Chapter Eighty-Eight: A Few Families Rejoice, A Few Families Are Sad!
Kalimantan, East Manlaw
In the Lanfang Gathering Hall, Captain Arjan Punhe picked up a pipe, but deliberately did not take out a match.
There was a clever young man beside Gu Liubo, the chief of Lan Fang, who immediately took out a box of foreign fires, and a match was lit with a "click", and he carefully held it in the palm of his hand to light a cigarette for Captain Aryang Ponghe.
But he never thought that Captain Arjan Punch kicked the young man in the stomach, and this kick did not relent, and the latter died of pain.
"What's your grievance? I'll light your cigarette first! Gu Liubo stepped directly over the young man who fell to the ground, still showing a deferential appearance.
The captain looked up and glanced around the lobby.
"I don't want you to light a cigarette for me, I want her to come!"
At this time, Gu Liubo showed a look of embarrassment, because the other party chose Song Qibo's granddaughter, and it was also his daughter-in-law who had just passed the door.
The Lanfang company has been in decline in recent years, and has had to adopt internal marriages to consolidate its power.
"This... Lord Aryang, please let this girl go for the sake of the old child's face, she is the daughter-in-law of the old and unpassed. ”
Gu Liubo looked flattering, thinking that he was also a Jiabidan and should have a bit of thin noodles.
"You old thing! Do I agree that your son is married? ”
The captain's arrogant attitude made Gu Liubo's son, Gu Shishan, want to rush over and chop the red-haired ghost, but was stopped by his father-in-law.
"If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, Xianxu."
On the other hand, Gu Liubo, who was angry in his heart, still lost a smile and slapped himself with a big mouth.
"Look, my memory!"
Immediately, Gu Liubo took it into his arms, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense, and even Alyang Punhe was so frightened that he sat up straight.
"Gugu Liubo, I warn you, our Dutch East India Company still has 10,000 mercenaries in Batavia!"
At this time, Gu Liubo took out a gold sticker from his arms, as well as two gold bars full of gold, and handed them to the frightened other party.
"This is for you, and you bear with me."
Arjan Punhe continued when he saw that Jin Zicai had returned to his usual stinky face.
"No more cigarettes, let's get down to business."
"You say, you say."
"I can't take it as if I didn't see the war you started a war with the Wanna Princely State without permission." Penghe said unhurriedly.
"It was provoked by the king of Wannatu first, and many of our brothers were killed at his hands, and countless ordinary people were killed and wounded, as well as burned mansions."
"I don't care! Now the headquarters calls for peace! And if you cripple the natives, who will pay us taxes? This year, your Lanfang's taxes are added to two more layers! ”
"Mr. Al Young, we really don't have any money. Please say a few more words to the above! Gu Liubo said.
"No money?! What is this without money? ”
Peng He sneered, took out the two gold bars just now and shook them in front of Gu Liubo, then stuffed them into the pockets of his clothes, and then buckled his hat on his head and strode out.
"Tell you! If you can't pay your taxes, you won't want to smoke big in the future! ”
Gu Liubo had no choice but to lead the crowd to kneel on the ground and try to block Captain Arjan Punhe's way, but the latter left without looking.
In the end, Gu Liubo could only hold a translator named Qian San.
"Third Master Qian, you can't ignore us. We are all the people of the Qing Dynasty. ”
Qian San was originally a Lanfang miner, but because he was injured in the process of robbing mines with other companies, instead of receiving compensation and treatment from the company, he was even thrown near Crocodile Beach to fend for himself.
But he didn't expect Qian San's life to be killed, and a team of missionaries happened to pass by to save him, and then he learned Dutch because of a blessing in disguise, and with his own efforts, he became a special staff member of the Dutch East India Company in charge of Chinese affairs.
On the island of Kalimantan, even the authentic Dutchman of Aljan Punhe has to pay three respects to him.
Qian San didn't have any feelings for Lan Fang, so he said casually.
"Send that girl to the fortress at night, and I'll help you figure it out."
Seeing that Gu Liubo was a little hesitant, Qian San just sneered and walked away.
"Third master! Third Master!."
At this time, Gu Liubo felt physically and mentally exhausted, he spent so much silver, used so many years, and finally climbed to this position, thinking that he could make a fortune, so he returned to China to spend his old age in peace, but who would have thought that this was the end, and couldn't help but sigh for a long time.
Different from the bleakness and sorrow of the Lanfang Company, the Saogou Company and the Dagang Company next door were so happy that they couldn't sleep all night when they heard that the Dutch were going to raise Lanfang's taxes, and the green buildings, casinos, and cigarette pipes were even brighter.
In the main hall of Tianhe Company (Tiandihui), which had been marginalized, the four leaders gathered again after many years.
"Isn't this the Zhang Hall Master of Xuanwu Hall? Your black goods business is really getting better and better! ”
"Where. Where. The British are not easy to fool, if you want to make money, who doesn't know that your White Tiger Hall's green building and casino are all about making money every day. ”
"If you want to make money, you have to look at Suzaku Hall, the firearms they got from the foreign devils, that's a million profits! I'm not talking about it, Hall Master Liu. ”
At this time, Zhao Tianyuan, the hall master of the Qinglong Hall, walked in, followed by two light coughs.
"I said, old guys, you've been mixing well all these years!"
"Thanks to Big Brother for taking care of you!" The three hall masters replied in unison.
"Back then, the head of the hall was killed by the design surnamed Luo, which caused my brothers to have to start anew. But God has eyes, and Lan Fang has no successor, not only became a lackey of the Dutch, but was even oppressed by the natives.
Thinking about the red-haired and yellow-haired people who were beaten by the national surname (Zheng Chenggong) back then, waging their tails and begging for mercy, these clear dogs were willing to be slaves, which is really despicable!
Brothers, Emperor Yongli's letter of help has finally arrived in Europe, the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court have arrived, and the day of recovering the mountains and rivers of my Han family is coming! ”
Although Zhao Tianyuan, the hall master of Qinglong Hall, said it with great vigour, but the other three hall masters only became the eldest brother and went crazy again, after all, after the Jusheng Company became the Lanfang Company, this eldest brother who engraved the mountains and rivers of Fume and the anti-Qing Dynasty and Fuming on his body was not normal.
Or was the head of the hall right back then, the anti-Qing Dynasty restoration is just a slogan, there is no need to take it too seriously, just like the monk recites Amitabha, power and money are real, and everything else is floating clouds.
Seeing that his old brothers were not interested, Zhao Tianyuan couldn't help but talk about what he had seen and heard about the meticulous work he had planted in Dongwanlu.
"Big brother! Don't be kidding, the brothers all know that you are a loyal minister of the Han family, but how could you be driven away by Lan Fang's miscellaneous pieces after killing three thousand indigenous soldiers with one shot or something, this is simply their bragging! "Suzaku Hall Master Liu said.
"Yes, big brother! If the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court are really like the rumors, they come without a shadow and go without a trace, they will soar through the clouds and fog, and they can be breathtaking. Why are you still fighting for those Tartar lackeys? Xuanwu Hall Master Zhang said.
"Yes, why didn't they just rush into Dongwanlu and destroy those dog tartars! I think eighty percent of them are foreign guns invited by Lanfang Company! The Dutch have the ability to do this! The White Tiger Hall Master said.
(End of chapter)