"As for the shortcomings...... Pang Jindong looked at Yang Jiawei and said slowly: "It's still the same sentence, I'm new here, and I really don't have a deep understanding!"

"Since that's the case...... Yang Jiawei paused, and suddenly turned to ask, "What is your impression of Pang Tianpet?"

Although Pang Jindong knew that his uncle regarded Yang Jiawei as half a son, after all, this issue was related to his own family affairs, and it might also involve a power struggle within the family, so Pang Jindong immediately became vigilant against Yang Jiawei: "What does Brother Yang mean?"

"It's not interesting...... Yang Jiawei poured himself a glass of wine, and then replied with a smile: "I just want to know what my brother thinks of his uncle!"

"It's not early...... Pang Jindong suddenly stood up and said to Yang Jiawei coldly: "I'm going back to rest!"

"You Chinese people talk about 'the sea is inclusive, and tolerance is great', under normal circumstances, it seems that you don't care much about a person's ethnic ancestry......" Yang Jiawei poured himself another glass of wine, gently shook the glass, and looked at the wine inside.

"I don't quite understand what you mean!" Pang Jindong heard this, and his vigilance immediately turned into vigilance, and his hand quietly touched behind him.

Although there was no way to bring the gun in, Pang Jindong still prepared a dagger for self-defense.

I can't be sure if Yang Jiawei noticed Pang Jindong's small movements, because he looked like nothing happened, and just said slowly: "Although tolerance and pluralism are right, but sometimes, bloodline can really determine a person's position!"

Pang Jindong sneered: "You mean to say that your Kachin bloodline is likely to make you ...... No longer loyal to the Kokang Republican Army?"

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to say that!" Yang Jiawei laughed, which was somewhat mixed with helplessness.

"So...... What the hell do you mean?" After noticing that Yang Jiawei did not express anything unfavorable to him, Pang Jindong felt more and more strange about these words and the attitude he expressed.

Regarding the family affairs of the Kokang Republican Army and Pang Wenlan, Pang Jindong neither understands nor has the right to speak, at least for now.

If Yang Jiawei asked Pang Jindong out in the middle of the night on the third watch, it was to show that because of his Kachin ancestry, he decided to break off with the Kokang Republican Army, which was really an extremely stupid move.

Yang Jiawei was silent for a moment, put down the wine glass in his hand, stared at Pang Jindong, and asked almost word by word: "Do you know, except for General Pang, the only person who really welcomes you is your uncle Pang Tianpet." The other uncles, uncles, and aunts either didn't care or ...... And probably hostile to you!"

Yang Jiawei first talked about the development of the Kokang Republican Army, then talked about the bloodline, and now talked about Pang Wenlan's children, these three seemingly unrelated things, if they are really put together, but Pang Jindong suddenly realized something: "You mean to say that only the uncle is of authentic Chinese blood, and others are not, so the uncle chose him as his successor?"

"You're very smart!" Yang Jiawei smiled "hehe", the kind of surprise just now disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by cunning: "That's not wrong at all!"

Seeing that Pang Jindong quickly understood what he meant, and his words had already reached this point, Yang Jiawei simply said everything.

Pang Wenlan married a total of six wives before and after, except for the first one brought from China who was a Chinese, the rest were locals, and Pang Tianpet was the only child between Pang Wenlan and his original wife.

The second wife was the daughter of a local Chinese family in Kokang, and Pang Wenlan's purpose in marrying her was naturally to get through this kind of marriage and bring the remnants of the army closer to the local Kokang people.

It's a pity that this wife died of illness not long after passing the door, and did not give birth to a son and a half daughter to Pang Wenlan.

The third wife is the daughter of a Tusi of the Shan ethnic group, and the Shan of MD belong to the same ethnic group as the Dai ethnic group in China, the Tai ethnic group of Thailand, and the Lao ethnic group of Laos.

The Shan people are deeply influenced by Chinese culture, and their numerals and many daily life words are close to the Yunnan dialect and the Fujian and Cantonese dialects, so they are a force that can always be co-opted.

It is also a pity that this wife did not leave any descendants for Pang Wenlan, and in a battle, she was brutally murdered because she did not have time to retreat.

The fourth wife is Kachin, and Pang Wenlan's business in Kachin State has two gains, one is Yang Jiawei, and the other is this wife.

She gave birth to Pang Wenlan's second son Pang Tianyi and eldest daughter Pang Peike.

The fifth wife is of the Karen ethnic group, and gave birth to Pang Wenlan's second daughter Pang Peiyao and third daughter Pang Peijin.

The sixth Burmese wife is very capable of giving birth to a third son, Pang Tianxiao, a fourth son, Pang Tianbiao, and a young daughter Pang Peiqi.

Although Pang Wenlan's thinking is old-fashioned and extremely patriarchal, he still treats his sons equally, giving them the same favor, education, and material life.

But after a long time, Pang Wenlan reluctantly found that perhaps because of the different ethnic composition of their respective mothers, and the character of a nation is hereditary, so the sons slowly showed great differences.

The eldest son, Pang Tianzhuo, has a more introverted personality, does not speak much on weekdays, and is diligent and studious in all aspects. The third son Pang Tianxiao and the fourth son Pang Tianbiao were stubborn and idle all day long.

The Kokang IRA was essentially a small kingdom with many of the characteristics of an independent regime, like a sparrow, small but well-organized.

Moreover, it is also a half-army, half-peasant and half-worker organization, except for elite troops and foreign mercenaries, the rest of the soldiers are part-time, usually farmers or workers, often carry out some military training, and only become real soldiers when they are fighting.

In any place where the Kokang Republican Army needs to work, you can always see Pang Tianpet after studying.

He was involved not only in the construction of infrastructure and crop farming, but also in the cultivation of opium poppy and the refining of heroin.

While Pang Tianpet was working, the two younger brothers were hunting outside with guns, or chewing betel nuts.

If a family has many children, then under normal circumstances, the second child must be the most cunning and shrewd, but Pang Wenlan's family seems to be an exception.

Pang Jindong's second uncle, Pang Tianyi, has the characteristics of both the eldest brother and the two younger brothers, although he is willing to learn, he is not active.

He never took the initiative to participate in labor, but if he was assigned to work, he was honest and obedient.

Overall, he is a very indifferent person, and he always tries to avoid power struggles within the family.

As Pang Wenlan grows older and his children gradually grow up, Pang Wenlan needs to choose a successor for himself.

At that time, many high-ranking personnel within the Kokang Republican Army, as well as Pang Wenlan's cronies, including Yang Jiawei, tried their best to avoid this issue, but they also speculated in private.

Most people believe that Pang Tianpet is the most likely, and they also hope that Pang Tianpet will succeed them, and they also believe that there will definitely be a fierce battle within the Pang family.

However, to everyone's surprise, this expected battle did not break out, and at an ordinary military meeting, Pang Wenlan announced in a very flat tone that Pang Tianzhong would be appointed commander of the special operations team.

The so-called "special squads" are composed of the most loyal Kokang people and the descendants of the remnants of the army, and are responsible for drug smuggling within the Kokang Republican Army, and they control the entire drug trafficking network of the Kokang Republican Army, in other words, the financial resources of the Kokang Republican Army.

Pang Tianzhong, who had previously been in charge of the opium poppy plantation and heroin refining factory, and later served as a company commander, is now taking over the special task force, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that Pang Wenlan is training him to be his successor, so that he can be familiar with and master all the affairs of the Kokang Republican Army.

As expected, two years later, Pang Wenlan officially announced that he would step back and Pang Tianzhong would take over as commander-in-chief of the Kokang Republican Army.

Although Pang Tianxiao and Pang Tianbiao are ambitious and talented, although they have no virtue or talent, their ambitions are not small. In fact, there has never been a shortage of such people in this world, although they do not even know the most basic knowledge of military theory, but they dream that they can compete with their eldest brother for the Kokang Republican Army.

Most of the high-ranking members of the Kokang Republican Army still support Pang Tianzhong, although many of them support it only out of habitual obedience to Pang Wenlan.

On the other hand, the Kokang Republican Army is not all Kokang and other Chinese, not only foreign mercenaries, but also a large number of members of other ethnic groups.

Due to factors of ethnic origin and family relations, Pang Tianxiao and Pang Tianbiao are not without supporters in the army.

It's just that under the heavy pressure of the always strong Pang Wenlan, neither Pang Tianxiao and Pang Tianbiao himself, nor their supporters, dare not make a sound, and can only complain in private.

As you can imagine, this calm is only superficial and only temporary.

Yang Jiawei told Pang Jindong: "General Pang appointed Pang Tianpet as his successor, on the surface the reason is that he cannot abolish the elder and the young, but in fact, it is based on these considerations, but also because Pang Tianzhong is a pure Chinese and has no foreign blood!"

Knowing these things, Pang Jindong couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, not only did he not expect his uncle's family affairs to be so complicated, but also faintly realized Yang Jiawei's intention to come out by himself: "You are telling me this, I'm afraid it is under the instruction of my uncle, right?"

Yang Jiawei smiled "hehe": "My brother is really smart." ”

Pang Jindong drank a glass of wine, was silent for a long time, and then asked slowly: "But why are you telling me this?"

"These things have nothing to do with you, and you shouldn't be told that you know, but ......" Yang Jiawei smiled again, with a slightly weird look on his face: "After General Pang learned about you, he appreciated you very much in addition to this family relationship!"

Pang Jindong sighed and asked, "In other words, Uncle Zu wants me to help the Kokang Republican Army?"

"In the final analysis, the Kokang Republican Army is your Pang family's business after all, you should hope that the Republican Army will get better and better, not worse and worse!" Yang Jiawei took a bite of food, chewing it while muttering: "And now the only one who is most capable of helping General Pang is you!"

"I've said that once before!"

"Then let's do it!"

Pang Jindong secretly thought in his heart: "Probably because I may help the uncle, the third uncle and the fourth uncle are hostile to me!"

In any case, Yang Jiawei's words still made Pang Jindong breathe a sigh of relief, because it confirmed that he did not want to disadvantage his uncle or himself.

But at the same time, Pang Jindong had another worry, that is, he might have to get involved in the affairs of the Kokang Republican Army.

And Pang Jindong also has big questions about the future of this army: "What do you think of the Kokang Republican Army?"

Yang Jiawei didn't expect Pang Jindong to ask such a question, and he was stunned for a moment, and then replied with some confidence: "We will eventually strive for the independence of the Kokang region, and then we will all be the founding fathers!"

"I'm not so optimistic!" Pang Jindong shook his head slowly, and told Yang Jiawei categorically: "The Kokang Republican Army will maintain the status quo for a long time, and the best result is to become a warlord on one side, or accept the government's recruitment, or cooperate with the current Kokang SAR government!"

"You ......" Yang Jiawei rarely gets excited, but at this time he can't keep calm. He stared at Pang Jindong hatefully, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "Anyone can say this, come out of your mouth, brother, so that I don't understand!"

"Just as you said, I hope that the Kokang Republican Army will get better and better, not only because it is the hard work of the fourth grandfather, but also because of my national feelings, I hope that overseas Chinese will have a land of their own! But ......" Pang Jindong said here, and deliberately paused: "Good intentions cannot replace Yiqiē, still less can they change the future of the Kokang Republican Army and the external environment it is facing!"

Yang Jiawei pointed to Pang Jindong's nose and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Pang Jindong smiled indifferently: "I didn't sentence the Kokang Republican Army to death, I just want to tell you that the future of the Kokang Republican Army is probably not as simple as you think, there are many important factors that change at any time, and the general environment at home and abroad must be taken into account." Brother Yang listened to me first, and then got angry!"

Yang Jiawei tried to calm his mind, but his voice was still a little high-pitched: "Then you say!"

"First, starting from the international environment, in recent years, separatist forces have emerged in many countries, including country Z and Russia, which have faced such problems, some of which have succeeded and some have failed. Whether it is success or failure, although the specific situation and background are different, there are also some common factors, Brother Yang has ever considered it?"

Yang Jiawei said directly: "As far as the current situation is concerned, all the successes have occurred in weak and small countries, such as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and its separatist forces have been supported by the Western powers. But all the failures are in the big powers, such as country Z and Russia. ”