Ye Shanglin nodded, looked at Liang Pengfei and said in a deep voice: "It is indeed related to your old Liang family, but your mother said that now the affairs of the old Liang family, you can call the shots, you must also know, I ...... with your father" Speaking of this, Ye Shanglin coughed twice in embarrassment.

Liang Pengfei couldn't help laughing: "Uncle, do you still think that our old Liang family has damaged your Ye family's style?" ”

"It's not, it's just ......" Ye Shanglin really didn't know how to answer Liang Pengfei's question for a while, after all, although Liang Pengfei in front of him was his nephew, he was also Liang Yuanxia's son, and the contradiction between himself and Liang Yuanxia would not be able to be explained clearly for a while.

Seeing Ye Shanglin's embarrassed face, Liang Pengfei had no interest in asking, and changed the topic: "Uncle, you can say it, whether you can be the master or not depends on what the matter is." ”

Ye Shanglin breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression still looked very embarrassed: "Uncle is also afraid that this matter will be very involved, but Luo Fangbo has begged again and again, besides, now Pengfei is not only a celebrity in front of Nafu Dashuai, but also has the land of the central Luzon Islands, and has a lot of contacts with those Yi people, so I want to discuss with you......

In fact, things are not complicated, Liang Pengfei's reputation is in Liangguang, and everyone only regards him as a famous person from a pirate family with outstanding achievements and a very good taste in front of Fu Dashuai, in addition, other things about the Liang family have not spread in China.

But Nanyang is different, the land of Nanyang, those Chinese countries, originally many of them were pirates, the old Liang family has been pirates for generations, naturally it is indispensable to deal with them, and the old Liang family is naturally very clear, and this time, the old Liang family's King Crab Island is powerful, killing the Xiyi pirates without leaving a piece of armor, and even capturing so many Xiyi pirates, if they don't hear some news from the Chinese in Nanyang, unless they are all deaf people whose ears are stuffed with earwax.

Moreover, after this battle, the old Liang family actually dared to go to the door and almost occupied the old nest of the Spanish tooth, Luzon, and then those things that Spain had to pay compensation for their own land Although the old Liang family and the Spanish governor were very low-key, however, how could there be a wall under the sky that did not leak, or it entered the ears of many people, among them, the Republic of Lanfang, which was established on Borneo adjacent to the Luzon Islands, naturally heard a lot of news.

And that Luo Fangbo's unfairness is the general system of the Lanfang Republic, and it happens to be Ye Shanglin's close friend, so naturally he heard Ye Shanglin say that his sister-in-law married Liang Yuanxia of the old Liang family.

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However, he really never imagined that the old Liang family would have such strength, not only to clean up the Xiyi pirates who crisscrossed the Nanyang, but even to the colonial governors who beat Xiyi to cry and shout for land reparations.

And in the past two years, Luo Fangbo, the general system of the Lanfang Republic, has really not had a good time, because of another Western colonial country around him: the Netherlands.

Although now, the Netherlands is no longer majestic among European countries and has declined among colonial countries, but even if it declines again, compared to the Republic of Nalanfang, a small local power group that is like a company more than a country, it is still an incomparable existence.

Before the establishment of the Republic of Lanfang, the Netherlands already had cities and ports on Borneo, but the Dutch power in Borneo was suppressed by the British, and their living space had shrunk to the central part of Borneo, and the north had almost become a British-controlled area.

The confrontation between Westerners did not affect the Republic of Phuong Lan at first, but the relationship between the Chinese and the aborigines and the Xiyi people, especially the Westerners, wanted to turn all the islands in the South Seas into their colonies, and the small states established by the Chinese here occupied pieces of territory, which made these Westerners very uncomfortable.

There were also frequent conflicts between the two sides, whether in trade or territorial, and although the Chinese were able to form a group in the foreign world, and had good strength in the South Seas, they were still defeated against the colonial armies of those European countries.

The Dutch were ostracized by the British, and their sphere of influence was shrinking on Borneo, which was uncomfortable, but the British could not afford to offend, at least the lessons of history had taught the Dutch that they were not capable of it.

Although there is no way to compete with the British for territory, it doesn't mean that they dare not compete with the Chinese? As a result, the Dutch began to turn their greedy gaze to the Republic of Lanfang, the largest Chinese group in Borneo.

The Republic of Lanfang is located in the western part of the Baltic Island, where there are not only a large number of local aborigines, rich in products, but also a point, there are rich gold mines, the Republic of Lanfang can be established, in addition to the Chinese more united factors, the wealth brought by the gold trade is also the fundamental reason why the Chinese are unwilling to leave here to unite to fight against the Western colonizers.

And as the so-called success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He, the prosperity of the Lanfang Republic comes from the rich gold mines in the local area, and it is precisely because of this that the surrounding Western colonists are eyeing them.

Because Luo Fangbo learned that the Europeans were still very scruple about the Qing Dynasty at this time, he immediately declared himself a vassal to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the country and sent people to Yanjing to pay tribute. This did make the European colonizers very suspicious, so that they did not dare to blatantly harass and annex the local area, but small frictions still occurred from time to time.

And those Western pirates often plundered the Republic of Lanfang, although now, there are a lot fewer pirates in the South Seas than before, but the profession of pirates will never lack manpower, and if they leave, they will naturally come again, and there is also a point, and even some pirates and bandits are those European colonists.

Since they can't openly annex and occupy the Republic of Lanfang, then they secretly pretend to be pirates to plunder, even if the Republic of Lanfang knows that it is these European colonists, but they can only suffer such a loss.

The perennial war has made the Lanfang Republic discover a problem, that is, the equipment and personnel training on its side are not at the same level as those European colonists.

The entire Lanfang Republic, although it claims to have hundreds of thousands of people, but the available soldiers, but only thousands, and among them, most of them are outlaws recruited from the mainland, these are capable of fighting separately, but sometimes it is difficult to obey, and then there is because the Qing Dynasty has extremely strict control over weapons, especially firearms and gunpowder.

And as for those Western colonizers who are eyeing the Republic of Lanfang, how will they sell it to them? Therefore, the Republic of Lanfang can only smuggle firearms and gunpowder through trade with smugglers on the mainland.

However, the amount of smuggling is difficult to guarantee, resulting in the lack of equipment of the Lanfang Republic, almost relying on human lives to fill every time, heavy casualties, post-war pensions, lack of ammunition and various supplies, so that Luo Fangbo, the general system of the Lanfang Republic, is worried. Therefore, when Luo Fangbo heard about the old Liang family's affairs in Nanyang, he began to think about it.

“…… What do they need? After Liang Pengfei heard Ye Shanglin's detailed explanation, he already understood the situation of the Lanfang Republic, for him, there was really no shortage of gunpowder, ordnance, and even artillery and warships, but Liang Pengfei had other plans in his heart.

"Then it depends on what Pengfei can provide them." Ye Shanglin said with a smile, seeing that Liang Pengfei did not have any overreaction, Ye Shanglin's heart secretly breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, this kind of thing, let him beg Liang Yuanxia, I am afraid that it is impossible in this life. And Liang Pengfei is different, anyway, in Ye Shanglin's heart, although Liang Pengfei is the son of Liang Yuanxia, after all, half of the Ye family's blood flows in his body, so he feels that finding Liang Pengfei in this matter makes him feel at ease.

"Then it's up to them to give me something in return." Liang Pengfei picked the thick eyebrows that looked like two knives with curvature, and smiled, at this moment he smiled like a businessman.

"You say." Ye Shanglin saw Liang Pengfei's expression, and couldn't help but shake his head and smiled.

Liang Pengfei sipped the tea cup in his hand one by one, his eyes narrowed, as if he was tasting the taste of this fragrant tea, but Ye Shanglin, who was sitting next to him, did have an indescribable feeling, at this moment, Liang Pengfei no longer looked like the little nephew who seemed to never be in shape in front of him, and had a hippie smiling face all day long, but a high-ranking person who held a lot of power and commanded tens of millions of male soldiers, with traces of inadvertent wrinkles from thick eyebrows, and an indifferent and almost indifferent expression on his face, revealing a sense of slaughter and majesty.

Even Ye Shanglin, who was dealing with high-ranking and powerful people, couldn't help but move his body a little uncomfortable, and covered up his gaffe by sipping tea.

"I can provide 300 combat knives, 70 short firearms, and 3,000 catties of gunpowder......" When Liang Pengfei just said this number, Ye Shanglin couldn't help but look dark, but Liang Pengfei continued: "This refers to the amount of baseline I can provide to you every month. ”

"You mean that every month?!" Ye Shanglin was quite surprised, it didn't seem to be much, but this only refers to his monthly weight, that is to say, in a year, there are 3,600 combat knives, more than 800 muskets, and 36,000 catties of gunpowder, which is not a small amount, which is definitely good news for the Lanfang Republic, which is currently lacking in materials and relies on smuggling to purchase ammunition and materials, and it is not small.

After seeing Liang Pengfei nodding, Ye Shanglin was overjoyed: "Okay, since that's the case, my uncle won't make it difficult for you, and I can ...... the price of all materials."

Liang Pengfei raised his finger: "However, I have one condition." ”

Ye Shanglin, who was interrupted by Liang Pengfei, couldn't help but be stunned: "What conditions?" ”

"I want to see Luo Fangbo, and everything I promised cannot be fulfilled before I see him." Liang Pengfei said with a smile, his knife-like eyebrows raised.

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"It can't be." Ye Shang Lin Yunse said: "Pengfei, it's not that I don't promise you, then Luo Fangbo is the general system of a country, how can he leave the country lightly, besides, the attitude of the court towards them is not very ......"

"Hehe, uncle, are you still afraid that I won't be able to hand him over to the court? If that's the case, how can I, who am a nephew, face my relatives? Liang Pengfei glanced at Ye Shanglin deeply: "Uncle, if it weren't for Luo Fangbo coming in person, would you be able to pull your face down to find my nephew?" I'm your nephew, and how can I not know your surname? ”

Under Liang Pengfei's eyes that seemed to be able to perceive people's hearts, Ye Shanglin felt that in front of Liang Pengfei, it seemed that any disguise was superfluous, so he had to shake his head with a wry smile: "You kid, you are a ghost with a belly, my uncle really underestimates you, in fact, my uncle didn't want to hide this from you, but Luo Fangbo didn't want people to know that he was here, so he repeatedly warned me." Since you said so, then the uncle will go again and let Luo Fangbo come over to discuss with you, what do you think? ”

"Thank you, uncle, for making it perfect." Liang Pengfei said with a smile. Ye Shanglin didn't talk nonsense, and under the guidance of his subordinates, he left the Liang Mansion and went back to the mansion to pick up people.

By the time Ye Shanglin led Luo Fangbo to the Liang Mansion, it was already night.

"Luo Fangbo has seen Lord Liang." Luo Fangbo, who had white hair and dark skin, and a tough body, saw Liang Pengfei who was facing in front of the hall, and did not dare to slack off, so he stepped forward to salute Liang Pengfei. Although he can be regarded as the lord of a country in the Lanfang Republic, in the eyes of the court, he is still just a small common man, besides, Liang Pengfei is a celebrity under Fukangan, the governor of Liangguang, and he is still the eldest young master of the old Liang family who is now the master of the Nanyang, and he has asked for him, how can he not be respectful.

"You don't have to be like this, please hurry up, you and my uncle are best friends, and Peng Fei is a junior, how can you be so gifted." Liang Pengfei stretched out his hand to support Luo Fangbo and said. Take advantage of the situation and invite Luo Fangbo and Ye Shanglin to sit in the hall.

"In that case, the old man will entrust you to call you a nephew." After Luo Fangbo made a fuss, he stopped talking nonsense, and directly asked Liang Pengfei about the monthly sale of equipment and materials with the Lanfang Republic that he had just talked to Ye Shanglin.

"I have already told my uncle that I will provide you with a certain amount of weapons and materials every month, and if you need it, Uncle Luo, I can even provide you with some artillery."

Liang Pengfei's words made Luo Fangbo shocked, and he couldn't even drink the tea he served: "Can my nephew really provide artillery and my Lanfang?" "Artillery, Luo Fangbo naturally knows the important surname of artillery, especially for an emerging country like the Republic of Lanfang, what is most lacking is weapons and equipment, and artillery is the top priority.

This news really made Luo Fangbo feel that it was an unexpected surprise, and Ye Shanglin next to him couldn't help but be stunned.

After getting Liang Pengfei's confirmation, Luo Fangbo was a little uncontrollable, because he didn't understand, why did Liang Pengfei be so enthusiastic about the Lanfang Republic?

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(To be continued)