In fact, compared to the overseas Chinese in Malaysia, the overseas Chinese in Borneo are quite good.

At least the Chinese diaspora in Borneo rarely bullied the later indentured Chinese laborers.

In Malaysia's tin mines, the workers who work in the mines are almost exclusively indentured Chinese laborers, and their recruiters and managers are almost all Chinese, and the management of Chinese laborers by these Chinese managers is as abusive as that of Europeans.

The benefits of these Chinese workers depend on the output of the chemical industry under their jurisdiction, and in order to maximize the benefits as much as possible, these foremen spare no effort to squeeze the Chinese workers.

Contracted Chinese workers work more than 10 hours a day, from 5 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with only two hours of rest in between. In order to allow the indentured Chinese workers to adapt to the local climate as soon as possible, the Chinese workers were not allowed to wear clothes when they went to work, but were only allowed to wear a cloth around their waists to cover their shame, and they had to take a shower twice a day.

Taking a shower is the most painful, you have to take a shower at half past three in the morning, and you have to take a shower at half past eight in the evening, at this time the Chinese workers have many braids, because their hair is not dry, they need an hour or two to fall asleep at night, often until after eleven o'clock in the evening to fall asleep, and the next morning at half past three to get up.

He was tired to death during the day, and he did not get enough rest at night, and if he left early or early, he would definitely be beaten by the foreman.

Many indentured Chinese laborers chose to choose the cantilever beam because they could not adapt to it, and threw themselves into the river......

For the "umbrella" company, these mine owners and foremen will not only not be protected, but should be killed.

Borneo's miners and plantation owners are still salvageable, even if they don't support the work of the umbrella right now.

When the "umbrella" companies show their due strength, it will naturally make these mine owners and plantation owners change their minds.

It's just that those who passively throw themselves into the arms of the "umbrella" at that time will definitely not be as profitable as Huang Bohan, Huang Jinsheng, Guo Shenglong and **** Mao.

It's no wonder that vision and courage are the fundamental reasons why businessmen can succeed in becoming "giants", and blindly following the trend can always be businessmen.

By the way, there is another thing, Zhang Tianshou and Qin Haoge returned to Borneo in the name of the Chinese, and they did not use the banner of the French. You must know that the French once occupied Borneo, and the Dutch value them very much as the only colony in the world, and if they knew that the hand of the French was extended again, whether it was pure French or not, I am afraid that it would provoke a strong backlash from the Dutch.

Huang Bohan is still very powerful in Borneo, the plantations in his hands alone have millions of acres, and there are thousands of workers.

Since many Chinese were unwilling to have anything to do with the "umbrella" company, Zhang Tianshou and Huang Bohan no longer talked nonsense with them, and simply gathered thousands of people on their own, found a desert island at random, pulled them up and began military training.

There are more than 10,000 islands in the Dutch East Indies, less than half of which are inhabited, and it is not easy to find a desert island, and you don't even have to spend money.

When Zhang Tianshou went to Borneo, he carried weapons that could equip tens of thousands of people, and carried two bullet production lines. There is nothing in Borneo that there are industrial raw materials, and in two or three months at most, Zhang Tianshou and they will be able to achieve self-sufficiency.

Huang Bohan was indeed far-sighted, and as early as 1900, he and people of insight among overseas Chinese built a middle school to train not only middle school students, but also normal students.

From 1900 to the present, the school has produced more than a dozen normal students, with thousands of graduates scattered among Chinese schools in the Dutch East Indies and British Malaya.

Qin Zhiyuan was in need of teachers, and it would be a waste to have resources that were not used, so Huang Bohan organized more than 200 teachers to go to Corsica to support Chinese education in Corsica.

Although there were some twists and turns, the final work had gradually begun, and Qin Zhiyuan was a little relieved and gave Zhang Tianshou instructions for the next step.

In view of the fact that the current strength in Zhang Tianshou's hands is still insufficient compared with the Dutch, Qin Zhiyuan ordered Zhang Tianshou to adopt reservation tactics at present, and at this stage it is mainly to train the "security guards" of the "umbrella" company, and when the strength reaches a certain level, it will not be in line with the Dutch head-on conflict.

The Dutch were quite powerful in the Dutch East Indies, with an army of about 100,000 mostly natives and a predominantly Dutch navy. The army units did not need to be taken seriously, although the Dutch were outnumbered, but in the face of the Chinese troops who had been trained from Europe, the Dutch could not take advantage of it.

When Zhang Tianshou and Qin Haoge went to Borneo, although they did not bring ordinary soldiers, they brought more than 200 officers and sergeant majors, and with these people as the skeleton, the Chinese troops in Borneo could form combat effectiveness in three months at most.

What's more, Zhang Tianshou also took six tanks with him when he left, and this thing was transported back to Borneo to kill a big weapon, it is estimated that the Dutch have not seen this thing, and they really want to fight, Zhang Tianshou relies on these six tanks, the offensive ability may be insufficient, and the defense is more than enough.

The Dutch navy is still relatively strong, of course, this is only relatively.

Before the World War, the Royal Netherlands Navy had a fleet of 10,000 sailors, three 3,500-ton coastal battleships armed with three 210-mm guns, five 5,000-ton coastal battleships armed with two 240-mm guns, and six modern 3,800-ton Holland-class protective cruisers.

After Europe entered the Warring States era of dreadnought hegemony, the Netherlands built a 6,530-ton "Seven Provinces Alliance" coastal defense battleship in order to defend itself, equipped with two 280 mm caliber naval guns, and the main armor belt was 100 mm to 150 mm thick.

In 1913, the Netherlands formulated a complete ship renewal plan with a budget of 17 million guilders, preparing to build 9 small dreadnoughts of 20,000 tons and 8 main guns within 5 years, 5 for the East Indies and 4 for the homeland; In addition, it is planned to build 6 torpedo cruisers, 8 destroyers, 8 torpedo boats, 8 submarines and 2 minelayers.

However, this huge plan was cancelled after the outbreak of the European war.

From the distribution of the Royal Dutch Navy, it can be seen that the Dutch attach more importance to the Dutch East Indies than the Netherlands proper.

The Royal Navy currently in the Dutch East Indies has two 3,500-ton coastal defense battleships, three 5,000-ton coastal defense battleships, and three 3,800-ton stewed chicken protection cruisers.

Looking at the number of them, in fact, the age of the ship is more than 15 years, and whether it can run at a speed of 10 knots is a big problem.

If it is against the cutting-edge destroyer fleet in Qin Zhiyuan's hands, it is estimated that the Dutch will not take any advantage, and the turret rotation speed of the old Dutch warship may not be able to catch up with the moving speed of the destroyer, and once the destroyer enters the torpedo range, the Dutch battleship is estimated to be a live target.

Of course, it can't be played yet, and for now, although Zhang Tianshou must be ready to guard against the Dutch attack at any time, he still takes a defensive position. Even if the "umbrella" team is trained into the army, it will only be assigned to Huang Bohan's plantation and mine to act as a security force, dealing with the extortion of local ruffians on the one hand, and the provocations of the locals on the other.

Well, in fact, these ruffians are also locals.

In Borneo, the Chinese are the fat sheep in the hands of the locals and the Dutch, and anyone who comes can take a bite of it, and they don't have to pay anything.

This is certainly a thing of the past.

(To be continued.) )