() It can be said that Liu Fu’s hair turned gray when the world war broke out. From the time when he was a teenager, he worked hard and cautiously all the way. What he was waiting for in the end was this opportunity for a major reshuffle of the spheres of influence of various countries. Those
The European and American powers have been staring at each other for many years, and have been on guard against each other for many years, but no one has noticed that in the southeast of Asia, there is still such a small power, and it is preparing to take advantage of everyone to fall into the quagmire of war.
Pounce on it and take a big bite.
Now that World War I has begun, Liu Fu's plan for the Philippines must be accelerated. Only by stabilizing the situation in the Philippine Islands can Liu Fu have the energy to attack Vietnam.
As the Philippine government and the Taiwanese government signed a cooperation agreement, Taiwan has immediately dispatched a large number of engineering and technical personnel to the Philippine Islands to work with the Philippine government.
fu cooperates to carry out exploration and mapping in advance to lay the foundation for future roads, railways, and factories. Along with these engineering and technical personnel, there are more than 10,000 Taiwanese army troops who will be stationed on Luzon Island.
On the edge of several major cities, it protects current engineering and technical personnel and future roads, railways, mines and factories. After all, in the agreement, the major shareholders of these assets are Taiwanese businessmen.
The only special place is Mindanao, because in the agreement, it has been leased to Taiwan. In the next 99 years, it will no longer be under the jurisdiction of the Philippines.
This large island with an area of nearly 100,000 square kilometers is as big as two and a half Taiwan Islands. There are more volcanoes in the central and western plateaus, but the eastern part is relatively flat. After many years of construction, the island's Internet network has begun to take shape, and due to the
His own people were betrayed, and the resistance organizations on the island have been basically wiped out, leaving only ordinary people suffering from famine and plague.
Liu Fu needs to take his own place seriously. In his plan, Mindanao will serve as an important base for Taiwan's southward and westward development.
First of all, the island must be connected to a train. This railway will run from the south of the island through the central plateau to the north of the island, and then eastward, looping on the eastern plain of the island and returning to the starting point. According to Taiwan's current construction capabilities
, this railway will be completed within 2 years. The eastern part has flat terrain and will be completed faster, while the central and western parts are more mountainous and will be completed slower.
While building the railway, two medium-sized steel plants will also be built on the island to make full use of local coal and iron ore resources. In addition, in order to ease the financial pressure on Taiwan's government, Liu Fu decided not to fund it but to
Auction the unowned land on the island to Taiwanese businessmen, and let them build factories and plantations there, and hire local people. This not only solves the problem of funding, but also solves the problem of ethnic integration. The more Chinese there are, the more local Chinese people there will be.
The regime here is more stable.
In addition to investment development and people's livelihood issues, the military deployment on Mindanao is also arranged by the Ministry of National Defense. First, an airport will be built in the south, west and east of the island, and some aircraft will be stationed; secondly, in Davao Port, Zamboanga
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The port will establish a new naval base and submarine berths, and dispatch 30 submarines and some destroyers and torpedo boats to these bases; finally, the 5,000 troops originally stationed on Mindanao will continue to be stationed here to be responsible for the security and defense of the island.
At this point, Mindanao basically belongs to the territory of the Taiwanese government, at least for 99 years. Although the remaining islands in the north still belong to the Philippine government, Liu Fu is convinced that this will change in less than a year.
It became its own territory, but at that time it was no longer called the Philippine Islands.
However, there is another thing that gives Liu Fu a headache. That is because the "Great Harvest" plan was completed too successfully, causing Mindanao and even the entire Philippines to be in a period of labor shortage, and this situation cannot be achieved in a short period of time.
After all, people are not like crops. After a few years of not planting well, if you endure it for a year, you can plant it again next year. However, it takes at least several years, ten years or even decades for a generation to reproduce and grow again.
Due to the lack of population, many construction projects in Mindanao cannot start at full speed, and it is impossible for Liu Fu to absorb a large number of refugees from the mainland, because this period is no longer the Qing Dynasty, and although the government of the Republic of China did not pay too much attention to its own citizens,
At least it was better than the Qing Dynasty.
In this era, in addition to the mainland, there is another place where there are more Chinese people, and that is Malaysia. Since the mainland cannot provide enough labor, then try Malaysia. As for how to let these Chinese living in Malaysia know that in
There is a Chinese who calls the shots in Mindanao
The place is waiting for them to develop, so that is not something Liu Fu needs to worry about. As long as he tells the maritime merchants in Taiwan, they will spread the news throughout Southeast Asia in the shortest possible time. As long as there are Chinese
There are basically relatives and friends there.
It has to be said that sometimes rumors are more effective and faster than the speech of the spokesperson of the Presidential Office. When the news that Taiwan leased Mindanao for 99 years and strongly encouraged the Chinese to develop there came out less than a month ago, it had already begun.
Chinese businessmen from all over the country went to Taiwan to find out the truth of this news through various channels. When these Chinese businessmen took the announcement of Taiwan’s government, they went to Davao City in Mindanao to find the local temporary government.
Fu, when I got the detailed development instructions, the authenticity of this news was confirmed. Don’t underestimate the dozen or so maritime merchants. Behind each of them is a large group of Chinese people. They are just out to explore the way.
They are just vanguard soldiers, not even the vanguard.
After the dissemination of these people and the propaganda of Taiwan's government, from one person, one family to one clan, the Chinese in the entire Southeast Asia were attracted by the investment environment on Mindanao. It was clearly stated in the development announcement issued by Taiwan's government.
More than a dozen designated products will be purchased by zhengfu, and you can also get some help and guidance in the purchase and installation of equipment.
These Chinese people who went to Nanyang to seek life could create their own world in an unfamiliar environment with their own hands without any help. Sometimes they had to endure a little discrimination from the local government, so for them
He said, don't say no help, as long as they don't cause trouble or hold back, they can live anywhere and live well.
Now, this kind of place has appeared. Although there are still many locals living on Mindanao, this island is under the jurisdiction of the Taiwanese government. Over the years, the actions of the Taiwanese government have been spread among the Nanyang Chinese.
, this newly established country was founded by the son of a Qing Dynasty governor, and defeated the Japanese, the Russians and the European powers. Many of the things they produced were not only sold to the United States and Europe, but also by maritime merchants
They brought them to various countries in Southeast Asia.
Although these Nanyang Chinese did not receive any actual help or benefits, in their hearts, they already had some recognition of this government. And who would not want to work and live in a place that they recognized?
As a large number of Southeast Asian Chinese entered Mindanao, Liu Fu gradually no longer worried about the lack of labor and population. Although the number of Chinese entering in a short period of time was not very large, Liu Fu believed that as long as he provided them with some simple help,
As long as you protect their safety, within a few years, you will be worried about too many people coming.
