America 1869: A Doppelganger Every Day

Chapter 127 On How to Colonize Jiaozhi

The Far East General was also in high spirits at this moment.

The "one country, two systems" policy has been successful. Although the Far East has not separated from Russia, it can be considered an independent region.

Originally, he only wanted to make a quick buck, but now he wants to gain even more profits and even expand the Far East.

With this idea in mind, after taking control of Liuhong, he found all the warlords.

"You all know the current situation in Liuqiu, and you have each assigned people to oversee its development."

"It's uncertain how much benefit Liuqiu will bring us in the future, but if we want the Far East to develop better, Jiaozhi is a very important place."

"Everything else in the Far East is fine, except for one thing: there is too little arable land. Without enough arable land, it is too difficult for the Far East to develop."

"The land resources in the Jiaozhi region of the Indochina Peninsula happen to be abundant, and it is more suitable for planting."

"Although southern Cochinchina and Cambodia had already been occupied by France."

"But the south-central region, the north, and even Laos have not yet been occupied."

"If we can occupy these two regions, our Far East population can increase by 30 to 50 million."

"At the same time, these two regions are not only rich in resources, but also connected to the southern gateway of the Qing Empire."

"Once we take this place, our goods will flow from here to Southeast Asia, to Europe, and also into the Qing Dynasty."

"This will play a vital role in our development in the Far East."

"Please share your suggestions."

Those present were all clones of Li Changsheng, so they did not hesitate and someone stepped forward to speak first.

"General, according to our information, southern Jiaozhi has been occupied by France."

"Furthermore, France is preparing to launch an offensive against central and southern Cochinchina, which may begin sometime this year."

"I think this will be an opportunity for us."

"Since France is still determined to destroy Jiaozhi, we can take this opportunity to completely control Jiaozhi."

"Everyone knows that if Jiaozhi were occupied by France, then Jiaozhi would be completely removed from the map of the Qing Empire's tributary states."

"In other words, if Jiaozhi were colonized by France, it would no longer be a vassal state of the Qing Empire."

"Therefore, we can continue to cooperate with the Qing Empire."

"Like Liuqiu, although Liuqiu is now colonized by us, it is still nominally a vassal state of the Qing Empire."

"This method can also be used in Jiaozhi (Vietnam)."

"However, to prevent the Qing Empire from ever losing its mind and giving others an opportunity, we must, like Qiu, stipulate this in the contract."

"As a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, Jiaozhi was not subject to any transfer of ownership of a vassal state to another party by the Qing Empire."

"In this way, we can take over the Jiaozhi region more easily."

Another clone then spoke up.

"I think this method is good."

"Cochinchina was clearly no match for France."

"Even if we manage to hold out this time, it won't be long before France completely takes over."

"There is only one outcome: being occupied by France."

"That means the royal family and nobility of Jiaozhi lost everything."

"They were able to determine this through France's past colonial development."

"And what we did in Liuqiu will eventually become known to Jiaozhi."

"It not only preserved some of the rights of the royal family and nobles of Ryukyu and guaranteed their livelihood, but also allowed them to gradually build up their army and navy."

"This alone is enough to guarantee the basic rights and interests of the Liuqiu royal family and nobles."

"Moreover, there is another major difference between being colonized by our Far East and being colonized by France."

"At most, our Far East colonization involved teaching them to speak Mandarin and write simplified Chinese characters."

"This is not a big deal for the people of Jiaozhi."

"After all, the main script they use now is Chinese characters."

"With a little practice, you can learn them all."

"Moreover, we have preserved their cultural heritage and the existence of the country of Jiaozhi. Apart from some loss of national interests, the losses of the royal family, nobles and ordinary people are not great."

"If these men are even slightly intelligent, they should know who to colonize."

The third clone also stepped forward and spoke.

"We can send multiple envoys to Jiaozhi to contact the Anfang warlords and the Nguyen family's princes and nobles."

"At the same time, let's settle everything with the Qing Empire first."

"If we agree to help the Qing Empire guard its southern gateway and sign a non-aggression pact, the Qing Empire will certainly be more willing to let us develop it."

"In this way, our chances of taking Jiaozhi will greatly increase."

"However, I think we can contact them while carrying out a secret operation, and send some people to Jiaozhi to understand the situation there."

"For example, while having the Far East Intelligence Bureau investigate the situation in Vietnam, we should also see when France will make its move."

"We must ensure that France's actions this time fail, and once they withdraw, it will be our opportunity to go to Vietnam to negotiate and take over Vietnam completely."

"After all, scumbags aren't like Liuqiu. Liuqiu only has 30 people, which we can easily control, but Jiaozhi has tens of millions of people."

"Then remove the 500 million in the south, there are still 500 million people in the north."

"We must ensure that nothing goes wrong."

With everyone contributing their thoughts, the plan to establish a diplomatic relationship with Vietnam was basically finalized.

The Far East Intelligence Bureau was responsible for gathering information about the Far East, while other warlords were responsible for sending their subordinates into Jiaozhi (Vietnam) under the guise of superiors to form independent forces, while also maintaining contact with various warlord factions in Jiaozhi.

Finally, a portion of the army was sent into the territory of Jiaozhi (Vietnam) and dispersed into smaller units. They could then be regrouped if necessary to ensure that central and northern Jiaozhi were not occupied by the French.

By the time the meeting ended, the plan for colonizing Jiaozhi (Vietnam) had been fully finalized.

The first step was to go to the Qing Empire to discuss this new plan.

Secondly, there's the waiting time.

Meanwhile, the Qing Empire fully supported the Far East plan.

Since they don't need to do anything anyway, and they've signed a non-aggression pact and made it public, the Qing Empire's gateway to Jiaozhi will be infinitely safer.

This was naturally a good thing for the Qing Empire.

With the Qing Empire and the Far East secretly signing an agreement, they were just waiting for France to take action so that the Far East could clean up the mess.

It was obvious that this would take a long time, so Li Changsheng stopped paying attention and continued with his own affairs.

My new book, The White Snake, has already started serialization.

The stage play "I Am the White Snake" has also been completed.

However, just as the play was preparing for its first performance, another unexpected event occurred.

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