While Qin Zhiyuan was making intensive preparations, Pierre was not idle either.
Unlike Qin Zhiyuan who mainly focuses on the military, Pierre has more to coordinate the interests of different interest groups before setting off.
In the process of Pierre obtaining the position of Governor of Madagascar, merchants played a major role, among which the Renaud and Rothschild families, as well as Paris bankers, played important roles.
The reason why these people invest in Pierre is that they need to get returns after Pierre takes office, so when everything is settled and Pierre has obtained the position of Governor of Madagascar as he wished, Pierre still has a lot of work to do.
What we need to do is to ensure that these investors get what they want and lay a good foundation for future cooperation.
Basically, Madagascar is indeed very rich in resources. Among them, iron ore, coal mines and gold mines have been mined. However, due to the lack of cooperation of the local people, there are many areas in Madagascar that the French have not set foot on at all, so there is only one
A small number of areas have undergone preliminary exploration, and there are still more areas waiting for people to explore.
What Pierre needs to balance is the mining rights of these mining areas.
You must know that Madagascar is now under the control of the French. In Madagascar, there has been a vested interest group that has been painstakingly operating for many years. Of course, compared with the people gathered around Pierre, the local businessmen in Madagascar are not as financially capable as they are
In terms of influence, they are both inferior to each other, but the powerful dragons cannot overwhelm the local snakes. Even if Pierre airborne to Madagascar with these businessmen, it would be impossible to completely occupy all the mineral resources in Madagascar.
In Madagascar now, the most important minerals are iron and media. To old Renault, these two things are of little value. Although Madagascar's coal mines are rich in reserves, they have little economic value. Even if they are mined, they have to be transported thousands of miles to Europe.
Or in Asia, there is not much profit to be made. At this time, Madagascar's geographical disadvantage is magnified. No matter where you want to go, Madagascar is a bit too far.
Let’s talk about iron ore. Under the premise that the old Renault already owns part of the iron ore in the Pilbara region, the iron ore in Madagascar is not very attractive to the old Renault. Compared with the Pilbara region of Australia, the iron ore in Madagascar is
Whether it is taste or reserves, they are not on the same level at all.
As for gold mines, they are even more useless. Perhaps for ordinary people, gold is undoubtedly the most attractive, but for people like old Renault, gold is of little significance. With the foundation of coal and iron
Resources, as much gold as you want, are all at your fingertips.
After this analysis, Madagascar, which seems to be rich in resources, is actually a useless existence to the old Renault. This is really puzzling to the old Renault.
There is nothing to explain. In the past few years with Qin Zhiyuan, the old Renault is now an out-and-out mining tycoon. He has countless gems in the world like the New Baku Oilfield and the Pilbara.
Huge wealth such as iron ore is waiting for Old Renault to dig, so there are really not many things that can interest Old Renault.
Fortunately, Old Renault still had Qin Zhiyuan as a strong backer. Under Qin Zhiyuan's guidance, Old Renault obtained the mineral resource exploration rights in southeastern Madagascar from Pierre. No matter what kind of mineral resources Old Renault found in southeastern Madagascar, Old Renault would never
Renault has 50-year mining rights.
In the eyes of the Rothschild family and Paris bankers, old Renault was a gamble, but only Qin Zhiyuan knew that there were a large number of bauxite resources in southeastern Madagascar, of which the Manantenina region alone had
There is a bauxite mine with reserves of more than 100 million tons.
Compared with iron ore and coal mines, Qin Zhiyuan values Madagascar's aluminum ores more.
With the vigorous development of the aviation and automobile industries, aluminum, as a light metal, has extremely broad applications in important industrial fields such as aviation, construction, and automobiles. The material properties of aluminum itself and the unique properties of its alloys make aluminum widely used in industry.
is becoming more and more important.
The old Renault also has a unique advantage in entering the aluminum industry. Because of the relationship with the Federal Group, the old Renault can connect with the Mellon family in the United States through Allen. The Mellon family has a monopoly on the aluminum industry in the United States and must have its own unique advantages.
In terms of technical advantages, if the old Renault can join forces with the Mellon family, then not to mention that the old Renault can also establish in Europe the advantages that the Mellon family has in the United States, at least it can occupy a place in the European aluminum industry.
This is enough. Compared with the United States, the situation in Europe is more complicated. The relationship between various interest groups is intricate. It is not that simple to get ahead in an industry.
With the support of Qin Zhiyuan, the direction of the old Renault was immediately clear. Pierre did not set up obstacles for the old Renault in this matter, and the Rothschild family and the bankers in Paris did not compete with the old Renault for the southeastern part of Madagascar.
Meaning, so the old Renault simply and neatly won the mining rights in the southeast of the private sector. While the Rothschild family and the Paris bankers were still competing for the dominance of the existing mineral deposits, the old Renault had already begun to form his own team.
, ready to go at any time.
After hanging out with Qin Zhiyuan for a long time, old Renault was used to not taking the usual path in doing things. The big capitalists of this era were indeed unscrupulous. Although Pierre, the governor, had not yet taken office, and the African Legion formed by Lan Fang had not yet set off,
But old Renault has organized an expeditionary force of his own and is ready to go to Madagascar at any time.
Now, as long as the military aspect is involved in the work of Old Renault, Qin Zhiyuan is definitely indispensable. In the mining area in southeastern Madagascar that Old Renault won, Qin Zhiyuan originally had a 45% share. Therefore, this exploration escort organized by Old Renault
The team has a total of 1,200 members, which is exactly the size of an infantry battalion.
It was just a battalion, so there was no need to reorganize it. Qin Zhiyuan directly transferred a reinforced battalion from Lanfang's active army, gave it the title of exploration escort, and took a cruise from Lanfang to Madagascar, preparing to start the survey of Madagascar.
colonial.
Yes, it is colonization. Now Lanfang has the qualifications to colonize. This is recognized by the whole world. Although this force is still known as the exploration escort team, everyone knows that sooner or later, Lanfang will
The first step to take is that, like capitalist countries such as Britain, France and the United States, when Lanfang's strength develops to a certain extent, Lanfang will definitely choose to expand externally.
In mid-June, after coordination by the British, the war between Port Hedland and Western Australia came to an end.
The result of the coordination is that Western Australia recognizes the autonomous status of Port Hedland, gives Port Hedland seats in the state parliament that match its strength, and at the same time no longer imposes export surcharges to ensure the free trade behavior of Port Hedland.
Uninterrupted.
In return, Port Hedland released all prisoners of war from the Paz Expedition and returned all ships, including the Paz. At the same time, Port Hedland recognized the leadership of the Western Australian government and continued westward as agreed before the war.
The Australian government pays taxes.
Objectively speaking, this result not only maintains the face of the Western Australian government, but also ensures the continued development of Port Hedland. It is a win-win result.
But everyone knows that the dispute is far from over, and the seeds of hatred have even been planted. Now that Port Hedland has obtained autonomy recognized by the British and Western Australian governments, it will definitely be more unrestrained in the future.
A very unexpected result. Although Port Hedland showed great strength, it did not attract pressure from the British. On the contrary, the choices made by the British were very thought-provoking. Even during the entire adjustment process, the British position
It's a bit biased towards Port Hedland.
If you only look at Port Hedland, you may feel that the British have taken the wrong medicine, but if you zoom in to the whole of Australia, the British choice is not surprising.
During the World War, the Anzac Corps participated in the war for the British. Throughout the course of the World War, the Anzac Corps fought bravely and repeatedly performed special feats, and performed outstandingly in the British Commonwealth Army.
After the World War, the Anzacs returned to Australia and New Zealand, and their outstanding performance in the World War began to become a burden to the Australian government.
In fact, all the credit is gained by the heavy casualties of the soldiers. The more outstanding the performance, the heavier the casualties. The same was true for the Anzac Corps in the World War.
After the war, pensions for disabled and fallen soldiers became a big issue.
The Australian government adopted a wartime supply system during the World War. This policy adjustment caused complaints from all walks of life in Australia. However, in order to deal with the Germans, the Australians still showed patience. When the World War ended, the Australians felt that they were finally relieved.
Not only did the Australian government not contact the wartime supply system, but it intensified its efforts and further increased taxes.
The reason why this special situation arises is because of the issue of paying pensions for disabled soldiers. Originally, this money should have been paid by the British, but now the British have no time to take care of themselves, so the money fell to the Australian government again.
Therefore, the current Australian government is quite critical of the British, and calls for autonomous status are endless.
In this context, what the British need to do is to balance.
For example, in this war between Port Hedland and the Western Australian government, the United Kingdom appeared as a mediator, which not only fully emphasized its status as a sovereign state, but also demonstrated its indispensable value to the Australian government. It can be said that it is
Achievements in one fell swoop.
Perhaps for the British, Australia, which keeps having minor accidents, is more in line with the British interests.
With the war between Port Hedland and the Western Australia government subsided, Qin Zhiyuan can finally visit the UK with peace of mind.
Just when Qin Zhiyuan arrived in London, the exploration convoy organized by Old Renault finally arrived at Manantenina in southeastern Madagascar, and the first conflict with the locals broke out.
From the first moment the Lanfang people set foot in Madagascar, the war had started simultaneously. For both the Madagascar people and the Lanfang people, this was destined to be a dark history that would be unspeakable in the future.
