Seeing off the guests, Li Fushou returned to his spacious dome study and began to work on official documents, and documents from Australia arrived by express cruise ship with news that had long been outdated.

In case of emergency, a request for instructions is sent through the telegraph office.

Fortunately, in the four months since leaving the Red River Valley, the Red River Valley has been operating in an orderly manner according to the established procedures, and nothing has happened much.

The only thing that Li Fushou did not expect was the skyrocketing of free immigration, which was the sequelae of his trip to Shanghai and Gusu Mansion, and the demonstration effect of showing off his wealth was too great, and every cargo ship to Australia was full of immigrants.

In the nineteenth century, the United Shipping Company made a lot of money, and in addition to the proceeds of transporting goods, each voyage could carry at least 400 Chinese to Australia to pan for gold, which was a net profit of 4,000 pounds.

The freighters were all equipped with simple cabins, and even the sides of the ships were full, and the corridors, cargo decks, aft decks, and even the aisles were jammed, and such conditions were still in short supply.

After returning to Australia, the Taishan Rapid Freighter became a fast freighter dedicated to transporting passengers, carrying more than 2,300 migrants in one way, which was worth the benefits of a previous voyage to Europe.

In just three months, as many as 46,000 free immigrants have gone to Australia, and the Li family alone has more than 2,000 people.

Equally lucrative was the lending bank, which was able to lend nearly £2 million with the help of the White Wolf's banknotes, creating huge demand and driving the development of various industries in the Red River Valley at full speed.

This alone can bring in hundreds of thousands of pounds at an interest rate of 10% per annum.

While the population is growing rapidly, the aftermath is already emerging.

The shortage of manpower in the Red River Valley pastures has been greatly alleviated, and dozens of pioneer groups have been formed to develop agriculture and animal husbandry in the newly expanded territory, and along the southeast coast of Australia, the pioneer groups spread out like a string of pearls and gathered into towns.

The herd, which had grown to the size of tens of millions of sheep, and the herd of tens of thousands of cattle was broken up by the pioneer group, and drove all the way to the south, west, and north, and planned settlements were established.

Even so

The influx of people in a short period of time also seems to be too large, the gold mines in the Palmer River basin are overcrowded, and there are also many people who cannot find jobs at the port terminals, and in Australia, where the population is scarce, there is a problem of employment difficulties.

Li Fushou flipped through the information, and there were more than 200,000 Chinese in the Red River Valley, and more than half of them had poured into Australia within a year, which made him feel a headache and happy.

In this day and age, population is everything.

In Australia, a foreign country, there is no need to mobilize Chinese people to naturally huddle together for warmth, and the cohesion is unprecedentedly high.

The Red River Valley has the "Xinghua Society" militia organization, the Hongmen gang organization, and this time it will also establish a party organization to participate in politics, and the primary goal is to firmly control the seats and executive power of the Queensland Parliament, and open an opening in the Australian continent to let the torrent vent until it spreads to the entire continent.

Li Fushou's activities in British high society, with lavish banquets and generous gestures, won respect, successfully integrated into the London high society, and found a strong umbrella shelter.

To put it mildly, as long as there is no public rebellion, with a title of nobility and a network of connections compiled in London, the honorable Earl of Queensland can do whatever he wants in Australia.

After returning to Australia

Li Fushou will show his strength to expand his power, kick all the guys who get in the way, and sit on the throne of the Earl of Queensland.

Is the Earl of Queensland just a title?

Wrong, wrong and outrageous, it is almost a consensus that European aristocratic feuds often use territories and jurisdictions and other associations as noble titles.

Even though these guys who were kicked away accused the Earl of Queensland of doing whatever he wanted in Queensland, owning a large amount of pasture and gold mines, and being suspected of seriously smuggling immigrants as a source of labor in his own factories, exploiting and abusing Chinese laborers, and marginalizing white people......

Even if the lawsuit reaches Downing Street, no one will question it, because it is a provocation to the high position of the entire aristocratic group.

Is it problematic for the Duke of Lancaster to control Southcastershire?

Is there a problem with the Earl of Leeds controlling Leeds City?

Is there a problem with the Earl of Queensland controlling Queensland?

And the thunderous blow from the power layer at the top of the pyramid will instantly extinguish these doubts, and everyone will be silent.

Never forget

Behind the nobles involved in the exploitation, there is also a duke of Victor, whose interests are closely linked, and behind the duke is Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

What is the creed of the British; There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.

What is Li Fushou weaving the web of upper-class social relationships like a hardworking little spider for?

In order to suppress these weak voices from remote Dominions, and to make an example, so as to establish the absolute authority of the Earl of Queensland.

What is the purpose of befriending Lord Viscount Edward Nelson?

It is to take a fancy to the deep connections behind him and the huge influence in the Royal Navy, and eliminate the biggest hidden danger in the Red River Valley...... South Pacific Task Force.

According to the latest news;

Several of the leading officers of the current 3rd class battleship "Old Woman", including the captain, were investigated by the Judge Advocate General's Office for misconduct in Sydney Harbour and damage to the reputation of the Royal Navy.

Lord Viscount Edward-Nelson merely expressed concern, and the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet reacted swiftly by striking some of the officers of the South Pacific Task Force, showing great influence.

Perhaps Lord Viscount Edward Nelson could only obediently submit to Lord Emilia Blunt under the pomegranate skirt and look like a fool.

But no top mathematician in this world is a fool, and the British royal family will not award such a high honor as the Order of the Garter to a fool, and a fool will not have great influence in the House of Lords.

It can only be said that it comes from the tradition of the Nelson family, and passionate love blinds people, especially sneaky and indecent love, which is simply insane.

If you are not a person in this way, how can you know the subtleties?

In a small talk

Viscount Edward Nelson said in a light tone that these naval officers may be transferred from the combat ship and sent to the training base to train those naval rookies, and there is probably no hope for them in this life.

One thing to one thing, this is the power of the Nelson family, which is worthy of Li Fushou and Hills to make friends with all their might, and closely weave the interests of both sides together to form an alliance.

Why do you have to go through war when you can solve things with money?

Doesn't war cost money? Aren't they dead? Won't you lose? What are the consequences if you lose?

Among the ABCD options in front of Li Fushou, armed struggle is the last and most unavoidable choice, and it cannot be done easily.

A flash of early summer sunlight shines through the glazed windows, forming mottled spots of light in the large and quiet study, casting a mysterious glow on this luxurious study.

Li Fushou sat behind the large French-style gold-painted court desk, his slender fingers tapping on thick papers, thinking about the next development direction of the Red River Valley.

The top priority at the moment is to solve the problem of a large number of employed people, before the problem of agricultural machinery is solved, the resettlement of the population through agriculture is a low-level and inefficient way, and can only be appropriately increased.

There are three main ways;

First, vigorously expand the pasture herd, with the huge scale of the current Red River Valley pasture, the herd can be doubled by 2~3 times, provide more wool and beef and mutton, and further expand the scale of production.

The No. 2 and No. 3 Honghe Woolen Mills are expected to employ at least 12,000 women and 2,000 men.

Together with the 6,000 people needed to expand the scale of the first Honghe woolen factory, this alone can solve the employment problem of 20,000 immigrants.

The resulting social needs, including clothing, food, clothing, travel, entertainment life, childbearing, etc., can create employment for at least 15,000 people in the society and enter a benign development track.

Second, the development of heavy industry.

The plan includes the construction of the second phase of the Hongshan Iron and Steel Plant, which is currently in full swing and will have a steel production capacity of 200,000 tons by early next year and directly provide 1,600 jobs.

This boosts the production of coal and iron ore mines, as well as downstream steel products, and could create more than 1,200 jobs again.

Coupled with the fact that the Hongshan Shipyard was expanding its production of four 10,000-ton ocean-going vessels, the United Shipping Company's fleet grew rapidly in the 19th century, and the entire heavy industry plus the collateral could create another 10,000 jobs.

Third, a huge investment in the construction of a coastal railway, from Brisbane to Sydney, will create at least 16,000 jobs, driving the rapid economic and strength of the Red River Valley, and radiating to the more far-reaching regions.

This is a truly strategic move, and it will take place until Li Fushou is truly in control of the situation in Queensland and uses his influence to get the relevant railway construction bill passed in South Wales before the coastal railway can be truly implemented.

But before that

It does not prevent Li Fushou from taking the lead in arranging for engineering and technical personnel to survey the construction site of the railway, the routes and villages and towns along the way, and make perfect plans and construction preparations.

This includes the steel mill setting aside a large amount of rail production capacity to build coastal roads in the same direction, which can be used by construction vehicles or long-distance freight wagons.

Stockpiling a large amount of timber and preparing supplies, including tents and household items, can be used in the construction of the railway at the first order.

The towns built along the railroad line by the coastal pioneers spread out like strings of pearls. It will play a strong supporting role in the construction of the railway, and after the construction of the railway, it will provide a large number of goods and passengers, which in turn will promote regional economic growth.

The planning and preparatory work are progressing in an orderly manner, but Li Fushou is far away in London, and there is always an unpleasant feeling of scratching his boots.

Even if he saw some mistakes and omissions in the implementation of the policy, it was not important enough to issue orders directly through transatlantic cables, and the way of transmitting documents through cruise ships was too slow and inefficient, which made him miss the three pillars of the study tour in Europe even more.

Some good policies are often absurd and unorthodox in the implementation, not because the host has bad intentions, but because of his ability.

Two watchdogs are staying at home, and you can still count on him to straighten out all the work of education, economic development, population placement, maintenance of order, and coordination of production for you, and do it beautifully?

Obviously impossible, the watchdog can only take care of the house, and any more is difficult for a strong man.

It is obviously unrealistic to expect Rome to be built in a day, or to expect a gold prospector to grow into a commander in just a few years.