The Migratory Bird Program is a large-scale comprehensive national strategic plan finalized by the Cabinet in the near future, and the main area of its development is in the Qing Kingdom of East Asia, because the roots of the Tang people are still in the homeland of China, so going to their hometown is like a return voyage of migratory birds, so it is called the Migratory Bird Plan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The INFO program covers a wide range of topics, including commerce, diplomacy, culture, immigration, and the military, which is extremely complex.

The migratory bird program is divided into multiple phases, and there are various changes in the plan, but the most important thing at present is to make the first contact. Paiknan also saw the relevant deployment of the cabinet in the document of the confidential migratory bird plan issued by the cabinet.

"A 10,000-ton passenger ship, two 6,000-ton freighters, two 3,000-ton freighters, and two frigates to escort such a fleet are already incomparable in this era." Bai Nan looked at the Chinese piece in his hand and sighed.

Deng Xiyi said: "This configuration is enough for us to bring back 1,000 to 2,000 immigrants from the Qing Dynasty, and then import some of the industrial raw materials and necessities we need, such as tea, tobacco, silk, Chinese medicinal materials, etc." The fleet is already in the process of intense preparations, and it is expected to be able to do so before the end of the solar calendar, with the destination being Guangzhou. ”

Bai Nan was a little worried, and said: "I'm still not very worried about our voyage, I'm not worried about any problems on the route, I'm a little worried that after arriving in Guangzhou, our Chinese identity may bring all kinds of unnecessary troubles." ”

Deng Xiyi teased him and said: "So you kid directly came up with the idea to enter the capital, can you do whatever you want?" ”

Bai Nan's face flushed slightly, and said, "Of course, this idea of mine is more difficult to implement. ”

Deng Xiyi said: "Someone said that we used the Spaniards to come forward to make those Qing Dynasty officials think that we were also from Europe, but the operation is too complicated, and there may be various problems, after all, the Spaniards are not of the same mind as us, maybe they will explain our bottom line." Therefore, we will still say that we are Chinese who went abroad to establish a country hundreds of years ago, after all, our clothing, hairstyle, context, etc. are very different from the Qing Dynasty, and they can't control us. ”

Bai Nan thought for a while and said: "Since we take Tang as the name of our country, it is better to say that in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, we were ordered by the Tang Emperor to cross the East, but we lost our course and arrived at the Chinese in the easterner part of Japan." ”

Deng Xiyi smiled: "This statement is also okay. I think that we are actually going to do business, and the trade of the Qing Dynasty was mainly officials and merchants like the Thirteen Lines of Guangzhou, who not only controlled the trade intermediaries, but also had the function of customs, and these people were merchants after all, and the trade with us must be very profitable, as for how to repay the superiors, it is not a matter of their mouths. ”

Bai Nan nodded, and said, "It seems that the matter of trade is not a big problem, but it must be a trouble to obtain immigrants." The Qing may do business with us, but they will never agree to us 'plundering' their people and taking them overseas. ”

"It's really a problem. The idea was that the fleet, after trading in Canton, would sail to Hong Kong, which was largely deserted and had only a few small fishing villages, outside the administrative care of the Qing government. We could have sent people into the villages and towns around Guangdong to recruit workers, and with the speed of the Qing government's response, when they learned of the fact that a large number of people had gone to sea, our ship had already left Hong Kong and returned to California. Deng Xiyi said confidently.

"But in this way, the next time I come to recruit immigrants, it will be difficult to do it blatantly."

Deng Xiyi said: "In fact, it is impossible to carry out such activities openly, but as the Hakka people who are the main body of our absorption, they are bold and aggressive, they have already gone to Southeast Asia in large numbers, we can set up transshipment centers on the coastal islands, these people who are interested in migrating can reach these islands first, and when our migrant ships arrive, they can be sent to California." ”

Bai Nan thought this was a better solution, and he said, "In this case, we need to at least set up a base on the islands off the coast of Guangdong that can help us do these things." ”

Deng Xiyi's face suddenly had a hint of red light at this time, and his eyes were slightly bright, and he said, "Actually, I have a more radical approach. ”

"You say."

"Bai Nan, you read a lot, you must know that the period from the end of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty to the family background, that is, the period from the nineties of the eighteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century, is the third peak of the development of Chinese piracy, at this time a series of famous Wang Yang thieves such as Zheng Yi, Zheng Yi's sister-in-law, Cai Lian, Zhang Baozai, etc. And our time is almost the beginning of the growth of pirates. We could not completely control the Qing Dynasty's official and military sailors, and then control the maritime trade, but we could try to cultivate a pirate group along the coast of Guangdong and Fujian with our power to control the sea area in disguise and hold trade hostage. We have a lot of advantages, first of all, we have too many extra ships in our hands, and dragging a few sailing ships to the pirates we have cultivated is enough for the Qing Shui Master to drink a pot, after all, the Guangdong Sailors of this era are not comparable to the Zheng He Sailors in the early Ming Dynasty. We still have a large number of weapons, there is no need to give them if they are too good, NORINCO has completed a paper shell bullet rifled rear loading pin gun, which is naturally far worse than our S1, but it is also considered an advanced weapon in this era. On the one hand, we can use pirates to influence maritime trade, and on the other hand, we can use these pirates to help us transfer immigrants, killing two birds with one stone! ”

Bai Nan also had to admire Deng Xiyi's rhapsody, this usually cold-faced naval commander, who had previously rhapulted about a great development of the navy, was directly dropped by Path, and now he has come up with this trick of "raising a man for his own use", this imagination alone has surpassed many military experts.

"This is indeed a good way, but if a pirate group is formed off the coast of Guangdong, then we must send a trustworthy person to do it, Captain Deng, do you have any good candidates?"

Deng Xiyi looked at Bai Nan for a long time, and said with a strange smile: "Actually, I wanted to recommend you to come at first, but our president said that you are indispensable here in California, and let you command a group of pirates, which is a bit overkill, and it is indeed the case when I think about it." Later, someone in the navy volunteered, and I agreed. ”

Bai Nan was slightly curious and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"Yang Zhen."

Bai Nan was a little surprised: "How could this great eunuch think of going to be a pirate?" ”

Deng Xiyi said: "I think Yang Zhen is really much more suitable than you, Yang Zhen is said to have stayed on a sea ship before entering the palace in his early years, and he knows these things very well." Although Yang Zhen was castrated, he was quite rude, and he was also very righteous on the ship, and was respected by the crew. I think that he, a native of the Ming Dynasty, always understands the suffering of the common people better than us people, and knows how to organize manpower in ancient times. Therefore, I also agreed with him to lead people to form a pirate group off the coast of Guangdong. ”

Bai Nan shook his head helplessly: "The big eunuch is a pirate, and this world has really become a little fast." ”

"The navy will give Yang Zhen enough support, advanced weapons from NORINCO, several sailing ships with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons, and a lot of financial support, Yang Zhen can recruit a very considerable team in the local area for our use." It can be seen that Deng Xiyi is still very optimistic about this.

After chatting with Deng Xiyi for a while, Bai Nanbian returned to Los Angeles City, and happened to meet Wang Jinghong, Secretary of Commerce.

"General Counselor Bai, did that group of Spanish ghosts send away?"

"Not dishonoring the mission, they are already here, and our two merchant ships are also following." Bai Nan replied.

Wang Jinghong said with a smile: "That's good, it's just that this one has just finished a business, and what kind of migratory bird plan are we going to prepare, it's really not easy to fill up those merchant ships." ”

Although California's industrial development is very rapid, most of the output is also for its own use, such as many industrial machinery products, Datang is not interested in producing machine tools like other countries. The Qing Dynasty was a place that was obviously conservative, with a small peasant economy that was self-sufficient, while textiles, which were the most important in the Industrial Revolution era, were underdeveloped due to the lack of textile raw materials in the local area. However, Anhua Chemical is working hard to engage in nylon and chemical fiber, but it will not see any results in the short term.

"Products such as soap and perfume are the main products of our exports, as well as all kinds of leather goods that we produce, not to mention glassware and glass mirrors, which have always been on our sales list. The batch of sugarcane that the Mexicans got has already begun to be further processed, and our factory plans to make all kinds of flavored sugar, and get a ton or two to see how much it can be sold. The miscellaneous family instructed Yingshan Iron and Steel to create a batch of stainless steel knives, after all, the degree of firearms is not high, and there is no shortage of cold weapons in hand. In the end, there was only gold and silver. We minted millions of silver peony coins in order to circulate them to the outside world. Several gold mines have also been mined, and our gold holdings will continue to increase, and it is also appropriate to export a batch to the outside world. ”

Paik remembered San Francisco, which was already preparing to be built, and was positioned as the second industrial city after Los Angeles, and the most important industry here was gold mining in the early days. Nearly all of California's gold mines are nationalized, but the cabinet is said to be preparing to open up some sites for gold panning in order to attract immigrants.

There are concerns that an excessive obsession with gold may lead to the degradation of the reclamation, but Bai Nam believes that a good package can retain the gold diggers, and that if gold comes quickly, it can actually go quickly.