Chapter 111: The Li Family
The main population of Cannes is Chinese, about 200,000, all of whom migrated from the Central Plains in the past. Some are descendants of the Great Song Dynasty, some are descendants of the Ming Dynasty, and some are unable to live in the Qing Dynasty and travel thousands of miles to Nanyang to make a living.
The news that the Huaxia Kingdom, which was composed of the descendants of the Ming Dynasty, was attacking the city of Cannes spread like a plague throughout the city, and the Chinese were very happy to know it, but the Dutch and foreign merchants from other countries were worried. Now that the city of Cannes has been occupied by the Chinese army, they do not know what the Chinese army will do with them.
After the 024th Regiment and the 028th Regiment rushed into the city, they quickly controlled the streets of the whole city, with three steps and one sentry, four steps and one post, and they were very tightly guarded.
Zhao Guangxing led the rest of the troops into the city quickly, and the two regiments poured into the city like a tide.
"Quickly drive all the Dutch, natives, and other Westerners out of the city, and separate them and keep them locked up!" Zhao Guangxing ordered.
"Master Zhao, we have just entered the city, and we are very unfamiliar with the city of Cannes, and we must be assisted by local Chinese to complete this huge work." Deputy division commander Wang Guangsheng suggested.
"Yes, immediately find some Chinese with heads and faces, especially the patriarchs of the Dongfang family and the Li family, and ask them to help complete this work together."
Before the siege, Zhao Guangxing and Wang Guangsheng both received orders to treat the Chinese in Cannes well, and knew that there were two families in Cannes, one was the Dongfang family and the other was the Li family. The Dongfang family moved to Nanyang in order to escape the war during the Great Song Dynasty, and later moved to the island of Papua again.
The Li family is the descendants of Li Liang, a famous general who resisted the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty later defeated the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the entire Li family was also preserved and reproduced.
The development of the Oriental family has a population of more than 60,000 people, and the Li family has about 100,000 people, and the shrewd patriarch of the Li family divides the migrated clansmen into many surnames, and usually rarely interacts, and people who don't know still think that they have nothing to do with these surnames, and the shrewd patriarch's actions have also successfully deceived the later colonial Dutch.
The two families were mainly engaged in business, transporting goods from the South Seas to Southeast Asia, the Qing Dynasty and other places for sale, and then transporting the specialties or gems of the South Seas to the South Seas for sale. The Qing Dynasty was rich in tea and silk, and the two families exported the tea and silk of the Qing Dynasty to Europe.
However, the Dutch colonists were not so easy to fool, and the two families only constantly bribed the division commander of Cannes, Van Gandev, to rank the Dutch governor in Nanyang, Van der Lahm.
The two families are serious businessmen on the surface, but secretly they have their own weapons, and the Li family's armed forces have reached more than 5,000 people, all of whom are strong in martial arts and have superb skills.
In the living room of a courtyard house that looks very ordinary, there is a man in his 40s, with his hair tied and dressed in a Han robe, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, his eyes exude fine light, his body is strong, and he is about 1.80 meters tall, this man is Li Biao, the patriarch of the Li family.
Li Biao received a report from his clansmen, saying that the Huaxia army had entered the city, with tens of thousands of people and a huge navy and warships.
To say that the most powerful Chinese in Nanyang belong to the Daming Village Pirate Group and the Li family, all the members of Daming Village are the descendants of the internal guards around the Ming Emperor, and they are very skilled. Their big boss Han Sihai has a good relationship with himself, and most of the goods looted by the pirates in Daming Village are still transported to various places for sale through his family's trading merchant ships.
Now a Huaxia Kingdom has suddenly appeared, and it is said that their leader is surnamed Sun, who is also a descendant of the Ming people back then. Descendants of the Ming people with the surname Sun? Li Biao couldn't help but think of the two Ming spines of Sun Chengzong and Sun Chuanting, who were famous in history, could it be that Sun Hao was the descendant of these two generals?
"Second brother, you take a few disciples to take a look, and come back to report as soon as you find out the situation!" Li Biao said to a very strong man beside him.
"Yes! Patriarch! "This man is Li Biao's brother, called Li Laoer.
Just as Li Lao Er was being investigated for the situation, a sharp knock sounded outside the door.
After Li Lao Er heard the knock on the door, it was worth looking at Li Biao.
"Let the disciples be on guard, and then open the door!" Li Biao said without fear.
Soon, the gate opened, and outside the door was really the commander of the 14th Division, Zhao Guangxing, the deputy division commander Wang Guangsheng, and the guard company of the 14th Division.
Li Biao saw two men in colorful costumes standing at the door, with iron hats on their heads, and behind them stood dozens of fierce soldiers who were armed to the teeth.
"Li Biao of the Xia Li family, I don't know who the two are?" Li Biao took a step forward and asked.
Zhao Guangxing didn't expect that this man was Li Biao, the patriarch of the Li family, and it seemed that he was lucky, and he didn't have to spend a lot of effort to find it.
"Hello Patriarch Li, the commander of this division is Zhao Guangxing, the commander of the 14th Division of Huaxia Kingdom, I took the liberty to visit, and I ask Patriarch Li to forgive me!" Zhao Guangxing said with his hands clenched into fists.
Hearing that the other party was a division commander, Li Biao was puzzled, if Huaxia was a descendant of the Ming Dynasty, why did the army follow the Westerners? The soldier's outfit brought by this division commander Li is also very strange, and the equipment is even more unheard of.
"It turned out that Master Li was here, I don't know what Master Li is looking for Li?" Li Biao asked with a smile.
"Patriarch Li, the commander of this division is ordered by Commander-in-Chief Sun to treat all the Chinese in Cannes well, but the Chinese in the city must cooperate with our Huaxia Army to clean up the Westerners and natives in the city, and I hope that Patriarch Li will stand up and set an example."
Zhao Guangxing knew that the Li family was the largest family in Cannes and the largest family of the Chinese in Nanyang, if the Li family stood up to support Sun Hao, then it would be much easier for other Chinese.
After Li Biao heard Zhao Guangxing's tone, he felt a little unhappy, saying that he was kind to all the Chinese in the city, but he couldn't hear the slightest politeness from Zhao Guangxing's mouth. But the Chinese-ruled city of Cannes is definitely better than the Dutch-ruled Cannes, right? They can't be like the Dutch who don't treat the Chinese as human beings, right?
As for resistance, Li Biao didn't have the guts, tens of thousands of well-equipped regular troops, his Li family would definitely not be able to defeat the other party, and he would never be able to bury the fate of his entire family.
Although he was very unhappy, Li Biao didn't dare to get angry, so he had to say with a smile: "Master Zhao, please rest assured, the Dutch devils have bullied me Chinese for many years, and now it's time to liquidate it." "Second brother, immediately gather three thousand disciples to assist Master Zhao in cleaning up the Westerners in the city."
"Yes!"
"Thank you Patriarch Li for understanding the righteousness, Commander-in-Chief Sun let the division commander take the words, he knows that Patriarch Li is the famous anti-Qing general General Li Liang Li Later, as long as Patriarch Li will judge the situation and cooperate with our troops, Huaxia Kingdom will definitely not treat the Li family badly."
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