Liu Dongshui, the Minister of National Defense, came to Hong Kong not simply to watch a so-called maritime exercise, but to prepare in advance for whether Australia could smoothly send troops to interfere in Ming affairs two years later.

It can be said that he came to Hong Kong to prepare for the later paving of the road, and Australia must pave the way in advance if it needs to interfere in the affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

Shen Youlong, a reform-minded and more accepting Australian, has been registered in the Congress, and it is said that everyone has decided to let him serve as the head of the cabinet of the Southern Ming Dynasty in the future, as for why he, the reason does not need to be thought about to know, there are too few suitable candidates.

Of course, there is also a well-known Mr. Shui Taileng in history, Qian Qianyi is also one of the candidates, but this guy is not very good in everyone's impression, and later took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, with his kind of character, it is difficult to say what he will do to be sorry for Australia in the future.

Therefore, the best candidate is still Shen Youlong, the two sides have been in contact for a long time, he is also more optimistic about the policies implemented by Australia, and at the same time has great hopes for the new army.

is optimistic about him now, that is, to constantly guide him in contact, not to mention that Shen Yulong seems to be a little dependent on Australians.

At present, the economy of Liangguang is largely dependent on the import and export trade of Australians, who buy raw silk and tea here and then ship it back to China for processing and then sell it back to Daming.

In addition to bringing huge trade volume to the Australians, one in and one out also brought a lot of benefits to the merchants of the Ming Dynasty. Many of the businessmen who work with Australians make a lot of money.

Australia's military expansion policy has always been constrained by the local population and urban restrictions, and if the expansion is too large, it will be a big problem for the country's finances and security.

Liu Dongshui came to Hong Kong to solve this problem, and the Ministry of National Defense formulated a set of recruitment plans for the Foreign Legion.

As the name suggests, the Foreign Legion is an army that takes money to fight and obey orders, these people can be people from any country, and the purpose of their existence is to fight, like France in later generations has always retained a Foreign Legion.

These Foreign Legions help the French on their missions outside the country, and as long as they are paid weapons and money, they can choose to become French citizens or return to their original country after completing their service. It still attracted a considerable number of people to join the Foreign Legion.

Some young foreigners who don't have the money to emigrate will choose this risky profession that could cost their lives at any time.

Australia wants to establish a Foreign Legion in Hong Kong to cope with the sudden change in a year and ensure that its interests in the two areas will not be affected.

The refugees became the first choice of Liu Dongshui and the Ministry of National Defense, and there were too many young people among these people who could be used at any time as long as they were recruited.

Daming lacks nothing, that is, there is no shortage of population, and too much population has led to the current crisis of Daming, but this is also another benefit of Daming, if it is in a strong state. Population is the biggest dividend, and the more people you have, the greater the benefits of expansion.

From every foreign war in history, we can see that it takes a huge population to succeed, and no certain percentage of the population will be assimilated even if it is laid in a large land.

At that time, there were only 100,000 people in the Houjin Dynasty, and in the end they could reach one million, but these people were no different from the Han people later, and after the liberation, there were few people who could understand their own language. This is the main reason for the small population.

So Australia is going to recruit a foreign force of 500 people from these refugees, train them and devote them to defending Hong Kong.

The establishment of the Foreign Legion was notified by Congress, which had long been the biggest concern of the expansion of the army for fear of a military rebellion. And this is definitely a threat to all the people in Australia, who don't want their lives to be controlled by others.

The best way to prevent rebellion among the senior officers of the army is to limit their expansion if the number of troops is small. They don't pose much of a threat, and there is a National Guard unit on the ground that can resist.

The proposal of the Ministry of Defense and the Army Command to establish a Foreign Legion overseas can be said to be in line with everyone's heart. It is relatively acceptable to both sides.

Even if the officer in charge of this army has an idea, he needs to be able to transport the troops back to the mainland, and at the same time, the local has all his ammunition and weapons supplies, which is equivalent to controlling his lifeblood, and he can't do anything at all, so there is nothing to worry about.

With these reflections in mind, there is naturally no congressional mandate.

There are too many refugees outside the Hong Kong port, Liu Dongshui in addition to recruiting a team to maintain law and order, but also to recruit a group of soldiers who dare to go to the battlefield among them, although the best time to intervene is two years later, but next year's big changes, the situation in the Ming Dynasty has fallen into chaos, Australia still needs a force to stay in Hong Kong for deterrence.

With such a force, at the same time, it can continue to let Shen Youlong stay in the position of governor of Liangguang and maintain great power, and on the other hand, it can also make those who have different intentions about Hong Kong dare not act rashly.

The news of Liu Dongshui's recruitment of soldiers has been informed to Zhou Chenyang and Uncle Lao Gen of the Hong Kong Governor's Office, and they have asked them to prepare on their behalf.

In fact, there are not many refugees who can receive food supplies every day, but basically everyone can receive it every other day, because Australia implements a license to receive food, and everyone who receives food will be registered.

That's it, you can only guarantee that you won't starve to death, but it's really hard to get enough to eat.

I heard that Australians want to recruit soldiers, many young people immediately had an idea, this is a lot of benefits of being a soldier, three meals a day, clothes to wear, and money to take, if you want to serve for five years, you can directly become an Australian citizen, because you have made contributions to Australia, according to the law you can immigrate to Australia.

The main thing is that even if you die, the Australian government will compensate your loved ones for a very high fee, and they can go anywhere in Australia if they want to.

Such favorable conditions do attract many people to go to the registration point of the Ministry of Defense to register, but the requirements for soldiers are still very high, especially the height requirements are very large, and there is age.

According to this number, the Ministry of Defense does not need to be vertically lined up here for seven days at all, as long as one day is enough, but in line with the principle of selecting the best quality soldiers, Liu Dongshui still asked people to continue to vertically arrange for seven days, and when these people are evaluated uniformly after the end, they will make a decision on which people to stay. (To be continued......)