The bombing of the island of Mozambique was an act of war, and while it was somewhat out of the ordinary to injure civilians, who wouldn't do it now?

The United States seems to stand on the moral high ground to condemn others, but in fact it has a lot of bad things to do, and now when the large-scale development and construction of the western part of the United States is in full swing, the American cavalry division is hunting Indians, mutilating Mexicans, oppressing and discriminating against Chinese, and a belly of men and women are stealing and prostituting but condemning others......

Li Fushou took a puff of his cigar cigarette, waved his hand a little irritably and asked; "What about down there?"

"Returning to the lord;

Among the remaining five documents, one is a letter on the proposal for private capital to invest in the development of the Jinshui River Basin, and the relevant preferential conditions have passed the review committee procedure, which needs to be signed by you and issued in the name of the Red Fort.

One is a request for more immigration to Borneo.

After more than two years of resettlement, Borneo has the ability to supply grain and non-staple food independently, and there is still a lot of abundance, and the harvest season in July this year was bumper again, facing the situation of cheap grain and farmers.

On the other hand, Borneo's special agricultural products, mainly spices, rubber, and tobacco, are beginning to take shape and require a lot of labor to be further developed.

Therefore, Borneo has the basic capacity to increase the large-scale introduction of immigrants, and plans to bring in no less than 650,000 immigrants this year to enrich the population of farms and plantations, and further consolidate the foundation of economic development. ”

"Yo ho, that's all a good thing."

Li Fushou's originally unhappy mood was diluted, and his slender fingers gently tapped the chair handle, and said after consideration; "Is Borneo presumptuous in bringing in such a large number of immigrants?"

"Returning to my lord, I don't think so." Sure enough, when asked, Li Sizhong cheered up, organized the language, and said;

"After the first half of this year, Borneo's migration for two and a half consecutive years is only a little over a million, which is almost equivalent to replacing the original indigenous population, and the scale is still slightly smaller.

After the war losses and the need for war criminals from the mines, less than 100,000 people have moved into the indigenous reserves, mostly women and children, and the productivity is completely negligible.

The harvest season in July this year proved that the industrious Chinese people are far more productive than the local Indonesian natives, with more experience in agricultural production and higher intensive farming skills, which is almost worth two and a half per person, and has the ability to feed more people.

Borneo is now in ruins, the infrastructure construction during the Dutch rule is extremely perfunctory, except for the limited dirt roads in Saimuda, Samarinda and other places, the construction of roads, bridges, culverts and other transportation and water conservancy facilities in other places is equal to zero, and it is still in a semi-primitive state.

Besides

Urban construction, rural handicrafts and some industrial projects, as well as fishing, all require a large number of people to promote the balanced development of the region and absorb the surplus food, which are the two practical needs of Borneo to introduce a large number of immigrants.

After all, Borneo is so big, and a province has a population of 300,000 or 400,000 at most, and at least 100,000 people, which is too small.

After more than 10 years of training, the Queensland immigration department has a strong ability to adjust, and believes that it can absorb such a large number of immigrants and promote Borneo's economy to a higher level. ”

"Well, well, it seems to be careful, yes, what about the last document?"

"This is a letter from the German East Africa Company requesting bilateral talks on the demarcation of the border in the Malawi region."

"Oh......"

Li Fushou suddenly became interested, sat up and waved his hand to let Li Sizhong retreat, flipped through the document and looked at it, and after a while, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This famous German adventurer Karl Peters is very interesting!

After Li Fushou expressed his attitude of attaching great importance to Lake Malawi and the surrounding area, the African Expeditionary Force quickly attacked, sending a team of 700 people to the area first, followed by more than 2,000 immigrants arriving one after another, capturing indigenous laborers to establish settlements in the area, reclaiming and burning wasteland, and organizing people to go down to the river to fish.

This big move finally attracted the attention of the Germans.

German influence only entered the region in the 80s of the 19th century, and so far, there are more than 5,600 white immigrants in German East Africa, half of whom have just entered the region in the past two years, and more than 8 percent are concentrated in the capital Dar es Salaam and nearby towns.

They have weak control over Lake Malawi and its environs, and occasionally send expeditions to survey the terrain and map the populations and geographical customs of the Bottom Tribe, but colonial development is not on the agenda.

German East Africa is now ruled by the German East Africa Company, not the Viceroyalty, a colonial company similar in nature to the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company, with its own private army, but without a fleet, but with a sizable cargo fleet.

In African colonization, expensive fleets were a rarity and were largely unused (except for wars between colonizers).

In the Berlin Conference, it was agreed that the territory occupied by such private colonial companies was also internationally recognized and protected, because behind these companies often stood powerful European powers.

Carl Peters is the largest shareholder of the German East Africa Company, and the de facto man of the matter, a madman who dares to lash out at the iron-blooded Prime Minister Bismarck, a famous adventurer, and a forgetful man of profit.

What Li Fushou held in his hand was the official letter presented by the German company, stamped with the company's unique fire paint badge, which was a formal invitation to negotiate.

In this invitation

Carl Peters was ashamed to give the entire Lake Malawi and surrounding areas about 260,000 square kilometers of land to the East African Company, and demanded that Queensland abide by the international consensus, respect the property ownership of the German East African Company, and withdraw from the region wisely.

Specific issues should be resolved in the course of negotiations on the demarcation of borders.

It seems that there is no problem, but Li Fushou clearly understands another layer of meaning between the lines;

This place is mine, you have to get the money if you want it, everything is easy to talk about.

Sure enough, it is worthy of being a madman who is angry with the iron-blooded prime minister Bismarck, knowing that this lord is not a good match, and he dares to blackmail me?

Although the German East Africa Company was a colonial company, it had only been established for a few years, and it was not as deep as the British East India Company, capable of waging a war of tens of thousands of people.

At best, it has a standing armed force of less than 500 men.

If there was a need to start a war, the German East African Company was able to hire a large number of German mercenaries with strong combat effectiveness from the mainland, which was his arrogant capital.

But a company is a company, and the pursuit of profits is the mainstay, and this will never change.

"Interesting, find a time to meet this Carl Peters."

Li Fushou put down the official letter in his hand, and this kind of letter only needs to reply to one intention, and the formal holding of the meeting will have to be determined separately, and it is possible to drag it on for three or five months to a year.

If the negotiation does not go well, talk after the friction, and then friction after the end, then the time for procrastination is not counted.

Don't worry, let it go.

When the next ship of migrants arrives, they will all be released to the Malawi area, and the settlements will be built far away, and the surrounding area will be occupied first.

There are more people than people, and Chinese immigrants can scare out all the German.

This is not bragging, with the inaccurate population statistics of 40,000 in the Qing Dynasty, how many people are born in a year without family planning?

Fifteen million is just the bottom line, and it takes two or three years to give birth to a German population, which is really a piece of cake, so I ask you if you accept it, right?