Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 117 Coastal Railway

  Sent away the guests, Li Fushou returned to his large dome study room and began to process the official documents. The documents from Australia arrived by express cruise, and the messages sent were outdated.

  In case of emergency, send a request message through the telegraph office.

  Fortunately, during the four months of leaving the Red River Valley, the Red River Valley has been operating in an orderly manner according to the established procedures, and no major changes have occurred.

  The only thing that Li Fushou did not expect was the surge of free immigration. This was a sequelae of his trip to Shanghai and the Sea and Gusu Mansion. The demonstration effect of showing off wealth was too great. Every freighter to Australia was full of immigrants.

  In the nineteenth century, the United Shipping Company made a lot of money. In addition to the income of cargo transportation, each voyage can carry at least 400 Chinese who go to Australia for gold panning. This is a net income of 4,000 pounds.

  The cargo ships are all equipped with simple wooden houses, and even the gunwales are full. The corridors, cargo decks, aft decks, and even the aisles are full. Such conditions are still in short supply.

After the fast freighter Taishan returned to Australia, it became a fast freighter specializing in transporting passengers. It can carry more than 2,300 immigrants in one way, which is worth the benefit of the last voyage to Europe.

  In just these three months, as many as 46,000 free immigrants went to Australia, and the Li family alone exceeded 2,000.

  The same profitable is Huitong Bank, which issued loans. With the Huitong bank notes issued by the empty glove white wolf, it can lend nearly two million pounds, creating huge demand and promoting the full-speed development of various industries in the Red River Valley.

  Only this item can bring hundreds of thousands of pounds in income based on the annual interest rate of 10%.

  As the population is growing rapidly, the future problems have also emerged.

  Red River Valley Ranch’s long shortage of manpower has been greatly eased, and dozens of pioneer groups have been organized to develop agriculture and animal husbandry in newly expanded territories. Along the southeast coast of Australia, the pioneer groups spread out like a chain of pearls and gathered into a town.

  It has grown to a herd of tens of millions of heads, and tens of thousands of heads of cattle have been broken up by the pioneer group, driving all the way to the south, west, and north to establish settlements in a planned way.

Even so

  The influx of people in a short period of time also seems to be too much. The gold mines in the Palmer River Basin are overcrowded. There are also many people at the port and docks who cannot find jobs. In the scarce population of Australia, there is a problem of employment.

  Li Fushou looked through the information and found that the number of Chinese in the Red River Valley has exceeded 200,000, and more than half of them have poured into Australia within this year. This made him feel headache and happy.

  In this era, population is everything.

  In Australia, a foreign country, you don’t need to mobilize the Chinese, you will naturally hug together for warmth, and the cohesion is unprecedentedly high.

The Red River Valley has the "Xinghua Hui" militia organization and the Hongmen gang organization. This time I will set up a party organization to participate in politics. The primary goal is to firmly control the Queensland Parliament seats and executive power, and open a hole in the Australian mainland. The torrent vented until it spread across the continent.

  Li Fushou’s activities in the upper class of the British society won respect with luxurious banquets and generous handwork, successfully integrated into the upper class of London, and found a strong umbrella shelter.

  It's not good to say something. As long as you don't rebel openly, with the noble title and the network of connections established in London, the distinguished Earl of Queensland can do whatever he wants in Australia.

  After returning to Australia

  Li Fushou will flex his muscles and expand his power, kick all the obstructive guys away, and realize the reputation of the Earl of Queensland.

  Is the Earl of Queensland just a title?

  Wrong, wrong, outrageous, European aristocratic enfeoffments often use territories, jurisdictions, and other legends as aristocratic titles. This has almost formed a consensus.

  Even though these guys who were kicked off accuse the Earl of Queensland in Queensland, do whatever they want, occupy a large number of pastures and gold mines, and are suspected of serious smuggling of immigrants as a source of labor in their factories, exploiting and abusing Chinese workers, and squeezing out white people...

  Even if the lawsuit hits Downing Street, no one will question it, because this is a provocation to the supremacy of the entire aristocratic group.

  Is there a problem with the Duke of Lancaster’s control of Southcastershire?

  Is there a problem with the Earl of Leeds controlling Leeds?

  Is there a problem with the Earl of Queensland's control of Queensland?

  The thunder strike from the power level of the pyramid will wipe out these doubts in an instant, and everyone will be silent.

  Never forget

  Behind the nobles who participated in the exploitation, there was also a Lord Duke Victor who covered the sky. The interests of both parties were closely connected, and behind the Lord Duke was Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

  What is the British creed; there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.

  What is Li Fushou's high-class social network weaving like a hard-working little spider?

The purpose of    is to suppress these faint voices from remote dominions and to kill a hundred people, thereby establishing the absolute authority of the Queensland Earl.

  What is the purpose of befriending Lord Edward Nelson?

   is to fancy the deep connections behind him and the huge influence in the Royal Navy, to eliminate the biggest hidden threat in the Red River Valley... the South Pacific Task Force.

  According to the latest news;

Several major officers, including the captain, of the current three-tier battleship "Old Woman" were investigated by the Military Law Department for misconduct in Sydney Harbour and damaging the reputation of the Royal Navy. They received varying penalties. Obvious stains were left on the resume.

  Lord Edward Nelson only expressed his concern, and the Royal Navy’s Far East Fleet responded quickly and beat certain naval officers of its subordinate South Pacific Task Force, demonstrating its immense influence.

  Maybe Viscount Edward Nelson can only obediently surrender under the pomegranate skirt of Lady Emilia Blunt, looking like a fool.

  But there is never a top mathematician in this world who is a fool, and the British royal family will not award such a high honor as the Garter Medal to a fool, and a fool will not have a huge influence in the aristocracy.

  It can only be said that it originated from the tradition of the Nelson family. Passionate love makes people blind, especially the sneaky and unethical love is simply maddening.

  If you are not in this way, how do you know the magic?

  In a small chat

  Edward Nelson said in a light tone that these naval officers may be transferred from the battleship and sent to the training base to train the navy rookies. It is estimated that there is no hope in this life.

  One thing drops one thing, this is the power of the Nelson family, it is worthy of Li Fushou and Hills to make friends, and weave the interests of both sides together to form an alliance.

  What can be solved with money, why have to go through war?

  Does war cost nothing? Immortal? Won't you lose? What are the consequences once you lose?

   Among the abcd options in front of Li Fushou, armed struggle is the last and most lasting choice, and it is not easy to do it.

  A touch of early summer sunshine shone through the glazed windows, forming colorful spots in the spacious and quiet study, casting a mysterious radiance on this luxurious study.

  Li Fushou sat behind the large French-style gilded court desk, tapping thick documents with his slender fingers, thinking about the next development direction of the Red River Valley in his mind.

  The urgent task is to solve the large number of employed people. Before the problem of agricultural machinery is solved, resettling the population through agriculture is a low-level and low-efficiency way, and it can only be appropriately increased.

  There are three main ways;

  First, vigorously expand the herd of the pasture. With the huge scale of the Red River Valley pasture, the herd can be increased by two to three times, providing more wool and beef and mutton, and further expanding the scale of production.

  Honghe Wool Spinning Factory No. 2 and Factory No. 3 were prepared for this, and it is expected to solve the employment problem of at least 12,000 female workers and 2,000 male workers.

  In addition to the 6,000 people needed to expand the scale of Honghe No.1 Wool Spinning Factory, this alone can solve the employment problem of 20,000 immigrants.

  The resulting social needs, including clothing, clothing, food, travel, entertainment, childbirth, etc., can create at least 15,000 jobs in society and enter a healthy development track.

  Second, the development of heavy industry.

  The plan includes the second phase of the Hongshan Iron and Steel Plant, which is currently in full swing. By the beginning of next year, a steel production capacity of 200,000 tons will be formed, directly providing 1,600 employment opportunities.

  This will stimulate the production of coal mines and iron ore as well as downstream steel products, which can once again create more than 1,200 job opportunities.

  In addition, Hongshan Shipyard is expanding the production of four 10,000-ton-class ocean freighters. In the 19th century, the United Shipping Company's fleet increased rapidly. The entire heavy industry plus the collateral effects can once again create 10,000 jobs.

   Third, investing heavily in the construction of a coastal railway, from Brisbane to Sydney, will create at least 16,000 job opportunities, drive the Red River Valley's economy and strength to a rapid increase, and radiate more far-reaching areas.

  This is a truly strategic move. It needs to wait for Li Fushou to truly control the situation in Queensland and use his influence to promote the passage of the relevant railway construction bill in South Wales before this coastal railway can be truly implemented.

  But before

  It does not prevent Li Fushou from taking the lead in arranging engineering and technical personnel to survey the railway construction site, the routes and villages and towns passing along the way, and make perfect plans and construction preparations.

  This includes a large amount of rail production capacity reserved by the steel plant and the construction of coastal roads in the same direction, which can be used by engineering vehicles or long-distance freight wagons.

  Store large amounts of wood, prepare materials including tents and daily necessities, and put them into the railway construction as long as the order is given.

  The coastal area pioneer group followed the towns built along the railway, unfolding like a chain of pearls. It will play a strong supporting role in the construction of railways. After the construction of the railways, it will provide a large amount of goods and passengers, which in turn will promote regional economic growth.

  The planning and preparation work is proceeding in an orderly manner, but Li Fushouyuan is commanding in London, and there is always a feeling of itchiness.

  Even if he sees some errors and omissions in the implementation of the policy, they are not important enough to issue orders directly through transoceanic telegrams, and the method of transmitting documents through cruise ships is too slow and inefficient. This makes him even more miss the three talents who have studied in Europe.

  Some good policies are often executed in a ridiculous manner. It is not because the host has a bad heart. It is really limited by ability.

  The two watchdogs stay at home. Can you still count on him to straighten out all the tasks of education, economic development, population resettlement, maintaining order, and coordinating production?

  Obviously impossible things, the watchdog can only look at home, no matter how hard it is.

  It is impossible to expect Rome to be built in one day, and it is impossible to expect a gold prospector to quickly grow into a commander-in-chief in just a few years. It is obviously unrealistic.

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