Chapter 113: Let go of the South Seas

Sending away the officials with worried faces, Huo Shan smiled faintly, he didn't bother to explain anything to these people, I believe that after the news of this naval victory came, they would change their opinion of the navy!

"Huo Dian, how are things going in Nanyang?" Huo Shan asked with a smile looking at the director of the Security Bureau who was left behind and personally selected.

"Young Master, I have already put them all under surveillance according to your orders, but the collusion between Sukarno, the leader of the Javanese Dúlì Army, and Rudolf Tiar, the remnant of the Dutch East India Intelligence Service, may be detrimental to the rule of our Huo Jiajun on Java Island......"

Looking at his god who stopped talking, Huo Shan said calmly: "Say whatever you want, there are no outsiders here!"

"Yes, young master, I don't understand, why don't we take the opportunity to wipe them out when we know that these Javanese dúlì elements will oppose our rule?" Huo Dian asked puzzled, after all, the Huo family army has nearly 70,000 troops stationed on Java Island, even if these natives start a rebellion, they can still send enough military strength to suppress these Nanyang monkeys!

"Hehe, Huo Dian! Java Island is different from the other islands in the South China Sea that we occupied before, in this 120,000 square kilometers of the fourth largest island in the South Seas, there are nearly 15 million people living on it, except for our nearly one million Chinese, the rest of the people are almost all Javanese, Madura, Sundanese and other indigenous peoples of the South Seas! Although we are not afraid of a frontal war, if they use the rainforest and complex terrain of the island to fight a guerrilla war with us, it will not only hinder our development of Java, but also cause unnecessary casualties to our soldiers! Moreover, it is a critical period for us to be at war with the Netherlands and Portugal, so it is necessary and necessary to maintain the stability of Java! ”

"Young Master, then let them rebel against our rule?" Huo Dian asked a little unwillingly.

"Of course this is impossible, I am not so merciful! It is the unshakable fundamental policy of the Huo Jiajun to weaken the natives of the islands of the South Seas and the Pacific Ocean and increase the number of Han people in our various islands! Therefore, the natives of Java must be exterminated! However, we must divide this process into several specific stages! First of all, let these Javanese dúlì elements jump out on their own, and when the time comes, we will use the slogan of suppressing bandits, and we will first get rid of these guys, believing that after this turmoil, we will not only be able to obtain a large amount of free labor, but also achieve our goal of reducing the population of Java! Then, it is to stir up hatred between the various Nanyang tribes, this island has a large population, and in order to compete for land, there are often wars between the tribes, and they have formed an inextricable mortal enmity between them, and I believe that this task is not too difficult for our orthodox Huo family army! After the above two methods are reduced, it would be good if half of the natives on the island could remain! When the time comes, we will send troops to wipe them out! In this way, our goal of reducing the indigenous population will be achieved!" Huo Shan said with a smile on his face, these policies to maintain rule and reduce the indigenous population, he learned from the British Empire!

It has to be said that after occupying such a huge colony, the British really worked hard to maintain the stability of their colonies! Moreover, their balancing policy was not only applied to the European continent, but also to the colonies in Africa and almost all the countries in Asia.

Moreover, if it weren't for this damn policy, China's warlord melee in modern times would not have lasted so long, causing irreparable trauma to the entire Chinese nation, not only destroying China's national self-confidence and culture that has been inherited for thousands of years, but also destroying the entire country until decades after the founding of New China.

If you go back to this era and say which country Huoshan hates the most, then the British Empire is definitely the first place alongside Xiao Rìben!

"Young Master, I understand! I will do what you want!" Huo Dian excitedly agreed. He had to admit that Young Master Huo's method was definitely a good knife to kill people without seeing blood, and as long as this method was implemented at that time, I was afraid that in a few years, not only would the problem of the Nanyang natives be solved, but also it would not have any impact on the economic construction and development of the Huo family army on Java Island!

Looking at the admiration on the other party's face, Huo Shan was secretly proud in his heart! The benefits brought by this kind of crossing are now more and more enjoyable!

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Henry was an English ocean-going merchant who owned two 5,000-ton ocean-going freighters, and his job was to transport all kinds of agricultural products from the South Seas to Europe for sale! However, the complementarity between the two sides was that with the development of European industry, the increase in population, and the prosperity of the people, they became stronger and stronger, and of course Henry also made a lot of money, not only bought a gorgeous manor in London, but also added a 5,000-ton freighter to form his own fleet!

Everything was fine and he was making more and more money, but a year and a half ago things had changed radically! A war broke out over the entire East Indies, and the Chinese army, who did not know where it had come, not only drove away the Dutch, who had occupied the area, but also sent troops to blockade all the coastal ports of the East Indies and forbid all foreign merchant ships to dock!

Of course, there are also a few unbelievers, relying on their white identity and the support of the powerful country behind them, ready to force their way into the port, and the result is of course tragic, their cargo ships were bombarded by those sharp shore artillery and turned into sea garbage!

Although the Governor's Office of the Straits Settlements of the British Empire also dispatched the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet stationed here at the request of its own merchants, from these shore guns all over the East Indies, the self-proclaimed well-informed and experienced British Imperial Navy understood that it was really impossible to break through the blockade of these shore guns with warships, and that the warships of the British Far East Fleet were not only small in number and small in tonnage, but also slow Iron Association warships and wooden-hulled ships! It is okay to use it to fight pirates and patrol the shipping lanes in normal times, but it is really too far to attack the enemy's heavily guarded coastal defense batteries! Therefore, after seeing the Chinese troops on these islands only expelling merchant ships from various countries to dock at the port, and doing nothing else! The matter will be over!

Although merchant ships from various countries have never visited the South Seas for more than a year, more and more Chinese fleets have gathered here! Not only have they occupied a part of the world's shipping industry, but their position in the global agricultural market has also begun to become more and more important!

In particular, with the development of various islands in the South Seas by the Huo Jiajun, the industrious Han farmers began to grow various cash crops with the help of the Huo Jiajun at all levels, so that the output of Nanyang agricultural products, especially tropical agricultural products, became higher and higher, and the position in the global agricultural industry became more and more important!

Of course, all this also made the shipping companies and maritime merchants of various countries who had been making a living in Nanyang drool with envy! Originally, they were limited to the blockade of the Chinese army on the island, and there was nothing they could do! But this situation seems to have changed recently!

Henry looked at the red invitation that was not jīng on the table, touched his chin full of hard stubble, and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes!

This invitation is nothing else, it is Huo Jiajun who sent him an invitation to participate in the Nanyang Agricultural Exchange held in East Wanlu City, the capital of Borneo Province on December 25th!

Of course, he was not the only one who received this invitation, almost all other companies or individuals who had previously done business in the East Indies received this invitation!