War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Southeast Asia, Kalimantan.

Zhu Qiongying was sitting in the palace of the Brunei King in a daze. Just a year ago, she could only wander around Southeast Asia with the troupe, sleeping in the open air and being bullied by others.

Life is hard, but the class teacher is a good person and the sisters take good care of her. It's just that the sky has unforeseen circumstances, and people have misfortunes and blessings.

While performing on stage, a sister was molested by a drunkard, and the class leader stepped in to drive the drunken away. This was a common thing, and no one took it to heart at first.

But he didn't expect that the drunkard had a good background and was actually the domestic slave of Mr. Lanfang. The class leader and the sisters packed up their things overnight and prepared to escape, but they were still a step too late and were stopped as soon as they left the sea.

The leader was the drunkard that day. When the class leader came to negotiate, he was killed and thrown into the sea.

"If you are wise, follow me back. When my brothers and I are angry, we will let you go. Otherwise, this is what will happen!" The drunkard laughed wildly. His name was Gu Peng, one of the two generals of the Gu family. Those who are harsh will be repaid.

Gu Peng's words are naturally lies, but he succeeds every time, because people who come to Nanyang to seek life often have no way out. Falling into desperate situations again at this time often leads to people's inner collapse and choosing to accept the situation.

Moreover, what Gu Peng said was not all lies. This is the territory of Lanfang Company. With his identity, he can kill a few foreigners and then accuse him of any crime and no one will pursue him. Moreover, because he is Gu Shishan, the eldest son of the Gu family. No one dared to investigate what he had done.

However, the troupe are people who make a living by performing arts. They have seen too many right and wrong and unpredictable people, and no one believes what the water bandits say.

The world is tough, and it takes courage to survive, and these delicate women just have it.

"Uncle, what do you think of me?" A beautiful woman said with a smile. She was the "eldest sister" in the troupe. Although she usually bullied others, she stood up at this time.

Gu Peng swallowed his saliva immediately when he saw the woman.

"Not bad, not bad, quite fresh and interesting. Haha!"

The thugs around him also started laughing.

"Then you come here and I will take care of you. How about you let our sisters live?" the woman continued.

Gu Peng laughed wantonly, and suddenly there was a gunshot, and a blood flower exploded from the woman's chest, slowly blooming on her white shirt, and the hairpin in her hand fell off.

Without waiting for the drunkard's instructions, other thugs jumped on the boat to grab money and people. The other women on the boat had no time to grieve or think too much, and immediately jumped into the water in different directions to escape.

Of course, only a handful of people could escape from the clutches of the devil, and only Zhu Qiongying swam to the shore alive.

Zhu Qiongying breathed a sigh of relief, and from that day on she decided to take revenge.

But it is not easy for a helpless woman to seek revenge. She can only wait for the opportunity. When Zhu Qiongying heard that Nan Mingqiu's reinforcements had finally arrived, she knew what she should do.

Although Zhu Qiongying has never attended a private school, she has learned a lot of knowledge and principles by singing opera every day.

Then came that extremely embarrassing meeting. When she saw Franz and Friedrich, she was a little confused and thought, "Why are the barbarian chiefs just children?"

Later, when Franz communicated with Zhu Qiongying in Chinese and took out a box of jade seals, she finally couldn't stand it anymore and fainted.

When Zhu Qiongying woke up, she found that the other party had already formulated a complete plan. Coupled with her understanding of Nanyang, she made some corrections to the plan.

The two talked for a long night, and Franz left some money and weapons and left. Afterwards, she boarded a sailboat selling piglets. After killing two human traffickers, she made an impassioned speech, and those people kowtowed to her like crazy.

Conquered Zhao Tianyuan and Heshun Company on Natuna Island, and then defeated several local kings on Kalimantan Island one after another. At this moment, Zhu Qiongying was in the palace of the once most powerful indigenous king on Kalimantan. She was still holding the jade seal given to her by Franz in her hand. Everything seemed like a lifetime ago.

To be honest, Zhu Qiongying didn't know what an emperor should look like, but she imitated the appearance in the drama and demanded herself. At this time, most of the officials of Nanming had never seen what the noble man looked like, but almost none of them had not read the play.

Zhu Qiongying's appearance just matched their imagination of a nobleman, so the theory of Nanming orthodoxy came into being.

The Nanming Empire seems to have been established in this way. Not long ago, the Dagang Company in Pontianak also sent an envoy to express its willingness to surrender. Only the Lanfang Company still relied on the power of the Dutch to resist.

However, the Dutch's attitude towards the Nanming Empire has suddenly changed dramatically recently, from hostility to cooperation.

At this time, a white man with a hooked nose stood under her royal steps. He was the envoy of the East India Company.

"Her Royal Highness the Queen of the Nanming Empire, I am the envoy of the British East India Company, and my name is William Hawke. First of all, I would like to congratulate you on occupying the city of Brunei. It only took you one year to become the largest Chinese force in Nanyang. It’s really gratifying to be the leader.”

William Hawke was a China expert, but he didn't have much respect for this ancient Eastern country, especially after that war, which made him more certain of its barbaric and weak nature.

But the woman in front of me is an exception. In other words, the British are more or less in awe of the combination of pirates and queens.

But more importantly, the army under her command was fanatical and well-disciplined despite its backward equipment.

This is undoubtedly a terrifying army.

Zhu Qiongying most often plays martial arts students and niche students on stage, so she always has a heroic spirit. She didn't like the British, but she knew that Britain was the most powerful maritime country in the world at this time.

"Mr. Messenger, you are not just here to congratulate me."

William Hawke smiled and immediately took out a scroll.

"Her Royal Highness, we are willing to recognize you and your Nanming, but you must also guarantee British interests in Brunei and accept the treaty signed by the King of Brunei."

Zhu Qiongying raised her eyebrows slightly, and she knew that the British guy was up to no good. The Brunei King sent people to harass Nanming's territory several times before, but she only dared to retaliate after the British warships left the port.

It’s just that I didn’t expect the Brunei native king to be so inexperienced. After the two sides fought a few battles, the natives chopped off their native king and surrendered.

Although the overall situation was decided at this time, Zhu Qiongying was still unwilling to break up with the British, so she took a look at the treaty.

In fact, the British do not have many interests in Brunei, and the treaties are just some agreements on free trade and port leases.

But there were terms she couldn't agree to.

"This opium," Zhu Qiongying muttered.

William Hawke cursed secretly, "Damn big smoker, you gave me a false alarm."

"Don't worry, Her Majesty the Queen. We will not interrupt the supply of opium to Kalimantan, and I guarantee that the opium supplied to you in the future will be of the highest quality."

(Pangong Tu is the opium produced in Bangladesh and is considered the best drug.)

Zhu Qiongying shook her head.

"Why, do you like golden flower soil? The taste is really strong." William Hawke said with a lewd smile.

(Jinhuatu is the opium produced in the Ottoman Empire. It is said to have aphrodisiac and aphrodisiac effects.)

"No, I want to end the opium trade. That's the bottom line."