Chapter 1453 Identification
The reason why such a bizarre phenomenon occurs is because of the deformed environment in China today. The foundation of the Qing Dynasty’s rule has been corrupted by the Taiping Rebellion. Door.

As for the imperial court, hehe, anyone can tell what kind of junk it is!

However, what the Qiao family did this time seemed to open a brand new door for them.

What the patriots saw was: So we can serve the country without going through the court! !

Those who are famous can see from it: It turns out that I can still increase my reputation in this way.

What the rich see from it is: it turns out that money can be used to make money in this way.

What careerists see is: it turns out that money can be transformed into fame and force in this way! !

And the experience of Uncle Qiao, who is in the center of the vortex, is the most profound:
After the news came, the Qiao family's bank in Shanghai exploded!

In order to support the expeditionary army, even the old man who polished leather shoes came to deposit money in the "Dade Tong" bank created by Qiao's family. , posted it directly.

Not only that, but the Li family, who had frequently tripped and thwarted me in the mall recently, backed away directly, saying that they admired the loyalty of the Qiao family and did not dare to entangle them any more.

But Uncle Qiao's family is very clear about one thing. If the bastards of the Li family were loyal, they wouldn't have forced seven people to death for watering three mu of land last year. They were afraid!

If the Qiao family can hire Russians to rob Nagasaki, Japan, then of course they can hire Russians to rob their whole family! !
The uncle of the Qiao family immediately realized keenly that such a business has to continue even if it loses money, not to mention that the dust has not yet settled, and the family has already made a lot of money.

So, out of businessman's acumen, Mr. Qiao began to instinctively absorb those people who approached him, and of course resources——everyone formed a huddle together to keep warm, resources were shared, and power was like a snowball. Expansion, of course, will feel that the road is getting wider and wider.

Of course he didn't know that this was the embryonic form of the consortium!And once a monster like the consortium takes shape, how terrifying will the power erupt in the face of the obstacles ahead! !
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three days later,

Watching another huge warship start slowly, leaving the pier full of items looted from Nagasaki Port, Fang Linyan showed a smile on his face, and then looked at Zheng Xianren next to him.

"Sorry, I really can't wait any longer. The safety time here in Nagasaki is running out. The United Fleet will appear on the sea outside Nagasaki Port in at most fifteen hours. The Zheng family has What's the plan?"

Standing next to Fang Linyan, Zheng Xianren smiled brightly, and of course he was quite high-spirited:

"Being able to hold Nagasaki in my hands and occupy it for a few days like ravaging a slut, this is already the peak that the Zheng family can reach in the past 150 years! Next, we are going to negotiate with Japan."

"Negotiation?" After considering many aspects, Fang Linyan didn't 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 bargaining chips in our hands, we can of course negotiate a deal with the Japanese government --- of course, we will use spokespersons .”

"Wait!!" Fang Linyan is also a person with a keen mind, and then he took a breath and said, "Could it be that you plan to use the whole of Nagasaki as a bargaining chip? Are you crazy?"

Zheng Xianren laughed out loud, even crying so much:
"That's right!! When Chinatown shrieked in the flames and thick smoke, and then turned to ashes bit by bit, my heart died, and my whole body went crazy!"

"Brother Hu, for you, the destruction of Chinese houses is just a missing place for sightseeing and a port for smuggling, but for us!"

Looking at the excited Zheng Xianren and the young representatives of Chinese businessmen behind him, Fang Linyan suddenly realized that he had overlooked a very important thing, that is, personal emotions!
He was about to speak when he heard Zheng Xianren's sad and indignant voice:
"I'm 58 years old, I was born in a Chinese house, I went to school here, I met my first girl here, I started a family here, and even before that day came, I was ready to die and be buried here in the ancestral grave."

"But, everything has changed. All my thoughts, memories, and longings have all turned into thick smoke, blood, and ashes. That's my hometown!!"

Speaking of the last few words, Zheng Xianren was already hoarse, the veins on his neck were bulging, and he was panting in a low voice, like a dying beast:

"During the past three days, my people have planted a large amount of explosives in Nagasaki, and there are hundreds of ignition houses full of inflammable materials. Iemitsu is helping me with the final work."

"So, if the Japanese government can't meet my request, then let Nagasaki be buried in my hometown."

The building materials in Japan are mainly "bamboo, wood and paper". The reason is that there are frequent earthquakes here. If you use these materials to build, it will not easily hurt people even if it collapses, and the reconstruction speed will be very fast.

Of course, the disadvantages are also obvious, fear of fire!

Japan has occupied several of the world-famous fires.

In 1657, the Ming Dynasty fire burned for three days. The fire in Edo Castle burned more than 500 samurai mansions, more than 300 temples, more than 9000 warehouses, and 61 bridges. 10 people died.

In 1945, General Li Mei of the U.S. Army used napalm bombs on Tokyo. A quarter of Tokyo was reduced to ashes, with 20 casualties and 100 million homeless.The most ironic thing is that in the end the Japanese actually awarded the highest level of "Rising Sun Order of the Rising Sun" to General Li Mei—ahem, Li Mei arrogantly refused.

Under such circumstances, Zheng Xianren's arrangements for Nagasaki are really capable of turning Nagasaki into a sea of ​​flames, and his bargaining chip is actually the entire city!There is no doubt that this time it will really make the Japanese government bleed!
Zheng Xianren turned his head to look towards the west, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth:
"Of course, first of all, I want to convince the Japanese government that I have the ability to turn the whole of Nagasaki into ashes, so let's use Isahaya as a sacrifice to the Tang Dynasty house first!"

Isahaya is a town under Nagasaki City, similar to the administrative level of the county seat!Nagasaki is over 20 km away.The two of them were standing on the hill outside Nagasaki at this time, looking far into the distance, they could see thick smoke billowing in the west, it should be that the manpower arranged by Zheng Xianren had already been activated.

Looking at Zheng Xianren who was already a little hysterical, Fang Linyan sighed slightly, feeling that his methods were a little too extreme.

But don't persuade others to be kind without the suffering of others. Fang Linyan has not experienced the severe pain of Zheng Xianren's hometown being destroyed, so he can't judge his methods. He nodded to Zheng Xianren, then turned and left.

After returning to his residence in the Nagasaki Military Port, Fang Linyan found a guy waiting here. When he saw Fang Linyan, he saluted directly, and said:
"Mr. Hu, what you said to the housekeeper yesterday has been settled, and now this group of people is already waiting in the meeting room next to it."

Fang Linyan nodded, then got up and went to the next meeting room, which was originally the staff room used by the Japanese when they were stationed in the military port.
Now there were four tall and thick Russians standing outside, chatting and laughing casually, and one guy was still "crunching" chewing pickles, seeing Fang Linyan hurriedly made a gesture of standing at attention.

Fang Linyan has already said that he is used to it. The old men are not afraid of death, and being able to fight is their characteristic, but it is also common for military discipline to be loose and rough.

After Fang Linyan walked into the staff room, he saw about five Japanese people wearing kimonos. Judging from the material of the kimonos and their fat bodies, they should all be rich people.

And this group of people were talking worriedly, and when they saw Fang Linyan, they immediately shut their mouths, then stood up one after another, and directly bowed at him at 45 degrees.

Fang Linyan didn't speak, but looked over their faces. After a while, he found a stool and sat down, then said casually:
"I heard that you are all well-known merchants in Nagasaki! Especially in the identification of antiquities, it can be said that they are extremely proficient."

If it were the rest of the time, place, and occasion, then these five people would definitely be very happy to hear such praise, but in this kind of place-it is said that there are tens of thousands of emperor's warriors here, these five people I wish I was a pauper with nothing, the more low-key the better.

A fat businessman wailed directly:

"Your Excellency, we have provided the army three times to reward the army. We have really tried our best and went bankrupt."

Another businessman named Imamune Kuri also complained:
"It's really going to be desperate, my lord!"

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, a bowl of 20 yen, I wonder if you would buy it? "

"By the way, there is another kind of torture in China. Cut a knife on a child, and then immediately stuff a handful of salt into the wound. After ten consecutive cuts, let the child wail in the cell for an hour, and then wash it with a bucket. The clear water from the wound was sold to his father, it was very cheap, only 20 yen, I wonder if you are interested?"

As soon as Fang Linyan said these words, the expressions of the businessmen present immediately changed, and two of them even trembled with fright at the scene he described.

After discussing among the five people, the big fat man in the head could only stand up and said with a pale face:

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, I am willing to donate another 60 yen as military expenses, and I just ask you to show your respect."

Fang Linyan laughed loudly, and then said with great interest:
"Who is your Excellency?"

The big fat man tremblingly said:

"Under Hosokawa Keichu."

Fang Linyan stepped forward, patted his shoulder and smiled:
"Just now I was just joking with you gentlemen, and I didn't want you to pay for it. However, there is indeed one thing that needs your help."

Then he took out the broken battle flag that he had obtained before.

"I got this object by accident, and I like it very much, but I don't know its origin, but I asked many people in Nagasaki, but 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/planned to do before. There are some bold ideas that are about to be implemented.”

Hearing Fang Linyan's tiger-wolf words, how dare the five bosses slack off, they immediately got the "broken battle flag" and watched it carefully.

After Hosokawa Jingzhong took a few glances, he discussed with the rest of the people, 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:
"Your Excellency, it can be seen that you attach great importance to this, so I hope to call the shopkeeper in the store. He is an expert in this area."

Fang Linyan nodded.

Half an hour later, after the group of Japanese chattered for a while, Hosokawa Jingzhong finally came forward, first bowed deeply, and 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 was refreshed, and immediately said:
"Okay, you said."

Hosokawa Jingzhong said:
"This battle flag is not an antiquity from Japan, but something from China. According to the analysis of several masters, it was the flag left by the Ming army during the Wen Lu Qingchang battle."

After Fang Linyan first heard about the "Battle of Wen Lu Qingchang", he felt very strange, but then suddenly remembered that it should be the Korean War among the three major Wanli campaigns!
During this battle, there were two more buzzwords in North Korea's history, Yi Sun-shin and Korean Turtle Ship.

Japan indirectly led to the death of the historical legend/Guan Bai/Monkey/Kinoshita Tokichiro, and the Tokugawa family also succeeded in usurping the throne.

Although the Ming Dynasty won the battle, it was also severely damaged. Li Rusong, who guarded the northeast, died in battle, which provided external conditions for the later rise of Nurhachi.

Keichu Hosokawa continued to explain:
"According to the theory of the five virtues of China, the Ming Dynasty was the fire virtue, so most of the battle flags in the army were red, and the most important three kinds of battle flags in the Ming Dynasty were the sun flag, the moon flag and the dragon flag. .”

"According to our research and judgment, this battle flag is the Japanese flag of the Ming Dynasty army."

(End of this chapter)