Yang Jiawei leaned forward slightly and asked with concern: "What else do you know about this photo?"

Pang Jindong raised his head and looked at Yang Jiawei, smiled bitterly and said, "You should already know the answer, why bother asking me?"

Yang Jiawei quickly explained: "I just want to verify it!"

"My grandfather's four brothers successively joined the government army. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937, they all went to the front line. My grandfather was too young at the time, so he stayed at home to ensure the prosperity of the Pang family.

It can be continued. Before leaving, these four uncles of mine knew that they might not come back, so they left this photo as a souvenir. Later..." Pang Jindong's eyes returned to the photo and continued: "My

The eldest uncle and the third uncle were killed in battle, while the second uncle and the fourth uncle participated in the subsequent civil war. As a result, their side was completely defeated and was forced to go to the island across the strait..."

Seeing Pang Jindong stopped, Yang Jiawei urged: "Keep talking!"

"That's all I know!" Pang Jindong sighed, bringing out a lot of helplessness and emotion.

"You should at least know the names of your great-uncles, right?"

"do not know either!"

Yang Jiawei felt very strange: "You don't seem to be willing to talk about these things!"

"It's not that I don't want to talk about it, but I really don't know much, because when my elders were alive, they were very shy about this family past."

"I think your family should be proud of this history!"

"There should be a lot of things happening in this world, but in reality..." Yang Jiawei was born and raised abroad and didn't know much about domestic affairs many years ago, so Pang Jindong simply stated the reason: "It is precisely because of my two great-uncles

On the island across the strait, in a disaster more than 20 years ago, this became an unforgivable crime for our family..."

Yang Jiawei nodded: "So that's it!" He had also heard about that disaster. Although he didn't know the actual situation at that time, he could imagine how much suffering it had brought to Pang Jindong's family. He felt that Pang Jindong's elders did not want to talk about it.

And these are reasonable.

Pang Jindong added: "Of course, I didn't catch up with that era, I just heard some from my elders!"

"Not all what your elders said to you is right!"

Pang Jindong frowned and asked strangely: "What did you say?"

"Your fourth uncle, General Pang Wenlan, did not go to that island. Instead, he led his remaining army to retreat to the southwest, and finally left the country to the Golden Triangle area!"

"General?" Pang Jindong was a little surprised by this title because he remembered his grandfather once said that his fourth uncle was only in his twenties at that time and was still a student in the military academy.

"When they first arrived in Indochina, the defeated government there did not forget them and gave them a certain amount of help. They also promoted your uncle all the way to the rank of lieutenant general. Because these remnants of defeated soldiers can survive and survive.

To gain a foothold, your great-uncle made a great contribution."

Pang Jindong had heard about the remnants of the defeated army who had fled to foreign countries, but he had never thought that his family was related to this.

As for what Yang Jiawei said was different from what the elders in the family said, Pang Jindong didn't find it strange. The communication methods of that era were already very backward, and with the wars raging, relatives had long lost contact, so grandpa might have mistakenly

I thought my brother went to that island.

Pang Jindong's gaze when looking at the photo became a little silly at this time, as if he had penetrated history and returned to that era, feeling the legend of his family.

After a long time, Pang Jindong asked in a low voice: "How is my uncle?" As soon as the words came out, Pang Jindong found that his voice was choked.

"I haven't been doing well recently. I'm bedridden. After all, I am an old man in his nineties. Time may be running out..." Yang Jiawei said with a sad expression. Pang Jingdong could see that this careless guy had no regard for his great-uncle.

Have deep feelings.

"He commissioned you to find me?"

"Actually, General Pang has not forgotten to look for his relatives for decades, but due to various reasons, he has never been able to find you in the country."

"In the first few decades, the country was in a closed state. Not long after the reform and opening up, our family immigrated abroad again, and of course we couldn't find it." Pang Jindong bit his lip and sighed: "It's hard for this old man..."

"

"What's the saying? The Buddha pays off, right?! In the past few years, General Pang finally got the clue!"

Pang Jindong was too lazy to correct Yang Jiawei and asked: "What happened next?"

"Remember how much trouble you caused us back then!" Yang Jiawei said, his tone becoming teasing: "We collected all the information about you and found your girlfriend named Jin's house! After you entered, I

Just as I was about to kill you, our people called and said that your information exactly matched the grandnephew that General Pang was looking for. Although I was not completely sure, I still showed mercy!"

Pang Jindong was originally determined to forget the unpleasantness, but Yang Jiawei took the initiative to bring it up, which made Pang Jindong feel very uncomfortable. But when he heard that Yang Jiawei also mentioned Jin Lingling, Pang Jindong felt a little embarrassed.

Yang Jiawei noticed this complicated expression and was unwilling to miss this opportunity to tease Pang Jindong. He increased the intensity of his language: "You are really lucky!"

Faced with Yang Jiawei's offensive, Pang Jindong's counterattack was somewhat weak: "Why didn't you confess your identity with blood?"

"Because we have to go to other places immediately to perform tasks, there is no chance to do an appraisal for you, so we can only find another opportunity, and you can't run away anyway!" Yang Jiawei said this, his expression became serious: "I will look for you later.

As soon as you get the blood sample, go back and conduct a DNA comparison with General Pang, and the result proves that you are his grandnephew!"

"So, I should thank you!" Pang Jindong was quite emotional and didn't care about Yang Jiawei's ridicule. After so many years, there was news about his other relatives. I wonder if his parents and grandfather were still alive.

What a feeling.

"General Pang really wants to see you. I hope you have time to go to Changqing Mountain with me."

Since coming into contact with the Kokang Republican Army, Pang Jindong collected some relevant information and knew that Changqing Mountain is one of their bases. Therefore, Yang Jiawei's words reminded Pang Jindong of a question that he had just been submerged in emotion: "

What is the relationship between my great-uncle and your Kokang Republican Army?"

Yang Jiawei answered simply: "Your great-uncle is the soul of the Kokang Republican Army. Without him, there would be no Kokang Republican Army..."

Yang Jiawei told Pang Jindong that after the defeated three armies controlled the Golden Triangle for a period of time, there was an internal split and several groups went their separate ways. Pang Wenlan took a group of troops directly belonging to him to the Kokang area.

The remnant army must first establish a foothold on this land. Pang Wenlan successfully established good relations with the local Kokang and other ethnic groups and gained their support. Next, he had to solve the problem of survival, and he chose drugs without any suspense.

, using the money obtained from drugs to purchase weapons, equipment, food and other supplies.

Pang Wenlan could not abandon the remnant army and go to that island alone, let alone return to the motherland. In order for the remnant army to survive in a foreign country for a long time, he must continuously expand his strength.

On the one hand, Pang Wenlan recruited a large number of surrounding ethnic groups to join him. It didn't matter whether they were Bamar, Karen, or Kachin. As long as he had a good impression of the Chinese, he would accept all comers. In order to stabilize these foreign ethnic groups, he used various methods to treat these people.

The most important methods are to assimilate through intermarriage, and the other is to educate them with Chinese culture, which is more advanced and civilized than the indigenous culture.

The most important allies of the remnant army are those of the same ethnic group. Pang Wenlan absorbed a large number of Chinese from other regions, as well as domestic refugees who appeared in the local area due to various reasons. He even encouraged domestic border residents to defect to him. For the local Ming Dynasty survivors-the Kokang people

, he brought together the family members of the remnant army to conduct a series of marriages, and used the benefits that they could get more generously than other ethnic groups to attract them to join his army and drug production, and bundled the remnant army with the Kokang people, and gradually achieved the ultimate goal.

Completely integrated.

The Pang family is a well-known local family. Not only is their poetry and etiquette passed down to the family, but they also have extremely rich family assets. For several generations, they have been engaged in farming and business, and eventually accumulated many industries and businesses. Due to this condition of the family, the talented Pang Wenlan was lucky enough to

He received higher education. College students in those days were the real national elite, not as foolhardy and worthless as they are now. Moreover, Pang Wenlan had been in business before joining the army. He was a very business-minded person, both practical and incompetent.

Lack of theoretical cultivation.

He adopted a modern industrial production and management model for drug operations, and designed and established a complete production, transportation and sales system, which continues to this day. Compared with other large and small drug trafficking organizations entrenched in the Golden Triangle area, his scale is

Although it is not huge, the profit amount is unmatched by anyone, and even Kunsha admires it.

Human desires are constantly growing. After the problem of survival is solved, Pang Wenlan has political ambitions.

Other drug tycoons, such as Kun Sha, also have their own political demands, but either they just want to find a beautiful fig leaf for their drug business, or they just become a bandit who dominates the mountain. Pang Wenlan has rich political theory accomplishments

, and has a stronger spirit of nationalism.

So many years later, Pang Wenlan saw that the time was ripe, and raised the banner of the Kokang Republican Army, pursuing the complete independence of northern Myanmar and becoming a republic dominated by Chinese. At the same time, he persisted in the strategy of feeding the army with poison, and even engaged in

Some terrorist activities have taken place. Although this ideal has not yet been achieved, it has occupied a large area of ​​land, and the Myanmar government can do nothing about it.

Thinking that this one of the largest drug trafficking groups and armed forces in Asia was actually founded by his great-uncle, Pang Jindong couldn't help but take a breath. He didn't know whether he should be proud or worried about his future.

Yang Jiawei said: "In the past two years, General Pang's physical condition has become worse and worse, and now he has handed over power!"

"I don't care about this..." Pang Jindong shook his head and asked, "Does my uncle have any relatives or children over there?"

"Well..." Yang Jiawei smiled strangely and answered vaguely: "Yes, there are quite a few..."

Seeing Yang Jiawei's expression, Pang Jindong guessed something, but he still pretended not to know and forced Yang Jiawei to say it all: "I am very concerned about whether someone is taking care of my uncle, and I also want to know if I have any other uncles, aunts or cousins."

Brothers, cousins." With a long sigh, Pang Jindong said in a serious tone: "I originally thought that I had no relatives..."

Yang Jiawei hesitated for a moment and then said it. In fact, it was not a big deal, but he felt that it would be better for General Pang himself to say it.

Pang Wenlan was convinced that sufficient human resources were the foundation of all undertakings, so he encouraged his subordinates to have more children. The more children they had, the more rewards they would receive. In order to achieve this goal, he strictly prohibited women of Chinese descent from marrying foreigners.

At the same time, the Kokang Republican Army practiced polygamy and married a large number of women of different races. He himself set an example by marrying six wives of different nationalities and giving birth to eight children.

Since the economic conditions and quality of life of the Chinese are much better, Chinese women are unwilling to marry outside even if it is not prohibited, and women of other ethnic groups are still willing to marry Chinese. Coupled with Pang Wenlan's example, ordinary soldiers of the Kokang Republican Army can marry more than a dozen wives.

It is very common, and the population has increased significantly.

Pang Jindong couldn't help but said with some joy: "It turns out that I have eight uncles, uncles and aunts!"

"The person in charge of the affairs of the Republican Army now is General Pang's eldest son Pang Tianchong."

"How many children do they have? How many cousins ​​do I have?"

"Let's wait until you go to Changqing Mountain to talk about this!" Yang Jiawei didn't want to talk too much about Pang Wenlan's family life, and turned the topic back to the Kokang Republic Army itself: "General Pang may not see the establishment of the Kokang Republic in his lifetime.

.But we have accumulated enough strength, whether it is manpower, weapons and equipment or money. I believe that we will be done soon. General Pang's only wish now is to meet his lost relatives and their descendants!"

"It's a pity that all my elders have passed away..." Pang Jindong couldn't help but feel sad when he said this.

"Seeing you in person will fulfill General Pang's wish. When will you leave with me?"

"Go with you?" Pang Jindong shook his head and said helplessly: "You have also seen the situation here. I can't leave for a while!"
Chapter completed!