The long and narrow island of Palawan, like a dam blocking the sea, separates the South China Sea from the Sulu Sea, and all around it has become the land of China except for the Brooke Dynasty on the island of Borneo that is protected by the British, especially yesterday Gu Junhuo took advantage of radio communication to arrive on the island of Dutch Guinea before the British, so that the two British cruisers who rushed to the island sighed with joy, which is equivalent to letting Hua's tentacles extend to the south for nearly a thousand nautical miles again, only one step away from the big island in the Pacific Ocean!

In order to manage the vast overseas provinces and so many islands, Li Enfu has decided to redivide the area into ten provinces, preferring to reduce his investment in other provinces on the mainland and prioritize strengthening Hua's control here. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

This thought made the corners of Li Mo's mouth hook, under the subtle influence of the deep blue thought he advocated, people like Li Enfu are slowly changing, and with this great victory of the navy, this pace will accelerate.

Today's Palawan, there is no longer any indigenous existence, more than 10,000 immigrants from the country have become the owners here, in order to make the immigrants feel at ease, this is also listed as the first batch of rice planting bases in China, not only enjoy tax reductions, but also for the first time allocated fertilizer that is still in an experimental state for everyone to use, is to improve the yield so that the immigrants can see the hope of life getting better and better, and can take root here with peace of mind.

It was his own principle at the beginning to completely clean up the local natives, in fact he did not know whether it was right or wrong to do so, and from later generations it was simply a premeditated genocide under the pretext of war, but now it is 1904, and even the British Empire is playing this in South Africa.

However, with the gradual improvement of the government structure in various places, this kind of cleanup can no longer appear on a large scale, but in order to maintain the image, "the government also has to make a posture of protecting the locals, in order to quickly form a stable government is not the same as a warlord, if a government always uses the means of massacre to deal with it, not only can it not reflect the majesty, but sooner or later it will be overthrown by the pent-up anger" So Li Mo took the initiative to find Li Enfu to modify the strategy, using a large number of immigrants to enrich the place to ensure that the majority of the Chinese in a short period of time.

According to statistics at the end of last year, the number of Chinese pouring into Luzon and Borneo alone reached 3 million, and according to Lee's idea, the number of Chinese in the area must reach 10 million in the next five years "to ensure a balanced population."

Although there are at least about 8 million locals living in this sea area, including Luzon, even if you don't use drastic measures, the impact will not be very great, in this era of low medical standards, only need a slight deviation of medical care and education, and it will not take 20 years for 10 million Chinese to become 20 million, 30 million or even 50 million, and completely become the masters here!

The progress of the migration so far has also been very good, with the exception of Borneo, the locals in other places are accepting the arrival of the Chinese, who have gradually moved out of the rainforest under the influence of the Chinese "to become a large source of labor for all kinds of plantations and mines."

Out of concern for the future, almost all of the current Nanyang gangs are mainly engaged in planting and mining, and only a few rough processing and light industries are "although somewhat single, this is what Li Mo is willing to see."

Truth be told, this island of tens of thousands has a lot of rich resources, some of which can be developed now, some of which must wait until technology advances, but his big dream is to use this place as a rich raw material and food base, not to build industry here.

The reason why I think this way is because no one knows whether there will be a large number of ** trends of thought in the future, and if there is a problem in industry, these people will be strengthened, so it is better to simply develop agriculture and planting, and minerals are only mining, or rough processing, and it is safe to put all other links in the country.

The Battle of Sibilu Island has ended, and the fleet is on its way back, this battle has basically determined China's hegemony in the Pacific Ocean, and has also won a real respite for itself.

Although Nicholas II gathered more than 500,000 troops and was besieging Tomsk day and night, the fourth infantry was not a vegetarian, although it was still a child's house compared with the real mechanized infantry divisions of later generations, but at present, only the mechanized infantry division was equipped, and the Q mm heavy artillery was not a joke, the two divisions had more than 400 cannons of various calibers, plus a large number of machine guns, and Du Dazhuang led the Praetorian Guard Regiment to help, and tens of thousands of construction corps huā A winter day and night not counting the fortifications built, enough to make the battle ** The Russians, who were seriously inadequate, suffered enough.

When several divisions in the Northeast Theater of Operations continue to support there along the Siberian artery left by the Russians, the Russians will have to think not about a breakthrough, but about whether they will be counter-encircled.

It's time to define a long-term strategy!

Li Mo took out a green ear of rice from the field and put it on the tip of his nose, and the taste of green made him feel comfortable.

"Uncle Tian, I heard that your rice yield per mu increased a lot last year?"

Although Li Mo was dressed in civilian clothes and only brought a few guards, but seeing those scattered big men, Uncle Tian, who immigrated from Hebei three years ago, began to panic, and Luo Sanniang next to him hurriedly comforted him when he saw this: "Uncle, my husband has heard that this is a treasure land, and growing rice is much more productive than other places, so come here to have a look." (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

After a few years of pampering and pampering, the former pirate boss became more and more gorgeous, especially after giving birth, his whole body exuded a plum-like atmosphere, which made Uncle Tian, who was questioned, also feel a lot more relieved, and really regarded Li Mo as the eldest young master of which family, and said with a smile: "This young master, Tian Laohan doesn't hide it from you, this is indeed a treasure land, which is much better than our hometown." ”

"Oh, really?" Li Mo smiled and sat on the ridge, pulled Tian Laohan to sit down with him, and said, "Uncle, this is the first time I have gone to sea, you have to tell me about it." ”

Seeing that Li Mo was not too dirty and sat on the ridge, the little fear in Tian Laohan's heart gradually subsided, and he pointed to the rice fields in front of him and said, "Hehe, the old man doesn't dare to talk nonsense to you, look at this growth?" I have planted a field for a lifetime, and I have seen such a good paddy field and such a good green seedling in the past two years, "and it can be planted here for three seasons a year, and there is no need to worry about the Yellow River bursting, it is true to say that the treasure land is true." ”

"But I have a lot of land and resources, and there are also three-cropping paddy fields in Guangxi, Guangdong and other places, so why can't we increase production?" Li Mo asked pretendedly, and grabbed the soil and pinched it: "Is it really a treasure land?" ”

"Of course not." Tian Laohan patted his thigh: "In addition to being able to plant three crops a year, the land here is much better than our hometown in Hebei, but it is not necessarily better than Jiangnan, this is mainly because of the blessing of the emperor, I brought us something called chemical fertilizer, and sent a special person to teach us how to use it, otherwise it would not be possible to have such a high yield." ”

Unexpectedly, this old man Tian actually took all the credit on his head, Li Mo stroked his nose and continued to say: "After using that fertilizer, how much is the yield per mu?" ”

Speaking of this question, Tian Laohan suddenly cracked the corners of his mouth, stretched out four fingers and shook them slightly proudly: "Four stones." ”

Although Li Enfu had already asked people to report the numbers of the experimental field, he was afraid that the numbers below would be faked, so Li Mo took advantage of the gap between waiting for the return of the fleet in Luzon to make a special trip, but these four calloused fingers still made him almost want to yell twice in excitement, because this was not 1995, but 1905! The father of the famous hybrid rice is still in sight.

You must know that the yield per mu has almost doubled compared with the domestic average!

According to the folk algorithm left by the Qing Dynasty, one stone is about 60 kilograms, that is to say, after Tian Laohan used chemical fertilizer, "one mu of rice can produce 240 kilograms of rice, and three seasons a year is 720 kilograms, according to Tian Laohan's family of seven people "planted 50 acres of land, a year is 36,000 kilograms of rice!"

Judging from the current government pricing of 50 kilograms of rice per dollar, this old man Tian has an income of more than 360 yuan a year, although he also has to deduct the cost of fertilizer and other things, but it is almost more than five times that of the late Qing Dynasty!

Seeing Li Mo's happiness, this old man Tian also seemed to open the conversation box, telling him that "the houses in this immigrant residential area were built by the government with guys, about 1,000 people" In addition to planting rice, everyone also went to the government to register and open up a large amount of wasteland" specially used to grow sweet potatoes and vegetables, and next year everyone is going to raise pigs, in addition, there are two young gentlemen in the town, and the children can study for free.

What makes him happy is that after the rice is harvested, there will be a special fleet to transport it away, and the government has also implemented a protective price for rice repurchase, which means that no matter how much the harvest is, it can be repurchased at that price, which completely solves the worry of being afraid of rice cheapness after a bumper harvest.

The only thing that worries everyone is the disease, because they are all from the Central Plains, they are not used to the hot and humid climate of the South Seas, and many people have died over the years, but fortunately, the government has begun to build health stations in ten immigrant towns in Palawan since this year, not only Western medicine, but also special Chinese medicine herbs, but to alleviate some of the momentum of the disease.

After more than two hours of nagging, Li Mo felt the life of ordinary people in this era, perhaps the peasants of China are a simple group of people in this world, and their big dream is to be able to grow a better future with the hard work of their hands.

Tian Laohan's words represent the voice of the majority of the peasants, in the case of taking advantage of the prescience of the second industrial development path, the implementation of the national leapfrog industrial development is no longer a difficult problem for him, with the establishment of several large state-owned industrial groups one after another, plus himself and a group of businessmen who have been influenced by themselves to become rich have also begun to invest in industry, and a large number of valuable scientific research people have arrived, the Great Leap Forward of industry will be very realized.

At this time, how to use the fruits of industry to promote the development of agriculture, so that the peasants can get out of the heavy manual labor, and for the benefit of the majority of them, has become the top priority.

No matter when and where, agriculture is the foundation of a country, and the people in your country also need to eat and drink in the developed countries, so if you can popularize chemical fertilizers as soon as possible, at least you must first create a planting area of hundreds of millions of acres, so that you don't have to worry about the problem of food.

You must know that agriculture is not only related to the stability of the country, but also an important weapon to the outside world, in this world, there are more places and countries that lack food, and the experience of later generations tells him that sometimes food will be more effective than cannons!

But he doesn't understand agriculture, he is a complete layman, so he doesn't dare to command randomly, but the basic still knows, for example, the increase in fertilizer plants is imminent, "there is also the establishment of seed banks, the introduction of foreign high value-added agricultural and planting products, large-scale irrigation and water conservancy construction, and the water and soil conservation of the Central Plains, etc., all need to start to accelerate."

"Once the society is stable, the arrival of the prosperous era will be accompanied by an explosive and rapid increase in population, which is now 400 million, maybe 500 million in 10 years, 600 million in 20 years, and 700 million!"

If this question had been put in the past, it might have been a headache, but now there is no need to worry about it: "The ten provinces of Nanyang alone can accommodate at least 200 million people, and Siberia, which is almost the size of China, is enough to accommodate hundreds of millions of people, so now there are not many at all, but they are pitifully few."

After speaking, what surprised Li Mo was that what Tian Laohan was worried about was not the harvest or the disease, but the fleet that came to Taitai before said that the Russians had called and gathered dozens of large warships, so everyone was worried that such a good day would be gone in a blink of an eye.

Li Mo laughed, and even Sanniang couldn't help but comfort: "Uncle Tian, don't worry" Russian warships can't be defeated in this generation! ”

"Really!" Tian Laohan stood up with wide eyes, and listened to the gentleman who taught in the town say, it was dozens of warships that were several times larger than the larger ships in the fleet!

Could it be said?

Without waiting for Tian Laohan to ask, a guard suddenly walked to his side and saluted: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the chief of staff has sent an urgent telegram, the British Prime Minister has arrived in Manila." ”

"Emperor—"Your Majesty! ”

Tian Laohan was stupid, he didn't expect that this young man who looked like a little neighbor and sat side by side with him on the ridge to chat turned out to be the emperor!

With a pop, Tian Laohan actually knelt on the ground, and kowtowed with a pale and nervous face and shouted: "The old man has eyes and no beads, please forgive the emperor." ”

"Get up." Li Mo knew that he might scare people if he went to help, so he hurriedly asked the guards to help Tian Laohan up, and said with a smile: "Uncle, live your day well, as long as you plant the field well and produce more food, our Han people's day will get better day by day." ”

"As for the Russian warships, our navy has already sent them all into the sea to feed the king!"

"Tell the townspeople, and your grandchildren, here! It will always be our land! ”

Until Li Mo and the guards left, Tian Laohan was still standing in a daze, muttering to himself: "Forever and forever will be our land?" "Forever and forever will be our land!"

"The emperor said that this place will always be our land!" As he kept chanting these words, Tian Laohan's eyes became brighter and brighter, and then he shouted violently, withdrew his feet and ran towards the town.

Originally, after Tian Laohan told the emperor about seeing him, everyone thought he was crazy, but half an hour later, Luo Sanniang suddenly came to the town to visit everyone with the dignity of the imperial concubine, and went to the medical center to visit a few sick children, and then had dinner with their whole family at Tian Laohan's house, everyone really believed that the emperor had come to this big island!

When Luo Sanniang, with the dignity of the imperial concubine, surrounded by reporters and bodyguards, on behalf of the emperor and the royal family, launched a condolence to the immigration areas of the Nanyang islands, Li Mo had already quietly returned to Luzon.

In the huge Subic naval base, the Earl of Salisbury was laughing and talking with Li Mo while looking at this huge military port comparable to the port of Portsmouth, and his heart was shocked.

Although he heard that although Hua defeated Japan, defeated Russia twice, annexed Borneo, and almost crushed the British Empire's Far East Fleet, it was not until he saw this huge military port with his own eyes that he really realized that Britain had lost the Far East!

The young and unspeakable emperor in front of him has spent ten years establishing a powerful regime in this land, and the annexation of Siberia is inevitable, which means that for the first time in this world, a huge power will appear that is both the largest land power and one of the naval world powers!

At this moment, he couldn't help but regret the decision made many years ago, if Britain had not supported Japan so wholeheartedly at that time, but turned to support this young man today, and helped him unify the country, would it be better?

It's a pity that the world doesn't regret taking medicine, and the British Empire doesn't need to regret it!

The Earl of Salisbury straightened his waist and regained his demeanor as the prime minister of the world's most powerful country, and suddenly asked, "Your Majesty the Emperor, I wonder how you are going to deal with the fact that your fleet has shelled a neutral port, causing tens of thousands of innocent lives and deaths, and there are as many as three thousand merchants from other countries?" ”

I didn't expect that the British Empire Prime Minister who hooked his nose and looked a little gloomy did not discuss Russia, but took the matter first, showing that Britain was still very sensitive to Malacca, so Li Mo hurriedly said: "Dear Earl, for the behavior of our fleet" I will make a sincere apology to the Netherlands and other countries, and I have asked the government to compensate for the wrong actions of the navy, but at the same time I also hope that the Dutch government can tell me why as a neutral country, why did my country provide coal burning help when our country was at war with Russia, And three days before the start of the war, in the Far East! ”

Li Mo smiled coldly and looked at Salisbury and bent the corners of his mouth: "I need a reasonable explanation, otherwise I can't convince my naval fleet, because it was the help of the Dutch that made my navy sacrifice hundreds of sailors' lives, I want to know why!" ”

"For this reason, I will not hesitate to prolong the anger of the Navy even more!"

When Li Mo said the latter sentence, even a character like Salisbury couldn't help but tremble, this is a madness, the key is that this madman actually won a complete victory in the face of the huge Russian fleet "Not even a single capital ship was sunk, if he really wants to take the Netherlands, then even the British government will have to consider the price of intervention!"

But the problem is that Sumatra is too important, and once it is acquired by Limer, "then Britain will have to face the loss of the Strait of Malacca, and even the security of the Indian Ocean at all times!"

Thinking of this, the Earl of Salisbury hurriedly said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, please calm your anger" I think the Dutch government is a responsible government, and it will definitely explain the private decisions of some officials, and I also hope that you will let your fleet refrain from it, the Netherlands is a neutral country, and if a neutral country is attacked, then other countries have the right to help resist. ”

"Hehe, pull Europe to threaten the young master?!" Li Mo sneered in his heart, "But now is really not the time to solve Malacca, and if we continue to seize the land in Nanyang", then it will inevitably worry other countries and regimes in Southeast Asia, and in this case, all these people will be pushed to the side of Britain and France, "This is not in the interests of China."

The land is already large enough, and one Siberia is equivalent to doubling the land area, plus Borneo, Luzon, Sulawesi, Maluku Islands and half of Guinea, as well as the already named former Micronesia and the Solomon Islands, plus Honolulu, Ogasawara Islands and Hokkaido and the Chiba Islands, the land area is almost three times the size of the later republics, and the sea area is dozens of times!

Enough to digest for decades.

Rather than occupying them all and pushing everyone to the side of the enemy, it is better to give up some space for Southeast Asian countries to live freely to ease the pressure on the small countries after these years of continuous expansion.

The land is inexhaustible, and almost all the essence has been swallowed, so why waste time and money to occupy some land of little value? China's hegemonic position in Asia has been established, and the remaining countries and regimes will know how to choose as long as they are not stupid, so it is better to concentrate their forces, bury their heads in it for a few years, and use their ability to grasp the life of the secondary industry to prepare for seizing good land and resources in the future.

So Li Mo immediately said: "My dear earl, I very much look forward to the British Empire to administer justice, to tell the truth, I do not need those lands, as long as I can get a reasonable explanation, I will guarantee that as long as I can ensure that the interests of my Chinese people are treated fairly, my army will never set foot on the islands of Sumatra and Java." ”

"It's true?!"

Salisbury cried out, he didn't expect Li Mo to say this, and his heart suddenly turned sharply, does this mean that China's foreign policy will make a major change?

While he was thinking, Li Mo suddenly laughed, pointed to the smoke clouds billowing outside the bay, and said proudly: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I want to invite you to welcome the triumphant warriors, is it okay?" ”

Hearing the invitation, Salisbury turned his head sharply, and his pupils shrank sharply into a little cold star!

The proud warlord who had just defeated the huge Russian expeditionary fleet returned with a fleet full of gunpowder smoke and fierceness!! ~！