It is normal for Liu Guigui to have questions.

For more than 100 years, on the land of Borneo, since the foreigners came, the Chinese have never been really strong, and no matter how strong they are, they have not withstood several attacks by the Dutch.

The Brooke dynasty in Sarawak was a little weaker, but after all, it was British.

The British, the Dutch, dare not provoke it!!

Hu Chuyuan can also understand Liu Guigui's doubts, after all, he is afraid of being beaten.

He motioned to Liu Guigui not to be so excited, sat down first, and said very casually: "You don't have to worry, I have my own plan." First of all, in the past two years, I will find a way to recruit more Chinese from Fujian to cultivate the fields here; Secondly, I will support you in raising an army at Letoton, building batteries in the port, and equipping an artillery battalion; Third, I will find another place to train more troops, and when the opportunity is ripe, I will suddenly attack and overthrow the Brooke family. Of course, I will solve the problems of the British, you just have to do what I planned. ”

"...... this?"

Liu Guigui was still a little hesitant, and only asked after a while: "Then how many foreign guns can you give me?" ”

Hu Chuyuan thought for a moment and said, "For the time being, I'll give you 10,000 foreign guns and dozens of artillery." ”

"Ahh......h

Liu Guigui was suddenly startled, and couldn't help but exclaim: "My lord, I'll do it with you!" ”

In Sarawak, everything is virtual, and a gun and a cannon are the masters.

Not to mention 10,000 foreign guns, dozens of artillery, just give him 5,000 foreign guns, he can kill all those native soldiers in Brooke.

As soon as he heard this, Ye Wenlan smiled, and he said, "Mr. Liu, you really don't know." Let me tell you the truth, just our Lord Hu, who is the richest man in the Qing Dynasty, with a net worth of tens of millions of taels of silver. In the Qing Dynasty, as long as he said a word, the court had to tremble, and several governors in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and southern Fujian had to listen to him. The Fujian Navy Division is under his control, and the Hunan army that fights with long hair and cries and shouts to his mother also relies on him to support him, and the military salary is borrowed from him every year. ”

"What?"

Liu Guigui's face turned pale, and his legs and stomach began to tremble in fright.

Only then did he know what kind of person Hu Chuyuan was.

What the fuck is this...... It's horrible.

I didn't say it before, it was because Ye Wenlan and Ye Xiangyun knew the truth about this Xingang company very well, and like Lanfang Company, it was a gang club.

said it at Leton, in case Liu Guigui had a bad idea and directly led thousands of people to rush up to play kidnapping, it would be really a big trouble.

Everything that should be said at the moment has been said, the future is bright, and Liu Guigui can't play this trick. Besides, it's on the ship right now, and it's hard to say who will tie up the ticket!

Hu Chuyuan is now very bitter and hateful in his heart, and he can't wait to kill all the natives and foreigners in Nanyang.

But after all, he is Hu Chuyuan, and he will never be in a hurry.

He asked Liu Guigui not to be so excited, to sit down and talk about it later, and to tell him about the future.

At the moment, you can't be in a hurry, even if the guns and artillery are all shipped, the Xingang Company should not be in a hurry to expose its strength, the local natives can fight a dozen in deterrence, for Brooke, pay some money, and don't rush to settle accounts with foreigners for the time being.

First, the strength of Rohto and Xingang Company should be steadily developed, and then the forts and defense barracks should be formally built to a certain extent, so as not to be overwhelmed.

Xingang Company is still Liu Guigui, but he Liu Guigui is Hu Chuyuan's.

Hu Chuyuan believes that he understands this truth.

After sending Liu Guigui off the ship, Hu Chuyuan asked Zhang Lingpu to stay, wanting to discuss follow-up matters with him, and also wanted to ask him for his opinion on this matter.

Zhang Lingpu was also calculating in his heart, and he said: "It's not that I don't trust Liu Guigui, it's just that their gang of people is not worth relying on. ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "But for now, I can only use them, I mean, Nanyang Company still has its own armament, and the Xinmin Association will be responsible." ”

Zhang Lingpu said again: "My lord, in fact, I have been pondering for the past few days, and I always feel that the meaning of the new nation and new China you mentioned is a bit far away, and these people in Nanyang may not be able to understand it." Therefore, I think it is to ignore the things that are so far away, and for the sake of the things in front of us, we should change the name to Huameng. The purpose is very simple, to gather the Chinese people in Nanyang, form an alliance, and work together for a great cause. ”

But anyone who can do something, he will not blindly obey others, he always has his own brain, and he will think about problems by himself.

At this point, Zhang Lingpu and Ye Fu are the same.

They like to figure it out for themselves.

Hu Chuyuan thought about it for a while, and felt that Zhang Lingpu's truth was very real, so he said: "If you think it makes sense, let's call it Huamenghui!" ”

Zhang Lingpu laughed happily, and said: "I still think that Xingang Company is not worth the effort, you think, if he is too strong, he will not listen to us in the future, then what should I do?" ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "This is also something I'm considering, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Zhang Lingpu said: "Yes, we are directly militarized, I recruit personnel from them, everyone is from Fujian, easy to talk." Three or four thousand people are counted as a battalion, and in the case of Letown, one battalion is enough. ”

The battalion he mentioned was the battalion of the Green Battalion, the battalion of the Eight Banners, the Hunan Army, and the Huai Army, and a battalion numbered as little as six or seven hundred people and as many as four or five thousand people.

Hu Chuyuan thought about it and felt that this idea was very good, and the direct militarized management slowly separated these personnel from the Zhongxingang Company and assimilated them into a Min army.

He was even happier, feeling that he really didn't look at the wrong person, Zhang Lingpu was a shrewd person.

This matter is handed over to Zhang Lingpu, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Hu Chuyuan happily high-fived and said, "Okay, that's it, but the setting of this battalion should be new." I have been thinking about it in my heart, and I have studied the German and French troops from books, and I always feel that their methods are a little better than ours. ”

Zhang Lingpu said: "I know that when I was in the Harbour Master School, the British instructor Mr. Yige said that the armies of Britain and other countries are divided into seven or eight levels all the way from division and delegation, which is convenient for command, and besides, other people's armies usually gather together for training, and each of our battalions is scattered in various places to close roads and collect taxes. ”

Hu Chuyuan snorted and said: "So, I plan to adopt the three-three system, one battalion is divided into three guards, one guard and three columns, one column and three companies, one company with three rows, one row of three posts, and each post has about ten people." Of course, this is not a limit to death, depending on the situation, each guard and each column can be slightly increased, and each battalion is about 3,000 people. ”

Zhang Lingpu thought for a moment and said: "Okay, when I have my own people, I will toss and see the effect, there is no villager around me at the moment, and I dare not be presumptuous in other people's territory." When I go back first, I will go back to Fuqing County to recruit hundreds of brothers to work first, and then go to the old ravine in the west of the county to find Hakka brothers, rely on the relationship between fellow villagers to win them over, and let them build bridges to contact Hakka people. When my own team is set up, and then I come back to fight with Liu Guigui, I promise that he won't even dare to show me his teeth. ”

Fuqing ......!

Hu Chuyuan was speechless, he remembered that Zhang Lingpu was amazing, he was actually from Fuqing.

Hehe, the famous Fuqing Gang.

He said, Zhang Lingpu is indeed much more capable than ordinary people, and it turns out that there is a historical atmosphere.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask Zhang Lingpu: "Are there many people in Fuqing who learn martial arts?" ”

Zhang Lingpuha laughed out loud and said, "Needless to say, even in my house, I'm not very good." There's no way, I'm a literati, and I'm a showman. In this place of Fuqing, the ancestors have the custom of practicing martial arts from generation to generation, and I used to hear some old people say that there was a Shaolin Temple in the area of Mabi Mountain, and I heard that it was moved over in the Tang Dynasty, probably from where the skills were passed on. In addition, there is no way, Fuqing this place has been plagued by disasters since ancient times, there were many pirates in the previous dynasty, and then Zheng Chenggong made a lot of trouble, and then he made trouble with bandits and long hair, and he was forced to have no way, he didn't learn martial arts, and he hung up when he encountered something a little. ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "Okay, this matter can really only be left to you, I mean you first recruit some brothers who are really trustworthy, especially if you want to be younger, it just so happens that you and Liu Yongfu have already hooked up, so take someone to him to exercise for a while." When fighting a war, we should also remember to cultivate talents, teach everyone to read more books, read more military books, and send people home to recruit people while fighting. Slowly, you don't have to be limited to the scope of Fuqing people, the whole of southern Fujian has to be recruited, and even the two Guangzhous are also recruited. After a year of real training, you will go back to Letown and settle things here, but you still have to continue to keep people in Vietnam to temper them, and the troops fighting in the war will not be able to withstand the test of war. ”

Zhang Lingpu agreed again and again, and said, "My lord, as soon as you say this, I understand in my heart. I will follow the path you said, train the elite battalion in Vietnam, and then I will lead people to familiarize myself with the terrain and climate of Sarawak. In these places in Nanyang, I am not afraid of anything else, I am afraid of their weather, as long as they adapt, no matter how many indigenous foreigners are killed. ”

Wherever the people are, he has a local Xi surname, which is the so-called atmosphere.

Zhang Lingpu's family runs hundreds of acres of tea fields, and he is also a talent, such a person has to go to Fuzhou Shipbuilding School to study, what is the picture?

He said that he wanted to serve the country and the court.

Hu Chuyuan believed what he said, but he felt that he had the surname of military in his bones, he thought about the kind of fighting and killing, and wanted to take risks.

The idea of wanting to build an army of his own has been surging in Hu Chuyuan's heart for several years.

At this moment, it seems that it is about to be realized.

He couldn't help but be a little excited, and he couldn't take a break for a while, and talked with Zhang Lingpu all night, talking about his thoughts and opinions on the army in his heart, and talking about what kind of army he wanted.

He wanted an iron army, disciplined, not afraid of death, not afraid of hardship, unremitting hard training, unremitting study, and the promotion of officers from the young and studious soldiers.

He wants a modern army that understands the tactical system of the army of contemporary Western countries and is equipped with the most advanced weapons in the West.

Soldiers are fast.

He wanted an army with a very fast speed, which could travel 300 miles, and it could kill millions of enemies in Nanyang and Vietnam.

Hearing him say this, Zhang Lingpu was also very excited.

Since following Hu Chuyuan, Zhang Lingpu has never admired Hu Chuyuan so much, and he has never been so desperate to follow Hu Chuyuan for the rest of his life.

Hu Chuyuan is a businessman, but he is not an ordinary businessman, he has the country and the world in his heart.

Most importantly, he knows how to do what he wants to do in this day and age.

Of course, Zhang Lingpu also knew very well in his heart what kind of consequences would it mean once he tempered this iron army...... But he didn't mind that much, he was coming anyway, nothing in this world was immortal forever, he thought.

What he minds is whether he can realize Hu Chuyuan's vision.

People always have to do something in the world.

That's what he wanted to do.

The two of them talked about dawn all the time, and their hearts seemed to have ignited a flame that would never be extinguished.

The next day, Liu Guigui came to greet Hu Chuyuan early in the morning, and Hu Chuyuan gave him tens of thousands of taels of silver, which was a start-up capital, and asked him to send someone back to Fujian to recruit troops and expand his strength.

Guns will be delivered soon -- Hu Chuyuan still has a lot of arms that he hoarded in the warehouse of Wanqi Foreign Bank in Hong Kong last time, and they can be transported at any time.

However, there are not as many as Hu Chuyuan promised, and 3,000 will be given first, which is enough for Xingang Company to protect itself locally.

(To be continued)