The news that the Dutch decided to sell Borneo to the Chinese caused a sensation in the Chinese circle in Southeast Asia, and the Chinese circle was divided into two factions, one faction was to smash the pot and sell iron to buy Borneo to establish a country belonging to the Chinese, and the other faction thought that the Dutch were not well-intentioned and wanted to drive the Chinese to Borneo in disguise, and then carry out inhumane rule over the Chinese, and did not agree to buy Borneo.

"Since the Republic of Lanfang was destroyed by the Netherlands, we have finally ushered in a new life, no longer living under the eaves of others, we must have our own country to live in, even if we smash the pot and sell iron, we have to buy Borneo!"

"Immediately mobilize everyone to donate money and make up the money, only by pooling the financial resources of all the Chinese can Borneo be bought and then renovated, and many places need money."

"The Republic of Lanfang has been destroyed, the Dutch will be so kind to sell Borneo to us, there must be some conspiracy in it, I think it's better to be cautious, don't end up being cheated of money but not buying!"

"Didn't the Dutch say that the Huaxia Empire will act as an intermediary, and they will not dare to deceive the Huaxia Empire, so they can still be trusted!"

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Countless Chinese are talking about this matter, and even Chinese in other regions are also attracted by the things here, and this is the first time that they have given the Chinese land to build a country, and they are all thinking about whether to move there.

As soon as Zheng Guoxiong left the conference room, he immediately returned to Borneo by boat, and did not stay for a moment, and transmitted the news back to China on the way, hoping that China would make a decision.

In his opinion, the Dutch had discovered the secrets of Borneo, otherwise they would not have made the decision to sell Borneo instead of Sumatra and other regions. Borneo is the stronghold of China in the East Indies, and the Chinese forces in it are all Chinese, if a large number of Chinese forces enter, Borneo will become a hodgepodge of countries, and China will have to pay a huge price if it wants to continue to maintain its status quo, after all, not every Chinese force listens to Huaxia.

Chen Fu was shocked when he received Zheng Guoxiong's news, he didn't expect the Netherlands to make such a move, which directly disrupted Huaxia's plans in the East Indies. Chen Fu had to go to Qin Yu, the Hua'an plan was formulated by Qin Yu a few years ago, and Qin Yu had been planning behind the scenes since then, and the cabinet was too busy with domestic construction to be busy, so there was still the heart to pay attention to these.

"Your Majesty, just now Guoxiong sent a message that the Netherlands wanted to sell Borneo to the Chinese in the East Indies to build a state, and also introduced a series of restrictions on the development of the Chinese in the East Indies, the Chinese seem to be very willing to buy Borneo, and this move by the Netherlands has exceeded our expectations!" Chen Fu handed the telegram sent back by Zheng Guoxiong to Qin Yudao.

Qin Yu snatched it and looked at it, his face changed constantly, but he quickly calmed down, "Hmph, the Netherlands really doesn't understand us Huaxia people, and the matter of buying Borneo will definitely not be decided soon, it is full of too many interests, who wants to go bankrupt and go to Borneo and have nothing!" Borneo is destined to fall into our hands whether it is sold or not, but the point is that I don't want to be exposed so soon, which is not conducive to the development of the empire. ”

Borneo is now secretly under the control of Huaxia, even if other Chinese forces enter there, they will have to be safe and secure, and the strong dragon can't suppress the ground snake, not to mention that this land snake is an entrenched dragon.

"Your Majesty, what I'm worried about is not this, but the power of the rice country next to Borneo, the rice country is bound to stop the actions of the Po Dutch, and the rice country is estimated to put pressure on the empire at that time, real pressure! In addition, the Western powers may also prevent Borneo from falling into the hands of the Chinese and blocking the passage into the South China Sea, then East Asia will be under the shadow of the empire, which is not in their interests, especially the interests of the British countries. ”

"It's really difficult to do this, now more than thirty percent of the empire's projects are related to the rice country, if it suddenly breaks off the loss, it will be strict, what we have to do now is just one word, drag, as long as it drags on for a while, the country will not have the energy to take care of this." Qin Yu still felt the need to put these things off until the First World War.

Chen Fu thought for a while and nodded, "I understand!" ”

As Chen Fu said, after receiving the news that the Netherlands was preparing to sell Borneo, the United States could not sit still, and the secretary of state immediately set off for the Netherlands, hoping to prevent the Netherlands from selling Borneo to the Chinese.

The east of Borneo is the colony of the United States, and the Philippine region in the later generations, if the Chinese establish a country in Borneo, there is no doubt that the power of the Chinese Empire will be pierced in Southeast Asia like a nail, which threatens the interests of the United States and must be stopped.

In addition to the United States, Britain's reaction was the most intense, because the northern part of Borneo was their colony, and the Netherlands sold Borneo to the Chinese so that they could colonize it well, you must know that the Chinese would definitely be pro-Chinese Empire, just like when the forces of the Chinese Empire entered Borneo, this was simply unbearable.

"Go and sue Sù Wilhelmina, don't sell it to anyone, don't sell it to the Chinese, if it doesn't work, sell it to us directly, Borneo is better under our British colony, the Netherlands is digging their own grave." Asquith shouted angrily to his own foreign minister.

Although Britain did not dare to take over the Dutch colonies in the East Indies in its entirety, they were still happy to do so in Borneo, and the former little brother of the United States would not stop them.

The reaction of the developed countries was similar to that of Britain, if the Chinese controlled Dutch Borneo, they would not be able to enter and leave Annam happily, and if the Chinese invaded Annam in the future, they could directly station a fleet in the sea west of Borneo to cut off their supplies and aid, which was the most terrible.

The sale of Borneo is also a reluctant move by the Netherlands, and not many countries are willing to exchange it for dozens of shares, among which Germany is willing to exchange the islands near Papua, Britain is willing to exchange East Timor and other islands close to Australia, and other small Western countries are not willing to exchange at all, but only pay lip service to the Netherlands.

The Netherlands didn't really want to exchange colonies, they were thinking about Huaxia to exert pressure, but the effect was not at all, and Huaxia didn't seem to care about this.

In the eyes of various countries, the Netherlands is doing this too much, and Huaxia is now in a hurry to quell the chaos and fight with Fusang, where will there be energy to manage this. And the Chinese Empire does not have enough reason and will not send troops, multi-front operations will directly drag China down, after all, the East Indies are so big, the troops and funds invested are definitely not small, and Britain, France, and other countries are worried about the Netherlands, and there is no need to sell such a large colony as Borneo.

It's just that none of the countries can investigate the power of the Chinese in the East Indies like the Netherlands, otherwise it would not be calm who would have such a problem in their own colonies.

Singapore, one of the most prominent Chinese leaders in Southeast Asia, gathered here to discuss the purchase of Borneo and the establishment of a state.

"It's true that the Dutch government wants to sell us Borneo, put aside the contradictions that everyone had before, unite and seize the opportunity to buy Borneo and build our country! As long as we are united, we will definitely be able to make the new country strong, and then no one will dare to bully us again! Li Fan, a descendant of an official of the Lanfang Republic who presided over the meeting, said.

At this time, a voice said: "There is no point for me to buy Borneo, but what can we gain after the founding of the country, is it just an ordinary citizen who went there with all my wealth, so why should I take all my money to buy Borneo?" How should we build the country after the founding of the country? ”

These words made everyone's faces change in an instant, yes, they took out so much property but got nothing in the end, these properties were earned by their hard work for generations, why donate them for free?

"We have already thought of such a thing, the country we have established is a country with a separation of powers similar to the United States, and the president is recommended by all the Chinese. As for the money donated by everyone, it will be unified according to the contribution process dù after the founding of the People's Republic of China to give everyone a certain number of years of preferential treatment or tax reduction, etc., or set up a national exclusive company, and then divide the shares according to the contribution, of course, the state occupies more than 50%, in general, everyone will not donate in vain. ”

On the issue of the newly established state, Li Fan and the others are still ready to do it in the shape of the Lanfang Republic, but it must conform to the current trend, so they want to learn the principle of separation of powers in the United States.

Determining the distribution of everyone's interests after the founding of the People's Republic of China according to their contributions is undoubtedly the best policy to attract Chinese people to join, so that funds can be collected to the greatest extent and there will be no major contradictions in the distribution of interests, but it is also likely to cause the birth of the big families and the control of the economy of the country by each family.

"According to the degree of contribution, it should be more than just money, for example, we don't have much money, but we have a strong armed force, which can be regarded as a contribution, right?" This question was raised, and there are forces that do not have much money, but have a lot of armed forces.

Li Fan smiled and said: "As long as the country needs contributions, the founding of the country also requires a large number of troops, and a lot of manpower is also needed. ”

"How to divide the degree of contribution, you can't be biased towards any one, you must divide it fairly!"

"Of course, it will be fair and just, but because of the urgency of time, I haven't planned it carefully, and when the plan comes out, you will be allowed to vote. As for those who don't want to join, they can withdraw, we follow the principle of voluntariness and will not force it. In addition, I propose that everyone form a delegation to go back to the motherland to seek the help of the government, we need the government as a backing, only in this way can we stand tall in Southeast Asia and even the world! ”

Li Fan and the others have not forgotten the government of the Huaxia Empire, and the only one who can help them at present is the Huaxia Empire, and getting the support of Huaxia will inevitably lead to fewer detours.