While William and his entourage are selling assets in London, Arthur is already planning the government's next move in Australasia.

Australasia's domestic development is controlled by the cabinet, and Arthur is still relatively relieved. But the two younger brothers still need to take further control and add something to them in order to unite them more closely under the leadership of Australasia.

The first is the Sultanate of Kalimantan, a newly formed state. Although it occupies only two-thirds of Kalimantan, it is divided into eight ruling areas, and one is nominally the ruling area of the Grand Sultanate, which is actually left for the eight Sultanates to compete for.

Under the supervision of the Australasian government, the transfer of indigenous people has been relatively smooth. Although there is no specific concept of the total number of indigenous people, the number of indigenous people who have moved to Kalimantan during this period has exceeded 2 million, which has also brought the total population of Kalimantan to more than 5 million, giving the Grand Sultanate of Kalimantan a veritable heritage.

But in reality, the eight indigenous forces in Kalimantan are not so stable. The first is the contradiction between the eight indigenous forces.

Although their ruling areas are divided, it is completely impossible to say that they are not ambitious as sultans and leaders of their respective indigenous powers.

However, there is not much difference in the areas ruled by the eight indigenous powers, the territory is basically the same, and the population has become relatively balanced under the balanced policy of Australasia.

Coupled with the fact that there are different ethnic groups within these indigenous forces, the political environment within the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan is extremely chaotic, which also adds some uncertainty to the election of the Great Sultan.

The good news is that in this environment, Australasia's influence on the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan has become more effective.

Whoever became the leader of the first Great Sultan, as long as he could not gain the support of Australasia, was destined to fall into the whirlpool of the eight indigenous powers.

In particular, the one who became the Great Sultan, if he did not receive strong support, the position of the Great Sultan could not bring any benefit to himself, but would become a thorn in the side of others.

In such a situation, if you want to maintain your position, you can only cooperate closely with Australasia, which is also Australasia's conspiracy to control the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan.

Although it is a conspiracy, none of these indigenous forces will refuse. Because after becoming the Great Sultan, under the premise of the lifelong election system, they have been the Great Sultan of this country for the rest of their lives, and their status and influence have been one step ahead of other indigenous forces.

If it behaves well, it is not without the possibility of hereditary. After all, the situation in Kalimantan is still in Australasia's hands, so with Australasia's support, why not turn the electoral monarchy into a hereditary monarchy?

This is the true inheritance of Australasia in terms of British balancing policy, knowing how to implement a balanced policy in one region and taking itself out of the region as much as possible.

In this way, the competition in Kalimantan will not only not affect Australasia, but will also make those natives involuntarily approach Australasia and seek Australasia's help.

It seems that the eight indigenous powers elected a convincing ruler as the Great Sultan, but in fact Australasia chose a more obedient person among the eight rulers to rule the region for itself.

Coupled with the distance between Kalimantan and Australasia proper, it is almost impossible for this land to break away from Australasia's control.

Even if the colonial system collapsed in the future, it was unlikely to affect Australasian rule over Kalimantan.

Unless there is a country that can replace Australasia's role in the competition of power in Kalimantan, it is impossible for any country to do so, given the factors of distance and influence.

Under the premise that the eight indigenous forces are competing against each other, even if one of the indigenous forces chooses to betray the rule of Australasia, it will not break away from Australasia's control at all.

Because before Australasia takes action, there will be other indigenous forces that share Australasia's worries in exchange for Australasia's support.

From the map of the situation in Kalimantan Island divided by the Australasian government, it can be seen that such a division is a conspiracy, and it is fair to cut off the possibility of other indigenous forces outside the United Nations.

For the largest force in the center, the mestizo Muhammad, was adjacent to all the other natives.

Muhammad the Mulatto was also not very popular among the natives, after all, he was a mixture of Dutch and natives, and the Dutch had not been very good to the natives before.

Coupled with the fact that Muhammad's army of 6,000 men was the highest fighting power among the natives, it was natural that the natives would consider it the greatest threat.

Muhammad, who occupied the most land, was naturally the one to oversee the other indigenous forces for Arthur.

As for Muhammad's loyalty, in fact, this is the last thing to worry about. For once Muhammad showed his rebellious side, the other seven native powers would rush forward to extinguish their own troubles and enlist the support of Australasia.

In fact, this layout began at the time of the Dutch East Indies crisis. There is a question, why did there be so many indigenous forces in the Dutch East Indies, and in the end only eight indigenous forces, including Muhammad, remained?

The other indigenous forces did not rebel against Dutch rule, but they did not have the support of Australasia at all, as they would later rebel against Australasia.

These destabilizing factors must be eliminated in advance at the very beginning of the intervention in the Dutch East Indies.

This also led to the destruction of a large number of sultanates in the Dutch East Indies crisis. Although it seems that they were exterminated by the angry Dutch colonial army, it was Australasia that actually eliminated them, and it was they who showed their steadfastness in resisting Dutch colonization.

They would rebel against Dutch rule and, naturally, against Australasian rule. Even the success of the rebellion against the Dutch would give them confidence, which would be extremely detrimental to Australasian rule.

Therefore, these indigenous forces are destined to disappear into the long river of history, and no one cares about their survival anyway.

And these people who acquired land in Kalimantan were basically indigenous forces who had contacted Australasia at that time and gained support.

They may not have a good impression of Australasia, they know how to be flexible, they know how to depend on Australasian rule to survive, which is what Arthur and the Australasian government want to see.

As for the allegiances of these natives, kidding, as a white man, would Arthur believe the allegiances of these natives?

Not to mention the racial differences between the two, in the case of great differences in language, culture, religion, intellectual ideas, etc., it is impossible for Australasia to accept the allegiance of these people.

Perhaps in a few decades or even hundreds of years, there will be assimilated indigenous people who will successfully join Australasia, but definitely not now.

The natives who have not been nurtured since childhood, and who have undergone generations of assimilation, have doubts about their loyalty.

It is precisely because of the distribution pattern of the eight indigenous forces in Kalimantan that in fact, the candidate for the first Grand Sultan of Kalimantan has already been determined.

It is evident from Muhammad's area of rule that his area of rule was in the center of Kalimantan and could connect and influence any of the indigenous powers.

The only drawback of his area of rule was the lack of access to the sea, and the so-called area of the Great Sultanate made up for the lack of his area.

Coupled with the fact that people are very different from the other indigenous powers, having a person who is not satisfied with the other indigenous forces ruling the entire Great Sultanate can make the country more stable.

Stability here is, of course, the stability of the Great Sultan's allegiance to Australasia. As for the internal stability of the Sultanate, this will test Muhammad's true ability.

However, by virtue of his status as a half-breed, he was able to obtain the rank of general in the Dutch East Indies, which valued race very much, and it is believed that Muhammad still had some ability.

On the premise of obedience, he can still maintain a certain means, and Arthur does not mind strengthening his rule in the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan and making him an obedient eagle dog.

The natives who had previously been in Sulawesi were basically sent to Muhammad's territory.

This also strengthened Muhammad's population, at least no longer a force without a ruling background, but also a population under his own rule.

Whether or not he can feed his army from these populations depends on Muhammad's true ability.

After all, to be a competent ruler of a country, in addition to having good military capabilities, you must also achieve something in domestic affairs, at least not in the economic aspect.

In order to take care of these indigenous countries who have relocated to Kalimantan, Australasia has food aid for these indigenous forces.

While this food aid is free, most of the time, it is the free ones that are the most expensive.

Australasia has made a lot of noise about the Australasian government's assistance to them within the context of the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan, and has also specifically stated that it is free of charge.

While this does not change the perception of Australasia, it at least allows them to understand that Australasia has a very different attitude towards the indigenous than the Netherlands through this free food aid and the previous policy of gentleness towards the Aborigines.

On the premise that there is no threat to their lives, it is believed that some of the aborigines are still smart, at least they will not stand up against Australasian rule openly.

With both the top and bottom under control, Australasian rule in Kalimantan will be entrenched, and there will be no more resistance as in the Dutch East Indies.

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