Factors such as power, money, status, dignity, and so on have long united the proprietors of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce with Hongmen. Just like the indigenous tribes of the Bengang Alliance, unknowingly, even the proprietors of the Chamber of Commerce did not find out, in fact, they were already members of the Hongmen.

When Li Tianyang suddenly revealed the future development goals of Hongmen, when the proprietors and members judged the gains and losses in their minds, they had to find that even if they wanted to part ways with Hongmen, the outside world seemed to be unable to accommodate them.

If they want to continue to have the power, status and interests they have now, they have no other way than to continue to hold on to Hongmen, after all, not only have most of their family members moved to Hongmen's territory, but they have been publicizing their relationship with Hongmen over the years, relying on the big tree of Hongmen to obtain a lot of benefits, but it also makes outsiders think that they have long been one with Hongmen, and then it is impossible to gain the trust of outsiders at night.

Li Tianyang's impassioned and analytical words finally turned into sharp thorns and pierced into the hearts of the proprietors present, which not only made people feel sad and desperate, but also had some expectations.

"The territory of the Great Qing Dynasty is very different from our Luzon and Dayuan Island, as long as we can gain a foothold in the Great Qing Dynasty, then our Hongmen's physique system will definitely be able to take root and grow vigorously in the territory of the Great Qing Dynasty."

"I Li Tianyang don't dare to say anything else, but all the power and status that everyone has in Luzon and Dayuan Island, when they reach the ground in Liaodong, after I stand on the ground, there will be no change."

"As for what you need to do, it's not actually a thing that is too deceitful, but you just need to use the power of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and Nanyang Money Bank to support my Hongmen to win this battle, and the rewards you get in the future will definitely be worthy of everyone's efforts today!!"

Everyone was silent, although they knew in their hearts that they had a bad relationship with Hongmen, in fact, they didn't have many choices, but in the face of such an important choice, everyone would hesitate without exception and think carefully.

Li Tianyang didn't exert too much pressure, he had already said everything he needed to say, and the other party actually chose not to be too different from what he imagined in the end, so it was also appropriate to give the other party some buffer.

The deliberations with the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and other allies are a step-by-step process, and in addition to the entanglement of interests between each other, the more important factor to help everyone do ideological work is the strength of Hongmen itself, and they have already talked about the achievements and achievements they have made in the land of the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, there is naturally no more negotiation of interests between Hongmen and the members of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, such as what kind of benefits need to be exchanged for the next assistance to Hongmen, and what kind of benefits these investors of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce will have after the occupation of the Qing Dynasty.

Perhaps it was because Hongmen rarely used their power to exert pressure on merchants in their sphere of influence, or perhaps it was because of the exchanges with Westerners in the Luzon Islands that the merchants gradually broadened their horizons.

Such a kind of negotiation between merchants and rulers was almost impossible in the Ming Dynasty, because of the natural disadvantage of merchants, and secondly, the gentry class in power would never allow another class to come forward and share their power and status.

However, in Keelung Town, Dayuan Island, which is controlled by Hongmen, this scene is like a whimsical scene, but it really happened in front of Li Tianyang, and even Li Tianyang, as the supreme leader of Hongmen, bargained with representatives of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and the Ryukyu Kingdom with great interest, and everyone negotiated fiercely but amicably.

In the end, the result of the negotiation was a win-win situation, Hongmen received food, money, and even manpower support from the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, the Ryukyu Kingdom and other forces, and Hongmen needed to pay a part of the benefits of the war, and the population, land, etc., all of the Qing Dynasty had the interests of these donors.

Li Tianyang was willing to deal with the results of this negotiation, and used the interests of the Qing Kingdom in exchange for the allies to further integrate with him.

With the support of allies such as the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, the financial pressure on Hongmen has been reduced too much, and the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is really rich now, and it is not a problem to casually take out one or two million taels of silver and hundreds of thousands of stones of grain. With the gradual development of the Luzon Islands and the cultivation of new crops, the pleasant climate of the Luzon Islands has brought a lot of economic benefits to the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and the Sulu Kingdom of Medan, not to mention that now with the help of Hongmen, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and other allies have been able to do ocean trade, and the route goes straight to the Caribbean and other distant Western European base camps, in exchange for the benefits that make everyone make a lot of money.

The officers and soldiers of the Hongtang army who supported the follow-up, before the Ningjin defense line was broken by the Qing Dynasty, finally arrived at the original forward position of the Ming Dynasty, and now blocked the last line of defense for the return of the Qing Dolgon army.

After a series of confrontations, the front line of Zunhua and Shanhaiguan guarded by Wu Jie's department was finally taken down by the Qing people at any cost, and the remnants of Wu Jie's soldiers, with the help of heavy snow, retreated to Xiao Xiurong's carefully built Ningjin defense line.

After entering the cold winter, Liaodong, whether it was the actions of the Qing people or the actions of the Hongtang army, brought great inconvenience to the company, but in the case of the main army of the Qing Dynasty desperately trying to open the route home, the two sides launched a fierce contest on the last line of defense.

The Qing people were very cruel, and in order to return to China, they would capture hundreds of thousands of unarmed civilians from the Ming Dynasty, escort them to the city, and force them to die on the Hongtang defense line of the high city wall. Although the Hongtang warriors had to stiffen their heads when fighting and follow these former compatriots to dominate the killers, behind their backs it also aroused everyone's hatred for the Jurchen barbarians.

In this way, the Hongtang soldiers were like executioners, forced to behead almost all the innocent people who came to die under the knife; The main army of the Qing Dynasty, which was plagued by wind and snow and had a huge burden of baggage, could not take a detour, and could only devote its troops and prisoners to this bottomless siege battle as always.

In the end, the battlefield can be said to be that there is no real waiting for the winner.

(End of chapter)