According to the latest statistics;

Australia's largest newspaper with a circulation of more than 17,000 copies, the Brisbane Courier with a daily circulation of more than 8,600 copies, and the Melbourne Chronicle with more than 2,000 copies.

The World Journal and the Brisbane Courier are both published in both English and Chinese, while the Melbourne Chronicle is an English-only newspaper with a significantly smaller audience and a confined influence to a corner of the South.

From the above statistics, it can be seen that Queensland has cultivated a group of readers with a high level of education.

The vast majority of these intellectuals were born in the Eagle School, and after entering the society, they entered various government departments, factories and mining enterprises to become the backbone of their strength, and they were also an important part of the expanding middle class, and they could afford to consume cultural publications such as newspapers.

The Red Fort had already abandoned the policy of eradicating illiteracy for all in the early stages of development, and Li Fushou's original intention was good, but it turned out to be inappropriate, extremely costly and ineffective, like a bubble that burst quickly in the surging tide of Chinese immigration.

Among the nearly 10 million immigrants in Queensland today, more than 93% are illiterate, and no more than 700,000 can read and write.

Side-by-side comparison

The quality of Chinese immigrants in Queensland is still relatively high, first of all, the immigrants are mainly young and middle-aged, the proportion of men accounts for more than 7 percent, and the absolute number of educated people is higher, in recent years, the young students of the Eagle School who have entered Australia have reached an average of 8~90,000 people per year (the early scale is small, only 3~40,000 per year, and gradually increased to an average of 5~60,000 per year in the medium term), which is a group of high-quality talents.

This effectively supplements the talent gap in society and is a new force for scientific and technological progress.

In European and American societies

With the progress of the times, middle-class young people usually receive secondary education until the age of 18-19, and if the economic conditions allow, a large number of people continue to receive university education or higher vocational training, which is the main driving force of the second industrial revolution in today's society.

Overall

The number of students in schools in European and American societies is still small, and theological education and Latin education account for more than half of the curriculum, but in order to adapt to the development of the times, some mathematics, physics, chemistry, music and art have been added to the secondary education stage, and the religious atmosphere is very strong.

There has been a considerable increase in the tertiary level. Between 1875 and 1889, the number of students in Germany increased by more than 1.7 times.

Between 1875 and 1889, the number of French students increased by more than 2.6 times, which is a clear change that shows that the middle class in European and American societies attaches more importance to education.

However, according to statistics;

The proportion of French teenagers between the ages of 12 and 19 still attending secondary school is still less than 3%, a total of 77,000 people, which is about the size of the Eagle School, while only one tenth of this age group survives the graduation exam, and many students drop out of school for various reasons.

Most of the students simply can't learn, some hate the religious indoctrination of sex education or the difficult Latin, and not many of them really drop out because of financial reasons.

The educational situation in Germany is much better than in France.

In 1889, the number of students aged 12~19 in Germany reached more than 271,000, on the one hand, because of the larger population of Germany, on the other hand, the German Empire also paid more attention to education, especially the Junker military aristocracy generally required higher education, which was the basic quality of growing into an excellent officer.

If you want to talk about the education power of Europe and the United States, it has to be ranked first in the United Kingdom, with more than 400,000 students in the youth age group, and more than 30,000 students who can enter higher education institutions every year, thus giving birth to a large number of world-famous institutions of higher learning, and the quality of education is among the top in the world.

Sure enough, it is worthy of being the birthplace of the first industrial revolution and the first country to enter industrialization, Britain's scientific and technological heritage is incomparable with other European and American powers, and the invention and creation of the second industrial revolution that is in the ascendant today is dominated by Britain and Germany.

On the other hand, the education situation in Queensland is basically promoted by Lord Earl, for which a huge amount of education is invested every year, and the results are quite gratifying.

According to the strict standards of the Eagle School, the three-year study of high school in Australia has some students with poor grades who are eliminated every year and enter the social work.

In the end, no more than 60,000 students will be able to take the high school graduation examination, and according to the 28 principle, the vast majority of them will enter the society after graduating from high school, and only the best 10,000 students will be able to get the opportunity to continue their studies.

By this time

These outstanding students need to pay for their own higher education, they can apply for student loans, repay them in installments within 5 years after graduation, or they can support themselves through work-study and obtain a meager income to pay for their studies.

Of course, the best students can get scholarships, but this proportion is very small, only less than 5%, and there are about 4~500 lucky winners every year.

With the gradual improvement of Queensland's social development, a new generation of children born in Australia have grown up, and various public and private schools have sprung up in society, gradually sharing the pressure of social education.

As a nation that is good at learning, the development of overseas immigrants in the future will be better and better, the road will be wider and wider, and the prospects will be brighter and brighter.

Late April 1889

Xi'an Town, Djibouti Region, Africa

Colonel Lei Xiaopeng strode into the Somali Garrison Headquarters with a gloomy face, and a group of officers and militia commanders in the office saluted in unison;

"I'll greet the Commander."

"Excuse me, let's talk about it...... What the hell is going on? ”

The officers looked at each other, and Li Yong, a lieutenant colonel of the militia reserve, took a step forward and said in a deep voice; "Report sir, these Italians stationed in Morghada are becoming more and more disagreeable, breaking the tacit understanding between the two sides, penetrating deep into the territory of our Ed region, mobilizing the black indigenous chiefs to make trouble, and sending more than 400 guns and more knives and guns to the local black tribes, which is obviously a malicious action against us, and as a result, they were caught red-handed by our patrolling militia team, and the local black indigenous tribes refused to disarm in the background, and exchanged fire broke out in the chaos of the suppression, and 11 casualties on our side, Two of them succumbed to their injuries. ”

"Did the Italians shoot?"

"Not really, but we caught seven Italian soldiers, led by Captain Ennick, who confessed to their actions and dared to provoke them with impunity......"

"So you guys beat the Italians to serious injuries, and one of them died of serious injuries, and the side that was originally reasonable became unreasonable?"

"Sir, you don't know that these Italian bunnies are really underwhelmed."

"Alright, alright, don't give me a reason."

Colonel Li Xiaopeng pinched his eyebrows with a headache and said to the officers; "You all go down, restrain your subordinates and don't make trouble for me, it's an extraordinary time, the Italians are not those Arab tribes in the Two Rivers Valley, you must be cautious about them, I don't want this to go to the Red Fort, that ...... Li Yong stayed for a while. ”

"Yes." The officers saluted and retreated, leaving only Li Yong, a lieutenant colonel of the militia reserve, in the garrison governor's office, waiting for questioning.

After the officers left, Li Yong picked up the thermos without seeing it, made a cup of tea for Colonel Lei Xiaopeng and himself, and then brought it with a smile.

Colonel Lei Xiaopeng reached out and took the cup, sighed and said; "Sit down and talk about something, you're going to get me in trouble."

At present, there are not many garrisons under Colonel Lei Xiaopeng, and there are only nine companies of soldiers in the entire Somali garrison, of which one company is garrisoned in Mogadishu more than 1,400 kilometers away, and the remaining eight companies are all in the vicinity of Xi'an Town.

The top priority of the Somali garrison is on the island of Great Hanish in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, where the interior of the mountain peak has been almost hollowed out after years of continuous hard work, and a strong sea fortress has been built, with four companies of about 1,000 troops stationed all year round.

It includes three heavy artillery companies and one infantry company, whose mission is to hold the main channel of the strait, and is the most advanced military presence under the Red Fort, which is not allowed to move under any circumstances.

In addition, the Gulf of Djibouti is in the shape of a large mouth, and the town of Xi'an is located in the throat (tonsils), and on the plateau plateaus on the east and west sides of the town, a small fortress-type reinforced concrete coastal battery was built, and a company of soldiers was stationed in each of them.

In this way, Li Xiaopeng, the commander of the garrison, was able to mobilize only two companies of mobile troops, and Pinsuri was stationed in Xi'an Town to replace the garrison of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and coastal batteries, and there was no extra force to use.

But there is also a strong military force in Xi'an Town, that is, civilian mercenaries.

Li Yong has the rank of reserve lieutenant colonel on his body, but in fact, his real identity is the leader of the mercenaries, and he responds to the mercenary team in Xi'an Town, and his prestige is extremely high.

In terms of extreme mobilization, Lieutenant Colonel Li Yong can organize a team of armed mercenaries with a scale of more than 6,000 people, and the smuggling fleet not only has more than a dozen 95mm Miss Australia guns, but also 60mm caliber field guns, which are all front-line equipment of the Queensland army, and the combat strength should not be underestimated.

To know;

The entire city of Xi'an has a population of just over 160,000 people, and it can organize a powerful force of more than 6,000 people, which is equivalent to the size of a field division, which is an incredible strength that is unimaginable in other places.

Somali province is able to easily penetrate the Assab and Ede regions to the northwest, control the 240-kilometre-long Red Sea coastline, and occupy the 15-strong Eritrean region, all thanks to these powerful armed militias.

Colonel Lei Xiaopeng took a sip of tea and said in an irritable tone; "Say it yourself, the Italian colonial army command has sent a message of inquiry, with a very tough attitude, demanding that the murderers who hurt the Italian soldiers be severely punished and compensated for the corresponding losses, what should I do about this?"

"What to do? Cold salad. Li Yong replied with a disdainful expression.

He crossed his legs and drank leisurely from his teacup, apparently not taking the Italian message seriously.

"Don't blame me for not reminding you, the Italians have piled up up to 14,000 colonial troops in the Eritrean region, which was originally a big army to pressure the Kingdom of Ethiopia, and you are tantamount to setting yourself on fire and attracting the attention of the Italians, you must know that your militia is guarding the Assab and Ede areas, and I can't help much if it really fights." Lei Xiaopeng spread his hands and said that he couldn't help.

"Hmph, I'll just wait for them to come." Li Yong snorted coldly.

"How...... Are you sure? ”

"Of course, do you think we've been vegetarians all these years of wallowing in the war? Not to mention anything else, our mercenary team can be called elite There are more than 2,000 people, all of whom are veterans who have experienced the test of war for more than seven or eight years...... In our eyes, we know that they are all sparse goods, and there are many of them, and they dare to touch our territory just to kill themselves. ”

"Listen to your tone, it seems that you are going to give the Italians a hard blow?"

"Hey, hey, hey...... Brother Xiaopeng, do you want to participate? I'll tell you if you want to participate. ”

"Then forget it, the military remains neutral, and it's good to wipe your ass when necessary, to prevent your gang from blowing the cowhide, but it won't end well." Colonel Lei Xiaopeng waved his hand, and he really had the confidence to say so.

Don't look at the small number of troops in the Somali garrison, but it also belongs to the command of the African General Governor, and there is a whole field division in Mozambique.

This is a division of tigers and wolves, and it is also a strong army that has been tested by war.

Backed by such a powerful force, Colonel Lei Xiaopeng is naturally full of vitality, and he is full of confidence when it comes to wiping the butts of mercenaries.

It's not bragging, it's really having the ability.

A moment later

Li Yong left the Weiwu headquarters, and there was already a large group of fierce cavalry waiting outside, all of them were loaded with guns and ammunition, and the number was about a hundred, and it could be seen from the cold eyes that all of them were veterans of a hundred battles.

"Chief, what did Riesling say?"

"Whoever dares to put his hand on our territory and chop off one hand at a time, Lord Earl has long said it; Those who commit crimes against strong men will be punished even if they are far away. Li Yong strode over, turned over and rode on the extremely miraculous Arabian thoroughbred, and said to his men;" Whether it's an Italian or a Frenchman, you have to obey my rules on the acre and three points of land in this Horn of Africa, and if you don't obey, you will knock him down, and now gather the cavalry and set out, and aim at the town of Ed, and blow the call to summon......"

"The subordinates have an order to blow the call to the call." A group of veterans under his command responded with a bang.

The mournful sound of the trumpet echoed over the town of Xi'an, and many mercenaries who heard the trumpet quickly rushed out of the room, took their guns and stepped on their horses, and gathered towards the place where the trumpet sounded, and soon gathered a huge cavalry team of more than a thousand people.

"Departure ......"

With a wave of his hand, Li Yong led a cavalry team of more than 1,000 people to gallop in the direction of the Ed region, and the huge horse team lifted up the yellow sand in the sky, and the sound of galloping horses' hooves swept through the wasteland like rolling thunder, carrying away with infinite murderous aura.