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The two battalions of infantry on the playground had already begun to train in platoon under the command of Chinese and Western officers, and in the distance there was a neat platoon of guns firing, which was a battalion of foreign soldiers conducting shooting training. Many Chinese soldiers turned their heads to look in the direction where the gunshots rang out, and as a result, the officers were beaten and scolded in the face.

Zhu Jishi shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The habits of the underworld are too strong, and it may be difficult for this Lanfang Army to make great achievements......

Jérôme. Pier touched his mustache and said softly: "Sir, Rome was not built overnight, and a strong army cannot be built in just one or two months!" And your enemy will not give you more time to slowly train officers and train the army. Therefore, it is necessary to deal with the current hurdle in a quick way, and then talk about the future in the future. He pointed to a few underworld officers who were flattening, and said solemnly: "Making a soldier feel scared is the basic quality of a junior officer, and if a soldier can be afraid of him more than he is afraid of death, then he is a very good junior officer...... From this point of view, those underworld officers are still doing a very good job. ”

Zhu Jishi is silent, he can scold people and flatten people to become an officer? This battalion commander of Napoleon's old guards is really capable of, and I don't know if he himself has been beaten and scolded by Napoleon? But if you don't use these ** thugs, where are you going to find qualified Chinese officers to lead the troops? The academy in Ap Lei Chau (actually a military academy) has not yet been built, and it will not be opened until the spring of 1846 at the earliest, and the first batch of officer training will be completed at the earliest, which will be the lowest thing in 1847 at the earliest! Before this, the only force he could rely on was probably the Chinese soldiers and foreign soldiers in front of him, the backbone of the former was the underworld, and the latter was all scum! I really wonder if they can defeat the princely sultan of Borneo by them?

"What's going on with the Sultan of Wanna and the Sultan of Brunei?" Zhu Jishi asked Huang Zhisheng and Ren Yijiang who were following him in a low voice.

These two people are not compradors now, but are preparing to do big things with Sir Zhu, and they have also been absorbed into Hongmen Daming Mountain, which is still underground for the time being - the vanguard of the Hongmen rebels, there are already 11 members at present, in addition to Zhu Jishi, the Liu family brothers and Han Si, Zheng Hong, Wang Dehu, Zhao Daheng, Huang Zhisheng, Ren Yijiang, Wang Yunjiao, Luo Xiangju and other seven people have been added.

However, Daming Mountain is not a real big development, according to Zhu Jishi's Jihua, after the opening of Hong Kong Jishi University and Jishi College in the future, the students inside will be the focus of the development of Hongmen Daming Mountain! In particular, the students of the Ya Lei Chau Branch must be absorbed into the Daming Mountain organization. Huang Zhisheng and Ren Yijiang will enter the branch of Jishi University and Ap Lei Chau respectively, and develop the Daming Mountain organization as student leaders.

At present, the two are following Zhu Jishi as adjutants. Hearing Zhu Jishi's question, Huang Zhisheng first replied: "Back to the lord's words, in late October, the Sultan of Wanna and the Sultan of Brunei met in Bandar Seri Begawan, and the two sides also got married, and the Sultan of Wanna married his sister to the Sultan of Brunei, and it is said that the two sides agreed to gather a large army to attack Xindang at the beginning of next year, which was delayed by two months from the original rumor, but the preparation will be more adequate." In addition, the Dutch Major Andersen himself and the King of Sarawak, James Andersen. Bruker's representative was also present at the wedding......"

"Brooke's representative also went to Brunei? Aren't he and the Sultan of Brunei mortal enemies? ”

Ren Yijiang took over the topic and said: "Sir Bonham sent a letter back from Singapore saying that Brooke has pledged to maintain neutrality between us and Brunei and the Sultan of Wanna. It seems that this white king of Sarawak is also playing with the idea of profit. ”

Be a fisherman, be a fisherman! Sarawak was now a protectorate of the British Empire, and Zhu Jishi could not touch it, and Brooke would not help the princely sultan or the Dutch against Zhu Jishi. However, the Liu family, which has the law of the East, made Zhu Jishi a little worried, "How is the Liu family?" ”

"The Liu family is also expanding its army, and a Dutch merchant ship transporting arms has recently arrived in Pontianak Port, and the weapons on it are all sold to the Liu family." Huang Zhisheng paused, and said: "And Liu Asheng, the eldest son of the Liu family, has returned from Guangzhou, and it is rumored that the Qing Dynasty is ready to accept Lan Fang as a vassal!" ”

"What! Is there such a thing? ”

Zhu Jishi's expression moved, and then he regained his composure, and said softly: "Bluff!" The Liu family is also bluffing, and the Manchus did not dare to protect Lan Fang when Qianlong was in his prime, and now they have let the British block the door of their homes, and they dare to stretch their claws to the South Seas? ”

Huang Zhisheng muttered: "But a few Lanfang Chinese clans have always been interested in the ...... of the imperial court."

Zhu Jishi snorted coldly, and said in his heart, what kind of haode does this bullshit court have? How can there be so many people's hearts!

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"The imperial court wants to get rid of Viscount Zhu Jishi? weishenme？ ”

In the backyard of the main hall of Dongfang Law Lanfang Company, Liu Qianxing leaned on the soft collapse and looked at his eldest son Liu Axing, who had just returned from Guangzhou, with a surprised expression.

Liu Axing and Liu Aliang look alike, but they are bigger, if Liu Aliang is a little black fat man, then his eldest brother is a big black fat man. But this big black fat man is dressed a little interesting today, I don't know where to get a Qing Dynasty official uniform wearing a flower feather to wear on his body, and there is a white pheasant on the front of the official uniform, which is a five-grade civil official of the Qing Dynasty!

Of course, this official was bought, and Liu Axing stayed in Guangzhou City for a few days, of course, not to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty - everyone knows that there is no hope for this matter, and it has long become a routine matter, just to show an attitude to the Qing Dynasty. However, not being able to belong to it does not mean that you can't buy an official of the Qing Dynasty to do it, so naturally you can only buy an alternate official, and it is difficult to fill the vacancy. And even if it is to buy an alternate official, it is not as simple as paying money with one hand and holding an official hat in the donation bureau of Guangzhou City, even if you pay enough silver and stuff enough bribes, you have to let the governor of Liangguang and the general of Guangzhou inspect it (to see if it looks like an official), and the official department in Beijing must approve the issuance of an official license, so as to become the parents of the people of the Qing Dynasty. This comes and goes, that is, the years have passed.

When he finished donating officials and was about to return to West Borneo, this Liu Asheng was suddenly taken by Wu Shaorong, the chief merchant of the Thirteen Banks, to meet Bai Siwen, the superintendent of Guangdong Customs! And he also received a secret dispatch from Bai Siwen - the design ruined the life of Zhu Jishi, the Viscount of England! The remuneration is the capital division and guerrilla of the Guangdong Navy Division, a total of two officials who are really lacking.

For the Lanfang Liu family, these two officials are nothing, but the Guangdong Customs Inspector cannot afford to offend. Because the Lanfang company also has a merchant house in Guangzhou - although the Qianlong Emperor did not allow Lanfang to be attached, but agreed that they opened a merchant hall in Guangzhou to trade, this Lanfang merchant hall also traded with the thirteen lines as usual, and the thirteen lines were controlled by the supervision of the Guangdong Customs.

In addition, Lanfang's Liu family has land, shops and silver in their hometown of Guangdong, and as long as Bai Siwen, the customs superintendent, just has the identity of the Liu family's "people", and the officials in Guangdong can confiscate the Liu family's family business. Don't look at the Liu family as a hegemon in West Borneo, but in the Qing Dynasty, they are still a grass people...... Even if he donates a five-grade official, he can't afford to provoke Bai Daguan.

Thinking of this, Liu Asheng could only sigh and said with a wry smile: "Daddy, the imperial court has never said anything about us businessmen, and it doesn't matter if we can make ...... or not."

"Brother, this matter is not completely hopeless!" Liu Aliang on the side suddenly interjected, "And this surnamed Zhu doesn't have any good intentions, if we can't get rid of him, this Lanfang will not have a foothold for us sooner or later!" ”