Chapter Seventy-One: Sure enough, there is no benefit in vain

"Get out of the way!" Rama I unceremoniously pushed his son away, then stood up.

"You think I've drunk too much? No! I feel so happier when I say it! ”

He looked at Ye Kai and his son Ishara Songtun on the ground, "How good! At that time, Daxin and I were also very high-spirited, and everyone said that we were the best brothers, and we thought so.

At that time, the Burmese attacked the city of Ayutthaya several times, and we swore in our hearts that we must get rid of those pesky guys, and now, I have finally done it! ”

Ye Kai looked sideways, Ye Fulai on the ground was getting more and more scared, and knowing more about this kind of thing was by no means a good thing, today may be that Rama I has been depressed for a long time and wants to find a place to confide, but when he comes back to his senses, he doesn't know what he will think!

was thinking about how to get Rama I to end this topic, and Rama I had already adjusted his mood over there, "Guess Luan, help your father up, this king just wants to say what is in his heart, you just listen, as long as you don't spread it!" ”

It's okay if he doesn't say this, but when he says this, Ye Fulai is even more frightened, Nima, there are just a few people today, and if there is a word to spread in the future, the black cauldron will definitely only be deducted on the heads of the Ye family's father and son!

"Your Majesty! My father is just a businessman, very timid, so don't scare him anymore! "Ye Kai is really a little helpless, are you relieved or scary?

"Alright! It's hard for you to listen to my nonsense, Lela, and double the reward for the knighthood of Guess Luan and his father! Rama I glanced at Ye Kai in surprise, turned around and commanded his son.

Ye Fulai finally came back to his senses, and Ye Kai had no choice but to kowtow reluctantly, "Minister, guess Luan, thank Your Majesty the First King!" ”

"However, since you are my courtier, there is one thing that the king needs you to do now!" Sure enough, Rama I's reward was not so easy to take, Ye Kai got up from the ground, and Rama I said suddenly.

"This king wants to know, what is the strength of Queen Quinnon in Pattani now? Throughout Pattani and Songkhla, how many people obeyed her! ”

Queen Quinnon is the head of the current Pattani Sultanate, but she doesn't really have any real power, and the power is in the hands of her uncles.

Speaking of which, this Pattani Sultanate is really wonderful, obviously believing in the Heavenly Sect, women must wear veils when walking on the road, but there is also a tradition of women being kings, so the surrounding Sultanate who believes in the Heavenly Sect does not look down on them.

This is going to do something to Pattani! Ye Kai sighed, the location of Pattani is critical, the Indian Ocean is on the right, and the South Sea is on the left, the Dutch, British, French and Portuguese all have commercial consulates in Pattani, so it seems that the military strength of the Pattani Sultanate is not worth mentioning, and it is a vassal state of Siam, but Rama I still does not dare to attack with great fanfare, because if the war drags on, who knows what moths those malicious whiteskins will make!

For Rama I, his best bet was to fight quickly, or even surrender without a fight, and take Pattani before the white Europeans reacted.

And there are not many Tai people living in Pattani, so the local head snake Ye family was taken by Rama I!

Ye Kai touched his chin and thought about it, he didn't stay in Pettani, and he really didn't know much about how much force this Queen Quinnon had in Pattani City.

"Back to His Majesty! Queen Kunnon lives in the palace of Pattani, there are many guards, there are more than 1,000 palace guards alone, and there are tens of thousands of Malays who believe in the Heavenly Sect in Pattani City, and the palace is backed by the sea and mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack! Ye Fulai may have sensed something, and he hurriedly stepped forward and replied loudly.

"Really? How did I hear that Queen Quinnon was in an extremely difficult situation under the control of several uncles and elders?

I also heard that the Pattani Palace is in disrepair and has little defensive ability, could it be that this king has received fake news? Rama I looked at Ye Fulai with burning eyes.

"Uh... His Majesty has been playing with Zhang Jia Bidan in Guala Denglou recently, perhaps because Pattani has changed a lot recently, and he has missed and neglected! ”

Ye Fulai is empty, because the situation of Pattani is actually similar to what Rama I said, Queen Quinnon is just a puppet, and the Pattani Palace, which was once easy to defend and difficult to attack, has long lost its previous solidity.

Kuala Tengu is the later Terengganu in Malaysia, Kapitan is the transliteration of Kapitan, in English and Dutch is the meaning of captain or colonel-level officer, can be extended to the chief, Malays generally call it Kapitan Cina, that is, the meaning of the Chinese chief.

At present, the Kapitan system has not yet begun to become popular on a large scale, and there are not too many Chinese Kapitan, and Zhang Chaorong of Terengganu is one of the leaders.

The Chinese have Zhang, Gao, Lin and Liu four families in Terengganu, with five or six thousand household registrations and more than 60,000 clansmen, and their ancestors are one of the righteous people who contacted Ye Kai's ancestor Yixin Gong, and are important allies of the Ye family in the Malay Peninsula.

"Oh! It turns out that Ye Qing is also familiar with Mr. Zhang Chaorong, and this king has always admired Mr. Zhang's personality, Ye Qing should introduce me to one or two! Rama I's eyes lit up, and he, who had always been determined to take over the entire Malay Peninsula, had already set up the thoughts of these Chinese Kapitan.

Of course, it was not to attack them, but Rama I wanted to gain the allegiance of these Chinese Kapitans.

Compared with the Malay natives on the peninsula who believe in Tianfang, the Chinese who have a little bit of Buddhism are more culturally and emotionally close to Rama I.

In fact, Rama I was also very easy to get close to the Chinese, after all, his grandfather was a Chaoshan man, but due to the influence of his usurpation and killing Zheng Xin, the attitude of the Chinese in the Malay Peninsula towards Rama I became wait-and-see again.

Rama I continued to drink today to tell about the past with Emperor Zheng Xin, one is that he was excited after taking the Yingtan Mountains, and wanted to find someone to confide in one or two, and more importantly, he wanted to spread these words through the mouth of the Ye family father and son, Rama I wanted to make the Chinese feel that it was not he who was sorry for Zheng Xin, but Zheng Xin who was sorry for him.

Moreover, in terms of practical interests, the Chinese at this time were the creators of wealth in the Malay Peninsula, and the Malay natives were just monkeys who only knew how to pick up fruit under the trees to eat, not only Rama I, but also the European colonists of the entire South Seas.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have supported so many Kapitan, and it wasn't because the Chinese were industrious and could create wealth, which made it convenient for them to cut leeks!

"Your Majesty! The Ye family alone can't win the Great Year, the Ye family only has more than 100,000 people in the Great Year and other places, Ding Zhuang only has more than 10,000, and there are hundreds of thousands of natives who believe in the Heavenly Fang Sect! ”

Ye Kai was too lazy to go around in circles with Rama I, and directly said his thoughts.

Rama I smiled slightly, "Of course I know that the Ye family can't take the Pattani, if you can win the Pattani, you will have to take it a long time ago, but although this king can take it, he can't take it directly, so I need your Ye family to cooperate with me!" ”

"Your Majesty! There are not many Thai people in Pattani, they are basically Malay natives, if things go wrong, my Ye clan will be in danger, and my subordinates are willing to charge into battle for His Majesty without avoiding life and death, but they can't gamble with the entire Ye family! Ye Kai simply refused!