Xiao Letian's judgment of the British was very accurate. This empire in its prime actually didn't care about the undeveloped and ownerless wasteland at all.
The land that Xiao Letian wants is now a barren land in the eyes of people all over the world!
Before the discovery of mineral deposits in Western Australia, who would go to a place where birds don't poop? Even drinking water was a problem. As far as the eye could see, it was desert and wasteland.
There are several scattered small islands in the Indian Ocean that are not close to the golden shipping lanes, have no important mineral deposits, and have no strategic significance other than providing some fresh water and sheltering from wind and waves.
These are colonies and are legally the private property of the Queen!
In fact, the queen didn't feel bad at all about selling these lands. Compared with the huge territory of the empire on which the sun never sets, it was like having a sesame in an elephant's foot.
But the queen must have a reason, a reason to reassure her!
Queen Victoria has been immersed in politics all her life. She has a natural sense of conspiracy and conspiracy. Although she does not understand many things, it does not prevent her from having strong suspicions.
It is too difficult to deal with this kind of person, and it is difficult for you to gain her trust because of her excessive suspicion. At this time, only people like Princess Sissi can do the job.
Xiao Letian was undoubtedly lucky. This European confidante really helped him a lot. It can be said that Princess Sissi took half of the credit for Europe's diplomatic breakthrough.
If Xiao Letian said what he said today, it would be counterproductive, because after all, you have an Asian face, and it is inherently difficult for the Queen to believe you.
But Princess Sissi is different. The princess from Bavaria and the queen are related to each other. There is no need to be polite when chatting between them, and there is no need to use too many diplomatic rhetoric.
Today Princess Sissi clearly told the Queen that Xiao Letian is going to buy the useless wasteland in your hands, and the most important purpose of buying these lands is to give Chinese refugees a living space, at least to solve the food crisis.
New lands will naturally have new agriculture, and even the most barren desert areas can develop fishing industries as long as they are close to the coast.
However, the offshore fishing industry in this era is subject to technical conditions and must rely on a large number of supply ports!
Because electricity technology has not yet existed, and refrigeration and refrigeration technology has not yet appeared. If the fishing industry wants to develop and expand, it must deliver the fish to the shore in the shortest possible time.
Seafood products that can be stored for a long time and transported over long distances are made by smoking, sun-drying, heavy salting and other methods!
The Chinese dump a lot of dried fish, dried shrimps, dried shellfish and other seafood to the mainland every year. In fact, it is an industry formed by relying on such a series of ports like a pearl necklace.
The ocean is mankind's largest breadbasket. Unlike mainland agriculture, the ocean does not require you to level the land or build canals. You can easily obtain food as long as you have experienced sailors and fishing boats that can salvage from the ocean.
This is a very effective means to solve the food crisis, but it does rely too much on ports.
In order to fill the belly of the refugees, Xiao Letian could only plead with the UK to buy some useless land!
Ta da da...ta da da...
The Queen pointed her finger on the map of Australia, and her eyes searched in the desert mountains of Theo. What is Xiao Letian's conspiracy? Did he discover any treasures in this land?
But it's impossible. It's only been a few years since the rise of the Chinese people, and the education system has not yet been established. Where did he get the geological team?
Being an explorer is not an easy job. In this era, explorers themselves are also geologists. Many mineral veins in the mountains were discovered by these people accidentally.
Could it be that Xiao Letian has a large number of powerful explorers to help him find mineral veins? Please tell me it's not shown in the newspaper. It seems that only King Shangtai funded so many expeditions.
These expedition teams seem to be more interested in cultural relics. Have you ever heard that they discovered gold and silver mines?
Questions came one after another in the queen's mind, and gradually Princess Sissi couldn't sit still.
The princess's heart kept beating. She knew that the queen was really hard to deceive. Can this seemingly perfect reason really convince her? I have no bottom, I really have no bottom in my heart!
But just when the atmosphere was at its most tense, Crown Prince Edward spoke, and his opening came to the rescue!
"Ah! I understand... This is Xiao Letian's conspiracy! It's his conspiracy, hahaha..."
Princess Sissi almost spilled the black tea when her hands shook. She quickly looked up at her excited cousin and asked, "Why did you say that?"
Crown Prince Edward stood up and walked back and forth in the room with his hands on his hips, "Humph! I finally understand, Genius Xiao Le is not a philanthropist, it's just a trick of his!"
"Developing agriculture? Ocean fishing? Hahaha... I don't believe any politician in this world would be so compassionate!"
"Can there still be a selfless saint like the goddess with the lamp in China? Impossible!"
"Dear Sissi, you have been blinded by love, and you can no longer see through Xiao Letian's true intentions! This liar is just taking advantage of you!"
Princess Sissi's face turned a little pale, and Queen Victoria glared at her son, "If you have something to say, please say it. What are you talking about..."
Prince Edward rubbed his hands, "Mother, why did Xiao Letian buy so much overseas land from us? He wants to rob the Qing government of population!"
"Hahaha... This guy knows that he doesn't have the ability to rebel for the time being, so he has to find another way to establish his own territory overseas..."
"But he lacks a population. He must have a large number of people with the same culture and race as him to realize his ambitions!"
"The people are the source of the army, the guarantee of tax revenue, and the foundation of the country... He is trying to steal people from Emperor Tongzhi!"
Cough cough cough...Princess Sissi choked on her tea and started to cough. "Ah...cousin...you..."
Sissi couldn't speak any more. On the outside, she made a shocked expression as if everything had been seen through, but she was cheering on the inside.
Great, cousin, you are really the best assister. With your words, this business will be possible!
As soon as you, as a son, open your mouth, you can dispel your mother's suspicion!
Crown Prince Edward's interference successfully transferred Xiao Letian's conspiracy against Britain to the Qing Empire!
But let’s not talk about it, this explanation seems to be quite convincing on the surface!
"In order to resettle the refugees from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Xiao Letian even reached out to South America... It is conceivable that those Chinese in South America will be his direct descendants from now on..."
"He has stolen the hearts of the people... In the future, he will continue to emigrate refugees from the Qing Empire overseas. As long as they immigrate, won't they all become Xiao Letian's private property!"
