Chapter 169: Secretly Plotting!
"Do you know who Nguyen Phuc Anh is, he is a descendant of the clan of the Southern Dynasty of Annam, and now, with the help of a French missionary, Badoro, he signed the Franco-Vietnamese Treaty of Versailles with France, stipulating that France would send troops to aid Nguyen Phuc Anh, and obtain the port of Tuao Nang (Da Nang) and Kunlun Island in Vietnam.
However, the French did not fulfill their promise, but the missionary Bai Duolu recruited dozens of French instructors for the Southern Dynasty in France, and also raised a large number of ordnance, three years ago, Nguyen Phuc Anh waved his army to the north, regained a foothold in Jiading, and now he has occupied the entire territory of Jiading, Nguyen Phuc Anh appointed Western non-commissioned officers to train the army, build ships, cast guns, sharpen knives for the Northern Expedition, then Zheng Lianchang went, for it, it is indeed the icing on the cake, I am afraid that it will not be a year and a half, Ruan Phuc Anh, whose strength has increased greatly, will inevitably march north.
And although the Xishan Dynasty is strong, now it is also a civil strife, Ruan Wenyue, Ruan Wenhui, and Ruan Wenlu brothers have begun to kill each other in order to compete for territory, and they will eliminate each other's strengths......" Liang Pengfei said after a pause: "Sun Shiyi, the former governor of Liangguang, was ordered by the emperor to help Li Shaotong restore the Li Dynasty, but unfortunately the timing is not right. ”
Sun Shijie looked at Liang Pengfei blankly for a long time, and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead: "My lord, do you want to destroy Annan?" ”
"Nonsense, if you don't destroy him, are you still waiting for him to give birth?" Liang Pengfei rolled his eyes and said angrily. Sun Shijie is like a frog that has been suddenly pressed into the footwashing water, and his face is as ugly as it is: "But my lord, then Annan is a vassal state of the court, if you do this, it will be difficult not to leak, it will inevitably cause a sensation in the government and the opposition, and at that time, how will you deal with yourself?" ”
"Don't worry, Young Master Ben has his own clever plan, tomorrow, I will send someone to Yanjing to have a good chat with the king of Annan, Li Zhaotong, about the current situation of Annan, and when the time comes, as long as Li Zhaotong can cry to Qianlong in time, I am in a relationship, hehehe......" Liang Pengfei's smile was as obscene as a silver thief who had just climbed to the window of an eldest lady's boudoir to peek at the beautiful woman bathing inside.
Sun Shijie's face was speechless, he felt that it was too, this was simply whimsical, but the proprietor seemed to have some faint truth in what he said, the two tigers were fighting, if they intervened properly, both tigers would be injured, according to Qianlong's surname, maybe he would really agree, and raise troops again to discuss the rebellious ministers and thieves of these vassal states.
The proprietor, who has a despicable surname and is the best at taking advantage of the chaos, may be able to get promoted and make a fortune, or even ...... Thinking of this, Sun Shijie shook his head that was a little dizzy, if there was oxygen in this era, Sun Shijie would definitely go to the small clinic and inhale it for two hours.
"We'll see, but now we'll have to keep an eye on the present. The Green Flag Gang must be dealt with as soon as possible, and Lantau Island will be regarded as a dowry for me to marry Shi Xianggu and give them the Shi family. Liang Pengfei patted Sun Shijie on the shoulder, walked out of the hall leisurely with his hands in his hands, and went back to the house to take a nap.
Two days later, He Shen left Liangguang and headed north, and now the supreme authority of Liangguang was in the hands of Guo Shixun, the governor of Guangdong, who was acting as the governor of Liangguang.
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"Yesterday, Lord Guo was at the banquet, and you praised your virtuous son-in-law, hehehe." In the inner hall of the Liang Mansion, Pan Youdu sat at the wine table and smiled at Liang Pengfei, who was listening to him.
"Where, in fact, Master Guo treated me like this, not showing favor. First, it is because the son-in-law is very valued by the handsome Nafu, and secondly, through the case of the Guangzhou prefect, the son-in-law is very close to Na Heshen and the adult, so ......"
Liang Pengfei is very calm, although he and Guo Shixun are only half a level apart in official positions, but he came up on a rocket, not like Guo Shixun, an old man who has been in the officialdom for decades. Therefore, Liang Pengfei is still quite cautious.
Hearing Liang Pengfei's words, Pan Youdu bowed slightly, it seemed that his son-in-law was really calm enough, at least he was not carried away by the results in front of him.
Pan Youdu and Liang Yuanxia clinked glasses and drank them all, looking at Liang Pengfei's eyes full of love, yes, love.
Now, Pan Youdu can't help but feel extremely glad for his original decision, who would have thought that in less than a year, an ordinary maritime merchant born as a pirate would actually become a dignified third-class member of the court and a general with military power in the blink of an eye.
I was able to take a fancy to it at that time and make up my mind to form an alliance with the Liang family, which did seem a little absurd when I watched it, but now when I look back, I realize that sometimes, some things I did inadvertently, and the rewards I got were far beyond my expectations.
Now, it is less than a year since the change of the general business of the Thirteen Banks, and Cai Shiwen can now be described as anxious, almost everyone in Liangguang knows that this guy is not dealing with Pan Youdu, and he also knows that this general businessman has old grievances with Liang Pengfei, a well-known upstart in Liangguang, and now, his backer Guangzhou Governor Leng Geli and Guangdong Customs Supervisor Erdenbu have fallen one after another. Although it is reported that Erdenbu died of illness, the question is, this is Guangzhou, and the real cause of Erdenbu's death, how many people do not know? It's just a matter of the face of the court, although everyone knows it, but it is not widely circulated.
The Erdenbu family has been wiped out, and Cai Shiwen, who has lost his backer, does not know how much silver he spent in order to clear the relationship between himself and Erdenbu.
And now, Pan Youdu has become a general businessman, and Liang Pengfei has been notified to Liangguang when he was promoted to a general, in this case, Cai Shiwen's situation in all aspects is extremely difficult, even if it is his in-laws, Shi Zhonghe, who used to secretly deal with the Liang family's tobacco business, has now retreated.
That's not all, those former business partners began to ask Cai Shiwen to repay the debts he borrowed under the pretext of business turnover difficulties. Even Shi Zhonghe, who escaped from the battle, could not escape this fate. These people, aren't they rushing to show favor to Pan Youdu and Liang Pengfei?
Thinking of this, I saw my daughter Pan Bingjie beside me taking a sip of fruit wine in front of her, her beautiful eyes swept over Liang Pengfei who was sitting opposite from time to time, and she avoided the guy's burning gaze, and Liang Pengfei's stupid and straightforward appearance made the corners of Pan Youdu's mouth slightly curved, and he still couldn't help but feel a trace of pride and happiness, if it weren't for the old pervert who took a fancy to his daughter, if it weren't for Liang Pengfei at that time Liang Pengfei had gradually shown his potential, maybe he was really hard to say, Will this promising young man become his son-in-law?
"Now that he is a member of the three grades of the court, how does it feel?" Pan Youdu still couldn't help but ask.
"What difference can it be, it's not the same with troops, it's just that I brought more than a thousand people at the beginning, and now there are two or three thousand people under my hands." Liang Pengfei, who was eating vegetables, heard Pan Youdu's question, raised his head and smiled.
Hearing Liang Pengfei's answer, Pan Youdu couldn't help but be dumbfounded, shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that you think so in the world." ”
"This kid, I don't know how this head grows, he has no heart and lungs all day long, it's like this when he's a garrison, and it's still like this when he's a general." Liang Yuanxia said angrily, but looking at Liang Pengfei's expression, there was only half a point of anger, only a strong family affection and spoiling.
"This is in response to an old saying, honor and disgrace are not shocked, hahaha...... Come, let's get back on with it. Pan Youdu laughed loudly, and drank the wine in the cup with Liang Yuanxia.
Nowadays, the cigarette business of the two joint ventures can be described as smooth sailing, and has been sold as far as the two Zhejiang regions, and even merchants as far away as Shaanxi have come here to buy goods, and the two British merchants will buy a large number of cigarettes every month and sell them to the European colonies in Asia. Today, the income of the cigarette business has accounted for one-third of Pan Youdu's trade income with the bank, and it can be imagined how huge the income from cigarettes is.
Just two days ago, after the two families agreed, they each sent a group of capable people to Yanjing, preparing to open a sales department there to prepare for the construction of a factory in the north in the future.
After all, now that Liang Pengfei has climbed the road of Heshen, there must be a place to settle in the north, and some cronies can do something at any time. Opening a sales department is just a two-pinch move.
At this time, Pan Youdu's wife chatted with Ye's and decided to go for a walk in the back garden to continue, there are always endless topics to talk about between women, but Pan Bingjie did not leave, but stayed, and the two ladies left the banquet with understanding, leaving Pan Bingjie, who had a blushing face, to sit beside Pan Youdu.
"Are you leaving Guangzhou tomorrow morning?" Seeing that Pan Youdu and Liang Yuanxia were drinking red-faced, and couldn't take care of this, Pan Bingjie turned sideways a little nervously, quietly moved to the side, lowered her voice, and asked Liang Pengfei in a low voice.
"Well, I'll have to leave early tomorrow morning." Liang Pengfei looked at Pan Bingjie's curvaceous side, as well as the eyes that always carried a hint of shame, and the pretty and budding cheeks, which made him feel as if he had returned to the first love of his youth.
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"Are your injuries all healed?" Pan Bingjie's eyes fell on Liang Pengfei's burly shoulders, she still clearly remembered the scene that night, and she even remembered the suffocating feeling of the person in front of her, when she hugged herself, as well as the unique smell of sweat on the man's body, and ...... made her feel soft and hot, and when she thought of this, Pan Bingjie's cheeks became hotter and hotter.
How did Liang Pengfei know that Pan Bingjie would think so much in just a moment, at this moment, he was looking greedily and covertly at the lovely man in front of him, and Pan Bingjie's expression could not escape his vicious eyes at all. "This girl shouldn't be thinking about the scene when the two of us enter the cave room later, right?" Seeing Pan Bingjie's suddenly blushing pretty face, Liang Pengfei, a hooligan, thought so.
"Of course, you can do anything." Liang Pengfei specially puffed out his chest muscles, signaling that his body was built and mastered, and it definitely belonged to the strong silver of the level of humanoid self-propelled sowing artillery.
"Bragging, the gauze is still wrapped." Pan Bingjie is almost accustomed to Liang Pengfei's exaggerated behavior, but she still can't help but want to mess with this guy, maybe to hide the shame in her heart.
"It's not that my mother has to let me wrap it, there is only such a small wound left, and I have to wrap it, saying that I am afraid that the injury will recur if it gets wet." Liang Pengfei collapsed his shoulders a little dejected, he was not afraid of the sky, the earth, and his father was not afraid, he was afraid of his mother's words.
Seeing Liang Pengfei's expression, Pan Bingjie couldn't help but smile gracefully: "Mother-in-law is not for your good." ”
"Mother-in-law......" Liang Pengfei heard Pan Bingjie's soft voice call out this title, and couldn't help but feel his heart flutter, and his eyes fell on Pan Bingjie's face. This Lori, who turned fifteen years old a month ago, will become her own woman in the future, and today, Liang Pengfei is the first time to hear Pan Bingjie call her mother-in-law by her mother-in-law, well, unlike Liang Pengfei, a thick-skinned and solid-faced character, Pan Bingjie is a little girl who has not left the cabinet after all, and her face is tender, which is normal.
"I really want to go see Sister Shi." Pan Bingjie hurriedly changed the topic, because she felt that Liang Pengfei's scorching and hot eyes were staying on her body like this, and she was afraid that she would really not be able to sit still.
On the second day after Liang Pengfei was shot, Liang Pengfei trayed the story of Shi Xianggu one by one, and heard Pan Bingjie's tears ripple from that day on.
"Don't worry, if you have time, I will definitely fulfill your wishes." Liang Pengfei said with a dry smile, to be honest, he also wanted to see Shi Xianggu tight, but because the affairs of Guangzhou were not completed, he had to continue to be patient.
"Really?" Pan Bingjie looked back and smiled at Liang Pengfei, I don't know why, Liang Pengfei felt that Pan Bingjie's smile was like a coquettish vixen at the moment. Before he could react, he saw Pan Bingjie leaning into her father Pan Youdu's ear and whispering something, the movements were elegant and stretched, like a perfect swan, Pan Youdu first glanced at his daughter in surprise, and then glanced at Liang Pengfei, that kind of look made Liang Pengfei's heart hairy.
At this time, Pan Youdu next to him cleared his throat: "Virtuous son-in-law, you are going back to Xin'an." ”
Liang Pengfei didn't expect Pan Youdu to ask such non-nutritious nonsense. "Ah, yes, I'll leave tomorrow."
"That, the injury on your shoulder isn't healed yet, your mother just said it." Pan Youdu glanced at his daughter again, he couldn't imagine that his daughter, who had always liked to bury her head in the crook of her arm, now had such courage, he really didn't know whether to be happy for his daughter or lament for himself.
"Well, that, yes, my mother doesn't think it's okay for her, but it's almost there." Liang Pengfei mentioned that Pan Youdu mentioned his mother, and he couldn't figure out what Pan Youdu was thinking, so he had to admit it like this.
"Well, yes, it's almost, but it's not over after all, the barracks are full of a group of rough guys, in case the time comes to change your dressing, it's really inappropriate to make that wound come out again, so let's do it, Bingjie, didn't you keep saying that you want to go out for a walk and see the sea view?" Pan Youdu is serious and authentic.
Pan Bingjie's cheeks suddenly turned red again, but the little girl still nodded very hard.
"In this case, I will let you go to Xin'an with Pengfei, first, these days, you are already familiar with changing the medicine for Pengfei, and when you arrive in Xin'an, you can save those rough people from having any accidents, and second, you go with Pengfei, and Daddy's heart is much more relieved."
"Huh?!" Liang Pengfei grinned loudly, grinning exaggeratedly, his eyes moved between Pan Youdu and Pan Bingjie, of course he would not welcome Pan Bingjie to Xin'an with him, there, Liang Pengfei can also cultivate his relationship with this stunning little Lori by the way, get along with a lonely man and widow, maybe he can also train this cute little Lori who will become his wife in the future...... It's just that happiness came a little suddenly, which made Liang Pengfei a little confused.
"Isn't this sending sheep into the tiger's mouth?" Liang Pengfei, a hooligan, thought of it subconsciously, although his face still looked very upright and gentlemanly.
"I mean to let the little girl go to Xin'an with you, don't worry, I still know that there are no female dependents in the barracks, just let her live in Xin'an County." Pan Youdu saw Liang Pengfei's expression, gritted his teeth, and wanted to pick up the soles of his shoes and jerk at this guy, but he still had to keep a smile on his face.
Also, when the father handed over his daughter who had been raised with great difficulty to other people with the same surname, I am afraid that there will be Pan Youdu's evil fire.
Liang Pengfei looked at Pan Bingjie, whose head was almost buried in the crook of Pan Youdu's arm, and said with a righteous face: "What my father-in-law said is true, but I am worried that Bingjie will not adapt to Xin'an's life." ”
"You can rest assured of this, when the time comes, I will send some people to follow her, in short, it is my daughter, food, clothing, housing and transportation, I can't wronged her." Pan Youdu glanced at Liang Pengfei with a warning look, lowered his head, looked at his daughter lovingly, and whispered.
"That's for sure, father-in-law, don't worry, the son-in-law will definitely not let Bingjie be wronged." Liang Pengfei patted his chest and made a guarantee, and next to him, Liang Yuanxia glared at his son viciously, and that look seemed to warn this kid, don't get pregnant out of wedlock when the time comes, be careful Lao Tzu, I will break your dog's leg!
Liang Pengfei turned a blind eye, anyway, this kid knew that he was really going to get to that point, and after several generations of the old Liang family had been passed down in a row, his father was afraid that it was too late to be crazy, so how could he blame himself.
"When the time comes, you can also let my daughter meet Miss Shi, after all, the two sisters will be together after all." After Pan Youdu paused, he raised his eyes and said to Liang Pengfei.
"Father-in-law, don't worry, the son-in-law knows what to do." How could Liang Pengfei not understand the mood of Pan's father and daughter at this moment, but it was okay to let them meet earlier, and he would be at ease earlier.
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(To be continued)