When they arrived at the stronghold, their own brothers arranged for the daughters of the Zhuang family, and Yang Yifei and Jiuyan went to the living room with Chen Jinnan and others to discuss things.

After each of them took their seats, Chen Jinnan took the lead in saying to Yang Yifei: "Brother Yang, we have found the Diaoyu Island you mentioned and surveyed the island, and the geographical location is indeed very superior. ”

"The island is rich in natural products and has many naturally formed caves, which are warm in winter and cool in summer, and are the best places to live with a little repair, which is very suitable for living."

"Four months ago, I sent people to build a dwelling and workshop on the island, and the blacksmith furnace has been built, and now there are more than 3,000 people stationed on the island, all of whom have been transferred to the Perak Hall, including more than 600 craftsmen of various kinds, just waiting for you to take charge of the overall situation."

Yang Yifei said with a smile: "The efficiency of the chief helmsman is really high, how are all kinds of materials prepared?" ”

Chen Jinnan said: "The list you gave me before, in the past half a year, I have mobilized all the forces of the Heaven and Earth Society, and more than 100,000 people have collected them from all over the world, and I already have a certain reserve. ”

"But since the robbery of the law field, the Tartar court has strictly controlled the raw materials of gunpowder, and it is difficult for us to purchase them on a large scale, and saltpeter and charcoal are relatively easy to obtain, and we can collect a lot ourselves, but it is difficult to collect sulfur."

Speaking of this, Chen Jinnan paused, and then said: "Taiwan is rich in sulfur mines, and the sulfur reserves of Yanping Wangfu are very large, but they are ......."

Yang Yifei said: "But Yanping Wangfu won't give it to you easily, right?" ”

Chen Jinnan sighed and nodded, and said: "That's true, if you want some copper, iron and tin to build weapons, maybe you can get a little bit, but sulfur is an important war preparation material, and Yanping Wangfu will never give it." ”

Yang Yifei groaned slightly, and said: "Then we won't ask for it in vain, if there will be no shortage of money today, we can purchase sulfur from the Yanping Royal Mansion by secretly supporting our merchants." ”

Chen Jinnan said helplessly: "It can only be like this, but now the Qing court strictly controls the raw materials of gunpowder, resulting in the scarcity of sulfur among the people, and the price is rising, it is estimated that it will be slaughtered by the Yanping Palace." ”

Yang Yifei said: "That doesn't matter, as long as we can get what we need, how much we pay now, we can get it back in the future, by the way, the chief helmsman, Yanping Wangfu doesn't know that heaven and earth will decide to break away from them, right?" ”

Chen Jinnan said: "I don't know for the time being, after all, this matter is just a few of us in private, and even our own brothers don't know." ”

"In fact, the palace needs what Heaven and Earth will do, that is, to collect intelligence, and now intelligence from all over the world is still being sent to Taiwan, as long as it is not necessary to move the hands of Heaven and Earth, I will satisfy them."

"Once they need us to do something, I will consider the problem from the standpoint of the Heaven and Earth Society, and do it if it is beneficial, and ignore him if it is not beneficial."

"Coax"

Everyone in the hall burst into laughter, and Yang Yifei couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't expect Chen Jinnan to have such a shameless side, but he was very happy that Chen Jinnan would act like this.

Chen Jinnan is such a person, either indecisive and difficult to choose some things, but once he makes a decision, he will go all the way to the dark and go on firmly.

Since he has decided to leave the Yanping Mansion and do it himself, he naturally thinks about the problem from the perspective of the Heaven and Earth Society, and he will not think about the interests of the palace anymore.

Jiu Yan suddenly spoke: "Yifei, why do you want to leave the Yanping Palace?" ”

Yang Yifei explained in a deep voice when he heard this: "There are three reasons, one is that the Yanping Palace's anti-Qing Dynasty is not to restore the Ming Dynasty, but to want to be the emperor himself and let the world be surnamed Zheng." ”

"Second, there is discord within the Yanping Palace, the eldest prince and the second prince are vying for power, and the two factions are fighting each other, and there is internal friction in vain, which can be described as short-sighted and foolish."

"In the end, Zheng Kezang is cowardly and incompetent, Zheng Keshuang is arrogant and domineering, neither has any leadership skills, and he is by no means a master, no matter who the power of Yanping Palace falls into, there is no hope."

"That's why I persuaded the chief helmsman to break away from the Yanping Mansion and complete the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty with his own strength."

Yang Yifei's words made Cai Dezhong and the others nod their heads and agreed.

Although the Heaven and Earth Society was founded by Zheng Chenggong, the king of Yanping, Chen Jinnan, after Zheng Chenggong's death, the palace actually did not attach importance to the Heaven and Earth Society, and only regarded them as a dispensable chess piece, and the funds and logistical support were repeatedly reduced.

The idea is that they have invested so much in the early stage, and if the meeting has a certain scale today, they should try to get the funds themselves.

That is to say, the so-called want the horses to run, but also do not want the horses to graze, which makes the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Congregation very angry, and they have long been resentful of the current Yanping Palace.

In the past, the Heaven and Earth Society obeyed the orders of the Yanping Palace, which was nothing more than the need for their financial and logistical support, but now that the Yanping Palace, even the only factor that could hinder them has disappeared, and the independence of the Heaven and Earth Society is the best choice.

It's very simple, in the past, you supported us, and we also gave you a corresponding return, helping you collect intelligence, and making trouble for the Qing court in the mainland, but now since you don't want to support us anymore, then we don't need to do anything for you anymore.

After listening to Yang Yifei's words, Jiu Yan was noncommittal, and there was no expression on his face, but asked lightly: "Then if heaven and earth will be against the Qing Dynasty, who do you plan to make the emperor?" ”

Chen Jinnan said without hesitation: "Of course, after the Tang Dynasty, the third prince of Zhu and the line of King Gui have been destroyed, and now the third prince of Zhu is the only one who is qualified to inherit the throne." ”

Hearing Chen Jinnan's words, Jiuyan's face soothed a lot, and he said: "The world is hopeful of restoring the Qing Dynasty, only heaven and earth will be there." ”

Chen Jinnan said happily: "Then borrow the teacher's auspicious words." ”

After saying this, Chen Jinnan remembered something again, and said to Yang Yifei: "Brother Yang, after I told Brother Wu Liuqi what you said half a year ago, he finally decided to break into the Qing court as an undercover agent. ”

"He went to the Liangguang Green Battalion, with a good martial arts, as soon as he joined the army, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief, and then made great contributions in the conquest of pirates and mobs, plus we provided funds to bribe the officials, in just half a year, he has been promoted to the general of thousands, and if this continues, I am afraid that it will not be a few years before he can sit on the position of commander."

Admiral? You also underestimate Wu Liuqi, but he finally sat in the position of the governor of Liangguang.

Yang Yifei said secretly in his heart, but said in his mouth: "He chose the right place, the people of Liangguang have been fierce since ancient times, riots are common, and the trouble of piracy is also extremely serious, presumably his promotion will not be too slow." ”

Chen Jinnan said with a smile: "When there is an incident in the future, if you can win Liangguang as quickly as possible, Brother Wu will definitely be the first to take the lead." ”

After talking about development for a while, everyone dispersed, and Yang Yifei asked Chen Jinnan for pen and paper and various drawing tools, and began to draw.