mijobooks Chapter 1307 money can not be spent in vain
Chapter 1307 money can not be spent in vain
Zhu Li pointed at the map and said confidently: "Isn't it possible? As long as we get the Riau Islands, we will also become a strait-related trader, and it is natural to join the multi-party co-management mechanism."
Du Fei was silent. This was indeed the truth, but this matter was not simple.
It sounds like there are several steps to put an elephant in the refrigerator. Open the refrigerator, put the elephant inside, and close the refrigerator door. There are three steps in total.
But the problem is that taking over a territory with clear ownership is not an easy task in this day and age.
Although the current Yinni area has been dispersed and Yajiada's control over the border areas has dropped to a freezing point, Du Fei's Song Dynasty is a foreign country after all.
Once the measures are not appropriate, it is easy to arouse their national sentiments, and then it will be self-defeating.
Du Fei looked at the map and thought for a few minutes, then said in a deep voice: "This matter needs to be planned carefully. We cannot take the initiative to stir up trouble. We must let them stir up trouble on their own first and completely muddy the water before we take action."
Julie nodded, and as she rolled her eyes, she already had an outline in her mind: "Tell me, what would happen if a guerrilla group suddenly appeared in the Riau Islands and announced that it wanted to break away from the oppression of Yajiada and join the Malays?"
Du Fei raised his eyebrows. This move was so cruel that it would bring a wave of hatred to Ma Lai.
"Go on~" Du Fei gave him an encouraging look.
Zhu Li continued: "We can send reliable people there, first use the opposition between locals and foreigners to incite local emotions..."
Seeing Zhu Li talk about how to subvert a place in an understatement, Du Fei suddenly felt that things were different and people were different.
The Julie in front of her is no longer the same Julie who was in the art troupe and only loved ballet in her heart.
She is becoming more and more accustomed to the role of the Queen of Song Dynasty.
I have to say that Julie seems more attractive at this time.
In the end, Du Fei agreed with Zhu Li's plan, and the specific candidates were decided, allowing Wei Chenggong and Ma Dongmei to go together.
Wei Chenggong was a confidant who came from Africa with Eagle, and later came to Julie's side to take charge of the palace guard.
But now that Wei Chenggong and Song Zhenzhu are married, one of them is in charge of the palace guard and the other is Zhu Li's confidant. This configuration is obviously inappropriate.
It’s not that they’re questioning their loyalty, it’s just that some things should be avoided.
Wei Chenggong had applied long ago, hoping to hand over the command of the palace guards and transfer them to other departments.
This time happened to be an opportunity.
As for Ma Dongmei, Du Fei left her in Nanyang mainly to use illusion to help Julie disguise herself as Winnie Slater.
By now, that is no longer necessary.
Du Fei thought that he had enough control over the Song Dynasty. The reason why he did not reveal Zhu Li's identity was just for the sake of quota in the Commonwealth and to facilitate future business.
Anyway, as long as Huandun didn't explicitly expel Song Guo, Zhu Li could always be Winnie.
As for the disguised illusion... To paraphrase, you believe it or not, but I believe it anyway.
As long as I believe it, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not.
After Ma's family opened its doors in Nanyang, Ma Dongmei's support grew stronger and stronger.
In comparison, although the Ma family's heritage is there, their development is slower than that of Wei's successful Wei family and Wang Xiaodong's Wang family.
The bottom line is that the Ma family has not chosen a side yet, neither voting for Chen Fangshi nor Zhu Li.
Compared with others, they seemed to have identified Du Fei this time, and insisted on following Ma Dongmei's line to climb directly to Du Fei.
This time, Ma Dongmei and Wei Chenggong were asked to go together. Du Fei simply gave the Ma family a chance to see what they had in store.
……
The next day, after all the arrangements were made, Du Fei felt relieved.
Although the matter has not been resolved yet, the solutions that should be thought of have been thought of, and the preparations that can be done have been made. The next step is to wait for the results.
At this point, there is no need to worry about gains and losses.
But at this time, a guest that he didn't expect came.
"Vincent?" Du Fei was surprised to hear the other person's voice on the phone.
Since the last meeting in Xiangjiang, Du Fei did not expect that Vincent would contact him again so soon.
Vincent was in a good mood on the phone: "I'm in Kuching, do you have time? Let's chat~"
Du Fei raised his eyebrows and instantly realized that Vincent had come to see him specially. He had an idea in his mind. Could there be any changes in Xiangjiang?
The last time I met with Vincent, although the two parties did not make it clear to each other, their respective positions were obviously different, which would even affect the next step of cooperation. This was not good news for Du Fei.
But Du Fei had no choice. His butt determined his head. He had no position and no confidence that he could change the position of a foreigner.
An hour later, Vincent arrived at Julie's villa.
Dufy prepared ice-cold whiskey under the pavilion in the yard.
"Want to have a drink?" Du Fei smiled when he saw the servant bringing Vincent in. He stood up and took a few steps to greet him.
Vincent felt more at ease when he saw the simple arrangement.
It shows that Du Fei still regards him as a friend. Only friends can be so casual. He smiled and said: "Let's have a drink."
Du Fei said: "How about I give you some peanuts?"
Then he went back under the pavilion, took out the wine bottle from the ice bucket, and filled the two glasses.
Vincent sat down on the rattan sofa and looked at the surrounding scenery: "Du, your place is really nice."
Du Fei pushed the wine in front of him: "Get one if you like, it won't cost much."
Vincent's heart moved, and he heard that there was something in Du Fei's words.
Du Fei continued: "I heard that Huandun has decided on the candidate for the new governor, and it seems to be named Mai Lihao."
This is the news that Du Fei got from the Song State's Reporting Department. However, the Song State's Reporting Department was established only a short time ago and its capabilities are still very limited.
I didn't know that someone had been replaced there.
Du Fei felt that this was probably the reason why Vincent came over suddenly.
Vincent took a sip of wine and said, "There's a new person, but it's not the Mai Li, but Baron Wilson."
Du Fei was not too surprised. After all, he knew the situation in Song State, so it was not surprising that he got the wrong person.
What concerned him was Vincent's demeanor and expression when he mentioned Baron Wilson, which was unabashed rejection and hostility.
Of course, this may also be Vincent's deliberate performance.
Even this explains a lot, coupled with Vincent's sudden visit.
Du Fei realized that something big might have happened.
Vincent continued: "Wilson is a well-known hawk in Wandun and is very tough on the outside world. This time, the candidate for governor was originally the softer Mai Lihao. The sudden change to Wilson shows that Wandun may have adjusted his previous Eastern policy... …”
Du Fei squinted his eyes slightly and became alert after hearing what Vincent said.
Yingguo in this era still has some residual power, unlike a few decades later when it was completely ruined.
Once you change your attitude in Xiangjiang, it may really cause some trouble.
But it's just a trouble. The current situation of flowers and fruits is much better than the world before Du Fei traveled through time. This change alone cannot shake the overall situation.
Du Fei asked: "What do you think? Continue to stay in Dongya, or return to Huandun?"
Vincent had already thought about it before he came and said immediately: "I will definitely stay!"
Although he once became the darling of the Huandun aristocratic circle, people are forgetful. Without Xiangjiang, he is destined to be lonely.
If Mai Lihao comes, a relatively mild attitude can still preserve the interests of the Dai Zhilin family.
But Baron Wilson himself is a hawk, and Dai Zhilin and Slater are mortal enemies. With Baron Wilson's relationship with the Slater family, he will never show mercy to the Dai Zhilin family after he comes.
For Vincent, once his uncle steps down, the family will lose much of the benefits of years of business.
This is why Vincent immediately came to see Du Fei after learning that the governor-elect had been replaced.
Vincent realized that he had to make a new choice.
In fact, when he decided not to send a telegram but to come to Kuching in person to tell Dufy about Baron Wilson's situation, he had already made a choice in his heart.
In the end, he chose to be loyal to interests rather than loyal to his origins.
In his own words, when the interests of himself and his family are not harmed, he can dedicate his loyalty to His Majesty without hesitation.
But when Your Majesty harms the interests of the nobles first, then I am very sorry. It was you who violated this loyalty first.
……
Under the pavilion in the yard, Du Fei talked with Vincent for nearly two hours before sending Vincent off.
Du Fei came back from outside, and Zhu Li came out with the child in her arms and asked what was going on.
Du Fei had a smile on his face: "Those powerful nobles want to cause trouble, and they seem to want to start from Xiangjiang."
Julie frowned. Her experience in the past two years had given her a bad impression of the Yingguo people.
Du Fei took his son and said, "Don't worry, there are other comrades over there to deal with it. Let's do our own thing and don't worry about them."
Julie said "hmm".
In fact, Du Fei did have the confidence to say this.
Because of the existence of the Song Kingdom and the fire equipment company, the importance of Xiangjiang has been greatly reduced.
With the current situation, even if something happens over there, it won't matter to the overall situation.
On the contrary, once turmoil occurs and local capital flees, Du Fei can take the opportunity to absorb a wave of overflowing funds.
At the same time, Wei Chenggong and Ma Dongmei have arrived in Batam.
This is not the first time for both of them to come here.
"Xiao Ma, we divided our forces into two groups as planned..." Wei Chenggong looked serious. Although he was wearing casual clothes, he looked like he was not an ordinary person.
Ma Dongmei nodded: "Okay, Brother Wei, be careful~"
Although Wei Chenggong is older and has a higher position than Ma Dongmei.
But every time Wei Chenggong faced this beautiful girl with an upward pitch in her voice, he always felt on tenterhooks.
He is very aware of the danger of Ma Dongmei. This is a ruthless character who kills people without being seen, and he is also a person who came from Du Fei.
Even earlier, Wei Chenggong once thought that Ma Dongmei would be Du Fei's forbidden love.
But Ma Dongmei and Zhu Li stayed in Nanyang together before, which seemed to break this conjecture.
But no matter what, Wei Chenggong would not offend this woman.
On this trip, Wei Chenggong was nominally the leader and Ma Dongmei was the assistant. But before coming, Song Zhenzhu told him not to neglect Ma Dongmei.
Song Pearl is Zhu Li's personal guard captain and has more contact with Ma Dongmei. The two have a good relationship and can barely be considered best friends.
She knows Ma Dongmei's abilities and skills better.Behind Ma Dongmei, there is a mysterious family from the Northeast.
After the establishment of the church in Nanyang, the Ma family was still quite low-key. Except for a few disciples who were born and joined the Qing News Department, most of the others were still hiding in the dark, only taking orders from Du Fei.
On this trip, Ma Dongmei brought two people with her. She called her third aunt and third uncle.
They are a couple, both in their 40s, and they look like nothing out of the ordinary. They both like to smoke pipes. They are rustic, but they are masters of the generation of Ma Dongmei and her mother Ma Sanmei.
The two of them work together to worship an uncle, Liu Xian, whose fighting prowess is unparalleled within the Ma family.
After the two sides separated, Wei Chenggong quickly left with a dozen men from the mercenary group.
Ma Dongmei turned around and looked at the two people behind her: "Third aunt, third uncle, let's do some work too~ This is the first time the Lord has asked our family to take action, so don't screw it up and ruin our reputation."
Aunt Ma San and Uncle Ma San immediately agreed to reassure Ma Dongmei.
Although they are elders, their seniority is not greater than their strength, and their strength is not greater than their power.
Now that Ma Dongmei is relying on Du Fei and Zhu Li, she has gained power.
When they returned to Batam this time, Du Fei gave them the task without giving them a specific plan, leaving it to them both.
The main thing is to see Wei Chenggong's ability and whether he has the potential to stand alone.
If it is done well this time, it can be further cultivated in the future. After all, the Wei family is considered innocent.
……
On the other side, Du Fei stayed in Kuching for a week and set off for Pontianak again.
The railway from Kuching to Pontianak has already started to be built. Because it is located on flat land relatively close to the sea, the construction is not difficult and the progress is quite fast.
But it will take a year or two to fully connect it.
Du Fei still had to take a boat for this trip.
After disembarking at Pontianak Port, Lin Tiansheng had already arrived in advance.
Although Lin Tiansheng is relatively financially strapped, Pontianak is the only big city in his territory, so most resources have been invested in it, and there have been many changes.
The port here has been expanded, and three new berths were built next to the original old pier.
Du Fei got off the boat and saw Lin Tiansheng again, and found that he was obviously older than the last time they met.
It can be seen that governing a country, even one the size of West Kalimantan, is quite time-consuming.
"Old Lin!" Du Fei took two steps forward and shook hands tightly.
"Old Du! You are here~" Lin Tiansheng was also very excited. He and Du Fei had an extraordinary relationship and were true comrades-in-arms.
Then get in the car.
Looking at the heavily guarded guards, Du Fei knew that Lin Tiansheng was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of ropes for ten years, especially when the last assassination almost affected his wife and children.
Back to the mansion.
This is also a new building with a traditional courtyard structure, but the building is not rigidly antique and incorporates many modern architectural styles.
But the general regulation is still the pattern of working in the front and living in the back.
Lin Tiansheng took Du Fei directly to the backyard.
In the backyard, Du Fei met Lin Tiansheng's lover, a very beautiful woman with a child in her arms, who was Lin Tiansheng's daughter.
Du Fei immediately called "sister-in-law".
Lin Tiansheng is a generous lover, and he doesn't belong to a small family at first glance. As for how he got close to Lin Tiansheng in the first place, Du Fei doesn't know, and he can't say much about it. Anyway, the two of them seem to be quite harmonious now.
The little girl in his arms also looked at Du Fei.
Du Fei smiled and said, "Come on, can you let uncle give me a hug?"
The little girl didn't understand either. Lin Tiansheng's lover sent it forward, and Du Fei took it and said: "Sister-in-law, when I came here, Xiaoli also said that you should take time to take the child to stay there for a while."
Mentioning Zhu Li, Lin Tiansheng's lover smiled and looked at Du Fei with a strange look.
She and Zhu Li are old acquaintances. She knows the relationship between Du Fei and Zhu Li, which means that Zhu Ting and Zhu Li are both with the same person.
This was nothing in the old society, but this is no longer the old society.
Lin Tiansheng knew Du Fei's words were not casual.
Before the child was born, Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng had mentioned forming a family in their free time.
It's just that it was just a joke at the time, but now it's no longer a joke, it happens to be a man and a woman.
Du Fei showed his attitude in disguise and was not opposed to marriage.
Lin Tiansheng is also happy to see this happen. Forming a family of children will undoubtedly strengthen the relationship between the two parties.
Lin Tiansheng then prepared a rather sumptuous reception feast.
Several of Du Fei's acquaintances here, Jiang Dingsheng and Chen Zhengwei, are here.
Neither of them drank much at the banquet, nor did they discuss any serious matters.
Instead, after dinner, Lin Tiansheng invited Du Fei to the terrace on the roof.
There are ready-made tables and chairs on the terrace, and it seems that Lin Tiansheng comes there often.
There is a telescope on the table.
Du Fei sat down and said with a smile: "Are you really so elegant that you still observe the vastness of the universe at night?"
Lin Tiansheng sat next to him and put a bottle of green-necked phoenix on the table, along with a paper bag showing a lot of oily spots. When he opened it, he found a bag of soybeans.
But it's not stir-fried, but deep-fried. After frying, sprinkle with refined salt.
When Du Fei saw it, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Are you in love with this guy too?"
Lin Tiansheng pointed to his cheek. My teeth are too weak to chew fried food, so I can only eat deep-fried food.
Then he took two cups and filled them up: "Come on, let's have some drinks~"
Du Fei was not polite. He picked up the cup and drank it in one gulp. He grabbed a few soybeans and threw them into his mouth to suppress the smell of alcohol.
Lin Tiansheng also drank a gulp. His drinking capacity was not as good as Du Fei's, and his physical fitness was even worse. After a gulp of wine, his eyes and nose were all wrinkled together.
But then he breathed out a breath of alcohol and slowly relaxed.
Du Fei knew that Lin Tiansheng rarely drank alcohol, so he made an exception today.
Du Fei casually mentioned the previous meeting with Pu Zhe in the capital.
The three of them are considered close comrades-in-arms, and Pu Zhe also contributes to the current situation in Nanyang.
It was also mentioned that Pu Zhe finally straightened Cheng Hui up.
Lin Tiansheng obviously knew in advance, and said with a smile: "Lao Pu did what he said. But still, if he can't protect women, how can he be a man?"
Du Fei knew that he was referring to the previous assassination and asked: "What happened to that incident? Was it really done by the local indigenous people?"
Lin Tiansheng took a sip of wine and asked, "What do you think?"
Du Fei said: "It shouldn't be that simple~"
Lin Tiansheng's eyes flashed with sinister birds of prey, and he said in a deep voice: "It is said to the outside world that it was a local who did it, but in fact it was the Nanyang Lin family behind it..."
Du Fei raised his eyebrows. Although he had thought about this before, he was still a little surprised when he heard Lin Tiansheng say it in person.
How do those people from the Lin family in Nanyang grow their brains?To be so crazy and adopt this method directly, do they really think that Lin Tiantian is dead and they can hold their current territory?
What's more, there is Lin's father. Lin Tiansheng is the only son of the Lin family. If they really die here, they will suffer crazy revenge.
Du Fei expressed his doubts.
Lin Tiansheng sneered and said: "As the old saying goes, lard has deceived people's minds. They think this place is far away from the mainland and there are foreigners backing them. What can we do to them~"
Du Fei frowned. Regarding this kind of thinking, I can only say that some people have been kneeling for too long, thinking that as long as they are associated with foreigners, they can use the banner as a tiger skin.
But there is no need to blindly pursue their motives.
That's not important, what's important is what Lin Tiansheng does.
Du Fei asked: "Is this the reason why the population plan was formulated this time?"
Lin Tiansheng chewed the soybeans and nodded: "These people are not useful after all. It means that they will not develop in Nanyang for a long time, and they have to be our own people."
Having said this, he looked deeply at Du Fei: "As for those idiots who want to kill me, it is not difficult to kill them, but for the time being, I cannot afford the negative consequences of killing these people. Once people are panicked, we will only Harder……"
Du Fei was silent for a while. Although he was holding his breath, this was the reality.
Whether it was Lin Tiansheng or Du Fei, this was the situation they faced in Kalimantan, but Du Fei was in a relatively better situation.
Du Fei can mobilize more resources, and there are more Chinese people on the Song side, and there are Winnie in name, and mercenaries from the mercenary group, so Du Fei does not have a situation similar to the dominance of the Lin family in Nanyang. .
On the contrary, Lin Tiansheng faced a more complicated situation. There were not only Chinese families with their own evil intentions, but also various political parties here.
Lin Tiansheng's population plan was also imminent, so Du Fei came over this time to discuss the matter.
Du Fei understood his situation, thought for a moment and asked, "Old Lin, how much money have you prepared?"
Enlarging the population is not just talk. The entire relocation process, including travel and resettlement fees, all cost money.
Lin Tiansheng's economy has never been very prosperous.
Lin Tiansheng pursed his lips and said, "$300 million."
When Du Fei heard this, he frowned: "Three million... is a bit too little."
Lin Tiansheng couldn't help it. It wasn't that he was stingy, but that he really tried his best.
The territory here was far less developed than the Song Kingdom in the north. Most of the area was wasteland and rainforest, and the financial resources were very limited.
The reason why we were able to squeeze out these 300 million US dollars was because of the profits from the gem mine, which allowed us to save these balances.
But compared with the entire population enrichment plan, this small amount of money cannot solve the problem at all.
Du Fei knew this and pointed out that Lin Tiansheng couldn't make much money, so he had to figure out a solution on his own.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Old Lin, 300 million is definitely not enough for this matter, so let's leave this matter to me..."
Lin Tiansheng was surprised.
Of course, he knew that 300 million US dollars would not be enough. He originally planned to find a way to raise money with Du Fei, but he did not expect that Du Fei would just take over it.
You must know that this is not a small amount. If 1000 million people are eventually relocated, the cost per person is 30 yuan, which is more than 3 million yuan.
Calculated into US dollars, it is also [-] million.
Half of the family's income is equal to 5000 million that Du Fei helped him.
This money must not be wasted.