Chapter 418: The Situation Is Good

Although California is a new state that was established less than five years ago, the coastal economy has shown a trend of being more developed than the inland economy, and this trend has intensified as the Sacramento gold mines are gradually exhausted.

The administrative center of California moved from the coast to the inland, partly because it hopes to boost the inland economy and narrow the economic gap between the inland and coastal areas.

The overlap of the political center and the economic center makes it easy for resources to overlap in the center.

In the long run, this is by no means a good thing.

The change of the administrative center made Sartre very happy. Not only Sacramento can benefit from the relocation of the administrative center.

Even the legislators in the Sacramento area spoke louder in the state legislature.

"Yes, the sky in Sacramento is bluer than that in San Francisco, the water is clearer than that in San Francisco, and even the air we breathe is more comfortable than that in San Francisco." Ge Wen said.

Ge Wen did not intend to be sarcastic. The environment in the industrially developed San Francisco is indeed worse than that in Sacramento. The environment in Los Angeles, which started with the oil industry, is even worse.

In comparison, after some mining areas were closed one after another, the environment in Sacramento is getting better and better. It is the best environment among the three major cities in California.

Compared with San Francisco, Sacramento is a more suitable city for living.

"I don't know how the war in Borneo is going. We have postponed the gubernatorial election for half a year. I hope General Liang and Congressman Fremont can catch up with this election." Sutter said.

"Governor Robinson doesn't want to run for re-election?" Ge Wen was a little surprised.

"Governor Robinson wants to go to Kansas." Sutter smiled.

After Robinson leaves office, the most suitable candidate for governor is Liang Yao, followed by Fremont.

Considering that Liang Yao had previously revealed intentionally or unintentionally that he wanted Fremont to be elected as the second governor of California.

The candidate for governor after Robinson leaves office is most likely Fremont.

Fremont is the person who has made the greatest contribution to California besides Liang Yao. They have no objection to letting Fremont serve as governor.

"Kansas? There's a riot going on there. Why is Robinson going to wade into this muddy water?" Gwen frowned.

Since 1854, Kansas, located at the junction of slave states and free states, has become the center of the vortex of this political struggle. Almost every week, they can receive news of fierce fighting between fanatical abolitionists and fanatical abolitionists in Kansas.

At first, it was a fight between two parties in Kansas with weapons, which later evolved into a gunfight. It is said that it has now developed to the point where both sides have raised cannons to bombard each other.

"For some people, Kansas is now a muddy water, but for some people, it is an opportunity." Sartre said.

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The war in Borneo is developing in a direction that is favorable to Liang Yao.

Due to the harassment of pirates, the assembly time of the East Indies Fleet of the Dutch Indies authorities was forced to be postponed.

This also means that in the short term, the reinforcements that Andersen had been thinking about could not reach West Borneo, which provided Liang Yao with the possibility of annihilating Andersen's Dutch Indies army.

The defeat of the Dutch-Indian Army also made the attitude of the Sultan of Pontianak, Alkadri, towards the Dutch-Indian Army increasingly waver.

Alkadri sent envoys to contact Liang Yao many times, expressing their willingness to abandon the Netherlands and surrender to China, hoping that Liang Yao would accept them.

To show his sincerity, Alkadri even boldly cut the food supply provided to the Dutch-Indian Army.

This made Andersson very angry.

However, the current situation is very unfavorable to Andersson. Andersson also knows that if the relationship with the Sultanate of Pontianak is strained now, their food supply will be in crisis.

At the same time, it will also push Alkadri to Liang Yao's side and stand on the opposite side of himself.

Thinking of this, Andersson still endured it.

But the more he endured, the angrier he became. Before this, Andersson had never thought that he would be controlled by the natives on the island of Borneo.

Governor Bonham was not in a hurry to return to Hong Kong. He planned to stay in Pontianak and continue to observe how Liang Yao's army fought.

As far as Wenxian knew, the rising military force in the Qing court: the Yueyong was trained by Liang Yao.

This army was different from other lifeless armies in the Qing court. It was full of vitality and vigor.

It had performed well in several recent wars.

Perhaps knowing Liang Yao's Western Brigade could also help us understand the Yueyong to a certain extent.

At the same time, Wenxian also sent a message to the Hong Kong garrison, preparing to let the British East India Company occupy the northern part of Borneo while Liang Yao was fighting with the Dutch Indochina authorities.

After all, he and Liang Yao had already signed a treaty in black and white, and the first to occupy the land of North Borneo would get it.

Liang Yao was not in a hurry to drive Wenxian away. When the war in West Borneo entered the final stage, he also needed a middleman to mediate the negotiations between him and the Dutch Indochina authorities.

As the Governor of Hong Kong, Wenxian was a good choice for a mediator.

Wenxian's intention to stay in Pontianak was not simple, and Liang Yao had already seen this.

Wen Xian wanted to visit the Bold several times, but Liang Yao refused for various reasons.

After Elvis returned to Pontianak, the time to annihilate the main force of the Dutch-Indonesian Army in West Borneo finally came.

In addition to the 500 Umbrella Company mercenaries who were left in Dongwanlu to maintain order in the occupied area.

The main forces of the Western Brigade have gathered in Pontianak and the coastal defense line at the mouth of the Kapuas River.

"We have captured many senior executives of Lan Fang Company in Dongwanlu, but unfortunately, the two main culprits, Liu Shoushan and Ye Tingfan, are missing. We have turned the entire Dongwanlu upside down and found no trace of them." Elvis said with regret.

"Most likely they have gone to the Dutch. They will be held accountable sooner or later. Even if they go to Amsterdam, I have a way to bring them to justice."

Liang Yao was not surprised by this, he said to Elvis.

"Let the brothers eat, drink and sleep well. Tomorrow, we will have a decisive battle with the Dutch-Indonesian army."

"Decisive battle?" Elvis was a little surprised.

"Yes, a decisive battle." Liang Yao smiled.

"The main force of the Dutch-Indonesian army in West Borneo is outside Pontianak."

"Is their commander crazy? Instead of defending Kendawangan, he brought the main force to Pontianak for us to eat? It seems that Andersson's reputation as a famous general is just a name without substance."

Elvis could not understand the brain circuit of the Dutch-Indonesian commander.

At present, the Dutch-Indonesian authorities have temporarily lost control of the sea and have difficulty in supply.

Sending troops to surround Pontianak at this time is simply giving up all their advantages and using their own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths.

Elvis has always heard that Andersson is a famous general of the Dutch-Indonesian Army, and he is a presence that makes the chiefdoms on the island of Borneo shudder.

However, after Andersson's series of operations, it is difficult for Elvis to recognize Andersson as a famous general. Elvis even thinks that Andersson is not even a qualified commander.

"Famous general? Just an incompetent famous general."

After several rounds of fighting, Liang Yao also felt that he overestimated Andersson and the Dutch-Indonesian Army.

The so-called famous general of the Dutch-Indonesian Army is nothing more than Andersson putting gold on his face.

Even in the Dutch-Chinese War, Andersson's performance was not outstanding and worthy of praise.

Based on the intelligence collected, Liang Yao judged that Batavia would not be able to provide reinforcements for Andersson for at least one to two weeks.

Liang Yao sent a telegram to Fremont and Kruger at the coastal positions, asking them to make preparations to launch a general attack on the main force of the Dutch-Indian Army under Andersson tomorrow and to wipe out the main force of the Dutch-Indian Army in West Borneo in one fell swoop.