Nguyen Phuc Anh could not refuse, so he agreed to the conditions proposed by the Tang people, and then boarded the Tang merchant ship and returned to Pontianak, the capital of West Borneo. When he first boarded the huge cargo ship of the Tang Dynasty, Nguyen Phuc Anh was amazed, the ship was spitting black smoke and making the sound of machinery, and it was moving quite fast on the water.

"Are all the ships that Datang supported me like this?" Ruan Phuc Anh asked a little fancifully.

"Naturally not, it's just an ordinary lucky boat, the kind that needs sails."

Ruan Fuying was somewhat disappointed, but as a feudal king, he did not have a special sensitivity to new technology, and his ship was only faster and bigger, if he was allowed to do it, it was bound to be magnificently luxurious, which could match his status and status. As for the fact that large-tonnage and high-speed ships can reduce transportation costs, so that businessmen can get more benefits, and then benefit the country, he does not have this string in his mind.

Although Annam was not closed off from the country, it was heavily influenced by Confucian culture, and it was believed that business was a lowly business, and that it should not be encouraged to make people chase profits and leave the land.

Nguyen Phuc Anh did not bring all his supporters, and he was accompanied by only a few guards and more important courtiers who came to Pontianak, and hundreds of people were still on Tho Chau Island, and Lim Youde had promised him that he could bring them to West Borneo in the future.

Although it is said that from Tho Chau Island to Borneo, it has become a host, but in the small and desolate island of Tho Chau Island, it is really tormenting, at least Nguyen Phuc Anh as a prince and grandson, in West Borneo, he can only eat two meals a day on Tho Chau Island, and he lives in an ordinary wooden house, at least in Pontianak, he can have fish and meat for every meal, and there is a good-looking Dayak girl to serve his daily life.

Ruan Fuying, who was still young, felt the improvement of his environment, although he did not refuse to come to a good life, but he still remembered the plan for the restoration of the country, which made Chen Mo also a little admired. At this time, Ruan Phuc Ying was a teenager according to the standards of the Tang people. In the history of the other plane, he is very much like Liu Bang, who has been defeated and defeated repeatedly, and has no discipline at all, and with the help of all the forces that can be used, he finally achieved the Ruan Dynasty. Although he doesn't have many skills, anyone has to make a career. The first indispensable thing is not talent, but persistence in things.

Even the young Nguyen Phuc Anh is reluctant to give up on the mature body of the Dayak girl. He likes Simmons mattresses from the Tang Dynasty and all kinds of delicacies, but Ruan Phuc Anh still summons his courtiers every day and personally goes to his soldiers who have traveled thousands of miles across the sea.

"It's no wonder that Vietnamese historians think that Nguyen Phuc Anh knows how to use people well and can make people die for them, and he is indeed a character with such a means of winning people's hearts, and he is still so young." Lin Youde said.

At the Governor's Palace in Pontianak, Lin Youde and Chen Mo met with Governor Hu Fa Kui to support Nguyen Phuc Anh. Hu Fakui's help is indispensable, and it is naturally impossible to borrow the Tang Army from China, it can only be a garrison trained by Borneo itself or even ordinary pirates.

Hu Fakui was a little unimpressed, he didn't know much about Ruan Fuying, but there were some historical materials in the past two days, he said: "I see, although this person has some ability. But in the final analysis, it is still mediocrity, although it unified Vietnam and created the Nguyen Dynasty, but since his beginning, Vietnam has gradually slipped into the pockets of France. ”

Chen Mo shook his head: "Governor Hu has made such consequentialisms, in fact, think about the French colonial strategy. Even if Nguyen Phuc Anh did not rely on the strength of the French, or even resisted the French wholeheartedly, it could not change the final result of the French occupation of the Indochina colony. ”

Hu Fakui thought for a while and said with a smile: "What you said also makes sense. ”

Lin Youde said: "Governor Hu, do you have any opinions on supporting Ruan Phuc Anh's restoration?" ”

Hu Fakui laughed and said, "What can I say, although I am the governor of the overseas territory." Some autonomy, but in the final analysis, it is still necessary to serve the interests of the country, the two of them said very clearly, supporting Nguyen Phuc Anh can help us recruit immigrants in Vietnam, and can also obtain Vietnam's trade rights, this is a good thing, I am very supportive, as for lending troops to Nguyen Phuc Anh, there is not too much trouble, there are 3,000 garrisons in the overseas territory, almost three regiments that are not very full, although they are all equipped with Datang weapons, but the combat effectiveness is not easy to say, the Dutch are very instigated, and they do not dare to provoke me here, there are no Malay sultans around to bully, just go to Vietnam to test the strength of our troops. ”

Lin Youde smiled and bowed, although Hu Fakui was very flying, but he was still very knowledgeable. At least he has a very clear position for himself, he can cultivate some personal power in the position of governor, but when he encounters domestic orders, he must obey them, because although his power does not come entirely from the Tang Dynasty, it is the Tang Dynasty that can ensure his power and make him develop.

Chen Mo said: "Nguyen Phuc Ying's current men, that is, four or five hundred people, I think, give them a batch of muskets, and then Governor Hu will train them casually, as their main force, so that there is no need for Borneo's troops to follow them before and after." ”

Hu Fakui said: "This is good, training four or five hundred people is not a big deal, so leave it to me." ”

He thought for a while, and then said: "It's just that sending troops from Borneo, and then having to help Ruan Phuc Anh is such an autumn breeze, the annual budget of Borneo's overseas consulate is relatively limited, and there is no strong industry in the local area now, and the economy is not good. ”

Chen Mo nodded and said: "This is natural, we have approved a total of 500,000 Huayang funds in our hands, according to the agreement to support Ruan Fuying 200,000, plus other general expenses of 50,000 yuan, we can first transfer 250,000 Huayang to Borneo Overseas Consulate for the operation of the army, as the military expenses for sending troops, and then after we hand over the report, there will definitely be new funds, Governor Hu don't worry." ”

Chen Mo is not afraid that it will not be able to pass in China, because this is an operation involving the recruitment of immigrants, the scale is much smaller than that of the cuckoo snake, and the cost of sending a thousand-person force to fight in Vietnam will not be too much, at most it is a fraction of the army sent by the snake. The salaries of the garrison themselves were lower than those of the regular Tang army, and they did not have too much firepower, that is, the ordinary SC-2 rifles.

Hu Fakui said: "Before I applied to the country to transfer the 92 infantry guns, the first batch of 18 guns, now the battle is about to go, I still hope that the country will quickly send more artillery, as well as weapons and ammunition used by the garrison." ”

The equipment and uniforms of the overseas garrisons are all allocated by the domestic system, and this part does not need to be paid by the overseas consular government, and it is good to directly transport it in place. Hu Fakui, an overseas leader, is still a little less able to make his own hematopoiesis, and several plantations and mines are being prepared and built, but it won't take a year or two to become a climate. Especially since the second half of last year, the country has sent mechanical gold mining equipment to Borneo, and Borneo's gold production has increased by four or five times.

Of course, this part of the income will not all fall into the pockets of overseas leaders, the Borneo Gold Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Datang Gold, and the main profits still belong to Datang Gold, and Borneo Gold has to pay various taxes and fees to the overseas government, which is the money that overseas leaders can get. The same is true for plantations and other mines, where direct production has nothing to do with overseas territories, but is subject to land tax.

These state-owned companies and enterprises, in addition to taxes and their own expansion and employee welfare needs money, profits are to be handed over to the state, such as the International Trade Company, the company with the strongest earning ability, ninety percent of the profits will be handed over, but even so, the upper and lower benefits of the International Trade Company have received a slippery hand, and the position of an international trade company is a job for ordinary people to break their heads.

The revenue of the overseas consulate is not enough for various expenditures, so since the establishment of the overseas consulate, a series of budgets ranging from public construction to military spending have been allocated directly from the central government, and now the overseas consulate government has not paid a penny to the State Council (the companies have already produced a certain amount).

If Hu Fakui relies on the finances of the overseas consulate to fight a small-scale war, then the overseas consulate will go bankrupt directly, so he must reach out and ask for this money. The overseas consulates sent more than 10,000 people to the country every month, and it was planned that by June 1777, this huge migration would come to an end, and the population of the overseas territories would stabilize at about 100,000 (including the Dayaks who had obtained overseas household registration). Pontianak is planned to become a core city in the region, and some plantations and mines will be used to develop satellite towns around the area, and West Borneo will flourish in three to five years.

Of course, Hu Fakui himself also has a set of small abacus, he was appointed as the governor of Borneo, not the governor of West Borneo, so he can only live up to his name by mastering the whole island. Hu Fakui is not particularly entangled in whether the territory is Chinese, Malays or other natives, according to his as long as he has a gun in hand, the governance of the overseas territory is clear, and then the Chinese language promotes the action in place, there is not much difference. He learned a lot from the modern crowd that there was no benefit in deliberately increasing racial distinctions. In order to maintain his rule, he will inevitably impose Chinese culture on overseas territories, but he will never allow overseas territories to blatantly treat non-Chinese residents as slaves or form any discriminatory laws. Even in West Borneo now, naturalized Dayak families are no different from Chinese taxes, and their children can enter school when they reach school age. Of course, this school must only teach Chinese, although it is free, but it is mandatory, and if the Dayak people let their children not go to school, it is a crime.

Hu Fakui understands a truth very well, he cannot make an orthodox Chinese cultural region in Borneo, Borneo will inevitably have a local culture with its own characteristics, and what he can do is to maintain the core of the Chinese nature of this local culture. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )