Nguyen Phuc Anh could not refuse, so he agreed to the conditions put forward by the Tang people, and then boarded the Tang merchant ship and returned to Pontianak, the capital of West Borneo. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 When Nguyen Phuc Anh first boarded the huge cargo ship of the Tang Dynasty, Nguyen Phuc Anh was amazed, the ship was spitting black smoke and making the sound of machinery, and it was moving quite fast on the water.

"Are all the ships that Datang supported me like this?" Ruan Phuc Anh asked a little fancifully.

"Naturally not, it's just an ordinary lucky boat, the kind that needs sails."

Ruan Fuying was somewhat disappointed, but as a feudal king, he did not have a special sensitivity to new technology, in his opinion, this ship was just faster and bigger, if he was allowed to do it, it was bound to be magnificently luxurious, which could meet his status and status. As for the fact that large-tonnage, high-speed ships can reduce transportation costs, so that businessmen can benefit more and then benefit the country, he does not have this string in his mind.

Although Annam was not closed off from the country, it was heavily influenced by Confucian culture, and it was believed that business was a lowly business, and that it should not be encouraged to make people chase profits and leave the land.

Nguyen Phuc Anh did not bring all his supporters, and he was accompanied by only a few guards and more important courtiers who came to Pontianak, and hundreds of people were still on Tho Chau Island, and Lim Youde had promised him that he could bring them to West Borneo in the future.

Although it is said that from Tho Chau Island to Borneo, it has become a parasitic fence, but in the narrow and desolate island of Tho Chau Island, it is really tormenting, at least Ruan Phuc Anh, as a prince and grandson, is treated much better in West Borneo, and he can only eat two meals a day on Tho Chau Island. And it was an ordinary wooden house. At least in Pontianak. He was able to eat fish and meat at every meal, and he had a good-looking Dayak girl to serve him.

Ruan Fuying, who was still young, felt the improvement of his environment, although he did not refuse to come to a good life, but he still remembered the plan for the restoration of the country, which made Chen Mo also a little admired. At this time, Ruan Fuying was a teenager according to the standards of the Tang Dynasty, and in the history of the other plane, he was very much like Liu Bang, who was defeated and fought repeatedly. And there was no discipline at all, with the help of all the forces that could be used, and finally the Nguyen Dynasty was achieved. Although he doesn't have many skills, the first indispensable thing for anyone to achieve a career is not talent, but persistence in things.

Even though the young Ruan Phuc Anh was reluctant to give up on the mature body of the Dayak girl, and liked Simmons mattresses and various delicacies from the Tang Dynasty, Ruan Phuc Anh still summoned the courtiers who followed him every day and personally visited the soldiers who traveled thousands of miles and crossed the ocean with him.

It is no wonder that Vietnamese historians believe that Nguyen Phuc Anh knows how to use people well and can make people die for them. is such a means to win people's hearts, and it is indeed a character. And he's so young. Lin Youde said.

In the Governor's Palace of Pontianak, Lin Youde and Chen Mo met with Governor Hu Fa Kui, and to support Nguyen Phuc Anh, Hu Fa Kui's help was indispensable, and it was naturally impossible to borrow the Tang Army from China, it could only be Borneo's own garrison and even ordinary pirates.

Hu Fa Kui was a little disapproving, he didn't know much about Nguyen Phuc Anh, but in the past two days, he had read some historical materials, he said: "I see, although this person has a little ability, but in the final analysis, he is still mediocre, although he unified Vietnam and created the Nguyen Dynasty, but since his beginning, Vietnam has gradually slipped into the pockets of France." ”

Chen Mo shook his head: "Governor Hu has some consequentialism in this view, in fact, thinking about it, with the French colonial strategy, even if Ruan Fuying does not rely on the strength of the French, or even resists the French wholeheartedly, it will not change the final result of the French occupying the Indochina colony." ”

Hu Fakui thought for a while and said with a smile: "What you said also makes sense. ”

Lin Youde said: "Governor Hu, do you have any opinions on supporting Ruan Phuc Anh's restoration?" ”

Hu Fakui laughed and said: "What can I say, although I am the governor of the overseas territory, I have some autonomy, but in the final analysis, I still have to serve the interests of the country, the two of you said very clearly, supporting Ruan Phuc Ying can help us recruit immigrants in Vietnam, and we can also obtain the trade rights of Vietnam, this is a good thing, I am very supportive, as for lending troops to Ruan Fu Ying, there is not too much trouble, there are three thousand garrisons in the overseas territory, almost three regiments that are not fully formed, although they are all equipped with Tang weapons, But it's hard to say what the combat effectiveness is, the Dutch are very instigated, and they don't dare to provoke me here, and there are no Malay sultans around me to bully, so it's good to go to Vietnam to test the strength of my troops. ”

Lin Youde smiled, although Hu Fakui looked very flying, but he was still very knowledgeable. At least he has a very clear position for himself, he can cultivate some personal power in the position of governor, but when he encounters domestic orders, he must obey them, because although his power does not come entirely from the Tang Dynasty, it is the Tang Dynasty that can ensure his power and make him develop.

Chen Mo said: "Nguyen Phuc Ying's current men, that is, four or five hundred people, I think, give them a batch of muskets, and then Governor Hu will train them casually, as their main force, so that there is no need for Borneo's troops to follow them before and after." ”

Hu Fakui said: "This is good, training four or five hundred people is not a big deal, so leave it to me." ”

He thought for a while, and then said: "It's just that sending troops from Borneo, and then having to help Ruan Phuc Anh is such an autumn breeze, the annual budget of Borneo's overseas consulate is relatively limited, and there is no strong industry in the local area now, and the economy is not good. ”

Chen Mo nodded and said: "This is natural, we have approved a total of 500,000 Huayang funds in our hands, according to the agreement to support Ruan Fuying 200,000, plus other general expenses of 50,000 yuan, we can first transfer 250,000 Huayang to Borneo Overseas Consulate for the operation of the army, as the military expenses for sending troops, and then after we hand over the report, there will definitely be new funds, Governor Hu don't worry." ”

Chen Mo is not afraid that it will not be able to pass in China, because this is an operation involving the recruitment of immigrants, and the scale is much smaller than that of Cuckoo and Coiled Snake, and the cost of sending a thousand-strong force to fight in Vietnam will not be too much, at most it is a fraction of the Coiled Snake Army. The salaries of the garrison themselves were lower than those of the regular Tang army, and they did not have too much firepower, that is, the ordinary SC-2 rifles.

Hu Fakui said: "Before I applied to the country to transfer the 92 infantry guns, the first batch of 18 guns, now the battle is about to go, I still hope that the country will quickly send more artillery, as well as weapons and ammunition used by the garrison." ”

The equipment and uniforms of the overseas garrisons are all allocated by the country, and this part does not need to be paid by the overseas consular government, and it is good to directly transport it in place. Hu Fakui, an overseas leader, is still a little less able to make his own hematopoiesis, and several plantations and mines are being prepared and built, but it won't take a year or two to become a climate. Especially since the second half of last year, the country has sent mechanical gold mining equipment to Borneo, and Borneo's gold production has increased by four or five times.

Of course, this part of the income will not all fall into the pockets of overseas leaders, the Borneo Gold Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Datang Gold, and the main profits still belong to Datang Gold, and Borneo Gold has to pay various taxes and fees to the overseas government, which is the money that overseas leaders can get. The same is true for plantations and other mines, where direct production has nothing to do with overseas territories, but is subject to land tax.

These state-owned companies and enterprises, in addition to taxes and their own expansion and employee welfare needs money, profits are to be handed over to the state, such as the International Trade Company, the company with the strongest earning ability, ninety percent of the profits will be handed over, but even so, the upper and lower benefits of the International Trade Company have received a slippery hand, and the position of an international trade company is a job for ordinary people to break their heads.

The revenue of the overseas consulate is not enough for various expenditures, so since the establishment of the overseas consulate, a series of budgets ranging from public construction to military spending have been allocated directly from the central government, and now the overseas consulate government has not paid a penny to the State Council (the companies have already produced a certain amount).

If Hu Fakui relies on the finances of the overseas consulate to fight a small-scale war, then the overseas consulate will go bankrupt directly, so he must reach out and ask for this money. The overseas consulates sent more than 10,000 people to the country every month, and it was planned that by June 1777, this huge migration would come to an end, and the population of the overseas territories would stabilize at about 100,000 (including the Dayaks who had obtained overseas household registration). Pontianak is planned to become a core city in the region, and some plantations and mines will be used to develop satellite towns around the area, and West Borneo will flourish in three to five years.

Of course, Hu Fakui himself also has a set of small abacus, he was appointed as the governor of Borneo, not the governor of West Borneo, so he can only live up to his name by mastering the whole island. Hu Fakui is not particularly entangled in whether the territory is Chinese or Malay or other natives, according to him, as long as there is a gun in hand, the governance of the overseas territory is clear, and then the Chinese language promotes the action in place, there is not much difference. He learned a lot from the modern crowd that there was no benefit in deliberately increasing racial distinctions. In order to maintain his rule, he will inevitably impose Chinese culture on overseas territories, but he will never allow overseas territories to blatantly treat non-Chinese residents as slaves or form any discriminatory laws. Even in West Borneo now, naturalized Dayak families are no different from Chinese taxes, and their children can enter school when they reach school age. Of course, this school must only teach Chinese, although it is free, but it is mandatory, and if the Dayak people let their children not go to school, it is a crime.

Hu Fakui understands a truth very well, he cannot make an orthodox Chinese cultural region in Borneo, Borneo will inevitably have a local culture with its own characteristics, and what he can do is to maintain the core of the Chinese nature of this local culture. (To be continued.) )