Steel Dynasty - Chapter 976

[Chapter 970 Tribute System]

The raging fire burned on the sea like a flower of flame blooming.

On the harbor, Liu Chen and the soldiers witnessed all three warships sinking and felt a stone fall in their hearts. After this war, they annihilated all the British soldiers on the island and successfully controlled Malacca.

In the future, any ship passing through Malacca would be blocked. It requires the consent of Dayu State.

After cheering for a while, Liu Chen left some soldiers to garrison the fort, and the others returned to Singapore. By this time, Yue Yun had taken control of the entire city. The British flag fell from the Governor’s Mansion, and the dragon flag of Dayu was raised to the top of the flagpole. , fluttering in the wind.

“General, all British soldiers have been wiped out!” Liu Chen performed a military salute in front of Yue Yun.

“Very good!” Yue Yun returned the military salute and continued; “Immediately send someone to report the results of this trip to the Holy One and wait for His Majesty’s order.”

“Yes, General.” Liu Chen replied. On the same day, a warship arrived from Singapore. Depart from the seaport for Dengzhou.

On December 20, the battleship arrived in Dengzhou, and the battle reports of the Battle of Bohol Island and the Battle of Singapore were received by Xiao Ming.

“Your Majesty, I am very happy to congratulate you. With this, the territory of the Great Yu Kingdom will be expanded again.”

Qian Dafu smiled happily. At this time, the master and the servant were drawing around the map of Nanyang. Xiao Ming held the battle report in his hand. Qian Dafu is responsible for unfolding the map.

“This is not that simple. What we control now is the Spanish Royal City and Singapore City in Bohol. It is still unknown whether the indigenous people in these two places agree with our occupation.”

Xiao Ming squinted his eyes and compared the Spanish Royal City and Singapore. The location of Jiapo is outlined. Unlike the contemporary historical process, the maps in some technological crystals can only be used as a reference. The specific locations of these cities still need to be explored and determined.

“Indigenous?

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“Qian Dafu rarely showed disdain. Nowadays, the strong national power of the Great Chongqing has made everyone very confident, “Your Majesty, if these natives are not opponents of the British and Spanish, how can they be our opponents? “

The truth is this. It’s just that both the Spaniards and the British have made agreements with these natives. Now that we have driven them away, we naturally have to sign new agreements with them. Moreover, after hundreds of years of rule, these native dynasties have Gradually we accepted the Spaniards and the English, and I feared that they would become angry and war with them would be inevitable. “Xiao Ming said slowly.

In contemporary colonial history, people often ignore these native countries in Nanyang, and only focus on which colonist occupied that colony.

But in fact, these dynasties in Nanyang are crucial to the colony. Because most of the colonial output was provided by these indigenous dynasties.

According to the demographic statistics of some information in the technology crystal, the current population of the Nanyang Dynasty is a very objective number.

For example, the population of the Philippines in the mid-to-late eighteenth century was about three. The population of Indonesia is about 8 million, the population of Malaysia is about 350,000, the population of Myanmar is about 5 million, and the population of Thailand, that is, the country

of

Siam in this era, is about 3 million.

The population is about 10 million, of which the Annan Kingdom alone has a population of 7 million.

It is precisely because he has these data that Xiao Ming cannot ignore these indigenous countries. After all, the colonists only played the role of suzerains of these countries during their rule. He

did not adopt a massacre policy.

However, he was not afraid of these natives. If necessary, he could only defeat them once like the Spanish and British. After all, in this era, power is the truth

. Taste, he said; “What the emperor said is true, but the old slave is confused. In fact, our country of Chongqing was once the suzerain country of these Southeast Asian countries. Every year during the Chinese New Year, they would always send people to send all kinds of rare treasures in exchange for them. Under their protection, now the hateful Europeans have taken away our status as suzerains and forcibly acted as suzerains of these countries.

“Well, that’s it. It seems that you have made some progress.

“

“Xiao Ming laughed, “Actually, what I am fighting for now is the status of this suzerain state, to restore the tribute system of the Great Yu Kingdom, and to drive the Europeans out of the backyard of the Great Yu Kingdom. They have Africa, South America, North America, and so on. It is simply a dream to have a foothold in Asia.

Qian Dafu looked like he shared the same hatred with the enemy, “The whole world is about to be occupied by them. They are really greedy. This time they fought really hard.

“

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Xiao Ming has long been accustomed to Qian Dafu’s flattery. He smiled and then wrote a number on Singapore. This number is exactly the current population of Singapore, which is 20,000.

Xiao Ming was not surprised by this number. Before the arrival of the British, Singapore was just a barren land. Now the number is quite large.

And according to the data provided by Yue Yun, there are still 3,000 people of Chinese descent. After the occupation of Singapore, the local population has grown. The Chinese welcomed the Marines and took the initiative to serve as their guides. At the same time, they cooperated with the Marines to take over the British property in Singapore.

Xiao Ming naturally welcomed this situation. In this era, the standard for distinguishing people is skin color. , the Chinese cannot escape the blood that is engraved in their bones from Dayu. Using these Chinese to assist them in managing Singapore is more secure than using local aborigines.

In addition to reporting on the situation in Singapore, Yue Yun also reported on the battle report .

After asking for instructions on the next step,

Xiao Ming personally issued an edict to Yue Yun.

For the time being, he had no plans to continue to advance westward, cut off the Strait of Malacca, French Indochina, and occupy part of Indonesia. , Australia will be in his pocket.

And it will take some time for the current Chongqing country to just digest these places, establish its suzerain system, and establish trade exchanges.

It took two to three hundred years for the Western powers to operate these places .

Time, he can’t become a big fat man in one bite. As for the British, Spanish or French, after the naval battle, he believes that the three countries will realize the difficulties they are facing now and will not fight with him to the end

after all, they are so far away

.

It would be a disaster for a colony to challenge an industrial country.

For Great Chongqing, this is a good thing, but it is also a hidden danger. The good thing is that Great Chongqing can use the resources and markets on these lands to accelerate the industrial revolution.

The hidden danger is that such a shameful failure will further stimulate Europe to invest more energy in technological research and development and weapons manufacturing.

Xiao Ming believes that they will not be willing to fail, and they will definitely come back again when they find opportunities in the dark.

Thinking of this, he quickly completed the writing of the edict and sent it back. In order to completely control Malacca, he would station 10,000 troops in Singapore all year round, and at the same time build it into a foreign naval port of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, leaving Thirty warships protected the waterway and patrolled the South China Sea.

(End of chapter)