Start: Datang Wanli a lonely city

Chapter 1015 A victorious conference

June 6, the seventh day after the tragedy in Surabaya City.

On this day, the Li Family Manor in the west of Surabaya City once again became the focus of attention of the entire Nanyang Chinese community, even white-skinned men.

On the surface, this is Mr. Li, the contemporary head of the Javanese Bamboo Net Dragon Hall, who felt that he was too old and could no longer handle family affairs physically and mentally.

He decided to pass the position of head of the family to his eldest son Li Renyong.

Five days ago, I sent a telegram to invite all the heads of Chinese families in the Nanyang area to come to Surabaya City to watch the ceremony and be witnesses.

Just combined with the riot that occurred in Surabaya City a few days ago, I knew that the situation was not that simple.

The actual situation should be inseparable from the legendary existence of Xuange Camp, which is still stranded in Surabaya City.

So in the past two days, in the vast Nanyang region, all Chinese families or wealthy businessmen who claimed to have some wealth and strength came to Surabaya City.

Today's scene in the Li family far exceeds the normal scene that a Li family's head transitions to.

No! Throughout the morning, Li Renyong was unable to stand up because he had been stabbed many times in the last riot, and his wounds were far from healed.

Even if you just sit on a chair at the door to greet guests, you only need to face the guests, clasp your fists, salute, smile and say a few words.

As a result, by the end of the morning, I felt that my face was hurting from laughing.

The main reason is that there are too many people coming. Not to mention, many of them are from some families in Nanyang. It is said that the old men who have not bothered with daily business and affairs for a long time come here despite the hard work of traveling and traveling.

Of course, these representatives of Nanyang Chinese families were also greatly shocked by their trip to Surabaya.

The Dutch warship was bombed in the port and ran aground. After the violent explosion, only a few shore defense battery bases were left.

Even if the streets were washed with clean water and sprinkled with a layer of lime powder, the smell of blood could not be completely covered up; the deep pits that were blasted out by large-caliber naval guns were not even covered in time.

The most important thing is that there are a total of eleven mass graves outside the city used to bury the bodies of natives.

All of the above show how serious the situation was during the native riots that day.

And these people in Xuan Ge camp, how ruthless they are once they take action, the natives of East Java may be able to stay honest for a hundred years after this.

For a moment, thinking about such representatives of Nanyang Chinese families, I felt a little lost...

At ten o'clock in the morning, Hu Biao met Mr. Li and others that day in the luxurious meeting hall of the Li family manor.

There were two hundred and thirty-one people in total, and the place was already full of people sitting or standing.

The reason why I say this is that in this hall, only the heads of each family are qualified to sit down. The one or two core children of the family they bring behind them can only stand at the back.

After someone closed the door and guarded it tightly.

Facing the hall full of guests, Mr. Li, who acted like a local coward, simply stood up and bowed.

He said straight to the point: "I invite you here today for two things.

First, in this native riot, Mr. Li and I made a big mistake this time. Not only did I almost harm the entire Li family, but I also almost harmed so many Chinese people in Surabaya City.

Now it is really shameless to continue to assume the position of the head of the Li family.

Today, I would like to ask you to testify that my eldest son, Li Renyong, is the head of the Li family. I would like to ask all my compatriots to take care of him in the future. "

Under this statement, everyone became polite, saying that everyone was of the same flower-growing family and should take care of each other from now on.

Upon seeing this, Mr. Li clasped his fists and saluted again, and then left with the support of his second son.

He handed over the matter of presiding over the hall scene to his eldest son Li Renyong; in this way, he officially announced that the person in charge of the Li family in Java had been completely transferred.

Li Renyong didn't talk nonsense. After he stepped forward and handed over to everyone, he directly stated the real focus of the people present:

"Secondly, I'm not afraid of your jokes. In this native riot, the whole Li family is afraid, and the entire Chinese people in Surabaya City are also afraid.

I know that if I continue to make a fortune silently like before and only know how to make money, so what if I am rich enough to rival the country? If something like this happens, they are just pigs and sheep raised by foreigners. You can kill them if you want.

what to do? The Daqing court's performance this time was so poor, it was definitely not something they could count on.

Therefore, from now on, our Surabaya Li family, Huang family, Lin family, and all Chinese compatriots will be completely tied to the Xuan Ge camp. We will give them whatever they want.

Money, food, and manpower will all be given to us as long as we in Surabaya City have them.

Hu Ertong, the leader of Xuange Camp, also made a solemn promise to our three families that if something happens to Surabaya City again, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, he will definitely protect us.

Now Li Renyong wants to ask you, will you participate in this matter? If you want to participate, can you show sincerity? "

When he said this, although Li Renyong still had a sick look on his face, his aura was indescribably dignified and dignified, quite like the majesty of the head of the Li family.

After hearing what Li Renyong said. Everyone present could not calm down.

They came to Surabaya City this time, naturally with the intention of making good friends with Xuange Camp and sending some money to avoid encountering similar disasters in the future, which could only lead to death.

But I never thought that these big families in Surabaya would be so big, and they planned to be completely tied to Xuange Camp from now on.

To know! Xuan Geying is a traitor to the imperial court. Aren't they afraid of being blamed by the imperial court?

In addition, they are regarded as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh by Yin Fa and other foreign devils. In the future, they will not be afraid of the suppression of these foreign devils.

But if you think about it carefully, the above situation doesn't seem to be a big deal.

If the Daqing court really wanted to pursue them, it would be better if they did not return to their mother country. Those Manchus could still have the ability to come to Nanyang. Is it possible to capture them and take them back?

Aren’t they always being suppressed by the foreign devils?

Besides, couldn't this kind of cooperation and binding with Xuange Camp be carried out secretly?

After some calculations, they found that the benefits of being tied to Xuan Ge Camp were huge.

The worst result is that if you encounter something similar in the future, and there is a strong force behind you, it is just like paying for peace.

If it is the best outcome, when Xuan Geying overthrows Da Qing, then the leader of the Hu Ertong clan becomes emperor, and they are the ministers of Conglong. Wouldn't the benefits be amazing?

In essence, to put it bluntly, they are all businessmen.

Many of the old men present had traveled to Southeast Asia with a ship ticket and eventually built a huge family business. They were actually quite courageous.

Not long after, a gray-haired old man stood up and roared with pride:

"I don't know whether others will participate or not, but my Qiu family in Penang did. My Qiu family is willing to pay 500,000 taels of silver, and from now on it will not be less than 50,000 taels every year as a regular practice. It can be regarded as military expenses for the heroes of Xuan Ge Camp." .

There is only one condition. We hope that Hu Ertong, the leader of Xuange Camp, will come forward and give us a guarantee.

In addition, my Qiu family has a daughter who has been virtuous and virtuous since she was a child. If Master Hu is willing to marry her, whether it is as a wife or a concubine, the above money will be tripled~"

Good guy! As soon as such a voice fell, it aroused the enthusiasm of others.

One after another, they looked shaky, stomping their feet somewhere in Nanyang, but the old man who could make the local economy tremble stood up.

Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of silver were demanded by these people just because Hu Biao came forward to give them a guarantee.

A promise that when they are in trouble, Xuan Ge camp can be killed by soldiers.

Even in order to marry a daughter of their own clan to the head of the Hu clan, who was said to be unmarried, the Guo family of Malaysia offered a sky-high price of 500 million taels of silver.

Damn it! You have to know a few years ago.

The Beiyang Navy only spent 142 million taels to purchase the Zhenyuan ship; this dowry alone could buy three and a half Zhenyuan ships.

Probably even Hu Biao didn't know he was so valuable.

Seeing such a scene, the new head of the Li family, Li Renyong, smiled and said nothing.

Because if he hadn't known about it a long time ago, there would have been an engagement between the leader Hu and his fellow sect girl Anna, and Anna would definitely be the candidate for his wife in the future.

Even if Master Hu becomes the emperor in the future, the queen will only be like her.

As long as the Hu clan leader can get married, the Li family will be willing to spend ten million taels of silver or even more.

But now! We can only ask Clan Master Hu to deal with the current situation...

After the voices in the crowd's mouths became a little quieter, Li Renyong immediately shouted:

"Next, please invite Hu Ertong of Xuange Camp and Master Hu~" In such a voice, the noise in the hall completely stopped. Under the surprised eyes of everyone, only Hu Biao walked like a crab. Walked in from the back hall.

Of course, in the eyes of everyone else in the hall, Master Hu might become emperor in the future.

While walking, this is called a dragon walking and a tiger walking. Now Hu Ertong and Hu Sect Master can vaguely see that they really have the appearance of an emperor.

And after forcefully suppressing the weird thoughts in my heart, I actually have the potential to be a pretty boy, and such a valuable pretty boy.

Hu Biao walked to the middle of the hall, first cupped his fists and made a bow.

As everyone hurriedly returned the greetings, he shouted: "Come here, serve the wine~"

The voice just fell, and Xiaomei, the God of Wealth, came over with a jar of rice wine; because the current environment was too serious, the girl didn't have the nerve to twist while walking, so she could only twist briefly.

But it still made some old men couldn't help but their eyes lit up.

It's not that we are still thinking about such a beautiful girl at our age.

Instead, he thought that if a member of the family married this girl from Xuange Camp, it would be a great thing; no matter how much gift he was given, it would not matter at all.

Not to mention the thoughts swirling in the hearts of these old foxes.

With one strike of his hand, Hu Biao chopped off the ten-pound wine jar that Xiaomei was holding in his arms.

Then, amid everyone's exclamations, he took out a dagger from his waist and cut the palm of his left hand, then placed the wound on the wine jar and let the blood drip into it.

After dripping dozens of drops of blood, Hu Biao gave up and took out a handkerchief from Xiaomei's waist and wrapped it around the wound.

At the same time, he also shouted loudly in his mouth: "Thank you for your kindness, but Hu has his own heart at the moment. If the women of the family marry Hu Biao as his wife and concubine, don't mention it from now on.

However, Hu here solemnly swears an oath to the gods of heaven and earth, and to the heroic spirits of my flower-growing ancestors.

As long as your families live up to my Xuange Camp and my flower-growing lineage, Xuange Camp will definitely live up to you.

If I violate this oath, I, Hu Er, will be struck by thunder from the sky, and I will not die a good death. Even after I die, my soul will not be able to return home, and I will become a lonely ghost.

Therefore, if you are willing to deal with my Xuan Ge camp, then come forward and drink a glass of blood wine together. From now on, everyone will support each other and advance and retreat together.

If you don't want to, then please go out, as long as you keep everything today a secret~"

When Hu Biao's voice fell, Li Renyong asked his son to carry his chair over, took the knife from Hu Biao's hand, and cut his fingers.

With Li Renyong taking the lead, none of the 72 families and wealthy businessmen from Nanyang, large and small, were willing to leave.

Each family head cut his finger and dripped his blood into the wine jar.

After a lot of work, Hu Biao was the first to pick up the jar and take a sip, then passed it to Xiaomei beside him.

Xiaomei took it and immediately took a sip, then passed the wine jar to Li Renyong; after delivering it in a circle, everyone took a sip of blood wine.

At this point, as if a magical ritual had been completed, everyone seemed to feel closer to each other.

Only Xiaomei suddenly reacted: Damn it! It seemed like I drank my brother-in-law’s saliva just now.

Of course, this is not important.

The important thing is that in the following time, after everyone closed the door and discussed it, 72 families and wealthy businessmen in Nanyang raised a total of 1721 million taels of silver for Xuange Camp.

In addition, everyone promised 261 million taels of silver, which was considered a regular amount every year.

It can be said that even if we do not count the staggering amounts of pounds, francs, yen, etc. among the space equipment that has been unlocked, Xuange Camp is unprecedentedly wealthy in terms of financial resources among many tasks.

In addition, we have received strong support from these families in terms of manpower, materials, and procurement channels.

With the support of these families, the task of overthrowing Daqing has been completed, and there is finally some hope of success; in short, this is a united conference, a victorious conference...

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Say it! Why were Hu Biao and Xiao Mei the only ones present in such an important scene at Li Manor? Where were the rest of the team?

Of course it’s a holiday! After so many days of busy work, everyone was exhausted.

Considering that everyone would have to be busy again after the Li family meeting, Hu Biao gave everyone a day off today to let everyone relax.

Only the situation of the imperial concubine is slightly special.

The specific reason was, of course, that by this day, she had not completely recovered from the weakness caused by the 'possession' on the day when the natives rioted.

Now he is still recuperating in the 'Bada' Hotel, and it is estimated that it will take three or four days to fully recover.

Of course, after being such a diva in the past, the imperial concubine's ability to move has been restored; she didn't come just because she looked bad. This girl who insists on being graceful didn't want to come out and let other outsiders see her weak appearance.

By the way, I also got to meet some special people.

For example, the licking dog he developed during her last mission: Daniel the Dutchman.

After adjusting his clothes once again, which were actually quite straight, Daniel, who was now gray-haired and even a little hunched over, finally knocked on the door of the room in front of him.

When a gentle word of 'come in' came from inside, just such a simple sentence made Daniel's own eyes turn red.

Because this voice can be said to be the same as the voice he has remembered for thirty-two years and one hundred and twenty-seven days.

After taking two deep breaths, he barely suppressed his excitement, pushed open the ajar door and walked in to meet Anne's precious daughter, Miss Anna.

After opening the door, the old guy burst into tears.

Because he saw a woman sitting by the window at this moment, holding a book of "Tagore's Poems" in her hand and wearing a small white skirt.

When Yang Guan fell on her softly, this scene was like Annie who was in the "Deyue Tower" back then, came to life again.

So, with a cry in his mouth, he muttered:

"Anna, my little angel, you are so similar to your mother. In your words, it's as if they were carved from the same mold."

It was also at this sound that the imperial concubine woke up.

Then the girl's face immediately revealed the emotion of extreme surprise, and she stood up suddenly, not even caring that the book in her hand fell to the ground.

After his mouth was filled with emotion, he shouted: "Ba Ba~"

After hearing this, Daniel was in a daze at first, and then thought of something. The poor Dutch man got too excited, his head twitched, and he fainted...

well! The imperial concubine is naturally not Daniel's daughter.

But I just heard a few days ago that those licking dogs have actually been sticking to their oath and serving the fleet wholeheartedly during the thirty years since they left.

That attitude moved Shuiwei and others, and he was a well-deserved international friend.

What's more important is that after all these years, none of these people are married and are now lonely and helpless.

As a result, the imperial concubine felt a little unbearable when she heard this, and thought about doing something for them; but after being hypnotized, she arranged for a native aunt to enjoy it for them, and she probably couldn't bear it.

After some thought, a scene like today appeared in my mind; pretending to be their posthumous son, calling him "Ba Ba", and giving them great comfort, it can be considered a good deed every day.

As for whether Hu Biao knew about this? Of course I know.

She was not willing at first, but the imperial concubine agreed to call these licking dogs as many times as she wanted, times ten to call him, and this guy acquiesced to this happening.

Unexpectedly, this surprise was so big that Daniel passed out with joy.

The noble concubine, who was as steady as an old dog at that time, couldn't help but panic, wondering if she was playing Dafa...

(End of this chapter)