Chapter 307: Developing Australia

In southeastern Australia, it has a temperate oceanic climate and a Mediterranean climate, with not hot summers, not cold winters, cool and dry summers, and warm and rainy winters. There are 240 days of sunshine a year, with an average of about 6 or 7 hours of sunshine per day.

The first settlers numbered more than 800 people, who established their first base on the coast of Sydney, and began to use this base as the center to cultivate land around it to grow wheat and various vegetables, and to raise a number of cattle and sheep. There was too much land here, and the people who came here all became landlords at this time.

The land in the coastal area is too fertile, and the most advantageous thing is that there is a large windy water range in the coastal area, which divides the coastal area into the eastern lowland and the western grassland, and the eastern lowland is rich in forest resources, rich land, and natural harbor.

The climate here is too comfortable, there is no harsh cold wave of low temperatures, and there is no sultry rainy season, and the soldiers and civilians who immigrate here feel very comfortable.

There are more than 300 naval officers and men stationed here, and the naval officers and men have easily built a safe defense line according to the terrain of the Great Fengshui Ridge. And through eviction and arrest, the problem of possible indigenous infestation was solved. And through the way of arrest, the first batch of contractors were tamed.

Australia's aborigines are relatively mild, and they are still in a primitive state of gathering and hunting, and turning them into bonded laborers is not oppressive to them. Although the amount of labor increased after these natives became bonded laborers, they were able to come into contact with civilization and were better fed and clothed than before.

Although the form of bonded labor is somewhat similar to that of slavery, it is indeed slightly different from slavery. First of all, Zhu Youxiao also guaranteed the basic right to survival of these contract workers, stipulating that they could not be abused, and that they could not be allowed to work too much, and at the same time they must ensure that these contract workers were fed, and also stipulated that they should be given some pocket money every month. During the Chinese New Year, some red envelopes should also be sent to the body workers.

The core idea is that the humanitarian rights of these indigenous people are also recognized, and their labor can be exploited, but in the process of exploitation, they cannot be subjected to cruel acts that violate humanity.

Those who are indigenous can be expelled. You can capture, but you can't slaughter.

In order to ensure the interests of the contractor, the ownership of the contractor belongs to the government, and individuals can only spend money to buy the contractor, and the purchase price will not be too low. If you spend money to buy a contract for a contractor, you must be responsible for the contractor, and if there is a work-related injury or death, if it is caused by human factors, you will also be held accountable by the government.

In addition, I purchased a body worker. As their own property, when the owner of the contractor uses the contractor, he will also do some consideration for the health of these contractors, and will also consider the marriage of the contractor, give birth to a small contractor, and raise him as a laborer.

Because of their mild-mannered personalities, it is relatively easy for Australian natives to be trained as contract workers after being captured. And the productivity of the natives is very low, and there is little fighting power militarily. There is no money to form a special army, not even a regime. Therefore, it is impossible for these natives to pose any threat to the Ming immigrants who have military protection.

After living here for some time, these immigrants to Australia feel that this is a paradise place.

In August of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, a merchant fleet formed in Beizhili came to the Australian stronghold, and this merchant fleet successfully arrived after sailing at sea for more than a month, bringing more than 2,000 immigrants to the Australian stronghold, as well as a variety of production materials. Chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, seeds, farm tools, etc., as well as many daily necessities.

At the same time, there was also a young county magistrate named Lin Shoutai who arrived at the Australian base, as well as a group of county government teams, including court personnel, police, armed police and other personnel.

Lin Shoutai before departure. was personally summoned by Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao naturally explained some precautions, Lin Shoutai's biggest task is to manage the people who immigrated to Australia well, avoid chaos among immigrants, and break away from the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Daming and Australia are indeed a little far away, but fortunately, Daming is now expanding to the South Seas, and in the case of using the South Seas as a springboard, the control over Australia is still relatively strong. In addition, Australia is a place where life is relatively good, and residents will be shaped into a type of life that is more at ease, and generally as long as the government manages and guides them, they will not break away from the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

The rogue countries that can dominate the world in later generations are basically gathered in the northern hemisphere, and the further north you go, the more extreme they are, and the countries in the southern hemisphere basically belong to the type of living with peace of mind.

Therefore, this place in Australia, even if it splits out in the future, will not threaten the Ming Dynasty. In addition, judging from the type of civilization in China, as long as the people who immigrated to the past are managed, it is unlikely to split out. The focus is still on strengthening communication and central management.

The best way is to make a fuss about the compulsory military service system, so Zhu Youxiao formulated an Australian soldier to be sent from the Ming Dynasty, and the local Australian youth to serve in the military to the mainland. So as to increase exchanges, so that the people who immigrate to Australia will not live a small life because they are far away from their homeland, and they will come out with their own set of things that are different from their homeland.

In addition, soldiers sent to Australia from the homeland, because their homes are in the homeland, will also obey the orders of the imperial court. It is unlikely that the local people of Australia will want to split up and live their own small lives after a few generations.

The most important thing is that there is no so-called democracy in these years, and there is no talk of a referendum under the administration of the government. The only way for Australia to split is to split by force, but it is obviously impossible to split by force, because Australia's life is relatively good, and after the people immigrate, the people's customs will not be so strong. Even if there are a few strange people who want to break the ground and rule, it is impossible to realize the separatist intention in an environment where the military power is controlled by the central government.

After much consideration, Zhu Youxiao felt that as long as he immigrated to Australia, and as long as the same management system as the mainland was established, it was unlikely that Australia would split off in the future, so he would not have much to worry about immigrating to Australia.

If you're migrating to North America, you're going to have some concerns. Because the Americas are too far away from the Ming mainland, and there is only one Hawaiian Islands as a springboard in the middle, the control over it will be greatly reduced, and it is very likely that an independent regime will be formed.

When Lin arrived in what would become Sydney Harbour, he immediately established the administrative order, using a system that was exactly the same as that of the New Deal area.

If we want Australia not to be divided, a very important principle is that we cannot treat them differently. It is equivalent to that as long as there are the same rules, businessmen can also set up enterprises and develop industries in Australia. Similarly, state-owned capital will also develop in Australia. Once Australia is only exploited as a raw material source, the people will be disgusted in the long run.

In the future, Australia will become independent from the British, and a big reason is that the British have always used Australia as a raw material site to exploit, resulting in local merchants always trying to break away from the control of the British.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has entered Australia, even with state-owned enterprises, and the industries that are suitable for development have also been developed, there will be no local businessmen here in Australia who are trying to separate from the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, there are local businessmen, but they cannot monopolize the industry, and they have not yet reached the height of thinking about division.

Lin Shoutai found that the area near Sydney Harbour in later generations had a mild climate, sunny weather, and a fertile place, so he named it 'Yangzhou', and then reported it to the imperial court.

With the arrival of this group of immigrants, there are also Daming Agricultural Company, Daming Mining Company, these enterprises, most of the resources in Australia will be directly developed by state-owned enterprises in the future, and at the same time some small and medium-sized resources will be sold to private development. In this way, the outbreak of contradictions is avoided at the source.

The imbalance of resources between the Ming Dynasty and Australia can easily lead to the difference between the rich and the poor. If most of the resources are handed over to private capital to develop, then private capital will not make money.

These state-owned enterprises grasp the resources in their hands, and the money they make is the court's, and the court can allocate resources to the places and groups that need them, so that they can achieve a balance, and also avoid private capital from becoming bigger in Australia, which will lead to the expansion of the ambitions of some businessmen, thus wanting to divide Australia.

Moreover, the immigration of these state-owned enterprises is relatively simple, and it is enough to directly recruit workers and then immigrate over. Those workers in state-owned enterprises are well treated, and many people want to go in, and it is not a problem to immigrate with their families.

Of course, the state-owned enterprises of the Ming Dynasty are not idealized socialist types, not big pot rice doctrine, although the treatment of workers is good, but if they do not do things, they can also be deducted wages and dismissed, so as to avoid the problems caused by the inferior nature of human nature.

State-owned enterprises are expanding outward, and the military is the vanguard. At the same time, there are sufficient funds and personnel to invest in, and it is relatively easy to develop any project.

Nowadays, in the coastal areas of Australia, the development is nothing more than mining and agriculture.

Australia is extremely rich in mineral resources, and is known as a country sitting on a minecart. The agriculture in the southeast coastal area is mainly to build a wheat and cotton planting base, so as to export commercial grain and cotton for the Ming Dynasty. When the coastal areas are developed, roads can be built inland, where there are endless grasslands, and there are already large numbers of cattle and sheep. At the same time, Australia has abundant groundwater, which is very suitable for the development of animal husbandry, and the climate is not as cold as the Mongolian grassland, so it is very suitable for the Han people to develop animal husbandry on the Australian grassland.

It is equivalent to the social environment formed by Daming in Australia in the future, which is dominated by state-owned enterprises, and is temporarily a model of exporting development resources to the local area. The population doesn't have to be too big, as long as the resources can be exploited. The treatment of workers is guaranteed, and the income of workers is not too high, nor is it too low, and they belong to the type of living a relatively good life.

Those scattered resources that are difficult to manage are handed over to private capital for development. Therefore, immigrants to Australia are not given land, and the ownership of land in the whole of Australia is in the hands of the government. (To be continued.) )