As for how the Tang Republic could profit from the North American War of Independence, Bai Nan had already had a comprehensive idea, of course, this idea could only be regarded as a "delusion" before it was implemented. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Even Bai Nan himself was very hesitant to implement such a plan, because his intervention plan for the North American Revolutionary War, the "Snake Plan", was fundamentally in conflict with the Cuckoo Plan to solve the scarcity of manpower in the Tang Dynasty.

How did this conflict come about? The Cuckoo Project is fundamentally about people, while the Snake Project is a coveting of land. To put it simply, it was an expedition, even farther away than across the Pacific. Bai Nan planned to send about two or three battalions of 800-1,000 Tang soldiers, supplemented by a large amount of material support, to the east coast to establish a colony belonging to the Tang Dynasty in the name of supporting the American Revolutionary War.

The area he aimed at was Florida, which had not long been occupied by the British, and part of the original New France, and later administrative divisions, namely Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi, if done properly, could even get a part of Georgia, with a total area of more than 420,000 square kilometers, which was another California. The above land is located on the east bank of the continent, the climate is warm and humid, and it is irrigated by the Mississippi River and the Appalachian River.

The British fought for a large area of colonial land through the Seven Years' War, but they could not afford to immigrate to these places in large numbers, so the local area was still mainly Spanish and French, but in fact, these two countries were not well colonized before, and the population accounted for a fraction of the local Indians at most.

So in a nutshell. This land is nominally ownery. But it was not too difficult to capture. The French took this area by establishing trading posts along the river and garrisoning troops at important strongholds, and the Tang Republic could do the same.

The Tang Republic is definitely not satisfied with becoming a simple west coast country, and the great cause of going from ocean to ocean is waiting to be realized. An outlet to the Atlantic Ocean would greatly facilitate Datang's trade, and it is also an important source of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, which has a deterrent and influence on the Caribbean islands. It will also be significantly improved.

Even though it is still separated by the colony of New Spain in the middle, it is considered an enclave, but from the cabinet to the people, everyone looks at Arizona, New Mexico and other regions, and they are full of ambition, and Datang's hand will definitely reach into it in the future.

In fact, Datang no longer has much spare energy to invest in an area of more than 400,000 square kilometers, the development of Hawaii, and the expansion of colonies in Luan (Nevada), Gangzhou (Oregon) and British Columbia (Washington and Vancouver) in the country. It has already consumed considerable manpower in the Tang Republic, and the country's industry needs manpower to further develop. Obviously, if tens of thousands of immigrants were to be exported to the new southeastern colonies, it would be very stretched.

Therefore, when Bai Nam first explained his "snake plan" in the cabinet, most people were ready to veto it without much thought.

Datang really can't stand the toss of people like Bai Nan!

However, Zhao Daling calmed down and thought about it, and knew that this opportunity was really too tempting, and if he wanted to regain the southeast region after missing it, the difficulty would increase. After the success of American independence a few years later, if the original script had been followed, the Spaniards would have retaken Florida, and the Americans would have received all the lands east of the Mississippi River, completely beyond the boundaries of the 1763 proclamation line. No matter how poor and weak the Americans are, they still have a population of two or three million, and after independence, more European immigrants began to immigrate here, and they will have better colonial conditions than the Tang Dynasty, so as to enrich these areas.

If the Tang people can now gain a foothold in the southeast and draw a clear line in advance, it will be difficult for the Americans to infiltrate again. And after getting this fulcrum, the doors of a series of regions such as Tennessee were opened to Datang. Then there is the Louisiana region controlled by Spain, where the French have the greatest influence, and the Tang people also have a better space to enter.

In order to enrich the Coiling Snake Plan, Bai Nan took out a bigger bargaining chip: "Actually, the Coiling Snake Plan can be regarded as a rehearsal for us to implement the Cuckoo Plan, although the whole voyage is longer than across the ocean, but we do not need to dispatch more troops than the Cuckoo Plan, I think that two to three battalions, at most a complete army corps, is enough for us to control the southeast region, and even have spare strength to influence the war in North America." Of course, the most serious problem is logistics, we need to provide the expeditionary force with enough ammunition and other supplies, which is just right to test our ability to carry out the Cuckoo program.

As for the lack of manpower, I also have a way to alleviate it. Although it is difficult for us to recruit immigrants from the Qing Dynasty, with the attention of the Qing government, our recruitment of immigrants will decrease, and I expect that 7,000 people will be good this year. But we have already supported Hu Fakui to open up the overseas territory of Borneo, where there are as many as 100,000 Chinese laborers, and their movement is unrestricted. The main manpower is in the hands of Heshun Company, and we have determined to launch an offensive against Heshun. In my opinion, the development of Borneo does not require so much strength from hundreds of thousands of Chinese, and the scale of 30,000 people is enough to take advantage of our technological advantages to open up good plantations, industrial and mining industries, and even some industries. There are local people with naturalization tendencies, such as Dayak, so there is no shortage of manpower. We can directly bring 100,000 Chinese laborers from West Borneo, many of these people are industrial and mining laborers, although the level of education is low, but there is still potential to become industrial workers, 100,000 people is enough for us to digest in several years, and finally after the digestion is completed, we will have more strength to support the development of the southeastern colonies, as well as to advance our fundamental cuckoo plan. ”

Bai Nan's words came out, and the cabinet members were stunned, Liu Tian shook his chin and said, "Bai Nan, you really dare to think about it!" ”

Liang Zhenhai said: "The import of 100,000 Borneo Chinese is indeed enough to have a huge effect, but they are mainly men, and the gender ratio will be further imbalanced." ”

Bai Nam once again proposed a solution: "The Vietnamese side is about to become a pot of porridge, and many men are dying, so we can push the fight to be more powerful over there, and directly contact the three forces, provide them with high-quality cold weapons and ordinary muskets, and let them arrest women for us." They will run to each other and plunder, and we will sell them as many weapons as they catch. ”

Liu Tian stared wide-eyed: "You...... I don't even know how to describe it. ”

Xue Yue had no objection to this, he said: "100,000 Chinese laborers, 100,000 Vietnamese women, this is 200,000 people, and it will enrich our country at once." It takes time to digest and assimilate them. In fact, if we don't grasp the rhythm of this large-scale population migration, it is very likely that we will eventually be assimilated. ”

"Assimilation is mutual, it's inevitable, but we can exert our influence by mastering the productive forces and the superstructure. It is impossible to be completely consistent with our crossing crowd, just do your best. ”

Liu Tian sighed: "The proportion of the traversal can only be diluted and smaller, although we hold the power and productivity of the state, but in the end, the difference between the traversal and the natives of this era will eventually fade, and we are all Tang people in the end." Even without the influx of immigrants, the 300,000 Indians in the whole of California would be enough to change us a lot. ”

"The Indians are integrating into our society faster than we could have imagined, and the Indians who have clashed with us have basically been wiped out, while more Indians have chosen to be hired by us to get better living conditions," Bainan said. This is our high level of productivity that gives us an advantage over the colonizers of this era. Although there were tribes that were more stubborn in their own way of life, we would not disturb them, and the Indians, who wanted to be fed and clothed, had already come to live on the outskirts of our farms. Our members built houses for the Indians, taught them to cultivate farmland, and of course the means of production still belonged to us, which was a kind of employment relationship. ”

Zhao Daling synthesized various statements and said: "Our current population is almost 160,000, if we can really import 100,000 from Borneo, 100,000 from Vietnam, and accelerate the assimilation of Indians to 200,000, the available manpower of our Tang Republic will be more than 500,000." If that's the case, I think it's more feasible to push ahead with the snake plan and seize the Southeast Bay Area. We could even take out 10,000 to 30,000 immigrants to come to the Southeastern Colonies and help us develop and control the region. However, the import of 200,000 people and the transportation to the southeast region is a huge challenge for our maritime capacity. ”

Bai Nandao: "It is also a very good rehearsal for us to implement the cuckoo plan and transport immigrants from the mainland to the mainland. In addition, our ships are sufficient, what is lacking is manpower, and this time the Americans proposed to send sailors to help us transport. Both the Thirteen Colonies and New Spain had a large number of sailors, and the national boundaries of the seafarer profession were not clear, as long as we used the core Tang crew to protect secrets such as the power department, we could use these foreign crews to mobilize more ships and transport a large number of immigrants, and it would be possible. (To be continued.) )