Nanjing, Fort Maria.

As soon as they heard the "United Rubber Company" and "large rubber plantations and palm gardens with armed guards", they knew that this emperor did not have any good intentions!

Zheng Hong, who once ran an armed company in Lanfang, shook his head at Emperor Zhu: "Your Majesty, are you trying to seek Nanyang?" The Dutch East Indies controlled by the Dutch are just that, and the Straits Settlements of the British are not easy to handle, and one is not good...... Our relationship with Britain will break down! ”

"No, it won't." Zhu Jishi waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile, "In today's situation, it is a matter of time before I replace the Europeans as the lord of the South Seas. Presumably, the British have already made certain mental preparations, and in such a situation, the British are still willing to form an alliance with our Ming Dynasty, what does this mean? ”

Zuo Zongtang said: "Are they willing to give up the Straits Settlements? ”

Zheng Hong shook his head, "I'm afraid it's not that easy." ”

Zhu Jishi smiled, "Of course, it's not easy to do it in one step. However, we can break it down into several steps. ”

"There are three steps to collect the South Seas, as long as we work steadily and steadily, step by step, we can smoothly turn the Straits Settlements into our territory without breaking with the British."

"The first step is to do everything possible to immigrate to Nanyang, only if we have enough people, can we take Nanyang. This incident began when I first arrived in Nanyang, and in the past 12 years, the average number of Han Chinese who have gone to Nanyang every year has exceeded 800,000! Even if you don't count the five provinces of Borneo and the Kingdom of Siam, there are more than 7oo thousand Chinese people in Nanyang. These people are the foundation of our acquisition of Nanyang. ”

"Step two. It is to organize the largest number of these 7oo Chinese. Because only by organizing together form a resultant force. Only by the numerical superiority of our Chinese can we wield our power. At present, although there are many Chinese in the British Straits Settlements, British Burma, British Sarawak, Dutch East Indies and the West Philippines, there is no good organization, so it is a plate of scattered sand. ”

At present, there are two ways of organizing the Nanyang Chinese, one is the clan, and the other is the gang. These two organizational models are, of course, backward! Just look at how the Nanyang Chinese mixed in later generations, although there are many rich people, they have no political power. If you don't count the Siamese royal family, which pretended to be a descendant of Cheng Xin, and Singapore, which was supported by Britain and the United States. There is no Chinese country in the whole of Southeast Asia.

Historically, when the Westerners began to establish colonial rule in Nanyang, the Chinese who went to Nanyang also relied on clans and gangs to establish many large and small countries. If you compare the number of Chinese and foreigners, it is definitely the Chinese who have an overwhelming advantage. However, even during the Napoleonic Wars, the Republic of Lanfang, the most powerful Chinese country in Nanyang, could not defeat the Dutch East India Company, which was stored in the corporate model - you must know that the home country of the Netherlands was occupied by Napoleon at that time, and the population of the entire Netherlands in Southeast Asia together does not know if there is 3ooo?

Emperor Zhu then said eloquently: "I believe that if we want the Ming Dynasty to take Nanyang peacefully, we cannot rely on the simple Hongmen Gang and the Chinese clan. It is necessary to use corporatization and ...... Semi-collectivized approach. Organized parts of the Chinese in the Dutch East Indies and the British Straits Settlements (including the Kingdom of Sarawak). To get them to join our United Rubber Company, the main models are: first. Rubber plantation and palm garden are invested in the formation of joint venture large-scale rubber plantation and palm garden; Second, workers and employees who are employed by the United Rubber Company or rubber plantations or palm plantations controlled by the United Rubber Company and are granted a small number of shares. And the rubber plantation and palm garden should not only be their place of work, but also their home. The specific model can refer to the collective farm, although the rubber garden and palm garden in Nanyang are not collective farms, but the workers all hold shares and settle in them, which can be called semi-collectivization! ”

Zhu Jishi is now talking about a big plan that has long been buried in his heart, from the beginning of the coolie trade and trying to find ways to emigrate to Nanyang, he pondered the method of using immigrants to dye yellow to turn Nanyang into the territory of the Chinese. After 12 years of non-stop immigration, the Chinese now have a certain numerical advantage in Nanyang, although they may not be able to pass the natives, but they have dozens of times the advantage over the Westerners. Next, as long as these Chinese are well organized and armed, sooner or later the Westerners in Nanyang will have to obediently roll up and leave!

"The third step is to arm the organized Chinese again! Not only militarily armed, but also spiritually! Military armament naturally means the preparation of arms, the formation of armed guards, and even the formation of all the people. Not to mention arming 7oo people, as long as one-tenth, no, one-twentieth of the people are armed under our organization, the British and Dutch can only obediently roll up. As for the spiritual armament, it is to open Chinese schools, and all rubber gardens and palm gardens should have staff schools to provide Chinese education to workers and their children, as well as other Chinese, and provide our four-year compulsory education. It is necessary to make all Chinese have a sense of identity with Daming and be willing to fight under the banner of Daming! ”

After Zhu Jishi finished saying these three steps, everyone present nodded one after another, but their faces were still quite solemn. If Zhu Jishi's three-step plan really succeeds, what will the Westerners in Nanyang do? Of course, the Dutch had nothing to worry about, even if they sent out a navy, it would not be much difficult to beat them out. But the power of the British cannot be considered transparent! Although the Ming Dynasty is powerful, it has not yet reached the point where it can fight with the British in front of the gong and drum, right?

In response to this question, Emperor Zhu smiled and waved his hand: "If you don't fight with Britain, you won't fight." We don't want to fight, and neither do they...... Britain is a European island country in the end, and its roots are not in Asia, so it is not worth fighting with us for the Straits Settlements. And I'm not going to settle the Straits Settlements and the Dutch East Indies right away, I'm just going to turn it into a home for the Chinese! It doesn't hurt the British, the Dutch, how can they receive several times more taxes every year, right? ”

I see! Everyone here understands that the territory is not about to ...... Or in other words, these actions of Emperor Zhu were not aimed at the Westerners, but against the natives! He wanted the Chinese to replace them as the dominant race in the Straits Settlements and Lanyin. And the rule and taxation of the Westerners in the upper echelons are not affected at all at all, and everyone continues to mix in vaguely.

If there is another big war in Europe, it will be sorry! It's time for the Nanyang Chinese to rise up and make a revolution and fight for power!

Of course, in order to implement Zhu Jishi's second and third step plans, the royal consortium and the United Rubber Company are afraid that they will have to make a ruthless investment. Moreover, what kind of crisis is going on in the world economy now, I am afraid that the financial pressure is very much.

Thinking of this, Zuo Zongtang couldn't help frowning and said, "Your Majesty, this big plan of yours should cost a lot of silver, right?" ”

"It costs money!" Zhu Jishi smiled and nodded, "In the next few years, the royal consortium will indeed have a lot of money to spend!" It seems that we have to come up with a supplementary investment plan, Friedrich, and see if we can invest another 200 million silver dollars in industry and railways. In addition, how about investing another 1.5 billion yuan in the 13th year to the 17th year of the liberation? ”

As early as 1854, Engels helped Zhu Jishi formulate a five-year investment plan, with a total investment of 100 million silver dollars. Now this plan is just over halfway, and the silver dollar has spent about 400 million. There are still 600 million yuan in the investment budget, and if you add another 200 million, it will be a full 800 million yuan, plus the 1.5 billion investment plan for the next five years, it will be a full 2.3 billion silver dollars, an astronomical amount of more than 700 million pounds! Although it is not raised all at once, but over seven years, it is not easy to get it in the current economic situation.

Engels pondered for a moment, "The investment plan is indeed a bit big, but it is not impossible to raise funds. How much is needed needs to be carefully calculated. It is roughly estimated that one-third of the $2.3 billion invested will be used to import machinery and equipment and hire foreign experts, and if two-thirds of that is financed by loans, it would be £200 million...... I may have to go to Europe in person with Mr. Schipper, the general manager of the Henyep Consortium, who is an expert in finance, and who is much more familiar with the business of raising loans and financing bonds than I do. (To be continued......)

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