At the wharf of Keelung Port on Dayuan Island, a group of workers are busy transporting boxes of materials on cargo ships to the warehouse not far from the wharf.

Since Australia announced its entry into the war, on average, two cargo ships departing from the mainland will enter the port every three days to unload supplies, according to the future participation in the war, the position of Dayuan Island is very important, he is one of the important material bases for the future recovery of the Yangtze River south of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, it is also an important defensive front line for the northern Manchu division to go south, the Manchu Qing water division has been suppressed and the port can not be turbulent, and there is no ability to go south to participate in the war, Hauge repeatedly asked the imperial court to send more naval divisions to fight together, from the sea and land, to solve the current problems, but in the end they were all vetoed by the imperial court.

It was not that Dolgon held the power of the imperial court and refused to send troops there, but that five Australian warships crossed the outer harbor of Tianjin, cruising the entire northern coastal area for a long time, and as long as any ship was not inspected, the Australians would not hesitate to sink it.

In the words of the Australians, even if you hit the wrong one, you can't let go of any of them, so Australia has also issued a special pass in the East China Sea, which has only two things, one is a small Australian flag, and the other is a blue book, which is stamped with the seal of the Australian Expeditionary Force Command.

Only the merchant ships of these two things can pass, of course, these two things are not free, the Australians implement a fee per ship, which is somewhat similar to the original Zheng family, of course, this is one of the main reasons why merchants can accept.

It's just that Zheng Zhilong has a little regret in his heart, and agreed to go to Annan for development, but he can't collect protection fees, which he can collect hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year just in the East China Sea, and suddenly this money falls into the pockets of Australians, and I still feel a little pity, after all, Fujian is lost, and no source of income has been affected.

However, the Australians have not completely cut off the Zheng family's financial resources. But the power of trade with Japan is still in the hands of the Zheng family, that is, the maintenance and trade on this route are still done by them, of course, the Zheng family's territory in Fujian is gone, and it has become a big problem for ships to dock for supplies, and Dayuan Island has become one of their supply places.

As the main force of the Zheng family moved to Annam for development, the expansion of the territory there became larger and larger, and as the local products there were sold to Japan, Keelung took advantage of this opportunity to vigorously develop into a transshipment port in China.

Not only did the Zheng family's cargo ships dock here for supplies, but it was absolutely forbidden for merchant ships along the northern coast of the Ming Dynasty to sell their goods to the south, because most of the south was in the hands of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty. In one case, even Australians were afraid that spies and Manchu soldiers would get in, so it was strictly forbidden for merchant ships to go south, so goods from the north had to dock at Keelung if they wanted to enter the south, and they were being transported to the south from here.

Keelung's transit status has also been formed, as the only overseas consulate managed by the conservatives, Dayuan Island is an important base for the conservatives to fight back in the future, and a large number of conservative members will be sent here every year for training.

Billy Zhou took office after New Year's Day this year, according to reliable sources. With the increase in the economic status of Dayuandao, it may be promoted to the rank of Governor-General at the ministerial level by the end of this year, that is, the rights of the administrative level are the same as those of several other overseas Consulates.

From this, it can be seen that the conservatives have been slowly recovering. Ready for the next election, it should be no problem for Billy Chow to be elected governor at the ministerial level.

After careful planning by conservatives, Dayuan Island has now become a major exporter of Australian sugar, because its location in the tropical sea is suitable for growing sugar cane. Therefore, a larger sugar cane plantation was reclaimed on the basis of the original on the island, and in order to facilitate the extraction of cane sugar, two sugar factories were built in Keelung and Tamsui. The two sugar factories are entirely invested and built by the state-owned farm group and belong to authentic state-owned enterprises.

The conservatives are now quite strict about internal rectification, and there is rarely such a thing as corruption and bribery, after all, everyone is actually not short of money, and if this time is still the same as before, then the conservatives are very likely to lose the election in the next election.

Although they don't have much hope for the next election, they still need to win seats in Congress, so they have to make sure that this kind of thing is happening, and this kind of thing is a big damage to the credibility of conservatives.

Zhou Billy was standing by the port at this time and watching the more and more materials being transported, he could feel that the attitude of the country towards participating in the war could almost be said to be unchangeable, and in principle, he himself had a certain resistance to participating in the war, and did not support large-scale participation in the war.

There is nothing wrong with the special status of the two provinces, but they do not have a separate strength to support the war, which will inevitably require Australia to enter the main battlefield, and once Australia enters the main battlefield, it is very likely to drag down the domestic economy.

Conservatives have always attached more importance to the development of the country than abroad, and most of them are willing to immigrate more to Australia and do not want to be directly involved in this war, after all, the Manchu Qing has unified the north, and the territory controlled by the two Guangxi is not very large, in addition to the main production areas and the recent Fujian was taken by Hauge, Australia will not win this war without fighting the main battlefield.

As more and more materials are delivered, it means that Australia's attitude towards entering the war is becoming more and more clear, and the time to enter the battlefield will be more and more advanced. The sooner the time advances, the greater the impact on the domestic economy, but with the recent introduction of several welfare policies, it seems that the Huang Phuc government intends to appease the opposition and deliberately do so.

No matter what he did, Billy Zhou didn't think it should be, looking at the cargo ship in the port, he sighed helplessly, and then turned around and prepared to go back.

But I happened to meet an acquaintance face-to-face, the top person in charge of the garrison stationed on Dayuan Island, Qi Yajun, who was walking with a smile on his face.

"Old Zhou, are you also coming to the dock to receive supplies?"

Obviously, Qi Yajun didn't know that Zhou Billy was just here to relax, not to receive supplies like him.

This time to participate in the war, the troops of Dayuan Island will also be transferred to Hong Kong, so the weapons of the soldiers of the garrison are being reequipped with more advanced 1642 rifles recently, and the reason why Qi Jianjun is so happy is completely because he came to receive a batch of newly arrived military supplies.

Billy Zhou shook his head and said that he was not here to receive supplies, and glanced at the materials carried down from the ship, "The war is getting closer and closer, and the time for you to transfer to Hong Kong is getting closer and closer." ”

"Yes, soon, if nothing else, it is estimated that we will enter Hong Kong next week and then go to the battlefield." Qi Jianjun seems to be very excited about going to the battlefield, and for the soldiers, maybe they will be excited, after all, only on the battlefield can they make achievements. (To be continued.) )