1890 King of Southeast Asia

It was late at night, and Liu Yiming was still writing and drawing on paper.

"Huh~ That's all. Man proposes, God disposes. Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are determined by God. I have done everything I can. The rest is up to God!" Liu Yiming murmured.

Liu Yiming is not worried about the riot for the time being. According to the news he received today, the native tribe has not shown any signs of preparing to move out. As for whether this is a false impression given by the natives to the outside world, Liu Yiming also asked Liu Wanhua this question.

In addition to the time it takes for the natives to gather, there is no need to worry too much within half a month.

Liu Wanhua's original answer was: "The reason why the natives are called natives is that they have not learned to think about things with their brains!"

The natives actually don't have many advantages over the Chinese, but the natives have inexplicably extra muskets in their hands. Although they are backward, they are better than the Chinese who have nothing in their hands.

The natives are also fearless, with poison arrows, longbows, and scimitars, but what about the Chinese? Under the oppression of the colonists, the Chinese have nothing but a small number of long knives. They can't even be equipped with bows and arrows.

Liu Wanhua said to Liu Yiming desperately, "The Chinese are just pigs raised by the colonists, and they will be slaughtered when they are fattened."

Liu Yiming could feel the despair because his life was still threatened.

Thinking about it, you can understand why the career of the famous Mr. Cannon has been supported by so many Chinese. For decades, countless wealth has been provided, just for a little hope.

And later, the famous transport captain only wanted money, and the rest was over with a word of "Damn it". Completely disappointed Southeast Asia.

Liu Yiming knew that he didn't have so much time. Now, right now, he must save his life. Then, he had to suppress the natives and make them dare not move. The colonists were used to being high and mighty and would not end easily.

"Let them be afraid!" Liu Yiming murmured.

His eyes became sharp, he took a deep breath, glanced at the paper on the table, and went to sleep!

A cool breeze came through the window, with a salty smell, blowing the paper on the table. On it was a bunch of letters, symbols and data that 99% of people in this era could not understand. If there were chemists, they would be able to see that these were several reaction equations...

The next day, it was a cloudy day, with dark clouds pressing down as if they were about to fall.

Liu Yiming followed Liu Wanhua out early in the morning. The destination of this trip was the Chen family, the largest family in Sishui!

The Chen family was in the northwest corner of Sishui, and the Liu family was in the northeast corner. To get to the Chen family, you had to pass the dock. When passing by the dock, Liu Yiming saw several Chinese people getting close to English sailors, and the taverns at the dock were also full of English sailors.

Remembering yesterday's data, "The barbaric class has a quota of 555 people. If you take turns to rest, 200 people will get off the ship every day."

Liu Yiming took a few glances and continued to walk towards the Chen family. The Chen family has gathered dozens of families, big and small, in Sishui!

Liu Yiming arrived at the Chen family, and after sitting for a while, everyone was there, because they were all Chinese. There were more than 100,000 Chinese in Sishui, and more than half of them had inextricable connections with these dozens of families. There were tens of thousands of people who directly belonged to these dozens of families.

The meeting was very heavy. Except for the warm-up words from Chen Jiangtao, the head of the Chen family, at the beginning, it was not good news.

Yang Wenjie, the head of the Yang family, said: "The Dutch set up a checkpoint outside the city. Now the entry and exit of Sishui are very strict. Our team pulling ore has been checked three times."

After this, the meeting became even more dull. When Liu Yiming was about to come out to talk about the plan, someone hurried in.

"Master, the young masters are back." The servant whispered to Chen Jiangtao.

"What's the matter? Didn't they let them go?" Chen Jiangtao was confused at first, then unbelievable, and then angry.

At this time, all the children of the Chen family came back.

"Father", "Uncle", "Uncle" 17 or 18 people, the oldest are in their twenties or thirties, and the youngest are only a few years old.

"Father, the Dutch won't let us get on the ship!" Chen Simin, the eldest son of the Chen family, walked out and said.

Chen Jiangtao seemed to have his spine pulled out, and more people came back, apparently the younger generations that each family was preparing to send away. The lobby suddenly became noisy.

Liu Yiming winked at Liu Wanhua, and Liu Wanhua stood up and said.

"Be quiet, what are you doing with all the noise! ​​The eldest sons of each family stay, and everyone else goes out first." Liu Wanhua said loudly. "Brother Chen, please ask someone to make arrangements. The most important thing now is to find a way to get through this hurdle."

Chen Jiangtao came to his senses and arranged for people to send the younger generations of each family down.

The meeting continued, but it became even more dull.

"My uncles and elders, things have come to this point. Yiming has an idea. If it works, this hurdle will be passed!" Liu Yiming saw this and stood up and said.

The people in the hall looked at each other.

"Tell me in detail." Chen Jiangtao reacted and asked Liu Yiming to speak.

"Now the people who want to mess with us are the Dutch, the colonists. We can't beat them, but fortunately, they will not go down directly, but instigate the natives." Liu Yiming paused.

"The natives are not to be feared, but the Dutch provided them with weapons and restricted us, leaving us sitting ducks!"

"I was wondering if there was any way to fight the natives, until yesterday, when the English warships came ashore, everyone knows it!"

"What do you mean? Ask the English for help?" Chen Jiangtao seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw.

"No, Uncle Chen, the English will not end up like the Dutch!" Liu Yiming said directly. "Listen to me."

"If you want to hold off the natives, you have to hurt them. The English won't give up, but they can do business. As long as the price is right, I can get a batch of quick-fire guns. Although it may not solve the problem, it is much better than bare hands."

"Can you guarantee to get it?" The head of the Wang family asked in disbelief.

"I can, I have my own way. Everyone, we have reached the end of our rope. The knife is on our neck. I want all the young and strong to listen to my command. This is our last chance. Otherwise, hide and see if we will be pulled out by the natives."

The lobby instantly turned into a vegetable market and became noisy again.

"Everyone, everyone!" Liu Yiming continued.

"I know you don't believe me. You can make a decision after I get the guns, but no matter what, we must gather the young and strong."

After that, Liu Yiming sat down and said nothing.

"Okay, each family gathers the young and strong, and takes out the hidden jars and cans. We must pass this level. Otherwise, no one will have a good time. Now we are grasshoppers on a rope, we will prosper together and suffer together!" Chen Jiangtao saw this and stood up and said.

This meeting ended here.

After the meeting, Chen Jiangtao kept Liu Yiming.

"Yiming, how sure are you?" Chen Jiangtao still couldn't believe it. Under the blockade of the Dutch, it was difficult for Chinese to get guns.

"Originally it was 50%, now it's 80%. Even if I can't buy it, I have a way to fight against the natives, but it's easy to touch the nerves of the Dutch." Liu Yiming said.

The Chen and Liu families are close friends. Liu Yiming also told Chen Jiangtao some of the things that could be revealed, and the most core things, except Liu Yiming, no one knows.

"By the way, Uncle Chen, I have one more thing."

"What is it? Just tell me!"

"I want people who are educated, preferably those who have studied in Europe! As many as you can get, this is related to whether we can finally survive this disaster!" Liu Yiming said seriously.

"Okay, your brother Simin and brother Zhiyu have all studied abroad, I will ask them to go over later, and in addition, each family has someone studying abroad, and I will try to get those who are at home to go over for you." Chen Jiangtao was still very decisive.

"Great! It's best to have studied science and engineering such as chemistry, medicine, physics, and industry. If not, liberal arts is also fine!" Liu Yiming heard it and selected it.

"I'll trouble Uncle Chen for this matter. I'll go and contact the English."

After leaving Chen's house, Liu Yiming walked back and stopped at the dock for a while...

[Author's digression]: I tried to write it as tightly as possible, so I removed the links of spies and betrayers. But this is also indispensable, and the team needs to be tempered.