However, it was these less than 600,000 Chinese who cultivated a large tract of land, making the Lanfang Republic's grain output always rank first among the countries and indigenous forces on the island of Borneo.
Many lands on the island of Borneo were undeveloped wasteland, of no interest to European colonists and local natives, but the Lanfang people were particularly persistent about land reclamation.
The Lanfang Republic had roughly two types of population: one comprised of prospectors near gold mines, and the other of farmers living near towns and cities.
If the Lanfang Republic had fertilizer technology, coupled with the fact that agriculture relied entirely on human labor, its grain production could have seen a substantial increase.
This is why the Dutch set their sights on the Lanfang Republic. Aren't these people, who hardly resist and are diligent, better than the lazy natives who dislike labor?
