Chapter 388: The Thorn King

"Since the third master defeated the Kino expeditionary force and its reinforcements in southern Xinjiang, the king of Burma has indeed been arrogant for a while, putting on a posture of attacking Burma in the overall situation, but since the third master arrived in Guangzhou, the actions over there have become much more relaxed, as if the previous arrogance was just for the sake of bluffing.

In this regard, Yingji's reaction was also different, at first it was actively preparing for war, but now it is sticking to the territory, Boqing's blood shadow, Yangba's mountain monkey, and Qiao Gunai's side got the same news.

The staff group speculated that there might be some agreement between England and the King of Burma, and the King of Burma ignored Qiao Gunai, who had made a contribution to the last battle, and could confirm something.

The people we sent to Burma were also resisted, although Qing Burma said that it was a vassal relationship on the surface, but on the inside it was also a godsend, and the king of Burma did not treat our people very well, but the guns we sold in the past, they took all the orders. ”

The news brought by Ding Taichen is not good for Yang Meng, and it is very bad, it seems that using a country is not as simple as imagined, and Burma is not a fool, they know very well the combat power of England, blindly starting a war, the government or court of any country will not play like this.

This matter is also related to the concession of England, the king of Burma, who was full of interest in winning the battle, must have the determination to recover the lost territory, and Yang Meng used this before, but the time is not very right, the long rainy season, so that the Southeast Peninsula can only use troops at the beginning and end of the year, Yang Meng's time of planning is just the rainy season, as a descendant, he ignored this.

The rainy season was almost over, but the English army made a gesture of holding on to its territory, which was very important for the Burmese king. The fighter plane was lost. In the previous Anglo-Burmese battle. All the battles of the Burmese army ended in failure, the British army lowered its posture, and the Burmese king did not dare to move.

For Burma, England must have ambitions, and for the lost land, the Burmese king also has the determination to recover, and there will be a war between the two, but the timing is not very good.

There was no war between Britain and Burma. The biggest benefit is undoubtedly Myanmar, the gap in strength makes Myanmar have no chance of winning, and it is only a matter of time before it is destroyed by the British.

Although Britain is eyeing Burma, the conditions for war are not very mature, although its own clouds and smoke have increased the economic burden of England, but the numerous colonies and early plunder, so that Britain still has a period of respite, trying to plot Burma, sooner or later. It doesn't have much of an impact on England.

England stood still, and there was clearly the shadow of Ahbourne inside. This veteran of the political circles has figured out his own plot and wants to block France's advance into the southeast peninsula at the lowest cost.

The two countries are temporarily peaceful, and the biggest loss of interests is Yang Meng, who cannot lead France into Annam, and the land controlled by Yang Meng will also suffer a series of negative effects.

The Yunnan-Vietnam Railway is the key, the construction of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway in advance, Yang Meng's main purpose is to learn the construction of railways and bridges, connect the four provinces together, smooth transportation, the development of the four provinces will be faster, otherwise too much time will be wasted on the road.

There is no war in England, and the French side will also be affected, although it seems that Britain and France are equal, but most of the time, France still has to look at England's face and actions, with England's deterrence, the cooperation between himself and France will also be greatly affected.

"The team of the King of Burma is old and serious, and Ahbone is even more sophisticated, and our plan has been blocked!"

Scratching his head, Yang Meng couldn't come up with a good countermeasure for a while, calculation and defense, defense and calculation, no one is a fool, and no one will let others fiddle with it.

"What is the situation in Siam?"

What Yang Meng can do is to sow discord, although his strength is not weak, but he can take the lead in the war, Yang Meng does not dare, he attacks it in groups, and a good tiger can't stand up to the wolves.

"Since Zheng Xin's death, in a hundred years, Siam and the Qing Dynasty have gone farther and farther, and Siam is exquisite.

Since the outbreak of the Anglo-Burmese War, Siam has been a lackey, helping Britain prepare for the attack on Burma, which is what Siam does.

In recent years, although Siam has been competing with Annam for suzerainty over the Khmer, it has been tepid and there have been no major conflicts. ”

Zheng Xin, Yang Meng knew that he was the king of Siam, but it was a pity that this was usurped by his subordinates and killed in a cloth bag, otherwise he would have done it himself, and Siam would have been in the bag.

"Who is the King of Siam today? What is their attitude towards Myanmar? ”

Hearing that Siam was a lackey in the Anglo-Burmese War, Yang Meng's eyes suddenly lit up, this is where hatred is pulled!

"King Rama III of Siam, who doesn't care about Burma, now has his eyes on Khmer, Vientiane, Luang Pra."

Ding Taichen flipped through the pamphlet in his hand, and told Yang Meng about the situation on the Southeast Peninsula, although the actual relationship between the Qing Dynasty and the countries of the Southeast Peninsula was not very good, but the ordinary trade was still going on, which also facilitated the shadow's movements, and the Yang family's understanding of the situation on the Southeast Peninsula could be said to be real-time.

"Let Boqing's blood shadow reconnoiter the behavior of the King of Siam, and then let him find a few nobles in Burma who hate Siam the most, see which young man is more radical, and after finding out, report it as quickly as possible.

Urge Morse to speed up his movements, and the telegraph lines from Yunnan to Guangzhou and Kunming to Mengla should be put in the first place. ”

If there is no war, it is necessary to provoke a war, and if there is no weakness, it is necessary to find out the weakness, since both Britain and Burma can bear it, Yang Meng can only take a more crooked path.

"Third Master, are you going to attack the King of Siam? But our people are easy to be discovered! ”

The third master of his own family has this idea, which can only be said to be bold, but the people with blood shadows are all carrying braids, and they can't make it look like a Burmese, once it is revealed, things may be more troublesome.

"Fool, just use a cannon, one cannon bombardment, the King of Siam will not die and will have a full face, a dozen pounds of small cannons, it is quite accurate, after two or three cannons, just arrange a bombardment.

The king of Siam was assassinated, whether he died or not, and the body of the heir of a Burmese nobleman was found at the scene of the shelling, do you make this clear?

It is best if the king of Siam dies, and there is no harm in not dying. The main search is for the heirs of Burmese nobles known to Siam. As long as the cannon sounds. I am not afraid that there will be no war between the two countries.

That's how the plan is, let Boqing arrange it! During this time, let's not be idle over there, sell a batch of guns to Siam, and with the guys at hand, they can have some confidence in starting a war.

Although these people are called vassals, they are extroverts and do not live in hell. They didn't know that there were benefits behind the road, so they asked Boqing to change his strategy and wantonly provoke contradictions between various ethnic groups and countries on the Southeast Peninsula, and Lao Tzu wanted to make the Southeast Peninsula full of smoke.

Didn't England not shoot? Lao Tzu stripped off the big fat sheep and put it in front of him to see who could bear it! ”

Assassination, Yang Meng is very proficient, there is no problem at all to deal with a Siamese king, as long as this thing is done, then war is inevitable.

No matter what era poisons the leader of a country. It's all about causing war, and it's just that you can't find the right one. Once found, war is inevitable, regardless of the truth.

"Third master, aren't you going back to Yunnan to sit down?"

Assassinating the King of Siam, such an action is a bit big, once it is revealed, I am afraid of ......

"No, just let Yunnan prepare a rhetoric, once Boqing's people are exposed, they will say that they were coerced by Burma, and Siam will not dare to do anything to Yunnan.

But he also had to guard against it, so that Ma Qinghu's Blue Flag Army, don't go out to train during this time, sticking to Mengla is his first priority, and then it's time to watch the play.

Arrange a time in the next few days, I want to meet Andre, Annan's matter is a big deal, let's let the chaos over there first! ”

War is an absolute disaster for the common people and the defeated side, but for speculators like Yang Meng, it is also business, and it is also a business that makes a lot of money.

For Yang Meng, the more chaotic the situation on the Southeast Peninsula, the better, and many of his plans are mostly one way, that is, to win in chaos.

AndrΓ© is also an important person now, he is the link between himself and France, and this time things are done so smoothly, and AndrΓ© is indispensable for a merit.

"Third master, when will Bo Qing do it?"

"The sooner the better! When he was ready, he started and told him that assassinating the King of Siam was not the first priority, the first priority was the nobles of Burma and the hidden tracks, as long as the cannon sounded, it didn't matter if the King of Siam died or not.

But it's better to die, Rama III is an old king, I'm afraid that I'm very cautious, get a hairy young man to go up, and this war can be fought more tragically.

In addition, prepare some of the best brocades, silks, porcelain, not too much, just be exquisite, we always have to give Andre a thank-you gift, this sharpened head for our welfare, we can't help but be righteous!

If the high-concentration cloud smoke prepared for Prussia arrives, make three or two catties, and let Andrei try it, if Andrei's brain is good, we will make a lot of money again. ”

It is also Yang Meng's consistent principle to pit the people who cooperate with him in the death pit, the high concentration of cloud smoke that Prussia wants is a secret now, and it is difficult to ensure that the secrecy measures over there are done well, this thing is hidden, and it is not a bad thing to leak out in advance.

Talking with Andre, the shipyard is not a good place, the general way of the shipyard is there, Yang Meng stays in the shipyard, and it can't help much, on the way out of the shipyard with Ding Taichen, Yang Meng's big housekeeper glanced at Lan Ying, who followed, and quietly opened his mouth.

"Third master, this ......"

Ding Taichen pointed at Lan Ying slightly, and Yang Meng naturally knew what he was talking about.

"Not bad! One or two are enough, more is useless. ”

The so-called tacit understanding is like this, Ding Taichen nodded knowingly, and there was no follow-up.

When I arrived at Lixiang Garden, I went to see Lian'er first, this little girl has also been pink and tender recently, if it is a bulge in his arms, Yang Meng wants to try it.

"Master, you have been out of the city for more than two months, didn't you forget Lian'er?"

"Why, I'm going to do business, and I'll be able to be idle in the future, how is the recent fetal elephant?"

"Excellent! It's just that I eat too much, and people get a lot fatter. ”

"How good the meat is, I like it."

After chatting for a while, Yang Meng sat in the room and drank tea, Wei Fuzi and Lian'er had a lot of private conversations, listening to the coquettish laughter of the two girls, Yang Meng became more and more comfortable.

"Master, I heard that you have changed your taste, people want to see how this Lan Ying looks?"

Speaking of Lan Ying, Lian'er also began to laugh at Yang Meng, which sounded very interesting.

"Forget it! Just open your eyes and close your eyes to the past, and occasionally change the taste, which also brings out that you are more delicate than flowers! ”

Speaking of this, Yang Meng couldn't stand still, glared at Wei Fuzi, took the teacup, and Yang Meng got up and left.

Early the next morning, Andre came to Lixiangyuan in a hurry, and after less than two months, Andre's spirit was very different.

"Your Lord!"

"Huh...... Envoy Andrei, we are old friends, there is no need to be so restrained, the cooperation between us, without your efforts, would not have been so smooth, this is not a small gift for you, not a bribe, just a gift.

It's rare to see this kind of goods over there! ”

Andre's respect is a tribute to interests, not to himself, this Yang Meng can still be distinguished, Yang Meng's gift is not for Andrei, these big boxes of gifts, to Andre is to let him make friends with powerful people to consolidate his position.

Open the wooden boxes with your own hands, in addition to the exquisite silk brocade, that is, Jingdezhen's tribute porcelain, want to get these things, it is easy for Yang Meng, silk and porcelain, most of the exports are big road goods, real boutiques, the vast majority of them are left in the Qing Dynasty, Yang Meng also has the heart to use these things, open up the oriental luxury, in Europe sales. (To be continued......)