Chapter 526 Who gave the Sultan the courage? (Third update, please subscribe)
In front of the Haishan Hall, hundreds of native soldiers armed with Schneider rifles surrounded the sailors outside the hall in three layers. Tengku Guding Sultan, who was riding a horse, with a Kris sword on his waist and a yellow turban on his head, spoke arrogantly.
“Do you really think that you can run rampant in Klang just because you have warships?”
Previously, he was enjoying the enchanting body of the Turkish girl he had just bought in the palace, but the news that the Ming fleet could not leave due to a "malfunction" suddenly made him lose his mood.
The so-called failure was nothing but a conspiracy that lingered. After seeing through the "conspiracy" of the Ming people at a glance, Tengku Guding began to think about how to send the Ming people out of Klang.
Before he could come up with a solution, he learned that the Ming envoy led sailors to break into the Dihaishan Party.
Thinking that the Haishan Party might negotiate with the Yixing Party under the threat of the Ming Dynasty's special envoy, Tengku Guding, who could no longer sit still, led his troops to declare sovereignty.
All the Chinese secret societies that opened mines purchased land from the Sultan. The mines in the Kuala Lumpur area upstream of the Klang River were once just a primeval forest. The Haisan Party bought the land and tin mining rights from him, while the Ghee Hin Party bought them from his father-in-law. As the output of the mines increased, he became jealous of the tax revenue and had a conflict with his father-in-law, and the Chinese were naturally involved. In the past ten years, although Kuala Lumpur was almost destroyed by war and tin production plummeted, so what?
Once the mine is recaptured, the income in a year at most can make up for all the losses. And now, for him, there is no loss at all - he only needs to provide gunpowder and muskets to the Haishan Party. As for the people, the Haishan Party will bring them from China. This war that has lasted for ten years is almost a business with no cost for him!
But once they win, the profits will be more than ten times what they have now. For this reason, of course, he gave his all to support the Haishan Party. It was also for this reason that he could not tolerate the two parties negotiating. After all, he had lost tax revenue for several years, and only if the Haishan Party monopolized the mines could he make up for his losses.
"Everyone listen carefully, the merciful Sultan will not care about what happened today as long as you leave here now, otherwise..."
Without waiting for Mahathir to finish speaking, Zhao Yongfu sneered as he walked out of Haishan Hall.
"What else?"
Standing in front of Haishan Hall, looking at the Sultan in gorgeous silk clothes, Zhao Yongfu said.
"This must be Tengku Kuding Sultan, I wonder how you plan to deal with this matter!"
Well……
Being asked this question out of the blue, Tengku Guding was dumbfounded. He had been dealing with the Chinese for many years, and all the Chinese were submissive and fearful in front of him, but what was wrong with this guy?
And these soldiers? Didn't they see hundreds of guns pointed at them? Looking at their posture, they are almost the same as the British.
British!
Yes, we have the support of Britain!
Thinking of the support from the British, Tengku Guding immediately felt confident.
"Mr. Zhao, you must leave this place immediately. This is Klang, not your Ming Dynasty."
Ming Dynasty?
What is the Ming Dynasty?
Tengku Gudin really doesn’t know. Not only does he not know, even his British consultant Haagen-Dazs doesn’t know.
"Mr. Haagen-Dazs, tell him what he should do according to international public law?"
Haagen-Dazs, who was following him, walked forward arrogantly and spoke loudly in English.
"Sir, please abide by the principles of international public law and withdraw from this place immediately. Otherwise, the honorable Sultan will retain the right to pursue all responsibilities!"
Faced with the British man's almost arrogant words, Zhao Yongfu laughed instead of getting angry.
"Well, what a great power to hold everyone accountable. Let's wait and see!"
Zhao Yongfu said with a sneer.
"Since you mentioned international public law, I would like to ask, Tengku Guding, you have threatened, bribed and incited the overseas Chinese of our Ming Dynasty to fight among themselves for more than ten years, causing no less than tens of thousands of casualties. How should our Ming Dynasty be held accountable for this!"
Is this a call to action?
No, this is tyranny, this is wantonness, this is too much!
But if we don’t go too far in bullying others, then what’s the point of having a strong country?
Weak country? Weak countries are always bullied!
Why should a powerful country be a powerful country? Isn't it just to do whatever it wants and to bully weak countries?
For a strong country, making specious arguments, acting tyrannically and unscrupulously are what a strong country should do to a weak country. Neighborly friendship, equality and cooperation are all false propositions.
When you are weak, you should be friendly to your neighbors; when you are strong, you can do whatever you want. This is the eternal truth.
Faced with the sudden accusation, Tengku Guding was dumbfounded. He looked at Ye Yalai and others in Haishan Hall with confusion in his eyes.
"What does this mean?"
Tengku Gudin said.
"Ye Yalai, come here and tell them that you are from that country. When did you become Ming people?"
When the Sultan called him like this, Yap Ah Loy immediately started to complain in his heart, "You great gods are fighting, why do you have to call me?" Just as he walked out with a bitter face, Mahathir said.
"Special Envoy Zhao, you see they all have braids on their heads, which is a sign of being Chinese. When did they become Ming people?"
Boy, the money I give you as a gift is not in vain!
Yap Ah Loy was secretly glad for Mahathir's rescue, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Zhao Yongfu burst into laughter.
"What a joke! When did the Qing Dynasty become the orthodox dynasty of China? Now that the Ming Dynasty has been restored, the Chinese are naturally the people of the Ming Dynasty. No need to say more. If you don't give us an explanation today, we will always hold you accountable for this matter!"
There was disdain in Zhao Yongfu's laughter, and even the look he gave to Tengku Guding was as if he was a clown. For Tengku Guding, who was a Sultan, when had he ever been humiliated like this? At most, only the British dared to do this!
That is, only the British!
British!
Tengku Guding immediately thought of the message from Governor-General Ward - "The British Empire is on the side of the Sultan."
In fact, after Zhao Fuyong left that day, Ward had a sense of crisis. Although London had no interest in the princely states on the Malay Peninsula, those areas were also within the British sphere of influence, so the interference of other countries would never be tolerated. Of course, he was also unwilling to send troops to the local area for a group of Chinese. It was completely unnecessary for the Chinese.
However, the protest from the Ming Dynasty also made him realize the danger. What if the Ming Empire used this as an excuse to intervene in the Malay Peninsula? Therefore, Ward sent someone to send a message to Tengku Guding to express his support for him. And this kind of support? It was to enable him to withstand the pressure from the Ming Empire.
But no matter what, he never expected that his verbal support would be transformed into "Britain's support for him" by Tengku Kudin.
With the support of Britain, Tengku Guding only felt that he was the most handsome guy in the village. When had he ever been looked down upon like this? Even if there was, it was by the British or the Chinese.
They are Asians just like him, so why dare they look down on him!
Normally, those Chinese were extremely humble in front of him and dared not speak loudly. But this Ming Dynasty man actually dared to look down on them like that!
You have warships, but so what?
Don’t you know that the British Empire has more warships and supports us?
At this moment, Tengku Guding, who felt very confident, immediately retorted loudly.
"I allowed you to enter my port so generously, but how did you respond to my kindness? Your soldiers directly broke into my country. You broke into my country in such a show of force and even asked me to take responsibility!"
It seemed that at this moment, Tengku Kuding finally discovered the anger in his heart. How could these Chinese look down on him like this?
"Hold them accountable, hold them accountable. You broke into my country with guns. Do you really think you can do whatever you want here?"
Tengku Guding laughed out of anger. When had he ever been looked down upon like this? He said loudly in a rage.
"I order you to leave here immediately, otherwise my army will force you to leave!"
With an order, the black muzzles of the guns were pointed at the sailors, and the sailors also raised their guns and aimed at each other.
Who gave him the courage?
Faced with such a threat, Zhao Fuyong was stunned for a full second. It was really hard to imagine.
Who gave him such courage?
(End of this chapter)
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