Of course Xiao Letian has a conspiracy. His conspiracy is like a camel trying to enter the owner's tent in a sandstorm. He first pretends to be pitiful and squeezes his head in, and then squeezes his body in little by little.
Xiao Letian's plans are very big and long-term. The results of many plans will not be seen until decades later.
There are iron mines and even gold mines in Xizhou. This is Xiao Letian's real purpose of buying land, and this is the fundamental reason for his little infiltration.
But one bite cannot make you fat. Developing mines requires a very large population and high requirements for infrastructure. You even need a powerful army to protect your mineral deposits.
Therefore, even if these lands in Western Australia are purchased, they will not be developed in the short term. In the early stage, the focus will be on immigration and town construction.
Therefore, the excuse given by Xiao Letian cannot be completely deceived, it is only half truth and half false!
But the queen's suspicion is really difficult to solve, and the answer given by Princess Sissi cannot completely dispel the queen's doubts.
As a result, at the most critical moment, the crown prince began to assist, completely dispelling the queen's doubts.
The crown prince judged that Xiao Letian's expansion of overseas territories was to compete with the Manchus for population!
This reason was too good and powerful. It was really a good answer that made sense and solved the doubts satisfactorily. The Queen suddenly smiled.
"Oh...it turns out that the head of state has such a big plan and his ambitions are not small!"
Princess Sissi smiled awkwardly and said, "Your wise Majesty, you can't treat this matter this way. After all, the Chinese population is very small in the beginning. If you want to develop, you need people..."
"Okay, no need to explain. I'm not interested in the conflict between Xiao Letian and the Manchus... but I want to remind him that maintaining stability in Asia is the most important thing! Remember!"
What Britain wants is the stability of the Asian order, not to make anyone completely stronger. The Pacific is too far away for Britain, and its power has expanded to its limit after reaching the Strait of Malacca.
To the west of Malacca, the British mostly adopted the rule of direct colonial annexation, but to the east of Malacca it was mainly semi-colonial.
In the final analysis, the UK does not have that much energy to cover such distant areas, and the UK does not even have that large ruling population.
The population is a flaw! The territory of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets is too large, and the population of Britain is too small. There are only 40 million people at the moment. How can such a small number of people rule the world?
The answer is what Xiao Letian sees in front of him. A large area of land that legally belongs to the United Kingdom is in a state of barrenness and undeveloped!
Australia is not yet the developed capitalist country it was in the 21st century. In order to develop Australia, the United Kingdom even exiled its domestic criminals.
In the final analysis, who owns a piece of land ultimately depends on the structure of the population living on it!
The British have no way to immigrate to Asia on a large scale, so they can only use the remaining tricks of the ancient Chinese, which is to use foreigners to fight foreigners!
The powerful British national power is used to support one group and suppress another group. Whoever takes the lead will be given two sticks, and whoever fails will be given a hand.
Let Asia fight within itself, and no country will be strong enough to affect British rule. That will be enough!
Who are the British most worried about in Asia right now? The first is Tsarist Russia, which is expanding eastward, and the second is America, which is growing in national power. Xiao Letian can only be ranked fourth, and even the Manchu Qing Dynasty can be ranked third.
In fact, in the Queen's heart, she also has a plan to support the Chinese people to contain Tsarist Russia and the United States, but the Queen is an old fox after all, and she will not make a bet easily.
In addition, Xiao Letian's development has been so rapid in recent years, so fast that it goes against common sense, which also arouses the Queen's worry!
It's strange to say that this evil fire in the Queen's heart made her son burst so much, just like an abscess had opened, and all the painful pressure was relieved at once.
On the contrary, her mood improved a lot, because she thought she had completely understood Xiao Letian's conspiracy, and her suspicion was cured instantly.
It turns out that the final conspiracy is still against the Manchus! That's good, that's good. You Chinese people will kill yourselves. Keep killing yourselves, keep going!
The queen smiled and said to Princess Sissi, "Let Xiao Letian send people to negotiate. How much land is needed? But I want to remind you that these lands can only be traded on a one-on-one basis..."
"I, Queen Victoria, privately sell land to the Chinese leader Xiao Letian...the total area cannot exceed 10 million square acres, and I can only count the extra land as a concession to him..."
"My child, tell Xiao Letian that this is already the limit. If the transaction scale exceeds this amount, I'm afraid it will have to be voted on by the parliament..."
"I think the head of state definitely doesn't want to cause trouble. Well, I'm a little tired. Let's just deal with it like this!"
Princess Sissi stood up with a smile and sent the queen out of the room. On the surface, she was still very calm, but inside she was already so excited that she was about to bloom.
The task assigned to him by Xiao Letian was finally completed successfully. Ten million square acres of land is basically equivalent to the land area of the Netherlands.
Although it is not big, this is a very good start. Other land can be leased!
Since it is a concession, is it for ninety-nine years or one hundred years? As long as it lasts long enough, any accidents may happen in the future!
'Let your lover get the immigrants there first, fill it with population first, and let's talk about the rest later! '
'God, I finally accomplished the task you gave me! '
Crown Prince Edward walked with his mother in the long corridor. The Crown Prince smiled and said, "You just let Xiao Letian pass? Gladstone is still charging at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!"
"Xiao Lezhen is a lucky guy, and Qianxi would help him like this..."
The queen glanced at her son helplessly, "I'm old, and sooner or later this empire will be handed over to you... You should pay more attention to government affairs and don't always think about women!"
"Although our UK is a constitutional monarchy, don't forget that the influence of the monarch is still huge. Benjamin and Gladstone are all ministers..."
"They will be replaced after a few years of service. They are not the permanent masters of this country! There is no need to consider their face. Gladstone should let him rest and there is no need to make trouble in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!"
"My minister is just a gun. You use it when fighting. When you are not fighting, you must quickly remove the ammunition, otherwise it will misfire!"
The Queen looked at the scenery in the garden outside the window and sighed helplessly, "Hey... Xiao Letian can just pass the test. Who knows that the situation on the other side of the Pacific Ocean still needs him!"
"You have to give me something sweet! If you want to blame it, the population of our British Empire is too small... If I, the UK, had another 100 million people, look at how I would govern this earth!"
"What a pity... We only have a population of over 40 million now!"
