and give him the title of marquis … "
"When Xiao Letian returns to the Capital City, I will personally apologize to him. In the past, all of this was due to my shortsightedness. No matter what dispute exists between us in the field of learning, I absolutely cannot stand idly by the side when it comes to national war achievements. Everyone, are you willing to join forces with me?"
These people with their tails in their hair were the monkeys. They had nothing to do all day to study how to trick people. When they heard Weng Tonghe's words and saw the killing intent behind them, they were all excited.
"How dare you disobey! As the dynasty has Xiao Letian, Marquis Xiao has suddenly risen to prominence. Who knows, he might be able to be on equal footing with Great Marshal Zeng in a few years' time … " crowd's words, which were neither too sinister nor too sinister, caused all the scholars present to burst into laughter. All of them loudly proclaimed that they were reasonable.
Xiao Letian, you are so f * cking courting death. Are you even worthy of such a great merit? Did you know that there are four hundred ways to write fennel? Then do you not know the four hundred ways a scholar can kill a man without a knife? Hahaha, you are just a commoner without any achievements, how could you settle a country? You just wait for the imperial power to cut you to pieces.
Right now, we want to praise you to the heavens, causing you to be envied by tens of thousands of people. Don't mention Emperor and Empress Mother, even if Great Marshal Zeng's mood was bad, he could still easily squash you to death.
The liveliness of these revelry was almost like a joke to them. It was as if they could just move their eyes and easily kill Xiao Letian.
However, there had never been a scholar who was willing to study it. What was the situation in glume? That included how Xiao Letian incited the trend of a hundred thousand Wu Steel. In their eyes, those were all lowly affairs of an inferior Subordinate States, it was simply not enough to sully his revered ears.
Huanghuang Daqing, ten thousand kingdoms and dynasties … Yes, although westernization did not really give face, but in Asia, especially in East Asia, Daqing was always the boss. Even if two Subordinate States s fought each other, they would probably fight like two villages fighting for water.
"Xiao Letian sure is lucky. To think that he would encounter such a coincidence like Barbarian's internal strife. If I was there at that time, I would never have forgotten that kind of straightforward scholar's guide to the battlefield in my lifetime …" "Come, come, let's drink this cup!"
These scholars were all drunk. In their drunken dreams, they all turned into princes, while the white-feathered fans turned crowd into ashes. In their drunken dreams, Your Majesty gifted Title such a beautiful dream that he was unwilling to wake up from his drunken stupor!
