The strong man is the head of the Wu family in Borneo today, Wu Dui, and also a leader of the Han people in Borneo today, and his grandfather Wu Ze is a general under the command of King Yanping, and it is under the leadership of Wu Ze that those Han people who fled from Taiwan to Borneo have the backbone and can survive in this foreign land.

Because of this, the prestige of the Wu family in Borneo is very high today, and Wu Dui, as the head of the Wu family today, has become the first person to be wooed by the shadow in Borneo.

Although Wu Dui has a bold temperament and is full of admiration for Chinese civilization, it cannot hide the fact that he was born and raised in Borneo, and he also married the wife of the local chieftain clan in Borneo, so when facing Ning Qianqiu's wooing, he naturally would not agree to it.

"Lord Ning, Borneo has the rules of Borneo, and now the Han people in Borneo don't want to use swords anymore, everyone just wants to live a good life."

Wu Dui's expression was a little embarrassed, but he knew that his current life was not easy to come by, and it could be said that it was also a wealth full of blood and tears of his ancestors, how could it be easily destroyed?

As for Da Chu's ambition, after all, he is too far away from him, even if he admires Chinese civilization, he is not willing to give up his current good life for this.

Speaking of which, the Han people in Borneo are still living a very good life at present, compared to the Chinese people, Borneo can be called a land full of wealth, in addition to leaving their homeland, the actual benefits they can enjoy are much greater.

Although Borneo is a place where the epidemic is rampant, it is very rich, like the place where they are now, surrounded by rice fields that crop three times a year, and the yield is almost no less than the best paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River, and Borneo is vast and sparsely populated, even if you add those natives, there is still a large amount of land in an uncultivated state, as long as you work hard, see those lands reclaimed, it is real wealth.

In addition to the rice paddies that stretch in sight, there are many palms and spices that can be cultivated, which can be sold for money in their own right, and there are also a lot of mineral resources such as gold, diamond and silver that can be mined.

Of course, the more precious rubber of later generations has not yet been used by people, but once rubber is used on a large scale, Borneo will also become a good rubber planting base.

Therefore, although Borneo is a foreign land today, but the prosperity and wealth here are not comparable to the inland, in addition to the good natural conditions, the emperor is far away, and there is no power of the imperial court to press on it, and the life of the common people is naturally much better, so the Han people in Borneo are generally living well.

Of course, Ning Qianqiu understood the thoughts of Wu Dui and the Han people here, and they also had a certain estimate before coming, so he was not surprised at this time, but just smiled: "Do you think that the good life here can go on forever?" ”

"What do you mean? Isn't the imperial court going to use force here? A hint of alarm appeared on Wu Dui's honest face, and he felt that something seemed to be different from what he thought.

"It is true that the imperial court will use force in Nanyang, but it is not here."

Ning Qianqiu raised his eyebrows slightly, "The imperial court can see the wealth here, and the Dutch can naturally see it too, do you think the Dutch will watch you continue to develop?" Don't be delusional. ”

Wu Dui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that it was not what he thought in his heart, and said with a smile: "Although the strength of the Dutch is strong, there are a lot of forces in Borneo at the moment, and they don't have time to fight us first." ”

Ning Qianqiu knew that Wu Dui's words were also very true, because Borneo at this time could be called a gladiatorial arena where many forces were fighting, and there was no such thing as a monopoly at all, even if it was the Dutch, they only supported the Kingdom of Johor, and could not completely control Borneo.

As early as 100 years ago, the Kingdom of Johor was much stronger than it is now, when Portugal and the Netherlands were competing for the interests of the spice trade in Southeast Asia, so the Netherlands chose to unite with the Kingdom of Johor to drive the Portuguese power away from Borneo, so that the power of the Kingdom of Johor reached its peak for a time.

Unfortunately, in 1673, the Kingdom of Johor was invaded by the Zhampi people on the island of Sumatra, so that the country collapsed, and later the Sultan of Mahmoud of the Kingdom of Johor was assassinated, so that the power of the Kingdom of Johor fell into the hands of the Prime Minister, and thus experienced another 20 years of civil strife.

Today, the Kingdom of Johor on Borneo has been torn apart, invaded by the Sikhs and Bugis, and Negeri Sembilan has broken away from the Kingdom of Johor, making the whole of Borneo a racetrack for other countries.

Of course, it is precisely because Borneo has become a piece of loose sand that the local Han people have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and have a lot of power in Borneo.

"At the moment you don't think the Dutch will do anything to you, because they are still entangled with the English and Javanese, and when they have time, it will not be so easy for you to get through such a life again."

Ning Qianqiu knew that it was difficult for him to convince the Han people in Borneo at one time, so he didn't explain much at the moment, but said meaningfully: "If something happens in the future, you can send someone to Guangzhou to contact me." ”

Wu Dui was a little unsure, so he had to nod in agreement, of course, he didn't think anything would happen, he just took it as a warning from the other party.

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In the Privy Council of Nanjing City, Ning Yu stood in front of a very large map of Nanyang, looking at the familiar or unfamiliar place names on the map with burning eyes, and was silent for a long time.

This map of the South Seas was a gift from the British, nominally to fight the Dutch, but at this time it became a key map for Ning Chu to analyze the situation in the South Seas.

Ning Yu looked at Borneo on the map, but in his heart he thought of the small country that rose up here in later generations, the Republic of Lanfang, and couldn't help but feel a little excited, because in Asia at that time, not only could China not decide its own fate, but the Lanfang Republic could not resist the arrival of the general trend.

According to the trajectory of history, in another 50 years or so, the Chinese company "Lan Fong Company" in Pontianak, Borneo, will establish the first republic in Asia, that is, the Great Republic of Lan Fong, with Pontianak as its capital, and that year is also known as the first year of Lan Fong.

At that time, the Republic of Lan Fong was composed of Chinese, and later joined a number of chiefdoms, in which the Chinese were in charge of the security of the country and the coordination between the various tribes. The internal affairs of the tribes were still the responsibility of the chiefs. At its peak, the sphere of influence of the Republic of Lanfang occupied almost the entire Borneo continent.

It is a pity that at the time of changes at home and abroad, especially the gradual defeat of the Qing Dynasty in Asian affairs, the Western countries have seen through the essence of the Qing Dynasty's foreign power and middle cadre, so after the outbreak of the Sino-French War, the Netherlands also took the opportunity to invade the Republic of Lanfang, and although the Republic of Lanfang resisted, it was finally defeated due to being outnumbered, and its remnants fled to Sumatra.

At that time, the Netherlands were also worried about the reaction of the Qing government, and did not publicly announce the occupation of Lanfang, but supported a puppet regime, and it was not until the fall of the Qing Dynasty that the Dutch officially announced the occupation of Lanfang.

Ning Yu admired the establishment of the Lanfang Republic very much in his heart, and also lamented the fate of its enemy, and now that he has returned to this era, facing Borneo, which is still in full bloom, he naturally can't help but feel some emotion in his heart.

"Ning Qianqiu went to Borneo?" Ning Yu put his hands on his shoulders and asked softly.

Ning Luoyuan, the person in charge of the shadow, stood behind him and said in a low voice: "That's right, Qianqiu went to Borneo this time in the hope of being able to win over the Han forces in Borneo, thinking of making the next idle man for the upcoming Dutch battle." ”

Ning Yu nodded, the layout of Borneo has already been known, and it seems that it has nothing to do with the current battle, but in fact it is closely related, after all, after expelling the Dutch forces, it is necessary to occupy the vacant power gap first in order to maximize benefits.

However, if the domestic people are temporarily arranged, firstly, the time does not allow it, and secondly, it will also cause unnecessary hostility of the local natives, but the Han forces that have already survived in Borneo can quietly complete the transfer of power.

"As soon as the results of the war come out, immediately notify Ning Qianqiu to take the waterway directly, and don't transit through Nanjing, otherwise there will always be some people who will take advantage of the chaos."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Ujijing, deputy director of the General Staff, said with a smile: "Your Majesty, everything in Nanyang seems to be a mess, but we have a quick knife right now, they really dare to do it, let's take it all in one go, this time we have prepared five divisions for the follow-up landing battle, but five more divisions can be moved at any time in the future." ”

A smile appeared on Ning Yu's face, the five divisions were naturally not used to deal with the Dutch, they were not qualified to do so, in fact, these five divisions were completely used to deal with those local indigenous chieftains, and when the Dutch were defeated, these people would definitely be ready to move.

The five divisions exterminated the frontal resistance of the natives, coupled with the five divisions to carry out brutal net combing, the Fu Han army did use its heart to treat these natives who no one looked down on this time, of course, this is also Ning Yu's own request, because what he needs is a stable and prosperous Nanyang.

In the future planning of Ningchu, Nanyang will become the bridgehead and fist product export center of Ningchu's foreign trade, that is, the rubber production base and palm oil production base of China in the future will be located in the Nanyang Islands, and as the core of Asian trade, Malacca will also undertake a very important strategic task, that is, to control the import and export of trade between China and the West.

Don't underestimate this, in fact, the scale of trade between China and the West at this time is very large, in addition to the trade between China and the West, together with Japan, Korea and the chieftains of South Asia, all need to pass through the shipping lanes of Malacca, so Ningyu in order to better grasp the economic lifeline of these places, Malacca must be in their own hands.

Ning Yu felt very happy when he thought that in the future trade between China and the West, Ning Chu would be able to harvest Western countries through a large number of industrial products, as well as porcelain, rubber, silk, coptis, tung oil and other products, and grab a large amount of trade surpluses, because this showed that Western gold and silver would pour into China like seawater!

You must know that in history, China has maintained a trade deficit with the West for a long time, and it was not until the cancer of opium trade appeared that China had a deficit, and now Ningyu naturally does not have to worry about this problem, because in the face of hundreds of thousands or even millions of new armies, it is impossible for the West to let Ningchu open up the opium trade, and they do not have this ability.

Therefore, through the cornucopia of Nanyang, after absorbing gold and silver from the West into China, combined with the current new monetary system and financial system in Ningchu, these capital flows can be invested in industrial reproduction very quickly - and this will also mean that the most difficult industrialization of Ningchu will be achieved with an extremely smooth attitude.

Historically, industrialization can be called a bloody and sad road that a strong country must take, and it is also very difficult to walk, even if it is a country as strong as Britain and France, in order to achieve industrialization, not only to achieve all-round colonization abroad, but also to carry out extremely tragic exploitation internally, it can be said that the British Empire and the French Empire are almost all piled up corpses under the prestige.

Speaking of which, although China has carried out an orderly industrial development plan under the guidance of Ning Yu, it has to pay no less sacrifice if it wants to smoothly get through this difficult period - but if the pain of this development can be transferred, it will naturally be able to pass through industrialization more smoothly.

In the process of transferring the pain, in addition to waging war with foreign countries, the funds obtained through trade with the West can also alleviate the situation of the people, which is why Ningyu insists on developing trade with the West.

In addition to funds, Ning Yu is also very fortunate that his layout in the financial industry is still very early, such as banks and stock exchanges have been established, the stock market has also begun to formalize the operation, and regulators such as the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the Securities Regulatory Commission have also been established, so the foundation for take-off has been fully equipped.

Ning Yu had already completely thought in his mind that when the benefits from Western trade continued to flow into China, he would carry out large-scale infrastructure construction on the basis of the original Industrial Development 1.0 plan, such as urban construction, the construction of trading ports, the construction of roads and bridges, and the further exploration of mineral resources in various places........

As long as you have money, how can this big money be powerful.......