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In a private house in the Phuket Town Guard's Mansion, Liu Xiang, who was already dressed as a first-class lieutenant of Zhengwupin, was trying to persuade Liu Ling: "Brother, you have made a lot of money over the years, and your little nephew has just been born, I think you don't have to do business on the sea." ”

Referring to his mixed-race son who was born unexpectedly, Liu Ling also hesitated: "Second brother, brother, I also want to be a decent individual and leave a family belongings for your little nephew, but whether it is on the island or 6, this ghost place produces very little, I am afraid that when the time comes, it is better to fight for a few more years, and then make a big island in Myanmar like your Fang brothers, and be the owner of the island. ”

Of course, the Fang person mentioned by Liu Ling refers to Fang Yunchun, and now this guy is amazing, with a large group of subordinates in his hands, entrenched on a large island on the side of Mergui in southern Burma, bought thousands of slaves to farm for him, and at the same time continued to do the business of promising pirates and maritime merchants, and more than 30 similar maritime merchants are known as "36 Western merchants", so they are almost independent of opening a national business.

"Thirty-six Western families, a group of local chickens and dogs." From the point of view of the Chinese military attaché, those pirate and maritime merchants who defended themselves on the island with a few Chinese and Western sea ships and hundreds of men were not worth mentioning at all. "It's just that while Wang Hua is not in time, he is just entertaining himself over there, and it is okay not to learn." Liu Xiang continued to persuade. "Now that the ships don't go through the Strait of Malacca, it's difficult for my brother's business to ??????"

Liu Ling hurriedly interrupted Liu Xiang's words: "Second brother, you are wrong, Yichuan does not go to Malacca, and it is the Dutch Hongyi who is sad, which does not have much impact on us." ”

Liu Ling pointed to the opposite side of the sea: "The Ministry of War and the Governor Yamen have joined forces to do firearms business with several counts in Jinzhou (Sumatra), you should also know." Bound by the treaty between the imperial court and the Dutch Hongyi, it is impossible for them to send people to the island to sell them openly, so they have to use our people, which is the first place to get money; Secondly, the arithmetic on Jinzhou Island not only confronted Hongyi, but there were also wars between their own people and their own people from time to time, and they were willing to spend a lot of money to hire us to fight our opponents; Finally, it is to do serious maritime trade, and our ships can now go straight to Burma, Daupan (Bengal), Chola (Zhulin country, the southern tip of Tianzhu) and fine orchid; Therefore, without Yangyi, business is not bad but better. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Ling's eyebrows fluttered and said: "Your brother I have already taken a good look at the place, as soon as the money is ready, I will immediately buy it 3,000 or 5,000 slaves, and when the time comes, the island will be fenced, and we will also make a small country to play." ”

Seeing Liu Xiang's disapproving appearance, Liu Ling was a little anxious: "Don't think that your brother is satisfied with getting a small island like the thirty-six families in the West, that place is a big island, and any one of them is hundreds of miles away?" ”

"How many hundred miles?" Liu Xiang seemed to think of something, and suddenly became solemn. "Is it the new system or the old system?"

Liu Ling didn't change color when Liu Xiang didn't change color, and replied seriously: "Of course it's a new system, the old system is not the same as the thirty-six Western families making a small island, your brother and I either don't get it, if you want to get a big one." ”

Liu Xiang took a step closer and asked, "So, are there natives on these islands?" ”

"Yes, there are dog-faced people, but they are some uncivilized savages, if they obey, they can save their lives, if they don't," Liu Ling smiled disapprovingly. "Your brother and I have been in the line for a long time, and I am not a soft-hearted person."

Liu Xiang didn't care about the life and death of the natives, he just asked again: "Are there any suitable trees on the island for shipbuilding?" ”

"Yes, there are mahogany, hemp chestnut trees, walnut, oak," Liu Ling's eyes lit up when he mentioned his future kingdom. "Mahogany and oak are good materials for shipbuilding, and I am still thinking that if we can have the opportunity to recruit some foreign shipwrights from Tianzhu in the future, we can also build soft sail clippers ourselves, and walnut wood that can be used as furniture is also a good commodity??????

"I'm afraid the island my brother chose is Eucalyptus Duman (Andaman)," Liu Xiang sighed and interrupted Liu Ling's chatter. "I advise my brother to die of this heart, the imperial court has decided to set up the Tianzhu Protectorate in Eucalyptus Duman, not only Eucalyptus Duman, but even the slightly farther country of the Ur (Nicobar Islands) will be counted under the rule of the Protectorate."

Liu Ling was stunned for a moment, and immediately scolded: "Lao Tzu's thoughts are in vain, why does the imperial court take a fancy to it!" ”

"Brother, what you like, that's how the court looks at it." Liu Xiang said a tongue-twisting sentence. "The Governor's Yamen's recital has been approved by the royal authorities, and the text of the military department has also come down, and the official office will be officially set up in the middle of the year, your brother and I are unlucky, I was appointed by Jian as the commander of the Tianzhu detachment, no, now is the rest before the trip??????"

"I said, how do you know so well? It turns out that it was the second child who robbed me! Liu Ling sighed for a while, and then regained his spirits. Forget it, forget it, just look for it when the island is gone, and I'll find one on the edge of the thirty-six Western houses. "Having said that, the island that is suitable for living and reclamation on the Dan Lao line has been divided by thirty-six Western families, and the rest is either too small, or the terrain is steep and unsuitable for human habitation, so Liu Ling said ruthlessly." It's really not good, Lao Tzu went north, went to the Burmese people to run under the noses, if you want to come to the Burmese sailors, you brother and I still have a chance??????"

Liu Xiang wanted to persuade him again, but when his brother was serious, if he dispelled his ambition, Liu Xiang himself couldn't convince himself, so he had to think for a while and then said: "If you don't choose the Situ side, there are several big islands there, and they are also within the cruising range of the Tianzhu detachment." ”

Liu Ling laughed: "Fight tiger brothers, father and son soldiers, okay, when you implement it over there, brother, I will take a look at it north, if it is not bad, this is the foundation of our Liu family, and there will be your share at that time." ”

"I have the grace of the court, so I don't have to give my share." Liu Xiang's official residence is five grades, and the meritorious lord has also arrived at the founding of the country, although he may not necessarily get a lord before the emperor, but the acres of land for his children and grandchildren have already been prepared, and there is really no need to count on Liu Ling's gift. "I'd better leave it to my little nephew."

"How big and small it is, who knows if it will grow up." Liu Ling's words sound like he has no feelings for his son, but he is still very precious to his son even if he is middle-aged. "If there is an accident, who can you leave it to if you don't leave it??????"

"My brother drank too much." Liu Xiang hurriedly stopped Liu Ling's confused words. "However, this is also a problem, although Phuket has been open for a few years, but in addition to military doctors, I am afraid that there are no good doctors, and those in the army are okay to treat bruises and stump amputations, and it is really impossible to count on a headache and brain fever." Liu Xiang took this opportunity to persuade. "Let's send the girl and the little nephew to Lingyamen or Pontianak, the conditions there are much better."

"I also have this idea, but the child is too young, and I am afraid that I will not be able to withstand the wind and waves."

"Just use my clipper." Liu Xiang is the chief official of one party, and this power is still there. "Shunfeng can reach Lingya Gate in one day and one night." Liu Ling did not refuse this, so the matter was settled. "That's right." Liu Xiang took out an oilcloth bag from his arms. "This is a cinchona cream in the army, which specializes in treating severe cases of cold and heat, and has a better effect than stinky artemisia, and it has not been sold on the market yet, so brother will take it first, just in case."

Liu Ling was not polite, stretched out his hand to take it, put it in his arms, and said at the same time: "Since it has been decided to settle down temporarily in Lingyamen, I also have to make some preparations here, you see, it is enough to bring three thousand guan." ”

"If it's just a house, I'm afraid you won't need so much money." Liu Xiang's family members are also in Lingyamen, the reason why it doesn't make sense to let Liu Ling's wife and children move over directly, first, he wants to avoid suspicion, and secondly, Liu Ling's woman is actually a white female slave he robbed, and she is also an outlier in the eyes of the people, even Liu Ling herself doesn't regard her as a wife, just because her mother is a slave, and it is not suitable to put her into Liu Xiang's house. "But if you want to buy an industry, Lingyamen's new land system will cost 20 acres per acre, and these 3,000 acres can only be bought for 100 acres, so it is better to make it cost-effective to buy land in Xibo Ni or Johor, but if you want to buy property in two places, you have to send people to watch it."

"I don't need it, I don't need it." Liu Ling waved his hand. "It's expensive to buy and it's expensive to sell, and it's not for their mother and son to live on these lands, it's just one of the three holes of the cunning rabbit, and 100 acres is enough for their temporary expenses."

"That's right." Liu Xiang also smiled. "It's just that my brother still has to leave someone to take care of it."

"Can't you help watch it?" Liu Ling was a little unhappy. "I can't trust others, can't I still trust you?" Seeing that Liu Xiang wanted to distinguish something, Liu Ling shook his head and didn't listen. "Don't say that you will go out of the town of Tianzhuyang in the future, not in Lingyamen, you are a first-class captain of the fifth grade, will there be no one at home? If there is, it will be done to allocate one or two to the past. ”

"Okay, okay, okay, I listen to my brother, so I'll let the people in my house take care of it." Liu Xiang had no choice but to surrender. "It's just that this cultivator, so slaves or something, I can't solve it here."

"Don't worry, your brother and I lack everything, but we don't lack slaves." Liu Ling took care of everything. "Those calculations in Jinzhou sometimes can't afford to pay, the most of them are people, and it is possible to take hundreds or thousands to offset the bill, so you just have to rest assured."

After listening to Liu Ling's words, Liu Xiang thought thoughtfully: "In this way, this is how the manpower of the thirty-six Western families came?" ”

"Yes, those who are lucky may be sent on board as handymen, or even sailors, but if they are unlucky, they will have to work under the whip to death."

"Do you grow rice?"

"How is it possible, of course, it is to grow sugarcane, and it doesn't cost a few dollars to buy rice and cassava from Myanmar and Jinzhou, and it is serious to produce cane sugar, whether it is sold to China or sold to Tianzhu, there will be a lot of income, and fools will grow grain."

"I see, no wonder there seems to be more and more cane sugar on the market now, and the price is getting lower and lower, but this is not a good thing, I am afraid that the market will ??????soon be unable to sit still."