The journey starts from the Titanic

"Hongmin, you are not honest! There is such a good thing hidden?" Situ Nan smiled.

"Where? It's also a recent incident. Two trees were discovered in our logging yard. They are estimated to be 500 years old." Yao Hongmin explained.

This was when Zhang Haoran, who was in charge of the oil field construction project, secretly told Yao Hongmin when he went to Sumatra to inspect the construction progress of the Minas oil field.

In order to compete for the red sandalwood, people from the security company wiped out the people in a nearby village, because the natives also found the red sandalwood.However, Yao Hongmin is not easy to speak out in public.

"Haha. It seems that I was really lucky. I received this gift when I first came to Nanyang, Hongmin, you have my heart." Before Yao Hongmin agreed, Situ Nan eagerly took the red sandalwood as his own. Yes.

Yao Hongmin smiled. The two red sandalwood trees are just a surprise. Compared with Situ Nan's contribution to the Nanyang Foundation, they are nothing at all.

In the forests of Sumatra, Meihua Company has a large area of ​​woodland. It is not surprising to find several red sandalwood trees.When he rushed to Li's house, he also reported something like Situ Nan.

After everyone left, only Situ Nan, Yao Hongmin, and Li Renqiao were left in the room. They discussed the affairs of the Nanyang Foundation.

"Aren't you not interested in these things?" At the beginning, Situ Nan teased Li Renqiao.

"Can I not care? Our Li family is on your thief ship. In case you want to make some trouble, I'll be prepared." Li Renqiao glanced at Situ Nan, no Good airway.

"What are you afraid of? I put so much real money into it, you think it's fun? Besides, we don't do anything in Penang anymore, so it won't affect things here. Unless Britain is crazy, otherwise they won't move. For the Chinese businessmen here, we soon controlled part of the economic power of the colony." Situ Nan sneered.

"Hehe. Isn't Mr. Li having a good time working with us? In a few days, the Li's Tin Company we are cooperating with will be established. And we will invite Malayan Chinese tin merchants to set up Chinese Tin Company together in a month. Industry Association. The Li family is the leader." Yao Hongmin intervened.

Then he told Situ Nan about the cooperation plan between Meihua Company and the Li family.

"Yeah. That's right! Meihua Company does not need to show up, but it can complete our industrial layout in Nanyang by organizing similar guilds. As long as we have a small share of each major company and also control the trade channels , I believe that Nanyang’s Chinese capital will be used by us.” Situ Nanzan said.

He and Yao Hongmin's ideas coincide.I thought, Yao Hongmin was not only experienced and well-managed Meihua Company, but he also had a big picture, had a long-term vision, and knew how to integrate Nanyang Chinese businessmen for the Nanyang Foundation.Such a handsome talent couldn't have been more correct to let him go to Nanyang.

"At present, when Meihua Company is playing a powerful role in Nanyang, we must not only do well in our own industry, but also devote more energy to guide and organize Nanyang Chinese capital, and incorporate Nanyang Chinese capital into our system. When these peripheral Chinese capital blends with us and cannot do without our Meihua, they will naturally become our ally.

After all, no one wants to be a second-class citizen.This is easy to say, but you have to be cautious in doing it. We must first choose people who are worthy of our trust.We must not use our precious resources on the dog legs of those colonists, they are not with us."

Situ Nan said here, and glanced at Li Renqiao lightly.

"What kind of eyes? Our Li family is definitely of the yellow species, which looks like you..." Li Renqiao said with some dissatisfaction, but soon his voice weakened again.

"You have a seed, but you don't know which piece of land it is?"

Situ Nan wanted to laugh when he remembered that Li Renqiao was forced into marriage by his family. He was too lazy to argue with Li Renqiao, and continued to explain: "Who is our Nanyang Foundation's own person? Very simple! People who believe in Chinese culture! People who safeguard the interests of Nanyang Chinese! People who protect the interests of Chinese people all over the world!"

Situ Nan gave his own definition.As the saying goes, one's own people are good at saying everything, but not one's own people can't say anything.

The composition of Nanyang Chinese is very complicated, and each has its own interests.For Nanyang Foundation to succeed, it must first distinguish between its own people, friends, and enemies.

Chapter 34-Medan Base

Who are you?

Situ Nan has a clear understanding of the specific use of Nanyang Chinese.

He continued to tell Yao Hongmin and the others: "The Chinese in Nanyang are divided into three types. The first is the Han who went to Nanyang in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty. After two or three hundred years of fusion, the Han and the local indigenous people intermarried, and their offspring are generally called Baba. Nonya.

On the one hand, Baba Nyonya retains the traditions of the Han people (maybe that they don’t speak Chinese well or even speaks), but they also integrate into the indigenous culture. With their own interests, they are not completely consistent with the Nanyang Foundation. In Baba Nyonya, Nanyang Foundation must adopt an attitude of both use and prevention.Neither offend or get too close.

The second type is overseas Chinese.Overseas Chinese are generally the second or third generation of Chinese, not only indigenous but also Westernized, and are deeply influenced by Western culture.Most of these people are opposed to Chinese culture. They are proud of Western culture in everything. They like to eat Western food, see Western medicine, and speak foreign language. They feel that everything in the West is good, so they are often called banana people.Uh……"

Having said this, Situ Nan thought of his life experience, and pointed to his chest to laugh at himself: "Although I am a little white, but here is definitely a Chinese heart. There shouldn't be such a generous banana man like me in this world?"

Yao Hongmin and Li Renqiao couldn't help but enjoy themselves. The real banana man would not spend hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in the independent cause of Nanyang Chinese.

Situ Nan straightened up his face and continued: "The overseas Chinese are the enemy of the Nanyang Foundation, and the Nanyang Foundation will take measures to resolutely suppress and even eliminate. Because once an incident occurs, those overseas Chinese will resolutely defend their interests. Standing on the side of the colonial government and becoming an accomplice of the whites, we always guard against these people. Our enemies are not only the colonies, but also the overseas Chinese who have forgotten their ancestors!"

Situ Nan knocked on the table hard-traditional is not necessarily good, but without tradition it must be bad!

"The last one is the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It is also the most populous nowadays. New immigrants from the mainland are called Xinke. Among the Nanyang Chinese, Xinke is the most numerous and the most powerful group also has a sense of Chinese cultural identity. The strongest. They are the strength that Nanyang Foundation can really rely on."

The three categories of Baba Nyonya, Qiaosheng, and Xinke are only roughly classified. It is impossible to make a strict distinction, and they are not static.Over time, the relationship between the three may change.For example, after a new guest settles in the local area, he may become a member of Baba Nyonya, or his descendants may become overseas Chinese.

"In short, the strategy of struggle is actually very simple. It is to pull one faction, fight another faction, strengthen one's strength, and weaken the enemy. Speaking of which, we have a lot of friends. The ancestors of the ancestors of the road, after hard work, won Today's achievement.

For example, the Li family has achieved today's achievements through hard work, so we better cherish the hard-won results.

The world is overwhelming, and the awakening of national consciousness is inevitable. Although white people can still rule here, they will be driven away after all. It is only a matter of time.We Han Chinese have lived in Nanyang for hundreds of years, and now we have taken root here and become a buffer force between white people and indigenous people.Because we have no force and a small population, white people can rest assured that we can do business, and actually work for them.

Whites, Chinese, and indigenous people are like a pyramid.The whites are at the top, the aboriginals are at the bottom, and the Chinese are in the middle, which is an important force for balancing the whites and the aboriginals.But once the white people leave, we Chinese will suffer next.Because it's impossible for the natives to let us press on them.Although we Chinese have made great economic achievements, these achievements lack protection.

This is why the Nanyang Foundation must seize force, after all, it is safest to hold the handle of the knife in your own hand....

On the third day, Situ Nan found an excuse to quietly board a small boat with Li Renqiao and Yao Hongmin and head to Medan, which is across the sea from Penang.

Medan is located on the southern bank of the Strait of Malacca and is an important city in the northwestern part of Sumatra, Indonesia.Agriculture is developed, mainly plantation economy, rich in tobacco, rubber, coconut, tea, oil palm and other crops.

Meihua has invested heavily in Medan, amounting to tens of millions of dollars.There are not only millions of acres of various plantations, but also a large number of processing factories such as tobacco factories and rubber factories.Millions of crops such as tobacco and rubber are sent from Medan to all over the world every year.

Dutch merchants were the first to engage in the plantation economy in Medan, but since the arrival of Meihua, the Dutch have been driven out of Medan through various means, and the Dutch farm has also fallen into the hands of Meihua. .

Meihua now dominates Medan and monopolizes Medan's plantations.Since the Dutch have always been indifferent to the remote and poor Sumatra Island, and only focus on the more developed island of Java, this gives the Meihua Company and the Nanyang Foundation a good opportunity.

Except for some Dutch farmers who are "stubbornly resisting", the Chinese have become the mainstream in Medan!Because all of Medan’s business has fallen into the hands of Chinese businessmen headed by the Beautification Company, more and more Chinese immigrants are being filled by the Meihua Company into Medan’s vast farms and increasing numbers of factories.

The Meihua company alone employs more than 150,000 Chinese workers, all of whom are bankrupt farmers from the Fujian and Guangdong provinces in southern China in recent years.After several years of hard work, some lucky immigrants have taken their families over and started to settle in Medan.

What's interesting is that when an immigrant succeeds in Nanyang, there will be hundreds of thousands of people who will follow them in a rush, forming a demonstration effect, and it is no longer necessary for Meihua to spend manpower and material resources to mobilize them.

Soon after arriving in Medan, under the leadership of Yao Hongmin, Situ Nan came to a manor in the suburbs.Seeing the Chinese workers working hard in the fields, Situ Nan felt very relieved.

"Hongmin, thank you for your hard work. It is not easy to take care of a farming company with hundreds of thousands of people." Situ Nanzan said.

"Hehe. The hard work is also worth it." Yao Hongmin smiled. When he first arrived in Medan, he ran around in the wild. After hard work, he finally achieved something today. Don't even think about it.

"We bought this large piece of land outside Medan. Haha. Last year, after Lao He came, the company turned this farm into a base. Usually, the workers are trained in the base, so He brought him from the United States. Those people who came back have tossed my workers a lot." Yao Hongmin laughed.

"Here," he reminded.

Situ Nan observed with interest. The outside of the manor looked very ordinary. Two guards stood sparsely at the door, seemingly careless, but their guns were pointed at Situ Nan and the others intentionally or unintentionally.

"Yes. Very vigilant. Look, there are two secret whistles in the trees behind?" Situ Nan said.

He has seen this situation a lot in American security companies, so he is very familiar with it.

"Well, it should be Lao He's style." Situ Nan nodded.

"Haha. This is nothing, there are more exciting things to come later." Yao Hongmin smiled.

After entering the sparse manor, the car went around and passed a mountain pass. After a strict inspection, Situ Nan appeared in front of Situ Nan is a huge open barracks, larger than Situ Nan saw in the American security company, at least Accommodate 30,000 people.

The barracks are surrounded by mountains to the west, and there is only one exit from the mountain pass. Most people do not know that there is such an open valley surrounded by the mountains.