1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 383 All People Are Soldiers
"Mr. Liang, please forgive me for being rude. Mr. Liu is a rough person, and I hope Mr. Liang will not remember the villain's mistakes." Liu Shanbang stood up and cupped his fists at Liang Yao to apologize.

"Mr. Liang, Lao Liu has always been straightforward. Please forgive me if I offend you." Wang Jia also said to Liang Yao with an apologetic expression.

"In terms of the friendship of my compatriots, I am willing to help, otherwise I would not have brought you to San Francisco for discussion.

The Dutch blocked West Borneo from the sea. If the sea blockade is not broken, I will not be able to send you a large amount of supplies to support you.

Do you think you can defeat the Dutch with only a small amount of material aid? "

Liang Yao sent soul torture to Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang.

The answer is obvious: no.

From the beginning of the outbreak of the Dutch War, the Dutch have controlled the dominance of the sea. Most of their Chinese resistance companies are passively defending, and they rarely have the opportunity to take the initiative.

Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang were silent when they heard the words.

Seeing that the two were silent, Liang Yao continued: "If you want to break through the Dutch blockade at sea, you must beat them at sea, and only I have the ability to beat the Dutch at sea and break through their blockade."

The Dutch War has come to an end, and the armed forces of the Dagang Company and the Twelve Company have long been exhausted. It is unrealistic to rely solely on their strength to expel the Dutch-Indian colonial government forces on Borneo Island. They do not have the ability.

If he wanted to win this war and obtain the land on Borneo Island, Liang Yao had to intervene in person to have any hope.

"Defeat the red-haired ghost at sea?" Liu Shanbang said in disbelief with his eyes widened.

"The red-haired ghost's sea power is very strong. If we fight the red-haired ghost on land, we can still resist one or two. If we fight at sea, we have no chance of winning."

"Old Liu! Mr. Liang is not a person who speaks wild words. He said there is one! Mr. Liang has a big ship like the Chaoyong! He has defeated the [-] troops of the Japanese country in the Japanese country. The red-haired ghost , What's the use of worrying about it!" Wang Jia said hastily.

Liang Yao would directly intervene in the dispute on Borneo Island, which would be extremely beneficial for the Chinese on Borneo Island to resist the company. Wang Jia hoped that Liang Yao would directly intervene as soon as possible, and it would be best to send troops to intervene.

In that case, the pressure on them to resist the company will be much less.

Liang Yao took a sip of tea, and then offered his conditions: "It is not impossible for me to send troops. The Dagang Company and other Chinese resistance companies on Borneo Island are merged into Umbrella Company. This is the condition for me to send troops. I still say the old saying, the gold mining business on the island is still yours, and the other businesses are mine.”

Wang Jia and Liu Shanbang fell into a brief silence, but the severe situation on Borneo Island did not allow them to hesitate for too long, and they quickly gave a reply.

"As long as Mr. Liang is willing to help, Dagang Company and Twelve Company are willing to merge into Mr. Liang's Umbrella Company!" Wang Jia asked after expressing his position, "I wonder when Mr. Liang will send troops?"

"Send troops after the next year." Liang Yao just gave a vague time.

The deployment of materials, the mobilization of the army, and the preparation of public opinion all take time.

Liang Yao does not fight unsure wars, and only after these preparations are completed, Liang Yao will formally send troops.

The Super Brave, which just drove back to San Francisco, also needs time to change to the new Sacramento naval gun.Furthermore, the soldiers in Liang Yao's army were not only white, but also Chinese. After the year, the white soldiers celebrated Christmas and the Chinese soldiers went out after the Spring Festival. The morale of the soldiers would be even higher.

Soldiers are also human beings, and they go out without allowing them to pass the major annual festivals. These soldiers will inevitably have emotions.

The impatient Liu Shanbang was about to speak to Liang Yao to emphasize the precarious situation on Borneo Island, hoping that Liang Yao would send troops immediately, but Wang Jia stopped Liu Shanbang.

Wang Jia stepped forward and bowed deeply to Liang Yao, then lifted his robe and knelt down, and gave a heavy kowtow to Liang Yao: "On behalf of the tens of thousands of living beings on Borneo Island, Wang, thank Mr. Liang for saving his life!"

Since the outbreak of the War of Holland, they, the abandoned citizens of Borneo, have been isolated and fighting alone. Liang Yao is the first and only one that clearly stated that they will help them.

Based on this alone, Liang Yao is worthy of Wang Jia's worship.

Liang Yao stepped forward to support Wang's family, and asked Wang Jia the last and most serious question: "How many soldiers are available for the Dagang Company and the Chinese Resistance Company?"

With tears in Wang Jia's eyes, he replied decisively: "All the people are soldiers!"

"Ms. Liang has prepared the meals for you two. After eating, you have a good rest in Tingtao Garden. Later, a reporter from the newspaper office will come to interview you. You just need to explain to these reporters that Borneo Island What happened to the Chinese in the past and the current situation are enough." Liang Yao nodded and said to Wang Jia.

"Reporter?" Wang Jia asked puzzled.

"Do as I say." Liang Yao said.

"I understand." Wang Jia nodded.

"I've heard about the Chinese in Southeast Asia. As far as I know, the Chinese company on Borneo Island is a colonial company of the Qing Dynasty. There is also a saying that it is a tributary country?"

Having lived in California for so long, Fremont has not had little contact with Chinese people on weekdays.

Although Fremont can't write Chinese, he can still roughly understand Chinese conversations.

"If they are a colonial company or a tributary state of the Qing Dynasty, do they still need to ask us for help?" Liang Yaochang said with a sigh.

"That's why they claimed to be a colonial company and tributary state of the Qing Dynasty to protect themselves. They pretended to be a tiger, but the tiger of the Qing Dynasty was just paper.

At the end of the 18th century, they expressed their willingness to become a tributary state of the Qing Dynasty, but the Qing Dynasty ignored their request. "

The identity of the tributary state of the Qing Dynasty indeed provided them with protection in the early days of the Borneo Chinese company headed by the Lanfang Company, which made the Spaniards, Dutch, and British fearful of the Chinese forces on the Borneo Island.

But as the Qing's international reputation plummeted and the lies were exposed, the Chinese forces on Borneo also ushered in their doomsday.

Not being blessed by the mother country is not only a tragedy for the Chinese on Borneo, but also a tragedy for all Chinese in Southeast Asia.

Immigration, trade, exploration, and even conquest, what the Europeans did, the Chinese in Southeast Asia also did, and they were much earlier than the Europeans.

At the time of the chaos in China, a small number of immigrants went south by boat to find the peach blossoms in their hearts overseas.

The demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the subsequent voyages of Zheng He to the Western Seas, the Chinese immigrants in Southeast Asia ushered in a wave of peaks.

However, whether it was Yuan or Ming, the attitude of the Central Plains dynasty towards these overseas immigrants was still just indifferent.

In the Qing Dynasty, the situation was completely different.

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, a large number of immigrants immigrated overseas, not just refugees who could not survive the famine and went overseas by boat to make a living.

Instead, there are many literati, officials, and even former Ming clan immigrants with strong political colors.

Even Zhu Youlang, the last emperor of Nanming, the Yongli Emperor, fled to Burma.

The rulers of the Qing Dynasty, who were extremely inferior, became more hostile and vigilant towards overseas immigrants in addition to their indifference from the previous dynasty.

It is not difficult to understand why the emperors of the Qing Dynasty not only did not say anything except that the Chinese in Southeast Asia had been massacred, but clapped their hands and cheered.

After all, these Southeast Asian immigrants are either remnants of the previous dynasty or rebels in their eyes.

In the Hongxi massacre in 1740, the Dutch and Indian colonial government instigated anti-Chinese riots in order to weaken the influence of the Chinese, and more than [-] Chinese were killed.

Afterwards, the Dutch and Indian authorities were wary of revenge from the Qing Dynasty and sent envoys to the capital to apologize.

When Emperor Qianlong heard about this, he was not angry but happy. He believed that the overseas Chinese were to blame, and he did not pursue the responsibility of the Dutch and Indian authorities.

This is also the reason why the Dutch and Indian authorities dared to act recklessly against the Chinese in the expansion campaign on Borneo Island today.

Similar tragedies still happened from time to time until the end of the 20th century.

In fact, the Chinese immigrants who fled to Southeast Asia after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty also had strong political attributes.

However, the number of fingers and toes in the country destroyed by the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties is unclear, and there is no shortage of the Southern Song Dynasty.

In addition, the existence of the Yuan Dynasty was short, and the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty had limited control over southern China. The Yuan Empire also needed to rely on maritime trade to fill its treasury. Therefore, the attitude towards the Chinese in Southeast Asia was not as vigilant and hostile as the Qing Dynasty.

The Chinese community in Southeast Asia is large enough and has enough wealth.

As long as the Qing government uses it properly, it can exert influence in Southeast Asia.

Taking a step back, even if there is a Chinese regime in Southeast Asia that survives, at least the planners behind the anti-Chinese movement in later generations will have misgivings before planning.

The safety of the waterways in the South China Sea and even the Strait of Malacca can be more guaranteed.

It's just a pity that none of these are available.

"Don't you want any overseas territories delivered to your door?" Fremont felt unbelievable, unable to understand the brain circuit of the rulers of the Qing Dynasty.

"Now they are delivered to our door, do we want it?" Liang Yao asked Fremont with a smile.

Fremont hesitated for a while, and after thinking briefly and weighing the pros and cons, he replied with certainty: "Yes! Definitely! Whether it is for tropical plantations or for obtaining a strategic fulcrum in Southeast Asia, it is worth fighting for." fight."

Fremont, who was born as an explorer, is a very adventurous person with a more radical attitude towards overseas expansion.

Fremont and Liang Yao wanted to go together and get a base on Borneo Island. What Liang Yao wanted was not only rubber plantation land, but also a strategic fulcrum.

Britain and France are strong, and the overseas colonies of these two heavyweight players cannot be moved.

The only things Liang Yao could move were the colonies of Spain and the Netherlands.

Of course, these two countries cannot be offended at the same time, otherwise Liang Yao will not be able to bear it.

Spain's current relationship with Liang Yao can't be said to be good or bad, it can only be said to be quite satisfactory, try not to offend if possible.Without enough power, it is foolish to make enemies on all sides.

If Liang Yao was asked to choose between Spanish cheese or Dutch cheese, Liang Yao would choose the Netherlands without hesitation.

The Netherlands is not only inferior in national strength and size to Spain.

Moreover, ever since Liang Yao went on an expedition to Japan and forced Japan to sign a contract, he single-handedly broke the Netherlands' trade monopoly on Japan.

The Dutch had long hated Liang Yao, and even the United States.The relationship between Liang Yao and the Dutch fell to a freezing point long ago.

"I think so too." Liang Yao nodded in approval.

"However, given the current severe situation in the country, I am afraid that the Congress will not go to war with the Netherlands." Fremont said while pinching his beard on his chin.

"Did I say that we would go to war against the Netherlands?" Liang Yao said clearly.

"This is a war between the Dutch East India Company and the Umbrella Company, not between America and the Netherlands."

The United States will not easily go to war with the Netherlands, and the Netherlands will not easily go to war with the United States.This is Liang Yao's judgment.

Mercantilism prevailed in the Netherlands, and most of its domestic politicians were businessmen.

Businessmen tend to care about gains and losses, which is sometimes an advantage, but sometimes a disadvantage.

The bottom line for the Dutch is Sumatra and Java Island, two islands that have been painstakingly managed for two hundred years, especially Java Island.

These two islands are the core interests of the Dutch in Southeast Asia, and Borneo Island is only the marginal interest of the Dutch in Southeast Asia.

As long as Liang Yao doesn't move Sumatra and Java Island immediately, the Dutch won't fight Liang Yao for all their wealth in Southeast Asia regardless of gains or losses.

In this way, Liang Yao was able to control the war within a certain scale, making this war a colonial company war between the Dutch East India Company and the Umbrella Company, rather than a war between countries.

Of course, Liang Yao wouldn't mind if the entire country of the United States was brought down. At most, he could not monopolize the strategic fulcrum of Borneo Island after the war, and wanted to share a share with the American government.

Fremont sat on the sofa, took out a Havana cigar from his coat pocket, and played with it in his hand. As the cigar turned in his hand, Fremont's thoughts also turned: "If the company and the company The war between the two countries, that would be great, as long as it can win, California will have a new strategic support in Southeast Asia.

It's just that although the Netherlands has declined, the Dutch East India Company has two hundred years of accumulation and strong financial resources. Are you sure you can win this war?

I believe in your military talents, but the Netherlands is not Japan, it is a modern country after all. "

"I have prepared a gold reserve of 1100 million US dollars for this war. I will mobilize the local elites in California to join in and let them buy shares in Umbrella and become shareholders of the company." Liang Yao said.

The reason why Liang Yao has kept the gold that Umbrella Company scoured in Australia is for today.

He now has enough financial resources and strength to carry out a medium-intensity, limited-scale war.

In order to successfully enter Australia to seek gold, Liang Yao transferred 10% of the company's shares to the Australian dignitaries, and 10% of the shares to the British consortium headed by the Baring family.

Later, Liang Yao took back some shares one after another, increasing his shareholding ratio from 80% to 85%.

Liang Yao is willing to transfer some shares to local politicians and chaebols in California, making Umbrella a colonial company for Californians.

As for letting the Australian dignitaries and the British consortium hold some shares, this is not a bad thing for him.

Furthermore, Liang Yao could afford to lose this war. If he lost, he would just go back to California and continue farming. It would be nothing more than losing some personal prestige.

The Dutch and Indian authorities can also afford to lose. After all, the Dutch and Indian authorities only partially control Borneo Island, and Borneo Island is not their core interest.

So since both Liang Yao and the Dutch and Indian authorities can afford to lose, are there any forces that cannot afford to lose in this war?

Of course there are, and the Chinese resistance company on Borneo Island is the only force that can't afford to lose.

If they lose, not only their property and interests in West Borneo will not be preserved, but their lives may not be preserved either.

(End of this chapter)