Chapter 311: Changes in Hawaii (1)
There are 132 islands in the central Pacific Ocean, called the Hawaiian Islands, with a land area of 16,700 square kilometers. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
There is a kingdom in the Hawaiian Islands called the Kingdom of Hawaii, which was formed in 1810 by a small independent tribe of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Hawaii after a war, and the current king is Queen Liliukalani.
In 1830, Anglo-American missionaries arrived in the Kingdom of Hawaii.
In 1840 and the decades that followed, the United States and Ben became more and more immigrants, merchants, and investors in the Kingdom of Hawaii, and both countries began to aggressively expand their influence in the Pacific, and the United States finally chose to take more aggressive control actions.
In 1842, the United States was the first to recognize the Kingdom of Hawaii, and this diplomatic recognition was mainly due to the fact that if the United States forcibly annexed Hawaii, the United States would intervene on the grounds of anti-aggression.
In 1850, France brought democracy into the Kingdom of Hawaii with cannon fire, and the Kingdom of Hawaii began to have a parliamentary system.
In 1864, during the American Civil War, the Kingdom of Hawaii was forced to sell land to the U.S. military to grow coffee, and the U.S. leased the Hawaiian harbor.
In 1873, the U.S. Secretary of State offered not to allow other countries to annex Hawaii.
Once the United States annexes Hawaii, it means that the Americans can control most of the Pacific Ocean, and I will not agree, but I am almost defeated by the Chinese Empire, and with the help of Britain, I am silently recovering my own strength, but I don't have much time to take care of Hawaii.
However, the Americans had another adversary, and that was the rapidly developing Chinese Empire.
The Chinese Empire has a vast coastline, the Chinese Empire's navy is also developing rapidly, starting from the second year of Xinghua, every year there are advanced warships in service, even if it is only a 2,000-ton destroyer, 3,000 tons, but the strength of the Chinese Imperial Navy is also growing rapidly, you must know that the warships in service are also relatively advanced warships in the world, and the Chinese Empire will also build 10,000-ton giant ships in the future.
As early as the first year of Xinghua, Yan Xueyi gave an order to Cao Wenbin, Minister of Intelligence, ordering the Ministry of Intelligence to infiltrate Hawaii and design a plan to eventually make the Chinese Empire annex Hawaii, but it could not make too many repercussions in the world.
Then the Ministry of Intelligence formulated a "Yingzhou Strategy Plan", Yingzhou is a fairy mountain that is said to be overseas in the Middle East, and now it refers to Hawaii, the Ministry of Intelligence mobilized forces and began to attack the Kingdom of Hawaii, on the other side the Americans are also doing it, it depends on which of the two sides is faster.
The total land area of the Kingdom of Hawaii is only 16,700 square kilometers, and the total population in the first year of Xinghua was only about 85,000 people, and the population is mainly indigenous to Hawaii, followed by European and American Caucasians, and then Yue himself, and the Chinese are less than 2,000.
But in the fourth year of Xinghua, in more than three years, the total population of Hawaii has approached 100,000, and among the extra people, except for a small number from the Chinese Empire, the rest are from Southeast Asian countries.
The sudden and sharp increase in the population of Hawaii has aroused the attention of the Americans, especially the increased population is of the yellow race, and the Americans also thought that they were going to attack Hawaii, but after an investigation, they learned that it was not the person himself, but the Chinese, which made the Americans even more vigilant, the Chinese Empire with airships was an existence that Britain did not dare to provoke easily, although the United States has caught up with Britain in industrial strength, but the overall strength of the United States is not as good as Britain, Britain does not dare to provoke the Chinese Empire easily, and the United States certainly does not dare.
But Hawaii is the meat of the mouth of the United States, and it takes a lot of time to arrange for this, and the Americans will not be willing to let Hawaii be swallowed up by the Chinese Empire, but after the continued investigation of the Americans, it was found that the new Chinese in Hawaii are divided into two obvious parts, and there are still many contradictions between the two.
A small number of Chinese came from within the Chinese Empire, they walked with their chests held high, they were more imposing, they dared to look at the Caucasians with their eyes straight, and they were not afraid of the Caucasians at all, because they had the Chinese Empire behind them.
The rest of the Chinese are also more mixed, although they are also Chinese, but they come from Southeast Asian countries, including Spain, the Philippines, the Netherlands, Indonesia and other countries, although they are more mixed, but they are relatively united, walking on the street carefully, not daring to speak loudly, and even dare not face the Caucasians, like the servants of the Manchu Dynasty.
No matter where the Chinese come from, they all come to Hawaii under the pretext of doing business, some stay in Hawaii for a period of time and leave, and some settle in Hawaii for a period of time.
The various performances of the Chinese have made the Americans behind them relax a lot, and the possibility of the Chinese Empire plotting Hawaii has decreased, but the Americans' plan to overthrow the Hawaiian Kingdom is accelerating.
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In the Kingdom of Hawaii, there is a Chinese wealthy family, which is the Chen family, and the head of the Chen family is named Chen Fang.
Chen Fang, whose name is Guofen, was born in 1825 in Meixi Village, Xiangshan, Guangdong Province.
In 1849, at the age of 24, Chen Fang went to Honolulu with his uncle to do business, starting as an apprentice in a shop, and then set up his own business, operating sugarcane cultivation and sugar industry, and became the first millionaire of overseas Chinese, known as the "prince of business".
In 1857, Chen Fang married the sister of the King of Hawaii and was elected as a member of the Hawaiian Congress, and in 1881, he was appointed as the Chinese Consul General in Honolulu by the Qing Emperor Guangxu.
Chen Fang and Cheng Zhi co-founded "Fang Zhi Ji", engaged in sugarcane cultivation and sugar production, and grew into one of the eight largest enterprises in Hawaii.
This shows the status of the Chen family in Hawaii, and Chen Fang can even be called the leader of overseas Chinese, and Chen Fang is one of the most accomplished people among overseas Chinese.
Under the leadership of Chen Fang, the Chen family took root in Hawaii, and in the past few decades, the Chen family has taken root and developed into a big family, affecting all aspects of Hawaii, even the white people also have to give face to the Chen family, who has a lot of wealth, once a Chinese is bullied in Hawaii, they can find the Chen family and ask for help.
The Chen family has such power, the Chinese Empire wants to get Hawaii, as long as it gets the help of the Chen family, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, when the personnel of the intelligence department infiltrated Hawaii, Zhou Ming, the head of the intelligence department responsible for the implementation of the "Yingzhou Raiders Plan", personally visited Chen Fang and asked for help.
Chen Fang is an overseas Chinese, but Chen Fang has always been worried about the motherland's hometown, as a Han Chinese, Chen Fang has a greater sense of identity with the Chinese Empire, after knowing the changes in the country, Chen Fang did not hesitate to promise Zhou Ming that the Chen family would do their best to help the Chinese Empire obtain Hawaii.
The Chinese Empire will not ask the Chen family to help in vain, once the "Yingzhou Strategy Plan" is successful, Yan Xueyi will personally meet Chen Fang and award Chen Fang a first-class barony, which is a huge honor, which means that the Chen family will be included in the ranks of the nobles of the Chinese Empire, as long as the Chen family does not die, the Chen family will continue to develop with the empire.