When Xu Ziting returned to his home in Chiang Mai, it was already dusk. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After everyone left, Xu Ziting and Zhong Weng stayed in the secret room for two hours, and then got into the car that had been waiting at the door of the Chamber of Commerce and returned to their home.

Xu Ziting is Chinese, his grandfather's generation came to Chiang Mai, it has been fifty or sixty years now, the Xu family has more than a dozen good land in Chiang Mai, and there is a wood factory, which is a little floating wealth at home, and the car has been prepared early, or the Wuqi series produced by Lanfang.

This is not uncommon in Siam, and even in the whole of Southeast Asia, Lan Fang's products are selling well, even Rama VI is riding in a black horse.

Xu Ziting's home is a big courtyard with three entrances and three exits, and as soon as he arrived at the living room in the front yard, he saw his eldest son Xu Zhongqing walking quickly to meet him.

Seeing Xu Ziting, Xu Zhongqing bowed down and greeted respectfully.

Although they were already Siamese in the early generations, the Xu family still governed the traditional etiquette of the Han people, which has not changed, and the children of the Xu family also use Chinese every day, and Siamese is only used when they are away from home.

After some greetings, Xu Zhongqing led Xu Ziting to the study, where a burly young man was waiting.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, why are you here?" Xu Ziting was overjoyed when he saw this person, and left Xu Zhongqing to guard the door, not letting others disturb him, and then turned around and slammed it to the ground.

"Ziting has worked hard all the way, but the Chamber of Commerce is still stable?" The young man was dressed in civilian clothes, not wearing a military uniform, and the dark color was still kind.

The person who came was Xu Ziting, who went to Gan Hengbi, and Zhang Chengye, the lieutenant colonel of the Lanfang Marine Corps, had met.

"Fortunately, everyone must be a little disappointed when they heard that your army has no intention of making enemies with the British in the short term, but under Zhong Weng's appeasement, it can basically remain stable." Xu Ziting shook his head and smiled bitterly, feeling a little ashamed that both sides were sorry.

"It's not that we won't be enemies with the British in the short term, but we don't need to pull everyone in for this kind of thing, fighting the British is our soldiers' business, and we have nothing to do with them." Zhang Chengye had a smile on his face, obviously expecting it.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel doesn't need to mind, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, we are all in the same lineage, there is no need to speak two words as a family, if it weren't for the Siamese people treating us Han people harshly, you wouldn't have to travel thousands of miles to Siam." Xu Ziting's face was clear, and he was very obligatory.

"It is precisely because of the family that you can't make indifferent sacrifices, although the British are strong, we Lan Fang are not afraid of him, but it is not yet time to tear your face, so you must be cautious." Zhang Chengye has confidence, and when he talks about the British, he looks disdainful, and he doesn't look like he's pretending.

"Then you're coming here this time, but you're going to do it with the British?" Xu Ziting's face was full of hope.

The Siamese people discriminate against the Chinese, and the British are no better, although the British have only been here for a few days, when they were at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce just now, Xu Ziting already knew what the British had done, so he didn't have a good impression of the British.

Although Lan Fang and the British are not in a hostile state now, but the two sides are also out of confrontation, in this case, the British must not have a good face for the Chinese in the control area, not to mention that the British are not good people, they entered Siam from Burma, in the final analysis, it is for profit, and most of the rich people in Chiang Mai are Chinese, so in the past few days, the British have extorted a lot of things from the Chinese in Chiang Mai.

The British are not only like this to the Chinese, but also to other people such as Siamese, Burmese, Indian, etc., but compared to other Southeast Asians, the Chinese have a much stronger sense of resistance in their bones, so in many cases, the Chinese are easy to become the "chicken" who kills chickens and monkeys.

"It's true that we have to do it, but it's not us who do it." Zhang Chengye deliberately sold a pass.

"Is this—could it be that Mr. Lieutenant Colonel wants us to do it?" Xu Ziting's face suddenly became ugly.

In all fairness, of course, Xu Ziting stood with the Lanfang people and took a clear stand against the British, but if it was said that Xu Ziting would roll up his arms and sleeves and go into battle in person, Xu Ziting still hesitated in his heart.

After all, there is a family, the workers in the factory, and the tenants in the family add up to nearly a thousand people to rely on the Xu family to eat, Xu Ziting will always think twice before making any decisions, as long as he can drive away the British and let the Chinese be the masters, Xu Ziting is no problem even if he is ruthless and gives more money, but if Xu Ziting really wants to charge into battle in person, Xu Ziting is still reluctant.

In front of Zhang Chengye, Xu Ziting can't clearly refuse, which is really a bit unreasonable.

"You can't do it, your little women and children are all here, if you are asked to expel the British, then why do you want our soldiers!" Zhang Chengye didn't let Xu Ziting dwell on it for too long, and immediately laughed at Xu Ziting's doubts.

"What is the purpose of Mr. Lieutenant Colonel's visit this time?" Hearing that there was no need to fight with the British, Xu Ziting's mind became active again.

"I came here this time, on the one hand, to see the situation of the British, on the other hand, to inform you, it won't be long before there will be a fight here, and the British may be angry with you at that time, so you have to be prepared for this, it is best to go to the French or Gan Hengbi and Phitsanulok to hide, three months faster, half a year slower, you can return to Chiang Mai, then the things here are still yours, no one can take them." Zhang Chengye's expression was sincere, and he had no intention of falsifying.

If Chiang Mai becomes a war zone, the British will definitely anger the Chiang Mai Chinese, and even if the Chiang Mai Chinese did not participate in the expulsion of the British, they will be charged with "trumped-up" charges.

Most of the property of the Chinese in Chiang Mai is immovable property, these things cannot be moved by the British, the house can be rebuilt after it is burned, the factory can be rebuilt if it is destroyed, and the people are gone but cannot be revived.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, don't say that, your army is here to give us this breath, there is no reason for us to stay out of the matter, at this critical juncture, it is precisely because we should work together to drive the British out, Xu is not talented, but also willing to contribute." Xu Ziting does not shirk responsibility, and he still does what he should do.

There is a very popular saying in Chinese affairs, "those who have money will pay, and those who have power will contribute", it is not good to let Xu Ziting play with the British, and Xu Ziting is still willing to let Xu Ziting pay.

"Hahaha, Ziting rest assured, you don't need to work together in this matter, we soldiers exist for the war, and you businessmen exist for the prosperity of the market, we have a different division of labor, we do the war, and the resumption of production after the war is the time for you to make a move, so don't rob us of our errands." Zhang Chengye was half-joking, but the meaning of his words was resolute.

Don't even give money, such an army is indeed rare.

(To be continued.) )