Father Zhao and Chen Shuigen's son-in-law were in a very good mood: they opened up more than a dozen acres of wasteland, and General Wang also instructed himself to plant fruit trees and mulberry trees as shelterbelts and dig fish ponds in low-lying areas. The leaves falling from the trees, as well as the dung of silkworms, can be used to raise fish, ducks and geese can be raised in the fish pond, and the silt dug out of the fish pond can be used as fertilizer to grow rice; Sweet potatoes and vegetables are grown in high dry land, where sweet potato vines can be used to feed pigs and pig manure can be used as fertilizer.

Chen Shuigen is the son-in-law of Jin, and the two Weng and son-in-law were originally from Fujian, but because of the war, the two came to Borneo far from their hometown. Originally, he planned to dig gold mines, but when he found gold, he made a fortune and went home to glorify his ancestors.

But where is the gold mine so easy to dig in? Or find those Chinese businessmen who have a little way to be miners, but they are tired and tired, and these businessmen will not give themselves much money; Otherwise, they would have tried to find a way to find the local natives, give them benefits, and find a gold mine under their guidance, but Weng and his son-in-law were not familiar with the place, and they did not understand the Sulu dialect, and they couldn't even tell the difference between the cannibal and the familiar ones who could do business, so how could they dig up gold?

At one point, the two lived on the streets, begging for a living.

Later, they saw that there was a large amount of wasteland outside Pontianak City, so Weng and his son-in-law started the idea of reclaiming wasteland. And the son-in-law also cut down trees, built a wooden raft, and fished in the river.

The new fields cultivated here are all their own. Weng and his son-in-law had a better time, so the son-in-law went back to his hometown in Fujian and called his daughter, grandson, granddaughter and sister's family to Borneo. Chen Shuigen also took his younger brother and younger sister over. Although the climate here is hot, the sun is particularly poisonous, and it is far from home, it is much better than in China, at least it is its own, there is no government to collect taxes, and there are no landlords to collect rent.

But the good times didn't last long, and soon a large number of shengfan came to attack the Han village, and every time it was time for the harvest to come, those shengfan came. They killed, robbed, snatched women. If it weren't for the fact that the wasteland reclaimed by Father Zhao was close to the city, every time he could escape back in time, I am afraid that he would have died a long time ago.

But now, there will be no more attacks, and the farmers can reclaim the wasteland with peace of mind.

"I'm going to join the Corporate Escort!" Sixteen-year-old grandson Zhao Yuzhu said very resolutely.

"A good man is not a soldier, a good iron is not a nail, and our family is not short of food and clothing! What kind of soldier are you going to be? The Zhao family is your only seedling! Don't go! Father Zhao scolded his grandson. Because the Zhao family is the only man in Daddy Zhao's generation, and Daddy Zhao has no sons, only three daughters, so the little son-in-law is the door-to-door son-in-law who is upside down, and this grandson is the only seedling of the Zhao family.

Zhao Yugen was vigorous: "If it weren't for the company's escort team, would we be able to farm with peace of mind?" We have a good life, and we can't forget General Wang's kindness to us! ”

In the past few days, the recruits have taken turns attacking under the leadership of veterans, which not only made the recruits see blood, improved the combat effectiveness of the recruits, but also eliminated the barbarians who harassed and attacked the Han Chinese, and ensured that the Han people in Borneo could open up the wasteland with peace of mind, without fear of being attacked by barbarians if they left the city too far. In this way, the farmers were able to go outside Pontianak to reclaim the wasteland to their heart's content.

In fact, Wang Xinyu also reaped a lot of benefits: those tribes that were born were annihilated, and a lot of loot was captured, including gold, brass, gems and other treasures, which made Wang Xinyu earn a lot of money.

The seized gold alone amounted to more than 10,000 taels. Not only that, but the escort also found several gold and copper mines.

Father Zhao persuaded his grandson bitterly: "General Wang has outlined a bright future for us, in the future, the family will dig fish ponds, raise fish, raise chickens and ducks, raise pigs, raise geese, and grow fruits, mulberry trees, cotton and tea, all of which require manpower, you go to be a soldier, who will help your grandfather and your parents at home?" ”

"With my sister, she can help too! What's more, our family doesn't have the money to do so much now. ”

"When the Nanyang Corporate Bank is established, we will be able to take out a loan!" Daddy Zhao said.

A few days ago, Wang Xinyu gathered the peasants together and set up a large blackboard in the barracks to give lectures to the peasants.

Wang Xinyu told the peasants that it is necessary not only to reclaim wasteland, but also to plant rice in lowlands, sweet potatoes and vegetables in drylands, and cotton and tea on slopes. Between farmland and farmland, mulberry trees can be planted, etc.; And those fields that are too low, you don't have to be harsh on farming, just dig fish ponds. But all of this requires money, and you have to wait until you return to Luzon, where the company has a shareholder meeting, and then you can open a bank in Borneo, and you can lend money to everyone to do big things.

As for the rice merchants on Borneo Island, Wang Xinyu also called them a meeting and gave them two ways to go: the first is to pay taxes and pay taxes to Nanyang Company; The second is to merge the rice shop into the Nanyang Company, and they don't have to worry about anything in the future, just collect dividends.

At first, these rice merchants did not agree, but after listening to Wang Xinyu, because of the arrival of the company's escort team, farmers can develop their land with peace of mind, so that they can produce more grain, so that the rice merchants here can make money. Without the company's escort, farmers would not be able to farm with peace of mind, and where would the rice merchants go to make money? Since you have received benefits from the company, you should take on the responsibility of supporting the company's escort team. If you want to get the benefit for nothing, but you don't want to take responsibility, then I'm sorry, please leave here.

After discussion, the rice merchants felt that the company's escort team was still beneficial, although they had to pay taxes or become shareholders of the company, but because they could collect more food and make more money in the future, most of the rice merchants finally agreed to join the shares, and a small number of people refused to join the shares, but also agreed to pay taxes.

As for the buying and selling prices of grain, Nanyang Company can completely control them, and there is no need to worry about some rice merchants sitting on the ground and raising prices.

At this time, Wang Xinyu had already left Borneo and went to Luzon Island with Pan Ying, leaving Liu Qi in charge of the economy here, Yuan Qing, the newly promoted personal soldier, stayed here as the army acting officer of the escort team, Ye Junyi, the chief of the naval division, served as the naval battalion officer stationed in Borneo, and the foreigner Wang Defeng served as the instructor of the escort team. Jiang Zhiping, who had excellent performance, good training results, and had made great contributions in many battles, was directly promoted to a general manager of the recruits.

When he sat on the boat, Wang Xinyu was not idle, but wrote down the production methods of glass and cement, as well as the secrets to pay attention to in the production of these two things.

"Childe, what is this writing?" Pan Ying didn't know when she walked in. While on the boat, she changed into men's clothes.

Wang Xinyu replied: "This is written about transparent glass, as well as the firing method of cement. I'm thinking that if everyone is willing to invest, the secrets of the production of these two treasures can also be used as shares. ”

That day, I heard Wang Xinyu teaching farmers how to develop land reasonably, which had already made Pan Ying admire the ground, and now I saw Wang Xinyu writing about the production method of transparent glass and cement, which made Pan Ying even more curious: "Explain honestly!" How many treasures do you have left unavailable? ”

Looking at Pan Ying, who was staring at Pan Ying with big eyes and looking like a curious baby, Wang Xinyu smiled: "There are still a lot of good things in my son's brain!" As long as Nanyang United Trading Company can be opened, we will be better able to do things with more funds. If they don't want to invest, then it's up to the two of us, and we can only take it slowly. ”

"Don't worry! Grandpa will definitely convince them! Pan Ying felt that her grandfather would be able to convince those short-sighted guys.

After returning to Manila, Pan Liu had already called Chinese businessmen from all over Nanyang.

On weekdays, the deserted alleys become lively, with red lanterns hanging at the gate of Panfu, firecrackers ringing incessantly, and a lion dance team performing at the door.

Chinese businessmen from all walks of life in Nanyang have basically arrived, some from Java Island, some from Borneo Island, some from Annam, some from Jinzhou, some from Aceh Sultan, some from Sulu Sultan, some from Siam, and even some from Burma. There were more than 120 Chinese businessmen who arrived. Pan's Mansion is not small, but so many Chinese businessmen still can't live there. Pan Liu only arranged for a few relatively large Chinese businessmen to live in his own mansion, and the others paid out of their own pockets for them to live in hotels outside.

"That's it! Now General Wang is back! Everyone is here! We had lunch and we had a formal meeting in the afternoon! "The master, Pan Liu, announced the afternoon meeting.

After lunch, all the Chinese businessmen who came to Manila gathered in the lobby of Pan Mansion, and Pan Liu presided over the meeting.

There were so many people, except for Pan Liu sitting in the main seat in the middle, Wang Xinyu and the Li family from Java were sitting on either side of him, and other big merchants were sitting on the back chairs on both sides, while those small merchants were sitting on rows of stools in the lobby, facing Pan Liu and them.

Pan Liu, who was sitting at the top of the lobby, stood up, looked around, and arched his hand to the left and right: "Everyone! I summoned you today because we are all Han Chinese! As we all know, because of the fall of the imperial court, there are a lot of Han people who have been exiled to Nanyang, and we Han people are diligent and have accumulated a lot of wealth. But why should we go it alone and take care of ourselves, why can't we join forces and form a big company that can compete with Westerners? ”

The people in the lobby exchanged their heads and talked about it. Although before coming over, the people sent by Pan Liu had already said that it was to cooperate with everyone to come, but most of them had the attitude of coming to see and did not consider really cooperating seriously.

At this time, a small Chinese businessman sitting on a stool in the lobby stood up and arched his hand to Pan Liuyi: "Old man Pan, your qualifications are old, and the merchants you open are big, we all admire you." But you can't bully us small businesses either! Want to eat us under the pretext of cooperation? ”

"That's it!" Another little Chinese businessman also stood up and arched his hand, "Old Man Pan, your industry is enough!" Our fortune has been accumulated through generations of hard work. If you're going to eat us like this, I'm afraid we're not that easy to bully, right? ”

The people in the audience were in an uproar, and almost all of them were talking in private and whispering to each other. But there were many people, but the voice was very noisy, and Pan Liu couldn't speak at all. Even the big merchants on both sides of the main seat turned their heads to the sides and whispered something to the people around them.

"Everyone, be quiet! Listen to Mr. Pan! Wang Xinyu stood up and threw his hand at everyone.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Pan Liu cleared his throat and continued: "Everyone, please come over today, I don't want to eat you!" Instead, I hope you can invest a little bit and start a big company together! It's up to you to invest as much as you want! I, Pan Liu, don't force you! If you are willing to merge your business with ours, we welcome it. If you don't want to, you can take out a little money from your savings and invest it, and the old man promises that he will definitely give everyone a high return! ”

"If it's a shareholding, we can consider it." The little Chinese merchant who had just stood up first arched his hand.

But another Chinese businessman said: "Can you make money by investing in this share?" If we can't earn it, we have invested our savings, isn't it a bamboo basket to draw water? ”

Pan Liu asked rhetorically: "Everyone, do you think that the power of fighting alone is greater, or is the strength of joining forces?" ”

"Although the strength of the union is great, there is also a saying that it is better to be the head of the chicken than the tail of the phoenix. We have a share, this boss is not your old man Pan who has the final say? A Chinese businessman said.

Pan Liu replied: "If you don't want to be a phoenix, you can not give up your own industry, and we are just a shareholder." In this way, you can make money over there, and you can get bonuses with us! As for some people who are worried about whether our company will not be able to make money, please rest assured! As long as we join forces, our industry will be spread all over Southeast Asia! Whether it's the iron ore mines of Annam, the copper mines of Borneo, the timber of the Sultan of Aceh, and the spices of various places, we have to operate! And we have to open all kinds of big factories. In addition, shareholders, you can use our company's transportation department to transport goods to your own merchants at a cheap price! Our company currently has eight large Spanish merchant ships, and the fleet will increase in the future! And in the future, the transport sector will have our fleet not only on the ocean, but also on the islands and on the rivers of the land! ”

Pan Liu's last sentence made the hearts of Chinese businessmen.

What could be more tempting than the ability to transport goods at a cheap price? A large part of the cost for merchants is on shipping costs. Most of the merchants did not have large ships, at most only a few small sampans. Needless to say, those small boats are inefficient, and they are easily sinked in the middle of the wind and waves, so the loss of goods is too great. However, the freight of the foreigners' big ships is too expensive, and they are reluctant to pay this money.

"We have a stake and can transport our own goods on the company's big ships?" A Chinese businessman asked.

Pan Liu twisted his beard and nodded: "Yes!" Every shareholder is the owner of the company! Of course, you can enjoy your own company's preferential price! ”