Tietoutuo and Tang Lei were the leaders of the Heavenly Veterans Support South American Legion formed by Xiao Letian, and they shined in the Battle of Iquique.
Nowadays, the Iquique region in South America is basically an autonomous region of the Chinese. Of course, the sovereignty still belongs to Chile, but the economy has been completely controlled by the Chinese.
This South American port has become the largest exporter of gold, silver and non-ferrous minerals in South America. It is also an importer of Asian goods, and its commerce and trade is very developed.
These legions of the Kingdom of Heaven are also retained in the form of militia groups. Some of them retain some designations in the Chilean regular army, and most of the rest are hidden among the people.
The most important task that Tietoutuo and Tang Lei have been responsible for in recent years is to help the Chinese solve the problem of the shortage of precious metals and non-ferrous minerals.
This is a long-standing problem that has plagued China. China has been a region short of gold and silver since ancient times, and the output of gold and silver mines and non-ferrous metals is very low.
Most of them are concentrated within the Himalayan impact plate, but the geography there is too complicated, the ethnic issues are also very difficult, and the mining difficulty is unimaginable, so it cannot be used in a short time.
This is a very serious problem that restricts China. Unlike oil, as long as the Chinese control the Brunei oil fields, they will have no worries about using them in a short time.
Gold, silver and non-ferrous metals can currently only be imported from North and South America, and South America is the most important place of origin.
Tietoutuo and Tang Lei were not in South America, but they came to Asia and secretly lurked to the Nicobar Islands. What on earth were they doing?
Jin Sanshun didn't dare to speak or ask, so he listened honestly.
After listening to Liu Lang's introduction, people understood the far-reaching nature of Xiao Letian's strategic plan.
After Liu Lang and King Yi spent their initial stage in the Chinese clan and fought in the first European war, that is, after helping Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War, the two began to discuss self-exile.
King Yi stayed in Europe without saying anything. With the help of Prussia, he could build a European intelligence network bit by bit.
But Liu Lang was not with King Yi. Xiao Letian saw that he couldn't persuade them both, so he could only arrange some new jobs for them.
Liu Lang's main task was actually to stay anonymous in the name of doing business in the Kingdom of Siam, which is today's Thailand, and began to expand his power.
The base of Liu Lang's secret force is in Wanlun, and the locals call it Surat Thani!
In fact, Xiao Letian's strategy is very clear, which is to drive a nail into the Kra Isthmus, and Liu Lang is this important nail.
There may be no hope of building the Kra Isthmus within a hundred years, but Xiao Letian knows very well that preparations must be made today even if it is built two hundred years from now.
Because the Strait of Malacca will definitely become an arterial throat of the Chinese economy in the future, and it will easily be choked by foreign devils!
It would be so sad if the national strategy did not have a 100-year or even 200-year plan!
Of course, the centenary plan cannot be completed by Xiao Letian's generation. Giving Liu Lang such a task actually means letting him enjoy his old age in peace, just to enjoy the blessings.
It is simply too easy to use the power of the Chinese to help Liu Lang become a rich man, a big landowner, a big businessman, a big consortium...
Liu Lang will definitely not be able to complete the task of excavating the Kra Isthmus in this life, but he can lay a good foundation for future generations.
Let the Chinese secretly set up associations in the British colonies and slowly control the local political economy and even military lifeline. God knows when it will be useful?
Liu Lang is really a talented general, he is worthy of being a veteran of the Kingdom of Heaven. In just a few years, his power has become the largest gang in southern Siam.
There are no less than 100,000 men hidden among the people who can be mobilized. Among them, the best of the best actually have 10,000 combat troops, who are usually hidden as ordinary people.
Of course, Xiao Letian would not use such a force. During this Hidden Dragon trip, Liu Lang helped Xiao Letian open up a very secret forward position, which is the Nicobar Islands.
The Nicobar Islands are located in the south of the Andaman Islands, very close to the channel leading to the entrance of the Strait of Malacca. Europeans and Asians discovered this archipelago very early.
But the strange thing is that no one has ever developed this island.
For thousands of years from ancient times to the present, no dynasty has developed this place, not even immigrants. The reason is that this island is too barren and full of savages.
These savages were what anthropologists later named them, the Sentinelese! There is an island in this archipelago named after these savages, Sendinar Island!
There are many records in ancient China about this island. Some are called the Kingdom of Naked People, and some are called the Kingdom of Yantuo Barbarians. Many records say that the savages here are good at hunting outsiders with poisonous needles.
The cannibals are not civilized, the island is not large and not suitable for farming, and no one has ever investigated the mineral deposits. The economic value here is almost zero.
Britain began to establish a foothold in the northern part of the Andaman Islands in 1789, and since then declared the two islands as British colonies.
But no development has been carried out, it is just a colony marked on the map!
In 1857, the seventh year of Xianfeng's reign, a riot broke out in India against the British. After the suppression, the Andaman Islands were used as a penal colony for prisoners.
But the Nicobar Islands are still deserted, and even the exiled prisoners are unwilling to go there. It is said that as long as a ship docks, these savages will attack them with poisonous arrows.
Until Liu Lang came here, Liu Lang sent many martial artists to sneak into the island and steal the poisons commonly used by these savages. After sending them back to China, with the help of the CIA's powerful network, he actually found more than a dozen masters of traditional Chinese medicine.
Even Dr. Huang's uncle once made suggestions, and more than a dozen experts in traditional Chinese medicine finally formulated the antidote.
At this point, Liu Lang began to build the Nicobar Islands, secretly setting up a secret base behind the British.
Those savages don't even wear clothes and don't know the language outside, so they won't leak the secrets. This island is the secret center of Xiao Letian's entire plan, and all conspiracies are aimed at it.
Xiao Letian not only wanted to hide in Mauritius, but also went deeper and came to this secret base, a place that even Wang Huaiyuan didn't know!
Just as Liu Lang was introducing the situation, bursts of gunshots and many howling sounds suddenly came from the north of the island.
After a while, a small group of soldiers came back. The leader led two tied savages, and the muzzle of the rifle in his hand was still smoking.
"Report to the head of state! I captured two alive... I followed your order and did not pursue them. I just wounded them and dispersed them. Try not to cause too many murders!"
"These savages came in canoes from the northern island...hiding in the bushes and blowing poison needles at us!"
"The two brothers won the bid and have already applied the antidote ointment and taken the antidote..."
Liu Lang laughed and said, "The head of state... these two are my right-hand men, one civil and one military. Let me introduce them to you..."
