After meeting with Ding Baojun, under his leadership, Yang Meng inspected Yongchang Mansion, the situation in Yongchang Mansion is a little stronger than before, most people can barely eat, compared with Yiliang, this side is still a lot worse.

Even so, Yang Meng also heard a lot of grateful voices along the way, not to mention being full, being able to eat is a blessing for most people.

Although it is coarse grain and fine grain, it is much stronger than wild vegetable leaves, but Yang Meng is still not very satisfied with Yongchang's situation.

"Uncle Ding, in the recent period, don't be idle, arrange for the managers of the Yunnan business to go around the surrounding countries to see if they have any needs besides food?

The battle of southern Xinjiang is an opportunity, not only an opportunity for us to show our strength, but also an opportunity to take advantage of the situation to develop western Yunnan.

Look at the British and French plantations around us, what they plant, as long as we have them, we can't let them develop them, sell them cheaply, and let these plantations lose money.

Except, of course, food! ”

War does not only mean destruction, war is also a good opportunity for development, a soldier on the front line, needs dozens or hundreds of people in the rear to support, from weapons to supplies, these are not only the burden of western Yunnan, but also the opportunity of western Yunnan.

The plantations of the great powers are also the target of Yang Meng's attack, the biggest difference between the Yang family and the great powers is that they have a monopoly, there is no market pressure, and the price of goods has become something that Yang Meng can fiddle with at will.

And the plantations of the British and French powers in the surrounding countries, although they are not serious deals, but they are plantations. Most of them are still based on commercial profits. No profit. These plantations have no value in existence.

"Third master, what do you mean by doing this? We do business to make money, and if we sell cheaply, isn't it just to lose money?

The surrounding plantations are not planted with grain, tobacco, or tea, and most of the tea leaves in the six tea mountains can be eaten on the Tibetan side. We don't need to sell it cheaply! ”

What are the plantations in the surrounding countries, Ding Baojun knows very well, the main thing is tea, this thing is a good business to make money, and it is sold cheaply, why bother?

"Tea? Hum...... These people are vicious, and they even want to grab this little profit, but the largest tea plantation is in India? ”

Tea is considered the pillar of the Qing Dynasty's industry, and the tea is poured. One or two percent of the court's income is about to be wasted, this Englishman. It's some experts at digging ancestral graves.

"The third master is wise, you don't need to look at it to know that it is in India!"

India's tea plantations, the six tea mountains in western Yunnan, also have a lot of impact, but the quality of Yunnan tea is good, whether it is Tibet or Sichuan, Yunnan tea has a lot of sales, the impact from India, so that the Qing Dynasty domestic demand to dissolve, this, Ding Baojun did not pay too much attention to this.

"Then defeat them and let the people of Yunnan merchants go down to the south of the Yangtze River and collect tea!" The caravans in Guangzhou exchanged foreign goods for tea along the way.

Indian tea, ten taels of silver, then we will be five taels, they are five taels, we will sell two taels, within two years let the tea plantation over there lose money, let's take the opportunity to take over! ”

Tea is a thing, although it can be stored, but two years is enough to defeat the industry, and India's tea plantations are not impossible to open, but it depends on whose hands they are.

The merchants in England want to play this, then Yang Meng can only let the tea produced there rot, if the Yang family plays this, it will be another matter.

"Shall we accept it? It's the world of foreign devils over there! ”

It's easy to destroy the tea plantation over there, but if you take over, it's even harder! When I go to other people's territory, I am afraid that when the time comes, the chickens will fly and the eggs will be beaten, and I will be empty-handed!

"None of the world's worlds! That's the world of the common people! ”

Yang Meng's words have a deep meaning, but what he means is not clear to Ding Baojun!

"Third master, you have to explain this matter to me clearly, otherwise it will be difficult to start!"

"Huh...... Let's go Tengyue! There's someone waiting for me over there, Qiao Gunai from Kachin, do you know the way? ”

"Qiao Gunai? I have heard that the head of a large part of the Lisu tribe in Burma, what can he have to do with the tea plantation? ”

"This kid wants to play evil, and he plans to establish a country on the Kachin side and find the mountain city, I asked him to wait for me in Tengyue!"

"Founding a nation? I don't know what to die! What are you going to do with him? ”

"Look at the performance!"

Qiao Gunai wants to establish a country, for Tang Meiyi's sake, Yang Meng will not support him, but if he takes another path, he can discuss it.

Ding Baojun, who was following behind Yang Meng, kept blinking his eyes, and it took a long time for him to show a knowing smile.

Yang Meng had 230 people, and Ding Baojun took 800 elite soldiers from western Yunnan, and the speed of this march was much slower, and it should have arrived in Tengyue in one day, but the team of more than 1,000 people walked for two days.

When I arrived at the place, I first took a look at the Tengyue Town Green Battalion soldiers commanded by Du Jianhu and Ma Qinghu, these soldiers and horses are the most miscellaneous of the Yang family, not to mention anything else, the equipment alone is the worst, fire. The cannons were the ones that Zhang Bilu threw back then, as for the fire. The guns are all flintlock pistols of one color.

This army of soldiers and horses can only have a relationship with the Yang family, and the only thing that can be related to the Yang family is a big blade behind it.

Although the equipment is not very good, but the training is still good, listening to the inarticulate Du Jianhu talk about the training situation in Tengyue Town, and took it to watch the drill, Yang Meng nodded, didn't say anything, and withdrew from the military camp in Tengyue Town.

"Third master, this Du Zhuan Tiger is still good, the performance in Tengyue during this period of time is remarkable, and it doesn't hurt to use it!"

"This person has talent, but he has taken the wrong path, let's talk about it later! I can use it when I think of it, and if I can't think of it, let him stay in Tengyue! ”

Virtue is not talent, the generals of the army, Yang Meng does not have high requirements for them, as long as the virtue is enough, the others can be slowly honed, but the virtue is not enough, it is the god of the army, Yang Meng will also let him be a cold bench for a lifetime, this is a matter of principle, the army must not be in chaos.

"Third master, that Qiao Gunai, I also arrived last night, can you see it?"

"Hmmm! Let him come! Let's wait for him in Tengyue County! ”

Qiao Gu is a good chess piece, and he can still use it, and now Yang Meng wants to see how his temperament is. If it's a piece of mud. It can only be slaughtered. Let someone do it.

After Yang Meng sat down in Tengyue County, Qiao Gunai walked in with a translator.

"Qiao Gunai, a man from the border wilderness, has seen the third master!"

Listening to the words that came out of the translator's mouth, Yang Meng felt awkward, this person's frame is not small, is this trying to be on an equal footing with himself?

"Can you speak human words? If you don't know how to say it, you kid will live to the end! If you can speak, you can answer on your knees! ”

Qiao Gunai is a strong man in his thirties. Although he was not tall, his eyes were very bright, and after listening to Yang Meng's words, the corners of Qiao Gunai's mouth twitched a few times, and with a wave of his hand, the translator who came in with him lowered his head and retreated.

"Qiao Gunai, the head of the Kaqin Lisu tribe, has seen the third master of the Yang family!"

"Humph! It's a bend and stretch, Xiangye brought you the news, right? Tell me what you think? ”

Is there a scheming that doesn't look at where you come from, and you don't look at how many books you have read, it is related to the environment in which you live, and you look at Qiao Gunai's reaction. Yang Meng knew that this product had done a lot of things to bow his head before.

"My people have been in it for hundreds of years. Oppressed by the Burmese king, he sent troops and food during the war, but after the war, there was no benefit for my people, in the past few hundred years, our Lisu people in Kachin and Shan States have suffered countless casualties, but what can be exchanged for it?

The land is still the fire of those lands, the king of Burma. Guns, fire. Cannon, never gave us one, what was it like hundreds of years ago, what is still what it will be like hundreds of years later, we don't accept it! We are not reconciled!

Now that the king of Burma is weak, not to mention the internal and external difficulties, and the land of the two provinces of England has been ceded, and the principalities of Assam, Kachar, and Deza are also independent of the Burmese state, why can't we Lisu people build a state? ”

It's not easy to live, seeking a better life, this is Qiao Gunai's wish, Yang Meng understands it, but he can't understand it.

"Assam, Cachar, and Deza are all supported by the English, and now that they have crossed the border, there are a group of Englishmen, why don't you look for them to support you?

Your people, located in Kachin and Shan States, are the heartland of Burma, and supporting you is also good for the British! ”

Yang Meng said this, and Qiao Gunai had nothing to say, not that he hadn't looked for it, but that people didn't pay attention to him at all.

"Nothing to say? I'll tell you what's wrong, because there are too few of your people!

Not to mention the tens of millions of people in Burma, but the millions of people in Kachin and Shan States, these are not something you can deal with.

You want to take your ethnic group and establish a foothold in Myanmar, there is only one way to go, hug your thighs! ”

Qiao Gu is not a person who has sharpened his head to seek status, his starting point is similar to Tang Meiyi, and he also wants to lead the people to live a better life, which is similar to Yang Meng, just for this, Qiao Gu is worth pulling.

"Hug your thighs? Continue to support the Burmese king? ”

In troubled times, there are heroes everywhere, although this Qiao Gunai is a mountain clan, his vision is still extremely good, Yang Meng understood what Yang Meng meant.

"Not bad! Just at your vision and means, I can support you! What do you mean over there? ”

"If you hug your thighs, you will fight, and if you fight, you will die, and this is not good for us! After the war, if the Burmese king does not admit it, we are not working in vain? ”

"This is the way to survive in troubled times, if you want to get to the top, you have to bleed, this high-level position, you can't go up in a few words, you have to take the corpse as a step, climb up step by step!"

"But we can't fight! Even if you help the Burmese king to fight, you may not be able to win. ”

"How many people do you have? How many strong men? ”

"More than 300,000 people, 780,000 strong men!"

"That's enough! I will give you food, give you more life and raise more, and in ten or twenty years, it will not be a problem for the population to increase by three or five times.

I will send people to train you, and you will become a strong fighting race in Burma, the only army in Burma, and an army of hundreds of thousands of people, which is enough to support your position. ”

Yang Meng's purpose is very simple, that is, to turn the Lisu into a Spartan-like existence, a race that lives by fighting, so that a small number of people can occupy a big cake in the center of power.

As a behind-the-scenes supporter, his voice in Myanmar will also increase with the improvement of the status of this ethnic group.

"What do we have to give?"

"Respect the mountain city as the master, that is your birthplace! If you agree, during this time, there will be an elite of more than 10,000 people in the mountain city to help you fight a territory needed for survival! ”

"Yes!"

Qiao Gunai had already heard of the strength of the mountain city, and if he had the help of the mountain city, he would have the confidence to rise.

"Good! Uncle Ding, Qiao Gu Nai's head will make up for you, in a few days, let Qiao Gu Naitou meet with Mrs. Mei Yi in the mountain city, and let Cen Yuying's staff take the idea! ”

After arranging the specific matters, Yang Meng turned his head to Qiao Gunai again.

"What are you going to do lately?"

"I don't know what to do!"

Qiao Gunai also told the truth, although he agreed to Yang Meng's conditions, he was still in a dream!

"Unify your tribes in Burma, occupy the territory of other small ethnic groups, if you want to rise, you have to kill others if you don't want to rise quickly, how can you do it without doing some dirty things?

At this time, it is also time to employ people, young people in their twenties and thirties, don't move, let them have children, train in the skills of war, as for the old people in their forties and fifties, they are the main force! ”

Some things are so simple to do, after having common interests, everything is a trivial matter, in less than half an hour, Yang Meng gave Qiao Gunai and the Lisu people of Burma a plan for the future, as for whether it will succeed or not, it depends on their combat strength?

"Third master, is this matter in a hurry?"

"No hurry! The entanglement between us and Britain and France cannot be ended in a year or two, after all, their respective national strengths are there, and they have defeated the British and French armies of the surrounding countries, and there are only tens of thousands of people, and they will have more. ”

For Britain and France, Yang Meng does not despise or attach importance to it, the source of troops is a big problem for them, arming the locals, except for England and India, in these countries they do not dare now, with their own army, it is not enough to control, the populous Southeast Peninsula, coupled with Wei Huozi's actions on the Tibetan side, is enough to give them a headache. (To be continued......)