Zhao Xin scolded him to the end and almost pointed at Luo Fangbai's nose and scolded him. How could he not be nervous?

After that, the two had few topics, mostly Zhao Xin talked about it, and Luo Fangbai was timid. After Wu Yuansheng and others had eaten the grilled crocodile meat, Luo Fangbai stood up and said goodbye on the grounds that he was old and exhausted. Fortunately, Zhao Xin did not reveal the other party's identity in the end, which gave Luo Fangbai some face.

However, after returning to the hotel, Jiang Wu saw Luo Fangbai's face gloomy and asked Wu Yuansheng about it. The question was that Wu Yuansheng knew very little about the conversation between Brother Luo and Zhao Xin, and could not explain it. Therefore, Jiang Wu came to Luo Fangbai's room with doubts.

"Brother, I heard Yuan Sheng say that you had a great conversation with the military control officials, why are you feeling depressed?"

Luo Fangbai sighed and said, "Lao Wu, do you know who I met today?"

"who?"

"It's probably the King of Zhao!"

"What?!" Jiang Wu was shocked and thought that the man with a body of gold and white dragon fish suit was fine, but he happened to have met Brother Luo. However, he felt that King Zhao was really not arrogant and was kind to others. This should be a good thing for Lanfang's company.

"Good thing?" Luo Fangbai shook his head. From the time he left, he had been repeatedly considering every word Zhao Xin said. It was obvious that the man was extremely dissatisfied with the current separatist situation of Chinese companies in West Borneo. Beihai Town is likely to interfere in Xipo's affairs after solving the Dutch, and even take the entire Borneo into his pocket.

Moreover, this person looked down on the system established by Lanfang Company with the clan party as the core, but Luo Fangbai didn't understand. Isn't this the case since ancient times? What's more, the sages say that "kids are the best", each with their own relatives, and each with their own sons; if the fellow villagers do not join forces, they will win over and get close to foreigners, which is simply unheard of!

In fact, what Luo Fangbai is most satisfied with his achievements is the establishment of a regime dominated by Hakka people in the lower reaches of the Grotto River Basin. It is precisely because of these fellow villagers that he responded to the call and the government orders were smooth.

Look at the Heshun General Hall in the north, called Alliance, but the fourteen companies are fighting each other. Although Xie Jie, who was the leader of the alliance, has been dealing with internal disputes among various companies all day long since he took up the position, and he was in a state of great trouble. The reason is that the Heshun companies are composed of "banshan Guests", mixed with fish and dragons. Luo Fangbai dared to assert that the Heshun Alliance will one day fight again, and the current situation of coexistence of the fourteen companies will not last long.

As for exploiting miners under his command, Luo Fangbai felt that it was nothing wrong. Let alone him, which Chinese company did not do this? But he understood one thing, it would be difficult to sell opium in the future.

After hearing Luo Fangbai's words, Jiang Wu suddenly woke up and said, "Brother, I think that King Zhao has long planned for Xipo's land."

“How to say it?”

"Crocodile Catcher."

"Huh?" Luo Fangbai pondered for a moment when he heard this, slapped the armrest of the chair and said in surprise: "Sure enough! Why are you eliminating harm for the people? They are investigating the waterways of Kajiang!"

"Brother, I must make plans for the present plan. Although my Lanhe camp has 6,000 troops and is arrogant to Xipo, the North Navy is in a difficult situation. I went to the Military Control Commission to submit a post in the afternoon. When I came back, I listened to people chatting in the tea shop, and happened to be talking about how the North Navy defeated the Dutch."

"What did they say?"

"It's really terrifying. If the Dutch were not defeated now, I would have thought it was a joke. When the Northern Navy launched more than ten days ago, tens of thousands of artillery fired together, and the fortifications built by the Dutch instantly turned into powder. The King of Zhao only dispatched three or four thousand people and fought tens of thousands of Dutch troops into panic. Moreover, they only used two thousand people in the Urong River area, and actually wiped out the 4,000 Dutch soldiers and horses!"

Luo Fangbai was shocked when he heard this, and then he realized 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 and diamond mines, but he didn't know how big the King of Zhao was.

At the same time, in the Heshun General Hall, which is located in West Borneo, big brothers from various companies are holding meetings overnight. Everyone here belongs to Dagang, Sanzhaogou, Manhe, Taihe, Xinwu, pit tail, links, old eight points, new eight points, nine points, twelve points, thirteen points, old four points, fourteen points, fifteen points, and a total of fourteen companies.

When the news of the Northern Navy defeating the Dutchman came to the story of the battle of Lu and Sanfa, there was no objection to going to Bacheng to "pay the mountain" and it was better not too late. However, the fourteen elder brothers had different opinions on how much gold and diamonds to pay to the King of Zhao and the amount of the shares of each company. Several elder brothers almost performed a full-scale martial arts campaign because of their disagreement. The general manager Xie Jie was very upset.

After everyone finally calmed down, Xie Jie said in a deep voice with heartache, "Brothers, let me listen to my words first. Everyone knows the matter in Beihai Town now that they are not going to come to Borneo to compete for gold or diamond mines with us. If that King Zhao is not surprised, he will be the emperor of the new dynasty!

This time, companies were asked to raise 300,000 yuan in gold and diamonds. Some people felt that it was too much shared by them and felt it was unfair. However, they did not know that this was the money you would buy for your future home in glory.

Everyone here knows the virtues of the Qing Dynasty. No matter how many territory you have in Borneo and how powerful you have, a mere county magistrate and a few clerks can make us die and die, and our families are destroyed.

I have been in Borneo for thirty years. Although I have made a fortune in my family, I am now in the age of burying my loess. Every day, I dream of falling leaves returning to my roots. I want to go back to my hometown one day to see my relatives and friends, I want the Xie family to shine brightly, and I want to be buried with my parents and relatives in a hundred years!"

As Xie Jie said, his eyes were already red. After hearing these heart-wrenching words, the fourteen elder brothers present had their faces smug or those who were waiting to see jokes, all of them became solemn.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! At this time, Boss Peng, who was the most fierce company in the afternoon, got up and bowed to Xie Jie, with a flushed face and said, "Brother Xie, you really feel ashamed of your words."

After saying that, he bowed to Boss Hu of Xinwu Company again and clasped his fists and said, "Brother Hu, Peng has just said nothing and offended the man. Please don't be surprised."

Boss Hu quickly stood up and bowed and said, "What is Brother Peng saying? We brothers have been dating for many years, so how could we be so kind because of such a trivial matter? Let's not talk about it anymore. Since the company is tight, I will help with the shortage of the share of the new house first."

Boss Peng looked grateful and stepped forward and held Boss Hu's hand with both hands and said, "Brother Hu is remembered by this feeling. It's only 20,000 silver dollars. I can bear it even if I eat braised vegetables."

Although Boss Peng is pretending to be pitiful, in fact, both Lanfang Company and Heshun Alliance have been in the best development period in history over the years. With the cessation of large-scale combat, the companies have operated stably, developed rapidly, and made great profits. At present, the total annual gold value of Chinese companies in the entire Xipo area is as high as 3.7 million Spanish silver dollars, or 2.63 million taels of silver, while the annual output value of Heshun Alliance is as high as 1.9 million taels.

In view of the booming business opportunities, maritime merchants along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong carry a large number of materials and department stores to trade every year. Such as opium, salt, grain, cotton yarn, pig iron, gunpowder and hardware tools, etc., arrived in Pontianak and sold in Sanfa. Each company traded it with local products such as gold, diamonds, bird's nest, yellow wax, rattan, bamboo, ebony, pepper, camphor, etc. In Pontianak alone, five red-headed ships come to trade in the south every year.

Because of the prosperity of trade, Sanfa came here to obtain news from the mainland in a timely manner. Beihai Town has heard of what he did to the Qing court in recent years, as well as the things he did on the coast of Guangdong and Guangxi and Annan. However, because it doesn't matter, it just acts as a story at the wine table.

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

However, today is different from the past. The powerful force used by Beihai Town to deal with the Dutch shocked the elder brothers of all families. Only then did they realize that the other party was not a cross-river dragon, but a giant crocodile, which was even more fierce than the Dutch. Faced with such a powerful force that turned the clouds and turned the rain, the way to get along was not that easy.

Boss Peng pretended to refuse the other party's kindness, and then clasped his fists to everyone present and said, "Everyone, Brother Xie said nothing badly. We traveled across the ocean to follow Tao Zhu, earning a million yuan in wealth, and passing it to our descendants, and shining our family. If King Zhao of Beihai Town could let us return home in glory, not to mention 20,000 silver dollars, even if Peng gave him half of the mining area of ​​the company, it would be fine! But the government...ah! Our old Peng hasn't read a few years ago, but he has read some storytelling books. Those officials in all dynasties said it nicely on the surface, but behind their backs... there are too many things to turn against others."

Liu Ashui from the Kengwei Company said: "Yes! Brother Xie, although there is not much money, everyone can afford it. But what if the person's appetite is raised, what should I do if I want more in the future? It's a little harder for us to be the elder brother, and it's nothing to eat a few less meals, but there are a large group of brothers under us."

Xie Jiexin said that Liu Ashui, you turtle eggs, I was crying and was still talking strange things. I was looking for an opportunity to deal with you sooner or later!

You should know that although the fourteen companies are all Hakkas, most of the people who are connected to the company are from Wuyun Town, Jiexi; Xinwu Company comes from Yongding, Fujian; Dagang and Santiaogou are all immigrants from Lufeng and Huilai; Kengwei is from Huiyang Hakkas; as for those companies like 80 or 90, they are from Haifeng. In addition, there are seven Hakka companies in Jiexi in Lala area east of Dalu, most of which are named after the word "he". Such as Yuanhe, Yinghe, Changhe, etc.

Luo Fangbai read that right. Only fifteen years have passed in history. After years of armed struggles and mergers within the Heshun Alliance, only seven companies remained. After the Dutch army invaded Sanjiu, it was reduced to four. Before the demise of the Heshun Alliance, only three were only successful.

Speaking of Xipo's Chinese companies, if they want to merge, they must be based on dialect; even if they are Hakka people, as long as they are different in dialects, there is absolutely no chance of merger. In this year, the way of merger between companies is an armed battle, and it is not enough to kill them all.

On the other hand, Zhao Xin, who returned to his residence, was also thinking about how to integrate various Chinese companies in West Borneo and how to effectively organize millions of Chinese people in Southeast Asia, so as to "turn to Xia" in Southeast Asia. However, his focus was on how to completely transform corporate and social organizations with clans, deprive them of control over social public resources, and crack the economic foundation of their power system.

As a superior, what he had to consider was how to ensure the interests of the lower-class people after weakening the clan power. Law alone would definitely not work. In ancient China, the common people always "did not see the official without seeing the official, and they would not sue for the wronged person after death."

It is time to introduce the farmer's association system to the Chinese in Southeast Asia, but the operation details need to be carefully considered.

Zhao Xinxin picked up a thread-bound book on the table, opened it and found one of the pages.

"What is the sect? The sect is respected. Those who are the lords of ancestors are respected by the clans. "Li says": "The clans will have affairs, and all the clans will serve them." The reason why a saint must have a clan is that they are harmonious. The major clan can lead small clans, while the small clans can lead their younger brothers to understand their existence or not, so they can record clans. The clans are the ancestors and the latter are the lords, which are the lords of a hundred generations."

In the society under the ancient small peasant economic system, because there was no concept of state, everyone would use dialects and blood to divide other people into similar and different categories, thus creating clans. The Book of Rites says that sons other than the eldest son are the ancestors, and the subsequent successors formed the clan, the only major clan and countless small clans. This is how the word "ancestor" comes from.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! The small school mentioned here refers to various branches below Zeng Gaozu.

Whether it is a large or small sect, maintaining the same sect and excluding different sects is to maintain order and confirm the hierarchy, so there is a patriarchal system.

This was originally a social security system established by the ancients for survival under extremely harsh conditions. Economic functions are the main, and other functions are derived. Settlements in small peasants' economy will inevitably face the dilemma of limited resources. In order to ensure that their own survival resources cope with the conflicts caused by this, rural clans formed armed forces to protect themselves, and armed fighting was born.

After reading it, Zhao Xin closed the book and put it on the table, pinching his eyebrows with his hands. A Miao, who was beside him, walked behind him quietly, stretched out his slender jade fingers and placed them on his temple, and gently rubbed them. While rubbing, she looked at the cover of the book curiously, and muttered something: "Bai...hu...tong...yi. What does this book say?"

Zhao Xin closed his eyes and said, "Ancient books from the Eastern Han Dynasty talk about the Three Bonds, Five Constant and Six Chronicles."

"I heard you say the Three Bonds and Five Constant Ones, what is the Sixth Chronicle?"

"Fathers, brothers, clan members, uncles, teachers, and friends. The ancients said, "Three Bonds and Laws and Man, Six Chronicles and Laws and Six Merits". In short, let people listen to God honestly and don't make trouble with the imperial power."

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

Zhao Xin raised his hand and pulled A Miao's little hand to cover his face, shrugged and said, "What's the solution? Mr. Rong Fu has to finish reading the book list he wrote for me. You don't know about him, you dare to shy your face."

A Miao remembered Zhao Xin's angry look after being slammed by Wang Zhongkui, and couldn't help but stick out her tongue. At this time, Duofu, who was sleeping soundly on the sofa, snoring, his voice sometimes high and sometimes low. Zhao Xin smiled bitterly and said, "Dofu is too fat, and his snoring is louder than me. You can't let it behave anymore. Listen to me, give it two meals a day."

A Miao said: "It's all old. Last time, Mr. Liu said that Duofu is almost the same as a sixty-year-old. I always think that he is so old, just eat whatever he wants." The "Mr. Liu" she said was Liu Zheng. Every time this guy returns to Beihai Town, Zhao Xin would ask him to check Duofu.

Zhao Xin said laughing and crying: "You, you spoil it so much."

After the two of them joking for a while, Zhao Xin felt that his dizzy mind had become much clearer, so he asked A Miao to take Duofu to rest and write down his organized thoughts.
Chapter completed!