Hendries originally came to Indonesia to gild, but if Indonesia's financial revenue shrinks, let alone gilding, he will be labeled as incompetent in the future, and he will become a laughing stock among other nobles. These are unacceptable to the face-loving Hendrys.

At the thought of such a thing once it happened, returning to the kingdom and facing all kinds of ridicule, Hendrys's face became more and more gloomy.

"Count Hendris, I advise you not to do anything stupid. The current China is not something that the kingdom can deal with alone. Deckerd saw a gloomy Hendrys and hurriedly persuaded.

"Humph! You don't have to worry about it. Hendrys was very upset to see Dirkde's timid look. For this elderly governor, Hendries was very unaccustomed to his unenterprising approach, although he came to gild, but Hendries always wanted to make a career and make his career more open.

"Alas!" Deckerd could only sigh and walk out, he really couldn't control this matter. Even if he wanted to, he couldn't send a telegram to the country, and the only radio was controlled by Hendrees. He, the governor, was in many places only in name only.

"Humph!" Seeing Dirkde walk out, Hendrys snorted again and walked out as well. He's going to make good arrangements.

The next day, it was dawn.

In a large house in central Jakarta, dozens of Chinese people gathered. In the middle of the lobby hangs a golden dragon flag with teeth and claws, and under the flag, there is a bareheaded photo of Chen Shao. In the middle hall, an old man sat on the main seat. This old man's name is Liu Sixuan, and he is the patriarch of the middle-aged man last night. said that he was the patriarch, but in fact he was the common leader of the Indonesian Chinese, and he was the descendant of Liu Asheng, the chief of the Lanfang Republic, who was exterminated by the Dutch decades ago.

The Republic of Lanfang was a Chinese state that existed in the South Sea of Borneo (now Kalimantan Island, occupied by Indonesia) between 1770 and 1885. The founder is Luo Fangbo, a native of Meizhou, Guangdong.

In Borneo, there were Chinese settled in Borneo for a long time, and most of them were engaged in trade, and they often formed their own companies, and the Southern Company headed by Luo Fangbo was one of them. Due to the intensification of the invasion of the Dutch and other Western colonizers on Nanyang, Luo Fangbo complied with the current situation and the requirements of the local Chinese and backward ethnic groups to protect their right to exist, and established the Lanfang Republic in 1770, with the capital of Dongwanjin, and he was embraced as the general system.

Among the Nanyang countries, he built Lanfang in accordance with Chinese tradition, and 1770 A.D. was the first year of Lanfang. He imitated the democratic system that had only emerged in the West at that time, stipulating that the masses of the people must be consulted on all matters in the country before they can be implemented. The two most commendable points are: he did not claim the title of emperor, and the emperor did it himself. Soon after the establishment of the Lanfang Republic, he sent people to Beijing to report the relevant situation to the Qing government and pay tribute. He also rejected people's requests for him to be king, but called him the chief system and the chief of the Tang Dynasty, and stipulated that neither he nor the leaders of later generations could turn the Lanfang Republic into a "family world" with a surname.

The development and growth of the Republic of Lanfang was hated by the Western colonizers and the backward peoples of the South Seas who depended on them. As the mainland sank day by day, this small Chinese country established in a foreign land, which had lost its support, was attacked by the Dutch colonial invading army. The entire population of the Republic of Lanfang put up a stubborn resistance, and finally suffered defeat due to poor weapons, and this small Chinese country also unfortunately perished.

The founder of the Lan Fang Kingdom wanted to include the land of West Borneo in the territory of the Qing Dynasty, but the Qing Emperor refused to accept it.

Some people feel very strange why the Chinese, who have been influenced by thousands of years of imperial tradition, would establish a republican state after going overseas? Its founding was six years earlier than that of the United States, when transportation was inconvenient and information was blocked, and it was impossible for the new fashion of Europe and the United States to spread to Southeast Asia.

Luo Fangbo and these people were all ordinary people in the Qing Dynasty, because they were too poor in their hometown, they had to go to Nanyang. Although he wandered overseas, he was still the people of the Qing Emperor, and the ancestral tombs and ancestral halls, as well as relatives, friends and family members were all in China. If they set themselves up as kings, for the Qing Emperor, it would still be a rebellion, and the emperor could do the work of raiding his house and digging graves and destroying the ancestral hall, and he would even send troops to the sea to carry out expeditions. Therefore, Luo Fangbo did not dare to set himself up as kings.

In fact, after Luo Fangbo established Lanfang State, he did not dare to call it a country in the Chinese circle, but could only be called Lanfang Company, or the general manager of Lanfang. Of course, there are reasons for the fear of being informed. Later, they also sent envoys back to China to meet the emperor and ask for a vassal status, hoping to incorporate the land of West Borneo into the territory of the Qing Dynasty or become a vassal state. The Qing emperor did not accept it, simply ignored these outcasts of the Celestial Empire, or simply could not tolerate the Han people in the south to establish a state overseas.

What can this say? If the Qing government could have been really generous and could really implement the sentence that the Manchu and Han dynasties were one family, rather than just talking, then it might be the case now.

At that time, the Chinese state established in Southeast Asia was not only the Republic of Lanfang, but also seven other countries, all of which died in the 19th century in the frenzy of aggression of Western colonizers in Southeast Asia.

Although Liu Sixuan is old, but the spirit is not bad, in order to support the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China, Liu Sixuan launched many donations, for the motherland's revolutionary cause to offer valuable funds. In his words, it is: "The old man is too old to go back to China to help, so he can only do his best to help, hoping that the country can buy an extra gun and a bullet." ”

At that time, many Chinese in Southeast Asia returned to China to devote themselves to the revolution that overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and many of them shed their blood just to make the motherland strong.

At the founding ceremony of the motherland, Liu Sixuan also sent representatives to participate, and several people who participated also came back the day before yesterday with the people who showed the movie. When he came back, he also brought the national flag and Chen Shao's photo, and a few people who returned to China said that they would move back to China, but Liu Sixuan did not express his position at that time. He heard this kind of proposal again last night, and Liu Sixuan also wanted to hear everyone's opinions, so he promised everyone to discuss it together.

"There is a great deal of construction going on in the country, and now His Majesty the Emperor has said that he wants us to go back. I think I have to go back. ”

"Yes, it's been so long since I came out, and even wanting to return to my roots after death has become a luxury, how many of us haven't seen the mountains and rivers of the motherland."

"Although I would love to go back to China, this is the inheritance that our ancestors have paid for their lives for generations, and we can't afford to cheapen those Indonesian monkeys."

"The blood of our ancestors cannot be shed in vain, and we must hold on to our hard-won gains."

"What are we fighting with the Indonesian monkeys for, not for these foundations. How many good men have died because of this, and how many sisters have been ruined by Indonesian monkeys. ”

"Even if we have to leave, we have to settle this account with the Indonesian monkeys. In the past, we were all passive defenses, and even if we had to leave, we had to let the Indonesian monkeys know how good we were. ”

"I also know that our foundation is not easy to come by, and it can be said that every plantation forest is sprayed with the blood of the Chinese meter by meter. I'd love to get revenge on the Indonesian monkeys, but don't forget, there's also the Dutch, will they let us get what we want? ”

"We only have knives in our hands, we can't deal with guns at all, and once the Dutch suppress it, it's us who suffer. We must be cautious about this. ”

…… Liu Sixuan listened to it for a long time, and no one's thoughts were in line with his heart. Liu Sixuan thought more, at the beginning, this was the world of the Chinese, the motherland was weak, and several Chinese countries were wiped out by Western powers one after another. Liu Sixuan doesn't want to establish a country anymore, but the economy here is all developed by the Chinese, and the sugarcane forests are all cultivated by the Chinese one by one, and these things will definitely not be left alone. No matter how you say it, these things are the ancestral inheritance left by our ancestors. gave up, a hundred years later, Liu Sixuan did not have the face to go down to meet the ancestors and ancestors.

"Be quiet and listen to me." Liu Sixuan thought for a moment, then stood up and spoke. After seeing the calm restored in the lobby, he spoke: "The ancestral industry cannot be abandoned, didn't His Majesty the Emperor say that the empire is our strong backing." And we have lived in this place for hundreds of years, and if it weren't for various reasons, maybe this place would be Chinese land now. We don't have guns, but the Empire does, we can't fight the Dutch, but the Empire has the strength to fight the Dutch. His Majesty the Emperor also said that where the Chinese are, there is the home of the Chinese. What's more, we have lived here for hundreds of years, and this is our land, our home. ”

"Patriarch, are you going to ask the motherland to come forward?"

"Later, I will write a letter, and everyone has jointly signed a letter before, asking the empire to make decisions for us, and for the thousands of Chinese compatriots who died under the butcher's knives in Indonesia and the Netherlands. We have a reason for this, and we have no fear of anyone. ”

As soon as Liu Sixuan's words fell, a young man ran in and hurriedly said: "Patriarch, it is rumored outside that we Chinese are going to burn all the plantations and bring all the family property back to China. ”

"What is going on, we haven't decided yet, where the rumors come from." An anxious old man stood up and asked.

"I don't know! This rumor came out early this morning, and we are still inexplicable! The young man who ran in replied.

"Now is not the time to take care of this, immediately gather all the Chinese, protect the women and children, and the others take weapons to prevent a surprise attack by the Indonesians." Liu Sixuan immediately spoke, at this time, he could not tolerate the slightest hesitation, he knew very well the temperament of these Indonesians, he must be prepared, and he must not be careless.

A small room outside the lobby was opened, filled with machetes and daggers, and each of the people in the hall picked up a weapon and ran outside.

(To be continued)