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Chapter 8 Chinese Self-improvement

He Wenxi was powerless to do anything about this. The consuls and veterans in the base camp were too optimistic about the situation in Peking University. According to the base camp's estimate, nearly one-fifth of Peking University's population is Chinese. It controls the economic lifeline of this small country and has huge social and political influence. It only needs to send a fleet and two battalions of land combat forces to sweep across this small South China country and then control the national regime.

In Li Mingxun's view, the most difficult part of the expedition to Peking University is not the battle, but the force of Siam to recognize the territory and return to the United States after the war, and forced the Dutch to acknowledge all this. The reality is that the Dutch had long passed the news to Peking University, and the queen of the Tianfang Cult chose to go all out.

"According to the news I have received, the Dutch asked the Queen of Peking University to clean up and massacre all Chinese in Peking University in exchange for asylum from the Sultan of Johor and the Dutch East India Company. Obviously, the Queen of Peking University agreed to this suggestion." Li Weijing said to everyone.

"It seems that the Dutch people want to play the trick of killing chickens to scare the monkeys!" Yang Xin said gritting his teeth.

Everyone knows that the Chinese have used hundreds of years of business in Nanyang to have a certain status in economic and political aspects in major seaport cities in Nanyang. Now, the same is true for cities under the control of the Dutch. The Dutch are worried that the "rebellion" of Peking University will become a model. They need a massacre to shock the Chinese in other countries in Nanyang, so as not to everyone imitate Peking University.

He Wenxi said: "If this is the case, I suggest that you should defend the Nongji City first. You are all friends of the United States. Some of them are already members of the United States or citizens. You should still protect yourself. You should be clear that the United States' fleet is already on the way. As long as you arrive, you can sweep the Peking University New Year. At that time, the new Chief Executive District in Nanyang still needs your support and support."

Everyone present had a look of surprise on their faces. Over the years, they were working with Li Weijing in Peking University, which was to plan how to join the United States, include their own wealth under the protection of a strong country, and transform wealth into authority. In a few years, Li Weijing was already a member of the Hong Kong parliament (in a confidential state), and each family also had close contacts with the United States. In fact, the Queen of Peking University was so crazy that she felt the threat of the Chinese group.

"Sir He, we do not deny the rationality of your suggestion, but you, Mr. Chen, this is not the best choice." Chen Zhaokua said seriously.

Nongji City is not a defensive fortress with a complete system, but the opponent does not have strong abilities. It is very easy to go into the city to defend and wait for reinforcements, but everyone here is a businessman, and businessmen are born greedy.

Li Weijing opened the window of the living room. On one side of the prosperous port street outside the city were dozens of tall warehouses, with merchants and porters coming and going. Li Weijing said: "Sir He, these warehouses contain nearly one million stones of rice from Siam, Zhen La and Brunei. One third of them belong to the United States Ocean Shipping Company. In addition to rice, there are spices, pepper, soma, and Indian cotton. Of course, the most important thing is wood. The best teak material is two thousand, which is an order from the Navy shipyard. I do not deny that most of the goods here belong to the private property of merchants, but most of them are related to the core interests of the United States. If there is a chance, we are unwilling to give up easily."

He Wenxi naturally knew what Li Weijing meant. On the surface, if these goods were in trouble, it would be a loss for merchants, but in fact it was not the case. Peking University is a transit station for direct flights to Taipei, and the goods stored here are not only waiting for the southwest monsoon in March, but also the escort fleet of the United States. More importantly, many cargoes and ships purchased the insurance of the United States. If the loss is made, the United States Insurance Department will compensate a huge amount of funds.

Many of the products in Peking University are "military supplies", especially teak and rice. The former is also a necessary material for naval shipbuilding, while the latter is related to the stability of the food market and immigration resettlement of the base camp.

"What do you mean?" He Wenxi sat there, and suddenly felt that today they were not trying to convince them, but they wanted to convince themselves.

"What we mean is to organize Chinese troops, resist, and unite all forces that can be united." Li Weijing said.

He Wenxi looked around for a week, and he never expected this outcome. After all, the Chinese in Southeast Asia lack the spirit of resistance and are as famous as they are good at doing business. Whenever a certain country in Southeast Asia persecutes or even massacres the Chinese, they can only leave their homes and flee, rarely resist, and few resistances never succeed.

Chinese people have no political or military ambitions!

This is the common view of the colonists and the indigenous peoples of the South China Sea about the Chinese, and it is also an important reason why they feel assured that the Chinese can live in their own country, do business and take power.

You should know that in most of the past history, no matter how Chinese overseas were abused, the perpetrators and executioners would not be punished by the central country. Therefore, indigenous people and colonists could almost do whatever they wanted. The last Nanyang version of "Those who offend me and strong Han will be punished even if they are far away!" was already the era when Zheng He went to the West, which happened two hundred years ago.

Obviously, it was not Liang Jingru who gave Li Weijing and others the courage, but the United States. The establishment of the United States changed all this. This maritime power with the Chinese nation as the main body has tolerated compatriots from the regime from the moment they were founded. In order to retaliate against the Manila Massacre, the United States occupied the entire Luzon Island, tried and executed war criminals, supported the entire Chinese group in South China and declared to all the regimes in South China that the Chinese were not isolated and helpless. Behind them was a powerful country called the United States of China.

Of course, resisting rape is not enough.

"Okay, organize the army and work together to fight the enemy! But where do military expenditure, weapons and troops come?" He Wenxi asked.

"It's easy to say. Let's talk about the troops first. Nongji and Peking University have more than a dozen armed merchant ships. As long as they are organized, they will be a naval force that Peking University cannot handle. The ports are not short of armed sailors and mercenaries. They can control the mezzanine and artillery. The Chinese port owners have a servant-style armed force. They are usually used to manage slaves. These can be organized into an army, with about 1,000 to 1,500 people. As for military expenses, as a glorious member of the United States, I am willing to donate all my property, and everyone here is willing to help me. We can raise about 350,000 military expenses!" Li Weijing was obviously prepared and said righteously.

He Wenxi listened carefully, and suddenly a smile on his face was unspeakable, and he said to Li Weijing: "Your purpose is not limited to protecting your family and business."

"Of course, there is no need to hide this. I will definitely win the position of Chief Executive of Peking University!" Li Weijing met He Wenxi's eyes and said.

He Wenxi understood that if the power of the United States Navy was used to eliminate Peking University and expand the new Chief Executive District, then Li Weijing could only praise and prepare for it. However, if he organized an army to resist Peking University and safeguard the interests of the United States merchants and Chinese, it would be of great significance. Merits and influence in the local area would be impossible to become Chief Executive and even the elders. Military merits and expansion are inevitable factors in becoming veterans, and Li Weijing took all of them.

Judging from today's situation, Li Weijing's ambition has been supported by everyone present. Obviously, the Chinese in the South China Sea have formed a political force, hoping to directly occupy a place in the Senate, the core of power in the United States, by supporting Li Weijing.

He Wenxi smiled: "Mr. Li is indeed a real man, standing upright! I appreciate your courage to bet on your lifelong family business. Well, Mr. Li, I chose to support you. Please tell me now how I should cooperate."

"We hope that as the special envoy of the Consul, you will first organize a military management committee with the next one to organize the Chinese people in Peking University to conscription, collect troops, collect taxes and recruit Ding Zhuang, and control the situation before the expeditionary fleet arrives. Moreover, I hope you can deal with the pressure from the Sultan of Johor or other surrounding sultanates, how about it?" Li Weijing asked.

He Wenxi nodded: "No problem. I am the plenipotentiary of the Consul. This is within my authority. You can rest assured that I will send a letter of state to the United States to Johor, Pili, Kedah and other sultan countries. The conquest of the Beida Nian is the United States punishing the crime of colluding with the Qing Dynasty and having evil intentions, and has nothing to do with other countries. If other countries dare to support Beida Nian, it is the enemy of the United States. Even the Dutch cannot protect it on issues related to the majesty of the United States!"

"Is the same true for the Johor Sultan? They are allies of the Dutch?" Yang Xin asked.

"We never look at the owner when we beat dogs!" He Wenxi responded domineeringly.

In the next seven days, the country was in chaos in Peking University. First of all, news spread about the massacre of the Chinese groups in power among the people in Peking University. The Chinese businessmen in Peking University fled in scattered, while the Chinese port owners distributed near the coastline of Peking University either defended themselves in the infant city or moved closer to the farm. A large number of armed personnel and wealth were brought to the farm.

The sudden "rebellion" of the Chinese group caught the Tianfang Cult regime in Peking University off guard. Their original plan was to organize the army to go south to destroy the Chinese group in Nongji Port, and then massacre the Chinese in Peking University, sweep all the surrounding Chinese port master forces, continue to wrap up all the stolen wealth, enter the Johor Sultanate and even Batavia to obtain the protection of the Dutch.

The "rebellion" of the Chinese group completely failed. If the plan was to go south according to the original plan, the Chinese group in the north would destroy the Beida Nian City and cause the Beida Nian regime to lose a large amount of wealth. In desperation, the original plan to go south was temporarily shelved. The Queen of Peking University Nian sent troops everywhere to destroy the rebellions in various places. The anti-insurgency operation lasted for seven days before the Peking University Nian army was able to gather south. During this period, the Chinese Military Force Management Committee had organized an army of 1,300 people and a fleet of twelve armed merchant ships of Ding Zhuang, a scale of 2,000 people.

The fleet is mainly composed of two 800-ton Froth merchant ships and two fast transport ships from the United States Ocean Shipping Company, as well as six Ahat armed ships and two armed Jung ships from the Chinese maritime merchants. This fleet is destined to be without the discipline and combat effectiveness of the United States' professional fleet, so it has been responsible for alert and blocking tasks outside the Nongji Port.

The self-defense forces established by the Military Control Commission are even more diverse. There are 180 highly paid Portuguese mercenaries, 350 exiled Japanese Cherdan samurai, 600 armed sailors, and the rest are servants and guards of various Chinese port owners, a total of 1,300 people, half of whom have a clamp or flintlock rifle, as well as four three-pound cannons and six eight-pound cannons as artillery fire support.

It took a lot of time and energy to organize the army, so that there was not enough time to build fortifications. Ding Zhuang, who was recruited by Li Wei, erected, erected a fence and chest wall on the south bank of Nongji River, and then built two forts with coconut trunks and soil, placed the eight-pound cannon inside, and covered the Nongji Port area and the city behind.

Although the Chinese Military Control Commission of Peking University was controlled by Li Weijing and He Wenxi, neither of them was a military general. The army and the fleet must be handed over to professionals. The commander of the fleet was the fleet commander of the shipping company. Although it was affiliated with a state-owned company, from commanders to officers, the Marines were all active-duty soldiers, but they were not wearing military uniforms. It was not a problem. The commander of the army was the leader of the Portuguese mercenary, Garcia, a thirty-eight-year-old veteran who joined the army at the age of nine and became a choreographed spearman, a medron gunman, a captain, and a servant, and then joined and took over the authority after the leader died.

Garcia's army's combat footprints were spread across the South and Indian Oceans, and had fought against many enemies. They originally served the Dutch in Malacca, and the Queen of Peking University hired them to come. Li Weijing successfully kept Garcia behind. The mercenaries were professional and powerful in combat, and they were trustworthy in their advantage. What is even more reassuring is that Garcia had been to Macau and knew the power of the United States. When the United States Expeditionary Fleet arrived immediately, their loyalty was also within a reasonable range.

On the morning of the eighth day, the army of the Tianfang Sect finally arrived, with a number of more than expected, about 4,500 people, and more than 2,000 slaves. A huge army came from the two roads along the coast and inland, holding various flags and signs. The flags were waving in the rice fields with dry water, which looked quite spectacular.
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