When Downing came, he forgot to remind Reuters, the governor of Singapore, to be low-key and luxurious, and this guy made the welcome ceremony extremely grand, full of slogans such as "Welcome the Duke of London to visit Singapore", and in the port, he also sent a Chinese lion dance team, and the sound of firecrackers resounded in the sky, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

Even without Downing's guidance, Reuters knew that the Chinese in Malaya were the progressive force, because the local Malays were so lazy that the titular ruler Sultan (as the monarch was called) had to adopt the "Hong Kong lord system" to develop the economy.

In Malaya, where there is no industry, economic development naturally involves the cultivation of plantations, mainly on two popular cash crops: sweet honey and pepper. Sweet honey was an ingredient when Indians chewed betel nut, while Europeans in the 19th century were particularly obsessed with pepper as a spice. (Betel nut is a strong carcinogen, don't learn from Indians).

In order to encourage labor to cultivate land along the river, when a grower chooses a wasteland on the edge of a river, he applies to the ruler for a permit called a "port deed", in which the ruler gives him the right to a large piece of land between a tributary of a river and another tributary, and the place where the tributary flows into the main stream is a "port", and the owner of the port is called "port owner".

Almost all of the people who applied for the Hong Kong deed were Chinese, and a large number of Chinese laborers came to Malaya in this way. Before Downing's plantation was opened, all the laborers who worked for the harbor lord were no more than a few hundred, and Downing brought a team of 2,000 men at once, of which 500 were "standing troops" and 1,500 were responsible for the labor of the plantation, and carried out military training in their spare time. Combined with the 500 Hessian chasseurs that Downing recently brought from Europe, the number of half-soldiers and half-peasants working for Downing reached 2,500, making it a decisive military force in Malaya. It was the main body of Singapore's "voluntary rifle army", and the rest of the European colonizers were relatively scattered and could not compete with Downing's Hessian mercenaries.

In May '54, there was a clash between Chinese secret societies, killing and wounding hundreds of people, and it was the powerful bullets of the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Army that were crushed and became the excuse for the Governor of Singapore to ban the secret society, and Reuters was the commander at the time, and later became the Governor of Cheng in name only. The current Reuters Governor is full of confidence.

Including Wallace, Downing has a total of eight "Hong Kong owners", as well as Hong Kong, a joint venture with Wood and other oil palm plantations, which is the largest plantation owner in Malaya.

Reuters has begun to implement a policy of restricting pornography, gambling and drugs in Malaya, which has been strongly resisted by the Chinese, but with volunteer riflemen in hand, there is no problem on the whole. Considering the effect of pornography, gambling and drugs on the economy, without them, many people would lose their jobs at once, so Downing also asked Reuters to start a large-scale infrastructure construction to absorb labor and employment. When Downing came to Singapore, there were a lot of roads for his Smart to run.

The profiteer Reuters acted as a politician and was really in order, and Downing was more satisfied with his work.

There are only two Smarts in the whole of Malaya, but Downing has implemented a licensing policy for them, one is SG0001 and the other is SG0002, which of course represents Singapore.

The prize to Reuters was the No. 1 car in Singapore, enough for him to travel triumphantly in the "Governor's car". However, he did not have to be complacent for long, and Downing instructed him to take the next step and transform the entire Malay Peninsula into a two-parliamentary system of the Upper Parliament and the Lower House of Commoners like the British, which was an extremely difficult reform in the unopened Channel, so Downing did not give him a timetable, and only let him act expediently.

Downing's idea made Reuters awe-inspired, and now the entire Malay Peninsula is in his hands, and this big capitalist actually has to worry about Malaya's century-old plan, which can be said to have the world in mind.

The power of capital is enormous, and Downing examined a British man named Henry in 1848. Keppel's captain found a natural deep-water port in Tanjong Pagar and decided to build a dockyard of the same level as the Crystal Shipyard, which would be a huge project that would require tens of thousands of workers, and the infrastructure alone would take Singapore's economy to a new level, and there would be a huge influx of Chinese, Indian and Malay labourers into Singapore. The supporting enterprises of the shipyard are even larger. If you say that a project will turn Singapore into an economic hub in Asia, that's fine.

To accompany the project, Downing has instructed the global network of The Telegraph and Reuters to hype it up, and asked the Governor's House to set up a Merchants Bureau to host interested global investors, engineers and workers.

The appeal of the Duke of London's golden sign is so great that the whole of Europe is shaken, and it is clear that Downing wants to build Singapore into the capital of Asia. Industrialists who are interested in developing outside of Europe have expressed interest in investing in Singapore. Why is Singapore so promising? Isn't it enough that the Duke said that this will be the rubber and oil palm capital of the future? Rubber production, oil palm production, free trade port, this is enough for all capital, but not enough for Downing himself, he remembers that Malaya has oil, and it will be even more interesting to find this goods and build up the oil industry.

Although hydrogen fuel cells do not require much oil, oil is an industrial raw material in addition to the fuel that can be cracked into methanol to provide fuel for the fuel reformers of hydrogen fuel cells. In the era of the petroleum industry, almost all chemical raw materials eventually reached the head of oil that could be traced back to oil. Plastics, ethylene, asphalt, wax, fertilizers, chemical fibers, pesticides, gunpowder, etc.

To integrate its investments in Malaya, Downing established Temasek Capital, the former name of Singapore. To integrate the power of the whole of Europe, Temasek Capital has set up investment offices in London, Zurich, Munich and Brussels, where investors and industrialists can invest in Temasek Capital's overall projects, as well as in the shipbuilding industry, port industry, rubber industry, oil palm industry and oil industry. Follow the Earl of London.

When The Telegraph announced that Temasek Capital had received a total of £10 million in investment, the world was stunned that the Duke's influence was too violent. Of course, the Duke didn't need so much money at all, and in the end he only received an investment of 3 million pounds, 40% from the UK, 10% from Switzerland, 10% from Bavaria, 10% from Belgium, and the rest from all over the world, which is Downing's desire to ensure that many countries have Temasek Capital's spokesperson. Downing himself contributed £1 million, a quarter of Temasek Capital, but he is the unassailable leader because of the spread of other investors.

Lord Duke This is not in Europe, but Europe has his legend, since he and Bismarck reached a secret agreement to support him to take over Luxembourg, it has been many months, but there is no action from Downing, it turns out that Downing is a little hesitant considering that the "Duke of London" is already very satisfied, and when he becomes the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, it will affect his prestige in England, so he is a little hesitant. The emperor was not in a hurry, the eunuchs were in a hurry, Tangning was not in a hurry, and Bismarck and Krupp's people were anxious for him, asking how his Hessian mercenaries were recruited? By implication, Luxembourg's change of defense should be on the agenda, right?

Downing reluctantly made it difficult, and 2,000 Hessian mercenaries went to Luxembourg, and after the change of defense, Prussia left 2,000 soldiers and Hessian mercenaries to form a joint force to temporarily share the defense of Luxembourg. At this time, Bismarck informed the king of the Netherlands that he was going to exchange guards with Downing's mercenaries. The king of the Netherlands was stunned, he had almost forgotten about the sale of Luxembourg at this time, and thought that Downing was not interested in it, it turned out that he had already reached an agreement with Prussia, and it was estimated that he had also reached an agreement with France, otherwise why would France have allowed all his products to enter France?

When the king of the Netherlands was nervous and didn't know what Downing's idea was, Downing, the talent representative of the Amsterdam branch of Reuters, expressed his intention to buy Luxembourg and asked for a price!

The king of the Netherlands was hesitant, apparently unable to offer a good price in such a scenario, and it seemed that Downing was not in a hurry at all, and waited quietly for him to discuss slowly with his ministers. The Dutch king was under psychological pressure, fearing that Downing would not give money at all once he took over Luxembourg's defense, and finally offered a price of 2 million pounds. Downing's answer was "expensive."

After coming back to bargain, Bismarck put pressure on the Dutch king, and the Dutch king had an idea, saying that 1 million is okay, and it has to be converted into shares of Temasek Capital! Temasek Capital has been on fire across Europe lately, and he feels that this is a surefire deal.

Downing was also impressed, saying: "Temasek's investment has been confirmed and cannot be changed, but the climate and resources of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) are very close to the Malay Peninsula, so we can consider investing there." ”

After repeated consideration, the Dutch king agreed with Downing's opinion, 1 million pounds in two parts, 500,000 cash in his hands first, and then use the remaining 500,000 to form an investment company with Downing. The Netherlands was the first country to establish the East India Company, which was the first joint-stock company in the world, but it was dissolved and bankrupt in 1799 due to the continuous invasion of British interests. In honor of the "sages", the king of the Netherlands suggested that their joint venture once again carry the banner of the East India Company. Unexpectedly, Downing liked to collect old antiques more than the king of the Netherlands, and even accepted the "South Sea Company", which was synonymous with the bubble economy, and how could he not like the Dutch East India Company, which was once very colorful in the history of the world economy?

Founded on March 20, 1602, the 250-year-old Dutch East India Company has been revived with the glory of the world's most powerful industrialists, much to the excitement of the nostalgic Dutch. Unfortunately, the new company does not need so much investment at all, with the royal family accounting for one-third, Downing accounting for one-third, and Dutch investors accounting for one-third, each contributing 500,000 pounds. Because the investors are relatively scattered, the right to speak is mainly in the hands of the king and Downing.

This is equivalent to Downing spending a small amount of 500,000 pounds to officially become the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, among the monarchs of Europe, and one of the members of the German Confederation.