African Nationhood

Chapter 152 Changes in Dongwanlu (Part )
  August 1884, 8, East Wanlu City, Borneo.

Zhong Yilin, who was dressed in plain clothes, looked at the setting sun outside the window boredly. Next to him sat a woman with a peony bun and also wearing plain clothes.

This woman is his newlywed wife Liu Wanying. Liu is 14 years old this year. She has a baby face, big eyes, and baby fat on her face.

She also has a dimple on the right side of her face. When she smiles, in addition to the dimple, small tiger teeth will appear.

Zhong Yilin is very satisfied with his wife.

The two have been married for several months and their relationship is very harmonious.

Before her marriage, Liu Wanying was locked up in the Governor's Mansion all day long and had not seen much of the outside world.

After marrying Zhong Yilin, her horizons were opened, and she learned a lot about the Qing Dynasty and Southwest Africa through her husband's mouth.

Liu Wanying also thought about traveling to Southwest Africa with her husband, but Zhong Yilin had responsibilities, so the two were unable to make the trip.

……

At the beginning of August, Liu Asheng didn't know what happened, so he insisted on going to the newly opened port in Pontianak to inspect. He didn't want to get sick and stay awake due to high fever.

Zhong Yilin got the news and rushed there quickly. Everyone said there was no cure.

Zhong Yilin boldly made the decision and presented aspirin, a new drug developed by Johnson & Johnson.

The effect of this medicine was so powerful that Liu Asheng's remaining breath was suddenly lifted back.

When everyone saw that Liu Asheng was awake and in good spirits, they thought he was safe and hurriedly sent him back to Dongwanlu City.

Who knew that just a few days later, Liu Asheng fell into a high fever coma again.

At this time, feeding aspirin did not work anymore, and instead, I suffered from diarrhea while in a coma.

At this point, the Liu family and the leaders of other families in the city gave up hope on Liu Asheng's condition.

……

It was at this time that rumors suddenly spread in the city that there was something wrong with Zhong Yilin's medicine of Nanhua Company and that he was planning to murder the chief executive.

After Liu Enguan learned of this statement, he remained silent.

On the contrary, after hearing this rumor, Zhong Yilin's newlywed wife Liu Wanying ignored Liu Asheng's unconsciousness and needed to rest.

Directly in the Governor's Mansion, in front of the heads of various companies and officials of the Governor's Mansion, he asked sternly who had the ulterior motive to drive a wedge between Lanfang Company and Nanhua Company?
  Liu Enguan was disgusted when he saw his daughter reacting so fiercely while his son-in-law Zhong Yilin remained silent.

He stood up and stopped his daughter from making noise, and then said to everyone: "Nanhua Company is my Liu family's in-laws, and the medicine given by my good husband is a life-saving medicine. You must not listen to rumors. At this time, the health of the general manager should be your top priority. "

……

Liu Enguan's words had no effect, and the rumors in the city remained.

Regardless of his wife's objections, Zhong Yilin forcibly took his wife back to the manor outside the city and thanked the guests behind closed doors.

Within a few days, news came out in the city that Liu Asheng had passed away.

Then Zhong Yilin's eldest uncle, Liu Chuncheng, came to the manor outside the city and asked Zhong Yilin to go to the city to discuss his grandfather's funeral.

Zhong Yilin confessed to Zeng Ze who had sneaked in secretly, and then entered the city with hundreds of guards armed with live ammunition.

When I entered the city, I found that every place was on guard and the situation in the city was a bit dangerous.

As Zhong Yilin walked, he wondered what Liu Enguan was thinking now. If he launched a sudden attack, should he just kill him?

Liu Wanying, on the other hand, had a heavy heart and hoped that no fratricide would happen.

……

The couple had different thoughts. After arriving at the chief minister's house, the couple first laid incense sticks on Liu Asheng, and then changed into mourning clothes.

Zhong Yilin observed Liu Enguan and found that Liu's new talker did not show any abnormality.

He felt more at ease, and then sat with his wife in the hall of the Governor's Mansion to listen to Liu Enguan presiding over the funeral meeting.

……

Zhong Yilin had been prepared for Liu Asheng's death. Commissioner Ouyang had told him and Zeng Ze when he left before that they should be prepared for Liu Asheng's death and the Dutch advance.

Therefore, after learning about Liu Asheng's death and rumors flying all over the city, Zhong Yilin returned directly to the manor outside the city to thank the guests behind closed doors, just to sit back and watch the fight between the tigers.

But he wants to meditate, but others don't want him to settle down.

During the closed period, every family in the city sent people to greet them. They said they were greetings, but they were secretly communicating, just in case. Liu Wanying was quite dissatisfied with this after learning about it, but she knew that her husband-in-law represented not the Liu family, but the interests of Nanhua Company.

The heads of each family came to contact just for self-protection, hoping to save the family when the building was about to collapse.

On the other hand, Liu's suspicion was based on nothing, which was chilling.

Later, when Zeng Ze arrived, Liu Wanying found out that he also brought a large number of weapons and equipment, which shocked her even more.

She once secretly asked her husband what he thought of the Liu family. Since Zhong Yilin had a secret, he would not reveal his true intentions to his wife. He only comforted his wife to protect himself.

Liu Wanying was quite skeptical about this, but she could not shake her husband's will and kept lamenting to herself.

……

Today was said to be a discussion about funeral arrangements, but in fact there was nothing about funeral arrangements. Instead, Liu Enguan delivered a speech in front of everyone.

The content is nothing more than maintaining the old system in the city without any changes.

As soon as I heard these words, I knew that Liu Enguan was shouting to the leaders of each family in order to maintain his position as chief, hoping that each family would continue to support him.

Zhong Yilin felt nothing about this and just hoped that the meeting would end as soon as possible.

That's why he looked out the window in boredom, and suddenly felt someone tugging on his clothes.

He turned around and found his wife winking at him, and he came to his senses.

Looking in the direction indicated by his wife, he saw Liu Enguan's smiling face.

The smile on this middle-aged man's face was purely harmless. He must have noticed that his son-in-law had been distracted before, so he smiled and repeated the previous question.

"Xian son-in-law, our business will continue as usual in the future, okay?"

Zhong Yilin reacted and forced a smile, "Well, it's good as usual. My eldest brother has always told me that peace is the most important thing in everything. As long as both families can make a profit, we should maintain it."

With Zhong Yilin's words, everyone present laughed.

Liu Wanying felt relieved, fearing that her husband would say, "I don't agree," and the two families would have to fight if they didn't.

“Representative Zhong said it well, ‘peace is the most important thing’!”

“We all listen to the words of the President and Representative Zhong, ‘peace is the most important thing’!”

"It's good to continue doing business. Nanhua Company's products are of good quality and sufficient. We should continue to do business."

……

The leaders of the families only said these few words, nothing new.

Then Liu Enguan announced the funeral arrangements for Liu Asheng in public, and the funeral was scheduled to take place three days later. At that time, the whole city would mourn the former chief.

Since there was no conflict between the Liu family and Zhong Yilin from Nanhua Company, everyone nodded in agreement.

Then Liu Enguan held a banquet in the Governor's Mansion to entertain everyone.

Because there was a funeral, there was no drinking or dancing at the banquet.

Everyone had a very dull meal. After the dinner, Zhong Yilin said goodbye.

Liu Enguan tried to persuade him to stay, but Zhong Yilin refused to stay at the chief minister's house.

Therefore, the couple left the city safely under the protection of the guards. When Zhong Yilin and his wife disappeared into the night, Liu Enguan looked at the night and let out a long sigh of relief.

Now that Nanhua Company's attitude is clear, what should the Dutch do?
  ……

When Zeng Ze saw Zhong Yilin and his wife returning safely, he felt relieved. Then he took Zhong Yilin and asked about the attitude of the Liu family in the city.

After listening to Zhong Yilin's narration, Zeng Ze also breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Liu family is quite mean. They don't dare do anything to you when you show up at their door. I'm afraid the Dutch won't be as easy to talk to as us."

Zhong Yilin nodded, "It should be difficult for the Liu family. It depends on when the Dutch take action. Anyway, we promise not to take action first.

By the way, who will the company send this time? "

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