In fact, before the First World War, the Western powers’ carving up of the world had not yet reached the stage of fighting for every inch of the world. Limited by the navigation technology, productivity, and scientific and technological level at that time, Western countries could only devote their energy to those areas that were most important to them. Area.
Resource-rich areas, populous commodity dumping grounds, key geopolitical nodes... these are the treasures in the eyes of Europeans. As for other enclaves, these proud colonists really disdain them.
Not to mention some shabby islands in the Pacific, even the vast Alaska was sold as soon as it was said to be sold? This is really hard to imagine in the minds of people in the 21st world.
This is an extremely evil era. The great powers are expanding their global power. Countless small countries and civilizations have been strangled. The glory of European civilization has been forged with blood.
This is also an era of great opportunities. The earth is full of undeveloped virgin lands. As long as you are willing, you can make arrangements in advance to benefit future generations.
Xiao Letian's layout in the South Pacific seems weak and meaningless, but in the hundreds of years of later generations, it was these stone monuments full of historical vicissitudes that became the best excuse for later generations of Chinese to expand overseas interests, even if they were fighting The diplomatic lawsuit also has its initial legal basis.
This is really a very good era. The South Pacific is full of ownerless islands and gathering places of indigenous people. New Zealand and Australia are not a country yet. They are just the land where the British exiled criminals. Even Xiao Letian has been looking for Let's see if we can sign a contract with the UK and buy some land in northern Australia.
If possible, he is even prepared to purchase Australia's largest iron ore producing area in advance. The Pilmara region is a completely worthless desert in this era anyway.
These thousands of immigrants in Tahiti are actually Xiao Letian's experiment in Chinese-style colonization.
Westerners use swords, guns and Bibles to colonize primitive tribes, while the Chinese prefer to use commodity exchange and equal cultural exchanges to colonize. Which method is more suitable? It’s definitely impossible not to give it a try.
In Xiang Ying's eyes, China's gentle colonial methods are definitely far better than violent colonial methods in the West. It may not seem very efficient, but the foundation is very solid and the resistance encountered is minimal.
There are no less than 50,000 indigenous people in the Tahiti Islands, while there are only more than 3,000 Chinese immigrants. With such a huge numerical gap, the Chinese did not fall behind, but in one year they controlled the economic lifeline of the entire Tahiti Islands.
All the indigenous people are now completely vassalized around China's various ports and villages. The Chinese's ocean-going trade has turned the resources on Tahiti into goods that many indigenous people have never seen, and these goods have directly improved the status of the indigenous people. quality of life.
Everyone has the instinct to pursue a better life. When the Chinese do better than those Westerners, the indigenous people will vote with their own feet.
Time passed by, the sun slowly sank from the sky, the sea in the west was bright red, and the fire clouds were as beautiful as a giant oil painting.
The beautiful scenery, delicious food, and beautiful singing and dancing indigenous girls did not attract the attention of Xiang Ying and others. They respectfully recorded every word of the five elders in their notebooks.
"We need more manpower and more ships... We can buy them without the Prime Minister giving them to us for free. Can you please ask Lotte Bank to let them lend us a loan? We are in urgent need of a large number of ships. We can use the ones here Special products to repay the principal and interest!”
"We still need scholars, we need teachers! A school will be built here next year, and we are planning to let the indigenous people come in to study. The children of the first-generation immigrants have already been born, and we cannot let them act like they are blind!"
"We still lack all kinds of craftsmen, stonemasons, blacksmiths, masons... We need all kinds of craftsmen. As long as there are people here, we can build a paradise for the prime minister here!"
"There is also that iron ship on the sea. Can we come more often in the future? To be honest, as long as we can see that ship often, our hearts will be very stable..."
The elders were right. The Zhiyuan anchored on the sea has become a sacred object in the eyes of people throughout the Tahiti Islands. Countless canoes carrying indigenous people approached cautiously.
The tribal warriors and elders repeatedly confirmed that the warship had no malicious intent before they dared to approach a little bit. The majestic hull, the gleaming golden dragon bow, the powerful cannon, and the scorched black spots left after several naval battles all released an extremely violent aesthetic to the people around it.
The indigenous people didn't understand what kind of warship this was, but they could feel the murderous aura released by this ocean beast, and they could even feel countless innocent souls hovering around the cannon.
At that moment, they understood that these friendly Chinese people actually had a ferocious and terrifying side. Behind their tenderness, there was also a terrifying power that did not belong to white people.
At that moment they showed even more humility and even prayed and knelt down directly on the canoe.
Xiang Ying decided to make a deeper impression on these natives. When the sky was filled with stars, fireworks suddenly lit up on the Zhiyuan. Colorful flares rushed into the sky and then exploded into thousands of bright sparks.
"Ah...wow...wow, wow..." People throughout the Tahiti Islands were shocked. The indigenous people looked at the miracle in the sky and fell to the ground with excitement.
"Flowers are blooming in the sky? Is that Chinese magic? A miracle! A Chinese miracle!"
Countless bonfires were lit on the coast, and people sang and danced all night long in front of the fireworks show on the Zhiyuan. People like Xiang Ying, who were dressed in officer uniforms, were also worshiped by tribal leaders as if they were gods.
After a night of celebration and a busy night, the Zhiyuan and the supply fleet received sufficient food and water, and then took away a large number of immigrants' gifts prepared for the Prime Minister, and set sail from Tahiti early the next morning.
Later, Xiao Letian did not disappoint these immigrants. More sailing ships, bankrupt refugees from the Qing Dynasty, dilapidated scholars, and some veterans who had retired due to illness or injury began to immigrate to the southern Pacific Islands under the mobilization of the prime minister.
This immigration lasted for half a century, and the final result was that the Chinese completely eliminated the population advantage here. More than 70% of the entire Pacific Ocean Exclusive Economic Zone became the Chinese private land, creating space for future generations. Unimaginably big.
But when Xiang Ying and the others set sail back to China, Xiao Letian didn't know what was happening here. At this time, he was in Fuso Junfu City and was tortured by Huniu just like his third grandson.
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