After Tian Shan's report was over, he left and reported two things, the first was that the African governor tried to intercept some black laborers, and the black indigenous labor force must be completely cleaned up, and the plan was completed in phases and batches over 10~15 years, which was a basic policy.

The second plan for the development of the northern part of Shangri-La Island, which has only been approved for the time being, is now ready for preliminary preparations, and is expected to be formally implemented in 1890.

The gluttonous bronze incense burner is filled with light smoke, exuding a refreshing fragrance.

Li Fushou habitually stood up and walked to the map, looking at it like a lion patrolling the territory, analyzing the current world situation in his heart and considering the next strategic direction.

It is now March 1889, and the important midterm election of the New South Wales Assembly will be held in July, which is the breakthrough of the southern invasion of the Chinese forces in the north, and it is also the top priority of the work at present.

The so-called those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a moment.

Familiar with the trend of historical events, Li Fushou is not only looking at the midterm election of state legislators in July, but also looking at the longer term.

Now that the North-South relationship is about to break through, after the Chinese forces have fully entered New South Wales, it will be the time for the showdown to finally resolve the issue of the division between the North and the South of Australia.

The division between the north and the south of Australia has seriously affected the development of the region and limited the potential of the Red Fort to further expand, which is a fundamental problem that cannot be avoided.

The contradictions between the two sides are sharply opposed, and there is no room for relaxation.

Even if it infiltrates the southern states through political means, this sharp contradiction will exist for a long time, so Li Fushou clearly knows that this war is inevitable, and the new regime will inevitably go through the baptism of blood and fire, and sweep away all the rotten flesh and garbage.

The opportunity for historical development is fleeting, and he will not delay this day until the second Boer War 10 years later, at most 2~3 years, and the North-South problem must be resolved.

What is needed now is an opportunity, or a pretext for starting a war.

Li Fushou's only concern was the armed intervention of the British Empire, and everything must be considered from the worst possible outcome and work in the best direction.

The strength of the British Imperial Army is 287,600 people, scattered in important areas, and the number of troops that can be used in Australia will not exceed 30,000.

If the southern resistance is resolved within two months, there is no more than a 30% chance that Britain will intervene in a big way.

Once this time is exceeded, the probability of the British intervening in the war rises sharply to more than 60%.

If the Civil War drags on for a long time and the confrontation lasts for more than half a year, then the probability of Britain's direct intervention is as high as 90 percent, and this is the grim situation that Li Fushou is currently facing, and the overall situation is not optimistic.

The British Empire's 287,600 troops must not be fooled, and once it intervenes in the war, Britain has the ability to move troops from all over the world, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, India, Nepal, Burma, Egypt......

A closer look at the Second Boer War, which took place a decade later, shows that Britain was able to mobilize more than 500,000 troops in a short period of time and deploy them thousands of miles away to fight.

This is a unique and powerful transoceanic expedition capability in today's world, and we must not be arrogant and take it lightly.

Fortunately, Britain is not without weaknesses, the complex situation on the European continent has given Li Fushou more choices, Germany and France are Britain's powerful engines, and there are not a few European countries that hope to see British jokes, which is a positive side.

Look at the world

Britain and France have been traditional enemies for hundreds of years, and their enmity between them is higher than a mountain and deeper than the sea.

The grievances of the Hundred Years' War between the two countries are tangled and not discussed, let's just say that in the middle of the 18th century, France once had the hope of winning the world hegemony, but the "Seven Years' War" between Britain and France in 1756 interrupted the dream of the French.

The French lost all the colonies of India, Canada and the United States on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the Seven Years' War, and were beaten back to their original shape at once, and since then the warships of the British Empire have crisscrossed the seven seas and established 150 years of global colonial hegemony, while the French can only hide in the corner and lick their wounds.

Emperor Napoleon dominated Europe in the era of Emperor Napoleon, and tried to conquer the British Isles with strong force, but unfortunately he was completely annihilated in the sea crossing battle across the English Channel, and finally collapsed in the 7th anti-French coalition led by the British, and was miserable in the Battle of Waterloo, completely ruining the historical opportunity for France to rise again.

Eighteen years ago

The British-backed Prussia defeated Napoleon III and won the Franco-Prussian War, and the German Emperor Wilhelm I was crowned at the Palace of Versailles in Paris, the latest fiasco to be remembered by the French, and a shame that cannot be washed away.

Therefore, once the Civil War dragged on for a long time, the French were Li Fushou's natural allies, and they had the ability to cause considerable trouble to the British.

The standby player is also the German Empire, and in the face of the British encirclement and interception, the clever iron-blooded chancellor Bismarck will never give up this good opportunity to play on the topic, and at least bite a large piece of meat with hair and blood, in exchange for enough benefits to be willing to rest.

After standing in front of the map and thinking about it, Li Fushou returned to his desk and picked up the pen to write down the words "surprise, entertaining the army and the people", and after thinking about it carefully, he nodded with satisfaction.

Then, based on the assumption of the Civil War, a lot of advance preparations need to be carried out.

The strategic reserve, located deep in the mountains near the Songjiang Reservoir, must be expanded to support the annual combat attrition of 100,000 troops, and the existing size must be quadrupled.

In the mountainous area near Baihu City, a strategic reserve depot will be built, and on the Kongsby Plateau near Beilun City, a large arsenal will need to be built to store war materials.

Besides

Considering the poor self-sufficiency of Australia's local grain, it is necessary to choose a place to build a large-scale grain reserve, and the scale of the grain depot in each city should also be expanded accordingly, with a grain reserve supply capacity of no less than 6~8 months, in order to cope with the possible comprehensive blockade at sea.

Come to think of it, there's a lot more that needs to be done.

Li Fushou lay down on the table and worked hard to write, put the plans in his heart on the paper one by one, and then broke down the tasks and arranged for someone to follow up.

This strategic plan is too important to fake others, so Li Fushou can only do the long-lost desk planning work himself.

A week later

Melbourne, Victoria

In a luxurious British-style manor, Mr. Credman, the American diplomatic representative, was enjoying a leisurely afternoon tea with several visiting gentlemen and ladies.

Among the guests, the Speaker of the Victorian Parliament, Sir Matthew Crawley, and the President of the Royal Gold Mine Owners Association of Victoria, Carrie Grant, and his wife Avilia, all members of the local high society, dressed up for the informal afternoon tea as a sign of respect.

“…… Thank you very much Mr. Credman for his righteous words, and allow me to express my gratitude once again on behalf of poor Mr. George Neville, who was deeply struck by this unwarranted disaster, and who wished to leave this sad place, and whose transferable assets no one dared to take over, and who, as an old friend of George Neville, I can only say that he was a good man, a true gentleman. Garrie Grant looked embarrassed.

His wife, Avilia, put down the teacup in her hand with an angry expression, and said with a straight face; "Gentlemen, it's time to come out and stop this arrogant yellow nobleman, whose presence has ruined the peaceful life here, and the threat to the traditional way of life on which we are so proud, which is unacceptable, what should you do about it?"

"Madam, I admire your courage very much, and the Citi government has been keeping an eye on everything that is happening in Australia." Credman's polite and well-behaved manners, and seeing the eyes of the crowd on him made Cademan feel respectful and his mood became more pleasant; "In fact, the Citigroup government has always been highly vigilant about these yellow-skinned monkeys, and the Chinese restriction bill has clearly stated our position, and we must take resolute measures to stop these locust-like Chinese immigrants, who will eat up everything they can see, leaving the fields without harvest."

"Your wisdom is really impressive, but the situation in Australia is far more complex than in the United States, and the situation in Victoria is now difficult to solve." Sir Matthew Crawley, the Speaker of the State Parliament, sighed softly, and he was rather pessimistic about the current situation; "There are so many Chinese immigrants that when we woke up, we found that the surrounding pits and valleys were full of their people. We had closed the doors, but these Chinese immigrants slipped in through the backyard, and now Australia is a leaky ship, Mr. Cliffman, can you imagine this despair? ”