Rebirth of the Flying Era

Julie pointed to the map and said confidently: "Isn't it possible? As long as we get the Riau Islands, we will also become a fruitful country related to the Strait, 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 putting an elephant in the refrigerator in several steps. 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 piece of 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, which will be self-defeating at that time.

Du Fei looked at the map and thought about it for a few minutes, then said in a deep voice: "This matter requires careful planning. We cannot take the initiative to stir up trouble. We must let them stir up trouble on their own first and completely muddy the waters before we take action."

Julie nodded, and as soon 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 enough to bring trouble to the east, and it would first create a wave of hatred for Malay.

 “Go on~” Du Fei gave him an encouraging look.

Julie continued: "We can send reliable people there to first use the opposition between locals and foreigners to incite the emotions of the locals..."

 Watching Zhu Li talk about how to subvert a place in an understated way, Du Fei suddenly felt that things were different and people were different.

The Julie in front of me 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 to be 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 Zhu Li to take charge of the palace guard.

 But now that Wei Chenggong and Song Zhenzhen have 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 I’m 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 guard and transfer it to other departments.

This time is just an opportunity.

As for Ma Dongmei, Du Fei left her in Nanyang mainly to use illusion to help Julie disguise herself as Winnie Slater.

 As of 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 being in the Commonwealth and making it easier to do business in the future.

  In any case, as long as Huandun did not explicitly expel Song Guo, Zhu Li could always be Winnie.

As for the illusion of disguise... 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 foundation of the Ma family is there, it has developed slower than 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 to others, they seemed to have identified Du Fei this time, and insisted on climbing directly to Du Fei along Ma Dongmei's line.

This time, Du Fei asked Ma Dongmei to go with Wei Chenggong. Du Fei simply gave the Ma family a chance to see what methods they had.

 …

 The next day, after all the arrangements were made, Du Fei was relieved of his worries.

Although the matter has not yet been resolved, the solutions have been thought of and the preparations that can be made 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 moment, a guest that he didn't expect came.

"Vincent?" Du Fei was surprised to hear the other party'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. An idea came to his mind. Could there be any changes in Xiangjiang?

　　The last time I met with Vincent, although the two parties did not clarify each other's opinions, 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 **** 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.

Dufey 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, and stood up and took a few steps to greet him.

 Vincent felt more at ease when he saw the simple decoration.

 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?"

 Speaking, 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 Mailihao."

This is the news that Du Fei got from the Song Dynasty's Qing Dynasty Department. However, the Song Dynasty's Qing Dynasty 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 Vincent suddenly came over, and this was probably the reason.

Vincent took a sip of wine and said, "There's a new person, but it's not the Wheathorn, 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.

 Things that concerned him were 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 of problems, coupled with Vincent's sudden visit.

Made Du Fei realize 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 Li, but suddenly replaced by Wilson, indicating that Wandering may have adjusted his previous Eastern policy... "

Du Fei squinted his eyes slightly and became wary after listening to Vincent's words.

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 is just a trouble. The current situation of flowers and fruits is much better than the world before Duffy traveled. This change alone cannot shake the overall situation.

Du Fei asked: "What do you think? Continue to stay in East Asia, 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 Luandun 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. Based on Baron Wilson's relationship with the Slater family, he will never be soft on the Dai Zhilin family after he comes.

For Vincent, once his uncle steps down, the family will lose most of the benefits they have gained over the years.

 This is also the reason 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 his own interests and those of his family are not harmed, he can dedicate his loyalty to His Majesty without hesitation.

 But if 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.

There was a smile on Du Fei's 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 will not matter to the overall situation.

On the contrary, once turmoil occurs and local capital flees, Dufei 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 had a serious face. 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 pretty girl with an upward-sounding voice, he always felt on edge.

He is very aware of the danger of Ma Dongmei. This is a ruthless character who kills people invisible, 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, with Ma Dongmei as the assistant. However, before coming, Song Zhenzhu told him not to neglect Ma Dongmei.

Song Zhenzhu 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 Bao 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 forties, 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, and their 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."

Ma Sangu and Ma San’s uncle immediately agreed to reassure Ma Dongmei.

Although they are elders, their seniority is not as strong as their strength, and their strength is not as powerful as their power.

 Now that Ma Dongmei is relying on Du Fei and Zhu Li, she has gained power.

This time when he returned to Batam Island, Du Fei gave them the task without giving a specific plan, leaving it to them both.

 Mainly, I want to see Wei Chenggong’s ability and whether he has the potential to stand alone.

If you do it well this time, you can further cultivate it 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 begun to be built. Because it is 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 the whole line.

Du Fei still has to take a boat for this trip.

 Disembarking at Pontianak Port, Lin Tiansheng had already arrived in advance.

Although Lin Tiansheng's economy is relatively tight, Pontianak is the only big city on his territory, so most of the resources have been invested in it, and there have been many changes.

 The port here has been expanded, and three brand-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 he 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 on the bus.

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.

 Return to the official residence.

This is also newly built, 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 and Lin Tiansheng got close 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.”

At the mention of 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 it is no longer the old society.

Lin Tiansheng knew that Du Fei didn't just say what he said casually.

　　Earlier before the child was born, Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng had mentioned getting married as a family in their spare time.

 It was just a joke at the time, but now it is no longer a joke. It happened 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.

 Subsequently, Lin Tiansheng prepared a rather sumptuous reception feast.

Several acquaintances of Du Fei 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. There was also a paper bag with a lot of oil spots on it. 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.

He said, taking two cups and filling 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 is not as good as Du Fei's, and his physical fitness is even worse. After a gulp of wine, his eyes and nose were all wrinkled together.

But then he breathed out the breath of alcohol and slowly relaxed.

Du Fei knew that Lin Tiansheng rarely drank alcohol, but 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 has a share of the credit for the current situation in Nanyang.

 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 local indigenous people?"

Lin Tiansheng took a sip of wine by himself and asked, "What do you think?"

Du Fei said: "It shouldn't be that simple~"

Lin Tiansheng's eyes flashed with evil birds of prey, and he said in a deep voice: "It is said to the outside world that it was done by locals, 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 to hear 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. 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 idea, it can only be said that some people have been kneeling for too long, thinking that as long as they have contact with foreigners, they can use the banner as a tiger skin.

However, there is no need to blindly investigate their motives.

 That is not important, what is important is what Lin Tiansheng does.

Du Fei asked: "Is this the reason why the population plan was formulated this time?"

Lin Tiansheng chewed 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.

The population plan that also forced Lin Tiansheng was imminent, so Du Fei came over this time to discuss the matter.

Du Fei understood his situation, thought about it and asked, "Old Lin, how much money have you prepared?"

  Enriching the population is not just talk. The entire relocation process, including travel and resettlement fees, all cost money.

 The economy on Lin Tiansheng's side has never been very prosperous.

Lin Tiansheng pursed his lips and said: "Three million dollars."

When Du Fei heard this, he frowned: "Three million... is a bit too little."

There was nothing Lin Tiansheng could do. It was not that he was stingy, but that he really tried his best.

 His territory here was not developed as early as the Song Kingdom in the north. Most of the area was wasteland and rainforest, and its financial resources were very limited.

 The reason why we were able to squeeze out these three 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.

Thought for a while and said: "Old Lin, three 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 three million US dollars would not be enough. He originally planned to work with Du Fei to find a way to raise money, but he did not expect that Du Fei would just take over it.

You must know that this is not a small amount. If 10 million people are eventually relocated, the cost per person will be 30 yuan, which is more than 300 million yuan.

 Calculated into US dollars, it is also 100 million.

Half of the family's income is equal to 50 million that Du Fei helped him.

 This money must not be wasted.