However, Luo Yue, Yang Jianzhong and Spei quickly reached two national cooperation agreements, namely, to build railways and highways in Borneo.

Germany's colonies in the Far East were mainly characterized by strategic value greater than economic value. They were the two colonies of Sabah and Lantao, relying on the huge Borneo, and during the war, they could be used as the main base for Germany's overseas battlefields.

However, Sabah and Lantao are separated from the north and south ends of Borneo, with a straight line distance of more than 1,000 kilometers. Although the shipping can be the same, during the war, the harbor was easily blocked and the transport fleet was easily intercepted by enemy fleets. Therefore, it is very necessary to build a railway connecting Sabah and Lantao on land to ensure the connection between the war and sheep.

However, to build a railway connecting Sabah to Lantao, it must pass through the territory of the East China Government, and it also involves a series of issues such as the ownership and management rights of the railway. After all, the East China Government was not the Qing court and could be slaughtered. Therefore, Germany must be very serious and negotiated with the East China Government on the basis of fully considering the interests of the East China Government.

Germany has two conditions to the East China Government. The first is that Germany has wholly owned the railway from Sabah to Lantao, and operated it independently. It only needs to pay the fees for the railway rental area to the East China Government every year; the second is that it is jointly built and operated by both parties. Of course, the shareholding ratio of the two parties can be negotiated again, and the land expenses occupied by the railway can be converted into capital investment of the East China Government.

Regarding the conditions proposed by Germany, the East China Government first expressed its agreement with Germany's proposal, and at the same time proposed a larger plan to Germany, namely, build a coastal city connecting six Borneo including Friedrich, Kuching, Pontianak, Machen, Lantao, and Malinda, to form a railway network that runs through the inland Borneo. It is jointly built by the East China Government and Germany and operated jointly. The East China Government can invest with land, Germany can also invest with technology and equipment, and the shareholding ratio between the two parties can be negotiated.

Second, Germany was invited to participate in the construction of the Borneo Highway, and Sabah and Lantao were also included in the construction of the Borneo Highway. The conditions were basically the same as the construction of the Borneo railway network.

These two plans of the East China Government are naturally much larger than those of Germany. However, once completed, a transportation network that runs through Borneo through railways and highways will be formed. It can not only greatly promote the economic development of Borneo, but also greatly strengthen the rule of the East China Government over Borneo. It can be said that once this transportation network is completed, the East China Government will be able to firmly control the entire territory of Borneo.

For Germany, the benefits of this transportation network are also very considerable. On the one hand, the economy of Borneo has developed, and the economy of Sabah and Lantao will also be greatly improved, and it can also bring considerable economic benefits to Germany. Although Sabah and Lantao have more strategic value to Germany, the economic interests cannot be ignored. After all, the fundamental value of the colonies lies in obtaining wealth for the suzerain countries. Moreover, the construction of Sabah and Lantao areas also requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and Germany cannot just invest and not talk about profits. On the other hand, Germany is now the world's largest industrial country and the second largest economic country, but its domestic field is limited, with a total territory of less than 600,000 square kilometers and a population of only 50 million. It is urgent to explore overseas markets and digest Germany's domestic industrial production capacity. This is also one of the reasons why Germany is eager to compete with Britain for hegemony. The construction of the transportation network in Borneo requires considerable manpower and material resources, which is also conducive to Germany's digestion of part of its industrial production capacity.

Even in terms of strategic value, once the transportation network in Borneo was built, the Sabah and Lantao areas could continuously obtain various resources from the East China government during the war, and it was impossible for the UK to stop it. It was much better than relying solely on ports or 1 or 2 railway lines.

However, the project volume of this plan is very large, with railways alone exceeding 5,000 kilometers. In addition, the construction of highways, even if it is jointly built with the East China Government, Germany also needs to invest huge financial and material resources, and it will take time to complete the plan. It will take at least 10 years to see the profits, so this is not something Spey can decide.

So Spee immediately reported to Germany and asked for a decision. After several days of discussion, Germany finally decided to accept the plan of the East China Government, but it also put forward two conditions: one is that the railway from Sabah to Lantao must be completed first, and the railway must be run by Germany; the other is that Germany can only afford up to 35% of the engineering volume.

No matter how good the transportation network in Borneo is, for Germany, the railway from Sabah to Lantao is the core, and this railway must be controlled by Germany. In addition, after the transportation network in Borneo is completed, the East China government's profit will be the greatest. After all, most of the land in Borneo is owned by the East China government, so of course Germany cannot make a fortune.

The East China Government can accept these two conditions proposed by Germany. In fact, the main purpose of the East China Government bringing Germany in is to rely on Germany's investment and technology. After all, the East China Government is limited in its energy and it is impossible to fully invest in the construction of Borneo. Germany can bear part of it, and the East China Government can save part of it. In addition, Germany's current industrial technology level is the top of this era, and it is indeed far above the current East China Government. Moreover, the terrain conditions in Borneo are not good, so the requirements for technical level are higher. With Germany's technical support, it is naturally more certain.

The East China Government can also understand that the railway from Sabah to Lantao is required to be completed first. After all, this is Germany's core need and should be taken care of. However, the East China Government also put forward a condition that the construction of the transportation network in Borneo is an overall agreement, and no matter which party withdraws from the middle or requests to modify the agreement, it must compensate the other party. This is why the East China Government is worried that after Germany completes the railway from Sabah to Lantao, it will find an excuse to withdraw from the construction of the transportation network in Borneo, so it will add a layer of protection network to itself. After all, the construction of the transportation network in Borneo is a necessary task for the East China Government and it is impossible to withdraw.

After receiving this condition from the East China Government, the German government was really depressed, because Germany did have such a plan to build the Sabah-Rantao railway first, and the remaining projects depend on the situation, or make excuses to withdraw or reduce the burden on Germany. However, the East China Government was indeed too smart. They obviously had expected this a long time ago, so they blocked Germany's speculation path in the agreement. Germany had no way to refuse, and the conditions proposed by the East China Government were very reasonable.

Moreover, most of the territory in Borneo is owned by the East China Government and is close to the local government of the East China Government. If Germany really violates the agreement, the East China Government has some means to punish Germany. Therefore, the German government finally accepted the conditions of the East China Government.

Of course, these two cooperation agreements only reached a framework agreement, with a lot of details that need to be improved, and there will inevitably be a fierce bargaining process. However, the mission of Luo Yue, Yang Jianzhong and Spee has been completed, and the remaining tasks will be taken over by other more professional personnel. Therefore, after signing the framework agreement, Spee said goodbye and left Pontianak and turned back to Friedrich.

However, at this moment, the visiting fleet of the East China Government arrived in Pontianak, so Spey also proposed an invitation to Luo Yue, asking the visiting fleet to visit Friedrich, which is also an important part of strengthening military exchanges between Germany and the East China Government.

It turned out that after the visit to Siam, the visiting fleet continued to travel south and visited the Semarang Chinese Autonomous Region in Java. This was the right that the East China Government had won for the Chinese in Java after the Far East War. It allocated about 15,000 square kilometers of land in the Semarang area and established the Chinese Autonomous Region. Although the autonomous region was still under the rule of the Batavian authorities in the Netherlands, it actually had the power to complete independence of political, economic, military and diplomatic powers. The Batavian authorities could not interfere at all. They just paid a certain amount of tax to the Batavian authorities every year, indicating that they still belong to the rule of the Batavian authorities in the Netherlands.

Of course, the East China Government also actively supports its agents in the autonomous region, trying to control the autonomous region in its own hands. With the support of the East China Government, the first administrative officer of the autonomous region was Zhang Zhijun, the son of Zhang Zhenxun. Moreover, the military and police system of the autonomous region were all built and organized by the East China Government, trained and organized, including weapons and equipment, provided by the East China Government. At the same time, the East China Government has vigorously developed trade with the autonomous region, and has focused on promoting the achievements of the East China Government, and has tried to create a deep bond with the autonomous region and the East China Government in terms of economy and public opinion. In fact, it is to build the autonomous region into an overseas enclave of the East China Government.

Java is a place with a large number of Chinese people in Southeast Asia, but it was previously bullied by the local colonial government. Now it finally has a Chinese-owned autonomous region. The Chinese in Java naturally flocked to it, so they moved to the autonomous region to settle down.
Chapter completed!