Chapter 166 General Luo Fangbo came to visit!
Ye Shanglin nodded, looked at Liang Pengfei and said in a low voice, "It does have something to do with your Lao Liang's family, but your mother said that now you can make the decision about Lao Liang's family. Presumably you also know that I'm with your father..." Speaking of this, Ye Shanglin coughed twice with some embarrassment.
Liang Pengfei couldn't help laughing and said, "Sir uncle, do you still think that our old Liang family has damaged the customs of your Ye family?"
"This is not true, it's just..." Ye Shanglin really didn't know how to answer Liang Pengfei's question for a while. After all, although Liang Pengfei was his nephew, he was also Liang Yuanxia's son. How could he explain his contradictions with Liang Yuanxia clearly for a while?
Seeing Ye Shanglin's embarrassed face, Liang Pengfei was not interested in asking questions and changed the topic: "Consir, uncle, whether you can make the decision or not depends on what it is."
Ye Shanglin breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression was still very difficult: "My uncle was also afraid of this matter, but Luo Fangbo begged again and again. Besides, now Pengfei, you are not only the red man in front of the marshal Fu, but also have the land of the central islands of Luzon, and you are also quite social with those Yi people, so I just want to discuss it with you..."
In fact, the matter is not complicated. Liang Pengfei's reputation is in Guangdong and Guangxi. Everyone only regards him as a famous celebrity who comes from a pirate family and is very popular in front of Marshal Fu. In addition, other things of the Liang family have not been spread in China.
But Nanyang is different. In the land of Nanyang and those Chinese countries, there were many pirates who originally established families. Lao Liang's family, who have been pirates for generations, naturally have to deal with them. Naturally, it is very clear to Lao Liang's family. This time, Lao Liang's crab king island showed its power and killed the Xiyi pirates. They even captured so many Xiyi pirates. If these Chinese in the Southern Ocean don't hear some news, unless they are all deaf people whose ears are stuffed with earwax.
Moreover, after this battle, the old Liang family actually dared to come to the door and almost occupied Luzon, the nest of Spanish teeth. Later, although the old Liang family and the Spanish governor seemed to be very low-key, there was no leak-leak wall in the sky, and a lot of things were introduced. In people's ears, the Lanfang Republic, which was established in Borneo adjacent to the Luzon Islands, has naturally heard a lot of news.
And Luo Fangbo's injustice is the general system of Lanfang Republic, and it happens to be Ye Shanglin's good friend. Naturally, he heard Ye Shanglin say that the girl married Liang Yuanxia of the old Liang family.
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However, he really didn't expect that Lao Liang's family would have such strength. He not only cleaned up the Xiyi pirates who crossed the Nanyang, but also even the colonial governors who beat Xiyi cried for land for compensation. This kind of news, for those who have been bullied by Xiyi all year round in the Nanyang area, also know the strength of Xiyi. I don't know how much shock the Nanyang Chinese have brought.
In the past two years, Luo Fangbo, the general manager of the Lanfang Republic, was really not easy, because of another Western colonial country nearby: the Netherlands.
Although now, the Netherlands is no longer majestic among European countries, and has fallen in colonial countries, but even if it declines again, compared with the Nalanfang Republic, a small local power group that is more like a company than a country, it is still strong. A comparable existence.
Before the establishment of the Lanfang Republic, the Netherlands already had cities and ports in Borneo. However, the power of the Netherlands in Borneo was suppressed by the United Kingdom. Their living space has been reduced to the middle of Borneo, and the north has almost become a British control area.
The confrontation between Westerners did not affect the Fanglan Republic at the beginning, but the relationship between the Chinese and the aborigines and the Xiyi people, especially the Westerners, hopes to turn the islands of the Southern Ocean into their colonies, and the small states established by the Chinese here occupy one territory. It makes these Westerners very uncomfortable.
And there are also various conflicts between the two sides, whether in trade or territory. Although the Chinese can form a group when they are outside and have good power in the Southern Ocean, they are still retreating against the colonial armies of those European countries.
The Netherlands has been excluded by Britain, and their sphere of influence has gradually shrunk in Borneo. Although it is very uncomfortable, Britain can't afford to offend. At least the lessons of history have made the Dutch understand that they don't have this ability.
Although there is no way to compete with the British, it doesn't mean that they dare not compete with the Chinese? As a result, the Dutch began to shift their greedy eyes to the Republic of Lanfang, the largest Chinese group in Borneo.
The Lanfang Republic is located in the western part of Colorado. There are not only a large number of local indigenous people with rich products, but also one thing is that there are rich gold mines here. The Lanfang Republic can be established. In addition to the more united factors of the Chinese, the wealth brought by the gold trade is also the Chinese. The root cause of unwillingness to leave here to unite to fight against Western colonists.
And the so-called success is Xiaohe, and defeat is Xiaohe. The prosperity of the Lanfang Republic comes from the rich gold mines in the local area, and it is precisely because of this that the surrounding Western colonists keep an eye on them.
Because Luo Fangbo learned that Europeans were still very scrupulous about the Qing Dynasty at this time, he immediately surrendered to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the country and sent members to Yanjing to pay tribute. This move really made those European colonists so consvious that they did not dare to blatantly disturb and annex the local area, but small frictions still occurred from time to time.
And those Western pirates often plunder the Lanfang Republic. Although now, there are fewer pirates in the Nanyang region than before, but the profession of pirates will never lack manpower. If you leave a batch, you will naturally come again. Another point is that even some pirates and bandits are there. Some European colonists.
Since they can't devour and invade the Lanfang Republic, they secretly pretend to be pirates to plunder. Even if the Lanfang Republic knew that they were these European colonists, they could only suffer such a loss.
Years of war have made the Lanfang Republic find a problem, that is, its own equipment and personnel training are not on the same level as those European colonists.
Although the whole Lanfang Republic is claimed to have hundreds of thousands of people, there are only thousands of soldiers available. Among them, most of them are outlaws recruited from the mainland. These have good fighting ability, but sometimes it is difficult to obey. In addition, because the Qing Dynasty has extremely strict control of weapons, especially Fire and gunpowder.
And as for those Western colonists who stared at the Lanfang Republic, how could they sell it to them? Therefore, the Lanfang Republic can only smuggle firearms and gunpowder through trade with smugglers on the mainland.
However, the amount of smuggling is difficult to guarantee, resulting in the lack of equipment of Lanfang Republic [***]. Almost every time it is filled by human life. Heavy casualties, post-war pensions, lack of ammunition and various supplies make Luo Fangbo, the general system of Lanfang Republic, white. Therefore, when Luo Fangbo heard about Lao Liang's family in Nanyang, he began to think about it.
"...what do they need?" After hearing Ye Shanglin's detailed details, Liang Pengfei had already realized the scene of the Lanfang Republic. For him, there was really no shortage of gunpowder and ordnance, even artillery and warships. However, Liang Pengfei had other plans in his heart.
"Then it depends on what Pengfei can provide them." Ye Shanglin smiled and said that when he saw that Liang Pengfei did not react too much, Ye Shanglin was secretly relieved. To be honest, this kind of thing made him beg Liang Yuanxia, I'm afraid it would be impossible in his life. Liang Pengfei is different. Anyway, in Ye Shanglin's heart, although Liang Pengfei is Liang Yuanxia's son, after all, there is half of the blood of the Ye family flowing in his body, so he feels that this matter makes him feel at ease.
"It depends on how they can repay me." Liang Pengfei picked up the thick eyebrows with curvature like two knives and smiled. At this moment, he smiled like a anniver.
"You said it." Ye Shanglin saw Liang Pengfei's expression and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.
Liang Pengfei squeezed the tea cup in his hand one by one, and his eyes narrowed, as if he were tasting the taste of the fragrant tea. However, Ye Shanglin, who sat next to him, did have an indescribable feeling. At this moment, Liang Pengfei did not look like the little nephew who never seemed to have a positive shape in front of him and smiled all day long. , but a superior who held a heavy power and commanded tens of millions of soldiers, with thick eyebrows inadvertently wrinkled marks, and an almost indifferent expression on his face, with a sense of killing and majesty.
Even Ye Shanglin, who deals with high-ranking people all day long, can't help but feel a little uncomfortable. He moved his body and covered up his gaffe by sipting tea.
"I can provide 300 swords, 70 short fires, and three thousand catties of gunpowder..." When Liang Pengfei just said this number, Ye Shanglin couldn't help but look dark, but Liang Pengfei continued, "This refers to the quantity benchmark I can provide to you every month."
"You mean, every month?!" Ye Shanglin was quite surprised. It didn't seem to be much, but this only refers to his weight every month. That is to say, at the end of the year, there are 3,600 swords, more than 800 muskets, and 36,000 catties of gunpowder. This is not a small amount. For Lanfang Republic, which currently lacks materials and relies on smuggling ammunition supplies. This is definitely good news, and it's not small.
After seeing Liang Pengfei nod, Ye Shanglin was overjoyed: "Okay, in that case, uncle will not make it difficult for you. I can follow the price of all materials..."
Liang Pengfei raised his finger and said, "However, I have a condition."
Ye Shanglin, who was interrupted by Liang Pengfei, couldn't help but be stunned: "What's the condition?"
"I want to see Luo Fangbo. Everything I promised can't be fulfilled until I see him." Liang Pengfei smiled and raised the sharp knife-like eyebrows.
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"This is impossible." Ye Shanglin said, "Peng Fei, it's not that I don't promise you. Then Luo Fangbo is a country's general system. How can he leave the country lightly? Besides, the court's attitude towards them is not very..."
"Ha ha, uncle, are you still afraid that I won't hand him over to the court? If so, how do I, my nephew, face my relatives? Liang Pengfei looked deeply at Ye Shanglin: "uncle, if it were Uncle Luo Fang, would you be able to pull down your face to find my nephew? I'm your nephew. How can I not understand your surname?
Under the gaze of Liang Pengfei's eyes that seemed to be insightful, Ye Shanglin felt that in front of Liang Pengfei, it seemed that any disguise was superfluous, so he had to shake his head with a wry smile: "You boy, a belly full of ghosts, uncle really underestimated you. In fact, uncle didn't want to hide this matter from you, only Yes, Uncle Luo Fang didn't want people to know that he came here and warned me again and again. Since you said so, your uncle will go again and ask Uncle Luo Fang to come and discuss with you. What do you think?
"Thank you, uncle, for your success." Liang Pengfei said with a smile. Ye Shanglin didn't talk nonsense. He left Liang's house and went back to pick up people under the guidance of his subordinates.
When Ye Shanglin led Luo Fangbo to Liangfu, it was already night.
"Luo Fangbo has met Lord Liang." Luo Fangbo, with white hair and dark skin, saw Liang Pengfei in front of the hall. He did not dare to neglect and saluted Liang Pengfei. Although he can also be regarded as the lord of a country in the Lanfang Republic, in the eyes of the court, he is still just a small people. Moreover, Liang Pengfei is also a red man under Fu Kang'an, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, or the young master of the old Liang family who is now powerful in Nanyang. How can he be disrespectful to him? .
"It doesn't have to be like this. Please get up quickly. You and my uncle are best friends, and Peng Fei is a junior. How can you treat you as such a great gift?" Liang Pengfei stretched out his hand to hold Luo Fangbo and said. Take the opportunity to invite Luo Fangbo and Ye Shanglin to sit in the hall.
"In that case, I will call you a nephew." After a cold noise, Luo Fangbo stopped talking nonsense and directly asked Liang Pengfei about the monthly sale of equipment and supplies and the Lanfang Republic that he had just talked to Ye Shanglin.
"I have just told my uncle that I will provide a certain amount of weapons and supplies to your Lanfang Republic every month. If Uncle Luo needs it, I can even provide you with some artillery."
Liang Pengfei's words made Luo Fangbo so moved that he couldn't even drink the tea: "Can my nephew really provide artillery and my Lanfang?" Artillery, Luo Fangbo naturally knows the important surname of artillery, especially for an emerging country like the Lanfang Republic, the most lacking is weapons and equipment, and artillery is the top priority.
This news really made Luo Fangbo feel that it was an unexpected surprise, and Ye Shanglin next to him couldn't help but be stunned.
After getting Liang Pengfei's confirmation, Luo Fangbo couldn't handle it, because he didn't understand why Liang Pengfei was so enthusiastic about the Lanfang Republic?
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(to be continued)