In the spring of 1779, Cebu Island.

Cebu Island is dry from December to May of the following year, dry and hot, while the remaining months are rainy and humid, and it is naturally rainy and typhoons are inevitable.

In Cebu City, Governor Kang Xiaozi walked around the hall with some irritability.

He is obviously tired of taking charge of the government in such a hot place, and would rather return to his hometown to be the commander of an army, or become a senior official in a certain province.

Not long ago, the local government sent a telegram through the transit station, saying that he had sent two assistants, one for government affairs and the other for intelligence, which disappointed him because the telegram showed that the local government hoped that he would continue working here.

"Woo..."

As the whine sounds of ships reaching the shore from the east port, the welcome song of the military band arranged in the morning also started to sound.

Since he is the assistant sent to him, he naturally doesn't need to go to the dock to greet him in person.

Not long after, a noise came from the distance from the Governor's Office. He calmed down a little, and then walked to the gate of the government office.

As soon as he saw the person coming, he was shocked.

One of them is tall and handsome, about twenty-eight or nine years old, and it is Zhang Henxue, the secretary of Quqitade!

The other person is Zhou Jixun, who is responsible for the intelligence work of the Governor's Office in Hexian Town!

Another person is Zhuang Jiyun, who has always been in charge of the Navy in Hexian Town.

Seeing this, Zhou Jixun smiled and said, "Governor, are you a little surprised?"

Zhang Henxue also smiled and said, "We were also surprised when we received the order. At that time, I accompanied His Majesty to inspect West India and was sent here in a few days."

Kang Xiaozi quickly picked up his smile, "Captain Zhuang also came here to work?"

Zhuang Jiyun also smiled and said, "Secretary Zhang is someone that His Majesty cannot leave for a moment. Jixun and I are both independent of the governor of Hexian Town. They are all sent to you. Your Majesty has high hopes for you."

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Kang Xiaozi quickly invited a few people into the government office.

After sitting down, after using tea and watermelon, Zhang Henxue said: "Governor, according to Your Majesty's personal arrangement, I will assist you in handling government affairs. Zhou Jixun is responsible for intelligence work, Zhuang Jiyun is responsible for the navy, and the First Iron Craft Fleet has also been sent here."

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Kang Xiaozi said: "So your Majesty has new instructions for us? To be honest, it is all islands of all sizes. Although there are many mines and timber, there are too few flat grounds, and they are all small pieces along the coast.

Small pieces can't feed too much of the population"

"It is OK to take down some islands, but it is not possible to attract a large number of people to cultivate. I am afraid you will be disappointed"

Zhang Henxue asked: "How many people are there in the Cebu Governor's Office now?"

"Wright, Cebu, and Bohe Islands combined are about 300,000, of which 50,000 Chinese are the rest of the people, most of which are in coastal areas, and there are also some primitive tribes in the inland rainforest, and there are even some other primitive tribes.

Headhunter, but the cost of development is too high, it is really not worth it”

“How many troops are there?”

"A division, to be honest, although it is rich in coal and iron resources and copper mines, it is still a bit difficult to support a division's military strength. However, it is located in a critical position between the Spaniards and the Dutch, so I can only do it to do it.

”

“What is our main source of income?”

"The biggest capital is wholesale trade. We sell local and Indian industrial products to the entire Philippine archipelago and Sulawesi to the south and Borneo to the west"

"The islands here are rich in wood, such as teak, ironwood, and sandalwood, and we bought them from the natives and sold them to the Qing Dynasty"

"There are only these two businesses now, and they can barely support the military and civilians who need support from the government. By the way, a small coal-steel composite has been opened here, but it can only create cold weapons and civilian iron tools. Due to the limited manpower, the output is also

Not big”

He looked at several people and asked, "What does Your Majesty think? Tell me out quickly."

Zhang Henxue smiled and said, "Since we have sent over here, we obviously want to do a big fight. His Majesty said that not long ago, the Dutch and the Portuguese fought for Timor Island, and although the Portuguese barely defended the island,

However, due to the withdrawal of a large number of soldiers from Macau, Macau is extremely empty”

"The Portuguese quickly asked our country for help. Since Timor-Leste is close to Australia, His Majesty made a decision"

"First, we are preparing to upgrade the Cebu Governor's Office to the Governor's jurisdiction, but the premise is to rely on our own strength to gain dominance in the eastern part of the Nanyang Islands, that is, we must seize several key islands"

"After that, we can conduct Australian strategies. His Majesty has marked several places on the map of the Australian continent. There are all deserted inland, with only some coastal areas on the east, south and west. If it is in Timor

The island has a firm foothold, and first land in a place called Pas in the west of it,"

"According to the Dutch's intelligence, there are both oasis and coal resources there, which are suitable as a stronghold, and then develop to the east after stabilizing here..."

As the governor of the Cebu Governor's Office, Kang Xiaozi obviously knew about Australia and had sent a fleet to explore the place. The climate there was obviously much more suitable than the Nanyang Islands, and it was large and rich in resources. If you take it down, you really need one

The Governor's jurisdiction comes to operate.

So a smile finally appeared on his face.

But he soon thought of something, "Of course, such a place would not be left to me to manage. Your Majesty has many children, so he will definitely send someone to come. Well, if you can get out of Southeast Asia, you will get more suitable for the climate.

Australia, even if it is a front-end station for it, it will make it "

Then he said: "It's natural that that is good, but it requires a large population. There are already some Dutch people on the coast of Australia and small strongholds for the British, and there are many natives in the vast inland. They want to occupy it safely.

, it is not possible without a large population”

Zhang Henxue said: "This is the part that our Southeast Ocean Islands strategy must be solved. Without immigrants, it is not possible to continue to use local conflicts like the Dutch and Portuguese to strengthen the colony."

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"Your Majesty also said that how to solve the immigration problem must be planned by ourselves. I thought about it for a long time on the way here. Since our country uses Chinese as Mandarin, we still have to work hard on the Qing Dynasty"

"But since the last Guangzhou incident, the Qing court has been extremely vigilant about our country and cannot easily succeed. Also, our country's relationship with the Qing country is still good. If there is another incident like Guangzhou, I am afraid that our eastern border will not be peaceful.

”

Zhang Henxue shook his head, "It's okay, Your Majesty once said that we should take advantage of our country's significant lead in force to gain more benefits. At present, one brigade of our country can deal with the Qing court's admiral, that is, the military forces under the jurisdiction of a governor, about three

Wan"

"Of course, we can't attack a certain place directly by hard bridges and hard horses. I had already had an idea about this before coming. According to the news that our country has placed a spy in the Qing Dynasty, there is a chance now"

"Oh?"

"At the junction of Sichuan Province and Hubei Province of the Qing Dynasty, there were vast mountains, and they have always been the hiding place for refugees. Since the Tang Dynasty, refugees there have been repeatedly rebelling with this base. In the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, they were even more peaceful.

Then a refugee uprising occurred”

"But I still can't resist the continuous rush of refugees who lost their land to the place. Now another rebel army has emerged there. They have been making trouble there for three years under the name of the White Lotus Sect. At the beginning, the scale is quite large, and the war has affected it.

Sichuan, Hubei, Henan, the place where the intersection is, there are hundreds of thousands of responders”

"At present, they have been compressed by the Qing army into the mountains of Yichang Prefecture, Hubei Province, and occupied the Xingshan, Guizhou and Badong counties in the west of the prefecture, but the Qing army has encircled it and dispatched the Eight Banners of Manchuria,

His defeat is right in front of us”

"After they came to these three places, they brought in millions of households in the border areas of the above provinces. According to the customs of the Qing court, once they defeated them, ordinary households would be dismissed to the inland areas of the provinces, and the White Lotus Sect may be killed.

, may be sent to Xinjiang and northeastern provinces to become slaves of the armored people in New Manchuria”

"On the one hand, we can contact the rebel army to keep it up, and on the other hand, we can contact the Qing court, promising to hand over the bandit leaders of the White Lotus Sect, and the rest will be moved from our country"

"Why did they rush into the mountains to make a living? It's not because the fields were deprived of, and then the White Lotus Sect instigated them again"

"As long as the leaders who joined the White Lotus Sect were killed or handed over to the Qing court, the rest were forced to make a living and would definitely be willing to join our ranks."

"According to our intelligence personnel, our country's large ships can reach Yichang directly. Be careful, you can only return to the state, Badong, where there are large wharfs, which can be transported calmly"

"If the Qing court does not agree, then we will have a reason to use troops"

"Oh?"

"If we still attacked the city south of the Yangtze River like we did in Guangzhou, the Qing court would not have any pain. According to the information of the spies, since our country defeated its navy, it strengthened its coastal defense with the assistance of the Dutch, especially strengthened its

The coastal defense of the Bohai Bay”

"It has strengthened the city defense of Tianjin Prefecture City and expanded it into a radius of twenty miles. The prefecture is under the jurisdiction of the governor of Zhili. There was originally a general of a town with 5,000 troops, and it has been strengthened to two towns.

Ten thousand people, and a new Tianjin Navy was established, with dozens of ships of all sizes and sizes, all of which were assisted by the Dutch in their transformation.

"But this defensive force is not worth mentioning in the face of our strong military force. If the Qing court does not agree with our proposal to relocate refugees, then directly attack Tianjin City and make the next step to attack Beijing City.

The court is still stubborn, so it simply moves the entire Tianjin city and nearby households away”

"Of course, it's best to move away from the White Lotus Sect refugees in Hubei Province. The population there is hatred of the Qing court, and it is still concentrated, and the number is large"

"The ideal result is that we took advantage of the opportunity to siege Tianjin City and defeated all the so-called king-supporting troops, and then forced them to agree with our suggestions."

"In order to avoid the Qing army killing the White Lotus Cult, our country's warships can also be traced back to Yichang Prefecture to support them"
Chapter completed!