Wild North America 1846

more than a month later
巨港
A huge luxury cruise ship was docked by the pier, and a large group of luxuriously dressed upper-class gentlemen and ladies and senior generals, surrounded by His Highness Tang Li Xin, Prince of Pingxi who was about to return to the mainland of the empire, were saying goodbye on the pier.

As the commander of the expedition, Prince Pingxi has basically completed his mission, and it is time to return to the Kingdom of Ohio.

Accompanying them were some military officers who had been transferred back to China. Some of them entered military academies for further studies and were preparing for promotion, and some received new appointments. They returned to North America with their families.

"Brother 71, I have heard about Banda Yacht. It is a long-term unstable area, which has caused headaches for the Dutch." Tang Li Xin, Prince of Pingxi, has a strong aura and holds the prestigious title of marshal. The staff is entrusting Brigadier General Tang Li Yi with a serious expression.

As the emperor brother, he still took good care of this emperor brother who was at the bottom of the ranking, and continued to explain;

"It is my king's intention to arrange the armored division to guard Banda Aceh. Although the place is chaotic and the native Aceh people are wild and unruly, it is a good place to make contributions.

The actions of the Imperial Armored Division have proved that you are a caring person and will not let down the king's arrangements.

Even if the method is a little harsher, it will benefit the present and benefit the future. This is also a necessary measure for the complete integration of the Aceh region.

The king has already told Commander Liu Guozhong to be more tolerant of Aceh affairs. You armored divisions can do things freely and don't have to look forward and backward. "

"Thank you, Brother Huang, for your care, I am very grateful." Brigadier General Tang-Li Yi replied with his hands clasped in fists.

Brother Huang didn't call Wei by his position in the army, but he kindly called him "Brother 71".

Actually

In this battle between Tang and He, the intersection between the two was a little more.

In the past, they only met each other a few times at a grand event of the royal family, and never even had a conversation.

His Royal Highness Tang-Li Xin, the Prince of Pingxi, is the direct son of Empress Lin. Compared with their concubine princes, how much more noble is his status?
In addition, Prince Pingxi has fought in the north and south for decades. He is one of the few giants in the imperial military, and his military rank is even more noble. He has nothing to do with a small colonel or even a brigadier general.

The age difference between the two is 17 years, almost a generation.

But this time he was also in the expeditionary force, and Prince Pingxi gave the armored division a lot of special care, which made Brigadier General Tang Li Yi feel very warm.

after farewell at the pier
His Royal Highness Tang-Li Xin, Prince of Pingxi, led a group of entourages aboard the luxury cruise ship. The military band played a majestic movement, and the beautiful melody echoed on the pier.

The luxury cruise ship blew a long whistle and slowly left the pier. His Royal Highness Prince Pingxi, who was standing on the side of the cruise ship, waved his hands frequently to bid farewell to the people who were seeing him off.

"My lord, His Royal Highness has already left, shall we go back too?" Colonel Pan Zhixin walked over and said.

Brigadier General Tang Li Yi stood by the pier with a lost expression. He could feel the deep concern of the emperor's brother for him.

Now that His Royal Highness Prince Pingxi has left, I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart.

After hearing Colonel Pan Zhixin's gentle remonstrance, he looked back.

on the pier

Many high-ranking generals and high-class noble gentlemen who saw them off had dispersed for a while. They got into their cars one after another and left the pier in a hurry.

The purpose of coming to Palembang this time is to see off His Royal Highness Prince Pingxi.The second is to participate in the high-level military meeting of the Sumatra Corps, which will make adjustments to the next step of military deployment.

As the situation on the island becomes more and more stable, the Corps is about to begin the work of retiring veterans and enlisting new recruits, which is a routine matter every year.

The veterans who retire this year will definitely be placed on Sumatra Island. Most of them are military and police officers, major ports and grassroots positions in government departments. This is the practice of stabilizing society in the new colony, so it goes without saying.

"Let's go, let's go back too." Brigadier General Tang Li Yi glanced at the back of the departing cruise ship again, and then said.

got in the car
The black car was driving on the flat and wide new avenue, and the street trees transplanted on both sides of the road looked like soldiers in neat rows, revealing a new atmosphere everywhere.

Palembang is the first place where the Imperial Legion landed, and the construction here started relatively early. Most of the main roads on the outskirts of the city have been completed, and only a few roads are still under construction.

This has brought a new look to Palembang. In addition, cement factories, oil mills and other factories have been built one after another, bringing a large number of employment opportunities to the local area. Many new Chinese immigrants have become part of the workers.

It is generally impossible for these factories and enterprises run by Chinese capital to recruit local aborigines, but they will recruit unemployed whites.

This is the customary rule of the multi-ethnic society of the Tang Empire, whether it is in the mainland of the empire, overseas provinces or new colonies.

When the car drove into the urban area of ​​Palembang, from time to time, teams of white prisoners of war could be seen working hard, building houses and bridges under the scorching sun, and their skin was flushed red.

"My lord, I always feel that the Dutchman's head was pinched by the door, and he even took the initiative to ask for peace. Why did he set a prerequisite for the return of Sumatra Island and Kalimantan Island?" Colonel Pan Zhixin smiled wryly and shook his head. Puzzled.

What the Dutch lost on the battlefield, the Dutch tried to get it back from the negotiating table, which is a bit of a fantasy.

Brigadier General Tang-Li Yi sat on the back seat of the car with his legs crossed, looking at the receding scenery outside the window, and said calmly; "It comes from the self-confidence of European white fans, especially the old colonists of the Netherlands and Spain. Although they Not good at running colonies, but good at haggling in diplomatic negotiations and fishing in troubled waters."

"Master, don't they worry about the more than 5 white prisoners of war in our hands?"

"Brother Zhixin, the armistice negotiation is not that simple. The East Indies is the jewel in the crown of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. The spices and tropical specialties here sell well in Europe, and the annual income from this colony is close to half of the Dutch government's finances. What? May give up easily?"

"If you stick to the end, you will be humiliating yourself!"

"Hehehe, Brother Zhixin understands better than the Dutch. The recent military action taken by the Royal Fleet against Java Island, and the bombardment of Batavia and Surabaya Port again, must have made the Dutch heartbroken, right?"

Speaking of this

Brigadier General Tang-Li Yi showed a look of pride on his face, which was sincere pride for the empire.

With a powerful fleet of five 5-ton Duke-class ironclad ships, it is an unrivaled naval force in the entire Pacific region.

Where the muzzle points is the unquestionable jurisdiction of the empire, and rebuttals are not accepted.

Even the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the British Empire stationed in India is a little less powerful because most of its equipment is second- and third-class ironclad ships eliminated by the local navy.

As for the Fuso Navy, it is not worth mentioning.

The Tang Empire was committed to encompassing the entire Pacific Ocean as a small pond of the empire, and attacking the East Indies was part of this long-term strategy.

The purpose is to improve the layout of the Pacific Rim colonies and further consolidate and strengthen the dominant position of the Datang Empire in the Pacific region.

in the vast Pacific Ocean
For all those archipelagos that allow human beings to survive, the Imperial Royal Navy has occupied them one by one, setting up various garrisons.

There are dozens of people at least, hundreds of people at most, and most of them are used to exile criminals from the mainland of the empire.

This is a very deterrent policy, which has greatly reduced the crime rate in the empire.

Everybody knows;
If a criminal is thrown into a hard labor camp, there is at least some hope of returning to society.If he was exiled to an isolated island in the Pacific Ocean, he would be blind for nothing in this life.

Actually

These exiles from the mainland of the empire are not so bad, and the local garrison manages other exiles by performing well.

Let them reclaim fields, grow vegetables, grains, melons and fruits, raise cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, and even go fishing in the sea, trying their best to achieve self-sufficiency in living materials.

Well-behaved exiles can also own local aboriginal women and have children on an isolated island, and their lives will not be bad.

But unfortunately, from the day he was exiled to an isolated island in the Pacific Ocean, it meant that he could not return to the mainland of the empire.

Horrible legends about exiled islands have always prevailed in the mainland of the empire, which will make those hot-headed cowboys sober, and have a strong deterrent effect.

There are many Pacific Islands, such as Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, etc. More, better natural conditions.

Some are on the Pacific immigration route, and the ships come and go like clouds.Some are more remote, and there are rare cargo ships from the empire to arrive in a year.

It is worth noting that
All the exiles are of Chinese descent. This is obviously a deliberate effort by the empire to increase the local Chinese population in this way.

At the end of the 19th century, countries around the world, including Europe, had harsh criminal laws. In the book "Les Miserables" written by the famous French writer Victor Hugo, the protagonist Jean-Agen was sentenced to serve 5 years in a quarry for stealing a piece of bread. years of hard labor.

Later, because he could not bear the torture, he escaped several times. After being arrested, his sentence was extended to 19 years.

In England, a teenager was sentenced to exile in Australia for robbing two pounds of cotton yarn.

There are countless similar examples. Basically, as long as the criminal law is violated, the sentence will be very heavy, and it is the same in the Tang Empire.

The so-called stalking, it is impossible to catch and release. Basically, if caught, they will be thrown into a hard labor camp or sentenced to exile.

The difference is what did you steal?
Smoked low-value items such as chickens, ducks and geese, it was almost 2 to 3 years of hard labor, and it would be doubled for repeat offenders.

If you stole donkeys, mules, horses, cows and other big animals, then I would like to congratulate you, and I would like to mention a ticket to exile on an isolated island in the Pacific Ocean. You can basically say goodbye in this life.

In any case, it will never return to the mainland of the empire.

The most interesting thing is the Germans. Kaiser Wilhelm II has always hoped to have a colony in the Pacific Ocean that belongs to Germany, even if it is a remote island.

The German investigation team has wandered around the Pacific Ocean for many years, visited almost all the Pacific islands to which the empire belongs, and has not found any island that can be colonized.

The reason is simple, these are owner-owned sites.

Some Pacific islands that belonged to the French in the early days were also bought by the Tang Empire for a small amount of money.The Pacific islands belonging to the Spaniards were directly occupied, such as Oahu and Saipan.

The Germans came too late to eat any leftovers. (end of this chapter)