1850 American Gold Tycoon

"There's no need to say more polite words. Tell me about the current situation on Borneo Island." Liang Yao went straight to the point.

"Very critical."

Wang Jia first briefly summarized the current situation on Borneo Island to Liang Yao, and then gave a detailed explanation.

"There are many forces on the island of Borneo, but at their root, they are nothing more than the local chiefdom, our Chinese company, the Dutch East India Company, and the British infiltrated in the Kuching area of ​​Sarawak. The British representative is James Sir Sir Brooke, I told Mr. Liang about this in my letter."

According to Wang Jia, the Chinese on Borneo are currently mainly huddled in several settlements in the west of the island and in the Pontianak and Sarawak areas in the northwest.

Since there is no fundamental conflict of interest between the Chinese, the British, and the local chiefdoms, the relationship between these three forces is relatively relaxed.

The local Sudanese chiefdom used the Chinese to mine minerals and develop the land, and regularly collected some fees in return.

As for the British. The local chiefdoms, mainly Sultan Omar Ali of Brunei, were worried that the Chinese would become powerful on the island of Borneo, so they introduced British influence and wanted to use the British to contain the Chinese.

At the same time, Brunei hoped that while containing the Chinese, Brunei could avoid the fate of being annexed by the Dutch East India Company.

After all, the southern and eastern areas of Borneo Island were either directly annexed by the Dutch East India Company at this time, or became a protectorate of the Dutch East India Company.

This made Bruneians uneasy and hoped that the British could prevent the Dutch East India Company from annexing Brunei.

The move by Brunei Sultan Omar Ali was successful, but not entirely successful.

The reason for its success was that it attracted the British into the country and did not allow Brunei to be annexed by the Dutch East India Company.

The reason for the failure was that most of Brunei's territory eventually became a British colony.

This is also the reason why there were three countries on one island in Borneo (Kalimantan) in later generations.

Except for the 5,765 square kilometers of land on the island that still belongs to Brunei (the island of Kalimantan covers an area of ​​30,000 square kilometers, slightly larger than Qinghai Province in China), most of the territory of Borneo Island is owned by Malaysia and Indonesia.

Later, the territory of Malaysia, a former British colony, on the island of Borneo, also known as East Malaysia, is the territory of Brunei today, covering an area of ​​190,000 square kilometers.

As for the remaining part of the island of Borneo, it became the territory of Indonesia, a former Dutch colony.

The division of borders between countries on the island of Borneo is also a microcosm of the colonial era in the 19th century.

The Sultan of Brunei, Omar Ali, is indeed a little too arrogant. He actually thinks that he can take advantage of the British, and he does not consider how much he has.

"How many Chinese are there in total on the island of Borneo? Based on the Dagang Company and the 12th Company, how many Dingkou are there in the current control area?"

After understanding the specific situation on Borneo Island, Liang Yao asked about the issue he was most concerned about, which was the Chinese population on Borneo Island and the population that Wang Jia, Liu Shanbang and others could directly control.

“We don’t know exactly how many Chinese there are on the island of Borneo. However, many Chinese on the island of Borneo are concentrated in West Borneo, with about 50,000 people.

Among them, 20,000 people are under the orders of our Dagang Company and the 12th Company, and the remaining 30,000 people are controlled by Liu Shoushan, a traitor from Lanfang Company, and his son-in-law Ye Tingfan. The ghost beats our own family members and cuts off our heads to take credit from the red-haired ghost.

He's more ruthless than the fucking red-haired ghost! Even the mother-in-law and children are not spared! "

Liu Shanbang, a Hakka from Lufeng, Guangdong, who is tall and strong and has his braid rolled around his neck, gets very angry when he mentions Lanfang Company.

In the early 19th century, in order to monopolize the mining industry in Borneo, the Dutch colluded with the indigenous Sudan to repeatedly attack the territory of Chinese companies.

However, the fighting power of the indigenous sultans was impressive, and they were all defeated by the Chinese armed forces.

After using the indigenous Sudanese force to expel the Chinese failed, the Dutch East India Company turned to economic penetration, political inducement, and bribery to deal with the Chinese autonomous regime.

Liu Taier, the sixth general manager of Lanfang Company, was the first to be seduced by the Dutch to rebel, and he and the senior management of Lanfang Company sold out the rights and interests of the Chinese company. Lan Fang then became an accomplice of the Dutch, often sending troops to help the Dutch attack other Chinese companies.

This is also the reason why after the Dutch-Chinese War of 1850-1854, only the Lanfang Company among the Chinese companies was able to survive until the 1880s.

During the four-year Dutch-Chinese War, Lanfang Company executives, headed by Liu Shoushan, the eleventh president of the Lanfang Company, sided with the Dutch East India Company and provided the Dutch with the Dagang Company and the 12th Company. They even sent troops to cooperate with the Dutch East India Company's troops to attack the territories of these Chinese companies.

The Dutch East India Company government agreed to retain the independence of the Lanfang Republic until Liu Shoushan died of illness.

From the moment in 1823, Liu Taiergan, the sixth president of the Lanfang Company, acted as a hawk for the Dutch-Indian colonial government and came forward to suppress other local compatriots.

At this time, the Lanfang Republic had changed, deviating from the original intention of Chen Lanbo and Luo Fangbo to establish Lanfang.

"Indeed, as Liu Xiongtai said, the form of Borneo is in danger! The cities we have are only Luyi (Montaradu) and Shilongmen! If Mr. Liang doesn't take action! Even Luyi, Shilong Gate can no longer be defended! Once Luyi and Shilong Gate are breached, all men, women, old and young in the city will be enslaved and made to be eaten by mermaids!"

Wang Jia said with tears in his eyes. After speaking, Wang Jia even knelt down directly to Liang Yao.

Liang Yao is Wang Jia's last life-saving straw and the only one who has hope of directly helping them.

Liu Shanbang also recounted the atrocities committed by Liu Shoushan and the Dutch-Indian colonial government in West Borneo.

Taking people as slaves, raping people, beheading people and abandoning their bodies are all routine operations.

In order to please the Dutch, Liu Shoushan's son-in-law even sent people to capture beautiful yellow-flowered girls and send them to Batavia for the Dutch to have sex with, and selected the strong ones to work as free labor for the Dutch, in order to please the Dutch and Indian colonial government, hoping to use the Dutch People's support consolidates his dominance in Lanfang Company.

What Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang said was true. The Dutch-Chinese War on the island of Borneo was about to enter its fourth year. The Dagang Company and the Twelve Company, which encountered an economic blockade, were fighting very hard. They could only fight against the Dutch and Indian colonial government and their accomplice Lanfang Company when they were short of clothes, food, and ammunition.

On July 25, 1854, the Dagang Company was forced to withdraw from Luyi, their last settlement, under formal pressure. Under the armed pursuit and interception of Liu Shoushan of the Lanfang Company, they headed to Shilongmen, the last stronghold to resist the company.

Soon, Shilongmen also fell under the siege of the Dutch general Andersen. At this point, the Dutch and Indian colonial government finally eliminated all the resisting Chinese forces on the island of Borneo.

"Yao'er, you have always made the decision on your own affairs. Mom usually doesn't interfere, but today I'll let you have a say in the matter. It's all a matter of honor. If you can help me, I'll help you."

After hearing about what Liu Shoushan, Weng's son-in-law and others and the Dutch and Indian government were doing on the island of Borneo, even Deng Lan, who had always been taciturn, couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but interject.

"Mom, the kid has his own opinions. If you need to help, the kid will naturally help." Liang Yao nodded and motioned to Qingmu Ling to help Deng Lan go down and rest.

"If Mr. Liang is willing to lend a helping hand, Mr. Liang will have a share of the gold mines in West Borneo!" Wang Jia gritted his teeth and gave up the interests of the gold mines in West Borneo.

Liang Yao owns the gold mines in California, and he even has his share of the gold mines in Australia.

The gold mines in West Borneo have been mined for nearly a hundred years, and he doesn't like this scrap.

Liang Yao would not go to war with the Dutch over the petty profits of the gold mines in West Borneo.

"Liang Yao! All your rubber trees were bred in Luyi. If Luyi is lost, your trees will be shoveled away by the Dutch!"

Liu Shanbang, who was born as a miner, is more impatient than Wang Jia and speaks indiscriminately.

"Old Liu! Watch your words!"

When Wang Jia heard this, he immediately stopped Liu Shanbang and asked Liu Shanbang to pay attention to his words.

Liang Yao is their last life-saving straw. If Liang Yao is not willing to help them, it will only be a matter of time before the Chinese companies such as Dagang Company and Twelve Company are destroyed.