Volume 1 Tigers in Southeast Asia Chapter 60: Conquering the Sultan
After Lin Fei finished speaking, he swept his knife-like eyes over Subiana's men. At this time, Chen Fu came over to help: "Our city lord is merciful and will not kill you. Why don't you hand over your guns to thank him? Do you really want us to shoot you to death?"
The people led by Subiana had fought with Lin Fei's sniper team in the battle of the city gate today, and were beaten to a pulp by Lin Fei's men. Everyone knew how powerful the rifles of Lin Fei's men were. Now seeing Lin Fei shoot Subiana to death, everyone was terrified. Who dared to resist? They threw away their rifles and raised their hands in surrender.
Lin Fei turned to Mashahai and said, "General Mashahai, can we enter the city now?"
Mashahai finally reacted and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, enter the city, enter the city!"
Lin Fei asked: "Where is Jiliqi Mullah's lair? Let's go straight there and kill him!"
Mashahai said, "In the Grand Mosque in the center of the city."
Lin Fei nodded, pointed at Subiana's body, and said, "This man has a high position in the rebels. Let your people lift up his body to intimidate those followers of Jiliqi Mullah."
Mashahai agreed and ordered his men to find a long pole, lift up Subiana's body, and then enter the city. General Mashahai and Lin Fei took their men directly to the Grand Mosque. When they came in and asked, they found out that Mullah Jiriqi had already gone to the Sultan's Palace.
Lin Fei and Mashahai led their men to the Sultan's palace. The palace guards rushed out to stop them. Mashahai's men immediately disarmed them. Lin Fei asked directly, "Where is Giriqi Mullah?"
A guard replied: "In the Sultan's chambers."
Lin Fei immediately led everyone to the Sultan's bedroom. When they arrived, they found that Mullah Giriqi was nowhere to be found, and the Sultan was nowhere to be found either. General Mashahai frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
Lin Fei said: "Don't worry, let your people search the palace to see if they can find Jiliqi Mullah's confidants and then find the old Sultan."
General Mashahai nodded in agreement and sent his men to search the palace. Not long after, one of General Mashahai's men captured a woman and said to Lin Fei and General Mashahai, "Lord, General, this woman is the wife of Jiliqi Mullah! She must know the whereabouts of Jiliqi Mullah! "
General Mashahai grabbed Mullah Giriqi's wife and asked, "Where is Mullah Giriqi?"
The wife of Jiliqi Mullah said in a trembling voice: "Escaped... Escaped..."
Mashahai asked: "Where did you escape to?"
Giriqi Mullah's wife was shaking and shaking her head. Mashahai threw Giriqi Mullah's wife back to his men and said angrily: "Take this woman and Giriqi Mullah's family to the city center square and flog them to death!"
Lin Fei said hurriedly: "Wait a minute, this is too cruel, let's just lock up Jiliqi Maula's family."
When General Mashahai heard Lin Fei's personal plea, he changed his tone and said, "Well, let's detain them first."
As soon as the subordinates took the wife of Giriqi Mullah away, another subordinate came over and said, "Lord, General, we found the old Sultan!"
General Mashahai exclaimed: "Is the old Sultan all right? Bring him here quickly."
Soon, the subordinate brought Sultan Bazahai to the place. When the old Sultan saw Lin Fei and General Mashahai, he sighed and said, "Damned Jiliqi Mullah, he put me under house arrest and took away my power! I heard that he even used my power to attack the Chinese in Yanhuang City. Lord, I am really sorry."
As Sultan Bazahai spoke, he pulled Lin Fei to sit down and said, "Dear City Lord, you have helped us a lot. I have decided to release all Chinese slaves and will no longer arrest Chinese people in the future."
Lin Fei nodded and smiled: "That's good, but I have another request, I hope you can agree to it ."
Sultan Bazahai said hurriedly: "The city lord is our great benefactor. Allah has taught us to know how to repay kindness. We will definitely agree to your request."
Lin Fei said: "My request is very simple. Your tribe must submit to our Yanhuang City, use the Huaxia currency issued by our Yanhuang City, abolish the original currency, and obey my orders."
Sultan Bazahai looked embarrassed. Lin Fei said, "We are completely different from the Spanish rulers. We will not ask you to change your faith. You can continue to believe in Islam and you will enjoy a high degree of autonomy. I will not send people to rule you. I will only send people to mine the minerals on the island."
When Sultan Bazahai heard Lin Fei say that they could continue to believe in Islam, his face was full of relief, but there was still reluctance in his eyes. Lin Fei frowned slightly, with a hint of threat in his tone: "Please think carefully about whether you agree or not."
General Mashahai approached Sultan Bazahai and whispered, "Sultan, you have to agree. The strength of Yanhuang City is too strong. We can't stop it."
Sultan Bazahai was surprised and asked, "Really? How do they compare to the Spanish?"
General Mashahai said: "They are much stronger than the Spanish!"
Sultan Bazahai's eyes were instantly filled with fear. He turned to Lin Fei and said, "Well, respected city lord, I promise you that I will completely obey Yanhuang City in the future."
Seeing that he had subdued the Bazahai Sultan, Lin Fei wanted to find out what was in those flaming pottery jars, so he said, "I noticed that you have flaming pottery jars here. I wonder who made them? Can I meet the makers of these pottery jars?"
Sultan Bazahai nodded in agreement and asked someone to invite a craftsman. Not long after, a man in a Muslim robe came in. This man was in his forties or fifties, and his eyebrows and eyes looked a bit like those of a Chinese. Lin Fei tried to ask in Chinese, "Are you Chinese?"
When the man heard Lin Fei's Chinese, his eyes lit up. He looked at Lin Fei intently and asked in Chinese, "Are you Chinese too?"
Lin Fei stood up excitedly, walked up to the man, took his hand and said, "Yes, I am Chinese!"
The man said excitedly: "You are Chinese! I finally met my compatriots!"
Lin Fei hurriedly pulled the man to sit next to him and asked, "What's your name? Why are you here?"
The man said, "My name is Tao Ziqian. My family has been engaged in pottery making for generations. My ancestors lived in Guangdong, but corrupt officials left them with no way to make a living. So they went to Southeast Asia and came here to settle down."
When Sultan Bazahai saw Lin Fei and Tao Ziqian being so affectionate, he was puzzled for a moment and asked hurriedly, "You two know each other?"
Lin Fei smiled and said, "We are all Chinese. I want to go to Master Tao's workshop to take a look. Excuse me now ."
Sultan Bazahai agreed repeatedly. Lin Fei brought Master Tao out of the palace. When Sultan Bazahai's attendants went to find Master Tao, they had already told him Lin Fei's identity and what he had done. So Master Tao knew that Lin Fei was the Lord of Yanhuang City. Master Tao asked, "Lord, what's so interesting about going to my workshop?"
Lin Fei smiled and said, "I won't beat around the bush. I'll just tell you straight away. I want you to make ceramics for me."
Tao Ziqian was stunned and asked, "Firing ceramics? What do you want ceramics for?"
Lin Fei thought to himself that ceramics are an excellent material that is resistant to high temperatures and does not conduct electricity. They are widely used in heavy industry. For example, large generators need to use ceramics to make parts. However, Lin Fei felt that it was too troublesome to explain, so he said, "You will know the purpose of this in the future. By the way, what is the 'black water' you put in the pottery jar?"
Tao Ziqian replied: "We found that black water in the mountains. It is very similar to oil, but much more viscous than oil. We put the black water into a pottery jar, and then added quicklime, water, sulfur and other things to make a pottery jar that can burn."
Lin Fei's heart moved, thinking that these black waters sounded very similar to oil. Could it be that there was oil on this island? Lin Fei hurriedly said, "Master Tao, take me to see the black water!"
Tao Ziqian agreed and took Lin Fei to his workshop. There was a row of large barrels in the workshop. Tao Ziqian pointed at those barrels and said, "The black water is in those barrels."
Tao Ziqian opened the lid of the barrel and a faint fragrance wafted out. Lin Fei looked into the barrel and saw that it was full of black viscous liquid, which was the liquid gold he was familiar with - oil!
If the transportation industry is the blood vessels of modern industry, then oil is the blood of modern industry. As a fuel, oil is much more efficient than coal. The diesel and gasoline distilled from oil can also be used as fuel for internal combustion engines. With internal combustion engines, manufacturing cars, tanks, armored vehicles and even airplanes is no longer empty talk!
Oil is not only a fuel, but also a treasure trove of chemical raw materials. In modern industry, a large amount of chemical raw materials are extracted from oil. These raw materials can be used to manufacture important materials such as rubber and fertilizers.
Lin Fei was immersed in a beautiful imagination. Tao Ziqian saw that Lin Fei was in a daze and asked tentatively: "City Lord, City Lord, what's wrong with you? Why don't you speak?"
Lin Fei came back to his senses and said, "There is no time to lose. Let's go to the oil-producing area while it's still early."
Tao Ziqian took Lin Fei into the mountain. Lin Fei saw several large holes dug on the ground. Black oil flowed out of the holes and flowed into a huge pool. Tao Ziqian pointed at the pool and said, "We will store the black water there. When we need it, we will put it in barrels and transport it down the mountain."
Lin Fei nodded and thought to himself, "I'm so lucky. The oil reserves here are very shallow. You can find oil by digging any hole. The oil reserves in some oil fields are very deep and require large-scale drilling equipment to extract the oil! This oil field is easy to mine and can be used for my own benefit."
After Lin Fei finished looking at the situation of the oil, he arranged for the craftsmen to go to Yanhuang City. At this time, the Sultan sent someone to inform Lin Fei that a grand party would be held in the evening and invited Lin Fei and his subordinates to attend. Lin Fei readily agreed and sent people to bring the crew of the Pangu and Nuwa ships to the shore.
The two warships docked at the pier, and the sailors came down from the ships. When Liu Daming saw Lin Fei, he said, "Go and see Chiyo Mika."
Lin Fei suddenly remembered how Chiyo , and asked hurriedly, "Is there anything wrong with Mika?"
Liu Daming shook his head and said, "She asked us many times whether you had returned. It seemed that something important happened. As for what it was, she would not tell us no matter how we asked."
