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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 344: Fisherman¡¯s Advantage

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    It is almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, and at night there is a slight chill on the mighty Yangtze River.  Although it was already nighttime, the Xiaguan River was bustling with activity, lights were held high, and hundreds of Taiping navy warships were still plying on the river.

    Xiaguan Port has now become a very important port for the Taiping Army. Money, grain and supplies collected from various places are loaded here and then distributed to cities occupied by the Taiping Army along the river. At the same time, the mobilization of soldiers in various places is mostly transported by the Yangtze River Navy.  The following customs ports are still busy at night.

    On a naval warship outside Xiaguan Port, sparks on the river surface came through the portholes. Xiao Yungui in the cabin raised his wine glass. The wine glass was a tall glass wine glass commonly used in the West. The liquid inside was as red as blood.  .  With a faint smile on his face, Xiao Yungui said to the person opposite: "Brother wrote last time and said that the foreign wine presented by the younger brother was quite mellow, as if he had asked the Heavenly Father to perform a famous miracle.  - Turn water into wine. The color of this wine is as bright as blood, which also symbolizes the motto that the precious blood in the Holy Eucharist customized by Heavenly Father is turned into wine. The elder brother said that he wanted more of this wine, and the younger brother came here and brought a lot.  Then it will be handed over to the people in the East Hall. Before that, the elder brother can have a drink with the younger brother."

    The person sitting opposite him was Yang Xiuqing, the current Eastern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. His gloomy face was not moved at all, but he still raised his glass to drink with Xiao Yungui.  The glass of wine was French red wine, a pure red wine that Xiao Yungui purchased from a French company.

    The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom banned alcohol. In the Jiayin year, Tianjing issued the "Edict on Prohibition of Alcohol" in which the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing issued an order to all military personnel in the court, saying that drinking alcohol was "the most likely to disturb people's temperament." If someone violated the prohibition, the informer would be rewarded with a favor by the prime minister and eat.  The drinker will be beheaded in public, and "regardless of the title of the closest relative. Anyone guilty will be prosecuted."  It has the solemn spirit of "when a prince commits a crime, he is guilty of the same crime as the common people."  Even in the military, the word "tide" was used as a lingo to refer to the coveted fine wine.

    However, in the thousand-year history of China, any laws issued by the superiors seem to have no binding effect on the superiors themselves. Princes who break the law are guilty of the same crimes as the common people. This has always been an excuse to comfort the people. No one has ever asked why it is not the emperor who violates the law and the common people.  Are common people equally guilty?  This is probably because imperial power has always been above the legal system.  Therefore, Yang Xiuqing's prohibition on alcohol is effective for the people below, but it does not seem to have any binding force on the privileged princes of the Kingdom of Heaven.

    Moreover, Xiao Yungui also told the origin of this wine when he was introducing wine to the Xian family. This wine is made from grapes.  It is not brewed from grain, which gives the kings of heaven an excuse. This wine will not waste precious grain.  In fact, from a religious perspective, Jesus is related to wine.  He once performed a famous miracle - turning water into wine, saving a friend's wedding banquet crisis.  Before ascension.  Jesus also instituted the rite of Holy Communion.  The red wine symbolizes his precious blood.  After Xiao Yungui cited the foreign brothers' view that red wine was the same as religion, Yang Xiuqing and other heavenly kings happily believed that this wine was indeed heavenly wine. Perhaps this was the reason why the heavenly kings who were familiar with the Bible drank without any guilt.

    Therefore, tasting foreign wine became another hobby of the kings of heaven after long-term abstinence. Through Xiao Yungui's channel, the first foreign words they learned were the names of foreign wine, such as brandy, whiskey, vodka, gin, champagne, Bordeaux, etc.  Although the King of Heaven still thinks wine is bad.  But drinking is one of the great pleasures of life. Once the puritanical abstinence is broken, no one can contain the unchecked desires of the princes.  Therefore, the largest dumping place for foreign wine imports in Sufu Province was actually the residences of the princes of Tianjing, and of course the Tianwang Mansion was among them.

    Seeing Yang Xiuqing's expressionless face.  Xiao Yungui was not too panicked. He had already understood Yang Xiuqing's temperament very well. For an arrogant and domineering person, you can only follow his hair.

    "Brother, do you want to see me guilty this time?" Xiao Yungui lifted up the hem of his robe and knelt down on one knee, with a sincere look in his eyes: "My little brother is tender-hearted. If something offends my brother, my elder brother can punish me."

    Yang Xiuqing snorted softly, raised the glass and took another sip of the sour wine, and said lightly: "The King of the West is so majestic, how can I dare to offend you?"

    Xiao Yungui smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, what happened in Jiangxi is indeed that my subordinates were too reckless. I will teach them a lesson. When Chen Yucheng arrives in Shanghai, he will take up the post of inspection and be demoted to a soldier."

    Yang Xiuqing rolled his eyes strangely and said: "It's just a check, but I haven't noticed it yet." His eyes have been suffering from diseases all year round. When he was still in Jintian, the recurrence of the eye disease caused Xiao Chaogui, the heavenly brother, to have to replace the heavenly father.  Sit down.

    Xiao Yungui continued: "I found a famous Western doctor for my brother in Shanghai and told him about my brother's eye disease. The doctor said that he could cure my brother's eye disease. I wonder what your brother wants? If you agree to this, I will be able to do it soon.  I ordered someone to send the foreign brother to come and treat my brother."

    This eye disease has troubled Yang Xiuqing for many years. Although he has been delayed for many times, there has not been much improvement. At this time, he heard that there was a Western eye disease.The doctor could cure eye diseases, but he was a little moved: "Oh, it seems that foreign brothers still have many capable people." At this point, Yang Xiuqing paused, looked at Xiao Yungui and said, "Why do you suddenly think of looking for someone?  Treat my eye disease?"

    Xiao Yungui said sincerely: "I have always taken my brother's illness to heart. I have been looking for famous doctors many times before. Later, when I arrived in Shanghai, I asked my foreign brothers to find someone who could cure my brother's eye disease. Later, I also looked for several eye diseases.  The patient asked the foreign brother to try his skills, and the medicine really cured the disease, so now I dare to recommend it to my brother."

    Yang Xiuqing¡¯s big, calloused hands kept stroking the wine glass in her hand, and she hummed, ¡°You¡¯re still interested.¡±

    Xiao Yungui's eyes turned red, and he said sadly: "I will always remember my brother's kindness. My brother's eye disease was only a minor illness back then. If my brother hadn't given me money to marry him, he would not have turned the minor illness into a serious one  "

    At this point, Yang Xiuqing interrupted him a little upset, raised her hand to stop and said: "It's okay not to mention the old things. At that time, I didn't expect that this illness would become a serious illness. It had nothing to do with you. I never blamed you."  Pass you."

    Although Xiao Yungui was acting, seeing Yang Xiuqing's actions, he knew that he really treated Xiao Chaogui as a brother at that time. But people are like this. Once they have power in their hands, they will get deeper and deeper into it. Later, for  If you protect your own rights, you will become disowned by your relatives.  Yang Xiuqing didn't let Xiao Yungui talk anymore because he didn't want to bring up some old friendships from back then, which unreasonably weakened the momentum of launching an investigation.

    "But I will always remember my brother's kindness." Xiao Yungui poked Yang Xiuqing's soft spot and had no intention of stopping.

    "Remember the kindness of the past! Is this how you repay me? In the Battle of Nanchang, Chen Yucheng retreated before the battle. Do you dare to say that he dared to retreat without your permission?!" Yang Xiuqing finally couldn't help but blurted out and asked loudly.

    Xiao Yungui said hurriedly: "The Qingyao are fully prepared for the battle of Nanchang. The enemy and we each have the advantage. It has become a situation of attrition. It is imperative to retreat!"

    Yang Xiuqing was even angrier: "Even if we want to retreat, I should give the order!"

    Xiao Yungui sighed softly and said: "The battle situation is changing rapidly. Qing Yao is treacherous and cunning. If we delay it any longer, we will become more passive. My brother is good at using troops and should have known the danger at that time."

    Yang Xiuqing still said angrily: "Then Chen Yucheng can't withdraw his troops alone!"

    Xiao Yungui said calmly: "Brother, Yang Fuqing asked the West Palace's less than 20,000 troops to fight against 60,000 Qingyao Xunyue alone in the south of the city. I think Chen Yucheng has done enough and good enough."

    Yang Xiuqing's face turned a little blue. Yang Fuqing's performance in this battle really left too many things to criticize. Chen Yucheng of the West Palace first repelled several Qing troops, allowing the East Palace soldiers and horses to cover their flanks and calmly deploy their troops.  They surrounded Nanchang, and then resisted the Qing army's reinforcements of more than 60,000 people alone in the south of the city for more than a month, allowing the 80,000 Dongdian army to have leisurely time to attack Nanchang.  It is a pity that Yang Fuqing not only failed to capture Nanchang, but also did not even extend a helping hand to the West Palace.  Under such a situation, it seems that there is not much reason for the West Palace soldiers and horses to withdraw alone. On the contrary, Chen Yucheng's troops later took the initiative to block the Qing army's counterattack, assisted the East Palace soldiers and horses to retreat, and rescued more than 30,000 East Palace soldiers and horses.  , as Xiao Yungui said, Chen Yucheng has done enough and good enough.

    But Yang Xiuqing didn¡¯t buy it at all. The superior thought he could do no wrong. At that moment, he loudly rebuked: ¡°Then why doesn¡¯t he do more and better?!¡±

    Xiao Yungui didn't say anything anymore. He had nothing to say.  After the two of them stared at each other in silence for a moment, Xiao Yungui sighed in a low voice: "Brother, are you really determined to use this matter to establish your authority?"

    Yang Xiuqing snorted and said: "It's you in the West Palace who are demonstrating to me again! Why has the transportation of money and food in Sufu Province been suspended? What's going on with the mobilization of troops and horses in Zhenjiang?!"

    ????

    Yang Xiuqing exclaimed, "It turns out you know a lot."

    Xiao Yungui said in a low voice: "Brother, in fact, I have always been on my brother's side. Brother, do you know how I knew about my brother's arrangements?"

    Yang Xiuqing was shocked, and he immediately understood: "Someone is instigating this?"

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "That's natural. I secretly returned to Tianjing a few days ago. How many people can persuade me to secretly return to Tianjing?"

    Yang Xiuqing frowned and asked in a low voice, "What does he want to do?"

    Xiao Yungui said calmly: "Just reap the benefits. The East Palace and the West Palace are at odds, and the biggest winner is not you and me."

    Yang Xiuqing¡¯s face?Finally changed, the wine glass in his hand was crushed to pieces by him with a click, and he didn't care about the bright red color in his hand. After pondering for a moment, Yang Xiuqing finally said: "You have to let me get it!"

    When Xiao Yungui heard this, he was overjoyed. He knew that Yang Xiuqing still regarded that person as his biggest enemy, and he was only ranked second. He still needed to continue to cooperate with West Palace, so Yang Xiuqing gave up this attack.  , and the two families agreed.  At that moment, Xiao Yungui stood up and gave a polite gift and said: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely satisfy you" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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