"Master Earl, the dinner is ready. You invite Mr. Zhu Wei and Professor Alan Johnson to have dinner together are already waiting in the restaurant."

"Oh, I got it."

The pretty slave's report interrupted Li Fushou's thoughts. At this time, the dusk mist outside the window was already deep, and the afterglow of the sun was about to restrain the last ray of light, and the night was coming.

The soft lights in the study room reflected on the purple velvet curtains, and the monotonous "bang, bang" sound of the moving train was faintly heard, almost inaudible.

The luxurious carriage that has been decorated with great effort has excellent sound insulation. When you sit in the car, you can feel the carriage shaking and undulating, just like a boat.

After a long period of use, the original train foundation has a varying amount of settlement. If you observe the long railway lines during the day, you will find that the rails are as uneven as twisted dragons, and even one side is tilted.

The geological conditions in the coastal plains of Australia are softer than those in the arid Midwest of the United States. After the railway line operates for a period of time, dozens of large-scale geological continuous settlements appeared in the entire railway line.

This situation cannot be changed for the time being. Fortunately, the speed of steam trains is very slow in this era. Most passenger trains are around 20 to 30 kilometers per hour, and freight trains are even slower, so the problem is not very big.

The railway is uneven, just drive slowly.

Li Fushou stood up, strode out of the study and headed towards the dining car. He saw the captain of the guard Fu Peng from afar and stood up to greet him and said casually, "Brother Fu, why are you still paying for the duty yourself? Just arrange these things for brothers in the guard."

"Master, this is the duty of a humble position."

"Okay... I can't stand you, come and have a meal together. Awei hasn't seen you for a long time. You are all old brothers at the time, and you happen to chat together."

"Hehe, it's better to obey your orders than respect."

Li Fushou brought Fu Peng to the dining car. Seeing this, Zhu Wei quickly stood up to greet him. His butt had just left the seat, and his big hands were already pressed on his shoulders. "Awei, you and my brothers don't have to be so polite in private, just sit down."

Warm words flowed into his heart like a warm current. Zhu Wei felt warm in his heart, and his throat seemed to be blocked by something, nodding silently and sitting down.

The pretty maids served exquisite food, fruit plates and wine like flowing water, and dinner began.

Today's staple food is pan-fried Australian top-quality steak with French cheese. Li Fushou has a very good appetite and has killed two steaks. Fu Peng is even more powerful. He has killed three steaks without raising his head, but he is still unsatisfied.

"Great Lord, is your guardian a rumored master of kung fu? He has a good appetite." Professor Allen Johnson was enjoying the after-dinner dessert and said, looking at Fu Peng.

"Well, that's how it's understood."

"Then... can you ask him to show his skills and open our eyes? I'm really curious."

"Allen, Brother Fu is my brother, not a man who is playing tricks on the streets." Li Fushou put down his knife and fork with an unhappy expression, picked up a white napkin, wiped his mouth, picked up the wine glass beside the table and drank it, and said slowly. "You must be awe of a master like Brother Bo. His palms can break the iron pillar. You can consider whether your neck is harder than the iron pillar. I can't stop it if I really want to take action."

This made Allen Johnson change his color when he heard this. At this time, Fu Peng was holding a knife and fork in his hand and lowered his head to eat. His figure slight meal. A warm current of a soldier dying for his confidant filled his whole body, forcibly suppressing the turbulent emotions in his heart, and then continued to eat.

"Oh Siega... Please forgive my recklessness, Mr. Knight... I am very sorry for what I just said." Professor Allen Johnson's apology came quickly, and he shrugged his shoulders very British. "God testified, there is no point in making fun of it, but I am still willing to apologize for it, and ask you not to break my neck, I still need it."

Fu Peng raised his head and said two words briefly; "It's okay."

With the light emitted by the silver candlestick on the dining car, you can see Fu Peng's tiger eyes slightly red and pretending to be indifferent, and bow his head and start dealing with the food seriously.

Li Fushou snapped his fingers, "Tell me about it with the kitchen, I want to give you an authentic braised mutton with French buns, and give Brother Fu one too. I know he likes to eat this bite too, where are you two?"

"I'm fine, thank you Lord." Allen Johnson thanked Bumin.

"Sir, I'm afraid I can't eat it anymore," Zhu Wei replied.

"Hehe, that's all you have no blessings." Li Fushou put down his wine glass slowly and turned to the main topic; "Recently, the Governor's Office of the Straits once again urged the peace talks. What do you think about this, Alan?"

Talking about the serious matter

Professor Allen Johnson also looked serious and thought about it carefully and said, "I saw the diplomatic notes sent by the Governor's Office in the Straits, and carefully studied the wording, but found nothing unusual.

This is just a regular letter. I am not the professional politicians in London. Based on the rich historical knowledge of historians and the political intuition of an Englishman, I feel that the Governor's Office of the Straits is not in a hurry to reach a peace agreement.

You can understand it as the teacher assigns homework on time and the students hand in homework on time.

Therefore, I think we should stick to the bottom line of Shangri-La's non-negotiable negotiations and adhere to it as a prerequisite for reopening negotiations. If the Dutch disagrees for one day, there is no way to start a peaceful negotiation.

All serious consequences arising from this shall be fully responsible for the Governor's Office of the Dutch East Indies.

We should stick to our tough stance and gather more information about London and the Kingdom of the Netherlands for decision-making reference, rather than just guessing.

You know, sometimes intuition can fail.

Logically speaking, Shangri-La Island or Borneo has no attraction to the British Empire. It is beyond my expectations that London is so enthusiastic about this matter. Is there any purpose hidden here?

Think about it

Besides getting the Count of Queensland thanks for his friendship with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I really can’t think of any other benefits London can get from it?”

Li Fushou and Zhu Wei thought carefully, but they did not notice anything after repeated consideration.

Zhu Wei hesitated and said, "In my understanding, the British Empire is widely present, from manpower and material resources to all resources, and has almost no desire for a settlement like the Netherlands. At most, in European affairs, some younger brothers such as Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands, Greece, and Bulgaria need to sway flags and shout to strengthen their momentum, so as to occupy the commanding heights of morality and justice to implement the European balance strategy, to attack and weaken the strong side and help the weak side. In addition, I would not have thought there would be any other role."

"Will it take action because of the complex relationship between the European royal family?" Allen Johnson proposed a possibility.

“It’s indeed possible.”

Li Fushou is quite familiar with the upper class in London. This is almost the center of the European royal family. There are endless royal members and top nobles from all over the European countries, especially the royal family race every spring, which is almost a grand gathering for the European royal family.

Anyone who meets an elegant lady is the Duchess.

Queen Victoria's European grandmother was famous and through marriage weaving a huge European royal family and relatives family, almost all European powers were included, except for France and the Ottoman Empire.

France established a democratic republic system, and the original feudal dynasty of the French Empire collapsed, while the Ottoman Empire was an alternative to Europe and the enemy of the Christian world.

"But... the Kingdom of Dutch has not had a British royal marriage for more than 60 years. The last time it should have been traced back to..." Professor Allen Johnson suddenly paused when he said this, looking at Li Fushou and his two people in a sympathy, and blurted out almost at the same time; "Princess William Minna..."

Both of them were silent at the same time

After careful consideration, Professor Allen Johnson said, "William III is already old, and Princess William Minna is only two years old this year. She will rule this Nordic country as the only heir to the throne of the Netherlands. Her marriage relationship is extremely important and will affect the policy direction of the Kingdom for decades in the coming years. She will never consider the British royal family, which has always been strong. I am very sure of this and can rule out accidents."

"That is, London will not be biased towards the Kingdom of Dutch."

"Yes, London politicians are standard pirates, and they are unwilling to do anything that has no benefit."

"This is really good news." Li Fushouqing couldn't help but leave her mouth and smiled.

This means that in Borneo, we can put pressure on the Netherlands as much as possible. Britain will adhere to the mediator's transcendent status without making practical intervention, which will help delay negotiations until next year or even the year afterwards, and gain time for Queensland to master more chips.

"Oh... By the way, how is the Borneo immigration plan going?" Li Fushou asked.

"Sir Earl, I am planning to report to you on this issue." Zhu Wei took the initiative to take over the conversation.

"Tell me, I'll listen." Li Fushou nodded slightly and signaled him to say it's okay.

Professor Allen Johnson is a private policy consultant. Some public immigration policies need not be hidden from him. Of course, it is not enough to involve secret content. After all, this old man is an Englishman, so he still needs to keep it.

Fu Peng is a close confidant, and his level of contact with him is far higher than Professor Allen Johnson, so of course there is no problem.

Zhu Wei took out a document from his pocket and expanded it, and then looked at it and said;

"The first area to immigrate in Borneo is Sanmalinda. The number of immigrants reached 13,200 in July, and the number of immigrants planned in August was 22,000. The population is mainly dominated by simple and simple rural families. Most of them come from coastal provinces such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. In the next few months, it will stabilize between 22,000 and 25,000 people per month, and will be adjusted depending on the resettlement situation.

Due to war

In order to avoid the war, many local white Dutch planters transferred a large number of plantations and did not have sufficient manpower to take over the British consortium. Therefore, they welcomed the arrival of a large number of Chinese immigrants and had a strong demand for investment and labor resources.

According to preliminary estimates, the entire Sanmalinda area can accept about 120,000 to 150,000 Chinese immigrants. When the security situation in East Kalimantan Province is completely stable, it is expected that millions of people can be relocated to open up wasteland.

It is expected to take two years to gradually achieve stable economic development in the region and make people self-sufficiency.

As for the Southern Kalimantan Province we control today, the temporary immigration efforts are relatively small, mostly concentrated in towns and nearby areas, with about two to three thousand people per month. In addition, the early tens of thousands of Borneo Chinese immigrants can ensure complete control of the area.

Judging from the current situation, it is roughly 307 yuan.

30% of immigrants are concentrated in urban ports, and 70% of immigrants enter rural plantations. After orderly marshals, they receive militia training during the busy farming period and teach basic self-defense capabilities.

The overall immigration plan for Borneo is to reach the target of 120,000 by the end of 1882 and the target of 350,000 by 1883, with a militia training rate exceeding 20%, which initially consolidates the pioneering foundation in the region.

With the rich experience of immigrant town building in the Red River Valley, we have drawn more than 300 young officials from Australia to various departments in Borneo's urban and township management, cooperated with the military to jointly control the region, and gradually achieved orderly and stable development.

The immigration plan for Shangri-La Island in 1882 was set at 63,000 people, and in 1883 it will make a big leap on this basis. The annual immigration will reach a scale of 250,000, and 11 new towns will be built in the southern Yi Agricultural Area to accommodate the rapidly influx of people.

The goal of the local immigration plan in Australia was revised to 850,000 people in 1882. Coupled with the independent implementation of young women's immigration by media companies, it is expected to exceed the million mark for the first time throughout the year, achieving a historic breakthrough.

Immigration and Australia's local population growth will reach a population of 495-5 million by the end of this year, and will be expected to exceed 6 million next year, with an annual compound growth rate of more than 27%, and it will still show a high growth trend, effectively promoting economic development.

As the main source of immigration, Guangjitang generally has tutoring immigration institutions in coastal cities and provinces on the mainland, especially the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi regions with small land and large populations in northern central and northern regions, which are the most important source of immigration.

In recent years, disasters in the mainland have been constantly occurring. The north has almost every year of droughts of varying scales, and floods in the south are frequent, and people are living in poverty. Among them, there are natural disasters and human disasters, but they bring convenience to our timely encouragement of immigration policies.

According to reports from immigration agencies in various places, as Australia's rich reputation continues to ferment and there are continuous large amounts of overseas remittance income, further laying the foundation for widespread immigration, and the phenomenon of unplanned spontaneous immigration is increasing.

Given the uneven quality of spontaneous immigration, it has not been initially screened and selected by immigration agencies, and the local tolerance of Australia is considered, it is not recommended to let it enter on a large scale. It is mainly guided to enter high-quality populations with certain economic strength and foundation through immigration policies to achieve the purpose of optimizing population quality."

"Well, Australia's current population tolerance is limited, and it cannot be picked up on dishes." Li Fushou agreed with Zhu Wei's point of view, and saw the maid bringing the steaming braised skinned beef and French buns together. The braised skinned mutton has a strong sauce and a fragrant taste. He picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. He couldn't help but cheer loudly. "The taste is great. It's a pity that Awei and Allen don't give one. Brother Fu, let's eat it with your stomach."

"Everything is true to me, Mr. Fu." Fu Peng is a martial arts man. His plate is bigger than Li Fushou. The tall pieces of sauce-red meat piled on the plate are steaming hot and the fragrance comes to his nose.

The two gluttons picked up their wine glasses and smiled, took a big sip of French white wine, and then began to enjoy the delicious food in big mouthfuls.

Seeing them eating so sweetly, Professor Alan Johnson couldn't help but feel a little greedy and said angrily, "Is it really that delicious to eat in a plate of mutton?"

"Uh-huh……"

The two gluttons were having a good time to answer his words.

Looking at the two of them enjoying each other, Professor Alan Johnson felt a little regretful in his heart. He missed an opportunity to taste the delicious food and suddenly felt like he was at a loss.
Chapter completed!