In June 1776, Hu Fakui officially raised the Tang Tenglong Banner in front of the Pontianak Governor's Palace, and the Borneo Overseas Territory of the Tang Republic was officially established. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoUnlike the Kingdom of Hawaii, Borneo's overseas territories do not have their own flags, in fact, all states and overseas territories directly under the Tang Dynasty do not have flags.

Of course, there is such a provision in the constitution that overseas consulates must abide by: the central/central government/government has the right to veto local laws enacted by overseas consulates, has the right to promulgate special policies for overseas consulates and dispatch corresponding officials, and the governor of overseas consulates is appointed by the National Council.

In other words, the power of the overseas governor is not small, but his power comes from the State Council, and the replacement of the governor is only a matter of a decision of the cabinet. It may not be that the Cabinet has much control over the Governors of Overseas Territories at the moment, but there will inevitably be more laws and regulations promulgated in the future, as well as various supporting policies, so that the Governors do not act arbitrarily or act against the Cabinet.

The newly established overseas consulates were still relatively chaotic, Hu Fakui not only bulldozed the Heshun company, but also occupied the small companies established by the surrounding Chinese, and most of the companies chose to surrender to Hu Fakui, because they went abroad to earn a living, and they had to enjoy their lives if they occupied the gold mines. In the eyes of the Chinese companies, Hu Fakui's plot against West Borneo is to see the gold mines here, which is also their limited vision, and the weapons and other material resources invested by the Tang Dynasty in Hu Fakui alone are more huge than the benefits obtained by the local backward gold mining.

Hu Fa Kwai not only pacified all the Chinese forces, but also established a small sultanate against a few local Malays. was also easily eliminated by Hu Fakui. In the first year of the establishment of the Overseas Consulate. Hu Fakui's repression of various local rebel forces has hardly stopped. Hu Fakui himself is an "ancient man", so he doesn't think much about the problem of influence, West Borneo was killed by him, most of the Chinese are not aggressive, after the collapse of the company, they honestly obeyed the orders of the overseas governor's office, and the Dayak people are okay, they are used to wearing a pair of pants with the Chinese. It was the Malays who believed in the Green Religion who suffered, and all the Malays who rebelled. Hu Fakui will not tolerate it and kill it cleanly. The Malays who were captured did not end well, and Hu Fa Kui ordered the Chinese who had taken refuge in him to serve as overseers, and sent them to the coal mines to be cultivated.

Lin Youde brought Hu Fakui a guide to the development of Borneo, which included the situation of mineral deposits in various places, and the cabinet also made some suggestions for Hu Fakui according to domestic demand and the difficulty of development. The more immediate and important thing is the development of Borneo's coal mines. The country needs to transport large quantities of people from here to the mainland, even if the steamships have special coal carriers to follow. After arriving in Pontianak, there was no fuel, so you had to replenish the coal nearby. Fortunately, Borneo also has good coal reserves. Coal can be mined for use in ship boilers.

In fact, the local gold reserves are relatively limited, and the gold reserves of Jiazhou are not comparable, and it is more profitable to maintain small-scale machine mining, but it is absolutely impossible to become a relatively large industry. For this reason, Hu Fakui was slightly disappointed, but he thought that it was precisely because of the gold of West Borneo that it attracted 200,000 Chinese to come here to make a living.

West Borneo is also relatively poor, which is a common problem in most rainforest climates, with most of the organic matter in the vegetation itself, and the soil is not very fertile. In addition to supplying rice and other grains consumed by the locals, Hu Fakui plans to let the plantation grow a large number of spices, tobacco and other cash crops, which are still sold well in China, and can also be sold in the Qing Dynasty, and the Europeans are also happy to buy these things. Rubber tree seeds from South America can be further planted in plantations in West Borneo.

Hu Fakui also wanted to start a local industry, but now it is obvious that West Borneo does not have the conditions for industrial development, so he can only stabilize this overseas territory before anything else.

Of course, the most important task he was entrusted with in China was to transport 200,000 people to Jiazhou, and Hu Fakui's first notice outside the Governor's Mansion was that Jiazhou, the local territory of the Tang Dynasty, was rich in people and materials, and there were ten times the gold mines in West Borneo. The following is another notice: Datang is vast and sparsely populated, and it is in urgent need of reclamation, if you sign up to immigrate to Datang today, you can get 30 flowers, 10 acres of land, and tax exemption within five years.

It's just that, perhaps because the conditions are too good, many people will be suspicious, and the company leaders who have lost their power have bewitched ordinary laborers, thinking that the Tang people just want to cheat them out and become coolies, so there are few responders.

Hu Fakui was furious about this, he not only arrested some guys who spread rumors and shot them directly in front of everyone, but also let out the words, no matter whether anyone signed up or not, he would send people on the boat bound for Datang, and those who took the initiative still had money to take, and there was nothing he arrested.

All of a sudden, Pontianak was also panicked, and it didn't take long for the first batch of migrant ships from the Tang Dynasty to arrive in Pontianak, and at this time the Chinese people knew how powerful the Tang people were. Huge ships can carry thousands of people, and even shallow water cannot be moored in. The Governor's Palace had to order the construction of a new wharf.

Many Chinese want to escape, but they have been reorganized into the original incense bandit armed forces of the overseas garrison, plus the Lanfang company that completely defected to the Tang people, everyone will be dead, and escaping to the surrounding rainforest is a dead end, but there are headhunters in the forest, and they can't go back to the mainland, because Hu Fakui has already controlled all the ships. Anyway, whether these Chinese want to or not, their fate of being sent to Jiazhou cannot be changed.

Because they didn't want to go to North America, some Chinese resisted, but because there were no weapons and Hu Fakui preventively broke up the previous company organization, and people from different regions were put together, so there was no wave. Instead, the wave of people who participated in the rebellion were sent to the migrant ship in advance.

The first batch of migrant ships carried away more than 12,200 Chinese immigrants, who, despite all their reluctance, had to travel more than 10,000 kilometers to unknown lands in order to survive. Fortunately, the Tang people were quite good to them, even though there were more than 10,000 people in the immigrant fleet, but there was no one who could not eat enough.

When Zhou Junbao boarded the huge migrant ship of tens of thousands of tons, he was actually full of apprehension. However, when boarding the ship, two men at the door without pigtails handed out a package to everyone on board. Carrying a package that was not light, Zhou Junbao entered the cabin under the guidance of the crew. The ship's quarters were remodeled, and each small cabin could accommodate eight people, in fact, two bunks on top and bottom. If they all stood in the cabin, eight people would not be able to stand at all.

However, this is not a bad condition for Zhou Junbao and other laborers, a Chaoshan man pinched the bed, and actually laughed out loud, saying: "Soft and peaceful, it must be very comfortable to sleep." ”

They live in similar conditions in Chinese companies, often on hard beds covered with weeds.

Zhou Junbao opened the package and said in surprise: "There are several clothes in here!" ”

Immigrants from poor backgrounds could not have as many clothes as modern people, and in fact, many of them did not have a change of clothes. Among the bags for immigrants were two short-sleeved shirts, two pairs of trousers, and a thicker jacket. When they are in the tropics, they naturally don't need thick clothes, but when they arrive in Jiazhou, they may need something to keep them warm.

The dormitory mate said, "After giving out such things and giving back the money, it doesn't look like they want to sell us as coolies." ”

Zhou Junbao hurriedly asked, "This big brother, have you received thirty pieces of flowers?" ”

The man said: "I sent it last night, I didn't sign up, I ordered it when I ordered it a few days ago, and asked me to go to Datang." Originally, I said that I didn't sign up by myself and didn't have the money to get it, but I still sent the money last night. ”

He quickly looked at him suspiciously and said, "Why are you asking this, aren't you worried about my money?" ”

Zhou Junbao hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I don't have the courage to do this." ”

The man said, "I don't dare to forgive you." ”

Zhou Junbao hurriedly lowered his head to clean up the things in his package, and found that there were a lot of things in the package, in addition to clothes, there were lunch boxes and spoons, a handkerchief, a sewing kit, and even nail clippers and a book.

Chaoshan in the dormitory: "How can there still be books?" Didn't you tell everyone to take the Xiucai exam? ”

At this time, the seafarer at the door came in and said: "It's not for you to take the Xiucai test, but to let you all be literate. It will take you two months to travel from Borneo to my Datang homeland, and during this time on the ship, you will not be allowed to eat and drink for nothing, at least you must learn hundreds of words, and you can write and calculate. ”

Someone wailed: "Why is it so troublesome, I can't learn it?" ”

The seafarer smiled coldly and said, "Don't learn? Then go out to the sea and throw you directly into the sea. ”

Zhou Junbao is also illiterate, but he has long wanted to read and write, holding the book in his hand, and he is a little excited.

The seafarer said: "By the way, there are rewards for learning well, if you get the top few in the exam, there will be additional meals, fruits, fish and meat, you can eat as you like." If you pass the literacy test when you get off the ship, you will also receive a sum of money to arrange the best job. ”

Zhou Junbao hurriedly asked: "Didn't you say that you would divide the fields and land?" The title deeds were all given to me. As he spoke, he pulled out a piece of paper from his bosom.

The seafarer didn't look at his title deed, and said: "The ten acres that are said to be yours are naturally yours, but when it comes to my Datang, you must first obey the assignment from above, and you will do whatever you want." Your land will not be idle, and you will find someone to help you cultivate it, and the harvest will be your own after deducting the rent. ”

Zhou Junbao said stupidly: "Then didn't I become a landlord?" (To be continued.) )