Chapter 257: A man should rob people of their land and property (first update, please subscribe)
“Chile… we’re almost there!”
Standing by the window, Zhu Xianhai looked out at Nanhua and muttered to himself silently.
revenge!
This obsession in my heart over the years has finally calmed down with the fall of the Chilean capital. This is always the case with people. When a wish is not fulfilled, the heart is always longing and expecting.
After all my wishes were fulfilled, I was not as excited as I had imagined. I even felt a little calm. It was like facing a trivial matter. It did not stir up any waves in my heart.
What does the demise of Chile mean?
It means the rebirth of Nanhua and a brand new future!
As evening approached, a continuous autumn rain began to fall.
Through the window, traffic in Nanhua seemed a bit chaotic under the drizzle. Horse-drawn carriages were running back and forth on the spacious streets, and at the tram station platform, passengers and pedestrians were crowded together and walking from time to time.
It is now time to get off work, electric lights are not yet popular, and blessings have certainly not yet arrived.
Those who had been busy all day walked on the road with heavy steps. Some people braved the drizzle in April and walked slowly and heavily towards the public carriage to return to their homes after a busy day.
Zhu Xianhai, standing by the window, was smoking a cigar silently. The purge of the Chilean elite was just the beginning, and there would be further assimilation policies in the future.
Nanhua is a city built on unowned land, but Zhu Xianhai is not satisfied with the Pampas, Patagonia and Araucania. Indeed, these lands are sparsely populated. Until now, when the Chinese population in Nanhua is about to reach the million mark, there has been no conflict with the Mapuche people. The reason is that the land is really vast and the population is really small. Moreover, Nanhua is an industrial country, and the rapidly developing industry has absorbed a large population.
Although it seems that the land is vast and sparsely populated, Zhu Xianhai is very clear that Nanhua needs more land to accommodate immigrants!
"At the current immigration rate of 500,000 people per year, the population of Nanhua will exceed 15 million in 20 years at most. Even though it is sparsely populated now, if it does not expand, it will be overcrowded sooner or later. Therefore, the expansion of Nanhua is inevitable!"
Turning back from the window, Zhu Xianhai pointed at the map and asked:
“Do you know how many people there are in Argentina?”
"1.5 million!"
“And what about Brazil?”
"About 8 million, 3 million of whom were slaves."
Qian Zizhuang naturally knew all the answers to these questions. His job required him to have intelligence on these countries, and these were just the most basic data.
"Not only that, their population is increasing every day. Immigrants from Europe are pouring into these countries, and their population is growing rapidly. Similarly, thousands of immigrants are pouring into South China every day, and there will be more and more in the future."
Zhu Xianhai pointed at South America on the map and said,
"Well, you see, South America is so small. It's said that the land is vast, but what about the reality? Brazil occupies such a large area, Argentina occupies such a large area, and almost all the good places are occupied by them. If we want to survive here, we must use South China's guns and cannons to expand our living space. War... this is the only option!"
Staring at the map, another sentence popped up in Zhu Xianhai's mind - use Nanhua's sword to obtain land for Nanhua's plow!
Expansion is king!
"That is to say, in the future, our wars with Argentina and Brazil will be inevitable, because the reason is very simple. There is only so much land. Either we occupy it and settle our immigrants, or we let them occupy it and allow them to grow their own power, and then threaten the future of South China. In this case, we must consider a problem..."
Qian Zizhuang was extremely surprised to hear his lord's words. He even looked at the two countries on the map involuntarily. While he was surprised at his lord's ambition, he felt it was natural.
It would be a real shame if we didn't conquer such land!
Besides, my lord has said many times before that we should gain a foothold in South America and strive for living space for China.
"After occupying these countries, how do we implement effective occupation? How do we describe this kind of occupation? It's not just occupation, but complete annexation and rule, just like the Qing Dynasty occupied the Central Plains. We want to become the masters of those lands and settle the Chinese immigrants. In order to eliminate resistance, we must purge the local elites. They either surrender and become our people, or..."
Suddenly, Zhu Xianhai paused. At this moment, he understood why the Qing Dynasty carried out a massacre when it entered the Pass and why it later implemented literary inquisition. To put it bluntly, it was to destroy the elite class of China. By destroying the elite class, they could rule that area according to their own will.
Didn’t the Iron Father also exile and “deal with” the local elites in the areas he annexed? All the military priests and grandfathers were sent to the gulags in Siberia. They all had the same purpose: to maintain long-term rule.
This is all solid experience!
"My lord, in my opinion, it is better to go directly than to exile."
Qian Zizhuang said jokingly.
"Ships are always subject to storms when sailing on the sea, so it is normal for a few ships to sink."
"That's a simple and neat solution, but those people are still useful. For example, they can settle down and live in Africa. Of course, they will also have offspring there, and breed with the locals."
Zhu Xianhai grinned and laughed out loud.
For now, sending those people to Africa is the easiest way to deal with them.
"This is just an experiment. We have a few years to implement this experiment in Chile, and there will be many other places to try it in the future."
It's just an experiment!
An experiment of occupation and annexation. Fortunately, Chile has a small population of only 1.7 million. In just a few years, the Chinese immigrants will outnumber the local Spaniards and mixed-race people. Forced assimilation will completely change the ethnic composition of Chile. Perhaps in just a few decades, the Chinese will become the mainstream population there.
If this experiment in Chile is successful, it will provide enough experience for future expansion. Only with this experience can we occupy Argentina and Brazil...
After Qian Zizhuang left the office, Zhu Xianhai came to the window again. He stood there quietly watching the drizzle outside the window.
As he looked out the window, the idea of expansion in his heart became stronger. If it were someone else, they might just laugh it off, but Zhu Xianhai was not that kind of person.
He came to this land as a conqueror. Since Europeans could conquer this land, why couldn't the Chinese?
In this age of the survival of the fittest, land and wealth belong to the strong!
Seizing people's land and property, this is what a man should do!
And you should be proud of it!
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(End of this chapter)
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