1885 New Year's Day

According to the clear instructions of Red Fort, Queensland once again increased its overall control over Lan Fangguo, and drew 1,500 fresh graduates from the Eagle School, 100 fresh graduates from Red River Valley University, and 61 staff members from various grassroots townships who had been trained for many years and performed well to go to Lan Fangguo to build a complete administrative and public security operation structure for Lan Fangguo. All rules follow the trip to Queensland.

Regular routes from Brisbane, Tianshu City, Sanmalinda and other places to Dongwanlu have been opened one after another, and a large number of personnel and materials traveled through the route. While delivering blood to Lanfangguo, it further deepened its overall control.

February

According to the order of the Earl Li Fushou, the immigration routes from the Far East added regular flights to Dongwanlu. On February 17, the first immigration ship from Fujian arrived in Dongwanlu with 2,671 full of longing immigrants, opening the prelude to large-scale immigration of Lanfangguo.

Mid-February

A new recruitment order was issued. The total number of recruits recruited and trained this time reached 7,700, which has exceeded the scale of a whole division. This is the largest recruitment order except for the war period.

Among them, 800 young and strong people were recruited from Lan Fangguo. Once released, it immediately attracted tens of thousands of local young people to apply. The scene was spectacular.

At the same time, Queensland senior executives have carried out a series of personnel changes.

In addition to the changes in senior military personnel, Ho Shoutian, who was originally the mayor of Brisbane, changed his transformation and became Prime Minister Lan Fangguo. The position of the Grand Command was abolished, and the old government regulations were abolished, and the full shift to the Queensland political and economic system.

He Shoutian is the loyal lieutenant of the Count. He has a relatively mediocre ability, but he has the advantage of being loyal and can feel at ease to hand over Lan Fangguo to his hands.

He Shoutian knew clearly how much he was. With his ability, he couldn't make any trouble in Lanfangguo. He bowed his head to the instructions from Hongbao and followed them all.

The position of mayor of Brisbane was replaced by Wu Mozhou, who was transferred from the south. Through this outstanding official, Red Fort can penetrate deeper into all levels of Brisbane, and hold this second largest city in Australia, which can be compared with the Red River Valley.

The above radical measures were originally suspected by senior Queensland officials, worried that it would stimulate London's sensitive nerves too much.

As it turns out, all this is nothing wrong.

London has already opened the prelude to the general election. At this time, the election situation is behind the conservative Whig Party's current Liberal Cabinet, so how can we have the heart to take care of the Australian colonies thousands of miles away?

Not to mention the cabinet, even Lord Gulliver, the Minister of the Colonial Department, had no time to take care of him. Since the New Year, he has frequently fought for his party's elections between the counties of the British Isles, and has had a relationship with some rural gentry and local aristocrats, and has been concerned about his well-being.

Earl of Queensland Li Fushou will not put the private agreement reached by the "Coffee House Secret Talk" behind his mind, but instead recruited new recruits step by step to send them to various major battalions for high-intensity training to prepare for a large-scale invasion of Africa.

He had figured out London's pulse. At the moment when facing the grand celebration of the general election and the 50th anniversary of the Queen's ascension to the throne, the British side was more likely to be less than more. The conservative separatist forces in the south were pressed to the ground and rubbed hard. This is a clear proof.

In addition to the anger that he suffered in London and the Suez Canal, Downing Street always had to give himself a channel to vent. As long as he did not raise the flag to rebel, even if he did it too much, it would be harmless.

As for Lan Fangguo, haha...

Even though the troubles are done, the British pretend not to hear or see, and the British really don't like this big place.

To talk about the British's thoughts, we have to talk about some historical origins.

From the British colonial journey that began in the Age of Discovery, until the mid-18th century, London had little interest in land and acted mainly on interests.

Compared with the feudal empires that emerged on horseback in Eurasia, Britain's "patience" is amazing.

In fact, this is in line with the logic of the British;

On the road of colonization, everything is for trade, to dump markets and obtain raw materials at a low price, rather than to enslave local people. Even if the land is occupied, it is for the convenience of trade, so why do you have to be classified into your own territory?

The British rarely dispatched heavy troops in the colonies to supervise people's lives and demand naturalization, and rarely spread religious beliefs and language. They only needed simple administrative agencies and a peaceful order that favors trade, which was enough.

In this regard, the United Kingdom is more similar to the Netherlands and Belgium.

However, Britain was more open-minded, willing to build industry and complete roads and railway systems in the colonies, establish schools for elite education, and encourage merchants to participate in trade, just as they did in Australia and India, rather than just treating the colonies as primary raw materials.

Among the old colonial countries

The colonies belonging to Britain later grew into the most developed countries, which is not unrelated to the enlightened policies implemented in London.

The American War of Independence suffered little loss. In the unfavorable situation, Britain decisively chose to let go and establish trade ties between countries with the United States, and still effectively safeguarded its own economic interests.

In the anti-French alliance, the Kingdom of Dutch made a lot of efforts and followed behind his butt to shake the flag and shout.

Therefore, after defeating the French Emperor Napoleon, the British Empire rewarded merits and handed over the East Indies to the Dutch with a generous stroke of its pen, and the British military forces completely withdrew from the area.

From the early 18th to the early 19th centuries, a saying that British East India Company officials often said was "Trade and not land", which was by no means a false statement. This policy prevented the British from falling into a certain colony.

Even India and Britain do not seem to have the intention of staying there for a long time.

Hastings, the first Indian governor, said in public in 1818: "One day, and this day will not be too far away, Britain will return the rule of the country that it has been unintentionally acquired, according to the correct principles."

The change in Britain's national policy against the colonies began during the Victorian period. In the early and middle periods of Queen Victoria's rule, it was full of sharpness and aggressiveness. Just for the sake of the opium merchants, it brazenly launched an Opium War against the Qing Dynasty.

This is just a single incident in Queen Victoria's nearly 50 years of rule, but it has caused irreparable damage to modern China and has seriously affected it for a hundred years.

This period

British colonial policy has been fully shifted and foreign policy has become more aggressive. The British Empire's army has expanded its territory almost all over the world, interpreting the brilliant Victorian era.

In the late period of his reign, the old Prince Victoria's children married into European royal families and were respected as "European grandmother". This soft place in the old man's heart had the upper hand, and his policies towards Europe were obviously eased, and he was no longer aggressive to the world, and his sharpness was revealed.

Controlling the pulse of Buckingham Palace, you will naturally do everything in a good way.

This is the biggest gain of Li Fushou's trip to Europe. After returning to Australia, he made a big move, promoted the significant increase in immigration wave, trained recruits, promoted the complete occupation of Lanfangguo of Queensland, promoted the acceleration of the development of Qixing Town in the Qingshui River Basin, promoted the acceleration of the development of northern Queensland, promoted the comprehensive integration of the economy within the territory, used the large output of koi copper and gold mines to strengthen fiscal measures, and ushered in a new round of great development.

Time flies, and half a year has passed in a flash

October 1885

Under the continuous urging of the British colonial department, the troops preparing to expedition to Africa were finally organized. This was a newly built division-level unit, named "African Expeditionary Division". This was a strengthened division organization, with an army post of 10,100, just over 10,000.

The "African Expeditionary Division" was commanded by Mo Rufeng, the former deputy commander of Shangri-La Division. He was originally a juren from Gusu Prefecture. He had been training at the grassroots level in Queensland for two years and returned to the Earl as secretary for many years. Later, he resolutely joined the army and participated in a series of bloody battles with the Dutch for the Moresby area.

He can be said to be rich in qualifications, outstanding in talent, both civil and military, and has the prototype of a commander-in-chief.

In addition, Colonel Koch, deputy commander of the Second Division of Kalimantan, was selected as his deputy. Colonel Koch was a Junker military noble who had participated in the Franco-Prussian War. He participated in all major and small battles in Queensland and was an experienced veteran.

Lieutenant Colonel Li Shuanzhu, the commander of the Koi Guard District, was selected as the leader of the main 1st regiment. After 6 months of further study at the Huangpu Army Infantry Officer's School, Li Shuanzhu achieved double excellence through his own efforts and made outstanding achievements in the work of the Guard District.

This time, the Count was the move to further cultivate him from the security area. If nothing unexpected happens, the throne of the deputy division commander is already very close.

Red Fort drew elite troops from various field troops to form this powerful "African Expeditionary Division".

Starting in October

The officers and soldiers of the division took seven large immigration ships in batches. Accompanied by more than a dozen large cargo ships, they traveled thousands of miles to Xi'an Town in the Horn of Africa.

Today, Xi'an Town has developed into a large town with a population of more than 30,000. It has strong logistical supply capacity and is the best choice for the "African Expeditionary" to adapt to the local hot climate.

Follow the plan

The "African Expeditionary Division" will train for three months in the area to adapt to the local climate and launch a large-scale attack at the right time.

The specific time has been obtained after 1886.

In this half year

Australia, located in the South Pacific region, has devoted itself to its development and its economy has shown a rapid development trend. It increased by 21.7% in the first three quarters compared with the same period last year. It has delivered a qualified economic achievement answer sheet, and the prospects are quite gratifying.

During this period, the white conservative separatist forces in the south were strictly ordered not to act rashly, and honestly did not make any trouble, which won a rare time for Queensland.

This is due to the "secret talks in the coffee shop" and is also one of the requirements put forward by Li Fushou. The tacit consensus on "to calm the country before fighting foreign countries" is the basis for cooperation between the two sides.
Chapter completed!