Chapter 276 Go to the first in the world

After waiting for a few days, Tongji Hospital transferred Princess Kaorani to the new isolation ward, and Hu Chuyuan went to visit her.

The once beautiful exotic princess was already sick at this time, and her face was pale, which made Hu Chuyuan feel very sad and pitiful.

Hu Chuyuan, wearing a disinfectant mask, sat in front of the hospital bed. After waiting for a while, Princess Kaorani woke up. Under the torture of severe pneumonia, she could hardly sleep peacefully for a few nights and was always woken up by a cough.

She opened her eyes and felt particularly gratified when she saw Hu Chuyuan. Over the years, although the two have not seen each other, they still have official letters with each other.

In Hawaii, Hu Chuyuan used his attitude and strength to force the Americans who tried to change Hawaii's constitutional system into a republic to evacuate Hawaii, restoring the peace and tranquility of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

With the support of Hu Chuyuan, the economy of the Kingdom of Hawaii is naturally not bad. The local sugar and coffee cultivation have increased greatly. Around the port of Honolulu, the port business and transit trade are carried out very well. For the fishing industry and the seafood processing industry, the Kingdom also gives some subsidies and deep-sea fishing. Subsidy.

Hotels and sightseeing tourism have just begun to rise, and there is still a long way to go before large-scale development.

However, Hawaii already has a very luxurious casino with high-standard hotel facilities. In addition, the ticket from San Francisco to Hawaii is very cheap. There is a fixed flight every day, which still attracts many American guests.

Casinos are gold absorbers and money printing machines, which will never be fake.

As the main berthing port of the Pacific Fleet jointly between the United States and the Chinese navies, the Kingdom of Hawaii became militarily stable. After its unconditional defeat in the Far East War, it also completely withdrew from the struggle for hegemony in the Pacific Ocean.

In itself, the Kingdom of Hawaii also has an army of more than 5,000 people, as well as a coastal defense coast guard formed by more than a dozen small defense ships and multi-purpose patrol boats, which can basically ensure the national security of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

At this time, Princess Kaorani did not have much worry, especially when she saw Hu Chuyuan again, she knew that as long as Hu Chuyuan was there, the Kingdom of Hawaii would continue to exist.

But deep in her heart, she still has a special regret.

An indescribable regret.

She knows.

Hu Chuyuan also knows.

The two looked at each other silently for a moment. Hu Chuyuan smiled silently and comforted her, "Don't worry. Tongji Hospital has very rich experience and means in treating diphtheria. I have had a meeting with the hospital, and they promise to cure you."

Princess Kaolani smiled reluctantly and said almost feebly, "That's the best, Mr. Hu... If I'm not here, will you continue to support the Hawaii I love deeply?"

Hu Chuyuan said, "Of course, there are still many Chinese people living there, and Chinese political axe and I have the responsibility to take care of them."

Princess Kaorani sighed silently, "Yes... I think, maybe the best ending for Hawaii is... to be a permanent, special protectorate of China, right?"

Hu Chuyuan thought about it.

It's not that he hasn't thought about this question.

There are many new crises hidden here. If Hawaii is an overseas colony and protectorate controlled by China alone, Hawaii is not suitable for the long-term suspension of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which seems unacceptable to the United States.

Even if the United States finally accepts it, there will be a huge crack in the long-term cooperation between the two sides.

In the Pacific region, China united the Marshall Islands, the Caroling Islands and the Gilbert Islands as the Pacific Islands, setting up Taiping County with Guam as the administrative center. The main governing areas are Nauru and Guam, and the Pacific Fleet is stationed in Guam and Hawaii.

This area, including the Iwo Jima Islands, South Bird Island, Weiyuan Island (formerly Wick Island), Touji Island and Midway Island, is China's "undisputed" inherent territory in the Pacific region, with a total of about 600,000 Chinese.

The exact meaning of the so-called "undisputable" is not to dispute with me.

What Hu Chuyuan adhered to is also the expansion policy he laid for China. There are some disputes and plans, and there are also things to release.

Throughout Polynesia, especially in Samoa, where the competition among countries is fierce, although China has occupied Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Fiji from France and shared Vanuatu sovereignty with Britain, China and the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States and France in this region Continue to maintain the principle of sharing.

With the recognition of China's suzerainty, the powers can invest and develop here.

New Caledonia was renamed as Slovenia. Together with the Solomon Islands and Fiji Islands, it is under the jurisdiction of the Governor of China's South Australian colonies.

Lomenia is the most abundant in resources. In this area, more than 6 million tons of phosphate, 1.6 tons of gold, 3.5 million tons of nickel concentrate and 7.3 million tons of bauxite are mined every year, of which more than 90% are shipped to China.

Even so, Hu Chuyuan did not try to occupy this place for a long time.

For China, as long as it can continue to be mined for 50 years according to the current scale, even the final reading power of these areas is acceptable.

In the long run, China still needs to firmly occupy the Taiping Islands, which is also the most feasible bottom line.

As for the current dividing line between China and the United States in the Pacific Ocean, the division of the two forces is still the Hawaiian Islands, from the Hawaiian Islands to the south and east, including Johnston Island and the Lane Islands all belong to the U.S. naval sphere of influence, while Hawaii West, including Kure Island, Midway Island, Laisan Island and Gardna Island. The northern region and the entire western Pacific region, which is divided by it, belong to the Chinese navy.

In Polynesia and Samoa, the Chinese main body adopts a strategy of cooperation with the United Kingdom to maintain a balanced separate occupation with France, Germany and the United States. In fact, the main developers and investors are all Chinese.

Hu Chuyuan stayed in the ward for half an hour, talking about something with Princess Kaorani, and finally left under the persuasion of the attending physician, not only to protect himself who lacks the immunity of diphtheria, but also to let Princess Kaorani rest more.

He was just worried that he didn't know how long Princess Kaorani could rest.

A few days later, a secret military meeting began to be held inside the Forever Phu Quo Villa in Shanghai.

Major domestic military and military equipment technical experts, some important generals and staff officers arrived in the building one after another. That night, everyone gathered together and officially began to discuss the long-term development plan of the navy and army in the next ten years.

After the end of the Far East War, in order to gradually reduce the international threat of China's forces and avoid endangering the traditional cooperation between Britain, Germany and the United States and China, the Chinese army and navy have been in a relatively low-key state of reduction and adjustment.

Now, China's status as a world power is indisputable. In front of China, Belgium, Italy, and even Austria-Hungary can only be regarded as small countries.

China's navy and army are ranked second in the world, and there is no dispute about this.

Objectively speaking, all countries are used to being able to deal with China with a calm mentality of facing the strong.

In this case... I'm sorry, China's navy and army are going to make a new big move.

First of all, we must talk about the international situation, including the former naval and army ministers Lu Guanghuan and Lv Han, the current naval and army ministers Li Kaiye and Ye Zukui, and some important experts in the military industry. Everyone is used to continuing to take Hu Chuyuan as the center and sit together to discuss the new situation.

Everyone is now very concerned about the full-scale confrontation between Germany and France in Europe and Africa. I don't know if it is possible to break out a larger-scale war.

Lu Guangzun, who has been on the ground, has a lot of time to study these problems. He first said a view that it is impossible for Germany and France to break out a full-scale war for the time being. It is inevitable for France to suffer a big loss. However, there will certainly be great changes in the international situation in the future.

After listening to him, everyone nodded in agreement and said yes.

Hu Chuyuan made a similar judgment. He continued: "China's development has made Britain feel very uncomfortable, and Germany's development has made Britain feel more uncomfortable. Combined with the current intelligence, Britain and France are now strengthening their ties... France, to be honest, has been a master for so many years. Low type, so no matter how big the colony occupied by France is, it actually doesn't pose much threat.

Lu Guang Quan immediately asked Hu Chuyuan, "Chairman, what do you think we should do in this matter? Let France suffer losses, or make another fortune with Germany?"

Hu Chuyuan said, "It's not that we haven't done the matter of falling into the well, but this time the problem is still relatively serious. We'd rather wait and see than be dragged into this muddy pool. There is no such thing as greed. Guinea, Congo and Central Somalia are the most important overseas colonial provinces in Africa. In addition, we are not in a hurry to occupy more colonial provinces in Africa for the time being.

Listening to these words, everyone nodded slightly.

Maybe, Hu Chuyuan said that he would continue to fall into the well, and everyone would nod.

After the unification of Gabon, Congo and the Binese Congo, China acquired a huge "China-Africa Congo Overseas Province" colony in Africa, with a total area of 2.554 million square kilometers. The mining resources in this area are also extremely rich, with sufficient copper, cobalt, iron, manganese, diamonds and stone. Oil, especially cobalt resources, plays a vital role in the second take-off of China's porcelain industry.

This region is rich in hydropower resources and forest resources at the same time. At present, CITIC Bank and Wells Fargo Bank are regional banknote issuing banks, MCC, Standard International and Rio Tinto are the most important mining development companies in the region, and CITIC has set up CITIC Agriculture there. Development company, operating palm, coffee and wood.

China exports grain and industrial products to the Chinese Congo, mainly importing ores, hardwood, ebony and palm oil.

In fact, the total amount of grain exported by China to Africa every year is also very high. In Congo, there are about 25,000 Chinese living there, operating mining, plantations and shops there.

In addition to Congo, China also has Central Somalia and Guinea in Africa. Central Somalia is not large and does not have many resources. Its main role is to provide a port and base in the Red Sea region to facilitate the long-term berth of China's Indian Ocean fleet.

Guinea is different. It has rich iron and bauxite that China urgently needs, as well as diamond and oil. The cash crops are coffee, palm and peanuts.

In the whole African colonies, as in South Asia, China has always implemented more active economic development policies, encouraged local indigenous people and Chinese to develop agricultural economy, agricultural processing industry, and implemented stable agricultural support loans and other policies.

After several years of development in China, the total import and export volume has doubled, exporting oil, coffee, palm oil, natural rubber, cocoa, and some agricultural processed products to foreign countries, as well as rice, textiles, mechanical products and electrical products imported from China.

It is precisely by relying on this different policy that China is also accelerating its development, and the total export of industrial products is increasing rapidly.

Perhaps, it was precisely to see this that Germany began to try more anxiously to expand new colonies, and their choice was to attack France.

Poor France!!

The huge colonial market that does not match the strength of the country is their original sin.

When it comes to China's interests in Africa and the new development of the entire international situation, everyone in the conference room has roughly the same hunch that the world is getting closer and closer to a larger-scale war.

Especially after the service of the dreadnought-class battleships, there is a new round of arms race around the world, especially in Europe. Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary are building new battleships equivalent to the dreadnought-class.

Germany will build four dreadnoughts in one go, two in Italy and two in Austria-Hungary.

Britain's initial estimate of two contracts was obviously insufficient. In response, Britain quickly increased the number of contracts for the Dreadnought-class battleships to four and accelerated the development plan of 22,000 tons of Duke-class battleships.

This new change also puts pressure on China, so the first formal agenda of this Shanghai meeting is to discuss the new issue of the navy's main battleships.

China is indeed very strong now, but one thing is certain - that is, China's military spending is not sufficient.

In 1905, China's total annual fiscal revenue was 1.84 billion yuan, about 207 million pounds, which was 33 million pounds higher than that of the United Kingdom. However, China's economy is mainly based on internal construction. Education and infrastructure construction are still in urgent need of large-scale investment and support, and agricultural support expenditure is higher. It ranks first in the state's fiscal expenditure.

Agricultural support construction, education, infrastructure construction and military expenditure are the four major parts of China's fiscal expenditure, accounting for about 10% respectively. Even so, an average of 300 million yuan of treasury bonds will be issued to China every year for the construction of a large agricultural economy.

This is the fundamental policy of China's economic development, and it is impossible to change it.

Therefore, the medium [***] fee expenditure can only be maintained at about 20 million pounds, with an annual growth rate of 5%-8%.

Of the annual military expenditure of 178 million yuan, the navy accounts for an average of 46%, 4.48 million pounds less than the British navy, about 67% of the British navy's military expenditure.

After Germany raised its naval military spending to the level of 10.7 million pounds, it is indeed very difficult for China to continue to maintain the size of the world's second navy.

As countries increase their research and investment in mechanized troops at the same time, China's advantage in the army is also rapidly shrinking. In particular, Russia obviously has a strong revenge plan. It has temporarily stopped the development of the navy, concentrated on the development of the army, and concentrated the vast majority of the main forces in Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk region.

Russia's strategy is very obvious, which is to continue to seek the main force in the army on a large-scale decisive battle.

These are the backgrounds of the Shanghai Conference.

The world is not unstable, and new wars can come at any time, especially large-scale wars are imminent. The contradictions between Germany and France, Britain and Germany, China, Russia, Russia and Austria can start a large-scale war at any time. The chaos in Africa and the Balkans may be the trigger.

With the weakening of the Ottoman Empire, Britain, Germany, Russia, Italy and France...including China have obvious interest plans for the West Asia region.

(to be continued)