These British concessions are obviously Chinese. The British have operated the Shanghai concession for more than 30 years and used the British as police in their early years. However, it is natural that it is easy to show off their power and show off their power, but if there is a case and something happens, they will ask them to find out about it, it will definitely be a rush to put it on the shelves!

Therefore, recruiting Chinese to serve as concession policemen soon became the solution. Most British people held some higher-level positions, while Chinese policemen did specific things. However, in a few years, Chinese policemen had occupied 80% of the concession police bureau, which made the British uneasy, and this made the Indian San come to the concession.

In fact, the conflict between the Chinese policemen and the Chinese policemen was very fierce for these Indians with beards. After all, they were doing the same thing. These Indians actually wanted to get double salary for the Chinese policemen... At this moment, seeing that the two men were beaten up, the policemen were all smart characters, and they immediately realized that the two men in front of them were not ordinary merchants.

Ouyang Hao took Lu Hong's name and stabbed him. When the older policeman looked at him, he turned his head and muttered to the policemen behind him. The few immediately ran to pull the two Indians who were still humming into the house. He immediately bowed politely, "Mr. Lu, here is Zheng Xiongrong from the Police Bureau. Come in and ask inside. Are the two coming to find Lord Hurd, the envoy of the Taxation Department?"

This Zheng Xiongrong's speech and his sophistication in handling the matter just now, Lu Hong could naturally see that this person must have a certain status in the Chinese police. Such a person is definitely a scarce resource in Shanghai, a mixed place of religions and all kinds of things... However, whether he can use it for himself is a question.

He smiled slightly and asked in a punctual manner: "Detective Zheng? It is not easy for Chinese to make a living in the concession. I wonder if your police station is well-informed in this concession?"

Hearing that Lu Hong did not answer his question, he said something, Zheng Xiongrong obviously understood something, bowed to Lu Honggong and smiled: "Sir Lu, most of the deals in Shanghai are in the British Concession and the French Concession. If you want to inquire about any news, our police station has some ways!"

This was an unexpected gain, and Lu Hong was also happy. Of course, he would not foolishly ask this guy to help investigate the Nanyang Navy. "Detective Zheng, we will talk in detail later. By the way, we will invite brothers to have a drink. I was a little impulsive just now... I was impulsive..."

When he said this, he and Zheng Xiongrong both laughed tacitly. After turning the main hall of the customs building and wandering to a gorgeous living room on the west side of the fourth floor, Zheng Xiongrong went in for a moment. After a while, a tall British man in priestly clothes walked out. When he saw Lu Hong, who was not inferior in figure, he was somewhat surprised. After looking up and down, he spread his hands, "I am Pastor Heborg, you are Lord Lu sent by the imperial envoy in Beijing. Sir Hurd is waiting for you inside!"

Lu Hong smiled slightly, and started to chat in English very casually, "Pastor Heiberg seems to have a Welsh accent. I have lived in White Basket for a while, and the whiskey there is so great!"

His two words immediately made the pastor look at him again with a strange expression. In this era, officials who were truly familiar with the West under the Qing government's rule were rare. Most of the so-called Westernization officials were actually self-taught after the foreigners. However, he just nodded politely and did not continue to talk.

Seeing that this guy seemed a little taciturn, Lu Hong didn't say anything more. When he walked into the house, an old British man in a suit and a white beard had already stood up and walked over. However, Lu Hong immediately noticed that the old man had a smile on his face, but there was no trace of enthusiasm...

"Mr. Lu, I saw your name as a slayer. I have heard from Lord Li Zhongtang about the matter. I didn't expect that if you supervise the affairs of the navy, do you have any special reasons for our Customs and Taxation Department?" The old man spoke very fluently in Chinese, and even in a pure Beijing accent.

When Lu Hong heard the British man's tone, he knew that the white-bearded old man was not a Santa Claus. His words had already revealed the meaning of nonsense. However, he was not here to listen to the nonsense of the British man. This old man has been sitting in the tax department for decades and can almost be said to be the most powerful British man in China... However, this happened to be the weakness of the British man!

"Sir Hurd, what I came to investigate is naturally related to the Customs and Taxation Department. Are you willing to indulge any form of tariff evasion?" Lu Hong calmly looked calm and calm down. Obviously, he was doing things for the noble emperor, and holding the little emperor's sign at any time would have a wonderful effect!

Hurd frowned, and the smile on his face flashed. He pointed to the position next to him and changed the topic, "Ah... Lord Lu, sit down first and then discuss it carefully!"

When the old British man turned around and walked slowly to his seat, he had already made a statement, "Mr. Lu, any form of evading tariffs will naturally be punished, and I naturally support this... However, I believe the imperial envoy should also know that all the manpower in our Customs and Taxation Department is levied on this tariff for the Qing Empire. If it is a complicated matter, I am afraid I can do nothing!

Lu Hong's previous statement was to ask Hurd to promise help. In fact, he was also very clear about the fact that if the Customs and Taxation Department was a corrupt Chinese official, he would probably not have been able to find any useful information from the foot-bound account... However, although the history and cognition of later generations were extremely critical of the fact that the British controlled Chinese customs, as a pragmatic time traveler, this was obviously a special solution to a special historical period.

I would never underestimate the wisdom of the large number of famous officials in this era, and perhaps they did not have enough foresight, but it was obviously the worst way to take the customs into the hands of a group of completely unscrupulous officials... In fact, the Customs Taxation Department was established in 1856. Although the British obtained huge trade dividends at forced low tax rates, the problem was that if the Customs Taxation Department did not strictly impose tariffs, those products would also enter the Chinese market through other unknown channels. As for the integrity of the Customs Taxation Department, it can be said that in the entire late Qing Dynasty, they were almost considered a pure land!

Of course, the old British man Hurd also made huge profits in his 40-year position in the Customs and Taxation Department, but at the same time, as a contract clause, he should have been wholeheartedly serving the Qing government at least on the issue of customs tariff collection, because he even obtained hundreds of thousands of good silver annually and a shortcut to becoming the top leaders of the empire in China.

Therefore, Lu Hong came up without hesitation to use national interests to trap Hurd. For an Englishman, this reputation is undoubtedly crucial to enter the political arena of this Far Eastern Empire. Although Hurd has a deep background, he must not underestimate an imperial envoy who can represent the emperor!

Lu Hong took out a letter from his pocket and put it in front of Hurd, "Sir Hurd, here is the imperial envoy who hopes to get your assistance. Of course, the imperial envoy's guards will be ready to participate in any action that requires them at any time!"

After Hurd opened the envelope, he showed obvious surprise at the content mentioned in it, but after a little consideration, he still responded!
Chapter completed!