1850 American Gold Tycoon.

The island of Borneo, which is later called Kalimantan Island.

With so many forces crowded on a small island, it is destined to be an uneven place.

The island has been in constant conflict since the 18th century.

There are conflicts between different chieftains on the island, conflicts between Chinese and chieftains, and conflicts between Chinese company gangs of different interest factions.

After the expansion of the Dutch East India Company, under the instigation of the Batavian colonial government, the Dutch India Company occupied the trading bases along the coast of Borneo Island.

After the Dutch East India Company got involved in the island of Borneo, it was very afraid of the strength of the local Chinese company gang.

The Dutch East India Company worried that these Chinese groups were too powerful and would threaten their rule in the East Indies.

However, it is very paradoxical that the Dutch wanted to grab more wealth in the East Indies, but had to rely on the local Chinese to create more wealth to provide taxes for the Dutch-Indian Company.

After all, the local aborigines can't create much wealth. Most of the wealth in Southeast Asia is not in the hands of the local chieftains and nobles, but in the hands of the Chinese who have immigrated and settled in various parts of Southeast Asia since Zheng He's voyages.

This rule has not changed in the 21st century. Half of the modern history of Southeast Asia is the history of pioneering Chinese immigrants and the history of blood and tears.

It’s just that after experiencing countless anti-Chinese riots, the Chinese in Southeast Asia have intentionally or unintentionally downplayed their Chinese identity in an attempt to localize themselves.

Hope to integrate into the local culture to avoid re-incurring murderous hands.

Even in Singapore, where Chinese immigrants account for more than 75%, they are clearly the local majority group, but they have always been vague about their Chinese identity.

The attitude towards the Chinese in Southeast Asia, whether it is the Spanish colonial government, the Dutch colonial government or the British colonial government, is the same, that is to use and suppress.

Use the Chinese to create wealth for their colonial government, once the Chinese have signs of growing up.

The colonial government instigated the local chiefdoms to suppress the Chinese, but these chieftains were often useless.

In the end, these colonial corporate governments still want to take advantage of the contradictions between different Chinese gangs and provoke infighting among different Chinese interest groups.

If you still can't suppress the increasingly powerful Chinese forces, or the conspiracy goes bankrupt, then you can directly take action yourself.

In 1850, the government of the Dutch East India Company directly dispatched troops from Batavia to support the colonization forces of the Dutch India Company in Borneo Island to attack the Heshun General Office in Laolu (the Chinese company gang alliance headed by the Dagang Company).

The two sides have since started a four-year corporate war.

This is also the first time that the Chinese forces on the island of Borneo have united against the Western colonial forces.

At the beginning of the war, Dongwanlu's Lanfang Company and Santiaogou Company, the two largest local Chinese forces, chose to stand on the same front as their compatriots against the Dutch this time.

The Chinese Alliance achieved a good record at the beginning of the war, and even took back Bangga, which was occupied by the Dutch-Indian Company in the northwest of Pontianak.

It's just that after three years of war, the Chinese have gradually become unable to do what they want.

The Dutch East India Company had a steady stream of native blood transfusions, but these Chinese did not.

Luo Bofang of Lanfang Company has expressed to Qianlong since the Qianlong period, hoping that the Qing Dynasty would send officials and troops to directly govern the Pontianak area in western Borneo controlled by the Chinese, as the gateway to the Wanli Shitang (Nansha Islands) of the Qing Dynasty.

Advance can deter the natives and Westerners of Nanyang, protect the safety of the Nanyang Chinese, and retreat can protect the southern seas of the Qing Dynasty.

However, with the short-sightedness of the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, Luo Bofang's request was naturally rejected, and he was even unwilling to accept the Lanfang Grand General Republic as a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty.

In the eyes of the rulers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the Qing Dynasty was so good, and you unscrupulous people still emigrate overseas, aren't you slapping the Qing Dynasty in the face?
The rulers of the Qing Dynasty had always had a bad attitude towards overseas Chinese, believing that all overseas Chinese were either pirates or thieves, or remnants of the former Ming Dynasty who wanted to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, just like the Ming Zheng and Tiandihui forces.

Although the Qing Dynasty rejected the request of the Lanfang General Republic to become a vassal state, Luo Bofang and others still claimed to be the vassal state of the Qing Dynasty.

This indeed bluffed many forces in Borneo in the early days, and even the Dutch East India Company was afraid of it.

But with the defeat of the Qing Dynasty in the Opium War, the colonists of the Dutch East India Company became active.

"So many of them want us to provide protection? Are they being bullied like this by the red hair?"

The single-minded Deng Wenqi couldn't figure out the joints.

The total number of Chinese in California is only [-] to [-], and the number is not much larger than that of the Chinese on the island of Borneo.

"They are different from us. We have a strong army, our own arsenal and industry, but they don't." Liang Yao said with a wry smile.

But Fremont saw Liang Yao's thoughts: "You want to provide protection for your local compatriots, and then grow rubber on the island of Borneo?"

"If there is a place in the United States that is suitable for planting rubber, I'd rather plant it locally," Liang Yao said.

"Although the United States has a large territory, it's a pity that there is no place suitable for growing tropical crops." Fremont laughed. "Rubber is very commercially valuable. I also want to build a few plantations in Southeast Asia. Count me in."

"Aren't you a staunch abolitionist? Why do you want to build a plantation?" Liang Yao teased Fremont.

"For the dollar." Fremont said bluntly, "I just object to those Dixie guys holding slaves and running plantations in the United States."

"The workers in the Yankee's factory may live a better life than the black slaves of the Dixie." Liang Yao laughed.

"But at least they're freemen, they're free," Fremont said.

"In what name do you plan to get involved in Borneo Island? The last time you expedition to Japan, Japan is a regime that is not recognized by the United States. The country can give you a lot of support, but this time, you want to get involved in the power of the Dutch East India Company." scope.

Behind the Dutch East India Company is the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a country on the Europa continent. Even if the federal government wants overseas colonies, I know very well the members of the Congress. The country is torn apart.

I'm afraid this time, the support you can get from the federal government is very limited, at least the navy will not come forward directly. "

Fremont himself is a senator from California. Fremont knows all about the virtues of those senators and representatives in Congress.

"In the name of the Colonial Company, I have the Umbrella Company. It just so happens that I am going to carry out military reforms and reorganize the troops recently. The retired personnel can reorganize an armed force and serve as Umbrella Company's mercenaries." Liang Yao said.

The California Infantry Regiment was established in the early days of the gold rush. In the early days of the gold rush, gold in California was not as valuable as it is now. In order to win people's hearts, Liang Yao paid these soldiers very high salaries.

Although Liang Yao has adjusted the salary of the California Infantry Regiment in various names in the past four years, the salaries of the soldiers of the California Infantry Regiment are still very high.

The average soldier in the California Infantry gets $70 a month.

This is more than the salary of a lieutenant officer in an ordinary American infantry regiment.

Liang Yao couldn't afford such a high cost, even though this army was an American army in name.

But the War Department paid the California infantry at the normal rate of the American infantry, which was $8 a month.

The remaining $62 gap is naturally filled by Liang Yao himself, which means that next year Liang Yao will pay about $75 to the head soldiers of the California Infantry Regiment.

This is just the salary, clothing, weapons and ammunition, eating and drinking, daily training and other miscellaneous expenses. The expenses in a year must exceed one million dollars.

Even the weapons were handled by Liang Yao himself.

He didn't like the old Springfield M1842 provided by the War Department, let alone queue up to get these weapons approved by the War Department.

It would be fine to just raise a California infantry regiment. The key point is that Liang Yao now has four regiments in his hands, and he also wants to form special artillery, cavalry, and engineering units.

If every soldier in the infantry regiment paid such a high salary, he couldn't stand it.

The Arizona Infantry also expressed their dissatisfaction when they learned that the California Infantry was paid a lot more than them.

Although the price level in California is still higher than that in the eastern United States, it is much more normal than it was in 1850.

If Liang Yao wants to form a western brigade, the problem of the California infantry regiment being overpaid must be resolved.

The salary level of an ordinary soldier in the Arizona Infantry Regiment is $25 a month, which is a more appropriate salary for California soldiers.

The original squad of the California Infantry was now divided into two sections.

Five companies were stationed at Nagasaki, and five companies were stationed at San Francisco.

Moreover, the employment contract that Liang Yao signed with these soldiers was about to expire, and the Arizona Infantry Regiment had also formed a combat force. Now is a good opportunity to solve this problem.

Liang Yao has also considered how to place these people. The excellent non-commissioned officer Liang Yao will naturally stay. The skeleton of their California infantry regiment, these people cannot be moved.

What Liang Yao wanted to weed out were ordinary soldiers.

After all, after being with him for so long, Liang Yao still has feelings for these soldiers, and he doesn't want to simply send them away.I still hope to give them a good arrangement and home.

These retired soldiers want to work on the spot.

Liang Yao planned to arrange them to police stations in various places. Currently, the police force in California is still relatively lacking.

The current police system in California is relatively rough, with three levels of police stations established in towns, cities, and states.

The salaries of the police officers in each police station are borne by the local finances themselves.

As for those who still want to serve as soldiers in their old profession, Liang Yao intends to use the name of Umbrella Company's mercenary forces to let them join Umbrella Company and become Umbrella Company's mercenaries.

Of course, Liang Yao's military reform this time is not simply cutting down the California Infantry Regiment and reducing their wages.

Liang Yao also had to make some adjustments in the establishment.

The California Infantry follows the pattern of the American Army.

In the mid-to-early 19th century, the American Army had a relatively simple organization, using a four-level organization of squad, company, regiment, and brigade.

This organization is the most suitable organization for the American Army determined by the generals of the United States in the online private era.

All of Liang Yao's troops have been equipped with more advanced rear-loading single-shot rifles with higher killing efficiency.

The establishment of the line infantry era may not be suitable for his current weaponry.

Seeing how prodigal Liang Yao was, even the Prussian instructor he hired from Prussia to assist in training the army couldn't stand it anymore.

Kruger once said directly to him that the money he spent to support the California Infantry Regiment was more than enough to support a standing brigade or even a standing division in Prussia.

Kruger suggested that Liang Yao could refer to the Prussian military system and set up a battalion-level organization between the company and the regiment.

And there is no need to maintain a [-]% full manpower rate in peacetime, just keep a [-]% to [-]% manpower rate like the Prussian Army.

This not only saves money, but also maintains good combat effectiveness when recruiting soldiers during wartime. It is a very cost-effective choice.

Kruger has only seen the current driving in California. As a Prussian, he doesn't know the current situation in the United States, so the judgments and suggestions based on his own experience are quite reasonable.

In fact, among the nineteen infantry regiments of the American Army, Liang Yao's California Infantry and Arizona Infantry are the only ones that maintain full staff all the year round.

Although the mobilization system of the United States is not as perfect as that of Prussia, which has been preparing for war all year round, it still has the mobilization ability of modern countries.After the civil war broke out, both the North and the South quickly mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops.

However, the quality of the U.S. military mobilization is definitely not as good as that of Prussia at the same time.

The national conditions of the United States and Prussia are different. The suggestions of these Prussian instructors can be referred to, but they cannot be copied blindly.

Liang Yao now doesn't know whether the civil war will quickly spread to California after the outbreak.

But one thing is for sure, that is, he will definitely not be able to compete with either of the North and the South in his fight for manpower.

He was unable to organize a large army from a corner of the west coast.The elite soldier strategy is more suitable for him.

Liang Yao's idea is to make his battalion-level troops able to compete with other US regiments, and even have the ability to defeat the opponent's regiment.

In this way, one regiment of one's own can be competent for the combat mission of a brigade of the rest of the US military.

Just now that he has the rank of brigadier general and the establishment of four regiments, he can slowly figure out a suitable army formation for him.

"It's a good idea to enter the island of Borneo in the name of hiring armed forces from the colonial company. The two colonial companies are tearing apart, and the government still has room for maneuver." Fremont agreed with Liang Yao's approach, but He still has doubts.

"Did your mercenaries deal with the army of the Dutch East India Company?"