Ping Qiusheng
Ping Qiusheng is Ping Qiusheng is a strategically ambitious and resourceful figure whose primary mission revolves around expanding imperial influence through trade, espionage, and diplomatic maneuvering. As part of a broader geopolitical operation orchestrated by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, he specializes in forging land deeds and managing complex logistical ventures, particularly in Southeast Asia—focusing on regions like Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand to secure strategic trade routes and resources. His expedition aims not only to exploit local opportunities but also to position China as a dominant power in the region by leveraging forged documents, alliances with local elites, and the promotion of Chinese goods and pharmaceutical products (such as plague-preventing powders) to foster economic dependency. While initially
Context from Novel
"Chapter 984 - The Southeast Asia Company The land deed transfer procedures were forged by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. Among the clerks retained from various county yamen, there were quite a few experts at creating fake documents and deeds. After forgery, the documents were sent to Guangdong, where Lin Baiguang's personnel arranged for several people impersonating "original landlords" to formally process transfer procedures at each county yamen. Local officials generally knew what was going"
"Chapter 985 - Sailing South to Hue "Once Operation Engine officially starts, I can go to Japan," Ping Qiusheng thought. Regretfully abandoning his Japan trading delegation plan, he concentrated all his energy on preparing for the Southeast Asia expedition. The main objectives of Ping Qiusheng's planned expedition were the Indochinese Peninsula regions—present-day Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand, not involving current Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia. This was because the Planning Commiss"
"Chapter 986 - Cam Ranh Bay Even from the ships, one could see the series of fortresses the Nguyen had built along the coastline. Particularly at strategic sea-land junctions and locations suitable for ship anchorage, Nguyen-built fortresses were everywhere. Many were European-style, and though they showed obvious "knockoff" characteristics in both scale and materials, there was no denying that the Nguyen's "Westernization" in military thought and technology was far more aggressive than the Great"
"Chapter 987 - Champa Before departing, Ping Qiusheng made certain to capture several close-up photographs of Cam Ranh Bay with his 500D camera. "If only I had a wide-angle lens—I'll have to stitch these together when I get back." He paused to catch his breath, then surreptitiously trained his telephoto lens on Zhao Xue from the long-range survey team. She had donned a one-piece swimsuit to move more freely aboard the small boat. Zhao Xue was not conventionally beautiful, and her modest pullover"
"Chapter 988 - Prey Nokor Along the way, Ping Qiusheng patiently worked on Quark, hoping to make his meaning clear: the slave trade need not be confined to the Bantam region. Whether Southeast Asian or fair-skinned varieties, the transmigrator group would welcome all comers. As for how to procure more slaves—that was entirely a matter of Quark's own methods. Before they even entered the city, Quark was already eyeing the roadside refugees and seeing rolling silver coins and precious commodities."
Appearances
Appears in chapters: 985, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990, 991, 992, 1012, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1229, 1418, 2348, 2383.