It's March. On the Pontianak pier, an American-flagged cargo ship is pouring cargo onto the shore like ants moving. This kind of cargo ship of more than 1,000 tons is the industry of Maisheng Foreign Bank, and the development and growth of Maisheng Foreign Bank has made great contributions.

Before coming to Pontianak, the freighter had just transported a shipload of machinery and equipment to Taiwan. In Taiwan, Liu plans to set up a cement factory, a small arsenal, a modern sugar factory, and a fleet of steam engines, which will be used to modernize industries such as Keelung coal mines and camphor.

After unloading the cargo, the ship came to Qinzhou Bay and sailed to Pontianak after loading a batch of goods overnight.

Two hundred soldiers of the Qin army who volunteered to fight in Pontianak, as well as another batch of arms and military supplies, were sent to Pontianak and to the Chinese army.

The Dutch-Indian army between Rabtown and Benga Studios is still stubbornly resisting to this day. On the one hand, Kuyt sent troops to block the main force of the Chinese army, and on the other side, he launched a fierce attack on the town of Rab. The situation of the war did not become unsuspenseful with the fall of the town of Rab. On the contrary, under the desperate onslaught of the Dutch and Indian troops, everything is possible.

The only thing the Chinese army can be sure of is that whether or not all the Kuyt troops can be eaten in this battle, the second campaign of the Dutch and Indian armies is over.

Liang Luyi is gradually forming the volunteers, and these troops will become the main force of the new government of Lanfang to garrison the place. He now has no shortage of weapons, but what he lacks is people.

Hundreds of thousands of Chinese in Lanfang, young adults who are willing to rise up against the Dutch, have been scraped to the end by now. If we want to expand the number of troops, it is necessary to 'contain' the 'capitulation faction' who are not resolute.

Liang Luyi had an agreement with Wei Changjun before he led his troops to attack Labu Town. If the war does not go well, a conscription order is issued at the necessary moment. Forced young people from all localities to join the army. After a short period of assault training, these men were scattered and filled into the previous regiments, or they were added to the Volunteer Corps. As long as we do not use these people as a source of troops to form formed units, our influence will not be immediate.

So now, this is the first conscription order in Lanfang's history. I posted it.

5,000 soldiers were recruited within the territory of Lanfang, and only more could be less.

Wu Huaqing has been a little nervous these days, he has just adapted to the position of Dai Yan's guard, and Pontianak has sent down a chore.

Eight hundred soldiers, where did Dai Yan recruit them!?

Thirty years ago, it definitely would. At that time, the Daiyan Kingdom had more than 100,000 Chinese at its peak. But thirty years ago there was a great upheaval. The king of Dai Yan of the Wu family became Jiabi Dan, not to mention, the local Chinese were attacked and killed by the Dutch and natives, either dead or fleeing, and in the end there was not one out of ten. Now in the past 30 years, there are only more than 20,000 Chinese in Dai Yan. Eight hundred. It's really too much.

At the same time when Luo Fangbo established the Lanfang General System, not only did Heshun Company compete with Lanfang in Borneo, but a few years later, a person also established the first hereditary kingdom of Borneo Chinese in Dai Yan - Dai Yan.

This person is Wu Huaqing's great-grandfather, Wu Yuansheng. A native of Meixian County, Jiaying Prefecture, Guangdong, like Luo Fangbo, he also moved to Borneo in the middle of Qianlong. And relying on his own ability, he soon established an influential Jusheng company in the local area and became the local Chinese leader.

Luo Fangbo was just the younger brother of Wu Yuansheng when he first came, but later Luo Fangbo's prestige gradually surpassed Wu Yuansheng. and replaced Wu Yuansheng's position as the leader and established the Lanfang Company, and Wu Yuansheng became Luo Fangbo's subordinate in turn. Forty-two years of Qianlong. Luo Fangbo established the Lanfang General System in Borneo, and Wu Yuansheng was sent by Luo Fangbo to the Daiyan region in the north of Pontianak. At that time, King Dai Yan was cruel and tyrannical, and the natives under his rule were extremely resentful of him, Wu Yuansheng took the opportunity to kill King Dai Yan, and was supported by the local natives as the king of Dai Yan.

Wu Yuansheng died of illness, and his son was young. His wife ascended the throne as queen. By the time of his son Wu Dekui, the entire Dai Yan Kingdom was very stable. The Chinese and indigenous people get along very well. But when Wu Huaqing's father, Wu Guanghuai, was in power. This talent dares to be shortage, and Dai Yan is provoked by the Dutch outside. The contradictions between Turkey and China in China suddenly intensified, and the last rebellion destroyed most of the Wu family's foundation. Although in the end, the Wu family still controlled the Dai Yan region, but Dai Yan itself had become under the rule of Lan Fang Jiatai. The crown on the head of the Wu family also became the Kapitan given by the Dutch.

When Liang Luyi and Wei Changjun set things right, Wu Huaqing surrendered to Pontianak as soon as possible. turned around and became Dai Yan's garrison under Lan Fang's territory.

The economy here is relatively affluent. The farmland is harvested three times a year, and it is easy to eat a full stomach. So as the saying goes, a good man is not a soldier, and a good iron is not a nail. In the conscription order issued by Pontianak, although the military salary given was very tempting, for Dai Yan, who was wealthy, this temptation could not tempt 800 recruits.

At the same time, before this, a group of people who did not forget the blood feud had defected to Pontianak, and a large part of this source of troops had been cut off. Moreover, it has only been more than 30 years since the killing, less than two generations, and the Chinese here and those natives who are firmly controlled do not resist the rule of Pontianak, but people still have an indelible cowardice towards the ferocity of the Dutch in their hearts......

Anyway, for a combination of many reasons, Wu Huaqing, the Dai Yan garrison, is quite worried about the completion of the task.

As a last resort, Wu Huaqing could only adopt a tough assignment method for this task, and the number of 800 troops was distributed proportionally according to the population concentration of the towns under his rule.

This made the people below sad again. If the task is not completed, not only will they be punished, but Wu Huaqing will definitely not forget them if he suffers.

Shuangyuegou.

This is the westernmost Chinese gathering place in Daiyan, and further west from here is the territory of the aborigines. But Shuangyuegou is not desolate, there are more than 3,000 Chinese here, and it is one of the central towns of Daiyan.

As one of the main locations for Dai Yan's recruit recruitment, Shuangyuegou was allocated one hundred and forty places. But the local leader, deputy leader, and tail brother have been busy for a while, and they have only recruited less than 30 people. The hair of these officials will turn gray.

"It is everyone's responsibility to guard the land and defend the home." The slogan is beautiful, and it is a step forward and more practical than Gu Yanwu's 'The rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible'. But at the moment, it cannot be denied that the ideological realm of Dai Yanhua, who does not worry about eating and drinking, is really far from reaching this point.

Therefore, some darkness is inevitably coming.

Dongjiabao, a small village on the edge of Shuangyuegou. Tuhua is mixed, mainly Chinese.

On the fourth day of the first month of March, this was originally just a very ordinary day, but because of the unusual behavior of the village head, that is, Dong Bogui, the tail brother in the Lanfang system, the whole village was a sensation.

Surrounded by the lively crowd on both sides of the road, Dong Bogui led his nephew Dong Axi, as well as the four strong men in the village, carrying machetes and earthen guns, and escorted ten young men to look at Shuangyuegou. This is a young man, and there is one in the middle.

"It's a pity that Ah Ming's child is a pity, he can work hard and endure hardships, the debts owed by his father when he is sick are almost repaid, as long as he works hard for another two years, he can marry a daughter-in-law and have children. Now that he has been sent to the army, he doesn't know if he will be able to come back alive. Dong Bogui's old thing is really not a thing......"

"Not really. Relying on himself to be the tail brother, he bullied others who were weak. If Ah Ming's child has a long and short term, how can Brother Ah Shui's family live......"

"It's not that Brother Ashui's family is in difficulty, and he can't come up with money......"

"Phew! I think this old thing has taken a fancy to the ridges of land in Brother Ashui's house. Now the war is full of guns, cannons, and it will be gone before the people in front of me, Ah Ming is gone, in case he doesn't come back, those few fields ......"

"This one hit the street, it's not good to die......"

Everyone's discussion was there, but they couldn't stop Dong Bogui and his party from leaving. Dong Axi was silent when he heard it. Although their family and Dong Bogui are close relatives, their family really has nothing to say about this eldest brother and uncle.

Dong Ming turned his head and took one last look at the crowd behind him, but his mother's figure did not appear after all. Can she still get out of bed now?

"Look at what, look!" A pole was pumped on Dong Ming's back, and the last strong man among the four, the tenant under Dong Bogui's family, of course, took the master's words as his destiny - he watched Dong Ming. "Let's go—"

According to Dong Bogui's thoughts, Dong Ming had better die as soon as he joined the army, and the pension silver went down to his hands, as the tail brother of Dong Jiabao, he could scrape it, not to mention, Dong Ashui would definitely not be able to survive if he got bad news after a long illness. Then if Dong Ming's wife is still alive, he can directly send her to the righteous society in Shuangyuegou to 'offer', and then his family's few good fields will naturally fall into his hands. You may not be able to swallow it all, but at least you can get half of it!

After being beaten, Dong Ming turned his head and endured silently, he knew his current situation, resisting or shouting and scolding, he could only make himself suffer more and more.

I have to take revenge in the future, and I have to endure it now.

"Be a soldier......

There is only one last road left in life to choose for himself, although Dong Ming can't see the end of this road, and he doesn't know what difficulties and obstacles he will encounter on this road, but the only thing he can do now is to pour all his hopes into this road that he doesn't understand.

Thinking of the brilliance of the Dutch soldiers he had seen, a sharp gaze flashed in Dong Ming's eyes. I must live, and then come back in style, come back to honor my father and mother, and then greet Dong Bogui on dog days......

Even under the wings of light, there is darkness that grows. What's more, the current Lan Fang? Injustice is always inevitable.

Liu Xian believes that the injustices in the world will never disappear. Emphasizing the so-called fairness is itself a coward's expression.

Dong Ming's experience is certainly a little pitiful, but it does not affect the overall situation at all. The momentum of the Chinese army is still steady and firm in the territory of Lanfang. (To be continued)