1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 382 Borneo is in Danger

"You don't need to say more to be polite, tell me about the current situation in Borneo Island." Liang Yao went straight to the point.

"Very critical."

Wang Jia first briefly summarized the current situation on Borneo Island to Liang Yao, and then gave a detailed explanation.

"There are many forces on the island of Borneo, but at the root, they are nothing more than the local chiefdoms, our Chinese company, the Dutch East India Company, and the British who have infiltrated the Kuching area of ​​Sarawak. The British representative is James Sir Sir Brooke, I have written to Leung Wai about this."

According to Wang Jia's introduction, the Chinese on Borneo Island are currently living in several settlements in the west of the island and in the Pontianak and Sarawak areas in the northwest.

Since there is no fundamental conflict of interest between the Chinese, the British, and the local chiefs, the relationship between these three parties is relatively relaxed.

The local Sudanese chiefdom used the Chinese to mine minerals and develop land, and regularly charged some fees in return.

As for the British.The local chiefdoms, mainly the Sultan Omar Ali of Brunei, worried that the Chinese would grow up on the island of Borneo, so they introduced British forces and wanted to use the British to contain the Chinese.

At the same time, Brunei hopes that the British can prevent Brunei from being annexed by the Dutch East India Company while keeping the Chinese in check.

After all, at this time, the southern and eastern regions of Borneo were either directly annexed by the Dutch East India Company, or became the protectorate of the Dutch East India Company.

This disturbed the Brunei people, who hoped that the British would prevent the Dutch East India Company from annexing Brunei.

The move by Brunei's Sultan Omar Ali succeeded, but not entirely.

The reason for the success is that the British were introduced into the house, and indeed Brunei was not annexed by the Dutch East India Company.

The reason for the failure is that most of Brunei's territory eventually became a British colony.

This is why there are three countries on one island in Borneo (Kalimantan) in later generations.

Except for 5765 square kilometers of land on the island that still belongs to Brunei (Kalimantan Island has an area of ​​74.3 square kilometers, which is slightly larger than China’s Qinghai Province), most of the territory of Borneo Island is owned by Malaysia and Indonesia.

The territory of Malaysia, which was a former British colony in later generations, on the island of Borneo, also known as East Malaysia, is the territory of Brunei today, with an area of ​​19 square kilometers.

As for the rest of the island of Borneo, it became the territory of Indonesia, a former Dutch colony.

The delineation of the borders of various countries on Borneo is also a microcosm of the colonial era in the 19th century.

The Sultan of Brunei, Omar Ali, is indeed a bit big-hearted. He even thinks that he can use the British, and he doesn't weigh how much he has.

"How many Chinese are there in Borneo Island? With Dagang Company and Twelve Company, how many Dingkou are still in the current control area?"

After learning about the specific situation on Borneo Island, Liang Yao asked what he was most concerned about, which was the Chinese population on Borneo Island, and the population that Wang Jia, Liu Shanbang and others could directly control.

"We don't know the exact number of Chinese on Borneo. However, many of the Chinese on Borneo are concentrated in West Borneo, with about 5 people.

Among them, 2 people are under the orders of our Dagang Company and 3th Company, and the remaining [-] people are controlled by the traitor Liu Shoushan of Lanfang Company and his son-in-law Ye Tingfan. The ghost beat our own family members and cut off our heads to claim credit from the red-haired ghost.

It's more ruthless than the fucking red-haired ghost!Even mothers-in-law and children are not spared! "

When it comes to Lanfang Company, Liu Shanbang, a Hakka man from Lufeng, Guangdong, who is tall and strong, with long braids wrapped around his neck, is furious.

In the early 19th century, in order to monopolize the mining industry in Borneo, the Dutch colluded with the native sultans to repeatedly attack the territory of the Chinese company.
However, the fighting power of the indigenous sultans was impressive, and they were all defeated by the Chinese armed forces.

After failing to expel the Chinese by force from the native Sudan, the Dutch East India Company turned to economic infiltration, political seduction, bribery and division to deal with the Chinese autonomous regime.

Liu Taier, the sixth chief executive of Lanfang Company, was the first to be seduced by the Dutch to rebel, and the senior management of Lanfang Company betrayed the rights and interests of the Chinese company.Lan Fang then became an accomplice of the Dutch, often sending troops to help the Dutch attack other Chinese companies.

This is also the reason why after the Dutch War from 1850 to 1854, only the Lanfang Company among the Chinese companies could survive until the 19s.

During the four-year War of Holland, the top leaders of Lanfang Company headed by Liu Shoushan, the eleventh general manager of Lanfang Company, stood on the side of the Dutch East India Company and provided the Dutch with the Dagang Company and the Twelve Company. intelligence, and even sent troops to cooperate with the army of the Dutch East India Company to attack the territories of these Chinese companies.

The Dutch East India Company government agreed to retain the independence of the Lanfang Republic until Liu Shoushan died of illness.

Since 1823, Liu Tai Ergan, the sixth chief executive of Lanfang Company, was the eagle dog of the Dutch-Indian colonial government and came forward to suppress other local compatriots.

At this time, the Lanfang Republic has changed, and it has deviated from Chen Lanbo's original intention of establishing Lanfang.

"It is indeed as Liu Xiongtai said, the form of Borneo is in jeopardy! The cities we embrace are only Luyi (Montoladu) and Shilongmen! If Mr. Liang doesn't make a move! Even Luyi, Shilong Gate will be unable to keep it! Once Luyi and Shilong Gate are broken, all men, women, old and children in the city will be enslaved and let mermaid!"

Wang Jia said tearfully, and after speaking, Wang Jia even knelt down to Liang Yao.

Liang Yao is Wang Jia's last straw, and the only one who can help them directly.

Liu Shanbang also counted the atrocities committed by Liu Shoushan's son-in-law and the Dutch-Indian colonial government in West Borneo.

Looting people as slaves, raping women, and beheading and discarding corpses are all routine operations.

In order to please the Dutch, Liu Shoushan’s son-in-law even specially sent people to capture the beautiful yellow-flowered girls and send them to Batavia for the Dutch to use for their pleasure. People's support to consolidate their dominance in the Lanfang company.

What Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang said is true. The Holland War on Borneo Island is about to enter its fourth year. The Dagang Company and the Twelve Company, which have encountered an economic blockade, are fighting very hard.They can only fight against the Dutch and Indian colonial government and their accomplice Lanfang Company in the absence of clothing, food and ammunition.

On July 1854, 7, the Dagang Company had to withdraw from their last settlement, Luyi, under formal pressure. Under the siege and interception of Liu Shoushan's armed forces from the Lanfang Company, they went to Shilongmen, the last fortress of the Resistance Company.

Soon, Shilongmen also fell under the siege of the Dutch general Andersen. So far, the Dutch-Indian colonial government finally wiped out all the resisting Chinese forces on Borneo.

"Yao'er, you have always been in charge of your affairs, and my mother usually doesn't care about it, but today's matter is only for your mother to intervene. It's all about robes, and I can help you if you can."

After hearing about what Liu Shoushan, Weng-in-law and others and the Dutch-Indian government had done on Borneo Island, even Deng Lan, who had always been taciturn, couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but interject.

"Mother, I have my own ideas, and if I need to help, I will naturally help." Liang Yao nodded, and motioned to Aoki Ling to help Deng Lan go down to rest.

"If Mr. Liang is willing to help, Mr. Liang will have a share of the gold mines in West Borneo!" Wang Jia gritted his teeth and gave up the benefits of the gold mines in West Borneo.

Liang Yao owns the gold mines in California, and even has his share in the gold mines in Australia.

The gold mines in West Borneo have been mined for nearly a hundred years, and he doesn't care about such scraps.

Liang Yao didn't want to go to war with the Dutch for the petty profit of the gold mine in West Borneo.

"Liang Yao! All your rubber trees are bred in Luyi. If Luyi is lost, those trees of yours are just waiting to be shoveled away by the Dutch!"

Liu Shanbang, who was born as a miner, has a more irritable personality than Wang Jia, and he speaks indiscriminately.

"Old Liu! Watch your words!"

When Wang Jia heard the words, he stopped Liu Shanbang immediately and asked Liu Shanbang to pay attention to his words.

Liang Yao was their last straw. If Liang Yao was unwilling to help them, it would only be a matter of time before the Chinese companies like Dagang Company and Twelve Company would be wiped out.

(End of this chapter)