The talks between Fan Haier, Sima and Qin Zhiyuan did not yield any results.
Van Helsima did not dare promise not to interfere in the fight between the Chinese and the natives of Borneo, as that would lead to an uncontrollable situation.
The Dutch were not worried about the Borneo natives, but were alert enough to the Chinese, because Van Helsma knew very well that the Borneo natives alone could not do anything and could not threaten the rule of the Dutch.
On the contrary, if the Chinese gain power, with their already strong financial resources, and with the help of the military and political circles, they may lead to the collapse of the Dutch colonial order in Borneo.
This is certainly unacceptable to the Dutch.
For Qin Zhiyuan, this was a process of boiling frogs in warm water. As long as he did not break up with the Dutch and prevent the Dutch from using their troops to attack, Qin Zhiyuan also looked down upon the natives of Borneo.
So it seems that as long as it drags on like this, Qin Zhiyuan will definitely achieve his goal.
It's a pity that reality often goes against people's will. The development of the situation in Borneo soon caught Qin Zhiyuan and Fan Haiersima by surprise.
In early November, Zhang Tianshou on Penglai Island received a report that murders occurred in three Chinese families in a farm outside Surabaya. All the men in these three families went out to work, and all 14 women and children who stayed at home were tortured and killed, even their infants.
The babies were not spared.
Zhang Tianshou immediately boarded the ship and headed to the farm.
This is a farm located about 15 kilometers southeast of Surabaya. It is said to be a farm, but it is actually a naturally formed small village.
There are more than a hundred households in the village, except for three Chinese families, the rest are natives of Borneo.
These three Chinese families usually have close contact with each other. Together, they planted nearly a thousand oil palm trees in the nearby mountains and made a living by refining palm oil.
Palm trees are a kind of cash crop, and their economic benefits are about fifteen times that of sugar beets and ten times that of rubber trees. They are very profitable. Therefore, these three Chinese families live a very happy life in the local area, and their living conditions are better than those of those who are not.
In terms of production, the local indigenous people who make a living by picking coconuts every day are much better.
The problem is that the local indigenous people who are not engaged in production do not think that this gap in life is due to their own laziness, but that they are angry because the arrival of the Chinese has taken away the wealth that should belong to them.
Probably the simple minds of the local indigenous people cannot figure out why before the Chinese arrived here, they had been living on this land for thousands of years, but no one had ever planted even a single palm tree.
Some people will strive to catch up when they see the gap, while some people are just envious and jealous when they see the gap. They do not want to rely on the labor of their own hands to obtain a better life, but fantasize about relying on the long knife in their hands to get something for nothing.
So after the Surabaya incident, when this envy, jealousy and hatred accumulated to the extreme, this appalling tragedy finally broke out.
When Zhang Tianshou led a company to the farm where the incident occurred, two groups of people were confronting each other at the scene. One group was local aborigines, both male and female, and the other group was naturally all men and women.
Boy's Chinese.
Most of these local natives looked at these incomprehensible Chinese with disdain. Some of them were even talking, laughing and making a lot of noise. Their faces were full of gloating and how superior you are to me. There were even a few squatting far away.
The young man next to him had a playful look on his face, looking at the three Chinese families with eyes full of violence and aftertaste.
On the surface, the quality of these three Chinese houses is obviously better than that of the local aboriginals. Not only are the doors and courtyards complete, but the windows are clear and clean, and the bricks and tiles are neat. They are in sharp contrast to the dark, low thatched houses inhabited by the local aborigines.
Buying a house and settling down is a fine tradition of the Chinese people, but unexpectedly in Borneo it has become a beacon guiding the criminals.
At the scene, several uniformed policemen and two colonial officials in suits were handling the matter.
Just seeing this scene made Zhang Tianshou very angry.
Although they were all suspected of committing the crime, all the local aborigines were standing, while the Chinese who suffered humiliation as victims were all ordered to squat and were not even qualified to stand.
fair
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When a group of three-wheeled motorcycles came speeding towards them, all the people at the entrance of the village were craning their necks and looking around.
Of course the faces are different.
The Chinese people's eyes were red as if they had seen their relatives. The policemen rolled away in dejection. The colonial officials slapped their foreheads in worry. The few indigenous youths who were squatting far away just now wanted to sneak away, but were stopped by the policemen again.
He rushed back with beatings and kicks.
Only some women and children still looked like they were watching the show. They didn't know what these three-wheeled motorcycles represented. News of the tragedy that happened in Surabaya had not yet reached these closed and backward rural areas.
In fact, anyone who is well-informed already knows about the tragedy that happened in Surabaya. But the problem is that there are some people who do not believe in evil and will not know whether to live or die without a knife on their necks.
But when this rumored murderous force arrived at lightning speed, some people were still afraid.
It was only then that they truly realized that the Chinese were no longer helpless and allowed to be bullied. When the Chinese encountered injustice, there would be people who would stand up for them and seek justice for them.
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When they saw this mercenary army from France, the officials of the colonial authorities were very worried.
When facing Chinese people, colonial officials may be able to put on airs, show off their authority and use official accent, but when facing French people who are also from Europe, although they have the same black hair and eyes, this official accent is
Can't fight.
The Dutch use official accent in front of the French
This joke is a bit big, but it's almost the same when it's reversed.
Of course, it is the duty of these colonial officials to protect the colonies. When they come to colonial affairs, the colonial officials can only brace themselves and face them.
Good afternoon, gentlemen. The colonial official has a good attitude. It seems that France is really close to the Netherlands. This colonial official speaks French well.
Zhang Tianshou and the others were in a Dutch colony, so naturally they would not wear the uniforms of the Foreign Legion, nor would they display military ranks, which would cause diplomatic disputes. Therefore, Zhang Tianshou and the others wore outdoor clothing derived from hunter clothing.
This looks very energetic, much better than the blue-gray French uniform.
Hello, sir, I heard that there was an accident here. We were hired by someone to handle some disputes. Zhang Tianshou put himself into it and became one of the insiders.
Zhang Tianshou, who got off the motorcycle, subconsciously raised his hands, which was a precursor to a salute. Fortunately, Zhang Tianshou restrained himself in time and did not give the colonial officials a chance to get angry.
Could you please ask who hired your colonial officials? Their heads were as big as buckets. Looking at the black machine gun muzzles on the three-wheeled motorcycles, they couldn't help but complain: Also, who allowed you to equip these guns in accordance with the law?
No one in India is allowed to illegally possess firearms. Do you know that it is illegal to do what you are doing? Please restrain yourself.
Colonial officials are now truly a scholar meeting a soldier.
Zhang Tianshou was noncommittal and walked past the colonial officials with his lips curled up, muttering unclearly: Haven't you already sued us? Before the results come out, we have the right to bear arms, which is one of the rights given to us by God.
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The Netherlands is a Protestant country and also worships Christ. When Zhang Tianshou talked about God, even the Dutch couldn't help but roll their eyes.
Regarding this gun issue, the Umbrella Company and the colonial authorities have taken the case to the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands. The International Court of Justice very much wanted to support the colonial authorities, but it remembered the German submarine force cruising in the Mediterranean and the Umbrella Company fleet that monopolized the escort mission in the Mediterranean.
, this lawsuit has no result yet.
The Netherlands is much more dependent on the Far East than France. If France loses the Far East and the United States, the United Kingdom will help. If the Netherlands loses the East Indies, the Queen will probably faint in the toilet from crying.
The Mediterranean Sea is the choke point from the Far East to Europe. As long as it gets stuck here, it will choke the Dutch.
Therefore, it is estimated that this lawsuit will not have any results before the end of the war of the century.
Of course, the colonial officials also understood this fact, so they had no choice but to deal with Zhang Tianshou's behavior.
As a second-rate European country, the Netherlands still occupies the Dutch East Indies, relying on the maintenance of the colonial system by Britain and France. Without the support of Britain and France, whether it is the Americans, Germans, or even the Japanese,
Ability to drive the Dutch out of Asia.
As for the Dutch fleet, it may be able to show off its power in Asia, but it is not worth mentioning in Europe. It cannot even compare with the French, which has no sense of presence in the navy of a traditional land power.
The situation is stronger than the people, and colonial officials really can't hold their head high in front of the umbrella company.
Also unable to raise their heads were the men from these three families.
Just when they went out in the morning, the women at home were still leaning on the door frame waving goodbye, and the children at home were still playing in the courtyard. Smoke was rising from the chimney, and soup was boiling in the pot, which was the men’s lunch.
In just one day, the wife and children were separated and the family was destroyed.
Even if the colonial officials did not force these Chinese to squat on the ground, they still wanted to hold their heads and cry loudly, for the sake of their wives who followed them across the ocean, and for the sake of their yet-to-be-grown children.
Although they knew that the murderers were squatting not far away, these men were powerless. It was not that they did not want revenge, but that they could not take revenge.
This kind of thing happens every day in Borneo.
This is only a small scale. Every few decades, ten years or even a few years, large-scale mass anti-Chinese incidents will occur. That would be a true hell on earth without light from the sun and the moon.
The Chinese people have become accustomed to it. Among the Chinese squatting on the ground, there are those who have managed to escape in previous catastrophes. Unfortunately, although they are strong enough to escape, the women and children in their families cannot escape.
Lose.
I stood up and squatted on the ground like this. Then a loud shout was heard above the heads of the Chinese people.
The Chinese, immersed in pain and unable to extricate himself, looked up in shock, only to find a tall and burly man standing in front of him.
The man was furious, holding the gun holster on his waist with one hand, pointing with the other hand at the distant natives who were gloating just now but now panicking, and shouted: "The injustice has its owner, and the debt has its owner. If you want revenge, don't cry like a bitch now."
, go find those beasts, and chop them into pieces with one knife after another. I still think you are the leader. If you don’t want revenge, I will treat this trip as nothing, and you will just wait to be eaten alive.
The person who spoke was Zhang Tianshou. He had just gone to the scene and walked around, but he really couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.
Zhang Tianshou has decided that if these Chinese dare to take revenge, Zhang Tianshou will leave some weapons for them when they leave to give them the power to protect themselves. If these Chinese do not dare to take revenge, Zhang Tianshou will send them back to the Republic of China because cowardly people
