Liu Mingchuan was very protective of the Northeast before, but after more than a year of contact, when the more important thing was to learn about the results of the Northeast and France in Vietnam, Liu Mingchuan knew that it was useless to resist, so he simply accepted it honestly. With the abundant capital and superior technology in the hands of big businessmen, the naturalization construction of Taiwan Island began. Taiwan's fiscal revenue as a whole has risen sharply from several hundred thousand taels of silver a year that he had just taken over to 3 million taels in just one year, and next year it will be 4.5 million taels. If there is no help from big businessmen, this is something that Liu Mingchuan would not dare to think of.

However, the process of reform has not been without resistance, mainly the clean-up of the fields. Taiwan's field endowment is extremely disordered, under the control of the wealthy gentry and officials, "the strong have land but no endowment, and the weak have endowment without land", "the field goes to grain storage", and there is no way to avoid it. Qingfu directly violated the interests of the landlords and gentry, and the rumors spread for a while, and the resistance was great, but Liu Mingchuan was unmoved.

A few days later, Yan Fu took people out of Taiwan and returned to Sanya, where he still had important things to do.

Zhan Tianyou also began to enter his own role, and with the cooperation of Liu Mingchuan, the personnel of Dashang Railway Construction Company gradually arrived, and the exploration work was officially launched. It took about two months, and after the preliminary work was completed, the Dashang Railway Construction Company handed over a plan to Liu Mingchuan, with a total amount of three million taels of silver, which was completed in three years. Liu Mingchuan was very satisfied after reading the report, and then agreed to the plan.

The Northeast Autonomous Region has no plans to occupy Taiwan for the time being, and the main focus of development is Keelung and Kaohsiung, which are important hubs in the Northeast trade chain and have attracted a large number of Taiwanese to work in them. And Wang Yi asked for the demarcation of Keelung, and there is a more important reason, that is, he has taken a fancy to Jinguashi - Jiufen, where there are gold mines. When Dashang announced the nine gold mines, Liu Mingchuan was greedy, but he also felt helpless. Because the land claim given by the Great Shang to the Qing court included the entire Jiufen region, even if he was the governor of Taiwan, he had no right to interfere. Fortunately, the big businessmen pay a lot of taxes and fees to Liu Mingchuan every year, which also makes Liu Mingchuan feel better.

After the completion of the work in Taiwan, Zhan Tianyou took the people to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos again on the airship. The three territories have now been redivided. Vietnam was dismembered, and the southern region of Vietnam, until the 17th century, was Cambodia's Shui Chenla. The Mee Delta, which covers an area of about 60,000 square kilometers, was gradually encroached upon and annexed by the Nguyen regime in Vietnam after the 17th century. Today, it has been independently established as Nam Viet Province, which is now an important grain and sugar producing center in Northeast China and Southeast Asia, providing a variety of primary agricultural products.

Originally, a large number of unemployed Jing civilians were sent to the Northeast, Outer Northeast, and Ezo to live together with the local Han people. At the same time, Dashang issued a policy to bring in a large number of Hermes-Epitek from Guangxi, Guangdong and other southern provinces.

In addition, beginning in 1882, the United States began to promulgate the Chinese Exclusion Act, namely, the "Law on the Enforcement of the Provisions of the Chinese Treaty". Its 1884 amendment made it more desirable to allow previously arriving immigrants to leave and return to the United States, and clarified that the law applied to a Chinese regardless of their nationality.

Yang Qiuxing, premier of the autonomous region, did not express much opinion on this, but took the initiative to contact the US government and arrange for a large number of Chinese to return to China, with a total number of hundreds of thousands. And these people were sent directly by the autonomous regional government to the newly occupied Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Either land is allocated, or new factories are entered in the autonomous region. Of course, many others were directly involved in the construction of the railway.

Cambodia and Laos, because of their sparse population, are more indifferent to the new Qing immigrants, but the local forces in Vietnam, which have a large population, react strongly.

Yan Fu, who was stationed in Da Nang, that is, the former port of Toulon, was in a meeting when he suddenly received an urgent call from the escort team responsible for protecting Zhan Tianyou and other employees of the Dashang Railway Construction Company.

"Report that the convoy has called, and Mr. Zhan's detection team has been attacked by unknown forces."

"Where?" Yan Fu pressed his hands on the table and got up suddenly.

"The Pleigo region."

"Report!" Another signal soldier ran in, looking panicked, and said, "The Vietnamese Nguyen rebelled in Nam Viet Province and have now occupied Saigon!" ”

Yan Fu's brows furrowed at this time, he didn't expect things to come together.

On February 14, 1886, the Nguyen clan rebelled in Vietnam, and Nguyen Ying was elected emperor by a group of old ministers of the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam, and called himself Nguyen King Thuong. And the target of their attack is the newly arrived Qing immigrants, who are taking the road of stirring up ethnic contradictions. In addition to the remnants of France, there was also the support of Siam. Obviously, the Southeast Asian power is very unhappy with the forcible occupation of Cambodia and Laos by the Northeast Autonomous Region, after all, they were the suzerains of these two countries.

The Nguyen rebels soon amassed an army of nearly 120,000 men, of course only a peasant army, claiming to be 200,000. Originally, there were only 500 marines stationed near Saigon, and there were 2,000 in South Viet province. Because the gap in numbers is too large, it has retreated to Vung Tau and Tra Rong at the mouth of the Mekong River. Officials from the autonomous region in Nam Viet province also withdrew, but some officials were killed by the Nguyen rebels who did not come.

Because of the 5,000 marines in North Vietnam Province and the large number of Han people, the current situation is quite stable. However, local officials did not dare to take it lightly and closely monitored the situation on the ground.

Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, Governor Du Sanyi also received a report of the Nguyen rebellion at this time, and his brows were tightly locked. The garrison here is a brigade of marines, the brigade commander Wang Shu, and his command is also 3,000 people. However, at this time only one battalion of 500 men was stationed in Phnom Penh. The other five battalions were in Ko Gong, Sam Long, Preah Vihear, Shang Ding, and Long Fa.

In the whole province of Cambodia, there are 5,000 garrisons and 15,000 servant troops in the northeast, of which more than half are Qing immigrants, and the rest are locals. However, due to the short training time, the combat power of the servant army is limited. It's okay to be in charge of defending the inland, but if you really go to the front, I'm afraid you don't have the courage to fight against the outnumbered Nguyen rebels.

"Governor Du, I have already started to send a message to Ge Gong, and Battalion Commander Sun Feng said that he can rush to Phnom Penh tomorrow night." Wang Shu was in his thirties, looked very bookish, and was a Confucian general, but on the battlefield with Tsarist Russia, he was known for his blood. "It's just that the garrisons of Sanlong, Preah Weixia, Shangding, and Longfa are not transferred."

Du Sanyi understood that these four cities were all on the border between Cambodia and Siam, and Wang Shu was also afraid that the Siamese people would take advantage of the fire and rob.

The secretary said at this time: "We have made contact with the Nanyang Fleet, and the airship force will help us patrol the border." At the same time, Commander Yan has already begun to mobilize personnel, believing that in a few days, reinforcements will be in place. ”

While the three of them were talking, Wang Shu's confidential secretary came to report at this time, saying, "The Ruan rebels are now attacking Pineapple Mian!" Other than that...... Siam troops! ”

Pineapple, located between Phnom Penh and Saigon, is a choke point, but it can't afford to take care of it at the moment.

Du Sanyi shook his head and said, "Pineapple can't take care of it for the time being...... Siam actually sent troops! Report the situation to Headquarters immediately. ”

Now that the whole province of South Vietnam and Cambodia has become a mess, Yan Fu has already made a move, and the airship troops have begun to launch bombardments, and the 3,000 marines stationed in Sanya, 1,000 have reinforced Tra Rong and Vung Tau at the mouth of the Mekong River, and another 2,000 have gone to Cambodia to resist the Siamese attack.

Just after Yan Fu sent the marines, there was also an urgent report from Laos, Siam not only sent troops to Cambodia, but also began to attack Phnom Penh, Xayaburi, Hoi Sai, Ta Qu, Savannakhet and other places in Laos.

In view of the immediate emergency situation, Yan Fu has already sent a request to the headquarters for additional troops. Premier Yang Qiuxing, who received the news, immediately convened a meeting attended by the Political Affairs Bureau and the military to make arrangements for counterinsurgency work.

Wang Yi did not attend the meeting, and is currently on the phone with Tu Xiaohua, who has just attended the counterinsurgency conference.

"How's the investigation going? Is there anyone else behind the Vietnamese besides Siamese and French? ”

"The British, they sent five thousand old rifles that they had replaced, and it is said that there were twenty or thirty old guns."

"Sure enough...... It seems that the British do not want to let go of the Chao Phraya River and rule! Wang Yi sneered, and continued: "In addition to the old guns of the British, how about the weapons and equipment of the rebels?"

"The secret arsenal left by the French in South Vietnam Province is said to have been handed over to the rebels, and there should have been a lot of guns and ammunition." Tu Xiaohua frowned rarely, and said: "Sir, after all, when their ammunition is finished, it seems to be booming right now, but it is not a long-term solution after all." What exactly is this Nguyen court going to do? ”

Wang Yi pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it's other countries that are waiting to intervene, after all, we don't have many troops stationed in Laos Province, North Vietnam Province, South Vietnam Province, and Cambodia Province." What's more, the number of our Han people is also insufficient, and it is precisely because of the problem that the Nguyen family sees it, so it will be at this time. ”

"It's all my fault that I relaxed my surveillance of South Vietnam!" Tu Xiaohua blamed herself a little.

Wang Yiyi smiled, and said in a dark voice: "It's okay to make trouble, so I don't have an excuse to clean up this bunch of!" ”

On February 20, 1886, the "Northeast Daily" suddenly published a set of photographs, which were taken by the airship unit in Saigon and other places in South Vietnam Province. Countless Vietnamese armed with various weapons drove the Han people to the banks of the Mekong River, beheading and beheading, killing thousands of people. Since then, similar photos have been published in large numbers, and the number of dead has continued to rise, and the total number has now reached more than 7,000.

The Northeast was shocked, and people began to march in the streets.

On February 21, 1886, Prime Minister Yang Qiuxing's counterinsurgency operation began, and at the same time as declaring war on Siam, the most shocking thing in the world was that Yang Qiuxing announced the order to kill the barbarians! There will be no mercy for the rebel leaders and the rebels who participated in the massacre!

On the second day of the siege of Siam, the 2nd Airship Brigade stationed in Taiwan was stationed in Sanya, and then began to bomb Saigon. At the same time, Yan Fu led the Nanyang Fleet into Bangkok Bay and bombarded the port of Bangkok. Frightened, King Rama V immediately fled from Bangkok to Thonburi, somewhat regretting that he had listened to the slander of the British. However, now that the arrow is ready to be fired, it has to bite the head and step up the attack on Laos and Cambodia.

Saigon, Nguyen King Zong Ruan Ying frowned, he didn't want to rebel, and the Northeast treated him well. He set aside a sugar plantation and helped open a sugar factory, and in general he lived a prosperous life, peace and joy. However, the former ministers of the Nguyen clan did not seem to have any intention of letting him go, he was originally a royal family, and when Vietnam was invaded by France, Vietnam was divided into Nam Ki, Central Ki, and North Ki. Later, several unlucky Vietnamese kings either died or were left somewhere in the northeast. In order not to let Vietnam be in turmoil, no one expected him.

A group of people led by Ruan Chengwen and forced him to rebel, and it is said that there were British people behind him. He was also driven to the shelves, and he couldn't do it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, at the moment our offensive in Phnom Penh is blocked, and we cannot open up the passage with Siam, what good can you do in the current situation?"

Ruan Ying hates Ruan Chengwen now! At the beginning, this old man said very well, as long as there was an incident in South Vietnam, Siam would send troops, and then attack Cambodia with them, and the two sides would be able to unite as one. But now the army is blocked in Phnom Penh, and it has been attacking day and night for a week. There's nothing I can do now. Don't talk about Cambodia, you can't beat even Phnom Penh.

Now the rebel prime minister Ruan Chengwen also has no way, and Ruan Yiding, who is the general of Zhenguo, is tough, and said: "Your Majesty, there must be brave men under the so-called heavy reward, as long as we increase the reward, there will always be people who are willing to die." ”

Ruan Ying himself didn't have much ability, and when he heard this, it was also an idea, so he said: "What General Zhenguo said is reasonable, and immediately send an order to go down, take down the Phnom Penh, and obtain the warrior with the head of Du Sanyi, and reward 1,000 taels of gold and 500 acres of fertile land." ”

Just today, Prime Minister Ruan Chengwen had already told Sù Ruan Ying the news of the Northeast Killing Order, and he also understood that although it was not his original intention to rebel, it was useless to say anything now. Anyway, if you can't get through Cambodia and can't join forces with Siam, you're a dead end. Rather than this, it is useless to keep the land and money, and it is better to write empty checks and reward them to the crazy people who see the money. In case there is a glimmer of life, this is something that no one can say.

With such an idea, Ruan Jingzong began to give a large reward to a group of rebel leaders on the front line, one by one either this Hou or that Hou, not to mention, the rebels were really demoralized.

The biggest problem in front of Wang Shu now is that the number of soldiers under his command is too small, and then there is a lack of ammunition. In the face of the Vietnamese rebels who began to go crazy, even he didn't have a good way.