The Langkawi archipelago is nominally made up of 99 islands, but in reality only Langkawi is inhabited, the rest are uninhabited desert islands.

Speaking of Langkawi, there is also a long history, there is a princess's tomb on the island, and there are authentic relics of the Three Treasures, which is enough to prove that Langkawi Island was inhabited a long time ago.

However, the population living in Langkawi Island is not large, there are only more than 1,000 people now, although British Malaya claims sovereignty over Langkawi Island, but Langkawi Island is geographically closer to Siam, so there are no whites on the island, only some aborigines.

When the British first arrived in the Malay Peninsula, except for the Lion City and Kuala Lumpur and other areas, they didn't care about the natives of the Malay Peninsula at all.

Even Kuala Lumpur, known as the "Four Continents", was only established in 1860, and the Malay Federation has only been established for 15 years.

Therefore, the process of buying the Langkawi Islands by the Adan Company is very simple, more than 500 square kilometers, as long as 500 pounds, the Langkawi Islands become the property of the Adan Company.

Of course, if Adan wants to get a complete Langkawi Islands, then Adan needs to do the work of the islanders.

The Umbrella Company also has a lot of experience in this area, and the process must not be clearly written, and then Adan has an empty Langkawi Islands and thousands of construction workers made up of local indigenous people.

The construction of the base began immediately, Langkawi Island originally had only a simple pier, and now it is expanded around the pier, in fact, it is not much difficulty, the original buildings on the island have been bulldozed, the tomb of the legendary princess has also been dilapidated, and those construction workers have no awareness of protecting cultural relics, anyway, when David noticed, the princess's tomb and the authentic works of the Three Treasures have been nowhere to be found.

David doesn't care about the Langkawi Islands, the airport near the port of Medan is what David values.

If there are only fighter jets, building an airfield is actually very simple, and fighter jets can take off and land smoothly on the grass, as long as the ground does not have too many ups and downs.

It's different with a torpedo bomber, a fuse must be installed before the torpedo is loaded on the plane, and a 350-kilogram torpedo can basically destroy the entire airport if it explodes, so the requirements for the runway are a bit strict.

The Medan airport is located in the valley of a mountain near the port of Medan, and Benson Tauhti originally wanted to introduce the name of the mountain, but it was changed directly by David.

"The name of this mountain is a bit too complicated, it seems that there is only this mountain nearby, so it should be called Lonely Mountain." Davy's words were casual.

It is the habit of the Nyasaland people to change their name, the name Langkawi is a strong eagle in Malay, and there is an island next to it that is called Pregnant Woman Island because it looks a bit like a pregnant woman, but David was very angry when he found out, what kind of mess is this, isn't it said that there are authentic traces of the Three Treasures? Although it is now missing, we still have to commemorate it, so Langkawi Island became the Three Treasure Islands.

"Lonely Mountain, well, that's a good name." Benson Tauhti doesn't object, and David is what he says.

I really dare not object, although the Umbrella Company has not been present in the East Indies for a long time, it has already shown enough strength.

In the past, the Dutch had to discuss with the local soil kings if they wanted to recruit workers or something, but the umbrella company had no such scruples, and I don't know how the umbrella company intimidated those soil kings, anyway, the umbrella company had only occupied Medan for a few days, and there were already more than 10,000 workers in the port of Medan, and they were constantly renovating the port of Medan according to David's intentions.

This airport also came in this way, more than 2,000 workers worked together, that is, in less than half a month, the airport was basically completed.

Don't look at the short time, but the requirements are very strict, there is a runway up to 400 meters long in the airport, which is enough for albatross to take off and land.

The runways were built with cement, and more than 2,000 workers rammed the entire runway many times with stone rammers before laying the cement, and David was unable to smash the nails into the ground with a hammer during his final inspection, and then the cement was laid.

In addition to the runway, the airport also has hangars and underground oil depots, and in order to get enough stones, mercenaries use explosives to blow a nearby mountain range alive and then build a house out of wood directly on the rocks.

Benson Taugherty finally knew how the umbrella company built a house at this time, and the construction workers transferred from Port Elizabeth were like building blocks, commanding a dozen workers to build a building in a day, and even the two-story office building and the lighthouse control tower at the airport were built of wood, and I felt that there was nothing impossible in the hands of these people, and a random construction worker pulled to Batavia could serve as the director of Batavia's urban construction bureau.

At this point, the rest of the work was to build all kinds of defenses, but this was not accessible to these local workers, who came from Port Elizabeth were solely responsible, and those who were local were sent back to the port of Medan.

Compared to half a month ago, the port of Medan has also undergone drastic changes, the scattered buildings that were originally built around the wharf have largely disappeared and have been replaced by neat two-story wooden buildings, the original servant camp has also been relocated to the outskirts in its entirety, and now the camp has become a freight yard, the laborers are now dredged the waterways and expanded the wharf to allow ships of larger tonnage to dock, Benson Tauhti is often sluggish, and it is hard to believe that such a big change has been made in such a short period of time.

"Benson, gather the Chinese farmers near Medan, I have something to say to them." David is very busy every day, during this time, the mercenaries have attacked everywhere and have taken a large area of land, including Lake Toba, which is almost the limit of the mercenaries, after all, the Far East Company only has 3,000 mercenaries, and occupying too much land will lead to a serious dispersion of the troops, and then if it is counterattacked by the Dutch and the local king, it will be supported to death.

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Benson Tauhti is also busy with official business every day, he is still the top administrator of the Port of Medan, and he has fifty or sixty staff members under him, so it is actually quite good to be busy every day, and there is no time to think nonsense without being idle.

The mercenaries are indeed supernatural, Benson Taukti's family has been picked up by the mercenaries from Batavia and sent to the Lion City, even the daughter-like puppy has been sent away, David gave Benson Taukherty a thousand pounds to settle in, it is said that the mercenaries did it when they left Batavia.

This situation is normal, David didn't even ask how much money the mercenaries who led the team made, it was an extra income for the mercenaries, and of course, the filial piety to David was definitely indispensable.

"Wait Benson, how did you make money before?" Andy, a senior employee of Adan Company, called Benson Tawherty in time.

"Collect taxes, all kinds of taxes, land tax, real estate tax, poll tax, transaction tax, and even walk to pay taxes, all the intersections, bridges, ferries, and markets in the past are basically closed, as long as someone passes by, you have to pay taxes, even if it is a baby who is being held, you have to pay taxes, this kind of tax is called butt tax." Benson Tauhti is not embarrassed, this is how his previous salary came from.

"Is that so-" Andy was a little worried, in the Adan Islands, in Port Elizabeth, Adan Company did not have to worry about revenue, and all kinds of industrial taxes and commercial taxes could be collected in a large amount.

Not anymore, East India is a predominantly agricultural country, and there is basically no industry and commerce in the whole country, and Andy is not used to imposing such a thing as a "butt tax", mainly because he can't pull that face and can't afford to lose that person.

"Don't worry, tomorrow when those Chinese farmers come over and form a militia group, we must also establish a tax system, we will definitely not be so shameless as the Dutch, but the tax should not be less." David is not in a hurry, the Chinese in the East Indies are still quite rich, otherwise they would not be raised as pigs by the Dutch.

This is not a good description, it should be cut by the Dutch as leeks.

Benson Tawherty opened his mouth, but did not speak.

"What do you want to say?" David sees the six ways with his eyes.

"It's not so easy to find the Chinese to collect taxes, the rich Chinese are all in Batavia, they call themselves overseas Chinese, they believe in Catholicism, they receive a Western education, they are more Dutch than the Dutch; The Chinese outside Batavia are called Baba Nyonya, these people are the descendants of the Chinese and Javanese after the marriage, they no longer consider themselves Chinese, there is no difference in appearance from the locals, only those Chinese who have immigrated to the East Indies in recent years are easier to manage, but because they have been in the East Indies for a short time, they actually do not have much personal property. "Benson Taugherty is relaxed now, he used to be a tax collector, it was all Benson Taugherty's troubles, and now these troubles are Andy's.

"It's okay, there will be people willing to cooperate with us." Andy doesn't seem to be worried, the end of non-cooperation is obvious, there are several people hanging on the dock now, and it is the end of non-cooperation.

It must be emphasized that neither the Umbrella Company nor the Adan Company are charitable enterprises, and they do not have the patience to treat people with sincerity, so they are to kill those who follow me decisively and those who disobey me die.

Even for the Chinese, the umbrella company and the Adan company will not compromise unconditionally, and the Chinese who commit crimes in southern Africa will also have to serve prison sentences and be repatriated, and the same will be true in the East Indies, if the Chinese farmers are willing to cooperate, then Andy will be very welcome, and if the Chinese farmers are not willing to cooperate, then Andy will also be very welcome.

It is impossible not to cooperate all, there will always be people who are willing to cooperate, so those who are willing to cooperate need to be rewarded.

Then those farms that are unwilling to cooperate are the reward for these people.