Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 666

At the end of Zhao Xin's count, he almost pointed at Luo Fangbai's nose and scolded him. How could this make him not nervous?

Afterwards, the two of them talked very little, mostly Zhao Xin talked eloquently, and Luo Fangbai was submissive.After Wu Yuansheng and the others had eaten the grilled crocodile meat, Luo Fangbai got up and said goodbye on the grounds that he was old and exhausted.Fortunately, Zhao Xin didn't reveal the identity of the other party in the end, so he saved some face for Luo Fangbai.

But after returning to the hotel, Jiang Wu saw Luo Fangbai's gloomy expression, so he asked Wu Yuansheng what happened.The problem was that Wu Yuansheng knew very little about the conversation between Brother Luo and Zhao Xin, and he couldn't explain why, so Jiang Wu came to Luo Fangbai's room with doubts.

"Brother, I heard from Yuan Sheng that you had a great conversation with the officer of the Military Control Commission, why are you so unhappy?"

Luo Fangbai sighed and said, "Old Fifth, do you know who I met today?"

"Who?"

"Nine times out of ten it is that King Zhao!"

"What?!" Jiang Wu was startled, thinking that the man had a body of ten thousand gold, and the white dragon fish suit was nothing more than that, but it happened that Brother Luo met him.However, he felt that King Zhao really had no airs and spoke kindly, which should be a good thing for Lanfang Company.

"Good thing?" Luo Fangbai shook his head.From the moment he said his goodbyes until now, he has been deliberating over every word Zhao Xin said.Obviously, that person is extremely dissatisfied with the status quo of the Chinese companies in West Borneo. It is very likely that Beihai Town will intervene in West Borneo's affairs after the Dutch are settled, and may even take the entire Borneo into its pocket.

Moreover, this person is extremely disdainful of the system established by the Lanfang Company with the clan and township party as the core, but Luo Fangbai doesn't understand, hasn't it been like this since ancient times?What's more, the sages all said that "close relatives are the greatest", each kisses his relatives, and each son his son; if fellow villagers don't stick together, they go to win over and get close to foreigners, which is simply unheard of!

In fact, Luo Fangbai is most satisfied with his achievements, which is the establishment of a regime dominated by the Hakka people in the lower reaches of the Shiku River Basin.

Look at the Heshun General Hall in the north. It's called the Alliance, but the fourteen companies are fighting each other.Although Xie Jie, who is the leader of the alliance, is very ambitious, but since he took the position, he has been dealing with the internal disputes of various companies all day long.The reason is that all the companies in Heshun are composed of "half-mountain customers", a mixed bag of good and bad people.Luo Fangbai dares to assert that the Heshun Alliance will be in conflict again one day, and the status quo of the coexistence of fourteen companies will not last long.

As for exploiting his miners and other practices, Luo Fangbai thinks there is nothing wrong with it.Don't talk about him, which Chinese company doesn't do this?But he understood one thing, it would be too much to sell opium in the future.

After hearing Luo Fangbai's words, Jiang Wu suddenly came to his senses and said, "Brother, I think that King Zhao has already planned for Xi Po's land."

"How to say?"

"Crocodile Squad."

"Huh?" Luo Fangbai pondered for a while when he heard the words, slammed the armrest of the chair, and said with a look of astonishment: "Sure enough! They are investigating the waterway of Kajiang!"

"Brother, for today's plan, we must make early plans. Although our Lanhe battalion has a force of [-], we are proud of Xi Po, but the Beihai Navy is invincible. I will post a post at the Military Control Committee in the afternoon, and listen to it in the teahouse when I come back. I was chatting with people, and happened to be talking about how the Northern Navy defeated the Dutch."

"What did they say?"

"It's really shocking. If it weren't for the Dutch defeat now, I would think it was a joke. When the Northern Navy launched a dozen or so days ago, thousands of guns were fired, and the fortifications built by the Dutch were instantly reduced to dust. The King Zhao only dispatched With 4000 people, tens of thousands of Dutch troops were defeated and fled. Moreover, they only used 2000 people in the Wurong River area, and they wiped out [-] Dutch troops!"

Luo Fangbai was shocked when he heard the words, and only then did he realize that the elite soldiers and generals under him were nothing in the eyes of others. He felt that the only bargaining chip at the moment was the output of his own gold mine and diamond mine, but he didn't know that King Zhao How big is your appetite.

At the same time, in the main hall of Heshun in Dalaolu, West Borneo, big brothers from various companies were having a meeting overnight.Everyone here belongs to Dagang, Santiaogou, Manhe, Taihe, Xinwu, Kengwei, Jielian, Old Bafen, New Bafen, Jiufentou, Twelve Fen, Thirteen Fen, Old Fourteen Fen, Fifteen Fen, Fourteen companies in total.

When the news of Beihai's victory over the Dutch reached Dalaolu and Sanfa, there was no objection to going to Bacheng to "worship the mountain", and it was better sooner than later.However, the fourteen big brothers have different opinions on how much gold and diamonds should be paid to the King Zhao, as well as the amount shared by each company; several big brothers almost staged a martial arts because of their disagreements, and the chief Xie Jie was screwed. Big head.

After everyone finally calmed down, Xie Jie said with a heartache on his face, "Brothers, listen to the old man first. Everyone knows what happened in Beihai Town now. Didn't he come to Borneo to compete with us for money?" Mine, competing for diamond mines. If there is no accident, that Zhao Wang will be the emperor of the new dynasty!
This time, various companies were asked to raise 30 gold and diamonds. Some people felt that it was too much distributed to themselves and felt unfair. Little did they know that this was the road money for you to return home in the future.

Everyone here knows the virtues of the Qing Dynasty. No matter how much territory you manage in Borneo and how powerful you are, a mere county magistrate and a few subordinates can manipulate us people to death and destroy our families.

The old man has been in Borneo for 30 years. Although he has earned tens of thousands of dollars, it is now the age when the loess is buried in his neck. Every day, what he dreams about is returning to his roots. He wants to go back to his hometown one day to see relatives and friends. Glory to the lintel, thinking that after a hundred years, I can be buried with my parents and relatives! "

As Xie Jie spoke, his eyes were already red. The fourteen elder brothers present here, whether they were complacent or waiting to see a joke, all of them became serious after hearing the heartfelt words.

At this moment, Boss Peng of Jielian Company, who was making the most trouble in the afternoon, stood up and bowed to Xie Jie, blushing and said: "Brother Xie, what you said made my younger brother really ashamed."

After he said that, he rushed to the boss Hu of the Xinwu Company, clasped his fists and said, "Brother Hu, just now Peng made a shameless statement and offended the old man, please don't be offended."

Boss Hu hurriedly stood up and bowed: "Brother Peng, what did you say? Our brothers have been dating for many years, how can we hurt our peace because of such trivial things. Let alone, since the company is tight on money, the insufficient share is my new house. First help put it on."

With a grateful look on his face, Boss Peng stepped forward to hold Boss Hu's hand with both hands and said: "Brother Hu's heart, Peng will always remember it in his heart. It's only [-] silver dollars, and I can afford it even if I eat bran and swallow vegetables .”

Don't look at Boss Peng pretending to be pitiful, in fact, both Lanfang Company and Heshun Alliance have been in the best period of development in history these years.With the cessation of large-scale fighting, the various companies operated stably, developed rapidly, and were very profitable.At present, the total annual gold mining value of Chinese companies in the entire West Po region is as high as 370 million Spanish silver dollars, which is 263 million taels of silver, while the annual output value of the Heshun Alliance is as high as 190 million taels.

In view of the booming business opportunities, sea merchants along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong will carry a large amount of materials and department stores to trade every year.Such as opium, salt, grain, cotton yarn, pig iron, gunpowder, and hardware and sharp weapons, etc., are sold in Pontianak and Sanfa; various companies sell them with gold, diamonds, bird's nest, yellow wax, rattan bamboo, black sandalwood, pepper, etc. , Camphor and other local products are traded with it.In the port of Pontianak alone, five red-headed ships come south for trade every year.

Because of the prosperity of trade, it is very timely for Sanfa to get news from the mainland here.The big brothers of various companies have heard about what Beihai Town did to the Manchu and Qing courts in recent years, as well as what happened along the coast of Guangdong, Guangxi and Annan.But because the matter has nothing to do with me, so it's just a story on the wine table.

Two years ago, Xie Jie also sent people to "worship the wharf" in Bacheng, and tried to buy weapons from Beihai Town.But like Lanfang Company, neither Deng Fei nor Wang Yuanfang agreed.Xie Jie felt that since you guys don't give face, then I don't have to rush to curry favor. Everyone does their own things and makes their own fortunes.

However, today is different. The powerful force used by Beihai Town against the Dutch surprised all the big brothers.Only then did they know that the other party was not a dragon, but a proper giant crocodile, even more fierce than the Dutch.Facing such a powerful force that turns its hands into clouds and turns its hands into rain, it is by no means easy to get along.

Boss Peng hypocritically declined the other party's kindness, and then he cupped his fists to everyone present and said, "Everyone, what Brother Xie said just now is not bad. We are just following the example of Tao Zhu and earning a million-dollar fortune. Give it to future generations, and shine on the family. If King Zhao of Beihai Town can let us return home in good clothes, not to mention [-] silver dollars, even if Peng Mou can give him half of the mining area of ​​the company! But the government! Our old Peng did not I have read books for a few years, but I have also read some storytelling scripts, all the officials in the past dynasties, all of them said nice things on the surface, but there are too many things that they took advantage of secretly and turned their faces against others."

Liu Ashui from Kengwei Company said: "Yes! Brother Xie, although the money is not much, everyone can afford it, but what if he gets his appetite and asks for more in the future? Let's be the big brother." Bitter, it’s okay to eat a few meals less, but there are a lot of brothers under him.”

Xie Jiexin said that Liu Ahshui, you are a turtle's egg, I burst into tears, and he was still talking strange things, so I will find a chance to deal with you sooner or later!
You must know that although the [-] companies are all Hakka people, most of the employees of the Lianlian company are from Wuyun Town, Jiexi; the Xinwu company is from Yongding, Fujian; It is the Hakka people in Huiyang; as for those companies in the [-]s and [-]s, they are all Haifeng people.In addition, there are seven Hakka companies in Jiexi in the Lala area to the east of Dalaolu, most of which are named after the word "He".Such as Yuanhe, Yinghe, Changhe and so on.

Luo Fangbai got it right. Only 15 years have passed in history. After years of fighting and mergers, there were only seven companies left in the Heshun Alliance. After the Dutch army invaded Santiaogou, it was reduced to four companies. When the Heshun Alliance perished At present, there are only three companies that have achieved great success.

Speaking of which, if these Chinese companies in Xipo want to merge, the dialect must be the premise; even if they are both Hakka, as long as the dialects are different, the merger is absolutely useless.The problem is that the method of annexation between companies these days is to fight with weapons, in order to drive out the opponents.

On the other hand, Zhao Xin, who returned to his residence, was also thinking about how to integrate the various Chinese companies in West Borneo, and how to effectively organize the millions of Chinese in Southeast Asia, so as to "turn barbarians into summer" in Southeast Asia.It's just that his focus is how to completely transform the clan-based corporate community organization, deprive it of control over social public resources, and crack the economic foundation of its power system.

Some people say that the essence of human beings is to fight against differences.Everyone will naturally divide others into the same kind and the different kind, maintain the same kind and reject the different kind.And the difference in this year is that they have different dialects and different blood ties.

The patriarchal clan system is a social security system established by the ancients in order to survive under the extremely harsh environment.The economic function is primary and other functions are derivative.Settled life under the small-scale peasant economy inevitably faced the dilemma of limited resources. In order to ensure their own survival resources to cope with the resulting conflicts, the village clans formed armed forces to protect themselves, and armed struggles arose from this.

What Zhao Xin needs to consider now is how to ensure the interests of the people at the bottom after weakening the power of the clan.Laws alone are definitely not enough. In ancient China, ordinary people always "don't see officials when they die, and don't sue when they die unjustly."Zhao Xin now feels that it is time to introduce the peasant association system to the Chinese community in Southeast Asia.This can be regarded as a pilot, to prepare for the Beihai town government to go to the countryside in the future.It's just that there are too many details here that need to be thought about carefully.

He casually picked up a thread-bound book on the table, opened it and turned to a certain page, shaking his head and reading:
"Ancestor, what do you mean? Ancestor, respect. Those who are ancestors and masters are respected by the clan. "Rituals": "The clan will have affairs, and all the clansmen will serve." Therefore, the saint must have a clan, why? That’s why there is harmony. The big clan can lead the small clan, and the small clan can lead the group of disciples, so as to understand what is there and what is not, so it is also the person who manages the tribe. The clan is the first ancestor, and the latter is the big clan, and this is the clan of hundreds of generations.”

After Zhao Xin finished reading this passage, he put the book in his hand on the table and rubbed the center of his eyebrows with his hands.A Miao, who was at the side, walked behind him silently, stretched out her jade fingers to rest on his temples, and rubbed them gently.

""Baihu Tongyi". What is this book about?"

Hearing A Miao's question, Zhao Xin closed his eyes and said calmly: "The ancient books of the Eastern Han Dynasty talk about the Three Cardinal Guidelines, the Five Constant Rules and the Six Disciplines."

"Three cardinal guides and five permanent rules, I heard you said, what is the six disciplines?"

"Fathers, brothers, family members, uncles, teachers, and friends. The ancients said, 'Three principles govern heaven, earth and people, and six disciplines govern Liuhe'. In short, it is to make people obey God honestly and not mess with the imperial power."

"Don't you like these things the least? Why do you like it?"

Zhao Xin raised his hand and took A Miao's little hand to cover his face, and said helplessly: "Hey~~ What can I do, I have to read the list of books that Mr. Rong Fu gave me. His man It's not that you don't know, even I dare to shake face."

A Miao remembered how Zhao Xin went berserk after being bullied by Wang Zhong, and couldn't help sticking out her tongue.At this time, Duofu, who was curled up on the sofa and snored soundly, snored, his voice fluctuating high and low.Zhao Xin said with a wry smile: "Duofu is too fat, and his snoring is louder than me. You can't let it go. Listen to me and give it two meals a day."

A Miao said: "It's old. Last time, Mr. Liu said that Duofu is almost like a 60-year-old man. I always think that I am so old, so I can eat whatever I want." In her mouth, " "Mr. Liu" is Liu Zheng. Every time this guy returns to Beihai Town, Zhao Xin will ask him to give Duofu a checkup.

Zhao Xin said dumbfoundedly: "You spoil it too much."

The two talked and laughed for a while, and Zhao Xin felt that his drowsy mind had cleared up a lot, so he asked A Miao to rest with Duofu in his arms, and wrote down his thoughts.

A Miao shook her head, first refilled Zhao Xin's teacup with hot water, then sat on the sofa, rubbing Duofu lightly with her hand.She turned her head to look at Zhao Xin who was at his desk, thinking that it would be best for this kind of life to last forever.

　During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of Hakkas also lived in the Hailufeng area of ​​Guangdong and the Jiexi area in the north. However, because they were adjacent to the Fujianese, they were called "Hakka from Banshan".Although both belong to the Hakka group, the Banshan Hakka dialect is between Hokkien and Hakka. When communicating with the Hakka people in Jiaying Prefecture, they can only understand each other.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)