Chapter 582 Hiding under the crotch of the Celestial Dynasty
A shadow flashed out of Li Shaoquan's room.
People from the Ministry of Intelligence appeared once when Gaara came to power and played a decisive role in the coup. Then they went underground again.
There were envoys serving as cover in the city, and a king supported by the Renaissance Army. Naturally, the status of the Chinese was extremely high in the Kingdom of Myanmar.
The number of Chinese in Ava City has gradually increased in recent years. They are engaged in commercial activities here and are very active.
These shadows are hidden among the Chinese businessmen, maybe a businessman, maybe a clerk. No one knows how many shadows are active in Ava City.
Chinese businessmen have developed rapidly in Ava City, which has made Ava City even more prosperous. All kinds of Chinese shops have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
In contrast, those Burmese people don't know how to do business at all.
Continuing eastward from Ava City is a large river that is almost parallel to the Irrawaddy River - the Nu River.
Called the Salween River in Shan language, this river crosses the Shan State Plateau from north to south and flows into the Andaman Sea at Mawlamyine City.
Two years ago, various chieftains in the Shan State Plateau had joined the rule of the Renaissance Army.
Dong Shuheng didn't have much energy to deal with the toast here.
Because in all dynasties, whenever it comes to abolishing chieftains, troops have to be used. At that time, the Renaissance Army was using troops everywhere, so there was no time to fight with these chieftains in the woods.
Therefore, he adopted a strategy, which was to control places suitable for farming, then establish farms and arm immigrants.
At the beginning, those chieftains who had fled to the mountains would attack the farms of the Renaissance Army. However, they were not rewarded every time. The workers on the farms were all militiamen. They only needed to grow food to meet their own needs.
Military occupation is their focus.
After successive failures, and as time went on, their own food reserves gradually became scarce, and these people began to split internally.
Those chieftains who unconditionally accepted the rule of the Renaissance Army have completed the redistribution of their land.
After the chieftain system was abolished, ordinary people were also allocated land for farming.
Officials sent by the Renaissance Army replaced those chieftains and began to rule the place.
The people of all ethnic groups who followed the chieftain into the mountains stopped when they saw this situation.
Even a fool can see that there is no future in following these toasts.
Even if the Han people were driven away, wouldn't they still be their serfs after they came out?
Therefore, under the Fuxing Army's recruitment and surrender policy, batches of mountain people walked out of the mountains to accept the Fuxing Army's household registration.
They were allocated land around the Baath Army's farm.
Small villages were formed one after another, guarding the farms of the Renaissance Army like stars holding the moon, forming a new living community.
The Farm of the Renaissance Army was the local garrison and the center of politics and business.
The Shan State Plateau is mountainous, and the areas suitable for farming are mostly in the valley bottoms between mountains, so they are relatively scattered.
The management system of mixed farm management greatly saves management costs.
With the opening of the Nu River, a major water transportation artery, the Renaissance Army's rule over the Shan State Plateau has become more solid.
Some people who originally lived on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau were moved here because of poor living conditions.
It has improved the population structure here and accelerated the development here.
When the Tanah area is annexed, Dong Shuheng plans to separate this chicken-leg-like area from Yunnan Province.
Form a Nujiang province.
Including Lan Xang Province, Mekong Province and Phnom Penh Province.
The territory of the Renaissance Army can finally walk on two legs.
Siam's current position is rather embarrassing.
The entire country was surrounded by the Renaissance Army.
Although Rama IV was also ambitious and open-minded, under such a situation, he could only keep his tail between his legs.
Someone also mentioned to him that he could unite the forces of Britain and France to fight against China.
But the Thai royal family has always been cautious, and Rama IV is no exception.
In his opinion, Britain and France are European countries after all, and they are thousands of miles apart. But the Renaissance Army is too close.
If he wants to defect to Britain and France, the Renaissance Army's revenge on him will probably come before they even make contact.
The current Siamese government has been completely infiltrated by those Chinese businessmen.
There is no absolute security within the royal family. If Rama IV wants to do something, he may not be able to hide it from the Renaissance Army.
Fortunately, the Renaissance Army does not seem to be preparing to destroy Siam's Sheji.
And as the connection with the Renaissance Army becomes closer.
After a large number of Chinese businessmen poured into Siam, the kingdom's economy became even more prosperous.
People's lives have also improved.
Now Rama IV has seen the situation clearly and has no other thoughts except tightly hugging the thigh of the Renaissance Army.
At least now they no longer have to worry about Burmese attacks.
The two kingdoms of Thailand and Myanmar fell in love with each other and killed each other. In history, Siam was destroyed by Myanmar more times than you can count on one hand.
Most of the time it was the Burmese who suppressed the Siamese.
Well now, China has stretched out a foot to separate Siam and Burma.
The other foot separates Siam and Nguyen.
The entire territory of Siam is hidden under the crotch of the Celestial Empire. As long as the Celestial Empire does not take action, Thailand will be in absolute safety.
Think about it, this is actually quite good.
Rama IV is already in his fifties. Now he spends more and more time worshiping Buddha.
In the past, he had to worry about national affairs, walking on the tightrope between the two colonial empires of Britain and France, swinging left and right.
Now I no longer have to do this, and the feeling of holding one thigh is quite good.
Continuing to the east, the Ruan Dynasty was first cut off from Beiqi, and then was driven out from the eastern part of Chenla.
Nguyen Phu Thic surrendered relatively quickly. After being taught a lesson by the Celestial Empire, several powerful ministers of the Nguyen Dynasty lost their support.
Nguyen Phu Thi took the opportunity to regain the power of the Nguyen Dynasty. I don’t know if it was a blessing in disguise.
After Nguyen Phuc Thi regained power, he eliminated all the three assistant ministers including Truong Deng Que, who was in charge of power, and their gang members.
Then he sent envoys again to explain to the Celestial Empire that the previous transgressions were caused by powerful ministers disrupting the government.
This is equivalent to cutting yourself off.
Dong Shuheng was not prepared to destroy the Ruan Dynasty.
This is not in the interest of the Renaissance Army.
Now the original countries in the Indochina Peninsula are the Kingdom of Myanmar, the Kingdom of Siam and the Kingdom of Annan.
The Ruan Dynasty did not dare to overstep again and properly called itself the Kingdom of Annam.
At least he still holds the treasure of Nanqi in his hands.
China even agreed to sell the Annan armored ship.
As a long and narrow country along the coast, Annan naturally wanted a navy that could protect itself.
Now their coastline still relies on the protection of the Second Fleet of the Renaissance Army.
Cam Ranh Bay became an important port for the Second Fleet in the Southeast Asia region.
Manila, Pontianak, Cam Ranh Bay, and Yazhou constitute the main anchoring areas of the Second Fleet in the Southeast Asia region. They form a ring line.
Dong Shuheng expressed at the vassal states conference held three years after the revival that he would help various vassal states in Southeast Asia build their navies.
Including Burma, Siam, and Annam, the Renaissance Army's vassal states in the Nanyang region have reached fourteen. Eight of them are small states established by the Chinese.
These countries can order export versions of armored ships from China.
Smaller countries can buy several gunboats of hundreds of tons to defend against pirates offshore.
Larger countries can even buy Jianghe-class frigates, of course, the ones without torpedoes.
The largest of these vassal states in Nanyang is Lan Fang State. On the one hand, Lan Fang State has a deeper heritage, and on the other hand, because it is backed by Borneo, it has a lot of room for development.
In addition to the Dutch colonies, Borneo also had four or five sultanates.
For example, the Sultanate of Banjar, the Sultanate of Brunei, the Sultanate of Kuching, the Sultanate of Sulu.
Among them, the Sulu Sultanate is located in the northeastern corner of Borneo. It is closely related to the Renaissance Army and has become a vassal state of the Renaissance Army. Its citizens are mainly engaged in commerce. They drive small sailing boats to sail offshore and conduct short-distance trading activities. They are part of the Renaissance Army.
An important distributor of military goods on various eastern islands.
Since Luzon was recovered, the Sulu Sultanate has followed the lead of the Renaissance Army.
Several other sultanates were either protectorates of the Dutch, or were relatively close to the British and Dutch.
Therefore, the relationship between these sultanates and the Baath Army is average.
For example, the Kingdom of Sarawak north of Lanfang was founded by the British Brooke. They were naturally close to the British.
On August 18, 1841, the white man Raja James Brooke established the Kingdom of Sarawak (also known as the Brooke Dynasty) in the Sarawak region of Borneo in Southeast Asia.
James Brooke was born in India. In 1839, he used his inheritance of 30,000 pounds to buy a gunboat and traveled to Asia.
The Sarawak region of Borneo was originally under the rule of the Sultanate of Brunei, but due to excessive taxes and persecution, the Sarawakians, under the leadership of Kuching developer Datuk Patinggi Ali, demanded to secede from Brunei.
In 1840, the British James Brooke successfully helped the Governor of Sarawak, Bengentin Magoda, resolve the rebellion in Sarawak, and James was named Governor.
In July 1842, the Sultan of Brunei recognized Brooke as the new governor, and he officially took office on August 18 of the same year.
In 1843, Brooke declared that Sarawak would break away from the suzerainty of the Sultan of Brunei and become an independent "Kingdom of Sarawak". In the ensuing war, he defeated the Brunei army and gained a large area of territory.
During his reign, James established and consolidated the dominance of Sarawak, reorganized the administrative structure, formulated laws and fought against pirates.
With the support of the British, the Kingdom of Sarawak established an army that was far more advanced than surrounding countries.
Before the Renaissance Army established contact with the Chinese in Southeast Asia, the Sarawak kingdom often invaded Lan Fang Kingdom.
They seized a large amount of territory from Lan Fang Kingdom.
After Lanfang gained the support of the Renaissance Army, as his strength grew, the war with the Kingdom of Sarawak reignited.
This time it was Lan Fangguo who took the initiative to regain the lost territory.
Although the army of the Kingdom of Sarawak has been transformed by Brooke, it has British equipment.
But the main members of this army are still local indigenous people.
A group of natives with muskets are still natives.
In the past, they bullied Lan Fang because of its backward equipment. Now, with the support of the Renaissance Army, Lan Fang is no longer what it used to be.
Not only do they have advanced equipment, but they also have their own professional officers.
Lan Fang's army was also trained in several wars with the Banjar Sultanate southeast of Lan Fang.
In this way, the Kingdom of Sarawak, which had once defeated neighboring countries, suffered its first defeat.
Fortunately, the maritime power of the Kingdom of Sarawak is stronger than that of Lan Fang Kingdom.
Every time they used sea power to contain Lan Fangguo.
At that time, the Renaissance Army's navy had not yet had the ability to influence Borneo.
This caused Lanfang to suffer a lot in the war with Sarawak.
Fortunately, on land, Lanfang was able to completely suppress Sarawak.
In the end, the Kingdom of Sarawak and the Kingdom of Lanfang ceased war. Sarawak returned the territory it had invaded and occupied Lanfang in exchange for a brief peace.
Since then, the people of Lanfang began to develop maritime power. There were originally a large number of Chinese here who were doing business at sea, and there was no shortage of soldiers for the navy.
What they lacked was professional warships. Later, Lanfang purchased several small gunboats from the Renaissance Army, but they were not enough and could only be used to guard against pirates at the port.
At this meeting of vassal states, Dong Shuheng let go of the ironclad ship.
Lan Fangguo ordered three Jianghe-class frigates in one go.
The price of each frigate reaches half a million yuan.
To be honest, the price is very expensive. But these Chinese countries are still vying to buy it, even if they try to sell it.
The Jianghe-class frigate has a small tonnage, so it is easy to control. The most important thing is that the Battle of Manila has proven its value.
Lanfang is now very eager for land and resources. Their main exports now are agricultural products, cash crops and mineral resources, which must be snatched from those sultanates.
Without a navy, they would be very passive in war.
Therefore, building a navy now is like an investment for Lan Fang, which will allow them to obtain more benefits in the future.
Several other countries, such as Annam, Siam and Myanmar, have also ordered several Jianghe-class frigates.
These countries cannot afford destroyers with larger tonnage, and even if they can afford them, they have to wait in line for a long time.
After all, the Renaissance Army itself has not yet built and used it.
For these countries, having a few frigates and some gunboats can basically protect the security of their own waters.
This time, the British suddenly increased their support for the Kingdom of Sarawak, seeming to hope that the Kingdom of Sarawak would once again provoke war in the Southeast Asia region.
Maybe the British were retaliating against the Baath Army for what happened in India.
The French also appeared on the coast of Annam with increasing frequency.
Napoleon III formed an Indian Ocean general, which has now arrived in the French Indian colonies.
French expatriates in Annan have often caused unprovoked troubles recently.
His minister in Annam made several requests to Nguyen Phuc Thi to lease the port.
Even after the Baath Army had declared its suzerainty over Annan, it is intriguing that the French still took such action.
The British fleet resting in Singapore also frequently sent warships to Borneo, even approaching the Second Fleet of the Renaissance Army for reconnaissance.
There are even provocative actions...
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This series of actions all appeared on Dong Shuheng's desk.
In the study, Dong Shuheng was still standing in front of the world map, but the feelings in his hands were constantly rotating.
The British provoked, the French followed suit.
Napoleon III was a very speculative person.
Dong Shuheng set his sights on Japan again.
The original four powerful vassals have now become three powerful vassals.
During the Battle of Satsuma Domain, several other powerful domains were also repaired by the Renaissance Army.
But they seemed unwilling to do so.
Nagasaki has always been the only external port left by the Japanese country.
Many foreigners gathered here. These people all wanted to come to Japan to "dig for gold".
But in recent years, it has been very difficult for these people to do business.
Because everything they have, the Renaissance Army has. And it’s cheaper than theirs.
Moreover, merchants from the Renaissance Army could disembark at any port in Japan to do business.
Nagasaki has a tendency to gradually decline.
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