696 Temptation

Speaking of which, Australia's agricultural potential is still very high. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Throughout Australia, agriculture is divided into agriculture and animal husbandry, producing wheat and sugar, as well as cattle and sheep.

Of course, this "abundance" is only distributed in the south and east of Australia, and relatively speaking, Western Australia is a desert or semi-desert except for the mountains, and it is really difficult to develop agriculture.

When they first came to Port Hedland, Chen Zhaoqiang and Zhu Shenggang also tried to develop agriculture, but after experimentation, they found that if Port Hedland wanted to develop agriculture, the cost would be higher than direct imports, so Port Hedland's agricultural plan was abandoned.

In the past, Hedland Harbor basically relied on imports for all the materials needed for life, and only a few fishing boats would often go out to sea to fish, which was the only local "local specialty" in Hedland Harbor.

"We've got a lot of cans in stock, enough for us to use for a year or two. Although you can't farm here, it's always okay to herd sheep, and if the residents of Port Hedland are evacuated to the Pilbara area, let them herd their sheep. Chen Zhaoqiang still has an idea.

The shelf life of canned food is indeed relatively long, but canned food is a thing, it is okay to eat it in a short time, if you eat it for a long time, although there will not be too many problems in nutrition because of the orderly matching, but there will definitely be other problems such as monotonous taste and loss of appetite, or you need to have fresh food supplements, otherwise, if it lasts for a long time, it will definitely have an impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Chen Zhaoqiang wants to graze in the Pilbara area, which is also a helpless move, although it is estimated that the cost will be surprisingly high, but now he can't take care of it, and if he can't even guarantee his survival, then it is useless to ask for money.

"Well, starting tomorrow, the inhabitants of Port Hedland will begin to retreat to the Pilbara area, and I will leave it to the two of you." Jack thought of it and handed over Port Hedland to Chan Siu Cheung and Zhu Shenggang.

There is a division of labor between Jack and Chan Siu Qiang and Zhu Shenggang, and Chan Siu Qiang and Zhu Shenggang are not involved in the construction of Port Hedland and the management of the mining area; Jack is not involved in the military, and even if he stays, it will not help the rest of the battle, so Jack will also withdraw to the Pilbara area.

The Pilbara area is actually not far from Port Hedland, the straight-line distance is about more than 100 kilometers, and the retreat is not troublesome, and there is a railway connection between the Pilbara area and Port Hedland, although the railway was built to transport ore, it is also used to transport people.

"Don't be too anxious, Timothy has just left, even if the Council of Pass still decides to attack Port Hedland, it will take half a month to mobilize, and when Pass's army comes, I'm afraid it will be a month later, so we still have time." Chen Zhaoqiang, the old god, is here.

Chen Zhaoqiang used the combat effectiveness of the Anzac during the world war to estimate the reaction speed of the National Guard in Pass, in fact, the real situation is worse than this, although the National Guard in Passe City is also composed of former Anzac members, but in terms of combat effectiveness, the current Paz National Guard is not a star and a half worse than the Anzac during the World War, and it cannot be the same at all.

"Then do we need to continue to buy supplies?" Jack also wanted to continue stockpiling supplies.

If you transport supplies from Lanfang to Port Hedland, it doesn't take too long, a month is enough for freighters to make several trips, and if you continue to buy supplies, you can still ship them back.

"No, we've almost stockpiled supplies, and it's enough to defeat the National Guard in Pass, and even if the Australian government directly intervenes in this matter, we're not out of power, so it's okay." Chen Zhaoqiang is not worried.

Not to mention the Australian government, even the city government of Pass, if they want to send troops to Port Hedland, they have to cross the ocean, which is not easy, 1,800 kilometers of logistics supply line, this is a desperate length.

"Before preparing for the war, we still have one more thing to do, the people on this list must be arrested immediately, those who should be repatriated to their original places of origin must be repatriated, and the handling of those who should be dealt with must not be tolerated." Chan took out a list and handed it to Jack.

"Joe? What happened to Joe? As soon as he saw the first name, Jack exclaimed.

"Joe" is a friend of Jack's, and after Jack settles down in Port Hedland, Joe comes from England to join Jack and runs a shipping company with three freighters in Port Hedland.

"Joe is an agent, he is in the service of the British, he has been revealing the relevant information about Port Hedland to the British, and the people on this list are all agents, and not only for the British, but also for the Americans, for the Australian government, and even for the French." Chen Zhaoqiang explained clearly, looking at Jack with a little pity.

Port Hedland occupies an important position in Qin Zhiyuan's territory, and for this, the Lanfang National Security Bureau will definitely not relax. This list is the result of the work of agents of the National Security Agency in Lanfang.

In fact, agents can't be completely cleaned up, even if they find one and catch another, they will still keep sending them, so after the Lanfang National Security Bureau found the agents, they didn't deal with them immediately, but closely monitored those agents and let them serve other countries.

Of course, this is a method that can only be used in peacetime, and in wartime, all these hidden dangers must be removed, otherwise they may cause some kind of chaos.

"Joe—I'll go myself." Jack understood what the agent meant, but as a good friend, Jack still wanted to confront Joe in person.

"Okay, Joe will leave it to you." On this issue, Chen Zhaoqiang didn't want to get into a fight with Jack, anyway, no matter what, Joe's end was already doomed.

After a brief discussion, Jack, Chen Zhaoqiang, and Zhu Shenggang performed their own responsibilities, and the work began immediately.

At dinner time, Jack prepares a dinner at the "Governor's Palace" and sends someone to invite Joe.

Joe had been a guest at Jack's "Governor's Palace" before, so after receiving Jack's invitation, Joe was undoubtedly happy to attend the banquet.

In order to say goodbye to his friends, Jack still has a heart, and the dinner is very rich, which surprises Joe.

"Something seems to have happened, otherwise you wouldn't be so generous." Joe holds a bottle of wine in his hand as a gift and looks at Jack and smiles.

Joe and Jack are about the same age, both in their early thirties, and the two are old friends, so they talk more casually. Compared with Jack, who is now a bit rugged, Joe can be described as elegant, whether it is a straight suit on his body or rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose, he has the smell of Sven's books, which is also the reason why Jack and Joe have a good relationship.

"Yes, I'm leaving Port Hedland after this meal, so it's our last meal." Jack didn't hide it from Joe, and at this parting moment, Jack didn't plan to hide anything more.

"What's going on?" Joe asked Jack with concern, opening the wine he had brought and pouring it into the decanter.

"The government of Paz is going to raise taxes again, and this time it is too much, neither I nor my boss can stand it, so my boss decided to have a showdown with the city government of Pass." As soon as Jack opened his mouth, he revealed an important piece of news.

"Your boss? Who qualifies for this? Sure enough, as Jack expected, hearing Jack say this, Joe's eyes were clearly excited, and his hands were shaking when he poured the wine.

"Who else? There are not many people in this world who are qualified to be my boss, think about where all this ore has been shipped, you should know. Jack's expression was a little gloomy, and there was resentment growing in his heart.

"You mean—Qin?" Joe gave an obvious answer.

"Yes, it's Qin, he's my boss, although everything here is nominally mine, but it's actually his, including these ores, so you can now understand why those ores are sold so expensive, because Qin doesn't need to pay at all, just the left hand to the right hand, in addition to the tax due, Qin doesn't need to pay an extra shilling, and because of this, the Paz City Government's decision to raise taxes will annoy Qin." Jack is really speechless.

"It's really-unimaginable, all of this is actually Qin's." Joe was a little stunned when he heard this, the impact of this news was too great.

It has been more than a year since Joe came to Port Hedland, and it can be said that in this year or so, the information Joe has obtained is not as important as the information obtained in these two minutes, and now Joe doesn't want to eat, he just wants to go home quickly, and then send the news out.

Well, this time the reward should not be less, maybe you can retire soon-

"Not only that, including the Pilbara region, including the army of the Pilbara region, are all Qin's." Jack continues to break the news, successfully attracting Joe's interest.

"The army? Is there an army in the Pilbara region? Joe felt like she was going to faint, and this was another piece of explosive news.

"Of course there is, and there are a lot of them, otherwise where would Qin have the confidence to turn against the Paz City Government? In the Pilbara area, there are now four divisions, two of which were retired directly from Lan Fang's army sequence, so you should now understand why Qin is not afraid of the city government of Pas. Jack didn't just talk about it, he even broke out the specific data, which made Joe feel unreal.

"The army alone is not enough to fight the Australian or British government." Joe didn't think Port Hedland had much chance of winning this battle.

Joe still thinks traditionally, as a port city, as long as the port is blocked, basically the war will end, stalking is not the style of Europeans, when the situation is unfavorable, Europeans will compromise to strive for a comeback.

When the Chinese were ruled by foreign races in history, a large number of Chinese people would resist to the end every time, which is also an important reason why the Chinese nation can continue to this day.

(To be continued.) )