Rebirth of the Flying Era

Ever since Lin Tiansheng came to Nanyang, money has been tight.

 Originally, West Kalimantan was not a wealthy place, but Pontianak had some accumulation and could be considered a big city.

But he couldn't hold it back and was raided by the guerrillas led by Jiang Dingsheng in advance.

Except for Pontianak, all other places are agricultural areas. If you grow cash crops such as sugar cane and tobacco leaves, you can earn a lot of money.

 Then there are some minerals. Kalimantan has a lot of mineral resources, but mining requires upfront investment.

Lin Tiansheng’s current situation is that he has no money at all. If he wants to introduce foreign capital, foreign capital is still afraid to come.

But it will definitely not work if Du Fei spends all the money on relocating the population.

This plan is very important in Lin Tiansheng's heart. If he owes a favor because of this, the favor is too big.

Lin Tiansheng has also grown up in the past two years. He has long become a qualified political leader. He is not naive enough to think that friendship can offset everything.

The same Du Fei wouldn't be able to owe him such a big favor.

　　Sheng Mi En, Dou Mi Enqiu, sometimes it is troublesome if you owe too much and cannot pay it back.

Although Du Fei felt that Lin Tiansheng was not that kind of person, he did not want to test human nature.

 So after saying that I would be responsible for all the expenses, I also made a request.

“Old Lin, I’ll help you with this matter, and you can also do me a favor.”

Lin Tiansheng asked what he was busy with.

Du Fei immediately spoke out his appeal: "If you go back to your posture, it's best to publicize it in a big way. If you want to send troops to Java Island, it's best to cooperate with the Huang family and fight together to Yajiada..."

Listening to what Du Fei said, Lin Tiansheng immediately realized Du Fei's intention.

This is to force Subian to find Du Fei as peacemaker.

According to the current situation, Subian used his excellent ability to stabilize the situation and took over most of the chassis left by his uncle.

 But his dominance and prestige are incomparable to Suharto's, and his control over these chassis is very weak.

 In order to stabilize the local power in Sumatra, many interests had to be given away, which made Subian even weaker.

 In this case, Subian does not have the conditions to fight a large-scale war, whether it is manpower or weapons and ammunition.

 So, once Lin Tiansheng opened his stance, Subian's only choice was to try his best to avoid conflicts.

 As long as there is no war, he will not fail.

 In Nanyang, Subian wanted to find a mediator between him and Lin Tiansheng, and Du Fei was undoubtedly the best candidate.

Of course, the mediation cannot be in vain. It will be reasonable to give Du Fei some reward at that time.

 And it is this ‘reward’ that Du Fei wants.

Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng did not hide anything, and directly stated the situation of the three parties' joint management of the Malacca Strait.

His own purpose was also revealed: "Old Lin, my purpose is very simple. This strait will be very important to us and the country in the future, and it must not be excluded from the circle. I want to change the three parties into the four parties, and I must win the Riau Islands , becoming a strait littoral state.”

Lin Tiansheng couldn't help but show a surprised expression. He didn't expect Du Fei to have such an arrangement.

 He couldn't help but sigh at Du Fei's overall view. Before Du Fei said this, he had never thought of these connections.

It was just an oil issue, and he felt that Du Fei was a little unfounded.

 It’s not that Lin is naturally short-sighted. In fact, there is really no shortage of oil in the country.

In the past, Huaguo was indeed known as an oil-poor country, but with the discovery of a series of large oil fields after the founding of the People's Republic of China, our oil production is increasing rapidly, ranking around ten in the world. Not only does it not need to import, it is also exported in large quantities.

In addition, Du Fei's Song State is close to the continental shelf of the South China Sea and has considerable oil reserves.

Lin Tiansheng doesn’t believe that he will rely on oil from the Middle East in the future.

But since Du Fei said this, he did not intend to be more serious. Besides, putting this issue aside, Du Fei's idea of ​​joining the Straits Co-Management Committee is definitely strategically correct.

And Du Fei has always been known for his long-term and precise vision. Li Yuanchao was the best example.

Without this seemingly useless idle move at first, there would be no last year's sudden and smooth victory.

 It is even less possible to completely resolve the threat from the southwest.

Now that Du Fei is eyeing Malacca again, he should be playing chess again.

Of course Lin Tiansheng would not refuse. This method of playing free chess does not need to be useful every time. If ten chess pieces are dropped, if one can be used, it will be successful.

Moreover, according to Du Fei's description, he didn't need to invest many resources, it was just a bluff to put pressure on Subian.

This can offset part of Du Fei's efforts in relocating the population, which is definitely not a loss for Lin Tiansheng, so he agreed immediately.

With this matter confirmed, Du Fei's main goal of this trip has been achieved.

 The two of them then talked about the situation of the Lin family in Nanyang.

Du Fei leaned on the wicker sofa, looked at the stars in the night sky, and asked: "Old Lin, what are you going to do to those people? Are you going to continue to let them go?"

Lin Tiansheng's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he said solemnly: "Sometimes I really can't figure out what these people are thinking. They are afraid of the colonists, think they have guns in their hands, and have a deep-seated fear of white people. But if it were us, it would be a different story. Could it be that someone like me, Lin, can’t kill someone with his gun?”

Du Fei could feel that Lin Tiansheng had been suppressing his anger.

He asked: "Do you need help? No need to dirty our hands, I have foreign mercenaries here."

Lin Tiansheng was silent for a moment, and seemed to be moved, but finally shook his head: "Forget it, why should I cherish my feathers? From the day I left the capital, I was no longer the Lin Tiansheng of the past. Sometimes we are just too humble and reasonable. Instead, it makes some people feel weak and can be bullied."

At this point, Lin Tiansheng's eyes became firmer: "It's time to change this impression. At least in Nanyang, someone has to stand up and bear the infamy for a lifetime in exchange for dignity and peace for future generations. I...will do my part. !”

Du Fei looked over in surprise, not expecting Lin Tiansheng to have such an awareness.

Meeting Du Fei's gaze, Lin Tiansheng was calm and determined.

Du Fei pursed his lips and said, "It's indeed time to make some changes." He took a deep breath and said, "Since some people think that being modest and elegant can be bullied, let them see what thunder means! "

 …

That night, Du Fei was slightly drunk, but Lin Tiansheng was unusually drunk.

Having someone send Lin Tiansheng back, Du Fei also returned to his residence.

 The east wing of Du Fei's residence is a three-story antique building.

Duffy's entourage is also there.

However, as soon as I came back and lay down, an uninvited guest came.

“Leader, a man named Jiang Dingsheng is looking for you~” Liu Kuangfu knocked on the door and said outside.

Du Fei came over this time and was surprised to find that Liu Kuangfu had infiltrated the palace guard. He had previously worked as an errand under Wei Chenggong.

This time he was going to take a guard of thirty people with him, so Du Fei simply called him on board to learn some things about the situation on the way.

Du Fei brought a lot of people over at first, but what happened after they came over?

Du Fei had never cared much about it before, including the two generals Liu Kuangfu and Yang Zhigang.

Du Fei knew that when we got here, no matter what the situation was at home, some people would be able to eat well and some would not be able to adapt to it.

 Those who can adapt will definitely be promoted. After all, it is an old relationship.

 There's nothing you can do if you can't adapt. Who gave you a chance and you didn't use it~

 The more savvy and enterprising among them, like Yang Zhigang and Liu Kuangfu, immediately learned the language when they arrived, including English and the Fujian dialect commonly used by local flower people.

There are also those who are short-sighted. When they go outside, they are blinded by the indulgent and colorful world and plunge into wine and sex. Du Fei does not need to care about them.

 They are all adults and are responsible for their own choices.

As soon as Du Fei heard that it was Jiang Dingsheng, he immediately asked Liu Kuangfu to bring him.

 A moment later, Jiang Dingsheng walked in from the outside wearing casual clothes. He was much fatter than when he was a guerrilla.

 “Comrade Lao Jiang!” Du Fei stepped forward and held Jiang Dingsheng’s hand.

Jiang Dingsheng was a sensible man. After Lin Tiansheng came to power, he quickly retreated bravely. He had already handed over his military power and took up a position in the government.

 This is also the brilliance of Jiang Dingsheng, and we should not continue to be disturbed by it.

When Lin Tiansheng was at his weakest, Jiang Dingsheng's retreat helped Lin Tiansheng a lot. Now Lin Tiansheng has reciprocated the favor and given Jiang Dingsheng enough respect.

"Comrade Du Fei! I've finally got you here." Jiang Dingsheng held Du Fei's hands with a bitter and embarrassed expression on his face.

Du Fei immediately understood the reason for his coming. It should be about the Lin family's affairs in Nanyang.

Sure enough, after a brief exchange of greetings after sitting down, Jiang Dingsheng got down to business: "You are reminiscing with the commander-in-chief today. You should know about the commander-in-chief's assassination a while ago, right?"

Du Fei nodded and expressed his understanding: "Lao Jiang, seeing what you mean, what else is going on with this matter?"

Jiang Dingsheng smiled bitterly: "There are indeed some situations..."

Du Fei finally understood after listening to his explanation.

It turns out that the Lin family found Jiang Dingsheng not long ago, saying that there was a **** in the family, and secretly assassinated Lin Tiansheng.

 The Lin family has conducted self-examination and self-rectification, and has found this person and is willing to hand it over to Lin Tiansheng.

Unexpectedly, Lin Tiansheng refused to recognize him and bit him to death. The person who assassinated him was a local native and had nothing to do with the Nanyang Lin family.

As for the people handed over by the Lin family, Lin Tiansheng did not agree. He insisted that it was a misunderstanding. They were all brothers of the family and would never do such a thing.

This time the Nanyang Lin family is in trouble.

Lin Tiansheng’s words not only did not make them relieved, but made them even more nervous.

They thought that just handing over a random person would smooth things over, but now it seems that Lin Tiansheng doesn't accept this trick at all.

The Lin family then found Jiang Dingsheng, hoping to persuade Lin Tiansheng through Jiang Dingsheng.

Jiang Dingsheng is not stupid. Can he be persuaded to do this?

You are going to kill someone, but the assassination failed. Now you want me to be the peacemaker, which is simply unreasonable.

But helplessly, the Nanyang Lin family held too much weight in West Kalimantan. After much deliberation, Jiang Dingsheng decided to try his luck with Du Fei.

 After all, Du Fei was different from him. Strictly speaking, Du Fei was Lin Tiansheng's friend, while he was Lin Tiansheng's subordinate.

After hearing what he said, Du Fei smiled playfully: "Lao Jiang, we are old friends. I don't know what the Lin family has promised you, but you'd better leave this matter alone."

Jiang Dingsheng quickly confessed: "No, you know that I don't have much ambition. Now the commander-in-chief is talented and powerful, a hundred times better than me. I will just sit back and do my own thing well, and will never talk to anyone." Hook up."

Du Fei smiled and did not comment on Jiang Dingsheng's statement.

Du Fei didn't believe that Jiang Dingsheng would be so active without getting any benefits, and it was not like he was able to help Song Gongming in time.

Moreover, Jiang Dingsheng saw very clearly that Lin Tiansheng would not let it go, but he still came to Du Fei to try.

 Obviously, the Nanyang Lin family offered him benefits that he couldn't refuse. Du Fei didn't know what it was specifically, and he didn't want to know.

 But it was destined that Jiang Dingsheng's visit tonight would be in vain, and Du Fei would not be able to speak for him.

It is even more impossible to persuade Lin Tiansheng.

Du Fei chuckled and said: "Lao Jiang, if you don't talk about this, we haven't seen each other for two years~"

As soon as Jiang Dingsheng heard this, he understood Du Fei's attitude.

He is a sensible person. Since Du Fei made it clear that he did not want to talk about this matter, he simply shut up and talked about old times.

 After staying for more than half an hour, Du Fei sent Jiang Dingsheng out.

Jiang Dingsheng suddenly said: "I heard that Kuching is developing very well. I have been planning to go there for an inspection a long time ago. You just happened to be here. When you go back, we will welcome you all the way, right?"

Du Fei smiled and said: "This is great, I welcome you a hundred times."

Qingzhi Jiang Dingsheng couldn't afford to offend him, so he planned to take this opportunity to hide away for peace and quiet.

They agreed to leave together. Du Fei couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he saw Jiang Dingsheng off.

When I first met Jiang Dingsheng, he was a down-and-out guerrilla leader, somewhat reckless, and straightforward in his words and actions.

Unexpectedly, in just two or three years, he has transformed into a sophisticated and upright person.

 The environment changes people in a really big way!

 Du Fei could feel that Jiang Dingsheng had changed a lot.

 Three days later, Du Fei set off to leave Pontianak.

He was accompanied by a seven-member inspection team headed by Jiang Dingsheng.

It was a bit cloudy in the morning, and the seagulls on the edge of the harbor flew very low on the sea, and their wings skimmed the water from time to time.

 Low air pressure makes the air extra humid and muggy.

On the ship, Du Fei and Jiang Dingsheng stood side by side, waving to the people below who were seeing them off.

Lin Tiansheng did not come today. He had more important things to do.

Just the day after Du Fei left, a conflict suddenly broke out in the southern part of Lin Tiansheng's control area.

Local guerrillas attacked a convoy of the Nanyang Lin family.

Sitting in the motorcade was an important figure in the Nanyang Lin family who secretly opposed Lin Tiansheng. Together with the motorcade, a total of more than 60 people were killed.

 Lin Tiansheng was "furious" when he heard the news. He immediately entered a state of emergency, mobilized troops, wiped out the enemies, and warned Yajiada not to support the rebels in West Kalimantan.

Immediately, Lin Tiansheng personally supervised the division to investigate the murderer of the attack on the Lin family's convoy in Nanyang, and at the same time mobilized large forces southward.

At this time, Du Fei had returned to Kuching, and it was already a few hours after receiving the news.

Du Fei couldn't help but smile, knowing that Lin Tiansheng had already started.

Although this time it was nominally to investigate the attack on Lin's family in Nanyang, it was actually a drunkard's intention.

 Just to find a reason to mobilize the troops.

 As for who the sword will hit in the end, it all depends on Lin Tiansheng's will.

 Another day passed, Du Fei received information again.

Lin Tiansheng set out from Pontianak and arrived at the southernmost part of Kalimantan Island according to his agreement with Du Fei. He directly announced to the outside world that the attack was apparently carried out by local indigenous people, but behind it was Yajiada's report. What the ministry does.

Lin Tiansheng issued a statement, sternly warning Subian that this kind of behavior is absolutely unacceptable, warning Subian not to blindly provoke, and claimed that he would fight to Java Island.

Du Fei couldn't help but smile when he learned about the situation.

He didn't expect Lin Tiansheng to combine two things into one thing and directly use this as an excuse to threaten Subian.

By the way, the Nanyang Lin family is suspicious.

Logically speaking, when this happens, the Lin family in Nanyang will be suspicious of something secret, and they will immediately suspect Lin Tiansheng.

But now that Lin Tiansheng has put the blame on Subian, they are confused again.

Subian did have a motive against them.

 At least for now, the Nanyang Lin family is still the cornerstone of Lin Tiansheng's rule in West Kalimantan.

 Far away in Subian, Jakarta, people were sitting at home, and pots came from heaven.

Before he could figure out what was going on, he was put in a scapegoat, which made him confused.

But he suddenly realized, is Lin Tiansheng really going to extend his tentacles to Java?

Subian is not sure.

 Normally speaking, Lin Tiansheng's current situation is more than enough to maintain the status quo, but not enough to expand, and does not have the conditions for outward expansion.

 The problem is that Lin Tiansheng is not alone, and no one can ignore his background.

With the information being opaque, Subian was not sure what the capital was thinking. If he wanted to continue to develop to Nanyang and open a breakthrough here, Lin Tiansheng's actions would be reasonable.

Subian did not dare to underestimate Lin Tiansheng's warning, and immediately raised his vigilance and quickly contacted the Huang family who occupied West Java.

 The current situation in Subian is very embarrassing. The only country he can really control is East Java. Although Sumatra has surrendered, he has paid too much for it and is stretched.

 Subian must keep the last bargaining chip at hand.

 As for the Huang family, they also have a basis for cooperation with him.

Although the Huang family was originally supported by Du Fei, the Huang family has its own interests.

 After uniting several large families to control East Java, the Huang family has transformed from a feudal capital family into a warlord.

 At this time, they occupied a large number of production factors through wealth and force.

Having tasted this sweetness, they are more eager than ever to control their territory.

 Because of this, they, like Subian, do not want Lin Tiansheng to get involved.

 They were not sure what strategy Lin Tiansheng would take when he arrived.

 There is a high probability that they will not be allowed to continue to control their current territory.

 In this case, the Huang family and Subian hit it off.

This made Subian feel a little relieved. At least Lin Tiansheng was going to fight through it. Without the Huang family as a springboard, Lin Tiansheng alone had no ability to fight across the sea.

 …

Hundreds of kilometers away, just as Lin Tiansheng was stirring up trouble, Wei Chenggong and Ma Dongmei on Batam Island also started to stir up trouble.

 One night, a local man was beaten seriously by a white drunkard from outside.

This was nothing at first, but with the help of Wei Chenggong, it quickly became news.

 The economy has not been good in the past few years, India has been turbulent, and life has become increasingly difficult.

Even if the war has not affected Batam, it has tightened the strings in people's hearts.

This incident was like a fuse, triggering a strong backlash on the island and asking for an explanation from the person in charge of the island.

 But the problem is that the murderer disappeared long after the attack.

 Although the island's security team promised that the murderer would be caught, people were reluctant to believe it and hoped that more senior officials would intervene.

But the problem is that Lin Tiansheng is making a big fuss over Yajiada right now, so there is no time to take care of the little things here.

Faced with this situation, the person in charge of Batam Island was helpless. He could only continue to persuade, but did not make any real progress, allowing the situation to continue to deteriorate.

His behavior was seen as perfunctory in the eyes of local residents.

 Coupled with Ma Dongmei's use of some small tricks, the situation in Batam inevitably went out of control.

This morning, a security guard who had just received a thousand dollars the night before discharged his gun due to "excessive nervousness" while on duty.

 Precisely on that night, a kind-hearted "mysterious man" provided the angry locals with a dozen old rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

 By the next day, as expected, a gunfight broke out near Batam's city hall.

The local area reported the emergency to Yajiada again, but still did not receive an effective response.

Lin Tiansheng's army gathered on the north side of the Java Sea, like a sword hanging over Subian's head.

 In comparison, this little thing in Batam is nothing.

 Besides, in the past two years, after Suharto's death, similar situations have become too common.

There are thousands of islands in the Yinni area. Even in its heyday, it was impossible to control them all. It was only nominally unified.

Now that Suharto is dead, Subian's prestige is not enough. Coupled with the situation in Kalimantan, many people have imitated him, which makes the whole place even worse.

Another half month later, due to Yajiada's slow response, Wei Chenggong and Ma Dongmei successfully raised a guerrilla force on Batam Island.

They wanted money, money, and guns. They also aroused people's hearts and developed extremely rapidly.

 Less than half a month, it spread to several important islands in the Riau Islands.

And raised the banner of the Free Army and officially shouted the slogan to break away from Jakarta and join the Malay Federation.

 …

 It’s past seven o’clock in the morning.

 It is very hot in Jilongpo in June.

 In a huge green dome building, in a luxurious office sits the most powerful man in Malay.

The old man with gray sideburns wears a black flat cap and has a strange look on his face.

 In front of him was a middle-aged man wearing glasses, standing upright opposite the desk.

 The old man looked over and said, "Mahathir, tell me what's going on?"

The middle-aged man looked calm: "Your Excellency, this is the news I just received today. I don't know the more specific situation yet. If I haven't just inquired with the Qing Dynasty News Department, he shouldn't be one of ours."

 The old man frowned, thought for a while and said, "Let's suppress the matter first and don't reveal it. We'll take a look at it later."

An organization that they had never heard of suddenly appeared and announced that the Riau Islands would join Malay. This really made things confusing for them.

To be on the safe side, you must put it away first.

However, to their surprise, as soon as the old man finished speaking, a young man with a hurried expression knocked on the door and put the morning's newspaper on the desk.