The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 280: Open the gate to welcome the Tang King, the Tang King has an official position

The situation in West Borneo was very chaotic. Although there were several sultanates in history, they were actually just tribal alliances that believed in Islam.

Generally speaking, the main force is the indigenous people under the control of the Three Sudans, who number about 400,000.

The Dayak tribal alliance in the east has a population of about 500,000 to 600,000.

In the southern part, there are about 100,000 to 200,000 tribes of various sizes that are subordinate to the Banjar Sultanate.

Finally, there are the Chinese, including Ming Dynasty survivors like the Liu family, as well as the Teochew and Hakka people who arrived in West Borneo during the Qing Dynasty.

Among them, there were about 80,000 to 90,000 Ming Dynasty survivors, more than 40,000 able-bodied men, and they also controlled 20,000 to 30,000 farmers and miners from the mainland, with a total of about 110,000 to 120,000.

The ancestors of the Liu family claimed that they were ordered by Chen Yonghua, the governor of Dongning, to open the Sanxing Hall of the Tiandihui in Borneo, and formed a ruling model of the underworld group headed by the Liu family among the remnants of the Ming Dynasty.

There are also several small-scale Tiandihui incense halls, which basically depend on the Liu family for survival.

The rest are Qing Dynasty immigrants, mainly Hakkas from Dapu County, Chaozhou. There are about 80,000 to 90,000 of them, basically all men and young men. The vast majority are miners, and a small number are farmers and small vendors.

This total of 1.2 to 1.3 million people is basically the main inhabitants of West Borneo.

Before the Xing Tang forces threatened West Borneo, the situation was that the three sultans and the Hakka people from Dapu County, Chaozhou who went to Southeast Asia during the Qing Dynasty formed a confrontation with the Liu family.

The Hakka people in Tai Po also formed a certain alliance with the Liu family to fight against the Dayaks, with whom they had conflicts over plantations and gold mines.

The Dutch influenced the natives of the Bangalore Sultanate here, and through these people and a small number of elite Dutch troops, they waited for opportunities to reap benefits.

Although the Dutch East India Company once controlled Pontianak, at that time it was mainly looking for opportunities to make money and was not yet ready to take actual control of West Borneo.

In history, before the appearance of Mo Zi Bu, the Hakka people of Dapu first joined forces with the Liu family of Sanxingtang of Tiandihui, and around 1770, took advantage of the Dayak festival to defeat them in one fell swoop.

It is estimated that they killed at least tens of thousands of young and strong Dayaks, leaving this powerful tribal alliance unable to recover.

Subsequently, the Hakka people in Dapu, led by Luo Fangbo, established the Heshun General Company, and fell out with the Liu family of Sanxingtang and some unscrupulous mine owners.

Finally, Luo Fangbai made great efforts to marry the daughter of the Dayak king, persuaded the three sultans to support him, and joined forces with Chen Lanbo, the leader of the Hakka people in Dapu County, to successfully defeat the Liu family.

Later, he took the name Lan from Chen Lanbo and the name Fang from Luo Fangbo to establish the famous Lan Fang Company.

After defeating the Liu family, Luo Fangbai turned around and forced the Three Sultanates to give up their Sultan titles and become a vassal of Lan Fang.

He also ordered Wu Yuansheng to suddenly turn against the Dayaks and attack them, establishing the Daiyan Kingdom, which was subordinate to the Lan Fang Company, on the Dayaks' territory, making this once powerful tribe a complete vassal of the Chinese.

At this point, Luo Fangbai basically unified all the valuable lands in West Borneo, and then defeated the Dutch's exploratory attack, laying the foundation for the Lan Fang Company's century-old foundation.

But in this time and space, Luo Fangbai, Wu Yuansheng and other Hakka people from Jiaying Prefecture went to Southeast Asia early and became Mo Zibu's trusted ministers.

Historically, the Hakka people from Jiaying Prefecture who followed them in their wars in West Borneo also became Mo Zibu's main settler troops.

Therefore, at this time, there had not yet been a major riot in West Borneo in which the Chinese overthrew the Dayaks.

The Liu family of the Tiandihui Sanxingtang did not clash with the Hakka people in Dapu. Instead, both sides were wary of Mo Zibu.

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In Pontianak, outside the Laoba Branch mine, guards dressed in black and armed with flintlock rifles and steel knives blocked all roads leading to the mine.

No matter who comes, if they cannot speak fluent Hakka, they will not be allowed to enter.

This is the most useful way to distinguish between friends and foes at this time. No wonder they like to use ethnicity to distinguish between friends and foes.

The Lao Bafen mine, located in the upper reaches of the Kunjiang River (Kapuas River), is the largest gold mine in the vicinity. It has a three-story watchtower and is heavily guarded.

The lobby of the watchtower is an almost exact replica of the Gathering Hall in the Water Margin. Even the plaque in the hall has the words "Gathering Hall" written on it. The only thing missing is a large apricot-yellow flag with the inscription "Carrying out Justice on Behalf of Heaven" erected outside.

Uncle Que, the general manager of the Old Eighth Branch, did not sit in the main seat today, but stood directly to the left of the main seat.

Sitting on his left and right sides were Zhang Acai, the leader of the Hakka people in Dapu, Dongwanlu area, and Huang Guibo, the leader of the Hakka people in Hailufeng.

The so-called "Bo" is actually a respectful title for these people, just like Luo Fangbai had to change his name to Luo Fangbo after he became the general manager of the Lan Fang Company.

At this time, Luo Fangbo, who was destined not to change his name to Luo Fangbo, walked directly to the main seat and sat down. Then he took a look and saw that everyone who was supposed to come had come, so he felt a little relieved.

Although they are both Hakkas, Que Sibo and Zhang Acai belong to the Hakka people from Dapu, Chaozhou.

Huang Guibo was even further away. He was a Hakka from Lufeng County, Huizhou Prefecture, which is later Luhe County, Shanwei City.

The Hakka people in these two places were able to go out to sea earlier because they were close to the sea and had close relations with the Chaozhou people.

Their relationship with the Chaozhou people is closer than that with the Hakka people far away in Jiaying Prefecture and southern Jiangxi.

"Master, you're finally here. We've been almost bullied to death by those bastards from Samsung." Before Luo Fangbai could sit down, Zhang Acai started complaining.

His plantation was located in the Shanxin area near Dongwanlu. As soon as Luo Fangbai arrived, he was ostracized by the people from Sanxingtang, also known as Samsung Company, because he was a Hakka.

"Damn it, that old dog Liu Qianxiang, Uncle Liu San, is really cruel.

He organized people to dig up several rivers in my manor, and also forbade the natives to sell their people, and forbad the Chaozhou people to sell salt and cloth to me. He attacked his mother and wanted to kill me! " "Humph! Old Liu is ignorant of the current situation. He should have been taught a lesson long ago. Master, as long as you give the order, we will fight them."

Huang Guibo also said indignantly that in his opinion, King Mo was such a good person. Others went to Southeast Asia by cheating, but he let people go by paying money.

This made the Lufeng Huang family, which controlled the large sea ships, earn 60,000 to 70,000 taels of silver in two years. It is said that they are going to start recruiting people again soon.

If Luo Fangbai had not arrived in West Borneo, Huang Guibo would have planned to sell all his miners to King Mo next year and return home to specialize in the business of sending people overseas.

If anyone opposed such a good king, Huang Guibo would be the first to pick up a knife and kill him.

But what is quite dramatic is that in history, Zhang Acai and Huang Guibo were the first immigrant leaders to oppose Luo Fangbai's unification of the Hakka people after he arrived in West Borneo.

But at this time, he became the person who supported Luo Fangbai the most.

Following their angry outbursts, the other Hakka leaders also started cursing, looking as if they were eager to send troops to fight Sanxingtang right now.

It's not their fault that they can't suppress their anger. It's just that Uncle Liu Sanbo Liu Qianxiang of Sanxingtang is no match for me, King Mo.

Whenever I, King Mo, encounter trouble, my first choice is to narrow the scope of attack, only targeting the main culprits, winning over accomplices, and focusing on the idea that the Chinese in Southeast Asia are one family.

But Liu Qianxiang disagreed. In his opinion, the Hakka people and the Mingxiang people were Mo Zibu's two pillars. If King Mo wanted to intervene in West Borneo, he would definitely use the Hakka people as his base.

So Liu Qianxiang took the initiative to isolate the Hakka people from Dongwanlu to Sankouyang and even Sanfa.
He strictly controlled Sanxingtang from selling rice, salt, sugar, tea, and indigenous people to these Chinese gold mining companies and colonial estates, hoping to force these people away.

Luo Fangbai waved his hand, signaling everyone to calm down. "I know that you fellow villagers have been oppressed by the bad guys from Samsung, but they are powerful. If we attack rashly, our chances of success are slim."

When Huang Guibo and Zhang Acai heard what Luo Fangbai said, they looked at each other in surprise.

There are now more than 30 mine owners gathered at the Old Eighth Branch Mine, but except for Que Sibo's Old Eighth Branch Company and his two industries, the rest are small mine owners and are not very powerful, so they are definitely not able to deal with Samsung Company.

Their intense statement now was just to open up a conversation so that Luo Fangbai could ask King Xingtang Mo for troops. Why does it sound like they want to use these knives to fight Samsung?
"The king has a hundred thousand soldiers, are you afraid of a small Xiang Liu?" Several small mine owners who were unable to hold their temper shouted immediately.

Just when they were confused, the host, Uncle Si Que, spoke.

"The Master was sent to West Borneo by King Rende to mediate the conflicts among our fellow countrymen, not because he had any intention towards West Borneo.

Even if Samsung's Liu Qianxiang is targeting us now, it is still a conflict among the Chinese in West Borneo. How can the soldiers of Xingtang Mansion come and interfere so easily? "

So this is the whole process, so winding and complicated. Huang Guibo understood and slapped his thigh.

"That's easy. King Mo of Xingtang is our Tangshan king. Since West Borneo is Tang territory, we should submit to King Mo and ask him to send troops to rescue us."

Zhang Acai was a little hesitant at this time. The Huang family had a big business in Lufeng that relied on Xingtang Mansion. It would be fine if they gave up the industry in Borneo, but he, Zhang Acai, could not do that.

Fortunately, Uncle Que Si spoke again, "Brother Huang is absolutely right, but in this world, things must be done in a legitimate way.

If we surrender like this, will we be considered as vassals or something else? How should we submit to him? What official position will the king give us? This is something we need to think about carefully."

"Right, right, right!" Zhang Acai immediately echoed loudly, "We must carefully consider this matter. This is a major matter that will benefit future generations."

For Zhang Acai, surrendering was no problem, but being a local official or a vassal was a very important matter.

If only a few officials were given the job, well, although Zhang Acai wouldn't be able to resist, he wouldn't put in much effort either.

"I think it's a simple matter."

An extremely mighty and majestic man next to Huang Guibo spoke. His name was Jiang Wusheng, and he was the most famous hero in West Borneo.

He never missed a shot with his self-fired musket, and he could wield a twelve-jin thick-backed broadsword for two quarters of an hour without stopping. Ordinary people of ten or twenty were no match for him.

"It will only take two or three days for a ship from Pontianak to reach Jiading. We should write a letter to King Rende Xingtang right away."

Jiang Wusheng said with a hearty smile, "The king has conferred a lot of titles on lords in Andai. As long as he is willing to confer titles on us, we will risk our lives to fight the king.

I think Huang Guibo owns four mines and two thousand acres of estate, which is enough for him to become an earl.

Brother Cai has three estates and 12,000 acres of cultivated land, which is more than enough for him to be a viscount.

The rest of the brothers may be given titles and allowed to guard the place. If they think the titles are too low, they can exchange them for money and official positions."

"Yes!" As soon as Jiang Wusheng finished speaking, Zhang Acai jumped up, very excited.

"Hero Jiang is right. Besides this, there is also the Republican Parliament. If the king can allow Zhang Acai to be a member of the parliament, the king will be my dear father and mother."

After hearing these words, everyone burst into laughter and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.

Jiang Wusheng glanced at Wu Yuansheng inconspicuously. It turned out that this guy was actually Luo Fangbai's sworn brother.

After Luo Fangbai went to Southeast Asia, he followed Mo Zibu, and he was sent to West Borneo in advance to gain a foothold.

Therefore, what he said was actually the conditions that Mo Zibu could offer.

So Luo Fangbai quickly stood up and said, "Okay, then today I will fulfill your trust and report to the king immediately."

(End of this chapter)