Liu Yongfu looked down on the Qing army and the vacant official position given by the Qing court, which was good news for Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan laughed, but he didn't rush to say anything, just drank tea quietly.

Liu Yongfu immediately repatriated left and right, leaving only him and Hu Chuyuan in the camp.

Only then did he say: "My lord, you could have predicted that the legal person would invade on a large scale a few years ago, and Liu Mou is also a hero, but Liu Mou is in Vietnam all the year round, so he can guess one or two, and the adult is thousands of miles away, and he can still have this judgment, which is really extraordinary!" Liu admires the adult very much, and now I just want to ask the adult, in your opinion, what should I do now? ”

Hu Chuyuan quietly put down the teacup and replied in a low voice: "Don't act rashly, save your strength, and wait for the Hunan army to go south." Today's Guangxi garrison is dominated by the Huai army, and the Huai army is Li Hongzhang's troops, Li Hongzhang only wants to preserve his strength and maintain his political future in the imperial court, so the Huai army will inevitably not dare to fight, and the equipment and training of the Huai army are not as good as the French army. ”

Liu Yongfu praised: "What the adults said is very true, Liu also thinks so, the surname Suo avoids the enemy's edge, and hides in this mountain nest and does not go out." It's just that...... How long are we going to wait? I'm only afraid that the French army will attack on a large scale, and the Huai army will retreat in all directions, and I will be the only one left here. ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "Don't worry, just defend steadily, I'll look at the terrain carefully all the way over, your old nest is well chosen, easy to defend and difficult to attack, thousands of people are blocked at the pass, and tens of thousands of people can't rush in." As long as the French can't take here, there is no way to continue the big attack, and the situation will certainly not be too bad. After the defeat of the Huai army, the imperial court still has to send the Hunan army to the south, even if it does not send the Hunan army, it will also select another good minister to take charge of the situation between the two Guangzhou, and select local brave soldiers to supervise the group training, and then it will be the time for the decisive battle. ”

Liu Yongfu said: "Then how long do you estimate it will take?" ”

Hu Chuyuan thought for a while and said: "The defeat of the Huai army is in these few months, and then it will be the rainy season, and it will be difficult for the French to mobilize artillery on a large scale. By this time next year, it may be time for us to fight it out. ”

Liu Yongfu silently weighed it in his heart, and it was estimated that this was the case.

If the French want to carry out large-scale movements and raids in this part of Vietnam, they must be in the dry season, which is only from November to April of the following year, after this time, when the rainy season arrives, the rivers in various places are swollen, and there are no big bridges and roads, and the French cannot walk at all.

Because Hu Chuyuan had prepared well in advance, Liu Yongfu had already hoarded enough arms, more than 300 mountain artillery, more than 50,000 guns, and 30,000 soldiers and horses.

These two places are like a gourd-shaped basin, there are only two mountain roads and canyons into Heye, and there is only one road into Miquan, which has more than 300,000 acres of vast basin paddy fields and terraced fields, and it is not a problem to stick to it for ten years.

When the two talked about this, Hu Chuyuan pondered for a while, and said to Liu Yongfu: "In my opinion, as long as we plan the battle with the French properly, we can win it after all." Although the French are strong, after all, they are fighting thousands of miles away, and it is difficult to supply, while we are fighting locally. In addition, I have hoarded large quantities of arms in Hong Kong, Nanning, and Canton, and have hoarded enough rice, grain, and other supplies to last at least two years, with a total price of about 30 million taels of silver. I'm betting that this battle will be won. ”

Liu Yongfu suddenly sighed: "Even if the French lose, it is not a loss to Vietnam and the Qing court, but to you." In fact, not to mention the Qing army, the Hunan and Huai lines, only our Black Flag Army can give the French a head-on blow. ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "Don't show too much, lest you let the Qing court realize that you are the real disaster of the queen." ”

Liu Yongfu nodded slightly, and cautiously seconded: "The imperial court is recruiting us to fight for them at the moment, and in my heart I still want to eradicate us, but as long as the foundation of Vietnam is not lost, we are not too afraid." But if we don't have the foundation of Vietnam, I'm afraid there will be no way back. ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "It's okay, it's really not good, didn't we open another foundation in Kuching and Sarawak?" ”

Liu Yongfu was secretly happy, he knew in his heart that Sarao was the nest of Hu Chuyuan and Zhang Lingpu, not his, but as long as he had Hu Chuyuan's words, he still had nothing to worry about, at least he could have a place to live in the future.

Of course, he also has fears.

Today's Black Flag Army is naturally his, Hu Chuyuan can only be regarded as a funder, and they have a very close cooperative relationship with each other, once they go to Sarawak, it is difficult to say.

For Zhang Lingpu who is in Sarawak, Liu Yongfu is still very clear, that is Hu Chuyuan's descendant, and the troops there are also Hu Chuyuan's troops, the territory is large, and Hu Chuyuan's support is also great, and now it may be twice as strong as the Black Flag Army.

Hu Chuyuan weighed it again and asked: "General Liu, I actually want to do two things this time when I go into your land in danger, one is to watch the situation nearby and be ready to strike a head-on blow at the French at any time, and the other is to contact you about something. ”

"Oh?"

Liu Yongfu said quite cautiously: "It doesn't hurt if you say it, adults can rest assured, I and adults are in the same boat, and everything must be headed by adults!" ”

Hu Chuyuan didn't hide it, and said: "The Qing court [***] is incompetent, if it weren't for my coolie support over the years, the silk and tea industries would have collapsed in the hands of foreigners." I was dedicated to serving the country, but they wanted to unload the mill and kill the donkey, and now they want to swallow up my family business. Some time ago, Cixi made a cruel statement, saying that she would not hesitate to borrow money from foreigners to forcibly buy my family business, but fortunately, I secretly guarded against it and used the United States to choke her throat. Right now, she is a thief, and sooner or later she will attack me, and she will succeed after all...... Pity me for wanting to repay Lord Zuo Zongtang's kindness, wanting to strengthen the country and enrich the people, at the expense of my own interests, strangled the Bunsheng silk industry, and was assassinated by myself several times, but the court had no intention of defending me at all, and wished that I would die in the hands of Yue himself as soon as possible, which made my heart cold as ice. ”

"Your Excellency, ......!"

Liu Yongfu wanted to speak, pondered for a moment before saying: "My lord, why am I not like this, even if I defeat the enemy now and repel the French, will I and my tens of thousands of brothers under my account be able to return home safely?" Even if I return to China, how can I live in peace, and how can the court and the Manchurians tolerate me? Now, we are all guilty of the wall, so it's better to ......! ”

Speaking of this, he dipped his index finger in the teacup with water, wrote the four small words "Anti-Qing and Restoration of Sight" on the table, and then wiped them off with his sleeve, and Fu and Hu Chuyuan carefully asked: "My lord, what do you think?" ”

Hu Chuyuan quietly raised his eyes.

It wasn't the answer he wanted, but it was close.

He and Liu Yongfu were originally a pair made in heaven, a pair set by the earth, and they were destined to have annihilation when they were born.

He immediately dipped water in a teacup and wrote on the table: Expelling the Tartars, recovering China, rejuvenating my Han Dynasty, and returning my rivers and mountains.

Liu Yongfu took a closer look, and his eyes lit up, and at this moment, he was really excited.

He immediately wiped off the water traces for Hu Chuyuan, and said a little excitedly: "My lord, we coincide, the so-called high post of the town, the door faces the sea, and the heaven and earth will be the incense master of Xuanshui Hall, inheriting the master of the master Zheng Sanye." Xuanshui Hall is black, so there is this black flag army. ”

Hu Chuyuan can also guess that the anti-Qing righteous people of the Qing Dynasty are all from the Heaven and Earth Society.

He said: "So that's the case, Zhang Lingpu and I built the Chinese League, with the intention of 'expelling the Tartars and recovering China', in the final analysis, we all have the same idea." ”

Liu Yongfu immediately said: "My lord, I am willing to contact other churches, if it is feasible, we may be able to merge the two major societies into one, and conspire with each other to achieve great things and conspire with the world." ”

"That's fine!"

Hu Chuyuan nodded, because he lacked more understanding of the Heaven and Earth Society, he didn't say much.

Liu Yongfu saw that what he promised was not very simple, so he roughly explained the current situation of the Tiandihui, it turned out that after Taiwan was captured by the Qing political axe, the Tiandihui lost its base camp, and it has been in a very scattered state for nearly a hundred years, and there is no real helmsman.

Heaven and earth will have the first five halls and the last five halls, a total of ten halls, or rise or fall, these years, in the South Seas activity is the Red Fire Hall, stay in Taiwan is the Lotus Hall, in the Fujian area is the Hongshun Hall, in Guangdong is the Eight Horse Hall, in Jiangxi and other places is the Aoki Hall.

After the rise and fall of each church or the split, the original team set up another branch, and established branches such as the Little Knife Society, the Double Knife Society, and the Elders' Association.

Xuanshuitang has actually gone through several ups and downs, and at present, only Liu Yongfu is still continuing, in fact, it can be regarded as a part of the people who set up another branch in Vietnam and set up a Black Flag Army.

In short, the situation is still very confusing.

After listening to Liu Yongfu's words, Hu Chuyuan said: "You can get in touch, but let's focus on the Huameng." After all, the Huameng Association is newly established, with clear branches and clear tasks, and the so-called Huameng is an alliance of the Chinese people to seek the great cause of recovering China. ”

Liu Yongfu said: "That's true, if the adults don't mind, they are willing to set up another sect, participate in the adults' Huameng Association, and conspire with the great cause." ”

They said that the great cause they were seeking was not to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, build a new dynasty, and be the master of the world by themselves!

Hu Chuyuan nodded, and he agreed.

He thought for a moment and said: "The branch of the Huameng Association has a society and a hall, as well as a company and an army, and the army is not a separate subordinate, so it can be regarded as a branch in itself. The rest of the branches were allowed to perform their duties on their own according to prior agreements, and the armed forces were under the direct control of the Chinese League. If General Liu agrees, this branch of ours will be called the Black Flag Army, which corresponds to Zhang Lingpu's Red Flag Army. ”

Liu Yongfu said: "It's okay to avoid the chaos that Heaven and Earth will have now." I just don't know how the branches plan their responsibilities? ”

Hu Chuyuan weighed it, and didn't really want to take out all the hole cards to show Liu Yongfu, but ...... There must be risks in rebellion, you don't trust others, you hide it, and others don't dare to trust you.

Therefore, to do big things, you have to have energy, if you don't have energy, don't do big things if you don't dare to take risks.

Hu Chuyuan didn't say a word, and immediately said: "Don't hide it from the general, there are several companies under the name of the Huameng Association that are responsible for operating industries in various parts of Nanyang, including several companies under my name. The branch office was responsible for gathering information in various places, and each member had a different cover identity, and now it was mainly the Fuqing Society and the Hui Society that were engaged in these things. Counting the general's Black Flag Army, the army has two lines, the Red Flag and the Black Flag. In the Fujian Navy Division under my control, there are also some members of the Huameng Association buried, and when the time is ripe, I can transform the Sailor into the power of the Huameng Association. ”

Liu Yongfu was even more excited when he heard this, anyway, he never thought about being an emperor in his life, and now he has a tailwind boat to take, so why not take it, so he can also get a founding general and seal a Weiguo Gong who has been inherited from generation to generation.

Besides, Hu Chuyuan really wants to be anti-minded, his downwind boat is not ordinarily big.

Liu Yongfu became more and more happy in his heart, and couldn't help but smile and said: "With the foundation and financial resources of an adult, it is really easy to plan a great cause. ”

Hu Chuyuan said to him very cautiously: "Don't reveal the news for the time being, let's do things slowly, Xu Tu dominates the industry." If the court doesn't turn against me for a day, it is to give us one more day to prepare. ”

Liu Yongfu also nodded silently, and said quite cautiously: "Yes, the number of people is exhausted, as long as we don't make mistakes, the affairs of the world can be decided." If we make a mistake, it's really hard to say...... Even if the popularity is exhausted, the world will not return...... My lord, aren't we waiting for a lot of hardship, and we are empty horns and yellow nests? Looking at the trend of the world and the situation of the predecessors, Liu also advised the adults to learn from Taizu, destroy the enemy in the front, and oppose the Tartars in the back, get rid of Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and others, and then peek into the world, this is a smooth way to get the world...... I'm afraid there is no other way, if you take the lead and do the opposite, you can only marry someone else! ”

(To be continued)