There was silence in the room for a while, and then Liu Qianxing's loud shout rang out.

"Ah Liang! What do you know! ”

The old man seemed angry.

"There is Britain behind the surname Zhu, two hands holding the Luo family and Heshun Company, as well as a battalion of foreign soldiers, and Jishi Foreign Bank has millions of assets, where can our Liu family deal with it? Even if he is defeated by Brunei and the Sultan of Wanna and flees to Dongfang, we can only send him out of the country! ”

Liu Aliang, who was reprimanded, looked unconvinced, gritted his teeth and said: "Daddy, now is not the time to cut tofu with a knife!" The surname Zhu will soon take away our Lan Fang! When the time comes, Lord Bai will confiscate our domestic property again, what will the family do? Do you really want to drink the northwest wind? ”

"Ah Liang ......"

As soon as Liu Qianxing opened his mouth to train his son, his eldest son Liu Asheng interrupted his father's words.

"Daddy, I don't think Ah Liang is unreasonable, we must make a decision."

"Decision? How? Liu Qianxing glared at his son. In his life, he relied on tactfulness to maneuver between various shili, and externally, as much as possible to deal with Western colonists such as the Netherlands and the British; Internally, he tried his best to win over the anti-Liu Shili within Lanfang and maintain Lanfang's apparent unity. Even in the face of the "weak shili" of Borneo such as Heshun Company and Wanna Sultan, he tried not to tear his face and fight. This time, when Zhu Jishi intervened in West Borneo and was about to start a war with Wanna and the Sultan of Brunei, he still had the attitude of riding the wall, and was ready to send Liu Aliang to lead the troops to aid Xindang, but to avoid fighting with the Sudanese native soldiers, it was best to sit back and watch the victory and defeat and profit from it.

"Daddy, now you have to make a decision!" Liu Asheng's tone was cold and sharp, and a little murderous.

"I heard that the surname Zhu already has a battalion of foreign soldiers, and two battalions of Chinese soldiers are ready to be trained in Western France, as well as Luo Jia, Zheng Hong, Wang Dehu and their help, if Xindang defeats the coalition forces of Wanna and the Sultan of Brunei, I am afraid that it will sweep West Borneo! You can't expect him and those two sultans to lose at all, because after all, it is the British Empire standing behind him, even if his army is broken in half, it will be replenished in less than a month, and even if it is not replenished, 1,000 strong soldiers who have seen blood and fought hard battles can be competed with by our thugs?

Daddy, we must stand in line before the battle of Xindang, either vote for Zhu Jishi, or fight with him to break the net, otherwise once Zhu Jishi wins, West Borneo will really have no place for our Liu family! ”

The air in the room suddenly condensed, Liu Qianxing seemed to have been hit in the head by a stick, he was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses, nodded with a somewhat pale face, and said, "It seems that I thought about it before, and I thought about it......"

He looked back at his two sons, "Ah Sheng, Ah Liang, how do you think we should stand in line?" ”

Liu Aliang lowered his voice and said, "Of course, I will do it against the surname Zhu!" Daddy, it's better to post in the name of Mrs. Jia of Lanfang Company to come to Dongfang Law and set up a Hongmen banquet, so that he will never come back! ”

Liu Qianxing looked at his eldest son, Liu Asheng shook his head, "This matter can't be done, if Zhu Jishi first came to Nanyang, we might be able to clean him up with the Hongmen Banquet." But now, the gap between the two families is deep, and Zhu Jishi has three battalions of elite soldiers, if we post a request, Zhu Jishi will bring a battalion of foreign soldiers to Dongfang Law, how about we? The number of brothers we can fight in the Fuqing Hall is not enough for 800, and we can deal with 500 foreign soldiers? ”

After all, Lanfang Company does not have a standing army, and the professional thugs raised by the Liu family Fuqingtang are only a few hundred, and Zhu Jishi really wants to bring that battalion of foreign soldiers to Dongfang Law, and Zhun Bao can scare away more than half!

"Ah Sheng, do you mean to vote for the Zhu family?" Liu Qianxing took a breath and asked unwillingly.

"You can't vote for the Zhu family!" Liu Asheng said in a deep voice, "Daddy, haven't you heard anyone mention that Zhu Jishi is after Zhu Ming?" ”

"After Zhu Ming?" Liu Qianxing was stunned for a moment and said: "There is such a saying, but in these years, as long as the surname of the Hong family brothers is Zhu, who does not cling to Zhu Hongwu?" ”

This is not bad, it is no longer the prosperous era of the Qing Dynasty, the control of the imperial court has declined very much, especially in the southern region, Hongmen has developed to the point of flooding, in large and medium-sized cities, almost every industry, every corner has Hongmen disciples. If there is any place that Hongmen can't infiltrate, there is probably only a "full city" where the banner people gather, and even among the soldiers of the Green Battalion and the Yamen errands, there are many Hongmen brothers. Under this kind of social background, it is not a big deal at all after pretending to be Zhu Ming, as long as you don't pull the flag and rebel, the government generally doesn't bother to ask, and the children of Hongmen will not bow down because of who claims to be Zhu Ming.

"But the imperial court thousands of miles away wants Zhu Jishi's head! also opened the price code of guerrilla and capital division, but it is still lacking! Liu Asheng gritted his teeth and said word by word, "Daddy, our Liu family still has a large family business in Guangdong, as well as the children of the clan, and they have been targeted by the imperial court!" If you vote for Zhu Jishi, you can only give up your family business and children in Guangdong! ”

"Who let our old Liu Jiashu make a big move!"

Liu Qianxing sighed with emotion, of course, the three fathers and sons of the Liu family at this time would never have dreamed that it was not Emperor Daoguang of Beijing City who really wanted to deal with Zhu Jishi, but only a four-grade Guangdong customs superintendent......

"But we don't need a Hongmen banquet, how can we deal with the surname Zhu?" Liu Aliang shook his head as he spoke, in his opinion, Zhu Jishi is rich in money, strong in soldiers, and hard in the background! There's no way to carry it.

"Let's show the sign!" Liu Axing said, "This time the imperial court wants to deal with the surname Zhu, it's not that our Liu family and Zhu Jishi can't get along, so we have to play the signboard of the imperial court, and declare to the outside world that Zhu Jishi is a thief against the Ming Dynasty, and he wants to take away West Borneo as a base for opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and our Liu family is ordered to suppress thieves!" Most of the Chinese here in West Borneo are still interested in the Qing Dynasty, and they will definitely stand by our side when the time comes! ”

"But this is ...... Orthodox, right? Liu Qianxing said with some hesitation.

"Daddy, let's be pretentious! As long as there is no exception for Zhu Jishi, Lanfang is our world, and the imperial court is beyond the reach of the whip. Liu Aliang said.

"Daddy, there's only one way!" Liu Asheng said, "Let's pretend to be the self-appointed Lanfang regiment training envoy, pointing out that Zhu Jishi is a rebel against the Ming Dynasty, so that the Lanfang clan will definitely draw a line with him, and with the banner of the imperial court, it is easy for us to gather people." As long as we join forces with the two sultans of Wanna and Brunei, we still have a few chances of winning! ”

"What if you win?" Liu Qianxing said coldly. "The sin of the edict can also be killed, right?"

Liu Asheng snorted coldly, "If we are defeated, Zhu Jishi will become big in Nanyang, and then the imperial court will definitely need us to serve with a courtier who is familiar with the inside of Nanyang and Zhu Jishi is a mortal enemy, are we still afraid that there will be no high-ranking officials?" The sin of extradition is not a matter at all. ”

"Good!" Liu Qianxing slapped the slump suddenly, his body sat up straight, and his thin face full of smoke actually showed a bit of energy. "Ah Sheng, just according to what you say! Hang up the sign of the Lanfang regiment training envoy, announce that Lanfang is already a territory of the Qing Dynasty, and then ask Master Wang to draft a notice to beg for thieves and recruit soldiers, and then post it all over Lanfang, and someone will take my post to invite the leaders of the major clans of Lanfang to Dongfang Law to discuss the major affairs of Fengqing and Ming! ”

"Yes!" Liu Asheng and Liu Aliang received their father's order and were about to withdraw, but Liu Qianxing added, "Ah Liang, you go to see Major Andersen and explain everything to him, don't let the Dutch master misunderstand." ”