The expeditionary fleet led by Bai Nan returned to Los Angeles with Lin Youde's Yuanqing, and the cabinet did not expect that there would be two good news at once - the unification of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the fact that it had become the sphere of interests of the Tang Dynasty; Hu Fakui went on a rampage and unexpectedly opened up the situation in West Borneo. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This made Zhao Daling both a little excited, but also a little sweet trouble.

"We don't have any layout for Borneo, and now we are suddenly rudely pulled into our framework by this kid Hu Fakui, Datang's manpower is stretched, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to play a big role in Borneo for a while." Zhao Daling sighed.

Yao Weichun also said: "Yes, although we have brought in more than 10,000 immigrants from East Asia in the past two years, and the naturalization of local Indians has been carried out well, we need too many people. Luanzhou has just dropped the colonies, and we will set up three or five colonies in Gangzhou and British Columbia to establish our de facto control over these two states. Hawaii needs more control over it, and it takes a lot of manpower to open a plantation. If West Borneo were to be colonized now, the development of the two core cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco would be limited, and the lack of labor would leave us with little motivation to move forward, or even cause regression. ”

Gangzhou and British Columbia are the third and fourth state-level administrative units of the Tang Dynasty, Gangzhou is roughly equal to the other central Oregon, and British Columbia is the majority of Washington State in the United States, plus the Vancouver Lowlands and Vancouver Island, the most elite of British Columbia, Canada. Both states are expected to establish one or two colonies, with Portland and Eugene for industry and agriculture, and Vancouver and Seattle and Victoria for fishing in British Columbia.

At this time, Zheng He said from the side: "Don't forget. It's really the most draining of our energy. It was the cuckoo plan after that. We will draw up most of our military strength, as well as the strength of the whole country, to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan, and if we send some more people to Borneo, I am afraid that we will not be able to do so. ”

Liang Zhenhai analyzed the actual demand, saying: "Borneo is a tropical island, and its production is actually similar to Hawaii, and the consumer goods we need every day, such as coffee, cocoa, and tropical fruits, are relatively not particularly important. Sugarcane, rubber, sisal, etc. are what we urgently need. As soon as the Spanish trade agreement is in hand, we can go to South America to find rubber and transplant it to Hawaii. Although the area is not large, it is closer to us, and it is enough to meet the needs of our Tang Republic at this stage, and as for the development of Borneo, I still don't see any great benefits. ”

Xue Yue interjected: "Actually, it's better to directly let Hu Fakui pull those immigrants from Chinese companies to our Datang territory, we have a better environment here and can give immigrants a better life, why not do it." ”

Zhao Daling said: "Send some of the local surplus Chinese immigrants over. It's not impossible, it's just that we won't miss a good opportunity. After all, Borneo is the third largest island in the world, and there is also a certain base of Chinese immigrants, as long as we can grasp this force and guide it, it will inevitably make Borneo an existence in the South China Sea that is no less than that of the Philippines. ”

Bai Nan also supported Zhao Daling's idea: "Heaven or not will be blamed, there is no reason why Borneo has been sent to our lips that we will not eat, I have learned about Hu Fakui's plan, although he has no special performance on how to rule and develop Borneo, but the strategy of gaining control of the Chinese community in West Borneo is still good." ”

Zhao Daling asked, "Let's talk about it first." ”

"Yes, Hu Fakui also realized the shortage of manpower in our country, so this whole set of plans to seize the dominance of West Borneo is mainly based on incense thieves. Hu Fakui hoped that the country would be more armed with the incense thieves, and sent military instructors to help him train stronger incense thieves, and then with the incense thieves as the core, plus the Lanfang company that he had already controlled, he would merge with other Chinese companies in the surrounding area until all the Chinese companies were under control. ”

After this passage was spoken, there was a certain degree of silence in the cabinet. It is no secret that Yang Zhen has separated from the Datang official. In front of Zheng He and Wang Jinghong, Zhao Daling and others were not easy to say, and Zheng He could not find out what Yang Zhen did today, because of the reason he instructed. Although Zheng He was also a little dissatisfied with Yang Zhen's stubbornness, after the Tang Republic came up with the cuckoo plan and planned to fight for it with the strength of the whole country, Zheng He knew that Yang Zhen's move was already a bit tasteless and it was a pity to abandon it, plus Yang Zhen had already done his own thing, and Zheng He had no control over it, so it made him feel complicated.

Everyone was silent because of the armed incense thieves that Hu Fakui said, which obviously made both sides feel uneasy. Zhao Daling will feel that armed incense thieves will cause more trouble in the future, and incense thieves may pose a certain challenge to Datang; Zheng He, on the other hand, has a sense of avoiding suspicion and does not want to have a particularly direct relationship with Yang Zhen, Hu Fakui and others.

Seeing that no one spoke, Bai Nan said again: "We don't need to arm the incense thieves with the standard of arming the Tang Army, and in fact, we only need to arm a part of the incense thieves with combat effectiveness, they don't need to reach the strength of the country's regular army, they can deal with the Chinese regiment on land and train their arms to deal with the Dutch who landed and invaded." So hundreds of SC-2 rifles, some SC1774 bronze cannons, plus an increase in organization, were enough for them to do such a job. We can concentrate the elite incense thieves and increase the control of this force, and then in the process of our implementation of the cuckoo plan, hopefully such a force can also be relied on. ”

The cabinet was not in a hurry to make a decision on this, and Zhao Daling asked everyone to go back and think about it. After the meeting, Zhao Daling found Bai Nan and said to him: "Borneo is a good fulcrum, if we control here, we can control the South China Sea, and it can be regarded as choking the throat of Western colonists entering East Asia, so I say that I am inclined to take Borneo." Hu Fakui's plan is not unfeasible, but what worries me the most is his loyalty, if he gets domestic support and eventually takes control of West Borneo, and ends up turning against us, just like Yang Zhen, it means that all our efforts will be in vain. Therefore, before deciding whether to take action against Borneo, we must know whether Hu Fakui is reliable or not. (To be continued.) )