"Traveling overland to Brunei during the rainy season?"

"Yes, they just want to take advantage of the rainy season to cross the border, and if they go further north, they can be deceived in the name of merchants."

"And what about Brunei?"

If you want to play a terrorist attack, relying on two natives is simply a dream, and there is no powerful weapon of destruction at this time, and the defense level of Brunei City has been tossed in the Privy Council for several months, and it can already be regarded as impregnable in Nanyang. And judging from the results of the search, the two people who were captured had no other weapons except for the short blades they carried, and it was not bad to talk about the craftsmanship of the two knives, but if they wanted to make trouble in the city of Brunei, they would inevitably underestimate the Brunei Provincial Police.

Tanaka said with a smile: "It's really funny, the Lun Du Department actually wants to bypass us and go directly to Brunei to surrender the table." ”

"You're so afraid of us?"

"It's not that I'm afraid, but I think that the people in the camp must be greedy for the credit of pacifying the various tribes and are unwilling to accept their submission sincerely, so I want to send envoys to the imperial court."

"It's really a strange idea."

"But in the whole of Kuching, only his family did this."

"I guess I thought other families were not as smart as them."

"I think most of the other families are really not as smart as them, don't say it, if it is really the official army of the Ming Dynasty, maybe all of his two thousand or so people will be made first-level merit."

After Mekaysie's repeated indoctrination, the traversers all knew what the virtues of the feudal army in this time and space were, that is, the local people did not promote the first-level meritorious service, otherwise it would not be much better than the official army of the Ming Dynasty.

"But the little leaders of the two princely states, even if they have some gold and silver on their bodies, how can they dredge up when they arrive in Brunei?"

"He said that he met a Pixian in the city of Brunei."

"Pixian?"

"Yes, it is the nobles in the city, and they are somewhat related to the royal family, didn't they hear in the newspaper that my Great Song Dynasty gave preferential treatment to the Boni royal family."

"Preferential?" Liao Yunxin said: When a pet is also a preferential treatment?

Tanaka spoke straightforwardly and said, "Yes, all kinds of allowances and benefits provided by the imperial court to the royal family in Brunei have been published in the newspapers, and it seems that they have really played a role. ”

"The ones on the third edition?"

"No matter which version, there's always something going on."

On the third page of Xinhua Daily, it is now customary to write some interesting stories about the market, including anecdotes about the local area of Borneo, as well as various 'news' from the sea in the north, and the preferential treatment that Su Tan and the old lord of the former Bo Ni Kingdom received from the Song people has also become the talk of all kinds of people in the city of Brunei after tea and dinner.

After all, there are few traversers, and they don't want to cause premature hostility with neighboring countries, after all, several Sutan in Nanyang still have some in-law relations, and besides, they have to worry about the death of rabbits and foxes. I am not afraid of war, but it is not good to delay the economic construction, and it is necessary to continue in this gentle way, as for the situation in Nanyang completely opened up in the future, at that time, the traversers believe that the royal family will take the initiative to abdicate the throne.

Now the maharaja in Brunei has been used as an experimental object for new products by various factories opened under the household department, and by the way, the royal family has become a vane leading fashion consumption. The newly made ice cubes should be used by Su Tan, the newly developed drinks should also be tasted by Su Tan, and even the newly successful condiments such as monosodium glutamate should be sent to the palace kitchen for use, and the people of the royal family are really regarded as guinea pigs on the road of food chemical industry.

What is the purpose of being the head of a country? In the eyes of ordinary people, isn't it just to live a comfortable life of stretching out your hand to eat and opening your mouth? And then there are a few beautiful people and beautiful people, there are cold drinks to cool down when they are hot, comfortable rocking chairs to relieve fatigue when they are tired, and all kinds of new dishes when they are hungry, which are served in pure white porcelain plates without any variegation for people to enjoy, and what about the outside of the palace? There are guards who support the Japanese army and the Fubo army, not to mention the pirates, even the Spaniards who once roamed the ports of Borneo may not dare to touch this ocean again.

But for the various performances of the royal family today, they are the truest portrayal of being born in sorrow and dying in peace.

However, this kind of life has become a sketch text published in the newspaper under the clever pen of the editors, which is really enviable to outsiders, and also makes the scene of a royal paradise under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty come to life.

The example of the general leading the troops to conquer the barbarians on the border, and the envoys of the barbarian tribe bypassed the front line and went directly to the national capital to mediate, which is not uncommon in the history of the central dynasty on the mainland. And the chieftains who have received preferential treatment can often get more rewards than the generals who lead the troops in front of them, and this time most of them are also the idea of fighting.

It's just a pity that this time I encountered the 'Third Reich' in the sheepskin of the Great Song Dynasty, at least for now, Brunei has smooth communication with the camp, and any problems can be clarified with a satellite phone, and the East and West Expeditions are the current 'national policy', any work is giving way, and the Senate will not give up the territory at your fingertips because of the pleas of a few chieftains.

What's more, this person was intercepted.

Although in terms of nature, the two people captured this time were not considered to be hostile acts, and could only be regarded as currying favor, but since the camp had already implemented de facto military control here, it was natural that they should still be beaten.

"What did Lao Liu say?" Speaking in private, there were no indigenous soldiers of the Fubo Army beside him, and Liao Yun was also a lot more casual, and when it came to Liu Dawu, he no longer added an official position to Zou Zou.

Although Tanaka does not belong to the navy, he is a military cadre, so he naturally got closer to Liu Dawu, and it is obvious that he has communicated with the navy in this matter.

After listening to Liao Yun's question, Tanaka said: "What Lao Liu means, the local militia should come out in a few days to make an appearance." Since the Lun Du Ministry wants to be submissive to the imperial court, it is better to give them a chance. ”

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The sound of shouting echoed in the air, it was the sound of an empty field between the west gate of Kuching City and the bunker, the source of the sound was a group of teenagers who had just eaten breakfast, venting their excess energy on the playground, and among the hundreds of people, only Ma Ben stayed in the corner to rest in relative silence.

Although the chiefs didn't say it, the message had already spread in Kuching, and I heard that they were going to fight with the barbarians, but Ma Ben didn't have much nervousness in his heart.

The local Fu Lao and the surrounding natives were not without conflicts, and in terms of the dignified array alone, the Han people were not afraid of the barbarians, although they won and lost each other, but they always won more.

Moreover, now he is no longer just a local mercenary soldier, but a real Great Song militia.

As for what the militia is, I have listened to the chief and the seniors of the Fubo Army say it many times in the past few days, but as it is better to do what he says, no matter how fanciful the propaganda is, Ma Benzai believes more in the reality he sees with his eyes.

Although he was wearing a plain short coat sewn from the simplest cotton cloth, all the companions around him were of the same style, and he looked very energetic. The point steel spear that had just been sent to his hand replaced the wooden stick used for training a few days ago, and he couldn't put it down, such a good steel mouth is rare, so it was sent to everyone like a burning stick, and it seemed that he was really going to do it.

Originally, I thought it was just an ordinary maritime merchant competing for territory, although Ma Benzai was still young, he had also experienced a few times with the elders of the clan, and the Ma family was also a number one spice merchant in the local area.

In the past, in order to compete for a garden or a freight yard, that is, a fight of dozens of people, and there would be no casualties, it was just momentum. But since he was recruited this time, he felt more and more that the people of the Great Song Empire were different from the thugs hired by any local Chinese merchant in the past. In the words of the chief, although the militia has no formal background, it can be regarded as the evolution of the former Song Dynasty box soldiers, although it is not clear what this box soldier is, but the monthly money is a real benefit, and the first month has been given first.

Although it is not as much as a regular army like the Fubo Army, it is much better than the temporary recruitment of people in the past.

It's just that all the money is issued, but fortunately, the chief's own trading station can buy a lot of good things with this paper money, and other merchants around him have gradually recognized this account.

With a simple glance, the militia that has been trained these days has already taken on some appearance.

Ma Benzai only knew that the person in charge of coaching the art of stabbing was a chief surnamed Tian, I heard that it was a general of the Great Song Dynasty, and the martial arts were good, and the five short figures were ordinary two or three people, and the brute force of the whole body, and the skill of grasping with one hand was even more admirable.

Ma Benzai's qualifications are not bad, and he has seen and figured out Chief Tian's methods, but when it comes to formal training, the chief does not teach. Every day, I just lined up, walked, and run, and only a few days ago did I start teaching the art of stabbing with a long stick. But Qi is strange in such a simple queue, but it will be quite effective in more than ten days, a sparring arranged the day before yesterday, Ma Benzai's team is only more than thirty people, and he easily killed another team in Beishi, the team composed of Da Shi and Tianzhu immigrants is full of fifty or sixty people, but it has not yet been trained by the chiefs, and the gap is so prominent.

The contest was not deliberately advertised, as if the chiefs thought that such a victory was normal in the hands of the militia they had trained themselves.

The militia training code set by the Privy Council was ultimately based on the pikes that were easy to train and cheaper.

Training a commoner as an archer, regardless of the era, is costly and time-consuming, and the Senate will never accept such a plan. Although the training of musketeers is relatively easy, they are currently limited by the productivity of the musket half-hand workshop, and the traversers are not very confident that they can easily hand over the hot combat weapons to the newly attached people, after all, the cadres in their hands are limited, and the screening and sorting of personnel are only carried out step by step.

But the current situation is already on the bow, the barbarians around Kuching, not to mention the distance, the nearest ten or so have all sent envoys to express their willingness to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, and one of them even wants to bypass the camp and send people directly to Kuching. Today, seven days have passed since the official statement of each family, but none of them has taken the initiative to respond to the motion of merging the villages.

It seems that he has been able to take advantage of the camp and does not dare to easily send officials to the various ministries to supervise it, but it has calmed down a lot in the past few days. In Kuching, business in the north and south of the city does not seem to be affected by the onset of the rainy season, and merchants from Java and Sriwijaya have landed here as usual to do business.

Xinhua Times, which is printed and sold in Kuching every day via satellite, is gradually moving in a more favourable direction with a steady stream of news from the travelers and military operations in various parts of the north. Reading the newspapers, the great clans could clearly understand what kind of behemoth they were facing, although such a regime could not be compared with the dynasty on the mainland, but for the inhabitants of this city, which had prospered by maritime trade, in their relatively broad horizons, except for Siam, Burma and Da Viet in the north, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find a more powerful object to bring in and compare it with for a while.

The country of Bo Ni, or Borneo as a whole, is changing at a subtle rate.