Li Haoran called all the old men in the hall in, and told them what Hu Zhen meant, and the old foxes immediately nodded frequently and praised: "Okay!" Good! All right! Bond borrowing! Pay Debt and Interest! Buy Borneo! Building Public Utilities! Build my Great China Naval Fleet ......"

Hu Zhen bowed to everyone and said: "Old-timers, the purchase of Borneo is very important, before the success of the matter, please be sure to keep it secret, keep it strictly confidential, and do not leak half a word to the outside world!" ”

"Of course, until it happens, we will all stay in Pontianak, and none of us will leave Pontianak!" These old men not only handed over their wealth to Hu Zhen, but also took themselves as hostages in Pontianak, so that Hu Zhen and Huaxia Jun could do things with confidence.

"Okay, Hu Zhen has thanked you seniors for this!"

The two sides exchanged a few more polite words, and one of them said: "Xinghua, we have one more thing to ask for!" ”

Hu Zhen responded: "It's all your own people, seniors, please speak up!" ”

"The young people in the hall are all our younger generations, although they are not talented, they are still obedient, we want to ask Xinghua to accept them and put them into the Huaxia Army to serve!"

It turned out that when these old men heard that Hu Zhen landed in Borneo, there were only more than 1,000 people, but now they have tens of thousands of troops, and it is said that they will expand to 100,000 troops. At this time, I regretted that my intestines were blue. They thought that if they let their children follow Hu Zhen when Hu Zhen was short of manpower, wouldn't they be Hu Zhen's right-hand man now?

In particular, these old men heard that the Huaxia Army, which had won many battles, had very few casualties, and they regretted it even more, and they felt that Hu Zhen had commanded the law, and if his children served in the army, the risk would not be very great, but they would definitely be able to get a promotion with the rapid expansion of the Huaxia Army. Now that the Huaxia Army has claimed to be a system, it is not easy to squeeze in, but to give people to Hu Zhen, firstly, it means that they want to be integrated with Hu Zhen, so that Hu Zhen can rest assured, and secondly, they can also make meritorious contributions in the army and expand the influence of their own family forces.

The fifty or sixty disciples in the hall are only some of the closest ones, and there are more than five hundred people outside, and they plan to let the dozens of people who are closest to them come in and get acquainted with Hu Zhen, so that they can remember them in the future and occupy a little familiar advantage when they are appointed.

"This ...... In our Huaxia Army, the selection of soldiers is extremely strict, not only to be physically qualified, but also to be flexible, and newcomers come in from small soldiers, if there is outstanding performance or meritorious service, can be promoted to officer! ”

Hu Zhen pondered for a moment, the Huaxia Army really urgently needs to expand rapidly in order to control the occupied territory well and continue to expand the territory, but he is afraid that these people who are sent in are unsuccessful children, and not only can they not serve well in the Huaxia Army, but they will do bad things.

"Xinghua, although our children have no talent, but they can bear hardships and stand hard work, let them be a small soldier to hone and hone their abilities to improve their abilities, what is this called, by the way, this ancient saying is called hard work and strength and then gain what it can't, although you train strictly, you can use it as a coolie when you fight!"

The old foxes didn't know Hu Zhen's thoughts, and immediately stepped forward and patted their chests to ensure that their children were useful.

"Good! Since the children of the old-timers are such people, I will immediately send someone to select them, and if they meet the recruit standards of the Huaxia Army, they can immediately enlist in the army for training! ”

As a result of the selection, all the children brought by these old men met the conditions for recruits. In fact, at this time, which of the old foxes didn't want to send their best children to follow Hu Zhen to make contributions?

Hu Zhen was also very happy, uniting the Chinese people in Nanyang was his established strategy, but when he was fighting against the indigenous tribes of Borneo and the Dutch army, he didn't have time to take care of winning and uniting the Chinese people outside Borneo, but now that they have sent them to the door, they must take it as they can.

On the same day, Hu Zhen held a banquet in Pontianak to entertain the old men.

At the banquet, someone among the old men put forward an idea: "I remember Xinghua said that our Chinese people in Nanyang are strong and powerful, but they are subject to white Europeans and local indigenous tribes everywhere, and the reason why they are so passive is completely because of disunity, we might as well unify all the Chinese people in Nanyang and all the Xiangzi guilds to form a Nanyang Great Chinese group organization!" ”

Before Hu Zhen could say anything, another old man said: "Yes, yes, brothers work together to break gold, as long as we are united, none of us are afraid!" ”

Li Haoran stood up and said: "Yes, I propose to establish the Nanyang Huaxia Guild to integrate the strength of all the Huaxia people in Nanyang and elect Xinghua as the chief of the Huaxia Guild!" ”

At this time, Hu Zhen still had to pretend to be 13, he waved his hand and said: "This is unacceptable, I am still too young, it is better to choose a respected person to serve as the chief executive!" ”

"Xinghua, you don't hold the position of president, who is qualified to serve as the president?"

"Yes, if you don't hold it, who else is qualified to do so?"

"I see, Xinghua, you don't want to excuse yourself!"

"This is for the benefit of all Chinese people in Nanyang, please be sure to take on this important responsibility!"

These old men represent at least sixty percent of the power of the Nanyang Chinese people, and if they are in their hands, they have mastered sixty percent of the strength of the Nanyang Chinese people. In another time and space, Sun Wenzhi had the strength to repeatedly organize armed uprisings to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, and it was with the help of the power of overseas Chinese, he himself had the position of the master of the overseas Hongmen Double Red Flower Stick Hall.

So far, Hu Zhen has not thought of using this trick to unite and control the entire Nanyang Chinese people, but since someone has proposed it, and everyone agrees with it at least on the surface, it will not be polite anymore.

Moreover, Hu Zhen also had a consideration, that is, before the Qing Dynasty was destroyed and controlled the entire Great Huaxia, he did not intend to establish a state-form regime, so he temporarily controlled the Nanyang region in the name of an organization similar to the Lanfang Company. Hu Zhen believes that the most important thing is to let the people of the entire Greater China enjoy the benefits and truly enjoy the national status of a superpower. Now there is no hurry to establish any political power, and it is also a good way to use the name of the Nanyang Huaxia Guild to deal with the outside world.

So, Hu Zhen said with a reluctant look: "Okay, then for the time being, I will serve as the chief of the Nanyang Huaxia Guild, until a more suitable candidate is selected, and we will use the name of the Huaxia Guild to command the Huaxia Army, control our Nanyang territory, establish and publish various policies for the national economy and people's livelihood, and negotiate and conclude peace agreements with various governments." I suggest that in addition to the position of the chief of the Huaxia Guild, a body of the Huaxia Guild Presbyterian Council should be set up, so that the seniors can discuss and make suggestions in the elders' meeting and determine the direction of major matters, which is good! ”

The old guys couldn't imagine that Hu Zhen didn't intend to dictatorship alone, but left them a place where the elders would talk like this, and they were even more excited.

"Very good, this matter is very good, what Xinghua said is a big reason, we have no reason to disapprove!"

Of course, this was expected by Hu Zhen, and he immediately followed: "Okay, tomorrow we will all sit together to discuss the constitution of this Nanyang Huaxia Guild, and this Council of Elders will be established!" ”

"Okay, tonight, hehe, let's have a toast first!"

"Yes, everyone is not drunk!"

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

When Hu Zhen and a large group of old men were blushing from drinking, a staff officer of the Huaxia Army Headquarters suddenly came to the door of the banquet hall in a hurry.

Hu Zhen saw that his face was very anxious, so he confessed to the old men and walked out of the door.

"Is there anything urgent?"

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief that our troops stationed in Penang on Bangka Island have sent an urgent telegram saying that a fleet flying the English flag has appeared outside the Penang Pier on Bangka Island!"