Zhu Tian: The Fiery Years Begin with Taking Qin Huairu as a Concubine

Chapter 320 Borneo Republic
Zhang Kaiwu drove back home. It was now much more lively, with Jin Ling and the others, Lin Jingli, and the housekeeper there.

Together with several Indian maids, they could barely compete with him every day and did not interfere with his practice of the Su Nu Heart Sutra.

Several sisters-in-law are also very cute. They always hang around him after school. Young and lively girls are always cute.

In today's turbulent social environment, there is too much work to do and he has to consider everything.

good news!
The Second World War had just ended, and the relationship between the United States and Japan was not good. The issue of Japan reducing its compensation had not yet been raised.

The wounds inflicted by the Japanese on the American people during the war were too painful, and the country is still under severe economic suppression.

If the United States were to defend the Japanese, their own country would probably not agree.

Zhang Kaiwu's brain is now very useful. After the end of the Indochina War, the United States, which had suffered a great defeat in Vietnam, would pay attention to Japan's strategic position and help with economic development.

The Japanese people are still living in dire straits, the economy cannot develop, and countless people starve to death every year just because of the food problem.

If in a dozen years, there is an independence movement in Borneo, the United States will probably be the first to disagree for the sake of its strategic position!

The struggle between the United States and Eastern Europe that many people remember most was the Cold War from the late 1960s to the 1990s.

In fact, the attitudes of the United States and Eastern Europe are very ambiguous. The Cold War between them had already begun after the end of the war and after the division of property in Germany.

But now the struggle is not as intense as it will be later. It has not yet come to this place in Borneo, but it is about to begin in Korea!
Do your best and obey destiny!
Zhang Kaiwu hugged Jin Ling, playing with two big walnuts, and said:

"Your Princess Mansion is preparing to negotiate with the Dutch recently to demand war compensation. You also want to insist on a price with the Japanese, refuse to accept mediation, and continue to blockade them."

Jin Ling asked with a smile:

"Brother Kaiwu! How much compensation do the Dutch want? They definitely can't come up with 5 billion US dollars. Give me a rough figure."

Zhang Kaiwu rubbed her and said:
"It's hard to say. We'll try to get them to pay more, but it can't be less than 500 million US dollars. We'll try it slowly."

Sister Jin Ling said worriedly:
"Brother Kaiwu! Although I really want to help, I'm not suitable for this task. I'm not that strong-willed!"

"I'll feel guilty if I delay your important matter!"

When the girl next to her, Tong Ling, heard this, she quickly said:

"Brother Kaiwu! They killed so many people in Borneo, we can't let them have it easy! If my sister can't do it, let me go, I'm not afraid!"

Zhang Kaiwu gave her a kiss and said with a smile:

"Sister Tongling! Then let you and Yinling take charge. If you don't understand something, ask the housekeeper. Just take your time and handle it. Don't be anxious. It's the Dutch who are anxious."

"Remember a principle! Don't express your opinion casually. Even if you think it's okay, you must discuss it with the housekeeper."

Sister Tong Ling put her arm around his neck and asked:
"Where is Japan's compensation?!"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Their compensation must not be less than a penny. Before they pay in full, all their ships will be seized."

Zhang Kaiwu put his arm around her and listened to her babbling expressions of love.

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After the Duke of York returned to London and held a large family banquet, everyone suddenly became interested in this small business.

Of course, they would not easily believe the effect of the salt cavern, so they immediately asked someone to conduct an experiment in the laboratory. They were surprised to find that the large salt-walled crude oil depot could really achieve that effect.

It is exactly the same as Zhang Kaiwu said. There is no chemical reaction between crude oil and salt crust. There is no penetration reaction at all. The salt crust becomes a perfect container for crude oil.

Even under high pressure, it can withstand much greater pressure than stainless steel tanks.

And if the space for storing crude oil is larger, the quantity is greater, the pressure is greater, and the solidity of the salt wall is higher, then there will be no problem in storing natural gas.

This little experiment with crude oil reserves immediately broke a new understanding of salt.

After seeing the results of the experiment, the Duke of York and his team carefully considered the transportation and geographical issues. They found that Earl Zhang was right. The caves on Kalimantan Island in Borneo were really well-occupied.

It's not that there are no cave environments in other places, but they are either far from the coast of the oil-producing areas, making transportation inconvenient, or the geological structure is not suitable, too soft to build salt storage.

of course!

From the perspective of Great Britain's national crude oil security, salt crust crude oil storage facilities should be built on the three British Isles.

But Great Britain is not suitable because there are no suitable large caves, and the ground is permafrost.

The geographical structure is very suitable for building a crude oil storage base, but the cost of actively mining is too high, and the country will be responsible for it.

But they are not doing this for Great Britain, isn't it all for commercial profit? ?

As long as the safety of the company's crude oil depots can be guaranteed, it doesn't make much difference where the crude oil base is built.

A crude oil storage base joint-stock company funded by British aristocrats was established at the speed of light.

The lawyers, the dukes, and even Elizabeth's family were preparing to go to Borneo to secretly register a company and sign a land contract.

Just inspect the local underground environment, discuss the construction site of the crude oil depot, and possibly build a crude oil refinery.

Elizabeth's family holds a dominant position in this newly established company, and they invested 200 million US dollars in assets within five years.

Several grand dukes were also unwilling to be outdone in investment, with the lowest investment intention being 100 million US dollars. Combined with the intentions of various parties, the company had just been established and there was an investment intention of 1 billion US dollars.

As a noble, you can see that crude oil will only become more and more important, and this business is a sure win no matter how you look at it.

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February 16, 1950.

The weather is sunny!
This day happened to be the Chinese New Year, and there were no official celebrations.

Zhang Kaiwu rejected Wang Yongfu and his group's proposal for a military parade and did not organize any celebration activities.

They simply did not understand that Zhang Kaiwu was very ambitious. Malay had not yet been annexed, and the nearby primeval forest of New Guinea had not yet been occupied.

Zhang Kaiwu's plan has not been completed yet. He wants to drive all those thugs back to Australia and let them enjoy a better life there.

The current map of the Republic of Borneo is not very good looking, but it is still early!
In the ordinary New Year, only Princess Ningping announced on the radio early in the morning that the Republic of Borneo had been established.

The outside world only heard vague news reports that the Borneo region has now become an independent country, and the current country is called the Republic of Borneo.

This is a new constitutional monarchy. The current queen is called Ning Ping, and the country is the youngest in the world.

Because this place was previously called the Indi Islands, but now it has been given the concept of a country and a political organization has been established.

The Republic of Borneo was established. Although not many people from outside came to celebrate, every street was filled with Chinese people who were celebrating spontaneously, running around with the flags of the Republic of Borneo.

The flag also has three simple red stars on a blue background.

From time to time, there were sounds of firecrackers, and people were burning firecrackers on fire.

New Year's Day and National Day are also good together. Everything is perfect except that the weather here is too hot and there is no snow.

The temperature was too high, there was no smell of manufactured food and snacks, and coupled with Zhang Kaiwu's suppression, the New Year atmosphere here could never be lively.

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The Dutch representatives were eagerly awaiting mediation, but in return they were kindly persuaded by the staff in the parliament.

This Borneo incident has nothing to do with Earl Zhang. The whole world is now a civilized and law-abiding society.

Great Britain must also recognize Borneo's autonomy and treat the Borneo region as a country.

Since you have lost the war, you should find a way to negotiate compensation among yourselves and bail out your personnel first.

The Dutch representatives left London angrily and began to contact Princess Ningping by telegram to discuss war compensation. The key is that they have too few people. The total population is only more than 5 million, less than 6 million citizens. These hundreds of thousands of people were captured in Borneo, and it felt like everyone in the country had relatives captured! !

The more fun we had plundering Borneo in the past, the more painful it is now.

Things here are not over yet. The King of Thailand has started to complain to the British Parliament. A large number of refugees have poured into Thailand and they need support from Great Britain.

Now even Mergui has been lost and occupied by the Malay Governor, who is suing the Thai Governor for inaction.

The British Parliament held a strange but serious discussion for a while, and immediately pushed the matter over to the Governor-General of Thailand to resolve. The Governor of Thailand then pushed the matter over to the Malay Governor-General, Earl Serra to resolve.

Count Serra quickly said that these were not his faults, and evaded the question by saying that they were occupied by refugees and pirate groups. He also said that his fleet was actively fighting against pirate groups and would negotiate with the Governor of Thailand to try to solve the problem as soon as possible.

It's all fucking bullshit!

Unfortunately, Thailand is not independent at all now and is still a direct territory of Great Britain, so it can only hold its anger.

The Japanese also began to complain everywhere and sent people to Jakarta to seek an explanation.

Their ships basically transport food from Southeast Asia, which is all for the sake of life.

All the telegrams they sent to Borneo received a cold reply: pay the money first and talk about other things later.

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Elizabeth's family advertised that they were visiting the new Princess Ning Ping to celebrate the founding of the new country and to make investments.

As the few princesses in the world, they should have a lot in common.

As soon as the country in Borneo was established, an investment group from Great Britain arrived.

In the news, it was reported that Elizabeth's family was going to take their own private plane to start a week-long visit to Borneo to engage in business investment, which shocked many people.

Many people began to re-examine this newly established small archipelago country, including the Dutch who even thought it was a conspiracy!
How could it be such a coincidence that you guys rush to join the investment and financial management team of a newly established small country?

Aren't you the ones who are doing the trick?

Journalists from various countries are preparing to travel to the Republic of Borneo to cover this big news and find out the secrets.

It was only at this time that everyone realized the nonsense that this newly established small country didn’t even have a commercial airport! ?

The only way to get there is by ship from Hong Kong or the Philippines, which takes more than a week.

Similar to Australia, it feels like they are on the edge of the world.

What the hell are you doing for an interview!?
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Under the warm sunshine of Jakarta, Earl Zhang, Princess Ningping and their families, as well as Mr. Serra who had just arrived, warmly welcomed the special plane of Elizabeth's family.

Princess Ning Ping, along with her sister Jin Ling, gave young Elizabeth a warm hug and greeted each other politely.

Zhang Kaiwu also politely went up to hug him. Fortunately, the atmosphere was good this time and no one hit his shoulders with their command knife.

She didn't show him her expression, but her face was a little pale. Her appearance was impeccable. It might be because she was pregnant! ?

He looked at the little boy who was surrounded by maids. There should be a princess in his belly, right?

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Dear Princess! Didn't you know you were pregnant yet? Judging from your face, congratulations, you are pregnant with a little princess!"

Elizabeth said in surprise:
"Dear Earl Zhang! Oh my god! I just feel a little unwell. I know you are a great doctor. I am so happy. Is this true?"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"real!"

After hearing Zhang Kaiwu say this, the atmosphere became really good, and a group of people came forward to congratulate her on having a daughter, a son and a daughter.

This time, Zhang Kaiwu saw many old friends again, including the Duke of York, the Duke of Argyll, and the old-fashioned Duke of Devonshire.

They brought a large group of earls and viscounts here to take the examination.

Several ladies from London also came, and brought a large group of ladies with them. They might also be the ladies' group of Elizabeth's family. The airport was so lively.

Sisters Cathy Kearney and Ariel Abbas had just left gloomy London and were looking around excitedly at the warm sun, clear water, blue sky and white clouds here.

The girls came up one by one and gave warm hugs. Zhang Kaiwu and Princess Ning Ping took everyone to the princess's mansion.

After a pleasant lunch, the group was attracted by the clear water, blue sky and white clouds.

Because of her pregnancy, Elizabeth was unable to take the boat trip to visit Kalimantan Island, so the investigation work was handed over to her housekeeper.

After a tiring journey, she accompanied the group of ladies and began to enjoy the sunshine and beach here.

Zhang Kaiwu organized a party to entertain guests from afar.

Red wine, coffee and cigars, wonderful sunshine and music, the temperature is over 20 degrees, and everyone is happily dancing and sunbathing by the swimming pool.

The impatient girls have already changed into their swimsuits and are having fun in the swimming pool.

Several dukes and Elizabeth's family asked curiously:

"Count Zhang! It's a bit noisy here. We have something private to ask you. Can we go for a walk in the garden?"

Is there something you want to discuss with me?!
Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Of course! I'll show you the garden."

She walked in the garden, looking at the tropical flower gardens, and asked curiously in a low voice:
"Count Zhang! I'm curious why you don't go to the United States to do this crude oil business. You know, they are the financial giants!?"

Zhang Kaiwu understood immediately. These people were quite interesting. He was a little worried about his identity!

The relationship between Elizabeth's family and the United States is really not very good!
On the surface, Great Britain and the United States are very close and always follow behind to help with things. But in fact, since World War II, the United States has been poaching people and suppressing her family.

A parliament of a beautiful country, a parliament of Eastern Europe, those global independence movements, those subversions were not in vain.

The country that was once the world's most powerful country is now suffocating under the pressure of the United States' national debt of 41.3 billion US dollars.

The fact that she actually asked about this topic just now shows that Elizabeth’s family is really in decline and has lost even the desire to fight.

Zhang Kaiwu understood the hatred of her family, or rather the hatred of every British nobleman. After all, it was the serfs of the United States who rebelled.

He smiled and said:

"Your topic is a bit too much. Let's just talk about it as a joke today! Because the financial giants in the United States are all robbers and reaping profits in their business, while my small business is a honest transaction."

"If you do business with them, you will lose everything. My future company will not even easily have financial cooperation with them, because they have no bottom line and are not decent."

The Duke of Argyll asked:
"Dear Zhang! But just as you said, if we ignore them on this crude oil reserve issue, it would be like digging into their interests. Aren't you afraid that they will come and sabotage us?"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"I'm afraid! This is not to drag you into doing business together, but to reduce risks."

"But if you want to say that the United States is here to cause trouble, that's impossible. There is no benefit to the Republic of Borneo. It's really not worth it from an economic point of view."

"If he really dares to come, I will ask Eastern Europe to act as my big brother and block the entire Malacca Strait trade and the passage of his beautiful country's commercial ships and warships. Haha!"

The Duke of Devonshire said in surprise:

"Count Zhang! Aren't you really afraid that the United States will attack us? Or that they will launch economic sanctions? "

(End of this chapter)