Chapter 157: To rot together
Facing these Chinese people who stood in front of Zhou Ming like a mountain Great Wall, and the soldiers behind who were frightened by the determination of these unarmed Chinese people, Toha felt a sense of powerlessness that was hopeless, just like the bunker defense line that was facing the Eastern people back then.
It seems that I am really old, and my courage becomes younger and younger as I get older. If I were thirty years ago, I was afraid that the hostility in my heart would be raised and I would directly order them all to be killed? No matter what international law he is, whoever blocks his way will kill him, but now, I can't make this decision no matter what.
Toha didn't think he was afraid of these unarmed Chinese people, he thought they could really threaten him, even if there was a Chinese missile ship parked on Sulun Port; he wouldn't be ruthless if he could provoke this anti-China and kill tens of thousands of Chinese people... But he is not the case now. He has been dictatorial for thirty years and has long regarded himself as the emperor of Indonesia. Since he is the emperor, he must consider a lot of things for this country.
Not to mention anything else, it is absolutely impossible to massacre other countries' ambassadors and citizens of other countries without reason!
Alas! I didn’t expect that China would have a hero like Zhou Ming.
So since I can't make a decision, it seems that this matter can only end here. Anyway, this matter is just the affairs of those Western consortiums and families, and it has nothing to do with me.
Tuoha sighed in his heart. Just as he was about to accept his fate and was about to say a few more words and then leave, he saw someone running over.
"President Toha, I am Li Zongrui, the head of the Li family. We Li Jia surrender to you!"
Li Zongrui's fat and round body came to Toha as if rolling directly on the ground, and crawled on the ground humbly and said: "Dear President Toha, please give up your hand and let us Chinese go and don't kill anyone anymore. Our Li family promises you that we will never cooperate with this Zhou Ming. Our Li family and all Chinese are willing to surrender to you!"
After Li Zongrui said that, he fell down there, and his entire fat body seemed to be beaten and pressed to the ground.
As Li Zongrui suddenly broke in and said this, everyone was stunned. Everyone stared at Li Zongrui kneeling on the ground, and they didn't realize what he was doing.
"President Toha, I beg you to spare us!" Li Zongrui said again.
"Haha!" Toha suddenly burst into laughter. He pointed at Li Zongrui and said loudly, "Did you see it? These are you Chinese, these are your Li family. They chose to surrender very smartly. What else do you want to do? Do you really want to die and force me to start a massacre like thirty years ago?"
Toha thought for a while and said, "Let me tell you one more thing. This time, in Sishui and Palembang, I have killed more than 100,000 Chinese people. I don't care about killing another Hongxi village."
Toha's threat awakened the most feared memories deep in the hearts of all Chinese people, making everyone panic and retreated and at a loss.
what to do?
Everyone subconsciously looked back at Zhou Ming, but at this time, Li Zongrui suddenly stood up again and said loudly: "What are you still thinking? Are you still expecting that Chinese to help us? He is just using us to want the wealth and connections we have built in Indonesia. Just like thirty years ago, they said they wanted to help us establish the country, but what happened? We were brutally massacred, and they patted their butts and left!"
"Why should we be at the mercy of others like this? If it weren't for him, how could we be massacred? Now we still have to defend him, then why not surrender to President Toha, at least he is the master of Indonesia! Let me say it again, our Li family is willing to surrender!"
Li Zongrui's loud shout echoed over Hongxi Village, like a dog with a broken back, so miserable and humble.
Originally, these Indonesian Chinese were just breathing a sigh of relief because of Zhou Ming's miraculous arrival and the shock of the missile washing the floor just now. Now, as Li Zongrui suddenly ran out of the way to express his surrender, he exhaled everyone's breath, and suddenly cried out of self-deprecation in the crowd.
"Ah! We Chinese in Indonesia are orphans that no one loves or wants. Everyone just wants to use us. So why do we insist on this? Even the Li family surrenders, we surrender, and we don't want to die! Please ask President Ha to spare us!"
Some people also advised Zhou Ming: "Mr. Zhou Ming, don't worry about us. I believe you will not be like that, but this is the life of Chinese Indonesians. We were destined from the first day we arrived here. No one can save us. We are like this in our lives. Whoever wants to kill me will kill me!"
Li Zonglin stood among these Chinese people. He was completely confused. He never thought that the hope and vitality just now lasted for only a few minutes, and then he became despair again.
how so?
Li Zonglin suddenly pushed away the crowd and stepped forward to grab Li Zongrui's collar, shouting at him: "Li Zongrui, look at what he has done?"
Faced with Li Zonglin's anger, Li Zongrui was startled at first, and then he yelled back: "What am I doing? Isn't this for you and the Li family? Do you really think that Zhou Ming can save us by coming here and saying a few words? Do you know that Indonesia is still Indonesia, and Toha is a person who controls the army. When that time, Zhou Ming saw that the situation is wrong, he patted his butt and left, and we are still suffering!"
Immediately afterwards, he yelled at Li Zonglin in a low voice: "And why should we help Zhou Ming? If he saved these Chinese today, then he would be the god and idol believed in by all Chinese people, and he would become the leader of the Chinese clan in Southeast Asia, but that is the privilege of our Li family. Only our Li family is the absolute leader of all Chinese people in Southeast Asia! So I must not let him succeed!"
Li Zonglin's body shook, looking at his second brother in disbelief. Facing what he said, he didn't know how to refute it. Finally, he only squeezed out one sentence: "But then we have to have a little bottom line. We can win just now!"
Li Zongrui slapped Li Zonglin hard in the face and roared at him: "You should be more aware of what kind of bullshit victory, where is there any victory? Do you think these people can win? Look at the opposite side, it is Toha's army, with guns in his hand, and we will all be massacred with just one order, just like thirty years ago, but what about us? Do you expect us to see them to death?"
"Don't be so stupid anymore!" Li Zongrui said, "Originally, the things that are brought by Zhou Ming are the disaster star for our Li family and even the entire Southeast Asian Chinese. If it weren't for him, how could we have encountered such suffering? Now he relies on the Chinese ambassador to protect him and is afraid of him. He wants to take advantage of the opportunity to win people's hearts and replace our Li family as the leader of Southeast Asian Chinese. I tell you, I will not let him succeed!"
Li Zongrui said, his face became ferocious: "The 48 surnames in Nanyang have only one leader like our Li family from the past to the present to the future! I can do anything to keep this!"
"You think our Li family stands tall in Southeast Asia, because of our strong wealth and the status of the head of the Chinese clan in Southeast Asia. As long as Zhou Ming is driven away, our Li family will still be the Li family. Just ask him to give him some money. But if Zhou Ming succeeds, it will be impossible to say anything. Do you understand that I do this for the Li family!"
What Li Zongrui roared was his own words. He had been hiding upstairs in his own Zen room praying since the Li family mansion was captured.
Of course, the so-called prayer is just this. In fact, he is just lying on the cushion and trembling. The screams and cries of Chinese people outside and the smug laughter of Indonesians made him shake more powerfully. In the end, he even lies in the corner with his cushion.
But that's it. When the missile strikes, he is the least affected.
Originally, Li Zongrui thought it was a bombardment from the Indonesian military, so he tried his best to dig in the corner, as if he wanted to hide in the corner. Later, when Zhou Ming brought people over, he realized that it was someone who came to save them.
Li Zongrui felt relieved. Looking at the shadows of the Indonesians crying and running away, he knew that he had saved his life.
This Chinese man seems to be a little capable, so I should thank him very much.
Li Zongrui thought so at first, but then when he saw all the Chinese kneeling beside him, crying and thanking him for telling him about his pain and gratitude, Li Zongrui's heart was raised again.
Because he saw a Chinese star.
This is a good thing, but it is not for the Li family. Li Zongrui knew very well that the Li family could stand in Southeast Asia for two hundred years, not only relying on its own strong wealth, but also relying on the support of other Chinese clans. It is precisely because of this that no matter what the Chinese in Southeast Asia do, it must be the favor of the Li family. However, what Zhou Ming is doing now is destroying this.
If Zhou Ming wins the hearts of these Chinese clans and lets them cooperate with him, and if they have just abandoned the New Asian Bank, it is very likely that the support for the Li family will become less and less in the future, and the Li family will become weaker and weaker. Instead, Zhou Ming will rise in Southeast Asia and finally compete with the Li family.
This is absolutely not allowed!
Li Zongrui yelled in his heart. He was thinking about what he should do to save it, but he still felt that he should keep a little face and do it secretly?
But then when Toha brought the army over and when all the Chinese spontaneously used their flesh and blood to help Zhou Ming block Tha's gun, Li Zongrui knew that if he stopped doing anything, he would really not be able to recover the situation.
Damn Zhou Ming, since our Li family has not done good deeds, you don’t want to do it well. If it is bad, everyone will be bad together!
With this idea, Li Zongrui rushed out of the Li family mansion. Without everyone's response, he fell in front of Toha to express his surrender.
Li Zongrui knew these Chinese clans very well. They just forced themselves to breathe a sigh of relief. As long as he surrendered first and vented their breath, everything would return to the starting point.
Chapter completed!