Not only that, if the Qing court had discovered what we had done on the islands in advance, it would not only have come out to commit crimes, but it would also have exerted pressure on the Macao authorities by discovering our relationship with the Macao authorities, making it very difficult for our trade representative office in Macao to gain a foothold there.

What's more, it may also implicate the business of the four Chinese businessmen in the hinterland, and what is even more serious is that if they meet a more serious magistrate, they may even go to the imperial court and put the four Chinese businessmen on the list of "bandits", in which case, the four Chinese businessmen will also be eaten.

The more everyone thought about it, the more they felt that the matter was serious, and in this case, everyone didn't have the heart to ask Zhu Beiguo to "talk about the past", and most of the people in the venue focused on how to deal with the aftermath.

Judging from the situation told in the telegram, the Green Battalion soldiers may not know that the other party is Australian, and they may not even have heard of this name, and the general and personal soldiers who have been in close contact with us have also become dead people who can't speak, so as long as the people from the cottage on Dayuan Island don't talk nonsense, the Yamen of Xin'an County may not know that it was the Australians who defeated the Green Battalion.

Zhu Beiguo nodded and said, Yes, Ren Ai and the others have also repeatedly told Gao Jun about this matter, but after all, there are many people, and it is still unknown whether this matter can be contained......

However, in the end, everyone still reached a basic consensus: whether we pierce the sky or not, the top priority should be to strengthen the defense forces of the large and small Wanshan Islands, and for this reason, in the near future, we must provide strong support to our partners there as soon as possible.

At the very least, in the event of a large-scale attack by the Qing army, we must also ensure that we can safely evacuate our own people, and of course, it is best to evacuate those immigrants safely.

However, at this time, a group of crew members of the Fire Pond Club immediately excitedly proposed, we can't be so negative!

If the Qing army invades in a big way, we will drive the Nicole and the Pride to the outside of the Humen Fort and have a big battle with the Qing army's sailors.

Then, we can force the Qing court to sign an alliance with us, and let the Qing court agree to open one or two ports to trade with us, so that this problem will be completely solved?

At this time, Wei Dongli and the others retorted with a sneer, just rely on our team of two jujubes? That's right, in the second half of this year, we did get more than 3,000 laborers from Sulu one after another, and now various industrial projects are in full swing, but everything is still in the initial stage! You're floating into the sky because of this? Just settled down and tossing again?

Nima's Zheng family, which is so numerous and powerful, can't help the Qing court, not to mention that there are only a few thousand of us?

Wake up! You Huotang Club knows all day long that you are killing all sides, and now this basket is also stabbed by you, you still ignore your own strength, shouting all day long that you want to fight to the death with the Qing Dynasty, and now you want to engage in the set of wooden boats, forcing everyone to go to your way!

also said that the Nicole Pride will be driven to Humen, don't you know how much business will be delayed in this back and forth, protracted and protracted? How much less income do you want to collect? Just like now, if there was no Nicole to regularly bring coal, iron ore and food to the family, and without the Pride to regularly bring labor and various materials to the family, would the island still be able to carry out industrial construction smoothly?

At this time, someone immediately nodded and added, what Brother Wei said makes sense, and if Wang Gong's side has not assembled the sister ship of the Pride, we will not be in a position to fight the Qing Dynasty at all......

As soon as the words fell, someone in the other compartment commented, yes, even if Wang Gong assembled the boats, it would be important to use these boats for business at that time? Or is it important to go and shell the Humen Fort?

So Wei Dongli then shouted: In a word, we don't agree with the so-called strategy of your reckless soldiers!

At this time, a group of people in the venue also nodded loudly, saying that Brother Wei's opinion deserves attention and discussion......

At this time, many people in the venue also complained, yes, there was a battle in Xin'an City at the beginning of the year, and in order to urgently support Wei Hong and them, it was a little disrupted our construction plan at that time, and now Wanshan Island is coming again! Are you all finished?

Rise? I also don't let everyone have a peaceful birthday!

However, the more some people said this, the more unconvinced others became, and everyone in the conference room quarreled again......

The quarrel did not stop a little until Sun Lao and the others finally finished their work at hand and came to the conference room on the fifth floor, and as a result, under the chairmanship of Sun Lao that afternoon, everyone held a plenary discussion.

After all, it is rare for everyone to get together like this, at the meeting, Sun Lao asked everyone to speak as much as possible, although everyone quarreled to the end, and the discussion was very sufficient, but on the fundamental issue of westward or northward, everyone still had serious differences.

However, at the end of the discussion, there was one opinion that everyone finally agreed: in any case, we must spare no effort to support the island in the near future, and the enemies of such opinions also include the people of the vegetable garden club.

For this reason, everyone realized that the Pride had to sail as soon as possible, and that the Dawning Machine Factory would have to work overtime overnight in the next few days to produce the Type 57 rifle and the Union Type 1 handcuffs, and the latter planned to urgently allocate an additional 100 to the Wanshan Island garrison in addition to ensuring trade with Sulu.

Although the single-shot pistol had a short range, it was faster to reload than all firearms of the era, making it an effective melee weapon.

In addition, 350 of the 400 Type 57 rifles currently in stock will also be shipped to Wanshan Island, and it should be noted that most of these rifles were originally intended for Wei Hong.

As for the hand @ grenade @ bomb, the telegram from Macao spoke highly of the performance of the 57-style hand @ grenade @ bomb, and it seems that the actual combat effect is indeed very good, so the production of fragmentation metal projectiles should also be strengthened.

As for ammunition, Xiaowanshan Island can produce it, but it needs to transport more reinforced black ** additives and standard warheads over there.

Then, Yu Hewei, the president of the "Beishang Fund", proposed a motion to the general meeting of shareholders: urgently allocate 50,000 taels of silver to the Macao side for the resettlement, reclamation and armed construction of the large and small Wanshan Islands.

Then Xia Xiaoou also made a proposal in the name of the Education Committee: agree to the request of the Macao side to give priority to the retention of adult teenagers from orphanages, at least for the next time, the Pride will only transport the weaned young children back to Mornington Island, and those male teenagers over the age of 14 will be left to Ren Ai and the two supplementary guards.

Xia Xiaoou explained that according to the telegram, it was clear that these teenagers were the backbone of the garrison.

At this time, Wang Gong also suggested that the current slipway construction has been basically completed, and the first Pride class sister ship will soon be put into assembly, and it is expected to be completed before the second half of next year, but because this is the first time to assemble, the progress will be slower, but please be patient, once the first ship is successfully assembled, the assembly time will be greatly shortened in the future, so it is expected that by the end of next year, we may have at least two new Pride class armed merchant ships launched.

Obviously, if we have these ships, we will be more sure to defend Wanshan Island, but there is still no water to quench our thirst, so Wang Gong suggested that Macao urgently purchase one or two sturdy wooden sailing boats, so that sailors can be equipped with 57-style rifles and hand@grenade@ bullets, and then equipped with light mortars recently developed by Boss Luo, so as to strengthen the maritime defense force of Wanshan Island.