Expedition to Europe

Qin Zhiyuan always used more soldiers, the better, especially for the Japanese army, which was cannon fodder, he wanted as many as he could.

After Girardin returned to Lan Fang, the troops that swore loyalty to Lan Fang were immediately split up. Two divisions were sent to Chen Kangjian to board the ship to the Western Province, one division was given to Antonio to expand the navy, and the last division was given to Wang Dingshan. They would be trained as airborne soldiers to brave the tiger's den.

In fact, the most suitable branch of the army for the Japanese is the navy. The Japanese are generally small in stature and have good obedience. They are naturally able to adapt to the narrow space and lonely life inside the ship. Lan Fang just wanted to expand the navy. Although these Japanese could not work in key positions, they could still be sailors.

As for the "Qin Corps" with a number of 100,000 people, some of them were organized as garrison troops stationed in Japan, and the other part was sent to the Western Province.

The current situation in the Western Province is not stable. Lan Fang has a vast territory in the Western Province. After obtaining the coast of the Persian Gulf, the land area of ​​the Western Province has exceeded 550,000 square kilometers. If the Persian Gulf is included, the area is more than 700,000 square kilometers. There are few people in such a vast territory. Thanks to the British demonization propaganda against Lan Fang, the total population of the Western Province does not exceed one million, with an average of less than two people per square kilometer. This is the real sparsely populated area.

What's more, in the current Western Province, most of the population are Persians. Although the fundamentalism of the Persians has not been "developed" in this year, it is still a hidden danger. If Qin Zhiyuan wants to truly stabilize the situation in the Western Province, he must find a way to change the population structure of the Western Province. Otherwise, according to the analysis of the fertility of the Persians, in a few decades, the Western Province will still be the world of the Persians, which Qin Zhiyuan absolutely does not want to see.

If there are any nations in the world that can compare with the Persians in terms of "going to extremes", then the Japanese and Koreans are definitely ranked first.

Qin Zhiyuan wanted to immigrate to the western province, and his first choice was Koreans and Japanese. Using Japanese and Koreans to deal with Persians was a match made in heaven.

Although Lan Fang did not distinguish between different nationalities in name, Qin Zhiyuan actually had a secret department under his command, which was specially established for these "foreigners". Whether it was Koreans or Japanese, or Westerners or Annamites, even if they joined Lan Fang nationality and got an ID card without the nationality item, Qin Zhiyuan also had detailed information about them, and the nationality and ancestry item was emphasized.

Speaking of ancestry, we must thank the Chinese for their strong fertility. At the beginning of the year, Lan Fang formulated a special policy for Japanese and Annamites. Whether they were Japanese or Annamites, as long as they had Chinese ancestry in their blood, even if it was only one in ten, these people could successfully join Lan Fang nationality.

After the announcement of this policy, the population of Lan Fang surged by nearly 10 million in just one month. Among them, in several provinces in the north of Annam close to the Republic of China, almost every household submitted an immigration application to the Lan Fang Immigration Bureau. Almost everyone of them had Chinese ancestry, which could be proved by their family tree.

It's easy to say if you have a family tree. Although the policy stipulates that the limit is one in ten, in actual implementation, even if you look back more than ten generations, as long as there are Chinese in the family tree, you are considered to be of Chinese descent and qualified to join Lan Fang.

This policy caused strong protests from Paul Reynaud, the Governor-General of French Indochina. In order to stop the immigration of Annamites, Paul Reynaud even sent out the few troops he had.

However, this is a drop in the bucket. Even the military members under Paul Reynaud are busy going home to look up the family tree. Stop the immigration of Annamites? Don't be funny. First see if you can get close to those guys who are eligible for immigration. If you can, then go together.

What makes Paul Reynaud upset, Qin Zhiyuan must be happy to hear.

Qin Zhiyuan has prepared an ocean-going fleet in Coconut City, which is to send people to the western province. The Mesopotamian Basin needs a large population. As long as there are Orientals who are good at farming and settle there, it won't take long for the Mesopotamian Basin to become the granary of Lan Fang.

When it comes to farming skills, the Chinese have absolutely full skill trees, but the farming skills of the Japanese and Koreans are not weak either.

Japan's territory is just four islands, but before the war with Lan Fang, such a small amount of land could support nearly 60 million people, which shows the farming ability of the Japanese.

The farming ability of the Koreans is also not weak. At the beginning, the land of Goryeo was just a tiny bit, and there were many mountains in the territory, so there was not much land available for farming. However, such a harsh natural environment has supported 20 million Koreans. It seems that the farming skills of the Koreans are better than those of the Japanese.

In fact, the Middle East is not all desert terrain. The land that makes Qin Haoge happy is naturally a fertile land. The Western Province happens to occupy the Mesopotamian Basin. The land here may not be as good as Siam, but it is a world of difference compared to the land in Japan and Goryeo. It only takes 300,000 to 500,000 immigrants to go there. In less than two years, it may be a bit too much to say that it is a "granary", but it is still not a problem to meet the consumption of the Western Province.

The Persians are pretty good, guarding the Mesopotamian and Nile Delta, but living like beggars, what a waste of resources.

Qin Zhiyuan was thinking about stabilizing the Western Province, but some people didn't want Qin Zhiyuan to get what he wanted.

Just when Qin Zhiyuan was about to vigorously promote immigration to the Western Province, in a villa in the center of Cairo, Winston Churchill, the British Colonial Secretary and Air Force Commander, and Charles Hughes, the US Secretary of State, were having a drink.

After the World War, Churchill cleared himself of the responsibility for the disastrous defeat in the Battle of the Dardanelles and returned to the political stage, serving as the British Colonial Secretary and concurrently as the Air Minister. After Churchill took office, he began to negotiate with the Irish Sinn Fein Party and eventually allowed Ireland to become a dominion within the British Empire.

Charles Hughes was the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. After Warren Harding became president, he appointed Charles Hughes as the US Secretary of State. The Cairo Conference was held under the advocacy of Charles Hughes.

At this time, the United States was still in the Prohibition period. Charles Hughes was not in the United States at this time, and he was actually not bound by the Prohibition. However, Charles Hughes was a chief justice after all, and he was very self-disciplined, so when Churchill was drinking, Charles Hughes only asked for a glass of ice water.

"The Lan Fang people are really too much. If we don't curb Lan Fang, then not only today's Middle East, but also the future Asia will be Lan Fang's Asia. We will have no place to stand, so we must take strong measures to curb the expansion of Lan Fang." As the Minister of Colonies, Churchill naturally understood the current situation of the British Empire.

The current British Empire is no longer as glorious as it used to be. Canada and Australia are demanding independence, and now even India is demanding autonomy. The British mainland is also unstable. The Irish have been demanding autonomy. Although Churchill accepted the Irish's demands on behalf of the British government, Churchill knew very well that this was only the first step of the Irish's demands, and the Irish would demand more in the future.

Lan Fang is a great threat to the British. Since the establishment of Lan Fang, Britain has been retreating in Asia, first Sarawak, then Siam, and now it has spread to Myanmar. If the British do nothing, the huge and arrogant British Empire will sooner or later fall apart.

Churchill is not old, and he will definitely see that day.

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"So what measures do you think we should take?" Charles Hughes remained calm, holding the water glass with an unusually steady hand, without a trace of trembling.

"War! We need to have a war against Lan Fang to curb Qin's ambitions and let Qin see our determination to maintain world order. This world is dominated by us Westerners, and it is not the turn of Qin, an Oriental, to set the rules of the game." Churchill was fierce, waving his hand holding the empty wine glass in the air. Charles Hughes was a little worried whether the slender goblet could withstand Churchill's power.

"It's impossible, at least the United States will not participate." Charles Hughes rejected it outright, ignoring Churchill's ugly face, leaving no room at all: "You should know that the US Congress is voting on the Chinese Exclusion Act, and perhaps tomorrow the Chinese Exclusion Act will become history. Now is the time for the US government to show friendship to Lan Fang. Only when Lan Fang disdains the goodwill of the US government will the United States consider war, but that is not easy, because some people in the government have Lan Fang backgrounds, and those people will never agree to wage war against Lan Fang."

Charles Hughes was talking about the pro-Lan Fang faction headed by Allen.

The United States is a country controlled by capital, and the will of the US government is also a manifestation of the will of capital. Although the Lanfang government has not yet established formal diplomatic relations with the United States, the connection between Lanfang and the United States is inextricable.

After Renault took over the bauxite in Madagascar, he is cooperating with the Mellon family, which dominates the aluminum industry in the United States, to jointly develop the bauxite in Madagascar; Ford has been defeated by the attack of Lanfang Motors, and now it has turned to cooperate with Lanfang Motors to jointly develop new models; the oil group headed by Rockefeller also has a cooperative project with the United Oil controlled by Qin Zhiyuan, and they want to jointly develop oil in South America-

With so many cooperative relationships, it is not easy for the United States to launch a war against Lanfang.

"At least we should show a firm attitude. Look at the western province of Lanfang. It is already part of Europe. If we don't resolutely contain it, Lanfang's tentacles will sooner or later extend to Europe." Churchill was worried and very disappointed with Charles Hughes' statement.

"It's not sooner or later, but already. Do you still think that Lan Fang's influence is limited to Asia? Although Lan Fang has lost its ally France in Europe, it has also gained the trust of Germany. Moreover, the relationship between the French and Lan Fang has not been completely severed. Lan Fang's influence in Europe is much greater than you think." Charles Hughes is indeed worthy of being the Chief Justice. He can see the essence of the problem through the surface.