Chapter 556: Visit
October 1, 1644
On the day of the National Day, the Secretary of State of the Republic of Australia, Mr. Huang Fu, and his entourage arrived in Hong Kong and decided to pay a three-day state visit to Guangzhou.
This important piece of information was highlighted in the headlines on the front pages of the Liangguang Daily and the Daming Royal Daily.
The headline on the front page shows how important it is.
Huang Fu is the Secretary of State of the Republic of Australia, and it can be said that his status in Australia is quite high, and he is the second highest leader in Australia in addition to the president.
Moreover, the secretary of state generally deals with domestic affairs, and the president is responsible for external affairs, but because the president of the current administration is too old to visit, Huang Fu will do the work for him.
Shen Youlong and King Gui attached great importance to the visit of Australian officials, especially after knowing Huang Fu's identity, they paid more attention to it.
This is the first assistant in Australia, so the visit of a big official is the first time, although in the past, the Ming can ignore any of the envoys of the state, but now it is not possible.
The strong existence of Australia has seriously affected whether the Ming Dynasty can continue to inherit and recover the lost territory in the north.
Shen Youlong has not yet arrogantly thought that he can put aside the Australians and go it alone, if that is the case, it is estimated that the Manchus are the most happy, and the reason why the Manchu government does not dare to invade Liangguang easily is that the Australians are very large.
This state visit is a bit special, one is to let everyone know the relationship between Australia and the Ming Dynasty, and the other is to expand the influence, expand Australia's influence in the Ming Dynasty, and let everyone know that there is also a country established by the Chinese overseas, and that country is called Australia.
It can be said that Huang Fu's visit was politically motivated. Judging from the current situation, the main issues he discussed this time were the views of the Liangguang government on Jiangnan and the expansion of the army and the invitation of the Australian army to fight.
Although there are more than 5,000 people in Liangguang recently, after all, there are still too few people, and it is very difficult to use a few thousand people against hundreds of thousands of people, and the price paid will definitely be very heavy.
In order to completely solve the Manchu threat, it was necessary to drive the Manchu forces to the north bank of the Yangtze River and control the entire area south of the Yangtze River.
But the cost and strength of the troops required to do so would be very high, and it would be impossible to accomplish this great task with 5,000 new troops alone, and it would have to be done with the cooperation of others.
In other words, Liangguang needs an ally. A strong ally can support it to unify Jiangnan, and now the entire Jiangnan force is not so strong, so Australia is a strong foreign aid.
The Australians' firearms and troops have strong combat capabilities, which is the most suitable ally for allies, and it has always been the best partner that Shen Yulong wants the most, as for why Australia.
This started with the Australians' rapid construction of Hong Kong into a town, and this construction speed development model was favored by him.
Just leave everything else behind. From this point of view, it is enough to show that Australians have a unique set of theories in development.
In addition to having a strong advantage in the development model, their military combat capability is also very strong, which is the main reason why Shen Yulong finally chose Australia as an ally.
Huang Fu's visit to Australia has set a new record for a top leader's visit since the founding of the People's Republic of China. In the past, the highest level of diplomatic personnel was the visit of ministerial-level cadres.
If it is ranked according to the rank of later generations, Huang Fu's rank should be at least the treatment of the vice-national level.
It was the first time that someone of this level had visited the country, so the local Australian newspaper also used a headline for this visit. What three hundred years later set foot on the homeland again.
In short, it is a tone, emphasizing that the relationship between Australia and the Ming Dynasty is extraordinary, and the diplomatic relations between the two countries should be fair and normalized. Don't think about what **** you put yourself on.
This is the news revealed by the Australian newspaper, Daming has not yet set up an office in Australia, but Australia has set up a consulate in Guangzhou, through this visit, in order to deepen cooperation, so a consulate general should be set up in Australia.
Huang Fu's visit can be said to be a direct trip to Hong Kong, escorted by the Navy frigate Pearl to Hong Kong, and then returned to China on the frigate Uranus.
The Governor and Mayor of Hong Kong attended the welcoming ceremony at the wharf, which was the first foreign visit by a highest-level leader in Australian history, and the Governor's Office of Hong Kong also attached great importance to it.
According to the itinerary, Huang Fu's first day in Hong Kong will be spent at a dinner with local entrepreneurs and key officers of the garrison.
The itinerary of the second day is mainly based on visits and condolences visits, mainly local enterprises in Hong Kong, as well as some enterprises founded by immigrants.
Hong Kong is dominated by import and export trade and contract processing, and this development route has been summed up by Australian economists based on the successful experience of later generations.
At the end of the visit to the enterprise, Huang Fu will leave for Guangzhou for a state visit in the afternoon, in order to show the solemnity and the degree of attention, King Gui specially sent people to Hong Kong to greet and escort.
There can't be anything wrong with this key mouth, if something happens to Huang Fu here, then Liangguang can't afford to take this responsibility.
You must know that there are many people who want to destroy the relationship between the two Guangzhous and the Australians, including many people, not to mention the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong may not be able to say, as for the others, there are even more, so Huang Fu's safety must be protected.
This time, Huang Fulai and Guangxi are not only negotiating on the issue of cooperation, but also important investment projects, and Australian enterprises will invest in Guangzhou, which is very important for developing the economy of Guangxi and Guangxi and improving the people's living standards.
Therefore, Shen Youlong had to pay attention to the arrival of Huang Fu, in order to make a good impression on the senior Australian officials, he had already notified the officials of various provinces and towns, as well as Li Zheng and others, to rest the official road and do a good job of escorting on both sides of the road.
This can be regarded as the first visit by a high-ranking official of the highest state since Liangguang hanged Chongzhen, and it has to be taken seriously.
If all the negotiations are successful, according to Zhang Tianwen's earlier disclosure, tens of thousands of indirect jobs will be created for the two Guangzhous, and tens of thousands of indirect jobs will be created.
For Shen Youlong, what he needs most is jobs, he needs to consume the refugees in various cities, these people are idle in the city all day long, sooner or later, something will happen, once there is something to do, it will be solved.
(To be continued.) )