:Please collect, recommend, and comment. No money or effort is required. Your support is the greatest encouragement to writers.
Thanks to Brother Gu Qinfei, Brother of the Immortal Sword in the Chest, and three friends for their rewards. This chapter is a normal update, and today is the third update full of sincerity.
The history of the Chinese in Nanyang is a history of blood and tears.
Qin Zhiyuan heard about these things in another time and space, but he was not as impressed as listening to the people involved.
What can I do? Qin Zhiyuan doesn't want to sit idly by.
Although many Chinese in the Nanyang region have left their hometown, they have never forgotten their origins. Whenever faced with a national crisis, the Nanyang Chinese will always donate generously, or donate money and materials, or return to serve their country. They have never excused themselves from leaving their hometown for a long time.
These things are worth remembering by everyone.
General Qin, if possible, please send a partial army to Borneo to protect the Chinese. Our major chambers of commerce in Borneo will not only be responsible for all the garrison expenses, but also provide a sponsorship. Huang Bohan is eager.
After Huang Bohan finished speaking, he looked at Huang Jinsheng. Huang Jinsheng took out a check and presented it to Qin Zhiyuan with both hands.
Qin Zhiyuan picked up the check and saw that it was a cashier's check from New York City Bank with a face value of US$10 million.
US$10 million is such a big deal for Mr. Huang. Qin Zhiyuan sighed.
10 million U.S. dollars is an astronomical figure in this era. Each of the Renault cars Qin Zhiyuan rides is worth only 3,000 francs. That is, the exchange ratio of 600 U.S. dollars to francs is calculated based on the gold content of legal tender in the early days of World War I.
Before the war, the gold content of the U.S. dollar was 1.5 grams of gold, and the gold content of the franc was 0.29, so the U.S. dollar to franc ratio was about 5:1.
General Qin did not know that the Dutch had just issued a wartime decree stipulating that from the outbreak of the European War, every Borneo resident earning more than 3,000 dong must pay a 30% war tax. But no one
Knowing that the Dutch did not participate in the war at all, where did their war tax come from? Huang Bohan was filled with indignation.
Yes, this war tax was just announced this year. It is really shameless to make up for the unpaid portion of the previous two years. For this item alone, Brother Bohan will have to pay nearly 35 million Dutch guilders. If he cannot pay, the Netherlands
People are about to buy the property from Brother Bohan for 70 million Dutch guilders. The greed and shamelessness of the Dutch people can be seen. Huang Jinsheng inadvertently revealed Huang Bohan's energy.
The exchange ratio of the Dutch guilder to the U.S. dollar is about four to one. In other words, the war tax paid by Huang Bohan alone is almost 10 million U.S. dollars. The taxes that the Chinese in Borneo need to bear are not only
There are more than thirty kinds of taxes including temporary war tax, head tax, palm tax, mirror tax, production tax, house tax, equipment tax, planting tax, animal husbandry tax, carriage tax, company tax, export tax, import tax, inheritance tax, etc., which are second to none in the Southeast Asian region.
The war in Europe is still ongoing, and I am afraid that there will be no manpower available. In front of Pierre, Qin Zhiyuan could not give an immediate answer.
Pierre is French. It is impossible for Qin Zhiyuan to withdraw the active troops of the Foreign Legion and return to the Far East for 10 million US dollars. This would arouse Pierre's resentment.
If we cannot mobilize troops, we can also mobilize a group of officers. As long as officers enter Borneo, we can summon militia groups and be trained by officers sent by General Qin. As long as General Qin allows us to borrow General Qin's name, we can also
The achievement had the same effect. Huang Bohan must have made a careful plan when he came. Seeing that Qin Zhiyuan could not directly send troops, he retreated and did the next best thing.
Huang Bohan and Huang Jinsheng found Qin Zhiyuan for a reason. In their view, although Qin Zhiyuan is a soldier of the Foreign Legion, he is essentially a mercenary who works for whomever pays him. The profession of mercenary actually does not have an international reputation.
Well, war hounds are synonymous with mercenaries. The reason why the French Foreign Legion emphasizes concepts such as honor and loyalty is actually to deceive people into working hard. In the eyes of Westerners, the Foreign Legion has no honor or loyalty at all.
The Dutch were very wary of the Chinese, and the Chinese in Borneo were not allowed to own weapons or form militia groups. Although we Chinese people numbered between five and six hundred thousand, they were like a piece of scattered sand, unable to form a united force and sighing in vain. Huang Jinsheng was heartbroken.
There were so many Qin Zhiyuan suspicious of the five to six hundred thousand people.
There is no precise figure for how many Chinese there were in Borneo in the early 20th century. In another time and space after the founding of China, because China did not recognize dual nationality, only more than 10,000 Chinese in Borneo chose Chinese nationality, and the rest were either natural
To claim Indonesian nationality, or to use dual nationality of Indonesia and the Republic of China, Chinese anti-Chinese exclusion began in the 1960s, and the mainland prepared to evacuate 600,000 overseas Chinese. However, due to various reasons, only more than 90,000 people chose to return to the mainland. By the end of the 1990s, the anti-Chinese
In the incident in China, those with Chinese nationality either returned to the mainland or took refuge in the Chinese embassy for asylum. Almost all of the victims were those with dual nationality.
It's just that the Dutch have been systematically abducting Chinese workers for decades. Every year, tens of thousands of Chinese workers are abducted from the mainland to Borneo. This number is increasing year by year. I only know that there are about fifty
Thousands of people are distributed in Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan and other places, which can be said to have spread all over Borneo. Huang Bohan has a higher status and has more complete information.
Hua Gong, well, their identity is similar to ours. Qin Zhiyuan began to find the origin.
It's a pity that there are no talents like General Qin among the Chinese in Borneo, otherwise we Chinese wouldn't be as humble as pigs and dogs, living in an ignoble way. Huang Jinsheng's voice was choked with sobs.
As you know, my troops are basically composed of Chinese laborers. Therefore, if appropriate, I can set up a logistics base in Borneo to specially train the reserve troops of the Foreign Legion to supplement the First Brigade in the war.
Loss. Qin Zhiyuan finally found an excuse.
Although the Netherlands did not participate in the war, it has always been protected by the British. If Qin Zhiyuan sends troops into Borneo in a big way, it will definitely lead to joint opposition from the Dutch and the British. Qin Zhiyuan's current strength is still very weak, and he has nothing to do in front of the state machinery.
The ability to resist, so you need an excuse to act conveniently. Europe is currently in a melee. Although Christmas is approaching and both the east and west fronts are in a state of armistice, in fact, both the Allies and the Entente are preparing a new round of offensive.
, they need more soldiers and more support. If they enter Borneo under the banner of training reserve troops for the Foreign Legion, they can at least get support from Britain and France.
The British and the French are close to exhaustion, and they have all the strength they can rely on. Qin Zhiyuan can foresee that his suggestion will be supported by the French. Although the British may not necessarily support it, at least they will not oppose it.
As for the Dutch, who cares about them?
This is really great. Huang Bohan and Huang Jinsheng were overjoyed and shouted almost at the same time.
Establishing a logistics base requires a stable territory, a large number of young men, and corresponding weapons and equipment. Do you have all these conditions? Qin Zhiyuan asked.
Since it was going to be built, Qin Zhiyuan had to build a complete logistics base.