Pattani, now can not be called Pattani, but Pattani Sultanate, although Pattani Sultanate is still subject to the King of Siam, but is still a semi-independent state.

However, everyone knows that the kingdom of Pattani may soon be severed, because the eloquent Rama I will no longer tolerate the capriciousness of the Sultan of Pattani, and it is said that His Majesty the King has already had the idea of destroying the country and setting up a government!

At this time, Pattani was different from the later political turmoil, ethnic and religious contradictions in Pattani, because the southern Sultanate of Johor was in a turbulent period, and Manraka had not yet developed, Pattani was the center of trade in the Malay Peninsula at this time, and Chinese, Thai, Javanese, and Borneons were willing to come here to trade.

Even the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company established trading houses here in 1601 and 1612 respectively.

Just a short distance from these two merchant houses, there is also a magnificent Chinese-style complex that sits on the side of the street and echoes the Lin Maiden Temple further afield.

This is the ancestral home of the Ye family in Nanyang Hall, this big family that can pull out 10,000 small Ding Zhuang at any time, even Queen Kunnon has to treat each other politely.

Since Lin Daoqian, the legendary Chaozhou pirate, arrived here in the third year of Wanli, Pattani has carved a profound Chinese brand, and the Lin girl of the extremely famous Lin Girl Temple in later generations is said to be Lin Daoqian's sister, she was admired by future generations for persuading Lin Daoqian to be kind, and became the spiritual totem of the Chinese on the Malay Peninsula!

In fact, the ancestors of the Ye family were inextricably linked with Lin Daoqian, and it is said that the reason why Lin Daoqian chose to come to Pattani has a lot to do with the ancestors of the Ye family!

The ancestors of the Ye family arrived at Pattani even earlier, about the Jialongwan era of the Ming Dynasty, the Ye family moved from Jiaying Prefecture to Pattani one after another, and only after hundreds of years of development can such a large scale be formed in Pattani.

But Ye Kai's branch is not, because his grandfather became the patriarch by succession, and his great-grandfather Yixin Gong was the first year of the Ming Dynasty Yongli to go south to the Great Year!

Ye Fulai, a big fat man with a waist circumference of thirty and trousers of twenty-nine, is happy with everyone, and there is no slightness of the Ye clan patriarch.

But the whole South Seas, especially the Chinese in Java, Borneo and the Malay Peninsula, no one dares to despise this fat man, they all know that this fat man laughs on the surface, but behind the scenes, he is ruthless and loves to play tricks!

Ye Fulai has a nickname in the Chinese circle, called Iron Lock Hengjiang, because he likes to do things and then move, and pinch the enemy's seven inches as soon as he makes a move, just like the iron lock of Hengjiang, people can't go up, can't go down, can't survive and can't die!

However, Ye Fulai has a natural nemesis, that is, his baby son Ye Kai, in the extremely blooded Nanyang Chinese circle, Ye Kai was born with an infinite aura.

According to the tradition of the Ye family in Nanyang Hall, if Ye Fulai does not pass on the position of patriarch to Ye Kai, then he can only follow the example of the previous three generations of patriarchs, that is, his nominal grandfather, and inherit a son with pure blood from the clan to be the heir, because Ye Fulai's remaining three sons are all born of Nyonya and are not qualified to be patriarchs!

So Ye Kai is also a small iron lock Hengjiang, but he didn't lock others, just locked Ye Fulai's seven inches, if Ye Kai is gone, the efforts of Ye Fulai and his father Ye Longxin will be handed away!

"Ridiculous! Ridiculous! Ridiculous! Looking at the letter from the third brother Ye Fushun, Ye Fulai was so angry that his mouth began to tremble!

Marrying a Quang Nam woman?

What if it's a princess of Quang Nam?

Not to mention whether there will be Guangnan Kingdom in the future, it's hard to say, what should I do with the position of the head of the Ye family?

Will? Ye Fulai's little eyes narrowed, as a 'yin man' master, the most precautionary thing is, of course, to be yin.

Could it be that Ye Laosan was instructed by someone? Deliberately lead Ye Kai to the Guangnan woman?

No way! Ye Fulai slapped his thigh hard, I have to go to Bangkok in person!

Just when Ye Fulai was preparing to go to Bangkok, Ye Kai was locking himself in a hut and reading the New Testament, which was actually not a New Testament, because Peter only gave him the Gospels in the New Testament, including the famous Gospel of Matthew and Mark, which was a bit troublesome to memorize, but it was not a big problem to recite!

However, this incident was still very stimulating to Ye Kai, and he suddenly felt that he was still too weak!

Thinking of the powerless humiliation that day, Ye Kai felt a fever in his face, and he was so angry that he wanted to throw away the book in his hand.

But reason told him not to do so, for he knew that Peter was not laughing when he had his legs cut off and thrown into a pond full of crocodiles.

His so-called identity now, including the son of the Ye family patriarch, Ruan Fuying's future brother-in-law, and the knowledgeable 'scholar' in the eyes of noble ladies such as Jenna Chick, etc., are all false!

For example, he is the son of the Ye family and the next patriarch's candidate, and he looks like he can bluff people, but in fact, in the eyes of powerful people, this has no meaning at all, his father Ye Fulai is only the patriarch of the Ye family, not the king of the Ye family's kingdom.

In terms of future generations, Ye Fulai is at best just the larger shareholder and chairman of the family company of the Ye family in Nanyang Hall, and he himself may be able to mobilize the power of the Ye family with his own power and prestige.

But what is Ye Kai's reason?

Will the elders of the Ye family listen to Ye Kai?

No way! Ye Kai felt that even if he was a marginal elder in the family, the third uncle Ye Fushun would not listen to him!

For example, can Wang Sicong command Wanda's major shareholders and board members? Don't even think about it!

Even if it was Ye Fulai, he would definitely defend Ye Kai when he encountered ordinary things, but what if he ran into a powerful Nanyang white man like Peter?

It's really hard to say what the reaction will be, after all, Ye Fulai is not only Ye Kai's father, he also has to be responsible for the hundreds of thousands of Nanyang Hall Ye family!

It's still too weak! Ye Kai has never had a moment like now, extremely eager to become stronger!

As it is now, not to mention doing something for the Nanyang Chinese, he can't even grasp his own fate, and this deep sense of powerlessness especially makes him feel humiliated.

But on the other hand, Ye Kai doesn't know this era too much, the colonial era is not an era of reasonableness, but it is also an era of extreme thirst for talents.

As the heir of the Chinese wealthy family in Pattani, he is also proficient in French and European history, can write and martial arts, and has a good political vision, and he has taken the line of Ruan Phuc Ying, as long as there is no accident, it will be a matter of time before he takes off!

He thought that if he showed his extraordinary talent, he would be able to usher in more respect and attention for him, but in fact, it did, but with it came the threat!

For the big people at the next level, if there is such a talent around them, if they can't get it, they will definitely be ruined, otherwise they will be left to be surrounded by competitors? Or let him grow into a threat?

This is especially true for Peter, who preached in Nanyang for more than ten years, but the results can be said to be very dismal, the people in Indochina are mostly Buddhists, and the Nanyang Islands are mostly the territory of green religions, and the rulers of various countries, no matter how big or small, have adopted a hostile attitude towards him.

The desperate Nguyen Phuc Anh is his only hope, because according to the agreement between him and Nguyen Phuc Anh, when Nguyen Phuc Anh succeeds in recovering the country, he will not only cede a few port islands to France, but also let Catholicism spread freely in Vietnam, and at the same time, Vietnam will also act as a thug for the French in the South Seas!

According to Peter's estimate of the military strength of the Tay Son Dynasty and the Northern Trung Dynasty, as long as he could bring a fleet of about five warships with more than 70 guns from France, plus one or two thousand mercenaries and hundreds of junior officers, Nguyen Phuc Anh would definitely succeed in restoring the country.

He has always buried eyeliner by Ruan Fuying's side, and after knowing that Ruan Fuying did not have the idea of executing Ye Kai, Peter Keenly felt Ye Kai's value.

This Tang boy is a two-faced man! In time, he will definitely become a bridge of communication between France and Vietnam, how can Peter not hold such a person in his hands?

"Leaf! How are you doing? I heard Anna relay your insights and analysis of serfdom in Russia and Catherine II, and it was wonderful, and I found that you are not only smarter than most of the yellow race, but also smarter than most Europeans! ”

As soon as he finished dinner—a few small grilled fish and a few pieces of bread—Peter walked in with a whale oil lamp, and Ye Kai glanced at this seemingly kind but cruel old prank.

"Since Mr. Pinox says I'm smarter than most, of course I've finished my studies, and I can not only read, but I can also memorize!" Ye Kai looked at Peter with a hint of dissatisfaction, and by the way, he also memorized a short passage of Matthew's gospel.

"Excellent! It would be better if you didn't have anger in your tone, it seems that the Bible did not calm you down! ”

Peter put the whale oil lamp on a small table, and then naturally found a chair and sat down!

Ye Kai sneered, "Bishop Pinox, do you really think I shouldn't be angry?" What a blow to me about the way you preach! ”

"Ye, my child, there are many things in this world, which are different from what you imagined, just like I forced you to read the Bible, you think I am harming you, but in fact I am helping you!"

it! Ye Kai was really shocked! It's like a Q annihilator saying to a victim who is forced by him, "Actually, I'm not hurting you, I'm being nice to you, I'm doing this to make you happy!"

Although reason has been telling Ye Kai that he can't hurt the white skin in front of him now, the anger in his heart can't be suppressed!

He quietly moved two steps forward, and now as long as one of them is kicked in the chest, Ye Kai is very confident that he will directly send the obese Peter to see his God!

"You're trying to kill me! I feel the killing intent, but I suggest you listen to me, because it's good for both of us! Peter looked at Ye Kai, who was approaching, and was very calm!

"Good! I really want to hear what you have to say! "Ye Kai has moved to a position where he can attack Peter at any time.

He swore in his heart that if this old liar couldn't convince him, even if he died, he would kill this guy first!

"When I first came to this land, just after my twenty-fourth birthday, I was appointed by the foreign church in Paris, and I swore in high spirits to bring this land into the arms of God.

I thought with all my heart that I would become a great apostle in the East of the Lord, and perhaps in old age, I might even have a holy word in front of my name! Peter squinted his eyes, as if caught in a memory!

"But this year, I am 43 years old, and I can only preach in some small fishing villages along the coast, and living in this hot land all year round has also made my health worse.

I don't think I'll have a long life, and I really miss my hometown, even though it's a violation of my vow to the Lord!

But luckily, just when I was about to despair, I met His Royal Highness King Nguyen, who was the first and only being I met in this land who was not so resistant to my Lord."

Hehe! Ye Kai's face was unmoved, but he couldn't help but laugh out loud in his heart, this old liar still doesn't understand the Orientals, does Ruan Fuying contradict Catholicism? He's just hungry for you... Belch... Hungry for your French aid only!

"I know that this king, who is as desperate as I am, is probably just trying to grasp a life-saving straw, and he is not really disobedient to my lord!"

Peter looked at Ye Kai the same, as an old god who has been fooling people all year round, can he not know what Ruan Fuying thinks in his heart?

"But I don't care!" Peter continued, "For I have great faith that I can influence this desperate king.

As long as he can't do without the aid of France for one day, he must be the nail I drove into the country of Annam, even if it is pretended, as long as it is pretended to be ten or twenty years, the fake will become true!

To this end, I spent a lot of energy on His Royal Highness King Nguyen, I built an arsenal for him, brought in mercenaries, and bought a large number of Western ordnance and warships.

He also gave him the most important thing, which is confidence, as long as I still support him, he will believe that he can restore Nguyen Thi Quang Nam Kingdom!

But all this is based on my personal friendship with King Nguyen, and I believe that as long as I am by his side, his promise to France and my lord will be fulfilled.

But if I'm gone, it's hard to say! Peter said all the words in one breath, as if he had grown old by dozens of years at once!

Nguyen Phuc Ying's personal relationship with him, as well as Nguyen Phuc Ying's personal gratitude to him, is not what Peter wants!

Burying Catholicism in the hearts of Quang Nam and even the Vietnamese and making Vietnam the most faithful little brother of France in the Far East, just like the very beginning of Anglo-Japanese relations in history, this is what Peter wanted!

That's right! Ye Kai nodded, this old liar really wouldn't be so stupid, if he really believed in how reliable private friendship and gratitude could be in national affairs, then he wouldn't be qualified to sit in his current position.

And Peter's judgment is very accurate, after he died of illness in the army, Ruan Phuc Anh was extremely proud of him, and posthumously named him the prince and the prince of Beirou County, and the children of the Ruan royal family came to his funeral in person.

But after doing this, Nguyen Phuc Anh turned around and closed himself off from the country, and returned to the embrace of East Asian Confucian culture.

"Before you, in order to prevent this from happening, I had chosen one of my agents in my absence, so that His Majesty King Nguyen could fulfill his promise while I was away!"

"Is it Li Wenyue?" Ye Kai immediately thought of the ruthless purple-robed eunuch.

This guy is a very special existence among the people of Quang Nam, he is not only Ruan Phuc Anh's henchman eunuch, but also has an arm, he himself can charge and kill Ruan Phuc Anh on the battlefield, and it is rumored that he has an inexplicable relationship with Ruan Phuc Anh, that... Relationship!

In the history of Vietnam, Le Van Binh saved Nguyen Phuc Anh at least three times in his life, and Nguyen Phuc Anh has always trusted him, this dead eunuch is also a strong supporter of Catholicism in Vietnam!

"You are really smart, I believe you should have only met General Li once, not even once, but you can quickly think that he is my chosen agent, it's really not simple, I appreciate you more and more!"

Peter's heart was like waves in the angry sea, but he was still very calm on the surface, Ye Kai's performance really scared him, is this his natural political intuition? It's horrible!

"Humph!" Ye Kaipi twitched the corners of his mouth without smiling, "Mr. Pinox, do you really understand the power model and operating rules of the East?"

Li Wenyue doesn't have that ability, he doesn't have that qualification, he can't be an agent, your choice may kill him! ”

Finally had the opportunity to laugh at Peter, Ye Kai complained happily.

Li Wenyue is just a eunuch next to Ruan Fuying, although he is a rare eunuch general, and it is very likely that there is a relationship between Ruan Fuying and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Han Yan.

But this is precisely doomed, it is impossible for Li Wenyue to maintain a relatively independent attitude in front of Ruan Phuc Ying!

"Yes! But I don't have a better candidate, but..! Peter snorted lightly.

"However, I have to thank God that he must have sent you here, otherwise you would not have been fluent in French, and you would not have known so much about Europe, it must have been arranged by the Lord! Definitely! ”

At this point, the fat preacher stood up violently, the expression on his face was distorted and fanatical, the flame of the whale oil lamp shook twice, and the atmosphere suddenly became eerie!