Siheyuan (courtyard house): My name is Shazhu!

In early May, He Yuzhu urgently went to Malaysia because a major incident had occurred there. The three people in power, He Guang and his accomplices, were unable to make a decision and hoped that he would make the decision.

Upon arriving in Jilin, they learned that the problem stemmed from the mud monkeys. After eight years of civil war, the three major warlords in the country were so poor that they were practically penniless and were showing signs of being unable to continue fighting.

Two of the warlords became ruthless and decided to join forces to deal with the other warlord. The two were about to have a showdown to determine the victor!

Or divide and conquer!

So they sent people to them and offered to sell parts of their country, including East, North, and South Kalimantan, to Malaysia for 10 billion US dollars.

It's estimated that they want to buy weapons to fight their opponents. There are three reasons why He Yuzhu made the decision: the price of 10 billion is too high, and they can't afford it.

Secondly, I worry that they might take the money but not give up the territory. Thirdly, I fear they might hold a grudge and attack us again if we don't hand over most of Kalimantan.

Due to eight years of civil war, the Mud Monkeys had a total force of over 600,000 men, including three warlords and some smaller warlords, while the Malay regular army had less than 10,000 men.

The difference is enormous!

Not to mention the navy and air force, which were originally planned to begin expanding in the latter half of 1975. The army, navy, and air force were to be expanded to 40,000 personnel, plus 190,000 police and armed police forces!

The three of them are, after all, just ordinary workers, not real bosses; their money is in the bank, not theirs.

To come up with 10 billion, we need He Yuzhu's personal approval; it would be safer to call him over for discussion. This is a very important matter.

"But I promised them I'd pay 10 billion US dollars. Don't worry about them going back on their word; we're not pushovers either."

But it can't be just a part; we want the whole of Kalimantan. We can raise the price, but we also need to negotiate.

My goal is a maximum of 12 billion US dollars plus 1 billion in arms. We can't go to war without arms!

At the same time, they removed as many of the mud monkey people as possible from the island; they didn't need them. How many of their people were still on Kalimantan?

"From three million to three and a half million, there were more than ten conscriptions during the eight-year civil war, and some people also fled. This number is our estimate. The population is around four million."

The population is mainly composed of Dayak, Javanese, Malays, and Chinese, with the Dayaks being the indigenous people.

"Malays and Chinese can stay, but we don't need the others. Developing East Malaysia will take at least another ten years."

If the Mud Monkeys disagree, that's fine. We don't need the entire Kalimantan Island; mineral resources are available everywhere.

You negotiate with them and try to lower the price as much as possible. I don't really need Kalimantan Island in my fundamental interests.

You go and negotiate; I'll stay here for a few days, travel around the country, and check on the development situation.

He Yuzhu was telling the truth. Once his 'divine sense' covered 100 square kilometers, mineral resources would no longer be an issue. If you dare to sanction me, I'll take all your mineral resources.

I don't want to stand out now. I'm just worried that the "equalizer" will be thrown away indiscriminately. If I lose my territory and my people, what good will it do if I'm still alive?

Who knows how many times the 'Equalizer of All Beings' can destroy Star Village? If they have the ability to wipe out their Great Destruction Weapon in one go, what are they afraid of?

He Yuzhu's 'divine sense' can not only procure materials, but it is also an excellent ability to find mineral resources. It can scan a depth of one kilometer underground, which is one percent of the scanning area!

Accompanied by Song Lian, He Yuzhu spent eighteen days traveling through all the lands of West Malaysia. His salary did not increase significantly, but everyone wore genuine smiles.

National welfare is improving, there are more factories, it's much easier to find a job, and you can start a small business even if you don't work in a factory.

The cost of living in Malaysia is not high now, mainly in terms of housing, education, medical care, and food and clothing.

Once the basic concerns of ordinary people are addressed, the amount of salary becomes less important. Our salaries are low, and we don't have many expenses, mainly medical care, food, and clothing.

An 80-square-meter apartment costs only 8,000 yuan, which a worker could afford in two and a half years without eating or drinking.

There are also bank loans available, and workers only need to make a 20% down payment to move into any house they want!

He Yuzhu plans to keep driving down housing prices and education costs here. The land is large, so there's no shortage of housing.

Education and agricultural revenue and expenditure should be basically balanced, and government subsidies of up to 15% are also allowed.

Hospitals should also be tiered, with public hospitals, private hospitals, and even private schools all allowed to exist. There are plenty of wealthy people here too!

During his eighteen days there, He Yuzhu dealt with another matter: his hometown was short of sugar, and he wanted to buy 300,000 tons from Malaysia to alleviate the urgent need.

These are all minor matters. He Yuzhu ordered the transfer of 800,000 tons of sugar, 500,000 tons of cooking oil, and large quantities of cloth and clothing.

These supplies were mostly smuggled in over a decade or so. Some have changed from full-package to loose packaging. After removing the outer packaging marks, the clothing was given as a New Year's gift package back then!

It hasn't been used up in over ten years!

No money was taken; just replace it with supplies purchased previously!

The best-developed areas here are still the ports and shipyards. The tonnage of cargo ships has been increasing, reaching 500,000 tons, which is not even enough to meet one-tenth of Malaysia's import and export volume.

The tonnage of cargo ships will need to increase, reaching two million tons within five to eight years! We also need dry docks for warship production!

On the nineteenth day, He Guang came to report on the negotiation situation. The Mud Monkeys refused to sell the entire Kalimantan Island, only agreeing to sell a portion of it.

The price dropped to eight billion plus one billion in arms, but after more than ten days of negotiations, they refused to lower the price or offer installment payments!

"Stop it. We don't have that much money. We don't care about Kalimantan; we have enough land and don't want to slow down our own country's development."

"Do we really not need Borneo? It has plenty of mineral resources."

"We don't need it. We can acquire it later as investors through other means. We don't need to buy it directly with money, and it's not even a complete island yet."

"Mr. He, we have gained another 340,000 Chinese people here, mainly from Mud Monkey and Monkey Country, while Third Sister's population has decreased by 110,000. They're gone!"

The current population is 5.7 million Chinese, 1.5 million locals, and 600,000 San Sao (a local ethnic group), for a total population of 7.8 million.

"The proportion of the population should continue to decrease; it's still a bit high. Ideally, it should be below 10%, the lower the better, as it reduces problems for people of the same ethnicity."

"We will continue to work on this. Mr. He, is there anything else we need here?"

"Due to a shortage of people, many of our factories cannot operate. If we had enough teachers, we could establish more schools and cultivate more talent."

I checked the mobile phone manufacturing plant, and the annual output of Big Brother is less than 150,000 units. That's not enough for any area. I've already set up a communication network in Hong Kong.

They were just waiting for the mobile phones to arrive so they could be sold throughout Hong Kong on June 1st. There were only 160,000 units in the warehouse, which was still a production run of one year and three months.

The quantity is too small, the scrap rate is too high, and the workers have been training for two years, yet their skill level remains unchanged. We must increase annual production as much as possible while ensuring quality!

"We will. In June, there will be a batch of high school graduates. We have already established a vocational school. They will study for one year and then work and study for the remaining two years."

This would speed up production, and they would also receive wages, which would improve their family's living conditions.

"That's good. We'll build another science and engineering university next year. Our manufacturing industry must catch up; we can't fall too far behind. We'll also use the method of learning while working."

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