Hu Fakui only brought two treasure ships and accompanied Lin Youde to Borneo. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Lin Youde is afraid of delaying the return of the migratory bird fleet, so he has ordered a number of ships, and he has left the 3,000-ton passenger ship in Hong Kong, because there are still some immigrants who are not full, so the migrant ship is also waiting.

One of the two treasure ships was the 2,000-material treasure ship that captured the Lanfang Company's sailing ship that day, and the other was 1,500 materials, and Hu Fakui had already installed the ten smoothbore guns brought by Lin Youde on his flagship, and taught his sailors to be able to use them approximately. As for the other 1,500 treasure ship, it used ordinary firearms such as iron cannons and fire thistles from the previous Ming Dynasty.

Although the name of this investigation operation is intelligence reconnaissance, Hu Fakui's troops numbered more than 800 people, and these pirates are considered to be Hu Fakui's descendants, all of whom were developed by himself and personally led and trained, and many of them are also proficient in martial arts and relatively brave in battle. This group of pirates has kicked over many pirate forces in the South China Sea with him, and he has also fought against the army of the Tay Son Dynasty in Vietnam, which is also very good.

The most proficient of the 800 were given the 200 SC-2 rifles, while the rest were equipped with miscellaneous equipment, including flintlock pistols from Westerners, home-made shotguns and arquebuses, and more cold weapons such as broadswords, spears, bows and arrows.

Sailing purely on the sails, the speed is not as good as it could be. Lin Youde is used to steam-powered clippers, and now he is a little uncomfortable with sailing. The conditions on the sailboat are naturally not as good as those on the ship, and the residence is not satisfactory, but Lin Youde has no idea of complaining and is just doing his duty.

Sail for many days to Pontianak in West Borneo. At this time, there was not much of a port here, and the Dutch and Chinese came to trade here, mostly by small boats. The arrival of the treasure ship under the banner of the Tang Dynasty is the largest sailing ship that Pontianak has ever received.

At this time, Pontianak was by no means the only one in Lan Fang, in fact, in the whole century of Lan Fang's existence, there was no longer only Lan Fang as a Chinese company in the land of West Borneo. At this time in Pontianak, the strength of the Chaozhou people is superior, and it is known as "Jusheng Company, Four Great Families". As a matter of fact. In the seventies of the eighteenth century, although the Lanfang Company was strong, it was definitely not the largest Chinese company.

In 1774. Luo Fangbo founded the Lanfang Club in the area of Lanfang Club and Dashushan, mainly engaged in agriculture. Two agricultural groups were formed in the vicinity of Montoradu - the Tiandihui and the Lanfang Society, and the leader of the Tiandihui was called Liu Sanbo, who was somewhat related to the Tiandihui in Fujian and Guangdong. I also had contact with Wan Yunlong back then. It's just that Liu Sanbo's Heaven and Earth Society is actually a colonial organization, and it is already two different things from the Heaven and Earth Society on the mainland that opposes the Qing Dynasty and restores the Ming Dynasty.

The Chinese in West Borneo were mainly mining, but there was always a need for people to do agricultural production and provide for all kinds of daily necessities. Luo Fangbo's Lan Fang Club clashed with Liu Sanbo's Heaven and Earth Society, and Lan Fang Club was relatively weak and finally failed. Luo Fangbo led the crowd to retreat to the East Wanlu area.

And after the Heaven and Earth Society defeated the Lanfang Society, its power continued to develop. Because the Heaven and Earth Society controlled food and clothing, the local mining operators were held hostage by it. In 1775, the Heaven and Earth Society increased its monopoly on rice, refused to sell sugar cane, and often carried out illegal acts of plundering women and children, which of course they learned from Wan Yunlong's gang.

In 1775, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides at Wangligu, in which the Heaven and Earth Society was defeated, Liu Sanbo and more than 500 members were killed or wounded, and the survivors were divided among other mining companies. Since then, all gold mining companies have specialized personnel engaged in agricultural production, so as to prevent the emergence of the monopoly phenomenon of the Heaven and Earth Society.

At the beginning of 1776, the fourteen companies that participated in the war with the Heaven and Earth Society: Dagang, Lao Bafen, Jiufentou, Thirteen Fen, Jielian, Xinbafen, Santiaogou, Manhe, Xinwu, Kengwei, Fifteen Fen, Taihe, Lao Fourteen, and Twelveth Fen formally formed an alliance to jointly establish Heshun Head Office.

The Heshun General Office has suppressed the development of Lanfang for a long time, and it is the strongest Chinese force in West Borneo. At that time, some British estimated that the population of Chinese and naturalized natives under the Heshun Company might reach 110,000, several times that of the Lanfang Company. This also happens to explain why Luo Fangbo ordered his brother-in-law Li Nianlai to go to the mainland to recruit Hakka immigrants to enrich Lanfang Company to fight against the stronger Heshun Company.

When Lin Youde and Hu Fakui first arrived in Pontianak, it was the time when the fourteen forces swore an alliance to establish the Heshun Company. There are generally three main forces in Pontianak, none of which completely control the land: the Chinese forces represented by Ho Shun, the indigenous forces represented by the Pontianak Sultan, and the forces of the Dutch East India Company, which gained status through commerce. The Dutch were still very jealous of the Chinese at this time, because they relied on the huge empire of the Qing Dynasty, and there were a large number of Chinese, and they were still the main force of local industrial and mining production. Coupled with the fact that the Dutch East India Company had been weakened for half a century, it would not be long before the Dutch East India Company was almost finished, so they did not have much ambition or ability to annex the entire West Borneo region.

The arrival of the two galleons also made Pontianak shake, and the newly established Heshun Company also reacted, and two chief-level figures led the Yibiao brothers to the dock. The people of Heshun wanted to stop the docking of the treasure ship, so someone shouted on the shore: "Don't come, report the number of families first, who are you?" ”

Hu Fakui glanced at the shore and asked Lin Youde, "Are these people Lan Fang's people?" ”

Lin Youde shook his head and said: "No, now Luo Fangbo's forces are mainly in the inland area of Dongwanlu, and the coastal area is still dominated by Heshun Company, an alliance composed of fourteen industrial and mining companies, with Dagang, Santiaogou and other companies being the strongest. ”

Hu Fakui said stupidly: "We've been in the wrong place for a long time, but the people from Heshun Company are also Chinese, let's see if we can say it together and use it for our Datang." ”

Lin Youde is also quite scratching his head, the Chinese colonists who formed an organization are different from those overseas Chinese immigrants who run away from gangs, they have already produced political organizations based on interests, although they are a little immature and not strong, but they have already produced xenophobia, and it is naturally not easy to take them over.

He just wanted to know about the situation in Borneo, but Hu Fakui rose up and brought two big ships and 800 people to come, and some frightened these Chinese who were just begging for a living overseas, and saw a group of Chinese armed with knives and guns gathered on the shore, and the appearance of a faction to resist the invaders made Lin Youde quite helpless.

Hu Fakui shouted on the boat: "We are the ships of the Tang Republic, and this time we came to Pontianak to make friends with friends of Heshun Company, please let us go ashore to pay a visit." ”

The people on the shore didn't eat this, and said: "What kind of Tang Republic, I haven't heard of it at all!" Don't think I'm stupid, you say make friends, how can you bring two big warships? There were cannons on the ship, and it was crowded, clearly preparing for battle. Although we are far away in Borneo, but the news is not closed, incense thieves are rampant in the South Seas, and it is a big ship like you that is called, you must be incense thieves, plotting against my Pontianak foundation! Don't think that I and Shun's people are easy to bully, you come by boat, we will cut down one when you land, and never let pirates destroy my and Shun's home! ”

Hu Fakui was so angry that he smoked and said: "These people don't understand reason, we said that we came to make friends, and we came to make friends. ”

It's just that he doesn't have any good way, although he has 800 pirates on board, but if he lands and fights, it will be difficult, and only a small number of people can get off the ship, and a small number of people can easily be blocked by the other party, and Hu Fakui knows that if he lands on the beach, it will definitely cause great casualties on his side, and he thinks that there is no need to consume the elite in his hands in order to go ashore in Pontianak.

Lin Youde also sighed, and said: "I didn't think it through before, it's not okay to land in Pontianak, let's go to Sanfa, there is the power of Lanfang Company, we have their people in our hands, they must at least meet with us." ”

The two treasure ships had to leave Pontianak, but Hu Fakui's eyes were rolling, constantly thinking about something. As far as the situation of West Borneo is concerned, although the number of local Chinese is not more than that of Tang Jiazhou, it is not much worse, and the number of local natives is far greater than the number of Indians in Jiazhou. The Chinese in West Borneo have been assimilating the local Dayaks, and the Dayaks have slowly begun to live in dependence on the Chinese.

The Dayaks are an Austronesian headhunter who live mainly on fishing and hunting, and moved inland after the West Borneo region was occupied by the relocated Muslim Malays. Later, when the docile Chinese came here, they absorbed the Dayaks, of course, mainly in the form of economic exploitation, and politically vassal Chinese companies. They worked in the fields or mines of the Chinese, producing grain and other products, and each family had to pay a certain tax to the Chinese company, and the local sultan had to get permission from the Chinese company if he wanted to tax the Dayaks. After assimilation, the Dayaks slowly abandoned their headhunting customs and accepted some Chinese customs.

From this point of view, due to the activities of the Chinese in Borneo for more than 100 years, it has made a relatively good foundation for local colonization, although compared with the strong technological advantages of the Tang Dynasty, the cultural and atmospheric foundation of this kind of water drop stone piercing has long been relatively weak, but if the power of the Tang Dynasty can be used to shape, West Borneo should soon be able to grow into a region with modern characteristics.

At this point, Lin Youde can see clearly, and Hu Fakui also understands. Although Datang has limited energy now, it is also a good thing if it can use the least amount of energy to obtain the maximum benefits. (To be continued.) )