"Jason, dear Jason, what are you thinking? Isn't it the pair of Luo family sisters? ”

Mrs. Duran's pink face leaned over and looked at Zhu Jishi with a smile. Zhu Jishi woke up from his thoughts at this time, and found that the coffee he was holding in his hand had already been cold, and he hadn't drunk a sip, and he didn't know how long he had been wandering in his study.

And what he was thinking about just now is really related to the Luo family sisters, but it is not how to receive the two beauties into the room, but how to save the beauty heroically. Well, it sounds like the same thing, heroes never save beauty in vain, they all save beauty directly to their own bed.

However, this time, it is very difficult for our Sir Zhu to complete the righteous act of saving the United States and establish prestige among the Nanyang Chinese by the way. Because at the banquet just now, Mr. Ye Tenghui, the representative of the Liu family of Lanfang, put forward the request of "asking foreign soldiers to help" on the spot!

The old gentleman said: "Now that the Sultan of Wanna has the help of the Dutch people, and unites with Brunei, Chen Bingxin is to the east, with tens of thousands of people, and his strength is difficult to bear, and he also asks Sir Zhu to borrow hundreds of foreign soldiers from the Governor of England, Bonham, to solve the danger of Lanfang!" Great kindness, Lan Fang has no teeth and never forgets! ”

As soon as Mr. Ye's words were finished, the Luo family sisters bowed again, and said that they would repay Sir Zhu's great kindness when they came to the future......

It's a nice thing to say, but it's not easy to do. Zhu Jishi now has money and guns, but there is no one! Moreover, Lan Fang's gang of underworld elements also named foreign soldiers! Difficulty: Foreigners' soldiers will definitely be able to fight? This is also flattering, right?

The two sisters of the Luo family really gave themselves a problem! Zhu Jishi didn't dare to promise on the spot, and only said that he would give an answer in the future. But the coming day is fast approaching, what is this answer?

Zhu Jishi stretched out his hand and pinched Mrs. Duran's face, and said with a wry smile: "Roman, it's better for you to never give me problems." ”

"Puzzle?" Mrs. Roman put a cup of freshly brewed haode coffee in front of Zhu Jishi, and then put her fat buttocks on Sir Zhu's lap, and said with a smile, "Is it to make it difficult to borrow the matter of foreign soldiers?" ”

"But it's not, I don't have a foreign soldier in my hand, even a native soldier!" Zhu Jishi sighed.

"Is the Sultan of Wanna's native soldiers very powerful? Lanfang can't deal with it? Do you have to come out with foreign soldiers? Mrs. Duran was a little puzzled.

"Where!" Zhu Jishi smiled coldly, "How powerful would a sultan of a Borneo princely state be?" With the musket cannon I provided, Lanfang Company will not be able to beat it? These people in Lanfang are testing my depths with this! ”

Mrs. Duran frowned, "But we have to put so much thought into Lanfang Company?" Wouldn't it be possible to do without them? ”

Zhu Jishi shook his head and said nothing. Just then, there was a knock on the door of the study.

"Jason, it's me, Robert."

Pushing the door in were Qiu Fat Man and Will. Hemming, they had just visited Bonham, the governor of the Straits Settlements, to test the matter of borrowing troops.

"Please come in, please come in." Zhu Jishi patted Mrs. Duran on the back, "Roman, make two cups of coffee and some pastries, Robert must be hungry again." ”

Qiu Fatzi smiled and pulled a chair and sat down. "Jason still knows me, Roman, go get me some Chinese dim sum."

"Haode, I'll go." Madame Duran left the study with a gust of wind, and closed the door with her.

"How?" Zhu Jishi looked at Churchill.

The fat man shrugged, "Britain can't send troops, and of course, Sir Bonham also promised that the Netherlands would not send troops directly." ”

Will. Hemming also said: "Sir Bonham also said that the Sultan of the princely state of Borneo is very weak and it is not difficult to defeat. ”

Zhu Jishi smiled bitterly, spread his hands, and said: "Wanna Sultan's soldiers are weak, but I don't have a single soldier!" ”

Qiu Fat shook his fat hand and said, "Jason, you don't have a soldier, you now have five French veterans, and Will and I will also help you." ”

"Well, I have seven soldiers," Zhu Jishi smiled bitterly, "That's a lot." ”

"You can hire again!" Will. Heming looked at Zhu Jishi seriously, "I'm serious! On the way back, I discussed with Robert, those Chinese in Lanfang proposed to ask for foreign soldiers, and did not make a decision to ask for British troops, so as long as four or five hundred Westerners can be recruited to make up half a regiment, they can meet their requirements! ”

Recruit four or five hundred Westerners? Zhu Jishi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Qiu Fatzi and Hai Ming with burning eyes, and said, "Can you hire so much?" ”

Robert. Churchill nodded affirmatively, "Yes, it's a matter of price!" The fat man folded his fingers and calculated, "The annual salary of British sailors is now about 18 pounds, and if you are willing to pay a higher salary, you can poach them from the ship." I estimate an annual salary of £25, and you can hire someone by paying a deposit of £10 upfront, and the gunner may be £30 with £15 upfront. I did the math, and it would cost about £5,100 to hire 500 people. In addition, it is necessary to pay for the food of 500 people, buy a batch of old military uniforms, tents, blankets, military boots, dozens of horses, a few carriages, and a maximum of 5,000 pounds. As for weapons and ammunition, we have on board, cannons can be converted with 9-pounder guns on sailboats, 3 are enough. ”

"But Sir Bonham can agree to me hiring an army in Singapore?" Zhu Jishi looked at Churchill suspiciously.

"This ...... You can hire so many adventurers from Europe in Singapore, Sir Bonham wouldn't mind hiring some of them. "Robert. Churchill said, "Of course you can't give them guns in Singapore, they are ordinary employees of the Bank if they are not armed, so that they will not have to deal with Sir Bonham, I promise (Zhu Jishi guesses that this idea was told by Bonham to the fat man)." In fact, someone did it a few years ago, King James of Sarawak. It was in Singapore that Brooke hired more than 100 Westerners to form an army to help the Sultan of Brunei put down the rebellion and seize Kuching as king. ”

Zhu Jishi clapped his hands and got up, "Robert, Will, just do what you say, I will give you 12,000 pounds, and I will have an army of 500 men in a month. Peel, Henry. Reye, Joseph. Daerlon, Louis. Mercer, Henry. The 5 of them are responsible for training them, and let me see the skills of these 5 Frenchmen! ”

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At noon the next day, Zhu Jishi set up a banquet in the restaurant on the second floor of Jishixing, banqueted the representatives of Lanfang Company and Heshun Company, and announced in public that he would lead 500 foreign soldiers to West Borneo in one month. As soon as the news came out, everyone's interest immediately rose, and their eyebrows danced and their expressions turned wildly. Some people were still whispering, all discussing the future of the Grand Duchy of Lanfang.

Zheng Hong of Heshun Company suddenly slapped the table, and arched his hand at Zhu Jishi: "Lord Zhu, you have solved the crisis of our Chinese company by sending troops to Borneo this time, I think this Lanfang Grand Duke might as well come to you in the future!" We have nothing to say with Shun company! ”

As soon as these words came out, the restaurant suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes were on Zhu Jishi. Zhu Jishi also looked around the audience and took in everyone's expressions, everyone in Lanfang Company, only Luo Xiangju was happy, and wanted to get up and speak, but was pulled by her sister Luo Xiangmei, while Luo Xiangmei looked at Zhu Jishi's eyes and shook her head slightly.

Zhu Jishi smiled, stood up and arched his hand at Zheng Hong, and said, "Thank you Brother Zheng for your love, but this Grand Duke of Lanfang, Zhu will never do it." This is Zhu's sincere words, Zhu did not come to the East to be a duke, but to do something for China. I know that all of you here are Chinese people, and although you are in a foreign land, your heart is still Chinese! Speaking of this, his tone was already heavy, "I, Zhu, am the same, although I have created a great family business in Europe and have been named the Viscount of England, however, I still have a Chinese heart!" And now China is at the threshold of strange changes unseen in 3,000 years, if this pass is good, China will definitely dominate the East and become the first class power! If we can't get through this, then India's today is our tomorrow! Therefore, I can't help but go back to the East, and I can't help but go to Hong Kong! ”

Saying that, he stood up and waved at everyone at the table, "This Grand Duke of Lanfang, Zhu can't do it no matter what, because Zhu will not stay in Nanyang for a long time, please forgive me." ”