As for the Australian Federation, in addition to acquiring the land of the entire basin of the Xin'an River, it has also obtained a narrow buffer zone between the two countries that runs across the north and south coasts of Timor Island -- although this is an enclave that does not border Xin'an City, it is a jungle and mountain area about 100 kilometers long from north to south and about 30 to 50 kilometers wide from east to west, but the total area has also reached 4,000 square kilometers---- Xiao Pingguo was very proud of this, and he said in a telegram to the Red Mansion that this is an "opening up the territory" operation on Timor Island. So please note that we currently have twice as much land on the island as we do in Zixia.

Specifically, the land stretched from the southern part of Oku in the east, to the Makassar River in the west, and to the southern coast of Timor Island in the south, completely separating the Portuguese enclave of Oecussi from the Dutch, and at the same time separating the Portuguese and Dutch satrapies, which is a typical buffer zone.

Of course, there is no doubt that Portugal, the Netherlands and Macao actually carved up the island of Timor without the participation of the indigenous people - but the three contracting parties did not care about this at all, for the simple reason - the local indigenous tribes have no sense of state at all, and the war between the tribes in the jungle has never been broken, whether outsiders come here or not, the jungle has always been fought to the death, you fight to the death, and this has been the case for thousands of years.

Therefore, from another point of view, the birth of the Treaty of Oecussi gave most of the island of Timor a relatively stable and peaceful environment, after all, under the jurisdiction of the Portuguese and the Dutch, the law of the jungle was at least partially stopped in the areas that could be controlled by the two countries, so the relatively peaceful state of the jungle and the relatively progressive legal system gave these places a relatively good environment for development.

It is a fact that the buffer zone allocated to Australia "just happens" to include the important copper mine in the mountainous area southwest of Oku - according to Cao Limei, chairman and president of Autuo, this area is rich in minerals, not only rich in copper, but also gypsum, iron ore, coal mines, tungsten manganese ore, and even oil, gold sand in the southern coastal area, sandalwood, mahogany, teak and precious green dragon wood in the endless jungle, and the alluvial plains of the southern coast estuary are also the source of crops that Lao Wang is interested in, so this is a treasure of strategic value for us overseas.

However, it is undeniable that there is still a long way to go before this so-called "treasure land" can truly play its value, and the most immediate question at present is how to really control this land.

Yes – the biggest problem for the Commonwealth of Australia is to actually control these areas, because the current situation is that even the narrow Xin'an River basin is not fully controlled, let alone the rest of the world.

And this so-called buffer zone is actually the most chaotic area of the entire island of Timor - in fact, it can be said that that land is the source of chaos on the island.

For it had long been an area of tribal conflict and Portuguese and Dutch warfare, and some time ago, the Dutch-funded Duncan tribal alliance was attacking the Portuguese caravans in Oecussi, which also housed the remnants of Orne, the rebellious tribes of the Chagan Basin in the east of the island, and the tribes who were hostile to all non-indigenous forces from outside the island, not only to the Portuguese and Dutch, but also to the Australians.

Although the tribes in the buffer zone have been basically abandoned by the Dutch because of the signing of the Treaty of Oecussi, the tribes are still there, the weapons that were previously aided are still there, and the strength of the tribes still exists.

Therefore, the land allocated to the Australians in this "Oecussi Treaty" is in fact a three-way zone that Portugal and the Netherlands have no control over and cannot control, and it is obvious that if this were not the case, the Portuguese and Dutch would not have given this land to the Australian Commonwealth so happily.

So a big problem for Xiao Pingguo, the governor of Sin'anseong, was how to actually occupy these areas as soon as possible, and not just expand their territory on the map.

When the time came to the end of October, when Xiao Pingguo returned to the Governor's Mansion of Xin'an City from Oecusi City, the text of the treaty in his arms made him suddenly feel the pressure of infinite challenge, so that when he stepped on the steps of the Governor's Mansion that he had not seen for a long time, he completely ignored the flattering glances thrown at him by the two young cooks who had just entered the mansion, and these two girls had long been looking forward to Governor Xiao.

By the way, the girls were sent by Daddy Loka two months ago, and it is said that they came from the vicinity of Mount Tatamirao, a sacred mountain in the hearts of the tribes of Timor Island, where beautiful women are produced, which obviously means that the power of the Loka tribe has reached there.

Probably because of the long-term customs of the country, now Governor Xiao is more and more pleasing to the indigenous girls on Timor Island, these two little cooks not only provide Xiao Pingguo with material food, but also provide spiritual food, Governor Xiao not only asked the girls to cook food for him, but also often gave the girls food......

However, Governor Xiao is now a little anxious, and he can't care about his children's personal affairs at all, because the current complicated situation has made his artist's brain feel at a loss for a while.

At present, although there are three Hou Guisu plus Kangda Sun Lao, who runs back and forth with Nicole, and they are all actively cooperating with Xiao Pingguo's work, Xiao Da musicians still feel a lot of pressure.

The first was the management of the naturalization camp---- which brought hundreds of blacks or Indians and Arabs to Sin'an city almost every two months or so.

Except for the blacks, who are basically prisoners of war produced in the course of the jungle tribal war, most of the rest are men and women who came here because of ****, economic bankruptcy, fugitive slaves, etc., obviously, these people are not so easy to control.

And this old-world music academy student and nightclub DJ technician is now playing the role of the commander of the "concentration camp", not only to manage this group of people, but also to give cultural lessons to this group of people at night, so Xiao Pingguo is actually quite tired.

Now, with the addition of worrying about controlling the buffer zone, it will be even more tiring, so the keen Sun Lao has begun to consider adding more manpower to the Xin'an City side, and Xia Xiaoou also said that she will send Sunflower and Zhuyuan graduates to the Governor's Mansion as assistants to the Governor, including personnel in charge of finance and radio communications - this will at least free Xiao Pingguo from these daily chores.

At this time, the number of naturalization camps in Xin'an City had increased to six, two in the city and four on the east bank of the Xin'an River, and a small half of these people were planting sugar cane and other cash crops for Her Excellency the Duchess, the other half were working at the Xin'an River dam construction site, and a small part were working in the brick and tile factory of the sugar factory.

For all the traversers, the most pressure is the training of personnel, although the main focus of both Xianglin and Gui Xianning is on personnel training, there is still a shortage of qualified workers, and they need to be constantly trained and recruited.

And Xiao Pingguo is facing a more serious problem - at present, he has no strength in his hands to control the buffer zone, as the saying goes, the night is long and dreams are many, although there is an agreement, but it is obvious that there needs to be controlled by strength as soon as possible - at least let the tribes there submit to the Australian Federation in name.

However, the practical difficulty is: for thousands of years, these jungle tribes have only believed in the law of the jungle, people have never reasoned with you, only talk about violence, only harder than anyone's fist, even if the two sides signed a peace agreement and surrendered to you in name, but if you don't show your strength, then people turn their faces faster than turning books, and a paper agreement is a fart---- which is the essence of the law of the jungle.