America 1869: A Doppelganger Every Day

The Russian general frowned.

What Victor said is indeed true.

Nowadays, although their place has a uniquely advantageous geographical location.

However, there is a major problem: they cannot sell the fish they catch.

Shipping it back to China is a completely unreliable idea!

The journey was too costly; the food was consumed before it could be transported back.

But how many people are there in the Far East?

They only have a few thousand people in their own country.

There are tens of thousands of indigenous people and another hundred thousand or eighty thousand Han Chinese.

How many fish can these two people consume?

As for the other countries, it's even more difficult to sell them.

Now the general was in a dilemma.

"What can we do? If it doesn't work, I'll ask the country to send more immigrants, or you can process all these fish into finished products and ship them back to China."

Victor shook his head again.

"General, what I'm about to say may be harsh, but it's the truth."

"It's simply impossible to get people to immigrate from within the country."

"Anyone who comes to this place is likely to starve or freeze to death. Who would want to come here?"

"It's only because we businessmen are desperate to make money that we have no choice; otherwise, nobody would come."

"As for shipping the multi-layered finished product back to China, that's even more unreliable. This stuff doesn't sell for much to begin with. Making it into a finished product increases the cost, and shipping it back to China increases the cost even more. The price it fetches in China will be much lower than what people get from fishing directly in China. Who would buy my stuff then?"

"I'd rather throw it into the sea; at least I won't have to pay compensation."

"So, I think things are fine as they are now."

"I'll try to avoid going to the Japanese side as much as possible, and focus on fishing near Vladivostok. Nobody will bother me, and I can still make money. Isn't that great?"

"After a while, when neither China nor South Korea wants me anymore, I'll retreat even further to ensure my safety."

The Russian general was frustrated.

With so many resources and so much tax revenue gone, how could he possibly accept that?

"Is there really no way to solve this?"

Victor hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"There is a solution, but I don't know if you, General, can make up your mind, or if you can actually accomplish it."

The general's spirits lifted, and he spoke.

"Any method will do, as long as it succeeds."

Victor gritted his teeth before speaking.

"The best way is to increase the population of our Far East region. As long as the population of the Far East region increases, more people will be able to buy my fish."

"At the same time, the population in the Far East will increase, and you will receive more tax revenue, allowing you and your soldiers to live a better life."

The general fell silent.

Because he understands very well.

There is currently only one way to increase the population of the Far East: Chinese immigrants.

Only by allowing Chinese people to enter the Far East can the Far East develop rapidly, and only then can they make money.

But if he actually did that, he wouldn't be able to explain it to the people back home.

After all, this is territory that China acquired with great difficulty.

Allowing too many Chinese immigrants would absolutely not be in the empire's interest.

But if they don't allow immigration, they can forget about making money.

There had never been much tax revenue before, and now that they were finally able to make money, they had to give it up because there was no one available, which made the general very upset.

But he wouldn't dare to immigrate.

At that moment, the general fell silent.

Victor smiled inwardly when he saw the silent general.

Hesitation is good; hesitation means there's an opportunity.

If you want to make money, then I have a way to gradually infiltrate the Far East with Chinese people.

"I know this is a bit difficult for you, General."

"If the general wants to increase taxation without affecting the policies above, I do have a way."

The general's eyes lit up instantly.

"What's a good method?"

Victor said.

"General, my fishing company actually catches a large number of fish every day, and many of them are simply impossible to process."

"If these fish could be processed before being sold, the profits would be even higher, and the taxes paid would also be greater."

"And the most crucial point is that even after the fish has been processed, it's still quite a hassle to get it back to the local area."

"But we can take the sea route and ship directly to Beijing, or even the vicinity of Shanghai."

"With China's purchasing power, we can sell any amount of our fish."

"However, the general should also know that the people of Vladivostok and even the entire Far East have their own affairs to attend to."

"If I want to catch a lot of fish, or even build factories, then I need a lot of workers."

"Putting aside other things, just in terms of processing fish, some fish need to be smoked, some need to be dried, some need to be pickled, and some need to be canned directly."

"But these things require supporting factories, such as canning jar factories for making canned goods, and factories for sealing fish, etc."

"I already catch a lot of fish every day. If I really want to expand on a large scale, I will definitely need to buy more boats and hire more employees. I will be able to catch even more fish every day. At that time, my seafood processing plant will need thousands or even tens of thousands of workers."

"It would take at least several months to transport people from China, and there's no guarantee that anyone would be willing to come."

"The best way is to recruit people from China. There are indeed some people in the Northeast region of China who are willing to come, but with the military blocking their way, it is unlikely that most of them will come."

"If possible, we can go to the capital and discuss it with the Qing Empire. I've heard that they have a lot of refugees who can't survive. We can ask them to hand over the refugees to us, and I'll hire them to work for me. We won't let them join our country."

"In this way, I can process the fish, and the general can also collect taxes."

"These refugees who have been brought here will also need to pay a certain amount of taxes while living in the general's territory, which will generate some revenue for the general and will not affect domestic policies. Isn't that a win-win situation?"

The general's eyes lit up.

Indeed, as Victor said.

The authorities in China only said that more Chinese people are not allowed to immigrate to the Far East, but they didn't say that Chinese people are not allowed to work in the Far East.

The United States is willing to accept Chinese people to work, so why can't we, the Russian bear country, do the same?

"Your idea is good. Let's try your method. If it works, I'll fully support you."

In the Far East, everything was decided by the general, so things were settled quickly.

As for Victor going to China to discuss things with the Qing Empire, that's completely untrue.

Victor contacted Li Changsheng's clone in Daqing directly.

Moreover, it was specifically responsible for acting as a branch of the Immigration Bureau on the Denglai Peninsula.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to sell fish, Victor handed over the immigration money directly to the immigration office, and then brought back tens of thousands of immigrants.