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Chapter 249 Kowloon Naval Base

Liang Pengfei took the cigar handed over by Shi Xianggu and took a deep breath. He really felt a little fond of goodwill about this barbaric, selfish, greedy and extremely cruel minority class, and it can even be said to have a deep pain.

They are like a group of borers with a foul smell all over their bodies, feeding on the blood of the Chinese nation and raising themselves. They are both conservative and cruel, and never attaching importance to the significant impact of military technology on the outcome of wars, and always holding on to the concept of cold weapons of "taking the world by bow and horse".

Such a person who only wants to maintain his dominance desperately and frantically suppress and strangle everything and thoughts that they think will cause danger to their rule. He would rather be with foreign thieves than with domestic slaves... Such things, let alone Liang Pengfei, a time traveler, even those who have lived in this era and have suffered these sufferings, aren't it clear.

However, the long-term slave education of the Qing Dynasty played a great role in killing all new ideas, making the entire Chinese nation a complete pool of stagnant water during the more than 300 years of the Qing Dynasty rule.

"...I am just an ordinary Chinese. What I hope is that there will no longer be privileged classes like the Qing Dynasty riding on each of us, drinking our blood, and eating our meat. In the end, they will still treat us as thieves. For their rule, even books that spread ideas and culture have been destroyed. I don't know how much I said you understand, but one thing I can tell you that the Manchus must fall, because the Qing Dynasty is an extremely selfish nation. He is not worthy and should not become the ruling class in China."

Liang Pengfei's words were very long and seemed a little messy, and they could even be described as nonsense, with one word on the other, but none of the people present denied that what he said was incorrect.

The wind blew by, causing the treetops and the branches to rub the rustling sounds. The path hidden in green stretched out to the distance in a winding and winding way. At the end of the green, there was a touch of white like a jade belt, which separated the blue waves from the green with different shades. In the sky, a white mark was passing through the clouds, appearing and disappearing.

On the blue waves in the distance, white sails were plowing out light white, competing for sails, just like that. However, although Liang Pengfei's eyes fell far away, there was no interest in appreciating them. He just felt sad. The great country and the torture of those people would continue to torture. In the end, the ancient empire that stood in this world for thousands of years became a person who could deceive everyone, and how could they be deceived?

Just in a daze, he felt his shoulders sink slightly. Liang Pengfei turned his head and saw Shi Xianggu's gentle and quiet beauty, leaning lightly on his shoulders, his eyes full of intimacy and worry.

"I'm fine, I just feel a little uncomfortable when I think of these things." Liang Pengfei smiled, stretched out his hand, held the tenderness handed over by Shi Xianggu, and smiled in a low voice.

The two strategists, Sun Shijie and Ni Ming, were both angry at this moment, just like the progressive young people in later generations who heard the motherland was in trouble. The passion of literary youth will not change in any era.

Mo Guanrang had no expression on his black face, but at this moment, he was also in deep thought. Liang Pengfei said a lot, and he didn't know about some of them, but the suffering brought to them by the migration of the land and the forbidden sea was so unforgettable. Their suffering was passed down from generation to generation. If it weren't for the inhumane policy of court, who would have been wandering in the sea for generations, living a hungry and full life. In the end, he could not survive, and then he became a pirate who worked hard in exchange for survival.

"Hong Kong Island is for you, but our Black Flag Gang gang members who are unwilling to leave the Hong Kong Island area, I hope you don't make things difficult for them." Mo Guanrang finally spoke, rubbing his big hands covered with calluses in a little cramped manner: "I don't understand the great principles you said, but my cousin helps them. If you don't have your care, you will either be in exile or have been killed in the court. If you asked Miss Shi to come forward to help me with revenge on the Black Flag Gang, I can see that you are willing to treat me Lao Mo with sincerity, and why Mo is not a person who doesn't understand the truth."

"Thank you, Lord Mo." Liang Pengfei stood up and bowed to the honest and sincere Guan Rang Chang. "Don't worry, no matter whether the Black Flag Gang members are willing to stay in the Hong Kong Island or not, they are willing to stay in the Hong Kong Island area. But I don't know what the conditions are for Lord Mo, please make it clear." Liang Pengfei breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was determined to win the Kowloon Bay between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, he did not want to use means to occupy it, thus offending the most powerful Dan family in this area. Now, since Mo Guan Rang has agreed, the next thing will naturally be much easier.

In the end, Liang Pengfei paid five armed merchant ships, five hundred muskets, fifty cannons, 20,000 kilograms of gunpowder and 100,000 taels of silver. Originally, Mo Guanrang only hoped to obtain five hundred muskets and five armed merchant ships. But Mo Guanrang did not even make a request to completely occupy Lantau Island, but only hoped to occupy the southern part of Lantau Island, which is now owned by the Black Flag Gang.

However, in Liang Pengfei's opinion, such conditions are too much. Besides, this Mo Guanran is definitely a person who can make people honest and interpersonal relationships, so Liang Pengfei raised the price himself, not only to win Mo Guanran's favor, but also hoped that other members of the Han family could understand that Liang Pengfei came with kindness and sincerity.

After deciding on Hong Kong Island, Mo Guanrang rested in the Shrimp Pai Castle for a night, and hurriedly left the place the next day because he wanted to move the remaining relatives of the Black Flag Gang to Lantau Island as soon as possible. Those who accompanied him were Shi Dakai, who represented the Shi family and Mo Guanfu, who represented Liang Pengfei.

"...The new docks in the central Luzon Islands will be completed one after another in about two months." Staffman Ni Ming was standing in the house and reporting to Liang Pengfei about Luzon's affairs.

"After the newly built dock in the Central Luzon Islands is completed, it will no longer be added. I will transfer all my people to build a dock in Kowloon Bay. In addition, tell my father to ask them to increase the cement production in Annan. In any case, I need to build at least five docks in Kowloon Bay at this time next year. Next year, I need to see battleships build here." Liang Pengfei looked at the map hanging on the wall, heard Ni Ming's report, and thought about it.

"My lord's words are very good. Since you have obtained this good harbor, you should come in handy as soon as possible." Ni Ming said with a smile. Sun Shijie, who was recording Liang Pengfei's order next to him, also nodded slightly.

Liang Pengfei took the herbal tea handed over by Shusheng Bai and drank it all, and raised his eyebrows proudly: "Kowloon Bay will become our first and largest naval base, Kowloon Naval Base."

"Mr. Liang, Annan Danang is now building a dock as you told me. Should the craftsmen there be drawn up?" Next to me, Ni Ming continued to suggest to Liang Pengfei.

Liang Pengfei shook his head: "No need, the dock built in Annan Danang is for the purpose of building merchant ships and small and medium-sized warships. First, after all, the Lord of Annan is still there, and secondly, my current situation is not convenient to intervene too much. Besides, naval battles can not only be determined by the number of large warships, but also more small and medium-sized warships are not useless. Besides, we are not responsible for the money."

"However, we can mobilize people from there. No, we recruit workers from Annan. Anyway, there is no population in Hong Kong Island, and there are so many refugees in Annan, and they are idle. They recruit 10,000 or 20,000 to build ports and docks for us. Although we can't do any meticulous work, we can still do it by pouring cement and smashing stones."

"Young master, news came from Macau that the British had obtained permission from the court and were preparing to leave Macau, travel north along the coast, and head to the capital." A subordinate hurried into the courtyard and handed over the information in his hand to Liang Pengfei.

"Now our people have gained their trust. Although we dare not say that they have found out their background, one thing is certain that the contact and visits with court officials over the past period of time have caused their perception of court officials to have a great change, from being cautious at the beginning to being contempt and contempt from the heart." Sun Shijie looked at the information coming, his face was filled with a bitter smile.

"Hmph, officials are corrupt, exploit the people to aphrodisiacs, the country is in ruins, wars are everywhere, and literary inquisitions are launched to capture loyalty and goodness. Such courts are already corrupt. Not to mention those Westerners treat them like this, they also feel that this court is almost on the verge of overturning." Ni Ming said with a faint smile on his face. However, there was a deep hatred in his eyes.

He was not originally named Ni Ming. His original surname was Yin and his name was Zhengke. He was from Boye County, Hebei Province and had a wealthy family. His grandfather Yin Jiaquan was a famous scholar in Hebei Province and was a juren. He successively served as a minister of the Ministry of Education and Taoism in Shandong, Gansu and other provinces. Later, he was promoted to the Minister of Temple of Dali, with the third rank of official position and was ranked among the nine ministers.

But in the 46th year of Qianlong's reign, due to the literary inquisition case, the Grand Secretary Sanbao, Yinglian and various departments involved in the case, the department staff submitted to the emperor to report Yin Jiaquan's evidence of crime and criminal trial. Finally, it was recommended that Yin Jiaquan be executed by Lingchi, all his property was appointed as an official, and all books were destroyed. The family members were in charge, and those over 16 men were beheaded, and the rest were given to the family of the heroes as slaves.
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