In fact, before the First World War, the division of the world by the Western powers had not yet reached the stage where an inch of land was contested, and due to the limitations of navigation technology and productivity and scientific and technological level at that time, Western countries could only devote their energies to those regions that were most important to them.

Resource-rich regions, dumping places for commodities with large populations, and key geopolitical nodes...... These are the treasures in the eyes of Europeans, and as for the other enclaves, these arrogant colonists really dismiss.

Not to mention some broken islands in the Pacific Ocean, even if the vast Alaska is said to be sold, is it really difficult to imagine in the minds of people in the 21st world.

It was a time of great evil, the great powers were expanding their global power, countless small countries and civilizations were being strangled, and the blood forged the glory of European civilization.

This is also a time of great opportunity, the earth is full of unexplored virgin land, as long as you have the heart you can plan ahead for the well-being of future generations.

Xiao Letian's layout in the South Pacific seems weak and meaningless, but in the next hundreds of years, it is this stone monument full of historical vicissitudes that has become the best excuse for later generations of Chinese to expand their overseas interests, even if it is a diplomatic lawsuit, it has the initial legal basis.

It was a very good time, the South Pacific was full of unclaimed islands and aboriginal settlements, New Zealand and Australia were not yet a country, they were nothing more than the land of British exiles, and even Xiao Lotian was looking for an opportunity to see if he could sign a contract with the British and buy some land in northern Australia.

If he could, he was even ready to buy Australia's largest iron ore producing area in advance, and the Pilmara region was a worthless desert in this era anyway.

These thousands of immigrants in Tahiti are actually an experiment of Xiao Letian's Chinese-style colonization.

Westerners use knives, guns and Bibles to colonize primitive tribes, while Chinese prefer to colonize with commodity exchange and equal cultural exchanges.

In Xiang Ying's eyes, China's warm-hearted colonial methods are definitely far better than any violent colonial methods in the West, and it seems that the efficiency is not very high, but the foundation is very solid, and the resistance encountered is also the smallest.

There are no less than 50,000 indigenous people in Tahiti, while there are only more than 3,000 Chinese immigrants, and such a huge gap in numbers has not left the Chinese behind, but has controlled the economic lifeline of the entire Tahiti Islands in one year.

All indigenous peoples are now completely dependent on China's ports and villages, and the Chinese's ocean-going trade has turned Tahiti's resources into goods that the indigenous people have never seen before, and these goods have directly improved the quality of life of the indigenous people.

Everyone has the instinct to pursue a better life, and when the Chinese do better than those Westerners, the indigenous people will vote with their own feet.

As the minutes passed, the sun slowly sank from the sky, the western sea was red, and the fiery clouds were as beautiful as a huge oil painting.

The beautiful scenery, the delicious food, and the beautiful singing and dancing of the indigenous girls did not attract the attention of Xiang Ying and the others, and every word of the five elders was respectfully recorded in their notebooks.

"We need more people and more boats...... We can buy it, we don't have to give it to us, can you ask Lotte Bank to let them lend us a loan, we urgently need a large number of boats, we can use the specialties here to repay the principal and interest!"

"We still need readers, we need teachers! Next year we will build a school here, we are going to let the indigenous people come in and study, the children of the first generation of immigrants have been born, we can't let them be blind!"

"We are still short of craftsmen of all kinds, stonemasons, blacksmiths, masons...... We need all kinds of craftsmen, as long as there are people, we can build a paradise for the prime minister here!"

"There is also the iron ship on the sea, can we come more times 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 in the sea has become a sacred object in the eyes of the people of the entire Tahiti Islands, and countless canoes carrying the indigenous people cautiously approached.

Those tribal warriors and elders repeatedly confirmed that this battleship had no malicious intentions before they dared to approach a little bit. The majestic hull, the glittering golden dragon bow, the mighty cannon, and the scorched black mottles left behind by several naval battles all unleashed an extremely violent aesthetic to the people around them.

The natives didn't know what kind of warship it was, but they could feel the murderous aura unleashed by the sea beast, and they could even feel countless unjust spirits hovering around the artillery.

At that moment, they understood that these friendly Chinese actually have a hideous and terrible side, and behind the warmth of the veins, there is also a terrifying power that does not belong to the white people.

At that moment they showed even more humility and even prayed and bowed directly on the canoe.

Xiang Ying decided to give these natives a deeper impression, and when the stars filled the sky, fireworks suddenly lit up on the Zhiyuan, and colorful signal flares rushed into the sky, and then exploded to form thousands of bright sparks.

"Ah...... Wow...... ......"The people of the entire Tahiti archipelago were in a stir, and the indigenous people looked at the miracle in the sky and threw themselves to the ground with excitement.

"Flowers blooming in the sky? Is that the magic of the Chinese? What a miracle! The miracle of the Chinese!"

Countless bonfires were lit on the coast, people sang and danced all night in front of the fireworks display on the Zhiyuan, and Xiang Ying, dressed in officer uniforms, was also worshiped as gods by the tribal leaders.

After a night of celebration and a night of busyness, the Zhiyuan and the supply fleet were well fed with food and water, and then took away a large number of gifts prepared by immigrants for the prime minister, and set sail for Tahiti early the next morning.

Later, Xiao Lotian really did not disappoint these immigrants, and more sailing ships, bankrupt refugees in the Qing Dynasty, dilapidated scholars, and some veterans who retired due to illness and injury began to emigrate to the southern islands of the Pacific Ocean under the mobilization of the prime minister.

This migration lasted for half a century, and the final result was that the Chinese completely defeated the population advantage here, and more than seventy percent of the maritime exclusive economic zone in the entire male Pacific Ocean became the self-reserved land of the Chinese, laying an unimaginable space for future generations.

However, when Xiang Ying and the others set sail to return to China, Xiao Lotian didn't know what was happening here, at this time he was in the city of Fusang Junfu, and he was tossed by the tiger girl like the third grandson.

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