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Chapter 272: Determining the South Seas (II)

The reason why all the Chinese businessmen here asked Guan Poming for advice just now was mainly because they wanted to ask Guan Poming to stay and act as their protector, thinking about how to settle down here and save their lives. Guan Poming dragged Xu Changqing in, just to seek some benefits for the Guan family through his scheme, even when he was young and frivolous, he never thought about this kind of thing, and now he has only one thought in his mind, Xu Changqing He is a madman.

Xu Changqing ignored everyone's gaze, lowered his head and focused all his attention on the map on the desktop, swiped his fingers on it, and said at the same time: "Now there are only three largest official forces in the entire Southeast Asia and South Asia, they are Britain occupying India, France occupying the area of Annam, and the United States occupying part of the Philippines. In the private sector, it is dominated by several oceanic banks in Britain and France, supplemented by our Chinese business banks. However, this is only the general situation in the whole of Southeast Asia and even South Asia, and in terms of the archipelago waters of Luzon, Java, Malacca and the Philippines in Southeast Asia, we Chinese have an absolute advantage. ”

"We also know all this," Xu Changqing's words gradually attracted everyone present, and the head of one of the big trading houses said with a little awe: "Sir may have just come to Nanyang, and some things are not yet known, although we Chinese businessmen dominate the commercial transactions in this area, but those foreigners are also very scruptuous, and always suppress us, so our status in Nanyang is not much higher than that of those natives." ”

"I know all of this. Xu Changqing smiled and said, "The reason why they suppressed the Chinese business houses was because they felt that the power gathered by all the Chinese merchants was enough to pose a threat to their rule in Southeast Asia, so they would try every means to suppress the Chinese business exhibition." I even think that the events of Jakarta today, as well as the struggle between the Chinese and the local aborigines in Nanyang for more than ten years, have the shadow of these foreigners. Since most of the Dutch power was driven out of Southeast Asia by the British and French, the sea area that was originally under the control of the Dutch has become an empty area. Although the great powers wanted to redivide their interests, they could not agree on it, and their important colonies in Asia and their own political instability could not spare troops to be stationed in the area, so they had to take control of the important ports of the local islands, and the others were temporarily abandoned. Although they gave up most of the area, they didn't want others to go, especially us Chinese, so when we Chinese merchants were dominant, they secretly supported those local natives to confront the Chinese businessmen and prevent the Chinese businessmen from controlling the area. By the time they have stabilized, we and the natives have already lost the battle, and then they will come out to clean up the mess, and you can already guess what the final result will be. ”

The people in charge of the trading houses here are not simple figures, otherwise how could they let their trading houses survive and grow in this complex place of power in Nanyang. They had sensed something was wrong before, but they were a bit of a fan of the authorities and couldn't fully see it clearly. Now that Xu Changqing has clarified the matter, and then recalled the doubts in the past, coupled with the strange appearance of today's British and French joint garrison, everyone gradually understood. Suddenly, there was a lot of scolding in the conference room, there were all kinds of dialects, and in addition to being angry, there were also some old and steady people with a trace of worry on their faces.

"Sir, what do you think we should do to get out of the current situation?" Feng Jiusheng motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then asked Xu Changqing respectfully.

Xu Changqing drew a circle on the map with his finger, including Java, Sumatra, and some islands in the Philippines, and said: "It's very simple, establish a country! As long as the Chinese establish a sovereign state in Southeast Asia, millions of Chinese in this area will have the backbone." As long as the interests of the parliamentarians and the people of the Western powers are combined with the countries formed by the Chinese, then these foreigners will not be as nonsense as they are now in dealing with the Chinese. Although the Western powers will still oppress the countries established by the Chinese, I believe that the status and treatment of the Chinese will be dozens or even hundreds of times better than the current status and treatment of the Chinese. The Chinese who have stabilized can also gradually develop under this relatively safe situation, and finally get rid of the oppression of the Western powers. ”

"Sir, obviously, there is some rhetoric, how easy it is to build a country!" Someone began to exalt and said: "We have neither soldiers nor weapons, and foreigners are also wary of us everywhere, how can we do anything in such a situation!"

Everyone also felt that this was reasonable, and they all said that the establishment of the country was something that could not be done.

Although the status of the Chinese in Southeast Asia is very low and they lack many things, there is one thing that you do not lack, and that is money. Xu Changqing didn't care about everyone's discussions, and said directly: "Right now, you have an excellent opportunity, now the natives on the island of Java have begun to unite, and the overall power of the natives has overwhelmed the power of the Chinese merchants." I believe that this situation is not what those foreigners want to see, so the foreigners will temporarily appoint the Chinese businessmen to take charge of Jakarta City on their behalf, so as to provide convenience for the Chinese businessmen to gather strength. Although the position of the lord of the city is now imaginary, we can turn it into a real one, on the one hand, we can make a false appearance of insufficient strength to the outside world, so as to increase the support of foreigners for Chinese businessmen, and on the other hand, we can bribe British and French officials in this area with a lot of money to make them further implement the appointment. As long as the position of the city lord of Jakarta is obtained, the Chinese businessmen can gather together and form an army in the name of justice, and I believe that it is not difficult to form a well-equipped and strong army in a short period of time with the financial resources of the Chinese businessmen!"

"What if we have an army?" In the crowd, a relatively young shopkeeper of a trading house showed a strange look in his eyes, and said urgently: "Even if we can use this strong army to exterminate the local natives, what can we do? Britain and France will not let us build a state? Won't their armies in Annam and India come to fight us?"

Xu Changqing saw that this middle-aged man had a different enthusiasm for the founding of the country than others, so he asked: "Dare to ask if the emperor is ......?"

The middle-aged man hurriedly stood up, clenched his fists and arched his hands: "In Xia Li Yunlong, he used to live in the Republic of Lanfang, but unfortunately the Republic of Lanfang was annexed by the Netherlands after that, and now he works in Xierongmao Shipping Company, this time on behalf of my proprietor, Mr. Huang Zhonghan, to support the Chinese in Jakarta." ”

"Javanese Sugar King Huang Zhonghan?" At this time, someone next to him sneered: "No wonder he is so concerned about this matter, Java is in turmoil, I am afraid that he will lose the most." ”