The palace of Guanyin Mountain has been quite large-scale, although there is no gas lamp, but the red gauze lanterns are densely packed, like thousands of stars dotted, reflecting a piece of red glow, it is magnificent. The tall red walls, winding through the rolling hills, zigzag around the court. The walls of the palace and the top of the palace are covered with yellow and green glazed tiles, which look like a splendid picture in the bright sunlight, and various pagoda-like buildings are dotted in between, filling with a solemn and mysterious royal style.

In front of a carved beam and painted pillar, exquisite archway, there is a sedan chair parked, several eunuchs leading more than a dozen eunuchs are hanging a yellow silk curtain on the sedan chair, and the officials in and out of the eunuch palace are busy in a ball.

Appreciating the yellow silk curtain? The sedan chair is a curtain, what a great glory. Ye Zhao was slightly surprised, he didn't want to see that the queen mother of the two palaces not only did not sleep, but was meeting her subordinates, I don't know which minister's work?

Ye Zhao had already gone to Su, and before he got out of the carriage, the sharp-eyed eunuchs over there immediately ran over, helping to lift the curtains, and lying on the ground as a stepping foot, in fact, the regent didn't have these rules at all, if it weren't for the strict orders of the prince, Seventeen would have kicked these weird eunuchs aside.

The eunuchs and eunuchs were busy offering their courtesy, but they snubbed the men and women who came down from a sedan chair over there, and Rong'er rewarded these eunuchs with a few silver dollars each, and naturally the words were like a tide, and the thanksgiving of "Xie Fujin Reward" and "Fujin Niangniang Niang Niang auspicious" came and went.

There is no need for Ye Zhao to ask, there are already eunuchs who are already returning to the side, it turns out that this sedan chair is the county lord of Prince Yu's family who has just returned to the south and the forehead to see the queen mother.

Prince Yu Yidao was in the capital, I don't know why the youngest daughter Duanning County Lord and Eyu came to the Southern Dynasty, when Ye Zhao was in Jiangxi, and was preparing to meet them one day.

If you want to say that these two people came to be spies or something, Ye Zhao doesn't believe it, this is not making movies and television, where did it come from so evil? Thinking that most of the Prince Yu is looking for a way back for himself, there are many princes and nobles in the capital today, and I heard that they are even negotiating with Tsarist Russia to lend money to Tsarist Russia to build the Trans-Siberian Railway, in order to obtain the greatest support of Tsarist Russia, this is really a wolf into the room, Ye Zhao just sneered when he heard it.

And there are some relatively gentle clans like Prince Yu, this north-south dispute is far less serious than they imagined in their eyes, and people are confused, so it is good to be able to keep the glory of the first generation.

After Ye Zhao and Rong'er got out of the carriage, the lord of Duanning came over with the same forehead to greet him. Edon Yongshou, in his twenties, strong and burly, has the innate madness of the Eight Banners Sect in the capital, and his eyes can look at the sky, even in front of Ye Zhao, he is very arrogant.

This Yongshou bow horse is skilled, and Ye Zhao is the same group of clan disciples who were sealed, and the ability of the bow horse at that time can throw Ye Zhao eight miles away, and he is very ambitious, and he wants to make a name for himself on the battlefield with a knife and a gun. In his eyes, Ye Zhao and Debin are almost the same, they are the losers who eat and wait for death, who knows that after a few years, the losers who used to be inferior to bows and horses have become the regent with great reputation, and they even raised the flag to resist the court, where is he convinced? I just want to beat this guy who is ashamed of his shit luck back to his original form with a knife and a shot, but suddenly the county lord returned to the south, and he had to follow him to Guangzhou, and the boss in his heart was unhappy, but his status was far less than that of the prince and county lord, so he could only be obedient, and he couldn't twist it with a lot of strength in his chest.

Now that I see Ye Zhao, he still looks like a little white face, and it is the best to be a rabbit with grease and powder, and Yongshou is even more unconvinced.

I don't know if Ye Zhao saw that Yongshou was unconvinced and angry, but he just smiled and didn't say much.

Looking at these two people, Ye Zhao remembered his sister and younger sister, but he was not implicated by himself, his brother-in-law Chongqi was a member of the household department, although the official was lowly and small, but he also did a good job, and speaking of which, his brother-in-law is a great figure in history.

The only banner man champion in the entire Qing Dynasty, because the imperial examination has the unspoken rule of "flag does not point to the yuan", but Chongqi is excellent in writing and has unique insight, and does not know the identity of the flag man when reading the papers, the champion was personally pointed out by the two palaces, and the wood has been completed, and finally the ministers concluded that "but by words, what about the Manchu and Han", the only one in the history of the Qing Dynasty has achieved the reputation of the only banner man champion in the history of the Qing Dynasty.

His official fortune was prosperous, and later his daughter became a queen.

When the Eight-Nation Coalition Army entered Yanjing, Chongqi fled to Baoding with Ronglu, and felt sorry for his ancestors.

Speaking of people, many times it is very complicated, such as the president of the female Normal University who was criticized by Mr. Lu Xun, who helped the Beiyang political axe to suppress the student movement, but when she invaded China, she refused to take up a false position, and more times she was embarrassed by the army to defend the local people, and was later shot dead in the river by the army.

My sister can marry Chongqi, Ye Zhao naturally likes it, this marriage has not been destroyed because of his butterfly effect, in history, Chongqi was also married to the prince's family, but it is difficult to say whether it is his sister or not.

My sister wrote a letter saying that everything was fine and that she should be careful in everything, although it was only a few words, and her concern was overflowing.

When the eldest sister married Mongolia, but there was no concern about safety, when the monk Greenqin returned to Yanjing, his brother-in-law Qing Getai, also led the elite of the tribe back to Mobei, and the war between the north and the south began, and he wrote a letter to ask if he wanted to lead the troops to help, Ye Zhao hurriedly refused, that was really a disaster for his whole clan.

For their in-laws, the Chechen Khan, how could the six kings not take precautions? In the vast desert north, the Mongolian tribes don't know how many evil wolves are staring at his territory, and now the whip is beyond his reach, once he rebels against the Northern Dynasty, it will inevitably lead to the siege of various tribes, and I am afraid that it will be the disaster of extermination.

I don't know when I'll be able to meet my sister and sister again.

Sitting at the long table of the banquet, thinking of his relatives, Ye Zhao was still a little apprehensive.

The lanterns are like fire, the palace lamps in the palace are hanging high, the yellow curtain is light yarn, and the yellow is clear.

The Niu Co Lu clan and the Lan nobles sat side by side on the throne of the head, and held a banquet to entertain the regent, the regent Fujin, the lord of Duanning, and the forehead.

Delicacies, agar syrup and jade liquid, there are more than 10 kinds of methods for pork alone, what cherry meat, shredded bamboo shoots, cold meat slices, etc., it is simple to say, but in fact, it is simmered with various fresh juices, which is extremely complicated and exquisite, and the taste is delicious, and there is no trace of similarity.

The county lord of Duanning and the forehead were originally going to stand and eat together, and the two palaces were allowed to sit down, but the posture of the two of them half-standing and half-sitting was also quite uncomfortable.

"Jingxiang, you just went to give a lecture to the university hall?" Niu Colu seemed to have lost some weight, becoming more dignified and beautiful, and asked Ye Zhao curiously.

Lan Guiren didn't talk much, and even less to Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Yes." ”

Niu Colu pursed his lips and smiled: "You don't mess around, do you want to be a good teacher, what kind of system will you be known for?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled, picked up the wine glass and said, "Brother Chen, punish himself with a glass." ”

Niu Colu looked at the Duanning County Lord and the forehead, and chuckled: "We have a university hall in Guangzhou, teaching the knowledge of making guns and cannons, you Uncle Wang, are you teaching in this university hall, you say, is it funny?" ”

The county lord of Duanning and the Niu Co Lu clan are distant relatives, and they have seen the Niu Co Lu clan a few times before, so they are not particularly restrained, and after listening to the Niu Co Lu clan's words, they looked at Ye Zhao curiously.

Yongshou is even more disdainful in his heart, with a little white face, but it is the ability of Mr. Teach.

Niu Colu said again: "But then again, Jingxiang, the money you received in that university is only a few thousand taels of silver a year, right?" It's almost time to catch up with your official family's money and food. ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "The two imperial sisters-in-law don't think that I am just going to collect money and make money." ”

Yongshou is stunned, he is only a few hundred taels of silver a year, what kind of school is this? Mr. Teaching has caught up with the king of Baylor?

Niu Colu smiled and said, "Only people who don't have long eyes can say that." He said, "Rong'er, tell me, how did the dog swallow the moon come this day?" The light reflected by the moon is blocked by our big earth, isn't it? You left without explaining it last time. ”

Rong'er lives in Guanyin Mountain, I'm afraid that she prefers to stay with Niu Co Lu, Niu Co Lu not only likes her, but also likes to listen to her tell these scientific stories, and her sister often teaches her a straight face, of course, Lan Guiren is not curious, but naturally she has to have a sister, and she can't seem to know more than herself, right?

Rong'er nodded her little head and said, "Yes, when the university hall of the Xianggong is built into a stargazing platform, there are a few clairvoyant mirrors that can see far away, and you can see the mountains on the moon. ”

Niu Colu looked puzzled and said, "Is there a mountain on the moon?" ”

Rong'er said: "Yes, a big circle and a big circle, which is different from our Chinese mountains." After waiting, he added: "It's not the same as foreign mountains." ”

Ye Zhao just smiled and didn't intervene, occasionally looking at Lan Guiren, and when he met his gaze, Lan Guiren immediately looked away.

Yongshou was dumbfounded, he couldn't understand what he was saying, did these southerners all fall into evil? What did the Queen Mother say?

The eyes of the lord of Duanning County were full of brilliance, and he looked at Rong'er with a lot of envy.

…… The next day, Ye Zhao didn't expect to receive a letter from Shawa's mother, saying that he was introducing a friend to Ye Zhao, Ye Zhao was still thinking at the time, now is not the time to meddle in the internal affairs of Tsarist Russia, let alone that strength, but it doesn't hurt to listen to it, who knows that when he arrives at the Sava Hotel, he knows that Manchu is not like that.

Sava's mother introduced a Chinese, begging for a living in northern Borneo, called Wu Guangyi, in his thirties, with dark skin under the sun of the perennial sea gang, and he looks shrewd and capable.

Ye Zhao knew that Sava Mom would not introduce an irrelevant person to him for no reason, so he did not slack off, and asked Wu Guangyi for tea in the suite on the third floor of the Sava Hotel.

Sawa's mother knows more about local customs than Sawa, and the Chinese language is not much worse than Sawa, and it is only a few months of hard work, which seems to be very hard work.

The living room is spacious and bright, the embroidered upholstered Luohan bed sofa is simple and elegant, it is more comfortable and tight to sit on, and the ink-colored marble coffee table is even more oriental style, and the dragon and phoenix are carved on several legs, and the heavy oriental ancient charm makes people can't help but rise to admire.

Shawa is wearing a white gauze skirt, golden hair coiled high, noble and elegant, the surname is indescribably hot, sitting next to Ye Zhao, sipping coffee, reserved and arrogant princess style, just looking at her now, no one can imagine how obedient and well-behaved she is in Ye Zhao's bed, how obedient and well-behaved she is to suck people's bones off.

Wu Guangyi saw that the Russian mother and daughter respected Ye Zhao very much, and he didn't dare to slack off, and said in his heart that it seems that Marina's friend is not staggered, maybe this can open up the relationship.

Ye Zhao knew that Borneo was actually the Kalimantan Island occupied by Indonesia and Malaysia in later generations, and there were quite a few Chinese on the island, and they formed a number of community organizations.

For example, the Lanfang Republic, which was rumored to be popular in later generations, is one of them, but in fact, the Lanfang Republic is only a trading company composed of overseas Chinese, and the leader is called Datong and Taige, and with the strong power of the Dutch, the appointment of Taige still needs to be approved by the Dutch, called "Jiatai".

In Borneo, there are still many Chinese associations like the Lanfang Company, which was the last Chinese autonomous community in Borneo to be banned by the Dutch.

Speaking of which, the Netherlands, which has gradually become a second-rate country in Europe, still has an extremely large influence in the East Indies, because its power was driven out of the American continent by the British, and Africa is surrounded by foreign powers, so it naturally focuses on Asia and the East Indies, and now the only colonies that can create value are the East Indies, an enclave in South America and a small island in the Caribbean Sea, which can be ignored.

Although its influence in Europe has plummeted, in the East, the former hegemon of Europe, the coachman of the sea, is still a powerful existence, and even the British, in the East Indies, have to recognize the interests of the Dutch.

Ye Zhao was negotiating with the Dutch minister recently, hoping to obtain equal trade rights in the East Indies like the British, but the Dutch minister was extremely tough and refused, Ye Zhaoke also realized that no matter how the Western powers fooled you, under the current conditions, even the second-rate countries in Europe still look down on China from the bottom of their bones, and they don't really treat the booming southern China as a dish.

Sometimes, perhaps the best way to earn someone's respect is to start a war and win it.

Of course, although China has never had the tradition of sheltering overseas Chinese, but discriminated against immigrants, after all, it has a far-reaching influence in the Far East, and the Dutch still have some scruples, otherwise they would not have waited for the outbreak of the Sino-French War more than 20 years later to take the opportunity to annex the Chinese communities in Borneo, and it was not until 1912, when the Qing Dynasty fell, that the occupation of the Lanfang area was officially announced.

Ye Zhao is naturally unlikely to challenge the Dutch hegemony in the East Indies now, but if there is an opportunity, it is still possible to play a sideshow, no matter how to make the Dutch pay attention to China's trade interests in the East Indies, and even more so to delay the pace of annexation and occupation of the small kingdoms in the East Indies.

When Wu Guangyi said that he was a citizen of the Dai Yan Kingdom, Ye Zhao couldn't help but pay attention, and asked with a smile: "Dai Yan Kingdom? "I seem to be a little impressed, but I don't remember exactly.

Wu Guangyi said: "Yes, we are the Qing Dynasty subjects, our country's founding monarch Wu Yuansheng is the first generation of Lanfang company's eldest brother Luo Fangbo's brother, because of the cruelty of King Dai Yan, the first monarch killed him, Dai Yan people then supported Dai Xianjun as the king, to this day, it is already the fourth generation, do not hide Mr. Ye, now Dai Yan is the lord of the next clan." ”

In fact, in Nanyang, there are not a few overseas Chinese who consider themselves to be the subjects of the former dynasty and refuse to recognize the legitimate rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty over China, take the Dai Yan Kingdom as an example, whether it is its founding monarch or the founder of the Lanfang Company, they are all people who went into exile after the anti-Qing uprising failed.

Of course, hundreds of years have passed, and now that the southern country is strong, its influence has gradually expanded to Southeast Asia, and in the East Indies, you can often see the footprints of southern merchants, and occasionally you can see southern newspapers, not to mention word of mouth.

In the newspapers and oral propaganda, the attitude of the Chinese immigrants in the south is obviously different from that of the Ming and Qing dynasties, clearly recognizing the immigrants as Chinese and protected by the political axe of southern China, and its efforts to gradually dilute the sense of Manchu rule have also made these Chinese somewhat recognized, as for the majority of the Chinese, they were those who went to Nanyang to survive in the Qing Dynasty, not to mention, they were jubilant.

Of course, although the Southern Korean dialect is beautiful, we can only wait and see what the final effect will be, and I feel that the attitude of the Dutch towards the Chinese has not changed, but has been a bit of a step-by-step trend.

Just like the Kingdom of Daiyan, the Dutch have already created several conflicts, and depending on the situation, I am afraid that they will soon send troops to engulf this small country, which is why Wu Guangyi came to Guangzhou.

In any case, the economy and trade of the southern country are thriving, and merchant fleets are appearing more and more frequently in Southeast Asia.

Wu Guangyi pondered, and said carefully: "The Dutch in Xiyi are making a lot of noise in Borneo, and they have repeatedly provoked today, intending to invade my Daiyan Kingdom, listen to Ms. Marina, Mr. Ye is a person with great energy in Guangzhou, I don't know if Mr. is willing to help my lord get out of trouble?" As he spoke, he sent a thousand taels of silver tickets to a few places, and said: "After the matter is completed, there will be a good reward." ”

He relied on a Guangzhou businessman he had befriended to come to the Southern Dynasties for activities, but he did not know the essentials, and he did not dare to rashly enter the Prime Minister's national affairs yamen, but it happened that he lived in the Sava Hotel, and one day when he was drinking with the proprietress Mamarina, he told him about his bitter affairs, but he did not want Mamarina to say that she had a way.

Wu Guangyi originally just tried it, and he was also sick and rushed to the doctor, and immediately gave Ms. Marlena a thousand taels of silver as a reward, and the Dai Yan Kingdom was weak in small wealth, and he was already vomiting blood and struggling to support it.

However, seeing Ye Zhao's extraordinary appearance, his bearing faintly like a dragon and tiger, and the extremely hot Western princess-like girl accompanying him, Wu Guangyi faintly felt hopeful.

Looking at the silver ticket, Ye Zhao smiled and said: "Mr. Wu, please put it away, in fact, Mr. Wu doesn't have to go around in this matter, he just needs to go to the Prime Minister's Yamen to appeal, and he will definitely get a reply. ”

Wu Guangyi was stunned, thinking that Ye Zhao thought that there was little silver, gritted his teeth, and said: "Mr. Ye, as long as you are willing to help, how much silver is needed to dredge and fix it, as long as you make a number, you will do your best to raise money." ”

Ye Zhao waved his hand and said: "It's not a matter of how much money you have, of course, you can go directly to me, there are many less complicated links in the correspondence between the yamen, but if there is such a thing in the future, you only need to go to the relevant yamen, such a big thing, do you think they dare to sit on the ground and raise the price and collect your silver?" ”

Wu Guangyi smiled and said yes, he didn't think so, seeing that Ye Zhao didn't take the silver ticket for a long time, he couldn't help but be a little anxious, and said: "Mr. Ye, you also said that I found you directly, saving a lot of travel, although this tea money is not much, but in the next little heart, it is a hard work, and the capital of the carriage and horses." ”

Ye Zhao laughed, this person's concept is really not easy to change, he can only take his time, in Chinese officialdom, it seems that he can't do things without money, and the same is true in ancient and modern times.

Shaking the folding fan, Ye Zhao said: "Mr. Wu, I can talk to the Dutch about this, of course, it depends on what they say, in short, peace is precious, there is always a solution." ”

Wu Guangyi was stunned for a moment and said, "You, you talk to the Dutch? ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "What? Can't trust me? ”

"No, of course not." Wu Guangyi hesitated, and said: "There is another thing I don't know if Mr. Ye can help, but when this matter is really difficult, it is really difficult to say ...... below."

"Tell me, if you can do it, let's hear it." Ye Zhao took the purple grapes from Sava.

Wu Guangyi's tone became more and more respectful, and said: "Yes, that's the case, although the country is overseas, but all the time without delusions, inheriting the grace of the Heavenly Empire, if our lord can be canonized by the Heavenly Empire, it is really a blessing for the whole country, but the light of the fireflies, I can't measure my strength, saying it will make Mr. laugh, Mr. will hear it, just let me lie." "The more I talk about the back, the more I have no confidence, and when I talk about it, the Daiyan Kingdom is as big as a sesame mung bean, and there are so many tens of thousands of barbarian subjects, so they call themselves the kingdom, which is already laughable, not to mention that the lion opens his mouth in a vain attempt to be recognized and canonized by the dynasty.

Ye Zhao shook the folding fan and pondered: "Let's discuss this matter again." "This country, you have to be qualified, although I don't know what the Dai Yan Kingdom is, but I want to have a township and a county in the country? What's more, although it seems that you can simply decide, if it is in the history books of later generations, it will be an event with far-reaching impact, and you must always think about it clearly.

Unconsciously, Ye Zhao realized that his words and deeds, a very simple decision, may rewrite the history of a region, with many things, it is really necessary to be cautious and cautious.

Ye Zhao pondered, and said: "But Mr. Wu, please rest assured, for the Chinese in Southeast Asia, the emperor of the dynasty, the queen mother of the two palaces, and the regent, they will definitely protect themselves in many ways, protect them thoroughly, and fight for their rights and interests, and will never let the big gang be bullied by Xiyi." ”

Wu Guangyi bowed and said, "Yes, everything depends on Mr." ”

After Wu Guangyi said goodbye, Mother Sava asked with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, are you going to teach the Dutch a lesson?" Her blue eyes shone with blazing fire, and it was clear that it would be too exciting to start a war between the two nations because of her. Especially the man in front of him, in a word, is that thousands of brave and fearless soldiers are fighting and dying in the flames, this feeling is simply amazing.

Ye Zhao shook the folding fan and smiled, and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

(To be continued)