Chapter 377: Very Important
"Let me go to Borneo Island? To see the garden? Where is this Borneo Island? Is it far from California?"
Deng Wenqi was particularly surprised by Liang Yao's new arrangement.
Deng Wenqi didn't even know where the Borneo Island Liang Yao mentioned was.
"Borneo Island is far from California, but it is relatively close to our hometown Xiangshan. It is only more than 4,000 miles away from Xiangshan across the sea." Liang Yao said.
Although more than 4,000 miles is also a long distance, it is close compared to the distance of more than 20,000 miles between Guangdong and California.
It only takes five days to reach Borneo Island by steamship from Xiangshan, and it takes nearly a month from Xiangshan to California.
"Is the thing that the third brother wants to plant on this island important?" Deng Wenqi asked puzzledly.
"It is very important, more important than gold." Liang Yao replied.
Among the five brothers of the Deng family, the ones with the highest ceiling are the second brother Deng Wenshun and the third brother Deng Wenyu. One of them is now the mayor of Los Angeles and the other is the Secretary of Finance of California.
The eldest brother Deng Wenyao is quite decent and is a senior executive of the American Group.
The ones with the lowest ceiling are the fourth brother Deng Wenkang and the fifth brother Deng Wenqi.
Deng Wenkang is now in Australia with Martin to manage the gold mining of Umbrella Company in Australia. The fifth brother Deng Wenqi is now the president of Xiangshan Gold Mining and the mayor of Reno Town.
In addition to the difference in education level, the differences in personality and ability of the five brothers also determine their future ceiling.
Of course, this is compared among the five brothers of the Deng family.
Compared with ordinary gold diggers, the current lower limit of the five brothers is the ceiling that most ordinary people cannot reach in their lifetime.
"Since it is something that Third Brother thinks is important, I will take my wife to Borneo after I have explained the affairs of Reno and Xiangshan Gold Mining."
Deng Wenqi's mind is simpler among the five brothers, and he has no opinion of his own. Liang Yao tells him to go east and west.
Deng Wenqi has no complaints about Liang Yao's transfer. He is very grateful to Liang Yao for giving him everything today. He regards Liang Yao as a good brother and has absolute trust in Liang Yao.
If Deng Wenshun and Deng Wenyu were transferred to such a far place in Borneo, although the two brothers would eventually accept it, they would still have some thoughts in their hearts whether Liang Yao does not trust them, and whether their role in Liang Yao is not as important as before.
But Deng Wenqi and Deng Wenkang would not.
"Third Brother, let me say this in advance. I only know how to dig gold, not the rubber tree you mentioned. When I arrive in Borneo, I will take care of the garden for you." Deng Wenqi added.
"There are people in charge of planting trees and raising seedlings. You just need to help me take care of the garden and expand a few more plantations." Liang Yao said, "I'll let the boss take over the Reno and Xiangshan gold mining matters."
Pontianak also has gold. It stands to reason that Deng Wenqi's expertise can also be used in Pontianak.
However, this is the industry of the local Chinese. Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents.
Liang Yao went to Pontianak to open up plantations and cooperate with local Chinese, not to grab food.
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Furthermore, although Pontianak has gold, its gold reserves are really not enough compared to California and Australia.
Liang Yao already has the two big gold mountains in California and Australia. Going to compete with the Chinese in the Republic of Lan Fang in Pontianak for the gold ingot of Pontianak is nothing but missing the point.
"Before going to Pontianak, what else do you want to tell me, brother?" Deng Wenqi knocked on the table, urging his wife Wu Jifen to bring the food.
"Yes, there are some things I want to tell you." Liang Yao said, "Don't worry, let's talk while we eat."
Although Deng Wenqi is relatively young, he is the first of the five brothers in the Deng family to get married.
The other four brothers in the Deng family have not yet got married.
Wu Jifen is the daughter of Wu Yuanhua. When Wu Jifen heard that Liang Yao was going to transfer Deng Wenqi to Pontianak, her face turned bad.
Deng Wenqi didn't know where Borneo was, but Wu Jifen, who grew up in a merchant family, knew.
Wu Jifen was silent and brought the food without saying a word.
This made Deng Wenqi very dissatisfied: "Stinky bitch! Who are you showing your displeasure to?! See how I will deal with you later!"
After teaching Wu Jifen a lesson, Deng Wenqi turned around and said to Liang Yao with apology: "This bitch is ignorant of reason. Third brother, don't argue with a woman like her."
Liang Yao certainly would not compete with a woman. He picked up a bowl of pork with preserved vegetables, poured the juice from the pork with preserved vegetables on the rice, and then shoveled the rice in the bowl with the juice into his mouth.
"Your wife's cooking skills are quite good. Don't underestimate her because she is a woman. I heard that this little girl started to help her father run the business at the age of 11. She can write and count, and knows more nonsense than you." Liang Yao said while eating.
Pinkerton gave up immediately after trying to use chopsticks to pick up food without success, and changed to the knife, fork and spoon that he was more familiar with.
"As for oriental food, I still prefer the sushi I had at your house. Just grab it with your hands." Pinkerton couldn't help but complain.
"I really don't know why your hands are so flexible. You can eat with two sticks." Fremont on the side couldn't help but complain.
However, Fremont did not pick up the knife, fork and spoon prepared for him, but stubbornly insisted on using chopsticks to eat.
Fremont believed that the knife and fork were soulless when holding these delicious oriental foods, and oriental tableware should be used to hold oriental food.
Fremont was a senior politician in California. Now Chinese are the majority and dominant ethnic group in California. In his opinion, it would not work if he did not make an effort to understand Chinese culture if he wanted to do political work in California in the future.
"It's just a habit since childhood." Liang Yao wiped his greasy mouth with a napkin from a plate and explained to Deng Wenqi.
"There are at least hundreds of thousands of Chinese in Borneo, most of whom are Cantonese, Chaoshan, Hakka, Minnan and Fuzhou. The Dutch often bully them and stir up internal strife between them.
I have already made an agreement with their general Liu Asheng that we will provide them with armed protection and they will find land for us to grow crops."
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The situation in Borneo is more complicated, with the power of all parties intertwined, and the Lan Fang Republic is not the only power of the local Chinese.
In addition to the Lan Fang Republic, the Dagang Company and the Sanjiaogou Company of the Heshun General Office are also the most powerful Chinese forces in the area.
The Chinese live in clans, and Chinese from different regions control different areas.
Generally speaking, Fujianese and Cantonese occupy the coastal areas, and Hakkas control the inland areas.
Then these people from different regions form different companies and secret societies due to interest issues, and their power is further dispersed.
The Dutch took advantage of the fact that the Chinese were dispersed and there were conflicts between different Chinese groups to sow discord among the Chinese and force them to fight among themselves. At the same time, they supported some Chinese groups to attack the powerful Chinese as a whole, in order to ensure the dominant position of the Dutch East India Company on the island of Borneo.
However, these forces were not all the forces on the island of Borneo. There were also several sultanates on the island of Borneo. Although they were called sultanates, they were actually just a few small chieftains.