"Father, several representatives of the merchant group who came from Lanfang Company are in the port, and they want to see you."

More than 2,000 Chinese immigrants were placed in the open space outside the port to eat and rest, and on the other side, the eldest son Wu Chong came over and told Wu Jin a message.

"Songkhla has had a lot of affairs recently, and I can't find time to meet them alone, and when I finish receiving Lord Mei and his party, you will entertain them instead of me."

"They said that they asked to see my father on behalf of the seventeen merchant groups in Lan Fang, and they wanted to discuss with my father the important matter of expanding the scale of investment in Songkhla, and they could not delay."

"What can Lanfang Company do? Their assets are hidden, for fear of being targeted by the Dutch and their wealth is not guaranteed, so they take out the silver and expand their capital investment in Songkhla, so they are not afraid of attracting the attention of the Dutch? ”

The Wu regime itself was also engaged in commercial trade, and there was a certain degree of competition between the Lan Fang and Songkhla regimes in maritime transportation, grain, cloth, and industrial and commercial commodity transactions, but because they completely fell to the Dutch and relied on the Dutch power in Nanyang, the business groups within the Lan Fang Company often crowded out the business groups belonging to the Song Kla regime, and the two sides accumulated a lot of contradictions.

Listening to them, it seems that it is a change in the internal political situation of Lanfang, Liu Asheng retired ahead of schedule and recommended his son Liu Fangliang to serve as the first wife of Lanfang Company, and Liu Fangliang has not yet come to power, so he is privately ready to agree to the threat of the Dutch and allow the Dutch to send colonial officials to supervise Lanfang's internal governance affairs.

They were worried that the Dutch would take further control of Lanfang and repeat the tragedy of more than 20 years ago, so they looked for a way out for the merchant group and the family in advance. ”

"The tragedy of more than 20 years ago is also indispensable to the responsibility of Lanfang Company, and they are now afraid."

Wu Jin sneered and said disdainfully.

Wu Jin himself personally experienced the collapse of the Dagang Company more than 20 years ago, when the Chinese immigration regimes in other parts of the East Indies were exterminated by the Dutch, and only two Chinese regimes remained on Borneo Island, the Dagang Company and the Lanfang Company.

In 1850, the Dagang Company refused the Dutch's request to return to obedience and gathered Chinese workers to resist the Dutch invasion, and during this period, the Lanfang Company obeyed the orders of the Dutch, not only sent armed Chinese workers to fight against the Dagang Company, but also after the failure of the Dagang Company's resistance, more than 600 Chinese laborers fled the territory of the Dagang Company, and were intercepted and disarmed by the armed personnel of the Lanfang Company led by Liu Asheng, and finally handed them over to the Dutch for disposal.

The collapse of the Dagang Company, more than 3,000 Chinese died in the war, Liu Asheng, the first wife of the Lanfang Company, used the help to eliminate the forces that opposed him within Lanfang, and sat firmly in the position of the Lanfang Jiatai, but the collapse of the Dagang Company seriously weakened the armed forces of the Nanyang Chinese, and opened the prelude to the collapse of the Nanyang Chinese regime, since the collapse of the Dagang Company, the eyes of the Dutch turned to their own subsidiary force Lanfang, and constantly used various excuses to encroach on the territory of the Lanfang Company, and in 1879, At its peak, Lanfang Company, which controlled an area of more than 200,000 square kilometers, was able to directly control only Dongwanlu and Shankouyang, and its population was reduced from more than 200,000 to 300,000.

From victory to decline, the weakening of the Lanfang Company and even the final demise are inseparable from Liu Asheng's father and son, especially the Han forces involved in the South Seas, Liu Asheng and his son still did not see the change in the situation, and loyally followed the Dutch, turning a blind eye to the cooperation sincerity shown by the Taiping Society, and in the last Chinese armed rebellion led by the Taiping Society, they still obeyed the orders of the Dutch colonists and took the lives of Lanfang Chinese workers to ask for credit and rewards for their father and son.

Liu Asheng and his son did not leave a way back for themselves, and it was rumored in other parts of Nanyang that Lan Fang took the initiative to join the Manchu Dynasty and accept the protection of the Qing court.

The situation in Nanyang continues to be chaotic and turbulent, and the British introduced Indian military and police, prompting the Chinese to plan their own actions in exchange for the British colonists to retreat at the same time, they also began to move closer to the Manchu court, Ye Yalai, Huang Fuyuan, Dunn and other Jiapitan, or take advantage of the momentum of the Han State, secretly and the Taiping Society, using the Taiping Society's intelligence and economic network all over the Nanyang, quietly transfer their assets to Songkhla, In South America, the Han Kingdom either spent money to bribe Manchu officials and ministers, bought an official hat from the Manchu court, and took advantage of the remnants of the broken ship of the Qing Empire to bring themselves a sense of security, while among the many Nanyang Chinese forces, only Liu Asheng's father and son were completely dependent on foreign colonists.

Wu Jin felt that maybe Liu Asheng and his son thought that they hugged the thighs of the Dutch, even if the Lanfang Company perished, the Dutch would retain their power and wealth for the sake of their loyalty and dedication in the past, but would the Dutch really miss the old love so much? Wu Jin couldn't guess it, and he didn't want to think about it, anyway, in a few years, after Lan Fang's last military strength was mastered by the Dutch, the outcome would naturally be clear.

"Tell them that all merchants are welcome to invest in Songkhla, and we will ensure the safety of their property, so please don't worry."

It is one thing to be unaccustomed to the behavior of Liu Asheng's father and son, and it is another thing to accept the investment of Chinese businessmen of Lanfang Company, and Wu Jin distinguishes the two very clearly.

Songkhla is different from the Han Kingdom in South America, Songkhla is small in size, surrounded by foreign powers, and has limited development space, so it can only take the way of establishing a commercial state, and then maintain the status of political independence with the political and military support of the Han State.

Wu Jin positioned Songkhla and the Wu family as a transit point for Han immigrants in South America, a military and intelligence stronghold, and also played a role in attracting Chinese merchant funds and serving as a temporary shelter for Nanyang Chinese.

Clearly distinguishing the positioning of Songkhla itself, we can also understand why Wu Jin was able to rationally accept the refuge and protection of the Lanfang Chinese business group.

"Father, do you see it or not?"

"Forget it, let them come to the City Lord's Mansion tomorrow morning, and by the way, learn more about the actual situation inside Lanfang, maybe it will come in handy in the future."

"Yes, father, son will arrange it now."

Wu Pet replied, and when he turned his head and wanted to leave, he was stopped by his father, "Don't be busy leaving, I have something to explain." ”

"Father, please."

Wu Pet said respectfully

"You are the son of the Wu family, and the future inheritance of Songkhla will be handed over to you sooner or later, for my father to be lucky enough to make friends with Lord Mei Dong Xingmei of the Nanyang Legion, through the introduction of Lord Mei and Lord Li, the two of your sisters will marry His Royal Highness the King of Han,

It is a blessing for your sister to be able to marry His Royal Highness the King of Han, and it is also a blessing for Songkhla.

In two years, you will also be the year of establishment, and from now on, you will have to learn to deal with all the big and small affairs of Songkhla. ”

"Father, you are in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, dealing with government affairs, the child will have time to learn slowly, not in a hurry, according to the child, in another ten or twenty years, it is not too late for the child to learn from you."

"My father is not a person who eats the ancients and covets the power stack, and in more than ten years, when the Songkhla is stable inside and outside, he will pass on the position of the city lord to you, and you don't have to worry about other people's gossip."

Wu Jin was more satisfied with his son's performance, and advised, "At the end of October, Lord Mei and General Yang will return to South America, and when the time comes, I will send you and your second brother to attend the enthronement ceremony of His Royal Highness the King of Han on behalf of Songkhla, and after the enthronement ceremony and your sister's wedding ceremony, you will stay in South America, and I will ask His Royal Highness the King of Han to arrange for your second brother to enter the Army Military Academy, so that you can enter the government of the Han Kingdom and learn to deal with government affairs with His Royal Highness the King of Han." ”

"The son obeys his father's arrangement, but the son is not around, and the father should take care of his health."

"My body is very tough, you can go to South America with confidence, and when you get there, you have to accompany your sister more, she will go so far away in South America when she gets married, and I am more relieved to have you with her."

"My sister is well-behaved and lovely, and after leaving home for half a year, my sister must miss her father very much, and when she arrives in South America, the child will tell her sister a few more words on behalf of her father."

"Lingxuan is naïve by nature, and after marrying His Royal Highness the King of Han, she is different from the past, but she must learn to be more mindful when encountering problems."

Speaking of his precious daughter, Wu Jin couldn't help but give a few more orders, and after more than ten minutes, the two ended their conversation when the entourage passed the word that the fleet of the Nanyang Legion had arrived at the port.