Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 522 Daming Is Here to Support You
"From now on, you are all members of Daming! In the future, no matter what grievances you suffer, or what kind of losses you suffer from foreigners, you can come here. Daming will never let your own people suffer."

In the incense hall of the Tiandihui, Zhao Yongfu looked at the leaders of the Hui Party sitting there. They include the head of the Tiandihui, Hongmen, and of course the Township Hall.

Even the Tiandihui and Hongmen have more than a dozen halls, they are independent of each other, and the well water does not interfere with the river water.Zhao Yongfu naturally had his intentions for calling them here today.

In the past two decades, a large-scale Chinese tin mining center has formed from Singapore under the British rule to the interior of the Malay State Peninsula, dominated by Kuala Lumpur.In these places, what is the biggest feature?It is inseparable from the Chinese private association.After nearly half a century of development, the Chinese Private Association has become stronger.At that time, almost every adult man among the overseas Chinese was from the Hongmen. According to some British people, the private party organization was the "government within the government", just like the rulers of the Singapore-Malaysia society. Their leader was the Chinese society The top figures with status and money; they rely on strict organization and strict discipline to control the behavior of all members: they pass

By collecting membership fees, protection fees, contracting taxes, and setting up businesses, they have their own fixed sources of income.

But... the infighting between them has never stopped!

The reason why Zhao Yongfu asked them out was because he wanted to twist these gangsters who were fighting among themselves into a single rope!Twist it into a rope for Daming to intervene here in the future!

Hearing that Daming will support them in the future, everyone who will do it again will all look happy.What are these wanderers looking for overseas?
Isn't it just that they can have official uniforms to support them when they are angry?
But there has never been any government to support them, so they will form a party to protect themselves.Now some government officials stand up and say that they will support them.How could you be unhappy?

Seeing the happy faces of the crowd, Zhao Fuyong continued.

"Since they are all members of Daming, they should hold together as a group. From now on, there will be no more private fights in each hall. If you have any conflicts, you can sit down and discuss them. If you can't reach an agreement, go to the Consul to arbitrate!"

"Consul!"

Fang Renli raised his brows, thinking of the Western custom of using local businessmen as consuls, he laughed.

"I don't know how the special envoy intends to appoint a consul?"

As soon as they heard that Daming was going to set up a consul, the others followed suit. It would be a great thing to become a consul!Among other things, with this official status, he will definitely be able to overwhelm other officials in the future.

"It's not the appointment of the envoy, but the appointment of the imperial court. Before the envoy leaves, he will appoint a subordinate who specializes in diplomacy to set up a consulate here to handle overseas Chinese affairs. If you need to negotiate with the local government, you can go directly to the consulate. , after all, the consulate is for everyone."

When they heard that an official was appointed as consul, Fang Renli and Li Mingkuan's expressions became a little complicated. At first they thought that one of them was appointed as consul, but they never thought that a "master" would come, even No matter how polite this "master" is, he is still a master!

For them, who are like the emperors of the land, they have long been accustomed to the days without government. As for the British, the British are also willing to use them as middlemen to manage the Chinese and maintain social stability.

Now, the Ming Dynasty is going to consulate here. This matter... may not be a good thing.

This is also the most contradictory part of their hearts. On the one hand, they want the government to support them, but on the other hand, they don't want the government to intervene in their affairs.

For a while, everyone was silent, moving was moved, reality was reality, and their first consideration was their own interests.Even if some people in Singapore cut their braids and want to become Ming people, this Ming Dynasty is too far away.

What can Daming give them?
That's what they think about.

Except for the weak "support", now Daming gave them one thing - a master!

This is obviously not what they want, and naturally it cannot impress them.

Seeing that everyone fell silent, Zhao Yongfu said.

"What? If you have any ideas, you can tell them."

No one responded. The hall masters who were originally full of enthusiasm chose to remain silent. Many of them even lit their pipes or cigarettes at the same time. It seems that for them, there is nothing more important than smoking right now. Even if this adult was not here, they would all want to find a couch to lie down on and smoke two big cigarettes.

Sure enough, in the final analysis, the benefits are the best. Zhao Yongfu, who knew it well, didn't say anything, but smiled.

"For the establishment of the consulate, we have reached a consensus with the Straits Settlements. This is imperative. I hope you will support Consul Xu's work in the future."

Since you don't eat the toast, you will be fined the bar directly!

"Xu Tianlei has met you gentlemen, and I will not trouble you in the future."

Xu Tianlei stood up and said politely, everyone who was concerned about face got up to return the salute, no matter what, this person is also an official!

But no matter how official you are, you can't just put your hands here casually.

Li Mingkuan glanced at Fang Renli. There are many parties in Singapore, but the two of them have the largest hall and the most people. At this time, they must stand up and speak out.

"Master Zhao, Master Xu, in fact, when it comes to fighting, the upper teeth sometimes collide with the lower teeth. Although there are occasional misunderstandings at the entrances of each family, it is generally quiet. Don't worry. There must be no trouble on our side!"

As soon as Li Mingkuan finished speaking, Fang Renli echoed him.

"It's true, it's true, please rest assured, my lords, there will be no troubles on the side of the hall, at least there will be no troubles on our side! Do you think so?"

Everyone else said yes, even if they had revenge for killing their father in the past, now in front of the two adults, they are all smiling, and they look closer than brothers.They don't think it's a good thing for the imperial court to intervene in this matter.

"However? Your Excellency said that there will be internal strife within the party, not to mention internal strife. In some places, civil wars between churches can last for more than ten years, and the dead are all Thousands of them, hey, I think my chest can kill each other, it's really..."

Li Mingkuan shook his head repeatedly and said.

"It's heartbreaking!"

"It hurts so much!"

While Fang Renli agreed, even the sockets of his eyes turned red.

"Every time I think that my compatriots went overseas to survive, but they suffered such a catastrophe, I can't sleep or eat, and I feel extremely sad! Just last month, I called people to raise money to buy land, build Yishan, let my compatriots It won’t be in the wilderness with violent corpses!”

When his words fell, the room was full of sighs and sighs. These people are old Singaporeans. Don't they know what Li Mingkuan and Fang Renli are talking about?How could they not know what they meant.

The meaning of what they said couldn't be more obvious-you have the ability, go to clean up the civil wars in other places first, and our life is so peaceful here, so I won't bother you adults.

But everyone has selfishness, and of course they also have their own selfishness.Their selfishness is very simple, they just want to keep their current benefits. As for the government, if the government is really capable, it will support them.That would be the best, if the government doesn't have that ability,
Of course they don't force it.

But if the government doesn't have that ability, but still wants to be that master.Naturally they are not happy.How many people in this world are willing to find a master for themselves?
Now that you have talked about this, you have to do something, let the big guys see.

When everyone sighed, Zhao Yongfu also sighed.

"That's right, when he first came to Singapore, Mr. Zhao heard people say that Geely attacked the Haishan and Yixing families on the Sultanate's side because of the matter of the chieftains, and they actually killed each other for more than ten years. It's so painful for relatives. If we don’t stop what the enemy is doing, our compatriots will be living in dire straits every day! Don’t worry, Zhao will do his best to handle this matter, let us wait for our compatriots again It's not killing each other like it used to."

When his words fell, the eyes of the surrounding people were full of disbelief.

They simply didn't believe that the person in front of them could handle this matter well, after all, all the people involved were foreigners.

Maybe they still take these four officials as officials, but not necessarily those chieftains.There is no great light in their eyes.It is impossible for them to buy Daming's account at all.As for the Qing Dynasty, of course they would not buy it.

What's more, the Kedah Sultanate is not just the territory of the chieftains, but in the final analysis it is the territory of the British.

This is also the reason why those chieftains don't take their names seriously.

"If that's the case, it's really a blessing for our compatriots."

Li Mingkuan quickly followed suit.

But the bottom of his heart was thinking there.

"I'd like to see how your Ming country deals with foreigners, don't just brag about anything!"

It's not because he doesn't believe it, but because he's seen too many officials over the years. When those officials were collecting cash, they all patted their chests full, but they really did things. Come.What can they do?Seeing foreigners, even those local chieftains will soften three points in their bones.Count on those in power to protect them.

is it possible?
As for Daming, is he talking casually, or is he really capable of doing things?
How could Zhao Fuyong not understand what the big guy was thinking?

Say a thousand good words, it is better to do one practical thing!
"Everyone, don't worry, Mr. Zhao will take care of this matter after all. After all, Daming came here to support everyone!"

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