After three days in Ceylon, the white crane never let the door of the courtyard open.

It was not until the morning of the third day that the door was officially opened, and within half an hour of the opening, a message was delivered.

To Bai Minghe's surprise, it turned out to be the prince of Siam, the prince of Siam, and he has already mastered the real power of the entire Siam, and he is the only heir to the throne that no one can compete for.

"Put it in the afternoon." Bai Minghe replied to the post. "General Ge, please."

Soon, General Ge, who was handling military affairs in the port area, rushed to the Ceylon Annex, which was inscribed by Princess Huaiyu herself and named Chang'an Annex.

"Lord Ge!" Shirana Crane greeted him at the main entrance of the annex.

General Ge was somewhat surprised by Bai Minghe, according to his thoughts, Bai Minghe greeted him in front of the inner courtyard to give him enough face, and he couldn't accept it for a while, and after hugging his fists and returning a salute, he forgot what he was going to say, smiled awkwardly, and followed Bai Minghe into the hospital.

In the precincts, the white crane study.

"Lord Ge, the current situation in Ceylon is a place where you can make money, I have already read the relevant reports, according to my meaning, increase the area of tea planting, and expand it tenfold on the existing basis. The slaves and food needed were brought over from the South Seas. ”

"Lord Bai, do you want to add some soldiers?"

According to General Ge's thoughts, there are many people and slaves, how can they take care of these people without some soldiers.

Bai Minghe shook his head: "No soldiers, an additional announcement will be issued tomorrow, and the content of the announcement will make me think about it again." At present, General Ge is invited to discuss the matter of this troop strength, and the officer thinks that the locals can be allowed to serve as soldiers, and they are willing to become professional soldiers. Even slaves can be turned into free men. ”

"This, there can be!" General Ge supported the idea of the white crane.

At present, there are no miscellaneous soldiers or auxiliaries in the army under his command. The young and strong were trained to become excellent soldiers, and the disabled and the old and weak became the stewards of the miscellaneous battalions. Auxiliaries who do odd jobs cannot be called soldiers now, but only miscellaneous soldiers. These people are basically locals, so to speak.

The treatment given is good, so the people who attract it are also young and strong.

And in the past three years, although these people are miscellaneous laborers, they have also received regular military training.

"Lord Bai, if you need to, you can increase 30,000 elites in one night. But this requires a rule, Rong Mo will think about it, and Lord Bai will refer to it again. Later, it was reported to the Ministry of War. Formal approval is then given. ”

"Okay, just a few days, let's get this done, you must know that the island of Ceylon is only one-fifth of the development now, and there are still a lot of wasteland, woods and the like, don't move, just talk about wasteland, barren mountains. On the premise of not destroying the forest, at least one million hectares of tea plantations can be cultivated. ”

"Yes!" General Ge nodded.

Before coming here. According to his thoughts, there are enough local teas, and there are people who buy a large number of tea here? But in fact, a large amount of fine tea is still shipped back to China, and ninety percent of ordinary tea is shipped to Europe.

Judging from the current tea market in the local area, another five times will not satisfy the tea market.

Ordinary people can gradually afford to drink a cup of tea.

I can't afford to drink top-notch good tea. Ordinary tea leaves can still be enjoyed.

Ceylon black tea, especially the top black tea, has become one of the 36 famous teas in China, and the tea merchants here in Ceylon hope that there will be top quality tea. can be squeezed into the list of 36 teas, and the investment has become more and more large over the years, and almost all the mountains and mountains 300 miles away from Colombo have become tea plantations.

"Well, the last general will arrange it. At that point, the tea merchants hope that the adults can take the time to meet them, even if it is only for half an hour, and they hope that Ceylon Highland Black Tea can participate in the triennial Tea King Competition. Although I don't dare to compete for the king of tea, there is still hope for a top three black tea. ”

Bai Minghe didn't answer immediately, reached out and picked up the teacup next to him, put it in his mouth and tasted it.

Ceylon black tea, highland black tea, is definitely the pinnacle of black tea, in the heart of Bai Minghe, second only to Qimen black tea, of course, in this era Tianzhu Darjeeling has not yet begun to grow tea.

"Okay, tomorrow, just after noon in the hospital, I will have a cup of tea." The white crane decided.

"My lord, how about postponing it for another three days, so that the tea merchants can be prepared, there are hundreds of large and small tea merchants here, since the adults are in the mood to taste a cup of tea, then let them prepare well."

"Okay, when the time comes, if Lord Ge is not busy with official business, he will also come together."

"It must be there." There was also some excitement in General Ge's tone, you must know that the Europeans don't know how to appreciate the peak tea, that is, a few nobles in Byzantium, Portugal, and Spain. With their way of drinking with milk and sugar, they can't enjoy the peak black tea.

Therefore, the tea merchants still place the market positioning of the peak tea in China.

Sent off General Ge, the little prince also arrived, the two met without pomp, after the necessary etiquette, they immediately entered the study, and the little prince closed the door by himself, this thing made Bai Minghe a little surprised, and said that there must be something big to talk about.

"Bai Gongzi, you are always used to speaking straightforwardly, and with my friendship with you, I won't go around in circles this time. When I heard that you were going to sea, I thought that I would stay in Siam for a few days, but I didn't expect to go directly to Ceylon, so I chased after you. There is an important matter that we in the Kingdom of Siam would love to talk to you about. ”

The white crane motioned for the Siamese prince to sit first.

"Don't worry, drink a cup of tea to stabilize your mind, and big things can be solved."

The white crane reacted that Siam was in trouble.

"Don't drink tea yet, let me finish first."

I had no choice but to let me talk about it first. The Prince of Siam said: "My people, I heard a rumor in Manchurian that the king of Manchurian wanted to exchange land for land, and he exchanged the city of Malacca and the surrounding thousands of miles of land for land on the other side of the strait, and the target was Palembang. ”

"This ......" Shimono Crane really doesn't know, if it really exists, how can he not know.

"This is the plan of the Japanese people, who want to hand over Palembang to the Manchurians. Then he was exchanged for Malaka for the land of North America, and my men found out about the secret meeting between King Manthorn and the head of the Oda family. “

After the Siamese prince finished speaking, looking at Bai Minghe's expression, it seemed that he really didn't know about it. He also said: "I guess even General Deng doesn't know, it's just their own plan." ”

"Wait!" Bai Minghe shook the bell on the table and asked Wang Cheng to be called.

Wang Cheng was also surprised when he heard the news.

"Wang Cheng, so be it. You go back to the East Factory, hand over the duties as mentioned before, and let Wan Stalltou take over your work here, and now ask General Deng if he knows about this. If it's possible for a day or two, you'll have to work hard and get ready to go to sea. ”

After Bai Minghe finished speaking, Wang Cheng nodded.

The previous position has been arranged, but it has not been activated.

It is intelligence spying on overseas countries, not caring about small things, only major things that may endanger the Chinese Empire. It is not dangerous to say that the ideas of Manchu and the Japanese are not dangerous, but it is indeed a good opportunity to take this opportunity to make the new department of the East Factory operational.

Wang Cheng didn't wait a day or two, he had already arranged a qiē.

Wang Cheng sent three telegrams, one of which was that he was preparing to take over the post of director of the Overseas Security Department of the East Factory. The second is to let the trained female killers hurry to Ceylon and cooperate with Wan Xue'er to take over the vacancy left by her. The third is to ask Deng Hailong for verification, and by the way, he said that he was going to Malacca.

After Wang Cheng sent the telegram, he directly transferred the work in his hand to Wan Xue'er.

Released as an official, as the director of the Overseas Security Department, this is what Wang Cheng is looking forward to, there is something important to do, which makes him a little excited, so he immediately prepares to leave.

The door of Bai Minghe's study opened again, and it was not Wang Cheng who came in, but Wan Xue'er.

Wan Xue'er in a Confucian shirt.

"My lord, I have verified it, General Deng doesn't know, and no official above the fourth grade in the South China Sea has heard about this." After Wan Xue'er reported, she took two steps back and prepared to leave.

Bai Minghe pressed his forehead and thought for a moment: "This is not a bad thing, nor is it a betrayal. It's just that Palembang has just been handed over to the Japanese people and let them run for a hundred years. When something like this happens, you always have to ask clearly. But we have to wait for their official report to come back before we discuss it. ”

"What does Bai Gongzi mean, is this kind of replacement allowed?"

"Replacement is still negotiable, but there must be a rule, you can't change it if you want it today, and you have to change it tomorrow. This is tossing the people, and the people need a stable official even more. ”

The idea of the white crane is very simple, it is not a bad thing that the Japanese are not in the South Seas, throw it to North America, maybe you can fool the Japanese people to play a colonial port in Britain or something, this game can be played.

"Okay, you can change it, but I have to think about the rules." Bai Minghe's words mean that he agrees.

The prince of Siam also smiled, Wan Xue'er knew that this was Bai Minghe's woman, and she was a very ruthless woman, holding the secret power around Bai Minghe, so in Wan Xue'er's presence, he dared to say some things.

"Bai Gongzi, I also want to change in Siam. Exchange the two cities for some land in North Sumatra, and as for the southern side, we have also discussed, there is no problem in the exchange, and the land occupied will be exchanged. The Khmers were also negotiable, and they were willing to replace themselves and retreat to central North Sumatra. ”

"So, where does His Royal Highness the Prince want to exchange it?"

The Prince of Siam took a deep breath, took out the map he had prepared long ago from his arms, slowly spread it out on the table, and stretched out his hand to point at it.

"Bai Gongzi, two places. One is the Chunpeng to Lalang, which was originally discussed with you and co-managed, three hundred miles from north to south. ”

The white crane was moved, this place was too fat. (To be continued......)