Chapter 391: Expansionists
If someone asks what are the main factions in Australia, then the crossing will definitely tell you that there are three major factions, state-owned conservatives, private radicals, and centrists.
These three factions can be said to currently rule and manage all the affairs of the whole of Australia, big and small, compared with the steady and steady work of the state-owned conservatives, the radicals pay attention to quick resolution and rapid expansion.
With the increasing population, Australia's geographical location is not suitable for growing major cash crops such as rice, and Australia does not have so much manpower to grow these grains.
However, food is also related to the social stability of a country, so how to solve the problem, the most important way is to buy through trade.
However, it takes a lot of money to buy, and the price is not cheap, so it takes a certain amount of effort to buy cheap food.
Where is the largest production area near Australia, this does not need to be thought about, in addition to Vietnam and Thailand in later generations, of course, the Philippines is actually suitable for planting rice, but the current planting scale is far less than Thailand, that is, Siam during this period.
Siamese rice was famous, and it was during this period that it was often used as a major item to pay tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty.
Because of the influence of its geographical environment, the cultivation of indica rice in the northeast is very widespread, and almost every family has cultivated it.
Thai fragrant rice is definitely what Australia wants, but Thai fragrant rice during this period is not cheap, even if it is cheap to ship to Australia, it is quite expensive, to solve this problem is actually very simple is to establish a colony in northeastern Thailand, through the wealth obtained by dumping cheap goods in Australia in exchange.
This proposal was put forward by Huang Fu Huang Fatzi, don't look at Huang Fatzi's honest and peaceful attitude, but this guy is an expansionist supporter at heart, he has always been dissatisfied with Australia's existing number of colonies overseas, and has repeatedly proposed to get more colonies through war.
Especially on the route from Southeast Asia to Daming to Australia, there must be enough colonies, so as to ensure that Australian merchant ships are not infringed upon at any time.
Needless to say, this proposal didn't go through in the end. Conservatives have always discouraged war, believing that problems that can be resolved peacefully are best resolved through negotiations, and that war is the work of rude people.
Not to mention, these old men in the state-owned conservatives are quite disgusted with fighting, and even once clamored that they should not use troops abroad.
In order to stop the military's actions, they have more than once used military spending, but this problem has not been solved in the end.
Foreign expansion is Australia's inevitable choice, but the time is not now, and the current Australia is still too empty. It is simply impossible to confront the major seafaring nations, especially a rising power like the Netherlands.
Australia has its own choice, and his choice is to take it step by step, not too fast, not slow, but it must have its own voice.
The reason why there has been a recent resurgence of foreign expansion is that Manchester City's rice has basically doubled, which has made many people already resentful, but this is not something that the government can easily solve
According to the latest news received. The reason for the increase in rice is mainly due to the increase in the price of merchants in the country of origin, who found that the amount of rice purchased by these Australians is getting larger and larger, and they do not know who they heard that there is a drought in Australia, so they need to buy a lot of food.
After such news came out, some hurtful people with ideas naturally began to connect. is ready to raise the price, not to mention that it is really successful in tandem with them.
Australia, which relies mainly on imported food for low domestic production, has risen in natural rice stores because of the increase in import prices.
At this time, Huang Fu naturally stood up. Proposed his policy of expansion, why do you say that, because with the advent of 1644. There will be great changes within the Ming Dynasty, and food will be very important for both the Ming Dynasty and Australia.
If Australia does not have a place to use as a granary, the danger will be multiplied by an infinite number of times.
Australia will definitely have to accept a large number of refugees at that time, and the refugees will need to eat, and when there is no food supply, there will be no chaos.
Huang Fu used this reason to propose, in fact, it is also very reasonable, and there is no other big demand, that is, to force the King of Siam to make a judgment on whether he is an enemy or a friend of Australia.
But this must be very difficult, that guy is a very stubborn person, it is impossible to agree so easily, the necessary force deterrence is very necessary.
At this time, if you really wipe the gun and walk, it will be miserable. This is one of the biggest concerns of conservatives.
After all, Australia's main focus is still on making money at the moment, and maybe everything will change if there is a war.
"Lao Huang has officially submitted a report to the National Assembly, asking for the use of force against Siam, and he will really choose at this time."
Xiao Baitu, Liu Yun and others sat together and began to discuss this matter.
Among them, Xiao Baitu understands Huang Fu's meaning best, this guy must have an idea of the existing direction of governance.
The war against Thailand is by no means a trouble, and you must know that the people of this country in later generations have worked very hard to resist the invasion of the West, and they have truly achieved the level of all-round warfare.
So Zhao Shijie doesn't think it's a very good idea, the most important thing is that Huang Fu Fat wants to dump cheap Australian items in Thailand.
However, now it seems that Huang Fu should not know much about history, and it is obviously not enough to rely on force to conquer, and this is still a stubborn nation.
So we don't care, Huang Pang will inevitably jump higher, not to mention that this thing is really not suitable for now.
It will take a few years for Australia to expand, and its strength will be stable, and it will wait until the expansion of the army is completed.
Huang Fu's expansionist spirit is actually worth learning, and it can also be used as a teaching model.
In any case, Huang Fu's spirit of external expansion is very necessary, and he must have it at any time and no matter what he does.
A week before the report was submitted, Huang Fucai received an answer, in terms of etiquette, there was no objection to Siam's Congress, but this time was a little inappropriate, and finally the Congress's suggestion was that Blackwater could be paid a fee to step on the thunder first.
This method is really good, and it is rare that the Congress is willing to come up with such an attractive thing to let Heishui move forward, as long as it can, he will agree to the expansion of Huang Fu Fat Man, and send troops to attack I have to say that the fat man's temperament is still quite high. (To be continued......)