"Ming, Ming Dynasty? Didn't the Ming Dynasty... have been destroyed for more than a hundred years?" Li Hongtao stuttered.

"You really don't know?" Liu Sanyi looked disbelieving.

"I, I..." Li Hongtao's face was covered in sweat.

"What are you? Do you know about this? Don't talk nonsense!" Liu San frowned and said angrily.

"I... I heard from foreigners who do business and talk about these things. Mr. Liu, I am just a businessman. You have a lot of adults, so let me spare the younger ones this time! If there is a next time, the younger ones will be cut into pieces!" Li Hongtao was really scared. He was afraid that Liu San would ask others to doubt him again, and then find out his life experience. There are many people in Shisanxing who sell stolen goods for South China pirates. Maybe a few people who traveled to the world would get him out?

"So you know? Then you didn't say it earlier!" Liu San smiled, and looked at him like this, and said again: "Look at your courage? He scared you! I'm not a human-eating tiger!"

"The young man was afraid for a moment and dared not say it. The young man only heard that these people from the Ming Dynasty were all the bad people in the South China Sea who could not bear the foreigners' taxes and got up to rebel. Their leader was Zhu Haitao. This man was a little wise, but a reckless person. At first I heard that it was a small rebellion, and it might be suppressed by the foreigners within a few days. But I didn't expect that they could swallow several islands, defeat the foreigners' counterattack, and put up the banner of the former Ming Dynasty again. But since they are so powerful, they may attack the Northern Expedition! General Liu, you should go back and report to the Governor! This matter must be investigated!" Li Hongtao said with a blue face.

"Is this really a matter? Okay, I'll go back and do business quickly." Liu San felt the situation was serious when he heard what Li Hongtao said, but he still walked back slowly.

When Li Hongtao saw Liu San leaving, his heart was still beating. He immediately called the official and asked the housekeeper to settle the transactions here in Shisanhang as soon as possible, and then sent someone to Wuhan to check the business. Only when he moved out as soon as possible would his heart be more stable.

Ba Yansan looked at Liu Yannian kneeling on the ground, and his heart was filled with anxiety. Now Emperor Qianlong has been in power for forty-eight years. He has been clear and peaceful for the past forty-eight years. Should he report this matter? It would be fine if this matter was fake. It would be over. He would put Liu Yannian into prison and verbally punish Master Zheng. But if it was true, then the Qing Dynasty would have encountered a great disaster.

Liu San rushed back at this time and said to Ba Yansan: "Master, I went to ask just now, and I asked several people, and they all said that this was true!"

"Is it true, you heard it right?" Ba Yansan still couldn't believe it.

"It's true! I'm sure I asked! Master, you should hurry up and ask the governor of Guangdong, general of Guangzhou, admiral of the navy and admiral of the land to discuss this matter! You are a border!" Liu San quickly reminded. He knew that this master likes to report good news but not bad news, and hides the matter. But he really can't hide this matter. According to the Qing Dynasty's regulations, the chief officials of the border must guard the city. If Guangdong falls, he should commit suicide to thank the world, otherwise he will be sentenced to death.

"Yes, yes, go and ask them to inform them! Let them come here and discuss it together! Liu Yannian, you are now living in the Governor's Mansion. When tomorrow the land admiral and the navy admiral come, you can talk with us about what happened to the Ming Kingdom that emerged from the South China Sea." Ba Yansan said.

The Qing Dynasty's Guangdong land admiral was stationed in Huizhou. In theory, he was in charge of 20,000 Green Camp soldiers. He also had gambled 4,000 people. The current land admiral was Alibao, who once served as the general in Shaanxi and wiped out the Hui civil uprising there. The navy admiral was stationed in Shunde. He was the current admiral Yan Chang, who was a martial Jinshi in the seventh year of Qianlong's reign.

The Guangzhou General, like the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was stationed in Guangzhou. The current Guangzhou General is Fu Yu.

On the second day, Fu Yu, Alibao and Yan Chang all came to the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi. The three of them all heard that something urgent happened. Now the world is clear and clear, the rivers are clear and the sea is peaceful. Where can I be so anxious to get the three of them to come?

The three of them entered the flower hall one after another, and after saying hello to Ba Yansan, they were arranged by Ba Yansan to sit down in the flower hall. Ba Yansan said straight to the point and said, "Everyone, I only knew and confirmed what I said to you today. Yesterday, suddenly a man claimed to be Liu Yannian, a seventh-rank official of Zheng Zheng, Annan. He said that tens of thousands of troops of the Ming Dynasty bombarded the fort at the Yuanjiangkou of Annan, and landed on the shore at the Yuanjiangkou, surrounding Zheng Zheng's capital Shenglong City. Before the city fell, he was sent to Guangzhou to meet me and wanted reinforcements." Yuanjiang is the Honghe River in China. After arriving in Annan, he was called Honghe by the people of Annan.

"Sir, how is this possible? This Niming has been destroyed for more than a hundred years, how can it be resurrected?" Fu Yu asked.

"Yes! The rebellious Ming has been destroyed by our Qing Dynasty for more than a hundred years. If we came back, we would have been fighting back long ago. Why wait for more than a hundred years before we came back? This person named Liu Yannian would not be fooling people, right? I also heard that a few years ago, the country was in chaos, and tens of thousands of bandits gathered in a place called Xishanyi to rebel, which captured the capital of the Ruan Dynasty, Hue, and the capital of the Ruan Dynasty. Could it be that the Xishan army attacked Zheng in the north, and Zheng Lord sent people to ask for help, right?" Alibao said.

"Sir, I think this is strange! The Xishan rebellion was launched by the three Ruan brothers. In order to deal with the remaining Nguyen Phuc Ying in the south and Zheng Zhu from the north, they recruited these pirates in the South China Sea. Could it be that the Xishan army asked these pirates to land at Yuanjiangkou, did they?" said Yan Chang, the navy admiral.

The three of them didn't believe it, but Ba Yansan said, "I didn't believe it at first, but I asked the housekeeper to go to the Thirteenth Army to inquire, but the foreigners said they knew it. I'd better let Liu Yannian come out and talk to you in detail." After that, Ba Yansan asked Liu Yannian to come out.

"I have met all the generals, sir, and the minister Liu Yannian, and I will bow to all the great masters of the Celestial Empire." When Liu Yannian saw these high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty, he didn't recognize them, and just kowtowed on the ground.

"Okay, Liu Yannian, you and all of you will talk about the Ming Dynasty carefully. If there is a lie, I will definitely kill you!" Ba Yansan threatened.
Chapter completed!