Core Team Assembles! Granting Marquises and Appointing Ministers! King of Physics, Duke of Chemistry, Marquis of Biology! The Huangpu People's Perseverance!

Three days later.

The Li Residence, spanning nearly five mu, was unquestionably one of the most luxurious buildings in all of Borneo.

Had this been the Qing dynasty, its scale would have rivaled that of a small or medium-sized prince's residence.

Now that the Qing Dynasty was gone, so were its rules. Anyone could build a grand residence, provided they had the money.

Li Qiwei certainly did not lack money. Several years earlier, he had built his new home thirty li east of central Kuching, beside an estuary river called the Shahuang River.

As Father Li and Mother Li returned to Huaxia to spend their retirement years, the three Li brothers gradually had more children, and living together became increasingly inconvenient.

After discussing it, the three brothers decided to split the household.

In the past, such a thing would certainly have been frowned upon. But this was a new era, and they were all men who had seen the world.

Thus, no one had any objections.

Li Qiwei also selected two prime plots of land for his elder brothers and built lavish residences for them.

Within the "Three Residences," as outsiders called them, Li Qiwei gathered his core team for a secret meeting on Borneo's development plans.

There were not many attendees. They were:

Li Bokai, Li Zhongxing;

He Yujie, Xia Yuanli, Xu Qitai;

Qian Wushi, Qian Huzhou, Deng Huaining, Yu Yin;

Hu Xizhong, Sheng Jingran;

Wang Zhengyang, Wu Youxun.

Wu Youxun had been the last to join.

It was his first time attending such a meeting, and the solemn atmosphere left him visibly unsettled.

Li Qiwei smiled and reassured him.

"Don't be nervous, Youxun. We're not plotting a rebellion. No one's getting beheaded."

The others burst out laughing.

Wu Youxun awkwardly scratched his head as well.

Then Li Qiwei