Although there were occasional sporadic attacks on the East China Government, there were no more enemies of the entire tribe and the East China Government. Although sporadic attacks were impossible to completely avoid, they were basically impossible to pose a threat to the East China Government. Moreover, they could not confront the East China Government. Some indigenous tribes chose to cooperate with the East China Government under the mercy of the East China Government.

There are many styles of cooperation between the East China Government and indigenous tribes. The easiest one is to trade with indigenous tribes. Indigenous people exchange local indigenous products, such as medicinal materials, animal skins, rare minerals, etc. for industrial products of the East China Government. This is of course the lowest level of cooperation, but despite this, indigenous tribes can trade from the East China Government to modern industrial products, which can greatly improve the lives of indigenous tribes.

In fact, during the British and Dutch colonized Borneo, their respective industrial products were also sold to indigenous people. However, in the UK and Dutch industrial products were relatively high, and only a few indigenous people could afford them. The East China Government had geographical advantages from Borneo, and did not pursue high profits. They valued more the sales of products. Therefore, the price was much easier than that of the UK and the Netherlands, and ordinary indigenous people could also afford it. Of course, this cooperation method was limited to ordinary trade relations, and the East China Government and indigenous tribes would basically not have too much contact.

The higher-level cooperation method is commissioned by the East China Government, such as growing food crops or cash crops, raising livestock, etc., and the indigenous tribes organize their own personnel. However, the East China Government can provide technical guidance, even loans, purchase finished products on the arrival date, and pay remuneration to the indigenous tribes. This cooperation method can enable the indigenous tribes to have a stable income and higher income. Although under this cooperation model, the East China Government does not interfere in the internal affairs of the indigenous tribes, it can enable the two sides to have more exchanges and closer connections, which is conducive to the East China Government infiltration into the indigenous tribes and convey modern life concepts and methods to the indigenous tribes.

The most advanced way of cooperation is that the entire tribe is organized and arranged by the East China Government, which means that the entire tribe is controlled by the East China Government. At present, of course, only a few tribes that were compromised by the East China Government adopt this cooperation method. It turns out that after the East China Government breaks those tribes, the tribe did not completely disappear, and the tribes remained in the famous discussion, supported the puppet management, and then controlled the tribes in the cooperative discussion, which actually transformed the tribes towards the village.

Although tribes are in name only under this cooperation model, the benefits obtained by ordinary indigenous people are the greatest, because the profits of tribes are distributed by the East China government, which can distribute most of the profits to ordinary indigenous people, leaving only a small part for the public expenditure of the tribe. In the other two ways of cooperation, the leaders of the tribe must occupy most of the trade interests. The benefits that ordinary indigenous people can gain from them are not much, and some tribes have almost no.

But no matter what, after suppressing the hostility of indigenous tribes towards the East China Government, the East China Government can obtain a relatively safe environment to build Borneo. Of course, the East China Government is not able to build Borneo on a large scale, and it is still carried out around several major port cities such as Pontianak, Machen, Kuching, Siwu, and Guda. However, in the past three years, it has achieved considerable achievements.

Since it is Pontianak, as the capital of Borneo, it is naturally a focus on construction. Originally, when Pontianak colonized Borneo in the Netherlands, it had a lot of urban specifications and also built port facilities. Compared with the East China Government's first takeover, the size of the city in Pontianak has doubled, with a permanent population of more than 300,000, and the facilities such as roads, bridges, houses, factories, ports and terminals should be complete. From the Pontianak, the port of Pontianak was transformed into a dual-purpose military and civilian service by the East China Government, which can be parked with tens of thousands of tons of ships. In addition, various cranes, tracks, vehicles, warehouses, maintenance factories and other existing code terminals should also be fully equipped, and it is a completely modern port.

At the same time, around Pontianak, the East China Government recruited a large number of indigenous people, established villages, towns, land and planting, and founded farms. Now Pontianak can basically ensure that the grain is self-produced and self-sufficient.

The situation in cities such as Machen, Kuching, Siwu, and Guda are similar. However, the current transportation between cities is mainly based on sea transportation, rather than roads or railways. Although the island-round railways and highways were planned when the East China Government took over Borneo, the investment was limited and the manpower and material resources were insufficient. Therefore, the road construction is less than half completed, and the railway construction has not yet begun. This is also the current construction of Borneo, which can only be carried out with coastal port cities as the core, making it difficult to go deeper.

In addition, Borneo has not yet been officially established as a province. The highest official is called the Chief Executive rather than the governor. Moreover, the entire island is still in a state of military control. Because the actual control of Borneo by the East China government can only radiate 50-100 kilometers from several coastal port cities to the surrounding or on the island, and no matter how far away it is, it is impossible to meet the situation. Therefore, only several port cities such as Pontianak, Machen, Kuching, Siwu, and Guda have established administrative agencies and established administrative officials, and the social security system is also responsible for it.

There is no national guards in Borneo now, and all other areas except cities are managed by the army, namely the Marine Corps. Therefore, Luo Yue came to Borneo this time and prepared to establish a local national guards. He will be responsible for the public security work in Borneo and liberate the Marine Corps. This is also one of Luo Yue's work.

Although Luo Yue was not stationed in Borneo, he was the commander-in-chief of the Marine Corps. Therefore, Luo Yue came to Borneo to inspect the Marine Corps. Chief Executive Yang Jianzhong wanted to report to him and introduce the situation in Borneo. At the same time, Luo Yue expressed his gratitude to the Marine Corps. It turned out that when Yang Jianzhong first arrived in Borneo, Pontianak was besieged by 4 or 5 indigenous tribes. At that time, the city of Pontianak was much smaller than now. Although Yang Jianzhong stayed in the city, he could still hear the sound of killing and shooting, and the situation was once quite critical.

Fortunately, the Marines guarding Pontianak held their positions firmly and finally repelled the attacks of the indigenous tribes and successfully saved Pontianak. And in that year, Pontianak was attacked by three indigenous tribes, but each time they were eventually repelled by the Marines. Although the indigenous tribes did not attack Pontianak again, the city of Pontianak expanded to the surrounding areas, and the Marines expanded first, expelled the power of other tribes, paving the way for the expansion of the city. Therefore, administrative officials such as Yang Jianzhong were naturally very grateful to the Marines.

After listening to Yang Jianzhong's introduction, Luo Yue had a basic understanding of the situation in Borneo. Luo Yue was also kind to his gratitude to Yang Jianzhong, saying that these things were what the Marine Corps should do, and what everyone did was for the great cause of the East China Government, so there was no need to be polite.

The two then negotiated the establishment of the National Guard Army. In fact, although the responsibilities of the National Guard Army are mainly internal, they also belong to the military system. Yang Jianzhong is an administrative official and should not have participated in the construction of the army. However, Borneo is still in a semi-military state, and administrative and military affairs are not so clear. Some military action plans still require Yang Jianzhong to participate in the formulation. Therefore, it is necessary to negotiate with Yang Jianzhong to establish the National Guard Army. After all, after the establishment of the National Guard Army, Yang Jianzhong still had to deal with them frequently.

Of course, it is not possible to establish a national guard army in a short time. First of all, the scope of selection is a big problem. There is no single figure in Borneo now, and it can only be estimated to be between 3 and 5 million. However, the East China government can control less than 1 million, of which about 200,000 Chinese are about 200,000. Therefore, Yang Jianzhong tends to recruit the first batch of national guards from the Chinese, but there are not many Chinese people at first, and there are not many people willing to join the army and have the right age. After all, after the East China government took over Borneo, the status of Chinese people has increased significantly, so there is no need to worry about being afraid. Chinese people are hardworking and smart. Whether they are farming or doing business, they can live a good life. At least they can have a good life without worries, so they naturally don’t want to join the army. After all, joining the army is a life-threatening thing.

After Yang Jianzhong finished speaking, Luo Yue also pondered for a while. Yang Jianzhong advocated that the first batch of national guards recruited from local Chinese, and Luo Yue also agreed. After all, his trust in Chinese is indeed much higher than that of the natives. However, he could also understand the mentality of Chinese people's unwillingness to join the army. After all, since the Song Dynasty, the social status of soldiers has been declining. In addition to being in troubled times, soldiers are by no means a good profession. The East China Government can pull out an army in a short time. On the one hand, the East China Government was established during the Boxer Rebellion, which was indeed a chaotic era. On the other hand, the East China Government's propaganda work was also done very well. Of course, in the East China Government, the social status of soldiers is very high and the social image is also very good. Therefore, in the society under the East China Government, the concept and atmosphere of glorious soldiers have also formed.

There are many experiences to learn from, such as strengthening publicity and improving the social status of soldiers, etc. Moreover, the number of the first batch of National Guards does not need to be too many. About 2,000 people is enough. If you really don’t want to recruit 1,000 people, you can train this group of people first, and then use this group of people as the backbone and gradually expand the scale of the National Guards. At that time, you can recruit National Guards from the indigenous people.
Chapter completed!