The mountainous areas of Borneo can also plant financial crops such as spices, wood, medicinal materials, rubber, etc. Especially spices, which are the most valuable hard currency in the Age of Discovery.

In addition, there are very good pastures in the alpine areas, which can raise horses and cattle, providing sufficient livestock and protein to the island.

Borneo also has rich oil and gas resources, and its future growth space is incomparable to Luzon.

This is normal. After all, Borneo is the third largest island in the world and the second largest island in Asia. It has an area of ​​740,000 square kilometers and is as big as seven Luzon Islands. It is similar in size to the three eastern provinces in later generations in China.

The world's second largest island and Asia's largest island, New Guinea, is also in the Southeast Asian region.

The name "New Guinea Island" comes from Portugal, but with the poor human power of Portugal, it is completely unable to control this large island, and there is no way to talk about colonization.

On the map published by the group, the "New Guinea Island" has been renamed "Abbot's Island". The island covers an area of ​​780,000 square kilometers, is rich in resources and is densely populated by virgin forests.

The huge territory also brings endless economic potential to it. There are vast plains that can be used for rice cultivation, and large areas of mountain areas that can be used for spices, cocoa, palm oil, tea and banana cultivation. There are also pastures for animal husbandry, copper and gold mines that are easy to mine, and rich oil and gas resources...

Another truly gifted treasure land!

In comparison, Greenland, the world's largest island, is covered with ice and snow all year round, but it is actually useless.

Moreover, Zhao Hao privately believed that the world's largest island should be Jue Island... that is, the Kangaroo Island next to the Southeast Asian Sea. The benefits there naturally need not be repeated.

Most importantly, the indigenous population of these three islands is small and has a relatively primitive level of civilization, so it is easy to be assimilated, and there will be no serious rejection after eating it... Boni is just an exception that emerged through civilization brought by the Chinese, and Boni is only directly controlling the narrow and long coastal plains of Brunei and its surrounding areas, not yet one percent of the entire Borneo.

Therefore, these three islands are simply gifts from God to China during the Age of Navigation.

These three islands are also the top priority of Zhao Hao's immigration strategy.

If God does not take it, he will suffer the consequences!

In addition, the Nanyang islands include several large islands such as Luzon, Mindanao, Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi.

In addition, the Malay Peninsula and the Portuguese spice islands regarded as forbidden food are basically the main territory of Nanyang.

Needless to say, Luzon Island has become a solid springboard for the group to manage Nanyang.

The natural conditions of Mindanao are better than those of Luzon, with more fertile plains, and there are also large gold mines that no one knows at present, so their status in Zhao Hao's mind is also very important.

However, the Moro tribes on the island are relatively xenophobic, and Ye Qide, the Sulu governor who is the same tribe and religion as them, cooperates with the group's reunion work.

Zhao Hao told Ye Qide that whether he can become Governor Sulu in the future depends on his work in Mindanao.

However, during this group military parade, the tribes of Mindanao were able to send representatives, which shows that they were still interested in the Celestial Empire.

After being abused by the Spanish for so long, those leaders should also understand that times have changed. Now is an era where you will be beaten without a father.

Zhao Hao believes that with the attitude of win-win cooperation and the use of both soft and hard methods, Mindanao can also become the king in the future.

As for Sulawesi, it is actually larger than Luzon Island, with an area of ​​170,000 square kilometers. However, it is mostly high, deep valleys and few plains, which is not suitable for large-scale immigration. However, it is located in the center of the South Ocean and is rich in spices, so Makassar, at the southern end of the island, once became the center of trade in various islands in Nanyang.

The Bugis who established the Kingdom of Makassar have even sailed periodically to the northern part of Jue Island (Australia) to trade with local indigenous people.

The Bugis, who were smart and good at doing business, once managed the Kingdom of Makassar, and it attracted the covetousness of the Portuguese. After they gained a foothold in Malacca, they led their troops to capture Makassar and forced the Bugis to convert to Catholicism.

For decades, the Portuguese have been doing things in Makassar, including large-scale arrests of pagans, monopolizing the spice trade, placing heavy taxes on merchant ships, and often detaining ships and snatching people and extorting ransoms! As for bullying and dominating the market, there is no need to mention the behavior of forcing people to buy and sell for forced sales.

Of course there is a reason why the savvy Portuguese did this. In addition to making money, they wanted to abolish Makassar and transfer the trade center of Nanyang to Malacca, so that they could control the entire Nanyang at a lower cost.

But Makassar did not want to become a victim. The people in the country were full of grievances and hated the Portuguese, so the king of Makassar Dumbry came to participate in the military parade under the ban from the Portuguese.

Because Zhao Hao said that, come, he is the hereditary Governor of Makassar, who immediately enjoys the protection of the coast guard fleet. If he doesn't come, he will have nothing to do with him...

Dumbry was a smart man who could judge the situation and knew that the powerful Spaniards were no match for the Celestials, let alone the unbearable Portuguese. So he came and tried his best to show his respect, in order to take advantage of the opportunity to reshuffle the former prosperity of Makassar.

As for Java, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula are basically similar, both have superior geographical locations, and are located in the east and west keys to form a maritime barrier in the South Ocean. The Han culture in the north, Hindu culture in the west, and later the Tianfang culture converge here.

Europeans came to the East to trade and preach, and they also took root here first.

The unique conditions have made the civilizations in these three places relatively high and densely populated, and have always been the cradle of the birth of Nanyang Xiaoqiang.

Since the regimes of various countries are relatively mature, they have enough strength and organization to resist the invasion of the Portuguese and maintain their independence compared to the primitive states on the other Nanyang islands.

Moreover, they are not like Malacca and the Spice Islands, which can directly provide Portugal with rich exploitation profits. Just like hedgehogs without much meat, the Portuguese, whose troops are always in short supply, cannot make up their minds to destroy them at all costs.

Of course, this is also because their own threats are limited.

For example, the Sultanate of Aceh on Sumatra has been struggling to fight against the Portuguese, and can also receive weapons and army support from the Ottomans and Indian kings. Unfortunately, the results are always terrible.

The most typical example is the Malacca Siege in the second year of Longqing.

At that time, Aceh Sultan Alaudin took advantage of the weak Portugal's troops and led a fleet of more than 300 warships, carrying 15,000 Aceh soldiers, 400 Ottoman mercenaries, and several slaves, carrying 200 bronze cannons, and attacking Malacca in a fierce manner.

As a result, it was subjected to fierce resistance from 200 Portuguese soldiers and 1,300 mercenaries in the castle. In the end, the Aceh army lost 4,000 people, and the Sultan's eldest son was shot and died, so he had to withdraw his troops and return home.

This is land warfare.

The Aceh State was even worse in the naval battle. In the Aceh Navy that occurred the following year in the siege of Malacca, the Aceh Navy, which made a comeback, encountered a Portuguese Carac sailing ship.

At that time, the Aceh fleet had more than 200 warships and was confidently prepared to take over this lonely sailboat, but it did not expect that it would create the most disparate defeat in the history of human naval warfare and become an eternal laughing stock.

At that time, the Aceh fleet surrounded the large sailboat with the introduction of Ottoman technology as the core, and then launched a strong attack from all directions at the same time.

However, the huge gap in firepower between the two sides has formed a gap that cannot be compensated by quantity.

The Portuguese artillery range is far higher than that of the Aceh Navy, and the firing rate is two to three times that of the other side. And a single shell can put the Aceh warship with a fragile structure at the risk of sinking.

The shells fired by the Aceh warship almost did not hurt the oak hull of the Karak ship.

As a result, after three days of fierce fighting, most of the superstructures of the Carac Sailboat, including the mast, were riddled with holes and almost lost all its navigation capabilities, but the artillery deck could still open fire.

However, the Aceh fleet had not attacked the Carac ship once in three days, but one hundred and sixty of them were sunk or seriously injured and lost control.

The huge losses caused the Sudan to collapse, and ordered the abandonment of all the out-of-control ships, and with the remaining forty still navigable warships, they retreated out of the battle in a panic, and then completely dispelled the ambition to seize Malacca.

These two battles fully demonstrate the huge gap in combat effectiveness between the Aceh army and the Portuguese army. Moreover, the Aceh people are already known for their toughness in Southeast Asia, with strong national strength and sufficient foreign aid, and their combat effectiveness is second to none...

The current Sultan of Aceh Muda is the second son of the old Sultan. He has personally experienced the two crushing defeats ten years ago, and his strength to the Portuguese army is unforgettable.

So he was very curious and wanted to see what the Celestial Army that could defeat the Portuguese and defeat the Ottoman population, which was ten times stronger than Portugal, looked like.

As a result, this military parade opened his eyes and knew what it means to have mountains beyond the mountains and sky beyond the sky!

He saw that among the three hundred Celestial warships on the parade, at least one hundred were stronger than the Portuguese sailing ship during the Battle of Aceh.

The Celestial Army is also very powerful, and all soldiers are like carved out of the same mold...

And it is said that these are not regular soldiers of the Celestial Empire. I really can’t imagine what the Celestial Emperor’s official army would look like? Are the heavenly soldiers and generals who can fly in the clouds and fog?

In any case, he now firmly believed that the Celestial Empire would inevitably return to the throne of the Lord of the South China Sea, just as everyone has been accustomed to the past thousand years.

So Damu willingly accepted the canonization of the Celestial Empire and renamed the Sultanate of Aceh to the Governor General of Aceh.

As for the most densely populated and more economically developed Java Island, there are currently three countries, one, two, and three countries.

Among them, Wandan Kingdom, which guards the Sunda Strait, is a mortal enemy of the Sunda Kingdom, and no one on both sides dares to fall behind such things. If you neglect it, you will be blinded by the other party using the power of the Heavenly Dynasty to destroy yourself?

So the kings on both sides came obediently, and each of them received the title of the commander-in-chief. Now they have become ministers of the Celestial Empire, and it will be even more troublesome to destroy the other party in the future...

There is also the former overlord of Java Island, the Sultanate of Bazhang, which is now in decline. The original subordinate Ma Dalan tribe is growing bigger and bigger, and it is obvious that the dynasty changes are unstoppable.

Therefore, in the view of King Ariya of Bazhang, surrendering to the Heavenly Kingdom and replacing the Sultanate of Bazhang to the Java Governor's Office, he was still the hereditary governor of Java, which was very similar. But if he was beaten by the horse and usurped the throne, it would be a tragic ending of the country and the family.

All fools know how to choose.
Chapter completed!