Peace Mission 1643 Joint Maritime Military Exercise was successfully concluded.

Shen Youlong came to Hong Kong to discuss with Australian Defense Minister Liu Dongshui, who was also attending the military exercise.

The issues discussed by the two sides mainly revolved around the social stability of the two regions and the management of refugees at the border, and with the increasing number of refugees moving south, the total number of refugees gathered outside Hong Kong's border has reached more than 200,000.

I have to say that this number is too large, and the food consumed by the aid station every day is calculated in tons, although the Hong Kong Governor's Office has adjusted the relief plan many times, but it still can't bear to let more and more people come here.

Faced with this situation, the Australian Army, which is responsible for guarding the Hong Kong border, is under great pressure, and at any time someone accidentally crosses the barbed wire fence to break into Hong Kong.

In that case, it will bring great trouble to the social stability of Hong Kong, and they cannot afford this responsibility, because there are many wealthy businessmen and gentry in Hong Kong, and with the arrival of these rich classes, entertainment consumption and so on have also developed.

Today's Hong Kong is like Shanghai during the Anti-Japanese War, where people will never want to return, with teahouses, cafes, beauty salons, etc.

According to the latest statistics, Hong Kong's total population has reached 30,000, and this does not include those migrant workers who have not obtained a resident identity card.

Rapid development and economic growth have brought unprecedented changes to Hong Kong, and no one would have thought that a year or two ago it was just a small fishing village, and now it is a town with a considerable population.

Although Shen Youlong did not watch the joint military exercise at sea, he also heard his subordinates mention the powerful firepower of the Australians at sea and the speed of the ships, which kept appearing in his mind.

"Minister Liu, you can rest assured of the security environment around Hong Kong, and I can guarantee that there will not be so many refugees entering Hong Kong. In addition, I will also guide some people to move to other places in Liangguang. ”

According to reliable information, Zhang Xianzhong, who did not intend to attack Guangzhou in history, did not intend to attack Guangzhou in history, and decided to send all his men and horses to attack Guangzhou, the reason for this is that the gentry and wealthy merchants from all over the country gathered here, and their arrival also brought a lot of wealth.

A large number of wealthy merchants and gentry gathered in Guangzhou, so that Zhang Xianzhong, who was the first to kill the rich merchants and gentry, saw the silver in vain. What you need to fight a war is money, whether it is ancient or modern, who wants to do it for you if you don't have money, empty talk about ideals, are you stupid for others, everyone is smart.

Especially in the peasant army, which has few rules and complex composition, once the leader is not able to let the people below live the life he wants, then what awaits him is death.

As the governor of Liangguang, Shen Youlong can naturally also receive the news. That's why he came to Hong Kong to meet Liu Dongshui in a little anxious at this time.

For the matter of borrowing troops, there have also been discussions in China, and theoretically it is agreed, but the premise is not to participate too much in the affairs of the Ming Dynasty. The ideal state of participation in Australia was the second half of 1645, because soldiers and weapons and ammunition needed to be prepared.

Once the current one is too much invested, Australia can't afford to spend it, and it doesn't have so much money to support. At the same time, it is impossible to get more benefits, not to mention that the Chongzhen regime has not yet collapsed, and it has not reached the most critical juncture. How could they turn to the Australians.

Even Shen Youlong's borrowing of troops was done in secret, and he didn't dare to announce it publicly, even if he did it, it would not be pleasing to him.

"Let's talk about borrowing troops slowly, Lord Shen, the increasing number of refugees pouring in at the Hong Kong border is the first problem to be solved at present, see if you want to solve it."

To be honest, there are more and more refugees in Hong Kong, and the army garrison is already a little overwhelmed.

Therefore, the Ministry of National Defense hopes that Shen Youlong, the governor of Liangguang, will send some people here to maintain law and order, at least so that those who have ideas will not dare to mess around.

However, Shen Youlong also has his own difficulties, now Zhang Xianzhong wants to go south, and the defenders from all over the country can't be transferred at all, where are there still manpower.

Therefore, Liu Dongshui's request is actually impossible for Shen Youlong. If more people can be mobilized here, Shen Yulong will not have to talk nonsense, and he will also use it to beg you a minister.

Lao Shen didn't know how to talk about it, didn't it make it difficult for them to choose.

Lord Shen, in fact, there is another solution, which is for us to recruit a security management team among the refugees and let them manage all the refugees.

This method is the result of discussions between Liu Dongshui and Uncle Lao Gen, who said that using their own people to govern their own people can make them more cordial, and secondly, it can also make them dare not act rashly, which is actually to form a group of interests among the refugees, so that they can protect their own interests.

The method is a bit bad, which is tantamount to letting others oppress their own people, but this is also one of the best plans at present, but people are under the control of the Hong Kong government, and this money and food must be paid by two countries.

Australia can't go on like this even if it is wronged, and sooner or later it will have to be poor, so Shen Youlong must pay.

Speaking of money, Shen Youlong frowned again, this money and people are his problems, and they can't be solved at all, but in order to let the Australians send troops, then he will go to those gentry and wealthy businessmen in Guangzhou to raise donations.

After thinking about it, Shen Youlong finally agreed.

"I'll settle the matter of money and food, so can Australia borrow troops?"

"If so, then of course you can." Liu Dongshui readily agreed.

As long as the money and food are not provided by Australia, other things can be discussed.

Of course, Australia's borrowed soldiers are not free, and if there are casualties, Shen Youlong will be responsible, after all, Australians value the lives of soldiers very preciously.

But this is also a matter of no way, who let the Australian soldiers top ten, the combat effectiveness is leveraged, not to mention that Shen Youlong is envious of the group of military attachés of the two Guangzhou, and they all think that as long as there is an Australian soldier under their hands, then they are equivalent to one more fierce general.

After negotiating the matter of borrowing troops, Shen Youlong's heart finally let go of a lot, at least he didn't have to worry about it all day long, worried that Zhang Xianzhong would go south to attack Guangzhou, as long as he dared to come, the land of Liangguang would definitely be his grave. (To be continued......)