Chapter 245 The layout of the power vacuum period (1)
"Ah snee!" Lieutenant Zhou Yafu, who had already returned from Hue area, sneezes for no reason at the Dongfang Port Pier, which was far away from Sheng Dehong and other intelligence elements, cursing in his heart which white shirt was whispering them.
It will be late at night, and the hustle and bustle of the day will be gone. Several merchant ships berthed alone on the business terminal, waiting for the dock workers to unload the goods for them. But perhaps they will have to wait for the night in vain, because the only group of dock workers composed of Italians, Crandys and Swasily on the business terminal were loaded with a large number of mechanical parts, weapons, ammunition, medicines, and daily necessities on the ship under the supervision of Lieutenant Zhou Yafu and others, so no one is destined to unload the goods for these merchant ships. Let's wait until the day before we talk about it.
Caribbean shipping companies are carrying these cargoes. Well, several South China Sea transport companies sell out old ships from past prices. They will transport these crucial supplies to the South African River region to support possible local changes, especially when the two East India companies in the UK and the Netherlands have officially started.
To be honest, Caribbean shipping companies are actually very reluctant to do these "hard jobs" without much fuel. Although the central government has also paid the freight for these goods, who cares about your pitiful freight? I purchased some common goods locally, and sold them in South Africa, New Courland and even Cape Verde along the way. The profits of this are far more than that much freight? Besides, Air Canada is a large Concenn company with plantations, docks, and commercial stations in North America (also a fortress). It has frequent business dealings with Free State and a vast market in the Caribbean. It is the right way to purchase goods from China to sell them there!
But everything cannot withstand administrative pressure! At the central government's order, if the Navy Department does not help them stand up, then these things must be done, and if they don't do it, they must be done! Who told you to be a national enterprise, helping the government transport some materials and personnel, and bear some policy losses? Do you still want to get subsidies from the central government in the future and ask for policies?
So you can see that these flute-shaped transport ships affiliated to Air Canada are filled with various materials needed by South Africa. At the same time, there are more than 500 exiled Brazilian Guarani people. The Tupi people have the large number of indigenous people in the newly occupied areas in southern Brazil. This exile will inevitably be long-term for the East Coast, because they will not be able to move them clean in the short term.
As for the space they left after they removed, it was naturally left for the East Coast people. Because as of the middle of this year, the total population of the East Coast Republic of China has officially reached 1.6683 million (by statistical and estimation, after all, the population has reached this level and is difficult to accurately count). The proportion of Ming people has slowly dropped to 46.13%, the number of second-generation citizens (including a large number of Ming people at the "bloodline" level) has continued to rise to 35.78%, and the proportion of white men has continued to slowly decline to 7.67%. Because the number of female slaves has not decreased, the number of white women remains above 10%, which is 10.42%.
In addition, the number of non-nationals continued to surge, with the total number exceeding 198,000, of which the number of blacks and mixed-race blacks (Swasily and Comoros) reached 34.34%, the number of Indians was close to 30%, and the number of white non-nationals also exceeded 53,000 mark, which was extremely scary. The remaining about 9%, mostly Malays on New China Island.
Such a population naturally has a certain demand for land. Although the east coast is still vast and sparsely populated, cleaning up the indigenous people is the consistent national policy of the East Coast government. Therefore, the exiled people of the Tverche, Crandi, Guarani, and Tupi went to overseas colonies and allocated the grasslands, forest farms, farms and other things they opened to the new Ming or Qing immigrants. This is a natural thing. Who made you a indigenous people? You can only think you are unlucky!
After all the supplies and personnel arrived in South Africa, the matter was not finished yet! Because Air Canada's ships had to transport another group of Black Eight Banners officers and their families on board, they headed north to the Free State in the estuary of the Mississippi River. After fighting with the central government for several years on the grounds of poor economic benefits, Air Canada finally couldn't withstand the pressure and resumed the task of transporting Black Eight Banners personnel to the Free State from this year.
Most of these are Black Eight Banners warriors and their families. Many of them have had years of experience in fighting battles, especially those heavy infantry who have been stationed in the Far East for 5-7 years. They will carry messy things such as livestock and farm tools, leave their hometowns, board the ship to settle in the North American continent, and accept the rule of the Free National Mo family. Since the officials of the Hezhong Regional Administration in South Africa have a firm attitude, this year's immigration action will inevitably be unable to be delayed. Conservatively, they will transport 1,000-2,000 Black Eight Banners officers and soldiers and their families to the North American Free National to free up large areas of fertile fields, pastures, orchards in Hezhong County and other places, and hand them over to intercepted Eastern immigrants or exiled Indians.
There is no doubt that Air Canada is extremely rejecting the task of transporting the Black Eight Banners imposed on them, and has been boycotting, ruling and escaping over the years. They even satirized South Africa's "China-Black Division" plan as a delusion because "it's not yet born fast", but no matter what, it's impossible to escape this year. If you don't transport a small 2,000 people to North America, you're afraid that you can't explain it. Of course, the Executive Committee also allocated some extra goods to them as subsidies, but it's hard to say whether Air Canada can look at it or not.
The reason why the Executive Committee strictly ordered Air Canada to transport a batch of Black Eight Banners to North America this year was mainly because of the local situation. Nothing else, the Free State had a considerable friction with the neighboring Indian forces!
Although the Indians nearby still retained some of the habits of hunting and grazing, their level of civilization is actually relatively high compared to their relatives further north, especially those of the Naziz, Choctaws, Mobiles, etc., and farming and fishing and hunting account for a considerable proportion of civilization. Especially after the East Coast people strongly intervened in the mouth of the Mississippi River for many years, these Indian tribes have strengthened their understanding of the outside world and are no longer confused. The sweetness brought by trade has made them never like today. This group of people who are attracted to land wealth, such as forests covered with oak trees, etc. Therefore, it is natural for them to have friction with the black people in the Free State.
The friction between the two sides is really not big, and there are not many casualties, but the problem is that they cannot withstand such long-term bloodletting. The Indians are fierce and difficult to control, and they draw their swords at a disagreement. But the problem is that the officers and soldiers of the Black Eight Banners have been practicing in the Far East for many years, and their tactical qualities and equipment levels are not low. Therefore, neither side can do anything to each other. Overall, there are many casualties, and the Free Kingdom has a slight advantage.
However, the damage caused by war frictions to the economy and the subsequent impact of the epidemic caused both the Free State and the Indians to lose much more population than on the battlefield, which made them extremely sad. Therefore, the royal family of the Free State, Xinjing Mo family repeatedly asked the East Coast government to "replenish their blood" for them, because after several war frictions, large-scale epidemics and a *******, the country's total population has dropped to more than 4,800, almost on the verge of extinction of the country, so it is urgent to replenish fresh blood still stuck in South Africa.
The Executive Committee was also a little surprised by the evolution of the situation in the North American continent, because it was somewhat unexpected to them. It was because the forces that supported themselves and wanted to make things difficult for the white colonists, which actually started fighting on their own, which was also helpless. However, after a long period of careful discussion, the local Executive Committee finally made the decision to support the free state kingdom and transport more immigrants for it, because this was also in line with the major policy of "dividing China and black governance" in South Africa.
This decision basically means that the East Coast people were stolen in this dispute, because even if they urgently sent envoys to the Mississippi River and met with representatives from many parties from the Free State, and demanded that all parties live in peace, even the special envoy himself could not guarantee the effect. They could only transfusion blood to the Free State, while asking them to develop as much as possible and sort out their internal affairs. The Indians captured in the war were not allowed to kill at will, and asked them to reform their internal affairs with the help of some Ming nerds, old scholars and masters who were exiled in the past, and they should reform their internal affairs and strengthen their strength as soon as possible. As for territorial expansion, it is necessary to take the current actual control scope of all parties as the boundary. With the population of a few thousand, is it necessary to fight with others?
The Mo family in Xinjing was still very obsessed with the advice of the "Supreme Emperor" on the East Coast, especially in the current bleak situation where they only have two cities and thousands of people, and no longer rely on the help of "Dad Country", would everyone fail together? Therefore, whether they are sincere or not, under the dual pressure of the East Coast representative and Air Canada, they temporarily reached a settlement with the Indians in the first half of this year. The two sides roughly divided some pastures, forests and rivers, and exchanged prisoners, which was considered to have ended the previous tension.
But fundamentally, these things that happened between the North American Indians and the Black Eight Banners basically shattered the fantasy of the East Coast people who expect them to live in peace and fight against the white colonists together. After pondering for a long time, they finally found that they had never really understood the Indians' ideas, had never tried to understand their culture, had not responded to their real demands, and could not truly influence and control them. In other words, the East Coast people could not truly control and exert great influence in the Mississippi River. After a round, they found that the Black Eight Banners were good, so fine-tuning the policy became inevitable.
In addition, the people of the State Administration of Intelligence also doubted the reason why there was disputes and friction between the Indians and the Black Eight Banners, including whether there was the shadow of the Spanish. However, it seems that there is no effective evidence at present and cannot be proved. However, since the East Coast people reached their hands to the northern coast of the Caribbean, the Spanish have strengthened their exploration, colonization and infiltration in nearby areas, which is an indisputable fact. After all, they also have a sense of crisis. Once the East Coast people really gain a foothold in the southern end of the North American continent, then Florida will also be a threat to Texas and Florida under their rule. They have to guard against it, so you will see a large number of missionaries and adventurers appear among the Indian tribes.
After checking with an Air Canada representative, Lieutenant Zhou Yafu let out a sigh of relief after delivering the goods. This is a task assigned by the Joint Staff Headquarters. It cannot be careless, and it must be done beautifully. What's more, at the end of this year or early next year, Zhou may be transferred to the Caribbean Sea by a transfer order. The local army forces are actually mainly adapted from the cannon fodder miscellaneous troops transferred to the local army (in place of the regular army). The post is about one thousand, with mixed cold and hot weapons, no cavalry, and a small number of small caliber light cannons, so the combat effectiveness is just sloppy.
In addition to cooperating with Air Canada to combat smuggling and shocking merchants from all over the world with ulterior motives, this army also has to take on the responsibility of guarding the Mobile Trading Station and nearby plantations and training the army of the Free Kingdom. In general, it is not an easy task. Lieutenant Zhou Yafu himself is not willing to go because he actually wants to make achievements in the Far East.
Unfortunately, he offended many people in the local area. The attack on Sweet Bread Mountain and the Virgin Concealed Fortress caused great casualties among all units. Therefore, there are many people in the army system who have opinions about him, a reckless man, so it is normal to be kicked into the Caribbean Sea this time. Another reason that cannot be ignored is that the Navy also extended an olive branch to him. Because over the years, he wanted to have a landing combat force that could come and fight as soon as possible, the Navy Department was almost crazy about recruiting some of the top military talents. They even promised to change their military status for you. Therefore, this made Lieutenant Zhou Yafu a little moved. After thinking about it, he accepted the invitation from the Navy to go to the Caribbean to command this miscellaneous army, but he still retains his identity as an army because the Navy did not have the establishment of a land armed force at all.
Chapter completed!