C1059 Immigrant strategy

In fact, before the First World War, Western Powers's partition of the world had not reached the stage where one had to fight for every inch of land. Due to the constraints of the shipping technology, productivity, and scientific and technological level, the Western countries could only focus their energy on the areas that were most important to them.

The resource-rich area, the populous dumping ground of commodities, the key node of geopolitics... These were the treasures of the Europeans, and as for the other enclaves, the haughty colonists really despised them.

Forget about some of the crappy islands in the Pacific Ocean, even the vast Alaska would sell it for free, right? It's really hard to imagine in the minds of the people of 21 worlds.

This was an extremely evil era. The strong were expanding their global influence, killing countless small countries and civilizations. Their blood had cast the glory of European civilization.

This was also an era of great fortune. Earth was a virgin land that had yet to be developed, as long as you had the heart, you could set it up in advance to seek benefits for future generations.

Xiao Letian's arrangement on the South Pacific might seem weak and meaningless, but it was precisely these ancient stone tablets in the future that served as the best justification for China's expansion of overseas interests in the future. Even a diplomatic case had its initial legal basis.

New Zealand and Australia were not the same country now. They were merely the land for British exiles, and Xiao Letian had even been looking for an opportunity to sign a contract with the United Kingdom and buy a part of the land in the northern part of Australia.

If he could, he was even prepared to buy the largest iron ore production area in Australia in advance. The Pilmara region was not worth a single cent in this era anyway.

These thousands of immigrants from the Dahuangdi were actually just Xiao Letian's experiments in colonization.

The westerner colonized the primitive tribes with swords, guns and Bibles, while the Chinese preferred to colonize with commodity exchanges and equal cultural exchanges. Which was more appropriate? It was impossible not to try.

In Xiang Ying's eyes, this kind of warm and gentle method of colonization was definitely far superior to some violent method of colonization in the west. It looked to be not very efficient, but its foundation was extremely solid.

The Tahitians had no fewer than fifty thousand aboriginals, while the Chinese had just over three thousand immigrants. Not only did the Chinese not lose out in numbers, they gained control of the economic lifeline of the entire Tahitians in a single year.

All the indigenous people were now completely attached to China's ports and villages. The Chinese Ocean trade had turned Tahiti's resources into goods that the indigenous people had never seen before, and these goods directly improved the quality of life of the indigenous people.

People all had the instinct to pursue a better life. When the Chinese did better than the westerner, the indigenous people would vote with their own two feet.

Time passed minute after minute. The sun slowly sank from the sky and the western sea was completely red. The scorching clouds were as beautiful as huge oil paintings.

The beautiful scenery, delicacies, beautiful singing and dancing aboriginal girls, all of these things did not attract the attention of Xiang Ying and the others.

"We need more men, more ships... We can buy them, no need for the Prime Minister to give them to us for free, can you please ask the Letian Bank to lend them to us? We urgently need a large number of ships, we can use the specialties here to repay them! "

"We also need a scholar. We need a teacher!" Next year, there will be a school built here. We are prepared to let the natives come in to study as well. The first generation of children are already born, we can't let them be 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 construct a heaven for the Prime Minister! "

"And that iron ship on the sea, can we come here a few more times? Seriously, as long as we can see that ship frequently, our hearts will be especially calm …"

What the elders said was not wrong. The Zhiyuan Warship that was anchored in the sea had already become the holy object in the eyes of the entire Tahitian archipelago. Countless canoes carrying the indigenous people carefully approached.

The tribal warriors and elders repeatedly confirmed that this battleship had no malicious intent, so they dared to approach it bit by bit. The towering ship, the shining golden dragon battleship, the mighty giant cannons, and the charred spots left behind by the numerous sea battles all released an extremely violent aesthetic feeling towards the people around them.

The natives did not know what kind of battleship it was, but they could feel the killing intent it released. They could even feel the countless ghosts circling around the cannon.

At that moment they understood that these friendly Chinese actually had a hideous side to them, and that behind the warmth of their veins there was also a terrible power that did not belong to the white man.

At that moment, they behaved even more humbly, even directly praying and kneeling in the canoe.

Xiang Ying decided to give these barbarians a deeper impression. When the stars filled the sky, the Zhiyuan Warship suddenly lit up with fireworks. Multicolored signal bombs rose up into the sky and exploded into thousands of bright sparks.

"Ah …" Wow... "Hualala …" The entire Tahitian archipelago was completely shocked, the aboriginals stared at the miracle in the sky, excitedly prostrating themselves on the ground.

"Flowers bloom in the sky? Was that Chinese magic? A miracle! The miracle of the Chinese! "

Countless bonfires were lit on the shore. The people kept dancing and singing to the flames on the Zhiyuan Warship s, while Xiang Ying and the other people who were dressed in the military uniform knelt and kowtowed to the leaders of the various tribes as if they were gods.

After a night of celebration and a night of busy work, the Zhiyuan Warship and the resupplying fleet had received sufficient food and water. They then brought a large number of gifts that the Prime Minister had prepared for the immigrants along with them and left the Dahuangdi early in the morning.

After that, Xiao Letian did not let the immigrants down. More sailboats, Qing Kingdom bankrupt refugees, rundown scholars, and a few veterans who had retired due to an illness began to migrate towards the southern Pacific Islands under the Prime Minister's mobilization.

The migration lasted for half a century, and in the end, the Chinese completely gained the advantage of the region's population. More than 70% of the men's exclusive economic zones in the Pacific became their own land, creating unimaginably large spaces for future generations.

However, just as Xiang Ying and the others were about to return, Xiao Letian still didn't know what was happening here. At this time, he was in Fu Sang Jia Residence's city, and was being tormented by Hu Niu like a third grandson.