After leaving the Secretariat, Li Fushou did not let others accompany him, so he allowed them to continue working with peace of mind. He still only took Fu Peng, Li Sixian and others forward.

The road is downstairs, and not far away, there is a lush garden with flowers blooming and colorful flowers, and the melodious birds singing from the jungle, adding a special breath of nature.

There was a fork on the left and right roads near the garden. There were heavily guarded posts here. Fully armed guards were on duty. When they saw the Count, they stood up and saluted.

Going to the left is the centralized office area of ​​various institutions under Hongbao. This is a Chinese-style pavilion complex with telegraph rooms, field liaison rooms, government offices, military offices, economic offices, audit rooms and statistical affairs departments under the Secretariat. It is responsible for seamless connection between governments, military and enterprises.

It also has the Political Department, Public Security Department, Audit and Audit Department, Immigration Department, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Development Department, Finance and Taxation Department, Civil Affairs Department, Legal Department, Police Department, Urban Construction Department and other institutions. It is the core area of ​​the Red Fort rule. Countless government orders are issued from here to direct the huge Queensland forces to operate in an orderly manner according to the established trajectory.

Walk to the right and pass by a moon gate, and then pass by a guard post, you can see the Chinese-style building complex hidden in the woods. The scale of this building complex is much smaller, mainly from various departments of the Hongbao Interior Department, and the most important thing is the inner account room, which is managed by the chief manager Chen Shiheng.

How important the internal accounting is can be seen from a number. Almost 80% of the funds for the infrastructure construction of the Earl Territory come from the internal accounting, which is a funding nature. Nearly 40% of the construction funds in other areas of Queensland also come from this, which is an investment nature. This is absolutely different.

Li Fushou gave a gift slightly and took a few people around him to the left, briefly checking the central office area...

After a while

Back at Lingxiao Pavilion, Li Fushou rubbed his slightly sore calves. After using it briefly, he called his private exclusive masseur Chris for a full-scale massage.

Chris' massage techniques became more and more skillful and experienced. He pounded lightly and slapped the force just right. Li Fushou lay on the soft massage table and fell asleep unknowingly.

After taking a break, he was revived with full blood.

A thick confidential document with neatly bound and a well-decorated document was already placed on the wide desk. The title page clearly read "Summary of the 1885 National Development Economic Report - Immigration Chapter", which always seems to be as thick as primary school Chinese textbooks.

Li Fushou simply looked through it, and the document listed detailed immigration numbers, the number of people from which province, the occupation, the ratio of men and women, the age composition and other details. The detailed statistics of immigration to each city are included.

Li Fushou would not pay too much attention to the specific details. This is the information that the Secretariat wants to transfer to the internal service archives. For the detailed information of each immigrant, it is the information that can hold several carriages.

The important role of immigration is discussed at the beginning. The foundation of Queensland's economic takeoff is skimmed and turned directly to the summary section.

1885 Year

It is the first year of implementing the China Immigration Opening Policy. In the 12 months of the year, the total number of immigrants reached 1.5782 million, including 1.1621 million male immigrants and 416,100 female immigrants, and the gender ratio is relatively balanced.

Chinese immigrants are mainly aged 14 to 28, accounting for 93.22%, while the remaining age groups account for 6.78%. Most of them are young and strong laborers and craftsmen with certain skills. The population age structure is generally younger.

1885 was a year of great development, a year of more balanced population structure, and a year of breakthroughs in immigration policies.

The number of immigrants in the whole year exceeded 1.5 million for the first time, an increase of 64.27% compared with the previous year's 964,000 Chinese immigrants, achieving a historic breakthrough, and continuously breaking the one-million immigration mark and 1.5 million mark, becoming one of the powerful driving forces to boost economic takeoff.

According to population distribution;

The number of immigrants in Australia reached 866,600 throughout the year, of which female immigrants accounted for 39.7%, which greatly alleviated the sharp contradiction between the proportion of men and women in society. The Civil Affairs Bureau registered 514,900 marriages throughout the year, and more than one million men and women entered the marriage hall and formed a happy small family.

In 1885, the number of newborns born in society reached 433,500, which formed Queensland's first large-scale baby boom. At the same time, it drove the wedding economy, media economy, infant product economy and real estate to become popular, and social consumption power was rising steadily, which was another strong driving force for the development of the endogenous economy.

Given the continuous influx of female immigrants in recent years, it is expected that the superposition effect will begin to appear in 1886. Families who got married the previous year entered the reproductive period, and better families with children of childbearing to get pregnant with their second and third babies will surely lead to explosive growth of newborns on the high base of 1885.

The total number of people in Australia exceeded 8 million for the first time, about 8.17 million (South Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, the statistics are inaccurate and can only be estimated), which is a very exciting number.

Among them, the number of descendants of white people (including British, French, German, American, Western, and Italian) increased slightly, about 1.9217 million, a slight increase of more than 50,000 compared with more than 1.87 million in the previous year.

Analyzing its population composition, the annual inflow of 117,000 people reached 143,000 people, and the newborn population reached more than 77,000, showing a slight growth trend.

Most of the white people flowed into the country were merchants, explorers and crew members from Europe and the United States, and some gold diggers who came to Australia to look for opportunities. The background is relatively complex and the purpose is different.

Most of the whites are 9 to 15-year-old boys and women, some white gold diggers who make their first pot of gold, farmers who are disappointed with the prospects and wealthy gold miners, and some white cowboys who are unable to find job opportunities.

The indigenous population continues to decline, from more than 80,000 in the early years to less than 50,000 today, most of which have been integrated into society and engaged in various lower-level jobs.

Immigration from the East Indies (not counting young women in Borneo) and Asahi have increased, from about 34,000 to 39,100.

The main body of population growth comes from Chinese immigrants. The total number of Chinese immigrants in Australia has exceeded 6 million mark, reaching 6.152 million, almost three times the population of other ethnic groups, and has achieved a complete crushing.

Statistical analysis shows;

Australia's population is extremely unevenly distributed. The population is densely distributed in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales (in the Earl Territory). There are many emerging towns, developed industries, prosperous agriculture and animal husbandry, and a high degree of economic development. The population per square kilometer reaches 27.6 people, with a population size exceeding 5 million, accounting for more than 60% of the Australian population.

Victoria is second, with a population of 3.1 per square kilometer, mainly concentrated on more than 40,000 square kilometers of land around Melbourne, mainly engaged in gold mining, smelting trade, and agriculture, animal husbandry and service industries as the supplement.

New South Wales ranks third in population density, with 1.7 people per square kilometer. It mainly lives in Sydney and its southern towns (new towns under the Earl's corps). It is mostly engaged in animal husbandry. Sydney City has developed commerce and complete cultural, educational and trade facilities. It is one of Australia's cultural and educational centers.

South Australia ranks fourth in population density, with 0.06 people per square kilometer, and the capital Adelaide has a population of 31,000. The state mainly engages in agriculture and animal husbandry.

Tasmania ranks fifth in population density, 0.0 per square kilometer.

Western Australia has the lowest population density ranking, with 0.003 people per square kilometer...

In summary

The next step should continue to promote the northern Queensland development project, guide the rational population flow through policies, increase economic depth, and allocate resources reasonably, and allocate consensus by alleviating conflicts between the north and the south to achieve the goal of common development...

More than 6 million?

Li Fushou leaned on the wide and comfortable chair with satisfaction and stretched comfortably. He was sincerely happy about his achievements. It was not easy to reach the height of today!

I remember when I first set foot on the land of Brisbane in 1876, the entire population of Australia was only more than 2 million, about 100,000 or 200,000 or more.

White descendants occupy the absolute mainstream, and Chinese immigrants are mainly gold diggers, and the total number is about 300,000 to 400,000. Because there were no accurate statistics at that time, we can only estimate them roughly.

If the original history has not changed

By 1901, the Australian Federation was established, with a total population of only more than 3.8 million.

Australian history has changed since 1876

After more than 10 years of hard work and a large number of immigrants have been influx for many years, Australia, led by Queensland, has undergone earth-shaking changes. The Chinese immigrant population has quickly caught up from its minority status, surpassed and crushed, becoming the mainstream ethnic group in Australia.

Whether in Red River Valley, Brisbane, Songjiang, Beilun, or Qingdao, Burns, and Darwin, you can see hardworking Chinese immigrants everywhere, with Chinese signs everywhere, making people feel like they are in Chinese towns on the mainland.

Cut off the braids and reduce the weakness of the Uyan Beiqi. The Chinese compatriots who immigrated to Australia regained their spirit and spirit of the Han and Tang dynasties, showing a different kind of high spirit, with confidence and happy smiles between their eyebrows.

Li Fushou was deeply proud of this. The rich heritage left by his ancestors was so brilliant and brilliant that it could not be concealed by a mere dynasty. As long as there is the right fertile soil and rain, it will immediately grow up from the depths of his personality.

Chinese culture has occupied the mainstream of Queensland. The school teaches Chinese Zhengyin. Both Chinese and white people like to eat Chinese food. Chinese newspapers are popular all over the world. Vinyl records recorded in Chinese have become popular. Youth outfits (Zhongshan outfits), cheongsams have become social fashion. Taoist temples are spread all over towns. White jeans can use Chinese etiquette...

Chinese immigrants who moved from mainland China stubbornly maintained their traditions, deeply influenced social customs and took root in this continent.

Everything today is Li Fushou's dream of society, even more perfect than he dreams. In the city, the Chinese medicine clinic stands side by side with the Western Hospital, the Taoist temple confronts the church across the street, and the white housewife holds a basket and goes shopping with a big accent;

"Big brother, how do you sell this bundle of cabbage?"

“A bundle of six pennies.”

"Sui is too dark, the mutton is only one kilogram of seven pennies. You are gilded with cabbage! A noble dish... Why didn't I see the clan emblem?"

"If you like to buy, don't buy."

"What's your attitude... believe it or not, I'll slap you?"

"I'm also a bundle of six pennies, so I'm not going to bargain."

"Why are you so mean? You still want to say whether your wife is a wife in the future? I'll give you some cheaper one. I'll help you pay attention to whether there is a suitable one. My sister is so enthusiastic. She works in the second spinning factory. You know that there are all women there."

"Stop teasing, sister, are they all married women?"

"Look at what you said, there are tens of thousands of people... Are there not many people who are not divorced? Don't you have a chance?"

"There are not ten of us who have divorced in Queensland a year. I hope to wait for this good thing, I might as well make money by selling vegetables safely. It seems a little more reliable."

"Hey... why don't you put in the oil and salt? I'll take it myself with five pennies!"
Chapter completed!