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By September 1843, the Xinhua Army had conquered the entire Straits Settlements. Most of the British troops stationed in these areas surrendered to the Xinhua army, and the other part was either wiped out by the Xinhua army or fled to Burma, wanting to escape back to India through Burma. However, at this time, the relationship between Burma and the British was very tense, and these British soldiers retreated to face it, and only a few people who succeeded in escaping back to India were war.

After conquering the Straits Settlements, the Xinhua army did not continue its westward attack, but stopped its westward advance. Although the Xinhua Navy began to penetrate into the Indian Ocean, the Army showed no signs of continuing its offensive to the west. In addition, Xinhua also dispatched the 3rd Fleet to escort three infantry brigades on the journey south. They will cross the Timor Sea and the Arafura Sea and land in Australia, officially opening the prelude to the new Chinese army's march into Australia. There are only 18,000 infantry brigades in three infantry brigades. Sprinkled over an area of more than 7 million square kilometres, Australia will undoubtedly seem extremely insignificant. However, Australia's total population, including the indigenous ones, is now less than a million. Britain's military deployment in Australia is even weaker, with only a few thousand troops. The Xinhua Army, with three infantry brigades, was enough to deal with them. After the Xinhua military took control of some strategic points in Australia, large-scale migration would begin. When the time comes, Xinhua will be able to encroach on Australia step by step.

At the end of August, Xinhuaguo's cable telegraph was successfully developed. King Long Yufei ordered. Telegraph networks were laid out in various cities of the country to strengthen ties. The territory of the New China Kingdom in the South China Sea was originally composed of islands. Communication is very inconvenient. Important information can be transmitted through guò domesticated 'carrier pigeons', but although the speed of the 'carrier pigeon' is not comparable to that of the telegraph. In addition, the 'carrier pigeon' can carry very little at a time, if there are too many contents. You'll need a few 'carrier pigeons'. It is also prone to problems, such as 'carrier pigeons' getting lost on the way, or being killed by other birds of prey.

Once the telegraph network is successfully laid. Communication between places is much faster. Xinhuaguo's control over various places will also be tighter. In particular, the movement of troops is also more rapid, and there will be no delay in fighters due to communication reasons. Of course. Long Yufei attaches more importance to radio communication. It has not yet been successful. Experts from the National Academy of Sciences in Xinhua are stepping up research and development. Over the years, in addition to training its own scientists, Xinhua has also introduced many scientists from Europe. These scientists came to Xinhua across the ocean, on the one hand, because Xinhua gave them higher treatment, and on the other hand, Xinhua can provide them with a better scientific research environment and more scientific research funds. After these scientists came to Xinhuaguo. The youth of Xinhuaguo can act as their students and then learn their knowledge. This creates a virtuous circle. It enables Xinhua to gradually improve the country's scientific research strength.

After the end of the war in the Straits Settlements, Xinhua has now ceased large-scale military operations. The attack on Australia was nothing more than a low-intensity war. On the Chinese battlefield, the Xinhua Army has basically controlled the area south of the Yangtze River. Those stubborn Qing troops were almost wiped out by the Xinhua army. The rest of the time is to understand the influence of the remnants of the Manchu Qing on these territories step by step, and then implement the new policies of Xinhua in an orderly manner, so that Xinhua can quickly digest these territories. The government departments of Xinhua have begun to plan to immigrate from China to 50 million and enrich them to Nanyang and Australia, which is about to arrive. So that these fertile lands can be developed, so that the national strength of Xinhua can be more powerful.

Of course, none of this can happen overnight, you have to take it step by step. Fortunately, although Long Yufei is thirty-three years old, he is undoubtedly quite young among the leaders of various countries in the world. In terms of his health, he could rule the country for at least another thirty years or more. He also has enough time to develop the country and realize his revenge.

Seeing that the country he established is becoming stronger step by step, Long Yufei is very proud. He believed that since God had given him this opportunity, he would be able to take advantage of it. He will definitely bring this ancient civilization with a long history back to the top of the world!

"Your Majesty, there's news from China. The Manchu government can't hold it anymore and wants to negotiate with us! Foreign Minister Lin Zihao said to Long Yufei.

"Oh? Was the Manchu government ready to bow its head? Long Yufei said with a smile. He had long expected that after the defeat of the British, the Manchus would not hold out forever. After all, in the previous battle, the Qing army had been frightened by the Xinhua army.

"Your Majesty, I think we should just go to Beijing in one go, and take down the little emperor on the dragon chair. Now that we have defeated the British, they will not be able to pose a threat to us for a while. simply overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty directly. Lieutenant General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff, said. At present, the war in the Chinese theater has been temporarily handed over to Brigadier General Liu Zhongming, deputy director of the Ministry of Operations. Lieutenant General Niu Meng rushed back to Manila to report to Long Yufei and deal with the accumulated affairs of the General Staff by the way.

Long Yufei hesitated for a moment, and had to admit that Lieutenant General Niu Meng's mention was very tempting. But then he shook his head. The current Xinhua Kingdom seems to be very powerful. But in reality, the foundation is still shaky. What Xinhua is relying on is the industrial system established by Nanyang. However, compared with the Western powers, the industries that Xinhua has built up in recent years are really not enough. Although the army and navy of the new China State were able to gain a temporary advantage by virtue of the performance of their weapons, it is difficult to say whether this advantage can be maintained for a long time. Modern warfare is fought against a country's comprehensive national strength, of which industrial strength is the most important thing. Along the way, Xinhua spent most of its time waging foreign wars. Although Xinhuaguo's industrial strength has made great progress compared with the founding of the People's Republic of China, this is far from enough. In addition, Xinhua has just occupied the territory south of the Yangtze River, and it will take a lot of time to consolidate it before it can digest these territories and populations, otherwise, these territories and populations will not only not help the development of Xinhua Kingdom, but will become a burden on Xinhua Kingdom. In addition, the army and navy of Xinhua have been in the midst of war since the end of last year, and the officers and men are very tired, and the war materials are depleted very quickly, so it is time to stop and recuperate. As for the battle against the Manchus, it can be postponed a little. Anyway, the Manchus couldn't run, and even if they desperately expanded their armaments, they couldn't pose any threat to the Xinhua Kingdom. On the contrary, because of the increase in military spending, the people's livelihood will be poor, so that Xinhua will be able to win the hearts of the people more easily in the future.

"Let's slow down the affairs of the Manchu Dynasty! Wait for our army to recuperate. In addition, the next round of military expansion can also begin. Within two years, the Army expanded by 40 brigades and formed two heavy artillery brigades. The Marine Corps will also be expanded to 4 brigades. Long Yufei said. After the completion of a new round of military expansion, the military strength of the new Chinese state will be further expanded, and it will be even easier to destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lieutenant General Niu Meng nodded, although Long Yufei did not agree with him, but this was already expected by him, so he did not force it. Now the officers and men of the Xinhua Army are indeed very tired, and it is also very necessary to take a rest and accumulate more war materials.

"Lord Lin, contact the Manchu side. We can negotiate with them. The venue for the negotiations will be Guangzhou. You will be in charge of this negotiation. Long Yufei said.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Do you have any instructions for negotiations? Foreign Minister Lin Zihao asked.

"First, we want the Manchus to recognize our legitimate occupation of the territory south of the Yangtze River. The second is to get the benefits from the Manchus as much as possible. They were able to pay the British a lot of money and spend a lot of money to build a new army. It is better to give us all the money. Don't look at the Manchu Qing Dynasty's annual financial income is not much, but those princes, nobles and bureaucrats, which one is not rich and flowing! Long Yufei said. Although the Manchu finances were empty, in fact the Manchus were not poor, but the ordinary people at the bottom were very poor. The upper echelons of the aristocracy and bureaucracy controlled the vast majority of the country's wealth. Even after Xinhua overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the future, he would definitely not let go of the wealth in the hands of these people. As long as these riches are gathered, there will be no need to worry about the funds for Xinhuaguo's industrial construction. After the Xinhua army captured the south of the Yangtze River, it also raided the homes of those recalcitrant elements, and confiscated a large amount of wealth from these people, and the preliminary estimate was as high as hundreds of millions of Chinese yuan. This is also because most of the wealth of the Manchu Qing is concentrated in the north of the Yangtze River, and many rich people have already packed up and fled before the Xinhua army came.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Foreign Minister Lin Zihao nodded.

Xinhuaguo quickly replied to the Manchus and agreed to negotiate with them. The Manchu Qing mission also went south from the capital. In order to speed up, they took a sea boat all the way south, and arrived in Guangzhou in more than half an appointment.

At the beginning of October 1843, Lin Zihao, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Xinhua, held peace talks in Guangzhou on behalf of the delegations of Xinhuaguo and the Manchu Qing Dynasty! (To be continued......)