At the end of February, the meaning of the New Year has not finally faded, and the cold wind in the north is still raging, the steel factory documents and Habi arrived in Baotou together. Chinese people celebrate the New Year, but even Habi has been in China for two years, it still pays attention to Christmas and New Year. Especially before the New Year, Yang Yuanzhao gave him a task to enclose land in Southeast Asia and plant various rubbers.

Although I was very confused about this matter, Habi still did it according to Yang Yuanzhao's instructions. At this time, Southeast Asia is in ruins.

With the British controlling the Strait of Malacca, the connection between Eastern China and Southeast Asia has become increasingly close. Merchant ships travel between Lion City and Penang are almost every other day in Shanghai, and they arrive in a few days. It is no longer so difficult for Southeast Asian wealthy people to travel to and from the mainland. Whether it is home purchase or investment, they are almost one after another.

At this time, Habi was no longer a down-and-out small businessman. With the help of large orders and tungsten fine powder business, in a sense, he was a partner of German industrial enterprises, and even on the list of German consuls in Qing Dynasty. His strength was incomparable to the past. Germany and the United States gradually penetrated into various parts of this era. Especially recently, with the gradual development of Baotou's industry, the various machines purchased by Germany have been continuously improved, and Germany and the United States have occupied an increasingly important position in the German trade sector.

Such a rich man with an important influence went to Southeast Asia to purchase land, and the local German consul was directly accompanied by the local government. Southeast Asia is the world of Britain and France, especially the United Kingdom. It occupied the most important Strait of Malacca. The United States did not pass the Spanish-American War until 1898. It was a step in the United States, except for the Philippines. The United States has a weak presence in the entire Southeast Asia.

According to Yang Yuanzhao's guidance, different locations were made. Habi did not go to the areas controlled by Britain and France, nor to the Philippines. He came to Indonesia controlled by the Netherlands. Since the early 19th century, the Netherlands began to fully access various things in Indonesia, and even did not hesitate to touch the army.

Indonesia in this era was a barren land. There were prosperous primeval forests everywhere. Since 1824, Indonesia has been ruled by the Netherlands. It took nearly a hundred years to remove Indonesian indigenous people and other immigrants step by step, consolidate its status, and give all kinds of Indonesia's resources to the hands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The former sea coachman had already declined after losing to France. On the list of great powers, there was a name for the Netherlands. What is the truth? The Netherlands knew very well that the Dutch could raise a butcher knife to other countries, and even to the Qing Dynasty. For German merchants, and in front of Habi, a merchant accompanied by the German consul, there was no pride at all. Although he might not want Germany to interfere in Indonesia, the legitimate transactions and purchases of goods cannot be refused.

Habi was not greedy for obtaining cities, which was impossible. The Netherlands spent a hundred years to establish a series of cities in Indonesia, which were originally the lifeblood of the Netherlands. For these, a large number of wars and massacres were even launched.

For Habi, his goal was a rubber plantation. Yang Yuanzhao simply named the addresses of some rubber plantations in later generations. In this era, most of them were primeval forests, with lush branches and leaves everywhere. If these primeval forests were burned, they would become a wealthy land, and it would be best to plant rubber.

The Dutch Governor looked at Habi on the map, and the land enclosed was quite large, with a total area of ​​about 250,000 hectares. Although the place was very large, it was all marginal areas, and most of them were not even developed. Instead, Habi was disdainful to take care of the dense farmland that had been developed and did not later place it into it.

It was not a strategic point to choose a city or a fertile land. The Dutch Governor was still wondering if the Germans had any conspiracy. Now it seems that it was just a rich German businessman who came to build a plantation and planted the most popular rubber recently. Regardless of whether the other party could successfully plant it, the drawing was a relatively large land.

In Malaysia, some people came to try to plant rubber, but few of them succeeded. There were not enough labor in Malaysia, and rubber needed a lot of labor. Given the laziness of the Malay natives, they couldn't even grow food well.

Most of the scope defined by Habi is in the previous country of Lanfang. This land dominated by Chinese and under the Dutch rule has been relying on exploiting Chinese for so many years. Chinese have become the target of the Dutch stocking to a certain extent. In the past few decades, there have been many unrest against these Chinese, which is also the sorrow of Chinese in Southeast Asia.

Chinese are two major profit-making races that are known as Jews. Unlike Jews' opportunistic methods, Chinese have become wealthy classes by hard work and saving, but they are subject to countless oppression because of the original sin caused by wealth.

Yang Yuanzhao was not trying to save these Chinese people. He did not have this ability. What he could do was to accumulate strength. If the Qing Dynasty was the great power of this era, I am afraid that the Netherlands would not have created one massacre after another. There was no if in history, what happened already.

Rubber gardens, the biggest discovery in the early 20th century and the most profitable industry, have formed large rubber gardens that have attracted the attention of the world since they were just established. Each one is a trendsetter in the stock market. In the past few years, with the increasing application of rubber in the international market, the stocks that have been crammed with rubber have gradually become the leader in the world's financial field. As long as the rubber industry is related to rubber, they have become the focus of the market. As long as they are thick lines, they have fallen into pursuit and promotion.

Yang Yuanzhao, who has the vision of later generations, knew very well that Brazil's rubber is just a part of rubber. The most important rubber resource in the whole world is in Southeast Asia. In this era, rubber has not yet been terminated. It is just a barren land. Western colonists regard it as the origin of spice exports and are known as the kingdom of spices. In modern times, because of the popularization of spices in the world, especially the large number of planting in India, the status of Southeast Asia is declining. Without those Western colonists, they would think that there will be rubber here. It is precisely this idea that it is wrong. Southeast Asia is one of the most important rubber production areas in the world and has developed very drastically in the next century.

Now, in Southeast Asia, some people who are foresighted will develop rubber in Southeast Asia, but without exception, these developments have not developed at all. In this era, there is no rubber resource suitable for Southeast Asia, and rubber resources imported from Brazil are not very suitable for Southeast Asia production.

Habi walked into the Dutch colonial government. As a foreigner, a powerful German, a royal merchant protected by the German emperor. Habi was treated preferentially in the Governor's Mansion. When he proposed to buy land and build a plantation, the Governor even stroked his pen and wanted that place, as long as Habi was willing.

In the Governor's opinion, in this Southeast Asia, except for a small number of cities, is a barren land and a small number of wealthy minerals, that is, farming. It is okay to hire Chinese people. The hardworking Chinese will give them certain benefits. Planting various agriculture will make them sufficient benefits. However, compared with maritime trade, the income is too small. If local natives are hired, it will be over. The natives will make you lose all your pants.

Even as the control of this region, the Dutch Governor knew that the natives could not rely on. But to a certain extent, the Chinese still could not rely on. Even as the Dutch Governor knew that the Chinese must control them.

The Governor made this request, but Habi couldn't solve it. He just paid a certain amount of money according to Yang Yuanzhao's proposal. Under the silver bullet attack, the Governor of course agreed. 3.75 million German marks, 750,000 mu of land, and each acre of land was only 5 marks. This is unimaginable in China, but in Lanfang, this is a normal price. Of the 3.75 million Habi paid, 2 million of the Governor was given to the Governor, and the real amount was only 1.75 million. The purpose of 2 million marks was to get the Governor to agree that he could recruit farmers from China for land planting.

"What a smart guy!" The Governor exclaimed secretly. The Governor's Office has always been very sensitive to the Chinese. The Chinese are too hardworking, just like locusts, endlessly. The Netherlands is a small country. The sea coachman at that time has long fallen to the point of being dilapidated. As one of the most important colonies in the Netherlands, Indonesia is the only remaining and one of the most important colonies in the Netherlands. How to maintain this colony is the key to the Netherlands. It not only affects the lives of many people in the colony, but also affects the domestic remediation environment of the Netherlands.

The Netherlands has always paid great attention to the number of Chinese people, preventing their number from reaching a certain level, and even controlling the Chinese's force, allowing Chinese people to have a lot of money but unable to obtain a status related to money. To a certain extent, they have really become pigs that are constantly being fattened.

"No problem, we cooperate happily!" If it were someone else, the governor might be alert, but a German businessman and another Jew, what does he have to do with Chinese people? I guess he heard that Chinese people are hardworking, and how many Chinese people can be accommodated by a 50,000-acre plantation.

Just like that, Habi took the first step in Indonesia. Even if the plantation of 50,000 mu is not used, the number of people used will not exceed 5,000. This is equivalent to taking care of 10 mu of people by one person.

The Governor would not know that Habi suddenly recruited 10,000 farmers from China. Even if he knew, it didn’t matter. Lan Fang himself was a Chinese place, with ten thousand people, drizzling. Such 10,000 people were devoted to the vast land of Lan Fang Kingdom, with almost no slight waves. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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