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The history of the Chinese in the Nanyang region is a history of blood and tears.

Qin Zhiyuan had heard of these things in another time and space, and he was not as impressed as listening to the parties concerned.

"What can I do?" Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to sit idly by.

Although many Chinese in the Nanyang area have left their homeland, they have never forgotten their roots. Whenever faced with a national disaster, Nanyang Chinese will always donate generously, or donate money and materials, or return to China to serve their lives, and never excuse themselves from leaving their homeland for a long time.

These things deserve to be remembered by all.

"General Qin, if you can, please send a partial division into Borneo to protect the Chinese. We, the major chambers of commerce in Borneo, will not only be responsible for all the cost of the garrison, but also have a sponsorship. Huang Bohan was eager.

After Huang Bohan finished speaking, he and Huang Jinsheng glanced at each other. Huang Jinsheng took out a check and presented it to Qin Zhiyuan with both hands.

Qin Zhiyuan picked up the check and saw that it was a cashier's check from the City Bank of New York, with a face value of $10 million.

"$10 million! Mr. Huang is so generous. Qin Zhiyuan sighed.

10 million US dollars, in this era is an astronomical amount, Qin Zhiyuan rode in Renault cars, each worth only 3,000 francs, that is, 600 US dollars (the exchange ratio of US dollars and francs is calculated based on the gold content of legal tender at the beginning of World War I. Before the war, the gold content of the US dollar was equal to 1.5 grams of gold for one dollar, and the gold content of the franc was 0.29, so the gold content of the US dollar against the franc was about 5:1).

"General Qin didn't know that the Dutch had just issued the "Wartime Decree" not long ago, stipulating that from the outbreak of the Great War in Europe, every Borneo resident who earned more than 3,000 dong must pay a war tax of 30 percent. But everyone knows that the Dutch did not go to war at all, so where did their war tax begin? Huang Bohan was indignant.

"Yes, this war tax has just been announced this year, and it is really shameless to make up for the unpaid part of the previous two years. For this alone, Brother Bohan will have to pay nearly 35 million guilders, and if he can't pay it, the Dutch will buy the property in the hands of Brother Bohan at a price of 70 million guilders, which shows the greed and shamelessness of the Dutch. Huang Jinsheng inadvertently revealed Huang Bohan's energy.

The exchange ratio of the guilder to the US dollar is about four to one, that is to say, the war tax that Huang Bohan alone has to pay is almost 10 million US dollars. The Chinese in Borneo need to bear more than 30 kinds of taxes, such as not only the temporary war tax, but also the poll tax, the palm tax, the image tax, the writing tax, the house tax, the equipment tax, the planting tax, the maintenance tax, the carriage tax, the company tax, the export tax, the import tax, the inheritance tax, etc., which are second to none in the Nanyang region.

"The war on the European side is still ongoing, and I'm afraid we won't be able to spare manpower." In front of Pierre, Qin Zhiyuan couldn't give an answer immediately.

Pierre was French, and it was impossible for Qin Zhiyuan to withdraw the active troops of the Foreign Legion and return to the Far East for $10 million, which would arouse Pierre's disgust.

"If we can't transfer troops, we can also transfer a group of officers, as long as there are officers into Borneo, we can gather a militia and train the officers sent by General Qin, as long as General Qin allows us to borrow the name of General Qin, we can also achieve the same effect." Huang Bohan must have made a careful plan when he came, and when he saw that Qin Zhiyuan could not directly send troops, he retreated to the next best.

There is a reason why Huang Bohan and Huang Jinsheng found Qin Zhiyuan, in their opinion, although Qin Zhiyuan is a soldier of the Foreign Legion, he is essentially a mercenary, and whoever gives money will work for whom. The mercenary profession actually has a bad reputation in the world, and the "war hound" is synonymous with mercenaries. The reason why the French Foreign Legion emphasizes concepts such as "honor" and "loyalty" is actually all to fool people into selling their lives, and the Foreign Legion has no honor and loyalty in the eyes of Westerners.

"The Dutch were very wary of the Chinese, and the Chinese in Borneo were not allowed to possess weapons or form militias. Although there are 500,000 or 600,000 Chinese people, they are like a plate of scattered sand, unable to form a joint force, and sighing in vain. Huang Jinsheng was heartbroken.

"Five or six hundred thousand? So many? Qin Zhiyuan was skeptical.

There is no exact figure on how many Chinese there were in Borneo at the beginning of the 20th century. After the founding of China in another time and space, because China does not recognize dual nationality, only more than 10,000 Chinese in Borneo chose Chinese nationality, and the rest either recognized Indonesian nationality or used the dual nationality of Indonesia and the Republic of China, and the Chinese exclusion began in the 60s, and the mainland was ready to evacuate 600,000 overseas Chinese, but for various reasons, only more than 90,000 people chose to return to the mainland. By the end of the 90s, Chinese nationals had either returned to the mainland or taken refuge in Chinese embassies, and almost all of those killed were dual nationals.

"Nothing more, no less! The Dutch have been systematically abducting Chinese workers for decades, and tens of thousands of Chinese workers are abducted from the mainland to Borneo every year, and this number is increasing year by year, just as far as I know, there are about 500,000 people, distributed in Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan and other places, it can be said that it has spread all over Borneo. "Huang Bohan's status is higher, and the information he gets is more complete.

"Chinese workers, well, their status is similar to ours." Qin Zhiyuan began to look for the source.

"It's a pity that there is no talent like General Qin among the Chinese in Borneo, otherwise we Chinese would not be as cheap as pigs and dogs, and we would not make a living." Huang Jinsheng's voice choked.

"As you know, my troops are basically made up of Chinese laborers. So, if appropriate, I can set up a logistics base in Borneo to train the reserves of the Foreign Legion to replenish the losses of the First Brigade in the war. Qin Zhiyuan finally found an excuse.

Although the Netherlands did not enter the war, they were always under the protection of the British. If Qin Zhiyuan sends troops into Borneo in a big way, it will definitely attract the joint opposition of the Dutch and the British, Qin Zhiyuan's strength is still very weak now, and he has no ability to resist in front of the state apparatus, so he must have an excuse to act conveniently. Europe is currently in the midst of a scuffle, although Christmas is approaching, the eastern and western fronts are in a state of truce, but in fact the Allies and the Entente are brewing a new offensive, they need more soldiers, more support, if they enter Borneo under the banner of training reserves for the Foreign Legion, at least the support of Britain and France.

The British and French were close to exhaustion, and they had everything at their disposal. Qin Zhiyuan could foresee that his proposal would be supported by the French, and the British, although not necessarily supportive, at least would not oppose it.

As for the Dutch, who cares about them!

"That's great!" Huang Bohan and Huang Jinsheng were overjoyed and shouted almost at the same time.

"To set up a logistics base, you need a stable territory, a large number of young men, and corresponding weapons and equipment, do you have all these conditions?" Qin Zhiyuan made a request.

Since it is to be built, Qin Zhiyuan will build a complete logistics base.

A permanent logistics base!