Chapter 166: Luo Fangbo, the general manager, came to visit!

Ye Shanglin nodded and looked at Liang Pengfei and said in a deep voice: "It is indeed related to your old Liang family, but your mother said that you can take the lead in the affairs of the old Liang family. I believe you know that I and your father..." When he said this, Ye Shanglin coughed twice awkwardly.

Liang Pengfei couldn't help laughing out loud: "Uncle, do you still think that our Liang family has damaged the family style of your Ye family."

"This is not, it's just..." Ye Shanglin really didn't know how to answer Liang Pengfei's question for a while. After all, although Liang Pengfei in front of him was his nephew, he was also Liang Yuanxia's son. How could the conflict between him and Liang Yuanxia be explained clearly in a short time.

Seeing Ye Shanglin looking embarrassed, Liang Pengfei did not have the interest in asking questions and changed the topic: "Dad, please tell me whether you can make a decision depends on what the matter is."

Ye Shanglin breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression still seemed very difficult: "My uncle is afraid of being too involved in this matter, but Luo Fangbo asked again and again. Besides, Pengfei, you are not only a celebrity in front of Magistrate Fu, but also have the land of the central Luzon archipelago and have a lot of sociality with those barbarians, so you want to discuss with you..."

The matter is actually not complicated. Liang Pengfei's reputation is in Guangdong and Guangxi, and everyone only regards him as a celebrity who comes from a pirate family with outstanding achievements and is very popular in front of Grand Marshal Fu. Apart from this, other things about the Liang family have not spread in China.

But Nanyang is different. In the south of the sea, there were many Chinese countries where pirates were established. The old Liang family, who have been pirates for generations, naturally had to deal with them. They were naturally very clear about the old Liang family. This time, the old Liang family showed their power and killed the Western pirates without leaving any armor, and even captured so many Western pirates. If the Chinese in the south of the sea don’t hear any news, they will be deaf people who are filled with earwax.

Moreover, after this battle, the Lao Liang family dared to come to the door and almost occupied the Spanish nest Luzon. Later, the matter of Spain being unable to cede land and compensated, although the Lao Liang family and the Spanish Governor both seemed very low-key, there was no wall in the world that could not escape the wind, which still came into the ears of many people. Among them, the Lanfang Republic, established in Borneo, which was adjacent to the Luzon Islands, naturally heard a lot of news.

And Luo Fangbo's unfather-in-law is the general system of the Lanfang Republic, and it happens to be Ye Shanglin's friend. Of course, he heard Ye Shanglin say that the girl married Liang Yuanxia from the old Liang family.

However, he really never expected that Lao Liang's family would have such strength. Not only did he deal with the Western barbarians who traverse the South China Sea, but he even made the colonial governors cry and shout for land cede compensation. This kind of news brought about the hearts of the Chinese in the South China Sea who have been bullied by Western barbarians for many years and know the strength of Western barbarians.

In the past two years, Luo Fangbo, the general general manager of the Lanfang Republic, has not had a good life, because another Western colonial country around him: the Netherlands.

Although the Netherlands is no longer in European countries and has fallen in the colonial countries, even if it declines, it is still an unrivaled existence compared to the small local power group of the Lanfang Republic that is like a company that exceeds one country.

Before the founding of the Republic of Lanfang, the Netherlands had already owned cities and ports in Borneo. However, the Dutch's power in Borneo was suppressed by Britain, and their living space had been reduced to the central part of Borneo, and the north had almost become a controlled area of ​​the British.

The showdown between Westerners did not affect the Fanglan Republic at the beginning, but the relationship between the Chinese and the indigenous peoples and the Westerners, especially the Westerners, hoped to turn the islands in the South China Sea into their colonies, and the small states established by the Chinese here occupied territories one by one, which made these Westerners very uncomfortable.

There are also various conflicts between the two sides, whether in trade or in territorial terms. Although the Chinese can form groups when facing foreign countries and have great power in Southeast Asia, they still retreat step by step when dealing with the colonial armies of those European countries.

The Netherlands was excluded by Britain, and their sphere of influence was shrinking in Borneo. Although it was uncomfortable, they could not afford to offend Britain. At least the lessons in history have made the Dutch understand that they do not have this ability.

Although they were unable to compete for territory with the British, it did not mean that they did not dare to compete with the Chinese. So the Dutch began to shift their greedy sight to the Republic of Lanfang, the largest Chinese group in Borneo.

The Lanfang Republic is located in the western part of Baltic. Not only is there a large number of local indigenous people, it is rich in resources, but there is another point that it has rich gold mines. In addition to the factors that the Chinese are relatively united, the wealth brought by the gold trade is also the fundamental reason why the Chinese are unwilling to leave here to unite and establish a country against Western colonists.

As the saying goes, success is Xiao He, failure is Xiao He. The prosperity of the Lanfang Republic comes from the rich gold mines in the local area, and it is precisely because of this that the surrounding Western colonists have set their sights on them.

Since Luo Fangbo learned that the Europeans were still very concerned about the Qing Dynasty at this time, he immediately submitted to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of his country and sent personnel to Beijing to pay tribute. This move indeed made the European colonists very concerned, so he did not dare to harass and annex the local area openly, but small frictions still occur from time to time.

Moreover, those Western pirates often plunder the Lanfang Republic. Although there are fewer pirates in the South Ocean area now than before, the profession of pirates will never lack manpower. After a group of them, they will naturally come again. Another point is that some pirates and bandits are even those European colonists.

Since they cannot openly annex and invade the Lanfang Republic, they secretly pretended to be pirates to rob. Even though the Lanfang Republic knew that it was these European colonists, they could only suffer such a loss.

The years of war have made the Lanfang Republic discover a problem, that is, the equipment and personnel training on its own are not of the same level as those of the European colonists.

Although the entire Lanfang Republic claims to have hundreds of thousands of people, there are only thousands of soldiers available. Among them, most of them are outlaws recruited from the mainland. These are good at fighting, but sometimes it is difficult to obey. In addition, the Qing Dynasty had extremely strict control over weapons, especially firearms and gunpowder.

As for the Western colonists who were eyeing the Lanfang Republic, how could they sell it to them? Therefore, the Lanfang Republic could only smuggle firearms and gunpowder through trade with smugglers on the mainland.

However, the amount of smuggling is difficult to guarantee, which leads to insufficient military equipment in Lanfang Republic. Every time, it is almost done by human life. The heavy casualties, post-war pensions, lack of ammunition and various supplies made Luo Fangbo, the general general manager of the Lanfang Republic, turn white. Therefore, when Luo Fangbo heard about the incident about the Lao Liang family in Nanyang, he began to think about it.

"...What do they need?" Liang Pengfei heard Ye Shanglin's detailed statement and realized the scenery of Lanfang Republic. For him, there was no shortage of gunpowder and weapons, even artillery and warships, but Liang Pengfei had other plans in his heart.

"It depends on what Pengfei can provide them." Ye Shanglin smiled. Seeing that Liang Pengfei did not have any extreme reaction, Ye Shanglin felt relieved. To be honest, this kind of thing would be impossible for him to ask Liang Yuanxia in this life. And Liang Pengfei is different. Anyway, in Ye Shanglin's heart, although Liang Pengfei is Liang Yuanxia's son, after all, half of the blood of the Ye family flows in his body, so he felt that finding Liang Pengfei made him feel at ease.

"It depends on how they can give me a reward." Liang Pengfei raised his thick eyebrows that looked like two knife-cut and curled, and smiled. At this moment, he smiled like a profiteer.

"You said." Ye Shanglin saw Liang Pengfei's expression and couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

Liang Pengfei sucked the teacup in his hand bit by bit, his eyes narrowed, as if savoring the smell of the fragrant tea. However, Ye Shanglin, who was sitting beside him, did feel indescribable. At this moment, Liang Pengfei no longer looked like the little nephew who seemed to have never been in a straight face in front of him and had a smile on his face, but a superior who held the power and commanded millions of soldiers. The traces of his thick eyebrows were frowning, and there was also a calm and cold expression on his face, revealing a sense of solemnity and majesty.

Even Ye Shanglin, who had been dealing with people with high status and power, could not help but feel uncomfortable and moved his body, using the tea to cover up his loss of composure.

"I can provide three hundred battle knives, seventy short muskets, and three thousand pounds of gunpowder..." When Liang Pengfei just said this number, Ye Shanglin couldn't help but look dark, but Liang Pengfei continued: "This refers to the quantity benchmark I can provide to you every month."

"You mean, every month!" Ye Shanglin was quite surprised. It seemed not much, but this only refers to his monthly portion size. That is to say, in a year, there are 3,600 swords, more than 800 muskets, and 36,000 kilograms of gunpowder. This is not a small amount. This is definitely a good news for the Lanfang Republic, which lacks supplies and relies entirely on smuggling and purchasing ammunition and drug supplies.

After seeing Liang Pengfei nodding, Ye Shanglin was overjoyed: "Okay, since that's the case, my uncle won't make it difficult for you to do it. I can follow the price of all the supplies..."

Liang Pengfei raised his finger: "But, I have a condition."

Ye Shanglin, who was interrupted by Liang Pengfei, couldn't help but be stunned: "What are the conditions?"

"I want to see Luo Fangbo. Before I see him, nothing I promised would be possible." Liang Pengfei smiled, and his sharp-cut eyebrows raised high.

"This is impossible." Ye Shanglin Yunse said: "Pengfei, it's not that I won't agree to you. Luo Fangbo is the general general of a country. How can he leave the country easily? Besides, the court's attitude towards them is not very good..."

"Haha, uncle, are you still afraid that I will hand him over to the court? If that is the case, what kind of person who is a nephew can face his relatives?" Liang Pengfei looked at Ye Shanglin deeply: "Uncle, if it were not for Luo Fangbo's kiss, would you be able to look for me? I am your nephew, how could I not understand your personality?"

Under Liang Pengfei's eyes that seemed to have insight into the hearts, Ye Shanglin felt that in front of Liang Pengfei, all disguises seemed to be unnecessary, so he could only smile and shake his head: "You kid, you have a lot of ghost tricks. My uncle really underestimated you. In fact, my uncle didn't want to hide this from you. However, Luo Fang Bo did not want to let people know that he was here, so he repeatedly warned me. Since you said that, my uncle would go there and let Luo Fang Bo come and discuss with you. What do you think."

"Thank you for your fulfillment, my uncle." Liang Pengfei smiled. Ye Shanglin didn't say anything nonsense. He left Liang's mansion under the guidance of his servants and returned to pick up people.

By the time Ye Shanglin led Luo Fangbo to Liang Mansion, it was already night.

"Luo Fangbo has seen Lord Liang." Luo Fangbo, who had gray hair, dark skin, and strong body, saw Liang Pengfei who was greeting the hall. He did not dare to neglect and went forward to salute Liang Pengfei. Although he was also the lord of a country in the Lanfang Republic, in the eyes of the court, he was still just a commoner. Moreover, Liang Pengfei was a celebrity under Fu Kang'an, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was still the eldest young master who was the master of the Liang family who was now in charge of Nanyang. He had something to ask for him, so how could he be disrespectful?

"No need to do this, please get up quickly. You and my uncle are the best friends, and Pengfei is a junior. How can you treat you as such a great gift?" Liang Pengfei reached out to support Luo Fangbo and said as he said. He asked Luo Fangbo and Ye Shanglin to sit in the hall.

"Since that's the case, I'll ask you to call me a nephew." After a while, Luo Fangbo stopped talking nonsense and asked Liang Pengfei about the monthly sales of equipment and materials that Liang Shanglin had just talked about with Ye Shanglin.

"I have told my uncle just now that I will provide you with a certain amount of weapons and supplies every month. If you need it, I can even provide you with some artillery."

Liang Pengfei's words moved Luo Fangbo, and he didn't even care about drinking the tea he picked up: "My uncle can really provide artillery with me, Lan Fang." Luo Fangbo naturally knew the importance of artillery, especially for emerging countries like Lan Fang Republic, what they lack most is weapons and equipment, and artillery is the top priority.

This news really made Luo Fangbo feel that it was an unexpected surprise, and Ye Shanglin next to him couldn't help but be stunned.

After getting Liang Pengfei confirmed, Luo Fangbo was a little unable to control it because he didn't understand why Liang Pengfei was so enthusiastic about the Lanfang Republic.
Chapter completed!