Chapter 110: The Infinite Greed for Land

"Young Master, our navy has occupied all the islands in accordance with your orders, including the Natuna Islands, the Anambas Islands, the Tammelan Islands, the Linga Islands, the Mindawe Islands, and the Christmas Island off Java in the Indian Ocean! In addition, the twelve gunboats that we captured in this war with the Netherlands have also been converted into patrol ships and stationed on these islands! In addition, our transport ships have also begun to transport immigrants to these islands, and I believe that in a month or two, we will be able to truly consolidate our rule over these islands!" Huo Fengshen said confidently.

After listening to his words, Huo Shan couldn't help but nod with satisfaction! The reason why he was impatient to send troops to occupy these desert islands that seemed to have no resources at the beginning of the war was that on the one hand, he didn't want the German expeditionary force that was heading towards the Far East to take advantage of it, and on the other hand, for the sake of the 200-kilometer marine economic circle in the future, you must know that below the sea level, there are not only abundant fishery resources, but also a lot of oil reserves, which are known as industrial black gold! Of course, there is one of the biggest reasons, which is Huo Shan's infinite greed for land!

Now, he is holding a world map all day long, looking for the land that is still above sea level and has not yet been occupied by other countries, and then sends his fleet over and puts up the national sovereignty monument that he has customized by himself!

Although almost everyone in the Huo family's army didn't understand why their young master, who was unwilling to let go of a reef above sea level, he still unconditionally carried out his order!

Of course, they didn't understand that Young Master Huo was holding back, and he was suffocated by the three island blockade lines of the United States in later generations!

Because of the blockade of the world's major capitalist countries, China's population of nearly 1.4 billion is trapped on a land of 9.6 million, which is really too crowded! Since the crowded Huoshan came to this world, its hopes for land have begun to expand indefinitely, and even after occupying the East Indies, it will be difficult to fill it! Because in view of the terrifying population growth rate of China in the future, these territories are still too far behind! He must work harder!

But now, I can't say these words to others, I can only hold them in my heart and continue to work hard to achieve my grand goals!

"It is impossible for Britain and France not to find out about such a large-scale landing on the island, do they have any actions?" Huo Shan then asked.

Hearing the young master's words, Huo Feng lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and replied, "No, neither country has said anything about our occupation of these islands, but there are more patrol ships they have sent to monitor us than before!"

"Xiaoshan, at this time, it is difficult for us to do any more secret actions, and with the development of the Nanyang provinces and the continuous increase of immigrants, the output of various agricultural products has gradually increased, and it is difficult to ensure the development of these provinces by relying only on the Pacific shipping under the jurisdiction of the Huo family, and in addition, it is impossible for us to never communicate with other countries, this is impossible! Therefore, we hope that the military can relax the restrictions on the port! Allow all kinds of foreign merchant ships to dock!" Huang Sheng said with a hint of pleading on his face.

After listening to his words, Huo Shan couldn't help but bow his head and be silent, at the beginning, except for Java Island, the islands in the South Seas did not have much population, and it was not difficult to blockade them, and at that time, it was mainly based on construction, and almost all the products on the islands were also provided to domestic immigrants who had just come to the South Seas and had almost nothing! But now it has become different, taking Borneo Province as an example, the Chinese here have approached fifteen million in two years, but the population is still increasing rapidly, and more importantly, with the increase in population, the dependence of each island on foreign countries has also begun to become stronger, in this era of rapid economic development, the previous blockade of the island is indeed a bit out of place, but Huo Shan does not want to let it all go at once, because Huo Jiajun still has many secrets that cannot be known to outsiders, at least before the defeat of the expeditionary forces of the two countries, it cannot be known to outsiders！

"Teacher, I understand what you mean, now the population of our islands in the South Seas, not counting those natives, is close to 30 million, and it is indeed a bit out of place to blockade the islands, and it also hinders the economic development of the islands in the South Seas, so I agree with you and let go of the blockade of these islands!" Huo Shan raised his head and said word by word.

"Really?" Huang Sheng asked repeatedly in disbelief, he had just mentioned it casually today, but he didn't expect Huo Shan to really agree!

"Young Master, is this appropriate?" Huo Long, who was sitting next to him, frowned and asked.

"Hehe, there is nothing inappropriate, the reason why we blocked these islands in the first place is because after we occupied them, there were too few Chinese and too many natives, which was not conducive to our rule, and in addition, we also wanted to keep the secrets of our army and prepare for the later war with the Netherlands! However, I did not expect that our Nanyang provinces are developing so fast, the speed of immigration is also amazing, plus the indigenous people there have been basically wiped out, and no one can change the situation in these areas in the future dominated by us Chinese, plus our current army, it is enough to ensure that our rule over these islands is not threatened! Moreover, our army's military expenses and various financial expenditures have almost all been supported by all kinds of gold and silver captured in the war, although we still have a lot of wealth, and it is enough for us to use it for a long time, but this is not a long-term solution after all, only by developing the economy in these places, strengthening our taxes, and increasing our fiscal revenue, can the Huo Jiajun maintain its strength and prosperity! Therefore, I still decided to let go of the blockade!" Huo Shan said with a smile.

"Xiaoshan, you are really a wise move!" Huang Sheng exclaimed with a flushed face.

In his opinion, Huoshan's ability to lift the blockade of the islands in the South Seas is undoubtedly the greatest support for the work of the Government Council!

Hearing his teacher's words, Huo Shan smiled faintly and said: "Teacher, don't be too happy, I promised to open the blockade, but Huo Jiajun's military secrets still can't be leaked, so each province can only open five coastal ports, and other ports are still not allowed to open! Moreover, this will also facilitate our customs collection, and at the same time strengthen the management of foreign ships to prevent accidents!"

"Okay, I understand, you're right! We will carefully screen it after we go back!" Huang Sheng also felt that Huo Shan's words were very reasonable, only opening five ports in each province was indeed conducive to the collection of tariffs, and at the same time cracking down on tax evasion!

"By the way, Xiaoshan! What are you going to do with Java and Sumatra in the future, are you going to be under military control all the time?"

"How is it possible, the officer is only for a while, and when this war is completely over, the officer will be over!" Huo Shan replied with a smile.

"Oh, so you already have a strategy in mind?" Huang Sheng then asked.

"Yes, after the end of military control, Java Island will be directly incorporated into Nansha Province, and the geographical location of Timor Island is too important, and when the time comes, it will draw a picture from Nansha Province to form Nandu, and it will become our first municipality directly under the central government to reach the provincial administrative level! As for Sumatra Island, we will establish Xisha Province on its basis! After this division, the division of our provinces in the South Sea and the Pacific Ocean will be basically decided! What do you think?"

"Well, five provinces, one municipality directly under the central government! Plus our three provinces in the Pacific Ocean, one province on the Indochina Peninsula, Taiwan Island and Hainan Island! In this way, the number of provincial-level administrative units that we can fully control will reach 12!" Huo Long said excitedly beside him.

"yes, I didn't expect us to develop to this extent in just two years, it's really unbelievable!"

"There's no way, the young master's eloquence is really beyond the reach of ordinary people!"

Listening to everyone's discussions, looking at their excited faces, Huo Shan couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, his hard work for more than two years finally bore fruitful results at this moment!

I believe that as long as I give an order, then the founding of the country may be a matter of course!