"By the way, what about Myanmar? Could Li Kaifang have occupied Ringanqiang in the middle of the Irrawaddy River? And in the southern part of Myanmar, what did the king of Burma say, is there any news? Feng Yunshan broke free from the joy of wealth, and remembered the task he gave him when Li Kaifang sent troops, and couldn't help asking.

"Your Majesty, I heard from the messenger sent back by Division Commander Li that the 21,000 soldiers they originally sent out of the army unfortunately also lost nearly 4,000 people, of which more than 3,000 died in a foreign land, and more than 1,000 soldiers were seriously injured and could no longer fight or even work although they were lucky enough to pick up their lives. However, the results are very brilliant. Defeated the British army many times, although there is no way to count how many British soldiers were killed, but a rough estimate should be more than 10,000. Your Majesty, this is a great victory! Of course, without the loss of 15,000 Burmese troops, there would not be such a disparity. Fan Ruzeng reported directly, and then, realizing that he had not answered the emperor's question, he couldn't help scratching his head, and then said: "Your Majesty, the British attach great importance to the Bengal regions such as Kolkata and Dhaka, and have given up Lower Burma for the time being, and the whole of Burma has returned to the hands of the King of Burma. The King of Burma was grateful for the assistance of the captive army, and the captive army showed great combat power in front of the Burmese army, and according to Commander Li, the Burmese side had agreed to His Majesty's request. Master Li leased the Ringanqiang region in the middle of the Irrawaddy River for 100 years for 10,000 pounds, and the Tanah Sarin, the southernmost part of Burma, was also agreed by the Burmese king to sell it to the Chinese Empire for 100,000 pounds. ”

When Feng Yunshan heard this, he patted his thigh and praised: "This Li Kaifang, there is really him!" Passing on my will, Li Kaifang was appointed Governor of Malay, with full responsibility for the affairs of the Ringanqiang and Tanah Sarim regions, as well as the military command of all captives in the Malay Peninsula. ”

Liu Shengbang hurriedly wrote it down, preparing to go out and tell Fu Shanxiang about the holy decree.

Fan Ruzeng is also happy for Li Kaifang, Li Kaifang is the big brother of their old brothers, and he has made great contributions and should be rewarded by His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, Division Commander Li has sent 5,000 soldiers with 3,000 Bengal and Burmese people to be recruited on the spot, and transport those captured precious and light ones back to Yunnan by land through northern Burma!" Fan Ruzeng then talked about the secret report he knew: "However, because there were too many tobacco and tea, there were tens of thousands, and they could not be transported back to the empire from the lofty mountains and mountains of Yunnan. If it is really impossible to get it, it will be transported to the area of Tannarsalyn and stored, and then sold to foreigners when there is an opportunity in the future. In addition, because of the need to hire people, recruit mercenaries and build the Tanah Sarin area, Division Commander Li directly allocated 1.3 million yuan from the seized wealth to temporarily retain. Also, except for the 5,000 foreign guns that were brought back to Yunnan by the 5,000 soldiers, Division Commander Li retained all the rest. Because he made the decision without authorization, he said that he was asking His Majesty for his guilt! Also, ask Your Majesty for the next action mission! After speaking, Fan Ruzeng looked at Feng Yunshan's face.

Feng Yunshan was not unhappy, on the contrary, he was happy to learn that Li Kaifang could have these ideas, as the so-called generals are outside, the king's order is not affected, Li Kaifang's decision is right, everything is in the interests of the empire, first hold the Danah Salin area, and finally occupy the Malay Peninsula, this is the fundamental.

"It's okay, Li Aiqing is outside, thousands of miles away, it's difficult to ask for instructions, you can dispose of it yourself." Feng Yunshan smiled, he didn't pay attention to it at all, he wasn't so stingy. As for the next step, it is natural to fully occupy the Malay Peninsula, but because he doesn't know the situation there, and now he can't pass on the news in time, he can only give a vague order: "Spread my order, Malay Governor Li Kaifang can recruit mercenaries on his own based on the current soldiers of the captive army, and expand the number of troops to 40,000." Based on the current Tanah sarin, we will make every effort to develop southward, and strive to control the entire Malay Peninsula as soon as possible. It is not necessary to directly attack Penang, Malacca and Singapore head-on, but to do so, in the event of a war between Britain and the Empire, they can quickly occupy the three places and cut off the supply of the Strait of Malacca. ”

As for how to do it, we can only give full play to the wisdom of Li Kaifang and those staff officers under him.

After assigning the task, Feng Yunshan breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

I don't know if my own arrangement can curb British aggression and colonization in East and Southeast Asia. No matter how strong the British naval fleet is, as long as Li Kaifang can occupy the Malay Peninsula and keep attacking Penang, Malacca and Singapore, he will get stuck in the supply base of the British fleet, and the rear will be unstable, and they will not be able to attack with confidence, at least this will prevent the British army from sending troops to the Far East on a large scale. As long as it lasts for a few years, according to the heritage and economic strength of China, coupled with the hard work of the 400 million people in China and their own vision beyond this era, the Chinese Empire will inevitably rise rapidly, and when the time comes, Britain will naturally not dare to provoke the empire again.

This is Feng Yunshan's plan. Even if you can't beat it, it will cost you!

At this time, Zuo Zongtang and Mao Qi, who had been listening next to them, were full of shock, and they didn't come back to their senses until now.

Zuo Zongtang sighed: "Your Majesty's plan, Weichen is convinced!" In this way, the occupation of the Malay Peninsula is equivalent to installing a strong lock, which locks the whole of the Pacific Ocean and becomes the territory of the empire. ”

Mao Qi also looked at Feng Yunshan with admiration, he didn't have a lot of contact with the emperor of this empire, but he knew that this emperor was very wise and had more vision than most people, but he never expected that this emperor's vision was so broad, he had already spanned the Chinese empire itself and several neighboring countries, but looked at the entire ocean, and even the global perspective.

Moltke couldn't help but reflect on himself, he had always thought about the army, never thought about what was going on on the ocean, let alone the navy. Of course, this is also the reason why the Prussian navy is not strong, there is only one "German Royal Fleet", and it is jointly owned by the German states, but Prussia is in charge. It seems that when he came to this distant Chinese Empire, in addition to the army, he had to help the emperor develop the navy, and, if he had the opportunity, he had to suggest that Prussia should also develop the navy as soon as possible.

However, Moltke had further thoughts about the emperor's arrangement, and he thought that even if the current naval fleet of the empire was very weak, it could make up for the lack of the navy through the army, so that the British powerful navy would be useless. However, strong artillery and army cover are also needed.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen remembered something, but he kept forgetting to mention it. Not far from the Strait of Malacca, there is a large island called Borneo. It is one of the largest islands in the world, larger than the island of Great Britain. At the western end of this island, there is a country established by the Chinese, called the Republic of Lanfang, which is very famous in the West, I don't know why His Majesty did not send people to appease it, if it can be annexed, the situation of the whole Nanyang will be greatly improved, and it will be connected with the Malay Peninsula, plus the now occupied Ninan Province, the whole Nanyang will become the inland sea of the Chinese Empire. However, this will require a rapid increase in the Empire's naval strength. Moltke was inspired by Feng Yunshan's maritime strategy and further proposed his maritime strategy.

Feng Yunshan was stunned. He patted his head, yes, how could he forget the famous Lanfang Republic in later generations. It's really dark under the lights. For the later Indonesia, the most important island is undoubtedly the island of Java, but the largest Borneo in terms of area has been neglected. I still want to rack my brains to occupy the Malay Peninsula, this Borneo and the Republic of Lanfang, isn't it just the fat meat sent to the mouth? By the way, Feng Yunshan remembered, if he really wanted to be more serious, this Lanfang Republic was still a vassal state of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Sulu State was also a vassal state of Huaxia, and he had a reason to take it back. Moreover, the reason why the Lanfang Republic can still survive until now is because it is claimed to be a vassal state of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which makes the Western powers have scruples. Because the place was barren and there were not many people, all of them were indigenous, so it did not attract the attention of the Western powers, and it was not until the great powers divided the colonies that the Netherlands took advantage of the outbreak of war between the Manchus and France to begin to arrange and invade the Republic of Lanfang.

It's just that I heard that although this Lanfang Republic is Chinese, it implements the Western legal system, conducts democratic elections and inherits the form of Zen concessions, and I don't know if I am willing to submit to my own emperor.