Dominate the Country

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"Mr. Dong, I protest to you on behalf of the Dutch government."

"Recently, your newspapers have published many remarks that damage and endanger the friendship between China and the Netherlands. Does this represent the will of your government?"

Dong Gao certainly refused to say yes.

Then, Deckerma, the Dutch representative in China and the senior business officer of the Dutch East India Company in China, expressed anger. "If not, I hope your government can urge your General Administration of Press and Publication as soon as possible to clean up newspaper public opinion and punish those newspapers that publish irresponsible reports. Don't let these false words stir up a wave that harms the friendly relations between China and the Netherlands and truly hurt the friendship between China and the Netherlands!"

Deckerma's words were very diplomatic. There is a ghost friendship between China and the Netherlands. If it weren't for the current incident in Nanyang, Deckerma would not have stepped into the door of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs once in half a year. Deckerma's tone of speech was also very fierce. Apart from these few words, his request to meet with Dong Gao this time was only for those newspapers with overly "passionate" words, nothing else. This really shows the "lack of confidence" of the Netherlands.

Dekelma quickly walked out of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A young man beside the carriage opened the door for Dekelma. "Sir, what response did the Chinese government give?" The image of the Netherlands and Spain in China has been extremely deteriorating in recent times, which has already affected the interests of the company. And Dekelma represents not only one East India Company, but the entire Netherlands.

"Haha, young man, you think too simply. How can you get a response immediately? This involves the interests of the country." Dekelma said with a smile. The Chinese are stirring up and guiding domestic public opinion, which is not only aimed at the Netherlands and Spain, but also at Britain and Russia. He wants to teach the young man in front of him a lesson. "You have to remember that national public opinion cannot betray national interests."

"China has now taken Surabaya. Even if we have the support of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain behind us, it cannot change the fact that Surabaya Port is now in the hands of the Chinese." After all, Britain and France can no longer cooperate. A divided Britain and France is a divided Europe, and there can be no real stop for China.

"Don't forget that China is an extremely centralized country. The supreme power of the country is in the hands of the Chinese emperor. If he hadn't swallowed the heart of Surabaya Port, would the Chinese have acted so quickly recently?"

"Then as the concrete embodiment of the will of the Chinese emperor, how could the entire government change its direction of behavior because of my light protest?"

Deckerma came to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today to meet with Dong Gao, to a large extent, to express the attitude of the Dutch people who are unwilling to "break the relationship", which is a sign of weakness to a certain extent.

There is no way. The Chinese have already mobilized more troops to Surabaya, and it is said that Borneo, led by Pontianak, has begun mobilization. Even without the intervention of the Chinese Army, the Chinese armed forces in Borneo alone can make Batavia very distressed.

Now Dekelma can only "stabilize" the situation as much as possible. Even if it shows weakness, it cannot let Chinese public opinion continue to slide into the abyss. Then it is to wait quietly for Batavia to send a special envoy.

In diplomacy, Dong Gao did not listen to Dekelma's protest at all.

The Surabaya incident was China's move to establish its prestige in Southeast Asia. Not to mention that the victim is the current uncle of the country. The Sultanate of Yogyakarta must pay the price it deserves.

And taking this opportunity, China's influence in the Southeast Asia region will not only be greatly increased, but also some territories will be taken into China's pocket. For example, Madura Island and Bali Island, an island that the Dutch don't care much about, Dong Gao is very puzzled why his own emperor is so fascinated by that island.

But there are many actions of his own emperor that make people so puzzled.

For example, several places in Aba, Sichuan, and several tea trees in Jiulongke, Wuyi Mountain, are all so confusing.

They just need to execute.

People under the emperor's feet will have a sense of superiority from the bottom of their hearts, and ordinary people living in the administrative center also like to comment on national affairs, especially when the new dynasty does not restrict speech.

Too many things have happened in Nanjing recently, providing countless topics for conversation in teahouses, teahouses, streets and alleys.

Chen Ming also heard that someone was ready to compile a story about the Li family. The Education Department and the Press and Publication Administration were ready to fight.

But in Borneo, thousands of miles away, the Chinese people here are not concerned about gossip, but real interests.

The Surabaya incident not only affects Surabaya, but the entire Nanyang. The status and influence of the Chinese in Nanyang. Any changes are closely related to the vital interests of the people in West Borneo.

Chen Han's investment and immigration over the years have turned West Borneo into a huge rice and pepper plantation!

Although Borneo is located in the tropics and has lush forests everywhere, the land here is very poor and the resource reserves are relatively small. In addition to rice, the local crops are cassava, cucumbers and pumpkins. The large-scale pepper planting is all Chinese, and in the past two years, a small amount of rubber has also been planted here.

So the products here in Borneo are much worse than those in Java, which is covered with volcanic ash. But fortunately, the export of timber, rice and pepper has accumulated a good wealth here. And the agarwood here is especially popular in the world of Arabia.

Borneo is mountainous in the middle, surrounded by plains, and the terrain in the south is very low. Therefore, the rivers in most parts of Borneo are navigable, which is an important lifeline for trade and commercial activities, and often the only lifeline. The island in the north is narrower and the navigable distance of the river is short, so the hinterland of the north of the island has always been isolated from the world.

Now a large number of Chinese have poured in, and large-scale rubber plantations have been built with the support of the government. In addition, there are peppers that the Chinese have already planted on a large scale. In addition, kachi dyes (extracted from mangrove bark) and highland tobacco planting, as well as coffee, cocoa, and hemp planting have been newly developed.

Coupled with Borneo's traditional export pillar - timber, the per capita income of the Chinese here is much higher than that of domestic farmers.

In the past few years, more than a dozen steam ovens have sprung up in Pontianak alone. Borneo is located in a tropical rainforest area, and its timber resources are extremely rich. It is not the 21st century now, and it doesn't matter whether the environment is protected or not. These vast forests with no visible edges are the wealth given by heaven.

The entire Nanyang is constantly cutting down trees, cutting down trees, and cutting down trees...

In recent years, China's demand for timber has increased rapidly. In addition to being used in the shipbuilding industry, it is more consumed by the people. Among them, the precious wood produced in Borneo has soared in price!

In a word, the world is peaceful and people's livelihood has recovered. The requirements for living and living have naturally risen. The prosperity of timber trading and the high salaries of loggers often absorb the newly transported immigrants at the first time.

And these mainland immigrants or servants who came to Borneo, no matter how poor they are, join the logging team and work hard for two or three years, and they will have a family to live in the new place.

Although logging is also dangerous, mosquitoes and poisonous creatures in tropical areas are their biggest enemies. But it is better than working in a mine!

The collapse of a mine can kill dozens of people.

And people are of all kinds. Moreover, the basic population of the Chinese in Borneo has exceeded 500,000. Relying on the Chinese armed forces, the boundary of West Borneo is constantly moving north, south and east. The Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin I, was frightened. The whole Sarawak is now actually occupied by the Chinese guards.

The strength of the Chinese, as well as the hidden second-rate, ruffians, and gangsters among these immigrants, began to multiply rapidly. There are more than 300,000 immigrants, and it is impossible for all of them to be honest and capable people.

The former is like the flies brought home by a cow, and it is impossible to completely eliminate them. Everything depends on the local officials who are not officials, cleaning up again and again, and forcing migration and reclamation again and again.

The conflict between the Chinese and the indigenous people has never ended. Those indigenous people who have submitted to the Chinese system are not counted. In many places in the Chinese-controlled areas, the Chinese villages that open up wasteland on the plains and the indigenous people in the rainforest, and the Chinese lumberjacks and the indigenous people in the rainforest, fight everywhere.

Killing an indigenous person can get a penny from the leader.

The Chinese' reclamation in Borneo is like the European colonization in America, soaked in the blood of the indigenous people.

And the result is also to train a group of Chinese who can fight and kill.

- As long as you are brave and dare to risk your life, you can have the opportunity to make a lot of money.

Let alone the wood in the forest, as long as you can find a piece of precious wood first, everyone can make a fortune.

But if you have good things, you will hope for better things.

Java Island, which is covered with volcanic ash, is much richer than Borneo. Even the richest wood resources in Borneo pale in comparison with Java Island. The latter's endless teak resources are truly a natural treasure trove.

Because in the eyes of hundreds of thousands of Chinese people in Borneo, Surabaya Port belongs to China. No one can take away the meat that has been eaten. As for the Yogyakarta Sultan, the court must also severely punish him. Otherwise, it will affect the dignity of the Chinese, and the indigenous people will be rampant again.

"There is an order from above to immediately gather 3,000 people to Madura Island; gather 5,000 people to Bali Island." This resulted in the fact that Madura Island and Bali Island were actually occupied by the Chinese.

The area of ​​the two is not much different, both are one-seventh of Taiwan, mainly because the land is quite fertile and can be used to dry salt. It will immediately become a hen that lays golden eggs in the hands of the Chinese.

Regardless of whether there are difficulties in Borneo, the Southeast Navy is now a good opportunity for Chen Han to swallow it up. If Borneo fails to seize the opportunity, all the officials above who are not officials will be sinners.

However, the per capita income here in Borneo is quite high, and the combat effectiveness of the Chinese guards crushes the indigenous people, but there are only about 3,000 Chinese guards in Borneo, and eight battalions that are not fully staffed.

It's not that the 'power holders' of West Borneo don't want to expand the armed forces of the guards, but that no one wants to join the guards as militia.

The training tasks of the Chinese guards are heavy, dangerous, and the pay is not much - relatively speaking.

Except at the beginning, due to the enthusiasm of the Chinese people for an armed force of their own, the number of troops once increased from 5,000 to 6,500. However, a few years later, with the With the fall of the indigenous tribes, as the Sultan of Brunei surrendered, and as news of countless fortunes spread, the importance and attractiveness of the army began to decline, and the number of soldiers began to continue to decline. Now there are only 3,000 soldiers left. Hundreds of people.

The Chinese people in this era are really different from the people in the Han and Tang Dynasties. They no longer have the enthusiasm to seek feudal lords on bows and horses, and they no longer have the spirit of martial enterprising. Far away, the latter is more concerned about his own little life. Especially when life is guaranteed to a certain extent, people's enthusiasm for joining the army is greatly reduced. This is just like the eastern coastal areas in Chen Ming's previous life. People of appropriate age who are willing to serve as soldiers are given special preferential treatment by the local government. However, in many not-rich places in the central and western regions, if you want to serve as a soldier, you need nothing more.

Chen Ming's various preferential treatment measures for soldiers are to improve the economic and social status of soldiers, but changing the thousands of years of "tradition" of a nation cannot be done casually. That requires long-term persistence!

Borneo is now stuck in this stage, and it is not an easy task to get the people who don't have to worry about food and drink to stand up and wield swords and guns. Many immigrants who have just arrived from the mainland have either signed agreements with plantations, become members of logging teams, are miners or employees of fishery companies, or are relatives, friends and neighbors who came here earlier. Started a small business with help. No matter how bad things are, you can still eat in the fields safely with a loan from the state.

"This mission must be completed. No matter what difficulties there are, we must overcome them and finally gather these 8,000 people!"

Wu Xiqun shouted loudly. This task must be completed. The success or failure of the matter is related to his future and the fate of the Wu family.

When Wu Xiqun withdrew from the Qing navy that surrendered in Fujian, he neatly handed over the military power in his hands, and gradually became a right-wing political participant in the province from the position of Fuzhou prefect. That is, the second-ranked deputy governor!

The governor is still the official position of a local provincial-level official, and then the official title of political participation is chosen, and the next one is the counselor. It took several years of shaky steps to finally settle on a name.

However, Wu Xiqun encountered setbacks when he reached a higher level. Wu Xiqun, who no longer wanted to participate in politics, found a new way and came to West Borneo, which was still relatively wild at the time. It took four years to do this, firmly leaving its mark on the development of Borneo. But Wu Xiqun never forgot his original intention.

He did not come to Borneo to be satisfied. He wanted to return to the mainland and ascend to the throne of governor of a province.

If he missed this great opportunity to eat meat, wouldn't it put a layer of dust on his originally bright future?

The imperial court had spent so much time preparing and making such careful plans, not just to watch the opportunity slip away in vain. If Wu Xiqun does nothing now, it would be a huge crime.

"Overcome all difficulties and be determined to complete it."

…

In the Pontianak police station, Zou Daxing looked at his commander with a look of horror.

"Secretary, isn't it? Are you so cruel from above?" They actually 'disbanded' all their security patrols and then 'immigrated' them all.

"As long as this matter is settled, you will still be policemen when you come back. I will give you extra points to upgrade. But if anyone dares to be a coward, take off your clothes and get out of here immediately." The military asked for 8,000 people, and these 8,000 people It is impossible to use swords and guns all, but at least half of the force should be maintained. Among them, there are 1,000 people from the police system, and 200 people from the Pontianak security patrol team.

"No, no, bureau seat, bureau seat..." Zou Daxing immediately put away the expression on his face and said seriously: "Bureau seat, you know that I, Zou Daxing, am not a person who is afraid of death, but my three brothers All on security patrol Team." The three Zou Daxing brothers were notorious for cutting people's pigtails in their hometown, but they also caught the attention of the Chen Han government and got a job in the secret camp at that time. As a result, they immigrated within two years. The ship arrived in Borneo. The three brothers were able to fight and dare to kill, but Zou Daxing was really confused about words and numbers. He only reached the rank of squadron leader in the guard. After quitting, he became the leader of the security patrol team in the Pontianak Police Station. "The third child of my family was hacked by a native and his legs are inconvenient. He really can't go. The second child and I will definitely go. We will lead the way and never be deserters. But where is the third child? Look... "

The director was unambiguous and waved his hand: "I'll make arrangements for you." The third child in your family has the best brains among your brothers. In the past few years, he has been learning Chinese and Chinese with the teacher, so I was transferred to the household registration department. "

Household registration police, this can be said to be the most popular department in the entire Pontianak police station. Very safe.

"Okay. Just wait for the news. Give me two days and I will take care of the entire security patrol team."

"There are not two days, only one. We have to board the ship the day after tomorrow. You must convince everyone before noon tomorrow..."