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With Zheng Jie's permission, Yao Han's family soon found a suitable place in Thang Long Mansion, and the Daming Township Chamber of Commerce was officially established, and the address was set up in Yao Han's warehouse. On the day of its establishment, all the travelers in Thang Long Mansion were warmly entertained as special guests, and Nguyen Qi also sent congratulatory gifts on behalf of the Qing Imperial Palace.

Mu Suide and Yao Han, as the hosts, greeted the guests at the door. Ruan Qi quietly called Jiang Beiming aside.

"Jiang Baihu. We don't know each other, brother, I used to have a place where I couldn't live with my brother, and I ask Jiang Baihu to forgive me. This Ruan Qi is also a self-acquaintance, and he brushed over the past in a few words.

"Where, where, General Ruan said with a smile." Jiang Beiming didn't know what kind of medicine Ruan Qi's gourd was selling, so he had to play haha through Ruan Qi's translator.

"Jiang Baihu, have you been able to visit my Shenglong Mansion these days? Although my Shenglong Mansion is not as prosperous as the Ming Capital, it also has a unique flavor. One day, Jiang Baihu appreciates his face, brother, I take my brother to have a good time. ”

"This official has thanked General Ruan first." Jiang Beiming said perfunctorily, and thought to himself, "What do you want to say, this Vietnamese will also beat around the bush like this?" ”

Ruan Qidong pulled the West for a while, and finally turned to the topic: "Jiang Baihu, you also know the current situation in my Annan Kingdom, we are fighting against the rebellion in the south, but there has been no progress. Jiang Baihu said that you came to assist us at the behest of Emperor Ming, I don't know if Jiang Baihu is really true? ”

"Hehehe, General Ruan, we don't say dark words." Jiang Beiming didn't answer Ruan Qi's question directly, "Does General Ruan really think that we are here by holy order?" ”

Ruan Qi's face changed slightly, but then returned to normal: "Jiang Baihu, where you come from, everyone knows this. We, the king of Qingdu, have never asked about this matter again, but your requests to our prince are all very promised, which shows that our prince still attaches great importance to Jiang Baihu. ”

"The hospitality of the king of Qingdu, we naturally know." Jiang Beiming guessed what Ruan Qi roughly meant, and decided not to go around in circles again, "If General Ruan has any instructions, you might as well say it directly, but if we can do it, it is our duty." ”

"Okay, Jiang Baihu is really fast." Ruan Qi also got straight to the point, "What our prince means is whether Jiang Baihu can send some soldiers to assist us in fighting rebellion." If Jiang Baihu can agree, then our unification of Annam will be just around the corner. ”

"That's it." Jiang Beiming's mind was spinning rapidly, and he decided to pinch Ruan Qi first, "It's not that the official shouldn't allow it, it's just that the matter is big, and I won't hide it from the general, such a big matter is not something I can decide alone, and I need to go back and discuss it." ”

"It's natural to talk about it." Ruan Qi said, "But the prince is also waiting for a reply, and I hope that Jiang Baihu can give his brother an answer as soon as possible." ”

"Hehe, it's easy to say, it's easy to say." Jiang Beiming didn't give Ruan Qi a chance to speak again, "General Ruan, the banquet is about to start, let's please." ”

That night, an emergency meeting was held on an improvised basis for all the traversers in Thang Long Province.

"Let's talk about it." Jiang Beiming first introduced Ruan Qi's meaning, "Now the Vietnamese have taken the initiative to come to us to help them fight, whether we help or not, how can we help?" ”

"Didn't we have a plan to become mercenaries in the first place?" Sun Tianhao asked, "Isn't it just an opportunity now, I think we should help them, maybe we can get greater benefits." ”

"I don't agree." Wang Zhaoxing objected, "We have a total of troops now, Zheng Jie asked us to help him, definitely not because he fell in love with us, I guess he meant to let us transfer troops from home." But we have no troops to adjust now, if we can't transfer the troops, our hole cards will be leaked, and then Zheng Jie will turn his face, and we will give up all our efforts. ”

"Yiyi, what do you think?" Jiang Beiming asked Cheng Yiyi, "You are also from the highest three-person group, tell me what you think." ”

"I don't know much about war." Cheng Yiyi replied, "But I think Zheng Jie's meaning is probably not that he wants us to transfer troops from home." Because if we really send thousands of troops at once, I'm afraid Zheng Jie will not be able to sleep, how do you say that sentence, what bedside can't let others sleep? ”

"On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore." Xu Lang smiled, "I agree with Yiyi's opinion, Zheng Jie is unlikely to let us increase our troops." But if we really go to the south to fight with the Ruan family, I'm afraid it won't be enough for people to stuff their teeth. ”

"Brother Xu, then you mean we don't care about this matter?" Sun Tianhao asked, "But if it doesn't matter, Zheng Ji also has the possibility of turning his face, he will promise us everything now, and it is estimated that he must hope that we can help him fight." ”

"I'm not saying we don't care." Xu Lang said to Sun Tianhao, "Your opinion is also correct, this is indeed an opportunity, if we grasp this opportunity, we can quickly expand our control in Vietnam." Zheng Jie was still born 400 years early, and he didn't know the phrase 'it's easy to invite God and difficult to send God'. But how do we grasp it in order to get the maximum benefit, this has to be carefully considered. ”

"Xu Lang, do you have any good ideas?" Jiang Beiming asked.

"I can't say what a good way to do, but I have some ideas." Xu Lang replied, "We decided to come to Vietnam as early as last year's crossing conference, and the crossing conference also authorized us to seize every possible opportunity to strive to form an indigenous army of Vietnamese, which may be used against the Manchus in the future." After all, we still have few people in Yulin Bay, and if we only rely on our own people, I am afraid that we will not be able to form a force of 5,000 people in 3 years. Therefore, I think that although there are few of us in Vietnam, we have all experienced the Battle of Annam, and we have all been trained by real swords and guns, and our own soldiers have also been trained in accordance with modern military regulations. We can completely select a teaching team from our own team to train Zheng Jie's army, and use this method to slowly infiltrate the Vietnamese team and finally control this army. This does not refute Zheng Jie's face, but also benefits us. ”

After Xu Lang finished speaking, he felt a little tired, so he took out a cigarette and lit it, Cheng Yiyi on the opposite side reached out and lit the cigarette on Xu Lang's mouth, Xu Lang smiled slightly and spit out a smoke ring.

"Your solution is good, but there is a question in it that you have not thought about." Wang Zhaoxing asked a new question about Xu Lang's suggestion, "We are going to train the current troops of the Vietnamese, you must know that the troops of this era have all kinds of problems, and it is difficult to return. Let's not talk about whether we can get rid of their problems, even if we do and train the troops, it will probably be impossible to control a force composed entirely of soldiers. Don't really make wedding clothes for others when the time comes. ”

Xu Lang took two puffs of his cigarette and flicked the cigarette ash: "Lao Wang's words are also reasonable, it is indeed difficult to control such a force, what are you doing, say it and discuss it." ”

"What you two said inspired me." Jiang Beiming nodded appreciatively at Xu Lang and Wang Zhaoxing, "We can do this, just tell Zheng Jie, we want to form a new army, re-recruit soldiers, re-train, and train all in our instructors and our way." The newly formed forces all the time should be easy to control. ”

"I want to say a little more." Seeing that there was no objection from everyone, Xu Lang added, "If we form this new army and go to the south, we must grasp a principle, and we must not defeat the Nguyen clan, a divided Vietnam is more beneficial to us than a unified Vietnam." ”

"You're bad enough." Sun Tianhao nodded at Xu Lang and asked, "Then how far should we fight, and what is our purpose?" ”

"Brother Prian." Xu Lang pressed the cigarette in his hand on the table vigorously, "We have only one goal, Brother Pulian, that is, Saigon in the future." ”

"Saigon? It's so far away, what do we want Saigon for? Cheng Yiyi asked.

"It's terrible to be uneducated. Did you study history in high school? ”

Xu Lang's words made Cheng Yiyi grit his teeth angrily: "You don't get angry with me a few times a day, you feel uncomfortable, aren't you?" ”

"Alright, alright, you two don't make a fuss, let's get down to business." Jiang Beiming said, "Xu Lang, why do you want us to target Saigon? ”

"Regarding Saigon, I have only discussed this issue with Lu Lao." Xu Lang is no longer joking, "Anyone who has studied history knows that the colonial era in the West began with Portugal and Spain. These two teeth began their process of conquest and colonization 100 years ago, and only now have they been slowly surpassed by the Dutch. But the colonial routes taken by Portugal and Spain were completely different. Because Portugal is a small country with few people, they occupy all the points in the whole South Seas and Asia, and one by one they control the routes from the whole of Asia to Europe, and they have gained great benefits from the trade of these routes. And the current situation in our Yulin Bay is very similar to that of Portugal, our army and strength are simply not able to occupy a large piece of land, let alone colonize Vietnam, colonize Southeast Asia, such a thing. So we'd better take the Portuguese way as well and take the spot. ”

"Look, everybody." Xu Lang dipped his fingers in the water and drew a simple map of Southeast Asia on the table, "Although we now occupy the two places of Yulin Bay and Jinpu, but from the perspective of the whole Southeast Asia, we are still trapped in the Beibu Gulf. To use a Go term, this is a prosthetic eye, and it can be easily blocked. But if we take Saigon, the whole game will be alive, whether it is to Manila, Bangkok, or to Singapore, Malacca, Batavia, Saigon can be used as a bridgehead, attacking and retreating. This is why the Soviet Union wanted to lease Cam Ranh Bay 400 years later, so we had to take Saigon. ”

"Okay, Xu Lang." Jiang Beiming slapped Xu Lang heavily, "You really have a big picture." When you say that, it's really like that, it seems that Saigon has to be taken. ”

"I said you can light it, okay?" Xu Lang moved his back that was patted painfully, "This is also the reason why Lu Lao has to write the lease of Brother Prian into the treaty." Zheng Jie, no matter how smart he is, I'm afraid he won't guess our true intentions, anyway, Brother Prian is not in his hands now, and whether he signs it or not has no impact on him, but it will be different for us, and he will occupy Brother Prian in the future, and this treaty is the basis. ”

"If you don't have any other opinions, let's vote in groups of three. Those who agree to help Zheng Jie train the new army and take Saigon please raise your hand. After Jiang Beiming finished speaking, he was the first to raise his hand.

Cheng Yiyi also raised his hand, but Sun Tianhao did not move.

"Tianhao, don't you agree?" Cheng Yiyi asked strangely.

"Hehehehe." Sun Tianhao raised both hands at once, "I agree, I raise my hands in agreement." ”

A few days later, in the palace of the Qing capital, Zheng Jie slowly sipped tea and looked at Jiang Beiming and the others: "Do you mean that the current soldiers of my Dali Dynasty are overwhelmed?" Do you have to recruit new troops? ”

"That's right, lord." Jiang Beiming replied, "With all due respect, if the prince really wants an invincible army, then he can only reopen from scratch. A unit, the habit of which has been formed since the day it was formed. The prince is also a person who leads the troops, and he will not be ignorant of this. And our method of training must start from scratch, so instead of changing the style of a unit, it is better to rebuild one, what do you say? ”