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Cui Apu came forward and gathered a group of pirates who had no intention of working in the Xinhua Army and reorganized the pirate group. These people are usually unruly guys, and even after joining the Xinhua Army, it is difficult for them to adapt to military life. Now, Long Yufei, the king of the new kingdom, has agreed to keep their military positions and let them continue to be pirates, which is naturally something they can't ask for!

Of course, there are also many people who are willing to continue to work in the Xinhua Army. For example, Wu Ming, the former military advisor of Cui Apu, after graduating from the military academy with excellent grades, passed the assessment and became a lieutenant colonel officer of the General Staff of the Xinhua Army, responsible for naval intelligence affairs! There are also many people who serve on various warships of the Xinhua Navy or in the Marine Corps.

Cui Apu gathered more than 500 people this time, although the number was not large, but they were all the elite of the elite. Xinhua also gave them great support, providing them with three fifth-class warships and six sixth-class warships. These ships were modified to reduce the number of guns and the displacement of the ships, which further increased the speed of the ships. Nine pirate ships that have re-hoisted the skull flag have returned to the sea. However, this time, their target is the north. Long Yufei asked them to rob Korea and Japan, and at the same time scout the hydrology and intelligence along the Chinese coast to prepare for the next war of the Manchus in the new country.

After exterminating the pirates of the South China Sea. Xinhua's industry and commerce, as well as overseas trade, entered a high tide, and merchant ships came and went in the South China Sea every day. It has promoted the development of industry and commerce in Xinhuaguo. Under the impetus of industry and commerce, Xinhuaguo's industrial construction has also accelerated. Heavy industry, which is promoted by official capital, and light industry, which is promoted by private capital, go hand in hand, and the momentum of development is very impressive. In addition, Xinhua has also stepped up its development of Luzon, Mindanao and Borneo. However, it is still subject to demographic factors. The development of Xinhua has been greatly restricted. Nanyang is vast and sparsely populated, and it is almost impossible for Xinhua to develop the vast Nanyang with a population of more than one million! Even if the population expands tenfold. It's not enough. The population crisis has become the primary problem that Xinhua needs to solve urgently!

"Your Majesty, last month, the population of Xinhua from China. The total number is more than 53,000. More than 5,000 more than last month! This month, it is expected to reach more than 60,000 people! Foreign Minister Lin Zihao said to Long Yufei.

"Hmmm! However, this progress is still too slow! Long Yufei said. Attracting tens of thousands of people to Xinhua every month is not a small amount. However, such a small population spilling into the vast South China Sea is simply not enough to see. Not to mention the islands of Java and Sumatra, even Luzon, Mindanao and Borneo, which are currently focused on the development of Xinhua China, cannot be satisfied. Although Xinhua issued a decree to stimulate fertility. For each child born, he was rewarded with 20 yuan and 50 acres of land. But it is necessary to rely on the population itself to multiply to expand the population of Xinhua Kingdom, and it is estimated that when Long Yufei hangs up, it will not be able to fill the entire Nanyang. Therefore, to solve the demographic crisis, Xinhua has to adopt other means!

"Your Majesty! Over the years, we have continued to attract people from the coast of China, and some areas have been emptied. This has aroused the vigilance of some local officials in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if this continues, I am afraid that they will be aware of the truth. When the time comes, it will be unlikely that we want to continue smuggling from China! Lin Zihao said with some worry. The speed at which Xinhua is absorbing the population is getting faster and faster, and some coastal areas in southern Guangdong have run out of people. If Xinhua hadn't used a lot of silver to feed those magistrates, I'm afraid the East Window Incident would have happened long ago! At that time, if the Manchus issued a ban on the sea again, Xinhua would not want to get more people from China unless they used force! Although, there are also quite a few indigenous people in the South Seas. But they are not considered legitimate citizens by Xinhuaguo at all. The whole country of Xinhua only regards the Chinese with black hair, black eyes and yellow skin as their own compatriots!

Long Yufei nodded, he was also very clear about this situation. However, the current population gap in Xinhua is too large, which has seriously hindered the development of Xinhua Kingdom. For this reason, Xinhua has to use other means to solve this problem. The current Xinhuaguo is like a person who has eaten too much but has indigestion. If this continues, sooner or later something will go wrong. Although Xinhua occupied the entire South Seas, it was more of a formal occupation, and there were no citizens of Xinhua in many places. To ensure that these territories will always belong to Xinhua in the future, the citizens of Xinhua must live on that land!

"Your Majesty! If it really doesn't work, let's go to war against the Manchus! Now, we are also considered to be strong, even if we can't destroy the Manchu Qing, but it will not be a problem to fight one or two coastal provinces! As long as we can win one or two coastal provinces, then our population gap will be completely solved! Chief of the General Staff Niu Meng suggested. Take Guangdong Province as an example, the total population of Guangdong Province is now more than 10 million. This is still the reason why Guangdong is still a place of exile in the eyes of most Chinese. Because the Manchus closed off the country, only Guangzhou gathered Western merchants, and although Guangdong was prosperous, it was only confined to the vicinity of Guangzhou. In other areas, living conditions remain poor. This is also the reason why Xinhua can easily absorb so many people from Guangdong to Xinhua Kingdom. Leizhou and Lianzhou, in the southern part of Guangdong, were the key areas of activity for Xinhua's intelligence personnel. In these two states, more than 200,000 people have already arrived in Xinhua, accounting for almost one-fifth of the total population of these two states!

"Is there going to be a war with the Manchus now?" Long Yufei was a little undecided. The current Manchu Qing Dynasty is still closed off from the country. The Chinese have not yet opened their eyes to see the world, and in the eyes of most people, China is still a central empire, and other places are barbarian lands. The Chinese in Nanyang are known as the outcasts of the Celestial Empire. If Xinhua started a war against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, those Chinese who were poisoned by feudal ideology would probably not support Xinhua at all. When the time comes, if Xinhua wants to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it will take a long time, and even most of the strength of Xinhua will be contained. At that time, once the British have completed their preparations for war, and the main force of Xinhua is trapped in China, Xinhua will face a huge crisis!

Long Yufei believed that the best time to start a war against the Manchus was after the Manchus were severely beaten by the Western powers. It also makes all Chinese know that their so-called Celestial Empire is nothing more than Yelang arrogant. At that time, the sudden rise of Xinhua will undoubtedly become the hope of many Chinese! With the support of the people, it will be easier for Xinhua to defeat the Manchus!

"It's not time to start a war against the Manchus, let's wait a little longer!" Long Yufei said. It was already May 1939, and two months earlier, Lin Zexu, the Manchu minister, had begun to ban smoking in Guangdong. The British, who have suffered heavy losses, will certainly not rest on their laurels. When the time comes, as long as the British retaliate against the Manchus. The Manchus would certainly not be able to defeat the British. Xinhua will be able to take advantage of the situation to wage war against the Manchus! A government that has lost its power and humiliated the country will obviously not win the support of the people! Xinhuaguo, which is also dominated by Chinese, will become a new choice for Chinese!

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Niu Meng nodded.

"But the preparations for war can begin! It is expected that we will not wait any longer, at most in a year to two years, and we will go to war against the Manchus! At that time, we will need to complete the preparation of war materials and intelligence in advance! Long Yufei said.

"Yes, Your Majesty! We'll be ready for it! Niu Meng said. One or two years is not a long time.

"Your Majesty, should the scale of our existing army and navy be expanded?" Niu Meng said. Although the scale of the Xinhua Army is not small, if you want to start a war with the Manchus on the one hand, and guard against the British on the other, it seems to be a little insufficient!

"The Navy's 12 'Summer-class' cruisers are under construction and are expected to be fully commissioned by the end of next year! By then, the Navy will have five fleets, which will be enough for the situation at that time! The army, 13 infantry brigades, except for the troops guarding the South Seas, can use not many troops. So be it, the army can expand by three more infantry brigades! Long Yufei said. Although the Manchu naval divisions were not taken seriously by the Xinhua State, their army numbers were indeed quite large. The Manchu Eight Banners plus the Green Battalion, and then the Mongolian cavalry, etc., the total strength is almost a million! Even if the combat effectiveness is rubbish, the huge population advantage allows the Manchus to recruit troops endlessly, which will bring huge trouble to the new country!

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Niu Meng nodded. Now that the total population of Xinhua is constantly increasing, the addition of three infantry brigades, which is more than 18,000 people, can be completely done.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a suggestion, if we can't start a war against the Manchus now, then we have another choice! In Vietnam on the other side of the sea, there are also a lot of Chinese! If we can defeat Vietnam, we will not only be able to obtain hundreds of thousands of Chinese, but also a land passage to attack the Manchus! This is very beneficial for our next plan! Major General Sun Hao, Minister of Operations, suggested.

This suggestion made Long Yufei's eyes shine. The countries of the South Seas were wiped out by the Xinhua Kingdom, but there are still three countries on the Indochina Peninsula! Vietnam, Thailand and Burma, of which Burma is suffering from the invasion of the British, but Xinhua can completely attack Vietnam and Thailand! (To be continued......)