"In the third year of the Holy Dao, it was a summer, and there was a fourth brother on the edge of the South Seas...... Drew a circle......"

Humming a little song that the people around him couldn't understand, Li Xi dropped the compass on the map, took Kunlun Island as the center, and the radius was more than 100 miles south of Phnom Penh. Not only includes nostalgia, river immortals, and Mei Hagi, but also a firewood stick. In the future, Saigon was included in the Chinese territory.

The king of Quang Nam must have had an opinion, so he gave him part of the subsidy in the northwest of Cambodia. As for Cambodia...... Considering the balance, it is already very merciful not to completely erase the former Khmer imperial state.

Next is Vientiane, to the north of the three Laos countries, and dare not come to the audience! Extinguished!

Occupy a piece of the country, give a piece to Siam and the other two countries of Laos, and adjust the border at the same time, so that the pattern of the eastern part of the Indochina Peninsula can be stabilized.

To the west is the pattern of confrontation between Siam and Burma, which is somewhat troublesome, and the East India Divisions of France and Britain have their branches in Burma, which is directly adjacent to the Indian Ocean after all. Although they are very greedy for the export of the Indian Ocean, the strength of the British and Chinese is not enough to go out to the Indian Ocean, so there is no need to directly deal with the French and British.

Let the younger brother go first, Yinghua also has to get used to managing the war on behalf of others, and Siam has to bear this matter. At the same time, one more younger brother will have one more voice, and the Lanna Kingdom, that is, the country of eight hundred daughters-in-law, will also help to recover.

In the south of the Malay Peninsula, those Chinese in the Great North first secretly supported the Dutch, as the team that later became involved in Malacca...... Sooner or later, there will be a battle.

The map opened the territory, and Li Shi was very comfortable. In his previous life, every time he established a new global pattern from the Westphalian system down, it was a map opening. The low-ranking foreign affairs officer, the staff officer, easily pulled out horizontal and vertical lines on the map, and a new world was drawn. This is how the 38th line of the DPRK, the 17th line of Vietnam, and even the McMahon line came about.

After drawing the circle, Li Xi handed over the map to a 30-year-old Wupin official, who was Chen Dading, the new director of the Privy Council's Coastal Defense Department, and Chen Shangchuan's grandson, who was familiar with Nanyang affairs, especially the affairs of various countries in the Indochina Peninsula, and succeeded Chen Xinghua, who had been appointed as the general director of the Bo Ni Gong Division.

Li Shi entangled the countries of the Indochina Peninsula together, not only a simple alliance, in addition to the invasion and dismemberment of the Vientiane country, but also to establish a new alliance diplomatic system, what to survey the border, set up the process, extremely complicated, the first thing, is naturally to make China's Funan nail.

The alliance treaty and the diplomatic process are naturally determined by the words of the heavenly court, but the demarcation of the national border involves the practical interests of each country, and the process of bargaining is very cumbersome.

"It's a pity that Xiaomin was born thirty years early, if he is prosperous at this time, it is a rare blessing to be able to create such a great cause with His Majesty......"

One person sighed beside him, but he was a businessman.

"Don't pull your son around the corner, Fan Sihai, three years of hard labor is inevitable, young man, it's just too impulsive."

Li Xian said lightly, that businessman was Fan Sihai, a Fujian maritime merchant who was exiled to Funan. His son, Fan Liuxi, was taken as a prisoner of war and sent to the Bo mud mines.

Fan Sihai hurriedly asked: "Xiao'er has received the grace of His Majesty, how dare he get Longwangshu." Xiaomin just sighed that time was like a shuttle, and he was born at the wrong time. ”

Li Shi shook his head: "There are great opportunities everywhere, if you are attentive, why are you afraid of old age?" My old master was sixty-seven when he came out of the mountain. ”

Fan Sihai smiled bitterly: "How dare you compare with Duan Guoshi, but it's ......"

He reminded carelessly: "There are opportunities everywhere, and there are mistakes everywhere, so I'm afraid that the small people will make too much trouble." ”

Li Shi pouted: "It's okay, I've been waiting for them for a long time." I also said in advance, this is just a game of cards, if they want to fight to the death, then don't blame me for being ruthless. Fan Sihai sighed, obviously worried about the future of some of his fellow villagers, but he didn't dare to say more, and bowed: "Xiaomin will be ordered to go to Luzon." ”

The reason why Li Xi met Fan Sihai was because this person had deep roots in Luzon, and after Luzon was pacified, he still needed to use his strength to win over the hearts of the Luzon Chinese. In addition, Li Xi also felt that this person was indeed talented and ambitious, if the affairs of Fujian maritime affairs could be solved smoothly and he was not contaminated, Li Xi felt that this person could be of great use. ,

Thinking of Fujian, Li Shi casually asked Siniang: "What about the stocks invested in Jianxia and the Fujian cabinet?" ”

Siniang pouted slightly, and reported a little unhappily: "The latest "Goldfish News" was eight days ago, and the Jianxia investment was 520 taels, which was a stock with the highest unit price, and the average price of Fujian cabinets rose 1.6 times. It is the counter with the highest average increase. ”

Li Xi was a little annoyed: "Yo...... In fact, you can still make a lot of money......"

Siniang finally got angry: "Your Majesty! ”

This girl has a virtue with Sanniang......

Li Shi shook his head, homesickness surged up, it had been almost three months since he went out, Xiao Fumei gave birth to a son, and he was not around, Sanniang, Guan Xuan, and Yuyou also missed them. By the way, and Baoyin's prairie girl, it's time to eat it......

Thinking about it, the fragrance entered her heart again, and when she turned her head to see Siniang with flushed cheeks, she trembled and leaned over, was looked at by Li Shi, and hurriedly said, "I...... I'll help the fourth brother rub his legs and feet......"

Li Xi naturally knew Sanniang's intention of stuffing this girl to his side, but for some reason, in the land of the South Seas, there was always a restlessness in his heart, which made him unable to sink his body and mind and pick such a fragrance.

What is this restlessness? Earlier on Kunlun Island, it was the sea that won the defeat. Now that it has been won, the army has surrounded Manila, and even the cannons have been sent to the city, although the destruction of the city is not just around the corner, but the possibility of surviving until the comeback of the Spanish American fleet has been greatly reduced, what is there to worry about?

Is it because of the previous kings and princes' bows, and the prospect that the entire Indochina Peninsula is about to be truly incorporated into the wings of China, makes it difficult for me to sit down with joy?

No, this matter is just taking advantage of the trend, with the national strength of Yinghua, turning his head to look north, the Central Plains can be held in his hand at any time, and now he is looking south, and this result is expected, and there is no wave in his heart.

Finally impatient with this inexplicable restlessness, Li Shi rubbed Siniang's head: "Go, walk the horse!" ”

Siniang muttered to herself sadly: "It's still ...... me to be a little girl."

Riding on the nostalgic beach, on one side is the turquoise sea that reaches to the sky, on the other side is the green grass, woods, rice fields, blue gray brick houses stretch out one by one, small bridges pave the winding rivers and streams, and connect the gravel paths. It's not that too rich greenery, but it really has a bit of Jiangnan style.

Running on the seawall, nostalgia at a glance, in the distance is the towering temple of heaven, you can vaguely hear the sound of the boy and the virgin, the farmers in the field, the passers-by on the trail, are also humming low in response to the beat, but the adjustable door is different, there are Shaanxi, there are Hunan and Jiangxi, and there are rare Sichuan horns, leisurely and complacent.

Li Xi stopped his horse and listened quietly, so distracted that he didn't even notice that Wu Ya rode his horse to his side.

Wu Ya said: "Fourth brother, this time of turmoil, if you don't end up with a hundred and eighty thousand heads, I'm afraid it won't be able to be done." ”

The establishment of the Nanyang Alliance system, the old relations of the countries will be disintegrated and reorganized, and it will inevitably be accompanied by bloody slaughter, Wu Ya is in an ambush, Li Xian said disapprerovantly: "It doesn't matter how much it falls, just don't fall on our own heads." ”

Wu Ya sighed: "It's easy to do on my side, I heard that the dog is ...... there."

Li Xian paused for a moment, his eyes gradually cleared, and he understood why his restlessness came from.

Jia Hao sent a war report saying that although all means had been exhausted, there were still more than 10,000 Chinese attached to the Spaniards, and when he completely besieged the castle of San Diego, counting the battles and infighting before and after, I am afraid that there would be no more than 20,000 or 30,000 Chinese killed in this battle.

"If this is a necessary sacrifice, but the sacrifice is too heavy, the history of others on a different day, the minister is not afraid to bear any infamy, but how can the name of His Majesty be carried on it?"

Jia Hao thought deeply, worried about Li Xian's reputation.

It wasn't the fame that made Li restless, but the sacrifice. Subconsciously, even faintly doubting, is his agitation of history good or bad for those who have died? Originally, they could enjoy peace in their lifetime, and the days were harder, but they could live after all, and they could live until they died of old age......

This restlessness is not only a tangle, but also a new era of apprehension. When the Spaniards withdrew from Luzon, the north of Malacca, the entire South Seas will be returned to Yinghua, such a new situation, what kind of development opportunities will it bring to Yinghua, Li Xi has been difficult to deduce, this is also a very heavy worry.

"But the fourth brother, the dog loves to pretend to be deep, what he says, that is his own heart, and the fourth brother has his own thoughts." , Wu Ya naturally couldn't understand Li Xi's feelings, and said directly, at this moment, a person in the distance approached with a cow and was stopped by the guards.

"Little Red, Stone...... Don't get so nervous......"

Li Shi looked at Siniang and Wu Ya who were blocking in front of him, and complained with a wry smile.

Siniang didn't buy it: "Your Majesty's body of ten thousand gold, one body is one country, how can you not take it lightly." ”

Li Xian was slightly stunned, and the restlessness in his heart suddenly dissipated.

I am no longer the designer of history, and the tide of history has turned by itself in the initial stirring. You should no longer regard yourself as a traverser, you are an emperor, a leader who grasps the history and leads a people to move forward.

The inquiry of the Praetorian guards in the distance gradually entered the ears: "What is it called?" Li Shun? Where are the people? Shaanxi rice fat? ”

On the 2nd of July, the Castle of Santiago was under heavy artillery fire, and the ruins of the original houses to the north were being cleared by countless laborers, and several trenches were facing the castle vertically, stretching forward little by little on the cleared ground.

"What's it called? Zhang Huang's? Well, women count as well. Is this your son? Also going up? It's just a little bigger, okay, okay, everyone is fighting, and it's not bad for you orphans and widows, what's the boy's name? Sheet...... Oscar? ”

In the camp at the back of the trench, a steward registered the names of the mothers and handed them two wooden signs. Whether it is clearing rubble or digging trenches, a basket and a basket can be counted together, and then accumulated, it is their "force score", and the share after this force score is determined.

This is the rule that the Manila Lauf Camp negotiated itself, and it talks about fairness and justice. This kind of rule has existed since ancient times, opening fields, building dams, digging ditches, and building city walls, and the Chinese people have thousands of years of experience in labor organization and weaving.

With Jia Hao's promise and the organization of Chinese businessmen, the labor camp is already crazy. Men, women and children mobilized not only for a share of the land and the house. It is said that the Spaniards hid mountains of gold and silver in the castle of Santiago, and even a little leakage of the Anglo-Chinese army was enough for the civilians to rejoice.

That's why Zhang Huang is going to fight with her eight-year-old son, and she thinks that her husband will definitely be condemned after the war, and she can use these points to help him vindicate his guilt at that time. Although he has no shame in hating his husband, he is his own husband after all.

She and her son were weak, so they had to clean up the rubble on the ground, and send baskets back, accumulating little by little points, and gradually enriching their hearts.

She was so busy that she didn't notice the large crowd of figures surging in front of her, and when she was alerted by the exclamation, she realized that she was already in the flesh and blood battlefield.

The soldiers guarding the outer perimeter of the castle rushed up and scattered the Laufs, but they ran into the Anglo-Chinese soldiers who came to their aid. The cannonballs flew in the sky, the bullets were fired from side to side, and she was so frightened that she stayed on the spot, and became an excellent target, and a native blow arrow was silently nailed to her forehead, and the woman did not have time to shout, and fell to the ground.

"! That's a woman! What a pity to kill! Those natives, I'm afraid it's deliberate, he's damn it! ”

A voice shouted, and then he stepped out of the smoke and came to the corpse of the woman, as if trying to get something out of him, and then he froze.

"Oscar!?"

Zhang Wu looked at the boy whose mother was killed in front of him, but he was still stunned and didn't cry, and screamed in surprise.

"It's ......"

Then he looked at the corpse, the blood was almost boiling, it was his wife, who was dead in front of his eyes.

"Haha...... Damn it! ”

He froze for a moment, scolding with tears in his eyes.

"Damn! Damn it! ”

Then he jumped to his feet and yelled, not knowing who he was scolding.

"Oscar......, by the way, and my son, I still have a son......"

Then Zhang Wu grabbed the life-saving straw and stretched out his hand to the boy.

Peng's bang, the sound of gunfire rang out from the side, Zhang Wu's temples bloomed with a ball of blood, and the person also fell to the ground diagonally.

"Little one, are you alright......"

The hunter ran over and took the boy away, Zhang Wu was not dead, his eyelids blinked rapidly, and he struggled to reach out and grasp in the void.

"Damn ......"

He muttered, and his hand slipped through the air.

"Mother-——! Daddy"

That's when the boy cried out.

In the camp, Jia Hao stared at the boy named Zhang Oscar, and sighed: "Follow me...... you will be called Jia Yifan in the future." ”

was targeted by two boys who were not much older than himself, Zhang Oscar, no, Jia Yifan was still immersed in sorrow and panic, and he didn't know that he had become Jia Hao's third son.

Adopting a Chinese orphan in Luzon was an idea that Jia Hao had held before, and now he is satisfied with the goal achieved. Raising his binoculars and looking at the countless parallel moats less than a mile away from the castle's outer defenses, he let out a long breath and said in a deep voice, "Fire!" ”。 ）