"Occupy the island? Not yet, right? That's what I plan, let Patrick and his son buy a few merchant ships near Guangzhou first, and don't the thirteen big merchants want to move people to Yunnan? Select a group of younger shipwrights, plus some of my men, and let them follow the merchant ships of other countries and run the European sea routes.

This is to train some qualified sailors, and the second is to let them drive merchant ships over, exchange a number of warships with cloud smoke, and at the same time purchase some large artillery in Europe.

Then hire some retired sailors in the local area, and let these sailors train our men while returning home, and you can also practice with merchant ships from European countries on the way.

Belgium traded with the Qing Dynasty last year, and they must have their own sea routes, three or four round trips, we have merchant ships and warships, and the most important thing is to cultivate a naval army that has fought naval battles.

When there are ten or eight warships, it will not be too late for us to occupy the island again, and we will occupy the island now, for fear that it will make the foreign devils in Hong Kong and Macao jealous. The navy is a major event and a technical work, so you can't act recklessly! ”

Weng and his son-in-law, first Pan Shicheng blamed Yang Meng for being reckless, and after a while, Yang Meng returned his words intact.

"Hey! Look at the two of us, you are the same when you are young, and so is my age, what's wrong? ”

As soon as his beloved son-in-law said it, Pan Shicheng also felt that he was a little in a hurry, he didn't know what Lu Dao was about, he always thought about the threat at sea.

"The world is like this, the court is too bad, and the foreign devils are too greedy, let's not take a step faster. You're going to be dragged by your braids and beaten. Look at the braids on the back of our heads. That's a flaw. Once you are caught, it is too difficult to break free!

But now this braid is the capital of our life, although it is in the way, but once it is cut, the road is more difficult to walk! We want to take a quick step and not be caught by our braids, but this braid is also a fetter when it swings around. Now that we have the opportunity, we all want to do it, so it seems rushed. ”

Yang Meng held the shiny braid in his hand, and sighed helplessly, Cheng is also a Qing Dynasty defeat, without the decay of the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible for him to lay such a big stall in Yunnan in just over a year.

Now the Qing Dynasty has become Yunnan's fetters again, and many things cannot be done openly, following the court and concealing it from the court, so that Yunnan has the opportunity to develop peacefully and steadily. The current Yunnan must not become the target of public criticism, and how difficult it is to oppose the Qing Dynasty!

"Alas...... There are rules for everything. A little more restraint isn't a bad thing. Building high walls, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming kings, Monk Zhu was so great in the past.

Star Dou! You might as well learn from the monk Zhu, with a strategy of the strategist Zhu Sheng, refuse to defend the Qing Dynasty in Yunnan, the way of the world is like this, it will not take ten or eight years, I know whether the civil unrest like Yunnan will sweep the Qing Dynasty, and then you will lead the army down the river, first seize the county of Tianfu in Sichuan, and then map the land south of the Yangtze River, and go up the canal to the great event!

I thought about the outlying islands in a hurry, but we can be flexible, first move the population to the outlying islands, then protect the merchant group, half stay in Guangzhou, and send half to the outlying islands, food supplies, I will send it here, first lay the foundation on the outlying islands, and then get back the battleship and dock there directly. ”

Pan Shicheng was also in high spirits after speaking, he had not felt like this for many years, but he didn't expect to do things with his son-in-law, and his age seemed to have become younger.

"Build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become the king, this is a good idea, who is Monk Zhu?"

The lack of historical knowledge has made Yang Meng a goose, and these three characters are good and very suitable for the current situation in Yunnan.

"Huh! You! Mingzu Zhu Yuanzhang, read more books when he has nothing to do, his fists and feet are still small paths, not as good as this rafter pen! ”

"Zhu Yuanzhang! I know what I know, read books? I'm so busy now, I can't even read all the words, and a lot of the words I write are a little plausible, and I have to be read by someone to read a letter, otherwise I really don't understand the obscure language. ”

Yang Meng also knows that he is bitter, find a gentleman to teach him to read, and he can't afford to lose that person! He is now the speaker of the Yang family in Yunnan, and if it is rumored that he doesn't know a few big words, the prestige that he broke through in the past will be discounted.

"You, you! Isn't Pan Gui in Yunnan? Let your brother-in-law be your scholar! That child's temperament is not bad, he knows the difference between inside and outside, but he was born in Pan's family, and he is a little plain Menglang, and he is soft-footed when he encounters problems, but this child's literary talent is still good, and the court has overwhelmed me all these years, and I will let him lose his career.

You kid is brave and resourceful, but his writing is a little worse, and you two brothers are teaming up, and they just make up for each other. Pan Gui also lacks some training, follow you for ten or eight years, he can have a bright future, otherwise your old father-in-law will have no successor. ”

Speaking of this, Pan Shicheng thought of his son again, Yang and Pan's two families can't be compared! This son has become an indiscriminate material, but fortunately, Pan Gui was sent to Yunnan early, so that his beloved son-in-law could be adjusted. Teach it, it's not a pillar.

"Forget it! As a scholar, I'm only afraid that Pan Gui won't be wronged, and in a few days I'm going to give him an official position in Yunnan, and then match him with some suitable staff, this officialdom is the most to hone people, let him follow me as a scholar, Lian'er is not allowed to sue me for my black state? ”

Where Pan Gui goes, Yang Meng hasn't thought about it yet, let him open a business route, I'm afraid my father-in-law won't agree, doing business, Lixiangyuan Pan's is not enough for Pan Gui to hone?

Goes? Yang Meng is not at ease! The soldiers in Yunnan can only be in the hands of the Yang family, and the Pan family should be a businessman! After thinking about it, his eldest brother Pan Gui could only be sent to officialdom for training.

"The officialdom of the Qing Dynasty? Ten people went in and nine people were abolished, and with Pan Gui's current temperament, he entered the officialdom in three or five years. Let him follow you! After you go back this time, I will write a letter to their brothers and sisters, Pan Gui, you still have to hone more!

These are all trivial things, what are you going to do about this business group training?

The heads of the 100 Indian soldiers made Liangguang earn a lot of face, and Gengzi fought back then. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses failed to defeat the British Indian soldiers. With these 10 heads of Indian soldiers. The matter of group training has been approved by Qi Ying.

But this Qiying is a full man, we Han people are very guarded, he has been a general in Guangzhou, not a student who knows nothing about military affairs, and gave a patrol battalion of 1,500 people. Once there is something in the court, the patrol camp also has to go up. ”

Pan Gui's matter can only be regarded as a trivial matter, and the training of the merchant group is now a major matter, and Qiying is tightly guarded, and the battalion number of 1,500 people is too small for the Pan and Yang families, and it is not enough to support the layout of the two sons-in-law in Guangzhou.

"Fifteen hundred, that's a lot! A patrol battalion in one county is nothing more than a regimental training camp that is half official and half civilian, and you always spend some money to build a military station in each county near Guangzhou. It would be farther away from the garrison of the Canton general.

The people in my hands will stay in Guangzhou. The industry of the Huichao Merchant Gang is just used to raise these protectors to train the group, and the father-in-law can also prepare for the affairs of the island.

There were 5,000 people in the regimental training over there, the population moved from the thirteen big merchants, the boatmen were directly left, and the craftsmen were sent to Yunnan, but this military salary was a trouble.

My new army in Yunnan was paid five taels of silver a month, and according to this amount, the cost of training the merchant group for a year was also quite a lot, and the scale of 350,000 yuan was 1 or 2 million silver a year, plus the purchase of muskets and artillery, there were not 4 or 5 million yuan in food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and it could not be built.

If you want to see a big profit in Guangzhou, it will take at least half a year, what does your father-in-law think about this? ”

The navy and foot soldiers are the same, and it is not so easy for Guangzhou to build a private army, Yunnan has recently received a large amount of silver, but Yang Meng does not want Yunnan to spend on the military.

"Ha Lu Ha...... Xingdou, this time you are in a hurry, the matter of protecting the merchant group is not so urgent, on the other side of the island, it is enough to have a thousand people, as long as you can block the bandits, as for the Guangzhou side, more than a thousand people are enough, don't forget that there is a Guangzhou general in Guangzhou, as long as you make some silver, ordinary bandits, they will deal with it.

In my opinion, there is not much training in the merchant protection group, and it is necessary to practice it slowly, at least it must have the strength of the Yunnan New Army, and as for what you said about building patrol camps in all counties, it is a bit too much, and Guangzhou is a dazzling place here.

The regimental training of 1,500 people will be expanded to 3,500 and it will reach the sky, and the rest will be sent to the outlying islands.

Don't leave all your men in Guangzhou, the way back may not be peaceful, and you still have to bring five or seven hundred people. ”

Although Pan Shicheng is a businessman, because he participated in the preparation of the imperial court's sailors, he still has some insight in military affairs. Yang Meng also recognized his words, too, he was a little impatient, raising a private army is a very expensive business with almost no output, and a radish and a pit are the right thing.

As for the last sentence, the road back was not very smooth, which made Yang Meng frown, what else could not be said about this?

"Father-in-law, what do you mean? How is this way back not to be smooth? ”

It was a matter of his own safety, Yang Meng's eyes burst into a ghostly light in an instant, and his voice was a lot lower.

"Elders! Many of the bandits and water thieves you killed in the Pearl River a month ago came from the Elders' Association, and according to the situation reported by Pan's stewards in Liangguang, the Elders' Association of the Liangguang generation had some unusual movements, and they wanted to take revenge. ”

"Elders? Didn't you say that Nanhongmen and Beilimen? Why did an elder come out again? Kill endlessly! ”

As soon as he heard the elder brother's meeting, Yang Meng's face also changed, the last time Qin Ziqi was doing things, he deliberately let go of Hongmen's momentum, but he didn't expect a brother to pop up again.

"Hongmen is mostly ordinary people, this elder association is mostly composed of wandering and unemployed people, for Hongmen, it is for most of the people in Shangliangguang, so I let you let it go, and the elder association is also my negligence.

The elder brother will not be like Hongmen, there is only one family in the north and south of the river, this elder brother will have a name in one place, some are called the Fuhu Society, some are called the Shuanglong Society, and the connection is not very close, you have killed too many people in the battle at the mouth of the Pearl River, and you may have forced them together.

The Brotherhood is also a secret society, you have to be careful on the way back, don't fall victim to their plots. ”

Pan Shicheng, the strength of the Yang family, is clear, but the open gun is easy to dodge and the dark arrow is difficult to defend, so he is afraid that the elder brothers of the two Guangxi will stumble in secret. Pan Shicheng has this to say, and another one is to persuade himself that his murderous intent is too strong, and it may not be a good thing.

"Plotting? Hey...... It seems that there are still not enough kills. Father-in-law, what is your relationship with Hongmen? Can you keep them out of the matter, I don't want to kill more civilians, these bullshit bandits who gather in the mountains and forests, it's okay to keep to themselves, if they don't have eyes, I'll open their eyes. ”

Deterrence is to grasp the small and magnify, the strength of the Hongmen is too strong, there are too many people and there are many casualties in the conflict, as for this elder brother, a group of bandits, kicking their noses in the face, blowing up stabs in front of Yang's house, killing as many as they come.

"The matter of Hongmen, I will ask someone to talk about it, as for the elders' association, they are all bitter people, and they should be released."

Yang Meng has the bottom in his heart, Pan Shicheng is not much better, he is not Yang Shiqin after all, there are some things that can't be said too much, this brother will ......

"Bitter people? After going up the mountain, I'm afraid it won't, let's see how they do it! If it pleases the eye, let it go, and kill if it doesn't go well! ”

"There is one more thing, Qiying has been plotting to impeach He Changling recently, you have done a good job in suppressing bandits in Zhujiang this time, and he also has a reason, but I am afraid that He Changling's position will not be able to sit still, and some things will be done in front.

If the imperial court decides on the candidate for the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, I will send you a message. ”

I just heard about the elders' meeting, and now it's He Changling again, and things in Yunnan are not easy to handle! The Yang family had expected the fall of He Changling, but Yang Meng didn't expect that it was he who sounded the death knell of He Changling's downfall. (To be continued......)