As the westernmost overseas consulate of Datang in Asia, the development degree of Donghui's overseas consulate is relatively low among several Asian overseas consulates. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In fact, in addition to the existence of the United China Special Economic Zone, the strongest economic strength among all the overseas territories of Datang should be regarded as Guwei overseas territories. The overseas territory of this archipelago, which consists of Sakhalin Island and Hokkaido Island, plus the Kuril Islands, has exceeded one million due to the direct migration of hundreds of thousands of Manchu immigrants after the Jingshi Change, followed by a certain number of Japanese, German, and even Han immigrants.

Manchu in the Central Plains after the degree of sinicization is high, from the backward state of the wilderness into the state of agricultural civilization, many of the Manchus are cultural and good ability, although their personal control is still strict, but after many years, many people have been content to live in Nanguwei Island, a place where the climate and water and soil are still good. The rigorous lifestyle of the Tang people, the more fast-paced work, has slowly assimilated them. Although there are still a considerable number of people who have grievances against Datang, they are powerless to resist. So far, there is no full-man security force in the Guwei Overseas Territory, and the defense work is undertaken by the Datang regular army and even the foreign army.

It has cultivated a large area of fertile land, and it is also the largest petrochemical production base of Datang in the Asia-Pacific region, with a certain amount of modern industries such as steel and shipbuilding.

The rest of the overseas territories do not have the economic scale and strength of Guwei overseas territories, and they are more like ordinary colonies, but Datang does not have any cruel economic plunder. Sunda's overseas consulate is the strongest except for Goodway. First of all, the Sunda overseas territory is vast. More than a million square kilometers. The West Borneo region has a certain amount of simple industry, and the island of Java, which originally took over the Dutch, also has a certain economic capacity, so it is generally okay. Most of the remaining overseas territories basically maintained the production situation of the primary industry, and the Tang people cooperated with local forces to carry out a certain degree of innovation in production relations, and at the same time increased the development of local specialties, but the development of industry and service industry lagged behind. It is still playing the role of a supplier of raw materials and a place of product processing.

For example, Donghui Overseas Territory, relatively speaking, the control of the Tang people is relatively weak. It's not as good as overseas consulates like Siam and Chenla. At the same time, the ethnic composition of Donghui's overseas territory is more complex, the Assamese (Thai), Bengalis, Rakhine, Manipur and so on all live in this area, they are powerless to resist the Tang people, only to obey the Tang people, of course, in fact, they have been doing this for thousands of years, each time they are conquered is just a change of ruler.

After the Tang people came, they brought a new administrative system, but due to limited manpower, most of the administrative work was still carried out by the local nobles, and many local nobles would not strictly implement the Tang tax system at all. It's still the same old routine, even if the Tang people know about it. But there's no good way to do it. Simply slowly cultivate local forces, such as cultivating a group of Tanghua locals through education, and slowly change this.

In essence, Donghui's overseas territory is still a relatively traditional agricultural economy, except for some plantations and companies opened by the Tang people, the production model is also relatively old. It can provide Datang with a considerable amount of jute and other crops, and then it acts as a dumping ground for Datang's commodities. The entry of the Tang merchants directly defeated the local merchants and the British, providing the locals with various necessities such as salt and cloth.

Chittagong is the capital of Donghui's overseas territories, a natural harbor, and has achieved considerable development after the 16th century. Originally controlled by the Mughal Empire in the Bengal province, the Tang people's westward advance finally seized this important port, making it the most important foreign trade port for the Tang Dynasty's Donghui overseas territory.

Datang has long adhered to the spirit of free trade, so even its own overseas territories have opened the merchant ships of other countries to trade activities, of course, the merchant ships of other countries must pay high tariffs and various miscellaneous fees, because other countries have not opened their ports to Datang. The British who were close by would also come to Chittagong for some trade, albeit in relatively limited quantities. In terms of commodity competition, the European powers, including Britain, were all lagging behind the Tang Dynasty. Whether it is their textiles or other goods, it is difficult to compete with Tang goods in terms of price and quality, not to mention that they themselves have discriminatory tariffs. The British basically do not import industrial goods from England to Chittagong, and are generally monopoly goods, such as Persian carpets, Indian handicrafts and other things, such special goods are relatively small in quantity and not very profitable. The British were not satisfied, but they had no better way, Donghui's overseas territory was controlled by the Tang people, and most of the daily goods came from the Tang Dynasty, which was the status quo they were powerless to change.

The Tang Dynasty's presence in the Indian Ocean is much smaller than that in the Asia-Pacific region, and even Chittagong, although it has established a Marine Police District, has always had only two Dragon-class gunboats, while the British have deployed their own steam-ironclad frigates converted from the Tang Dynasty in British India. This also made the British rare to raise their eyebrows in front of the Tang people. But the British did not dare to provoke the Tang people at sea, not long ago they encountered a gunboat of the Tang Navy at sea, originally wanted to scare and scare them, who knew that this gunboat immediately flew out of 20 knots, throwing them so that they could not even see a shadow. In addition, the Tang people could send a larger fleet here at any time, and in Donghui and the adjacent Burmese overseas territories, the Tang army had tens of thousands of troops, which the British would never dare to challenge. Because as long as they did, the Tang would have an excuse to fight all the way to Bengal and even deep into the hinterland of India.

The British fear of the Tang people is constantly refreshing, and seven years ago, the Tang people fought thousands of kilometers all the way from Siam to Bangladesh, leaving the British jaw-dropping. This is a military ability that they cannot understand and achieve, the key is that the Tang people are not only able to break through so far, but also actually control these areas afterwards, although this control is not strong, but it is enough to declare these areas as their own land.

Therefore, the main strategy of the British in South Asia was to limit the development of the Tang people and keep peace with them, while on the other hand, they devoured the power of the princely states and eventually formed a subcontinent hegemony to gain a competitive advantage over the Tang people. (To be continued.) )