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Chapter 305 Map

The trouble Ye Luoxin encountered did not come from the Qing Empire officials, but from the harsh natural environment.

The environment on the other side of the Amur River is harsh, with dense swamps and hordes of wild animals. Unless colonization is opened by force, ordinary people cannot survive at all.

This is actually not Ye Luoxin's fault, it was George who made an empiricist error.

In his previous life, George only knew that the south bank of the Amur River was Beidacang, but he had no idea how much effort he had put into turning Beidahuang into Beidacang.

In Amur, the Cossacks are responsible for eliminating threats, while others are responsible for construction. With tacit cooperation and the support of Amur officials, new immigrants can live in Amur.

During the time when George was in the Qing Empire, Amur was mobilizing, but no one was willing to go to the other side of the Amur River to reclaim wasteland, not even the Koreans who had newly joined the Amur.

Well, George can actually understand this.

The Koreans immigrated to Amur to enjoy their happiness. If they were asked to open up wasteland, they would definitely not be willing to do so.

George could only say that the Koreans did not understand imperialism very well.

However, for Vladivostok, food security is becoming more and more secure. Rice from Siam and French India has begun to enter the Vladivostok market. Jeju has also begun to feed Vladivostok this year, and the situation is excellent.

To be sure, the Fourth Aceh War was not the end.

The vast majority of Dutch people chose to leave, and the price of plantations quickly plummeted to less than one-tenth of what it was before the war broke out.

In another time and space, Japan used the uprising of the Donghak Party in Goryeo to trick the Qing army into sending troops, thus launching the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1898 in Goryeo.

It is more than 200 kilometers from Sumatra to Borneo. Without the support of warships, the Sultanate of Aceh would really be unable to make it.

Because just a month ago, the Sultanate of Aceh just ordered a torpedo boat for offshore patrol from the Amur Shipyard and officially established a navy.

The frigate ordered by the Aceh Sultanate is equipped with a 120mm rapid-fire gun, three torpedo tubes, and a design speed of 3 knots.

If you want to continue to live locally, you must swear allegiance to the Aceh Sultanate and completely separate from the mother country.

However, after the Aceh War, some businessmen from Amur received support from the Aceh Sultanate and purchased plantations and processing plants on a large scale, and the economy quickly recovered.

Jeju is still a transit point for immigrants from Vladivostok. Currently, nearly 40 people have lived in Jeju for a long time. Nearly acres of land have been developed. There are six towns with a population of more than people.

Compared with Japan and Korea, the changes in East India pleased George the most.

The Dutch living in the areas controlled by the Aceh Sultanate could leave East India with their belongings.

Compared with the Third Aceh War, this time the Dutch government did not pay compensation, but it lost all territory except Borneo and Sulawesi.

Today's torpedo boats are actually destroyers, with similar functions, but with different names.

After the Aceh Sultanate landed in Java, the Dutch East India government collapsed. The Dutch governor fled directly from Batavia to Borneo. As of now, the only areas controlled by the Dutch East India government are Borneo and Sulawesi.

What George pays most attention to is Japan.

Under the mediation of the French, the Aceh Sultanate and the East India Government signed a peace agreement in August this year, ending the Fourth Aceh War.

In name, the Sultanate of Aceh still has nothing to do with Amur.

Now that Japan has lost the right to send troops to intervene in Goryeo, and the Dongxue Party has disappeared, George is curious about what excuse Japan will use to provoke a war.

The two Acehnese Wars caused heavy losses to the Dutch living in East Indies.

It’s easy to get from Sumatra to Java, the nearest point is only 20 kilometers, and there is a springboard in the Sunda Strait.

East India was originally a single colonial economy, mainly exporting various raw materials, and there was very little primary processing, so the economy recovered quickly.

It is worth mentioning that this frigate is an all-steel armored warship, just like the British battleship "Military Power" that was just launched.

What's more worth mentioning is that the price of this frigate ordered by the Aceh Sultanate reached 300 million rubles, which is similar to the price of the Japanese "Yoshino".

Japan finally paid 273 million yen for the "Yoshino", which is equivalent to about 30 pounds.

After the news was announced, men and women shed tears.

The British Armstrong Shipyard, which built the "Yoshino", stated that if the Aceh Sultanate orders it from the Armstrong Shipyard, the price will not exceed 100 million rubles.

The German Vulcan shipyard said that if they were to build it, it would only cost 50 yuan at most.

The Key Amur Shipyard has no experience in building large warships at all.

If you look at it this way, this torpedo boat is purely protection money.

By the way, I can help Amur Shipyard gain experience.

George does mean to gain experience.

Sergey was right. With the end of the war in the Malay Peninsula and East India, the safety of Amur's waterways became more and more important. Even if George still had land power, he had to start paying attention to the construction of the navy.

George still opposes spending huge sums of money to build large warships.

But small warships such as destroyers and light cruisers are essential.

If the Aceh Sultanate had the ability to land in Borneo, the war would not end in this way at all. Yankov would definitely have to kill all the Dutch and drive them all out of East India before he could give up. The Dutch are not stupid either. They know how many blood debts they have committed in the East Indies over the years.

Therefore, although the Aceh Sultanate stated that as long as the Dutch abide by the law, they can still live in the Aceh Sultanate, the Dutch fled East India in a hurry without any nostalgia.

Just kidding, if you escape East India now, you can at least keep your property.

Once he pledged allegiance to the Aceh Sultanate, he was completely separated from his mother country.

From then on, whatever happens to the Dutch in the Aceh Sultanate will be the internal affairs of the Aceh Sultanate.

Of course, if you insist on believing that the Aceh Sultanate will definitely protect the interests of the Dutch, then I hope you will not regret it when the scimitar of the East Indian native cuts your neck.

George wanted to liquidate not only the Dutch, but also the Japanese in Goryeo.

Japan has a narrow territory, poor resources, and a large population. Therefore, as long as there is an opportunity, Japanese people will immigrate crazily overseas.

Since the Treaty of Ganghwa was signed between Japan and Goryeo, at least 10 Japanese have come to live in Goryeo. They are the source of the turmoil in Goryeo in recent years.

The Koreans themselves knew it, so the Donghak Party's demand was to drive away all foreigners except Qing people.

After Korea and Japan signed a treaty, the Japanese lost their privileges in Korea, and a large number of Japanese left Korea.

The Korean people have more extreme personalities than the Japanese.

During George's stay in St. Petersburg, Korean businessmen and officials who had cooperated with the Japanese were liquidated one after another. Some pro-Japanese officials were directly killed by the angry Koreans. Many Koreans had to flee to Japan or the Qing Dynasty for refuge. Some The extreme minister of Goryeo even hoped that the Goryeo government would directly sever diplomatic relations with Japan.

It is impossible to break off diplomatic relations, but since Emperor Gaozong transferred back his minister to Japan, no new minister to Japan has been appointed. Although Goryeo and Japan have not severed diplomatic relations, they have also cut off all official-level contacts. Goryeo ports have even stopped allowing Japanese-registered ships entered, and Japanese people who came to Goryeo on business were also subject to strict scrutiny by the Goryeo government.

What George is most worried about now is the Japanese in the Qing Empire.

In October this year, a Russian businessman doing business in Japan accidentally obtained a map of Goryeo drawn by Japan.

After comparison, the map drawn by the Japanese was even more detailed and accurate than the map drawn by the Goryeo government. Even the reefs outside the Goryeo port were clearly marked.

This made Ye Luoxin couldn't help but wonder, did Japan also draw a map about Amur?

It’s hard to say about other parts of Amur. The Japanese must have a map of Vladivostok. The Japanese work on these small details is very meticulous.

Different from the strict defense of Amur, there were not only Japanese businessmen in the Qing Empire, but also a large number of Japanese activities in the name of study tours, travels, and tourism. There were even schools funded by the Japanese. The students trained in these schools had various purposes. Just imagine.

Out of good intentions, Ye Luoxin transferred the map drawn by Japan to the Qing Empire through Mu Linde, hoping to attract the attention of the Qing Empire.

Unexpectedly, after the map was handed over, it was like a stone cow entering the sea, and there was no news again.

"Do we have a map of Japan?"

George dreamed of landing in Japan.

Let George go south, and George will definitely skip the Qing Empire.

Even if he doesn't jump, George will give full play to the traditional skill of the Russian Empire: blackmail.

rather than directly launching a war.

But if we go eastward.

George was so interested.

Not to mention the distance, Hokkaido is so close to Vladivostok and the scenery is so beautiful. George also wants to go to Hokkaido every year to see the cherry blossoms.

"We have already started work on this -"

Ye Luoxin also wants to save face, which means she doesn't have any.

It’s really not that Ye Luoxin doesn’t value Japan.

The appearance of the Japanese is not much different from that of the Koreans and Qing people. As long as the problems of language and habits are solved, the Japanese will have no problem in East Asia.

The appearance of Russians and Japanese is so different that it is impossible to move freely in Japan.

Although in the past two years, Amul has also begun to cultivate goodwill people among Japanese road construction workers, he still has to wait to see results.

Drawing a map is a very professional job and cannot be done without a long period of training.

The road construction workers sent by Japan to Amur had no education at all and did not even know the concept of contour lines. It was really difficult for them to draw maps.

Amul has sent professional draftsmen to Japan in the past two years, also in the name of doing business or traveling, but the results are not very good.

Although the Japanese like to immigrate, the people are very xenophobic. Although the Russians are not difficult to move around in Japan, if they dare to wander around, they may simply disappear.

Think about it, the Japanese dare to kill even the crown prince of the Russian Empire, what else can they not dare to do?

(End of this chapter)