Chapter 256: Expansionists

What can the Dutch give, in addition to the large number of colonies in the Far East, they also have numerous colonies around the world, which have contributed to a certain extent the strong shipping history of Anlan Dutch. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, in the beginning, these places were not theirs, they were also snatched from the Spaniards or Portuguese, and some were newly opened by themselves.

However, relatively speaking, most of their colonies in the Americas actually came from the Spaniards, and North America was still very inhospitable at this time, although the Indians, who accounted for the majority of the population, were the original inhabitants of this continent, but this did not mean that they ruled this land.

The constant fighting between the tribes led to the foreign Europeans gaining a foothold on the continent, and finally tens of millions of Indians were killed alive and confined to the reserves, and the history of the Americas is now not the object of study in Australia, but now the Dutch want to give benefits to this land.

The Dutch were willing to give Australia a colony in the Americas, as a transfer to pay for their purchase of weapons, to colonize the Americas, or to open up other lands outside Australia, although these are what the Australian government wants to do, but the conditions are really not ripe at this time.

Australia's nearly 7 million square kilometers of land, plus the surrounding New Zealand and Southeast Asian islands, can be said to be very large, and the population of the entire Australia has not exceeded 100,000 so far, and it is very dangerous to use less than 100,000 people to open up more colonies.

But for others, in the era of the Great Voyage, isn't it to go on an adventure, the population is not large, you can immigrate from the Ming Dynasty, and after saying that you have occupied a point now, you will have the opportunity to expand in the future.

This means that sovereignty is asserted, basis, but in the next few hundred years there will be more and more countries, and even if they occupy a stronghold now, it will not be of much use, you must know that the Dutch and the English have considerable influence in the Americas.

As you can see from the history books, the situation in the Americas is very complicated, with the rise of maritime powers gathered here and the birth of the future superpower United States, but there should be no American existence in this time and space.

It is true that history has been changed, and I have to say that some things that will happen in history may not happen, so the future is still unknown.

At present, there is a part of the country that has a very big demand for foreign expansion, they believe that in addition to bringing land benefits, it can also bring economic benefits, and the expansion can get a piece of land, which can make it difficult to have the property here, and can also sell Australian goods like the local aborigines.

What can the natives exchange, they have already thought, gems, gold, or minerals, as for why they want minerals, this is also very incomprehensible, Australia's mineral reserves are quite amazing, even for the sake of future generations to consider the problem, there is no need to spend such a big price now, pull the minerals back from such a long distance, it seems that the cost will be greater.

Sweet's proposal was to exchange the land of the Americas, and they probably thought that the Spaniards would also take the land there as a condition of exchange, so they would do so, but the land of the Americas, Australia, really hasn't considered this issue now, this problem is too far away.

The development goal of the older generation of leaders is mainly to seek stability, that is, to steadily develop Australia and expand to the outside world step by step.

But some of the younger people wanted to expand abroad, so it was inevitable that there would be a discussion between the two factions about this issue, and the expansionists saw it as an opportunity, an opportunity for expansion, and that it was the Americas, as long as they had a piece of their own territory there. In the future, I won't be able to expand.

Of course, conservatives believe that it is not cost-effective to distract from the Americas at this time, where the market is also limited, and those Indian gems and gold, pulling back does not actually mean anything, and it is useless.

Money is a tool, you need to exchange it for items before it can be used, what can Australia use it to buy, just look at Spain.

In one case, the Ming Dynasty was about to undergo a big change, and the time for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to enter the customs was quite close, and at this time there was really not much energy to manage the Americas, and the Dutch demanded to use the land here as a condition in exchange for a complete break with Spain.

That's right, a complete break with Spain is equivalent to Australia to abandon this chess piece that binds Europe, so who will take his place in the future, the Dutch are obviously not enough, their strength is only on the surface, without the help of allies such as England in Europe, he is not Spain's opponent, so if you want to develop better, you must keep this chess piece.

This chess piece cannot be lost, after the loss of Spain is completely defeated, Europe will enter the era of peaceful development, this will be an era of scientific explosion development, at that time the gap between Australia and them can still guarantee the current situation is difficult to say.

The expansionists are not actually unaware of these problems, and for them, these problems can be solved by means of expansion.

Expansion can stimulate domestic demand, the need for materials to fight the war can drive domestic industrial development, and new territory needs to be built, which can also drive domestic demand.

This idea is a bit dangerous, and it is very dangerous to use this kind of idea in the early days of the country, because in the case of unstable internal conditions, continuous expansion will eventually lead to the continuous expansion of internal contradictions.

Australia is an emerging country of immigrants, and the sense of belonging of the people in China is not very strong, and the most important thing to do now is to eliminate their inner extravagant hopes for Daming, so that they can truly feel the benefits of being in Australia.

Australia can bring them more than just a stable life. It can also bring them benefits that they have never thought of before, and as for the benefits of God, it is land dividends.

In addition to the local land can be distributed to them, those who immigrate overseas in the future can also receive land dividends, of course, the state needs them to share part of the responsibility, such as the compulsory military system.

This system requires that every young person of appropriate age has the responsibility of defending the country, so in the future, the current conscription method will be gradually reduced and replaced by a compulsory military method, so that the new generation of young people will be more patriotic.

So in the end the expansionists did not agree, but other ways of cooperating with the Dutch could be considered. (To be continued.) )