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There are a lot of Chinese living in Pontianak, and the economic strength basically controls all aspects of Pontianak's life, and the businesses are: restaurants, grain and oil stores, rubber and other planting, shipping industry, cloth, tailors, butchers, fishing industry, gold and silver jewelry processing, wood processing, iron processing, and gold and iron mines, etc., as long as all aspects related to people's lives, there are Chinese people in operation. Moreover, the local Chinese have carried forward the nature of hardship and hard work, other people's shops close until 6 p.m., and Chinese shops are open until 9 p.m.; Other people are closed on weekends and holidays, and Chinese shops are not closed on weekends. This made the local merchants and merchants of other nationalities have great opinions, and in their eyes this is obviously a robbery of other people's markets. Besides, peers are originally enemies, so basically Chinese people who go abroad will encounter similar problems. Diligence has become a shortcoming here, providing convenience for other people's lives, and others do not appreciate it at all, and even become enemies, which is the sorrow of the Chinese.

These people are basically from Guangdong Province and Fujian Province of the Qing Dynasty, and they can be regarded as half of Zhang Wei's fellow villagers, but Zhang Wei has no feelings for them at all.

In the Chinese circles, the more powerful ones are Meng Qinglan, a grain merchant, Zheng Fusheng, a shipping owner, Zhao Jiguang, who has both a tailor and a cloth business, Chen Jiakang, a rubber planter, and Li Daoyou, who runs a gold mine. These families all had nursing homes of varying numbers, and with strong economic power, even the Dutch administrators respected them as long as they were in the city; In the city, the local natives do not dare to rob blatantly for the time being, so the natives can't deal with these families.

Recently, there have been 2 pieces of news circulating in Chinese circles.

The first news is that many Chinese-run plantations and gold mines have been occupied by the natives recently, and many gold mines and plantations have suffered heavy losses, and some have been wiped out.

The second news is that many indigenous villages and towns have been occupied by bandits recently, and the entire villages and towns have been slaughtered, and basically no one has escaped, several towns have been wiped out, dozens of villages have disappeared, and now many cargo ships are afraid to go to the Capuas River to run for transportation, and it is said that the river there is red.

The news was not only circulating in Chinese circles, but soon the natives of Pontianak also knew about it, and both news were circulating.

Some people rejoice and some people worry.

Some of the natives were afraid, afraid that they would be killed by this unknown armed force; Some natives wondered, where to go and grab a Chinese manor?

Some Chinese are afraid, afraid that one day the natives will come to rob again; Some of the Chinese were very excited, and soon someone would come to clean up the natives, and they would be safe.

The Pontianak magistrate also knew these two news, but because there was no evidence, it was not easy to report to the governor of Batavia, just as he didn't know anything, and now he could stay in Pontianak for one more day and have a day's income, he didn't want to do much, and now he has a lot of assets, so it's a big deal to return to China and become a rich man.

The Chen family's mansion has a land size of 15 acres, and the decoration is simple and elegant.

In the study, Chen Jiakang, his sons and middle-aged people were discussing something.

The younger eldest son, Chen Yongfu, was more radical, and was indignant at the recent news that the gold mines and estates had been occupied by the natives, and stood up angrily and said: "Father, uncles, we have endured for so many years, how long do we need to endure it?" The result of forbearance is that there are constantly Chinese families being exterminated, and the strength of the Chinese will become weaker and weaker, and now there are people who dare to occupy the indigenous villages and dare to start a war with the indigenous people, this is our opportunity. If you miss this opportunity, I don't know how many years you will have to wait. ”

Chen Jiakang shook his head, his son was still too young and impulsive. "You don't even know who the other party is now, they don't know what their purpose is, you dare to cooperate with them, you are gambling with the future of the entire family."

"I don't care what their purpose is, as long as they dare to fight against the natives, dare to fight against the Dutch, they are our own people, you know, the enemy of our enemy is our friend."

"There are too many aspects involved in the family, you must understand it clearly before you can make up your mind, you can't let the whole family be implicated, you can't let the family take risks."

"The icing on the cake, it's better to send charcoal in the snow, even if you cooperate as soon as possible, otherwise why should people cooperate with us."

"There are only a few big wealthy businessmen in Pontianak, and our family is also at the forefront, as long as the outside forces want to survive and develop here, they can't do without the support of our families. Don't worry. ”

"People are not even afraid of the natives, not even the Dutch, and how many of our rich merchants are afraid?"

"You're still too young, and military and politics are two different things. Otherwise, they will not be able to control Pontianak if they occupy this place, and if they want to gain a foothold here, they must cooperate with us, and don't you see that the Dutch are still respectful to us. ”

"The Dutch's respect is superficial, do you see when the natives attacked the manor? They wish we were all wiped out. ”

"So, the Dutch have nothing to do with us, and they still have to cooperate with us."

"You're being selfish."

"If a man is not for himself, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. Is it wrong to be selfish? ”

The others just watched the father and son quarrel, and they had no way to persuade them, and they didn't know what to do. If this army can really drive away the Dutch, it is better to invest early, but what if it is short-lived and wiped out by the Dutch and natives? In the end, the family still has to make big concessions and pay a big price to appease the anger of the Dutch, and even the Dutch will destroy their own family.

The patriarch's ideas are still old-fashioned, and he can advance and retreat freely. The eldest young master's idea can't be said to be wrong, if this group of people really succeeds, the eldest young master's method will be the most rewarding. How, exactly? What can be done to be both safe and rewarding? It's better to be able to compare with the other families. But what to do is now a bet, and they are all betting on the future of the family. If you participate in advance, then the risk is great, and the gain is great; If the situation is clear before deciding, the advantage is that there is no risk or the risk is very small, but if you let other families take the lead, your own gain will definitely be much smaller, and you will be crushed by other families.

The same topic is being discussed in several other families. Meng, Zheng, Zhao, Li and other families also can't make up their minds, what should they do?

A few days later, several similar pieces of information were sent to Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei felt very ridiculous after reading it, what can these selfish guys who are afraid of wolves and tigers do in the past? In the early stage of development, it is necessary to make full use of its own system talents, and outsiders are unreliable. These people? Just wait.