Tomorrow's Ark is too real

Chapter 1154 The Black Wave
The appointment of the head of the colonial area cannot be decided directly at the meeting, and the purpose of this meeting is only to collect the opinions of senior officials.

But judging from this situation, Maren Legg is basically bound to win.

Even if something goes wrong later, Wei Na still controls the most important vote.

At this point in the meeting, only the last two topics remained, namely the mobilization of troops and colonial policy.

After consulting Xia Feng's opinion of "no need to rest", the meeting continued.

Next, with regard to the mobilization of the imperial army, Xia Feng has absolutely no position to express any opinion, and it is impossible to even give suggestions.

To be honest, it was already very face-saving not to let him avoid it.

According to the original colonial treaty with Yan, Victoria had the right to station troops in the colonial area, and the number of troops could not exceed 30.

Of course, in the initial construction, it is impossible for the army to station 30 people, because it is useless, and the south coast is currently full of primitive villages.

Subsequently, representatives of the military department headed by the chief of the general staff of the military department participated in the discussion of the meeting.

The current four major military regions in Victoria, the Frontier Military Region, the Southern Military Region, the Northern Military Region, and the Central Army, have a total strength of 160 million.

Coupled with the police force of the Royal Knights and the Office of Supervision, it even approached 200 million.

This kind of powerful military force can be said to be worry-free inside and outside in a short period of time, and it can also be used with ease in military deployment.

Comparing the initial planning of the colonial area, the National Assembly and the General Army immediately discussed the corresponding deployment of troops.

At the meeting, it was decided that the Southern Military Region and the Northern Military Region would each draw 5 troops to form a 10-strong colonial garrison. In addition, 5 new recruits would be recruited from China to join the new military region, making a total of 15 troops.

Now that the decision to recruit recruits means building the soul of the army.

In other words, this is not a temporary force, but the fifth largest military region officially established by the Victorian Empire.

In fact, just as Xia Feng thought, this army was established as the permanent military area of ​​the Yandong Colonial Area, named [Yandong Military Area].

To be honest, the name of this military region is somewhat confusing.

The meaning of the Yandong Military Region is the military forces of the Victoria Empire stationed in the Yandong Colonial Area, so it is called the Yandong Military Region, but literally, it seems to be the private army of the Yandong Special Zone.

Of course, those who are confused are the people who eat melons.

All countries in the world know that the Yandong Special Zone under the command of Yan Kingdom does not set up any army, and the current governor has no military power at all.

In this way, the discussion on the deployment of the army quickly came to a conclusion. As for the subsequent candidate for the commander-in-chief of the Yandong Military Region, he had to be appointed by the General Army.

This meeting lasted for a long time, and the time has come to the afternoon.

At this point, there was only one last issue left to discuss in the meeting, and that was the empire's specific colonial policy.

Based on the current relationship between Yandong Special Zone and Victoria, the colonization here is not plunder and conquest, enslavement and expansion, and according to the international agreement with Yan Kingdom, there is no cultural invasion of bullying.

The colonial policy here refers to the simple solicitation of domestic colonial relations. To put it bluntly, it should be called "immigration policy".

To establish an imperial colonial area, you cannot just set up an army, otherwise it will not be called a colonial area, but a military base.

And Min refers to Victorian citizens, that is, to transfer some domestic residents to Yandong to live, learn, build, develop, and reproduce.

There is no slavery or oppression between the transferred citizens and the native citizens of Yandong, and there is no distinction between upper and lower. They all adhere to the principle of friendly cultural exchanges and jointly build their homes.

This principle can be guaranteed by Xia Feng, and Victoria's top management will also supervise it.

Of course, having said that, there are still difficulties in the immigration issue.

The biggest difficulty is that for native Victorians with superior living standards, no one would willingly leave their homeland, cross the sea, and live in a new environment.

In this regard, the empire can give economic or policy compensation, such as direct money, or open preferential conditions for enterprises, and encourage the construction of large factories or trading companies.

However, this is still not a proper method.

The first thing that cannot be solved is the grassroots labor problem. According to the information provided by Xia Feng, there are only a few thousand original residents in the south coast colonial area, which are the dozen or so villages.

In this regard, the National Council asked Xia Feng for opinions, saying whether Yandong could provide labor in the form of employment.

To be honest, this request is not too much, and it can even effectively improve the current economic situation of Yandong residents and solve the employment problem.

But from a long-term perspective, it is impossible for Xia Feng to agree.

If you just hire 800 people, then you can do whatever you want, Xia Feng is even willing to be an "intermediary".

However, if the governor of Yandong officially supplies a large amount of labor to help Victoria establish a colonial area, it would violate something.

First of all, this seriously violated the wishes of the Yan Kingdom's high-level officials.

Secondly, this also goes against Xia Feng's own wishes, because for him, Yandong will have a "big move" in the future, which will require a lot of manpower.

Not only could he not provide labor for Victoria, he even wanted to borrow labor.

In this way, after receiving Xia Feng's polite refusal, the National Council did not force it, and immediately began to change its mind and continue to conduct internal discussions.

This matter seems to have nothing to do with him.

At this point, Xia Feng's mission to come to Victoria has been theoretically completed, and Zhou Liang has even started to tidy up the materials on the table.

Picking up the teacup in front of him, the tea in it has bottomed out.

Xia Feng waved his hand and quietly signaled to the staff in the conference hall, asking for help to add some water. As for the content of the ongoing meeting, he no longer cared about it.

The teacup was quickly filled with hot tea, and Xia Feng leisurely picked it up and took a sip.

But at this moment, there was a change in the content of the meeting that he had ignored, which instantly lifted his spirits.

After several proposals were rejected, the chairman of the council took out another document and said helplessly.

"Since there is no new feasible solution for the immigration issue, we can only consider His Majesty's previous proposal."

Referring to the previously compiled information, the voice of the chairman of the council was low.

"It is difficult for ordinary citizens to accept immigration requirements, even if economic compensation is not worth the loss. If this is the case, we should reconsider the selection of immigration targets as domestic infected groups."

This last plan was endorsed by a section of MPs.

"That's the only way to go. Although our country treats the infected with equal treatment to ordinary citizens, the living standard of the infected group in the country is still relatively poor, and the establishment of cities for the infected cannot satisfy all the infected in the country. There are still some Many infected people live in concentrated areas of infected people in various cities."

Another MP took the call.

"That's right, if the immigration target is selected as the infected group, it should be agreed, and the empire can even provide a certain degree of economic compensation. At the same time, it can also solve the labor problem for the construction of the colonial area."

However, there are still some people who are worried about this proposal, and the focus of the concern is very straightforward.

"What if the infected person is unwilling? Or it becomes a state of polarization, some people agree and some people disagree, and the people who agree cannot meet the needs of the number of immigrants. The empire cannot force the infected person to immigrate anyway."

This is indeed a very real problem. To put it bluntly, for today's Victoria, being poor is not a reason to let others settle.

For example, there is a pile of rubbish on the road in a community that smells bad, and the rich say, "I will pay, and I will give 500 yuan to whoever cleans up this pile of rubbish."

At this time, in the eyes of the public, the poorest family in the community should take up the job, because it seems reasonable and a win-win situation.

But in reality, this poor family just doesn't do it, there is no reason, I just don't do it, I don't want to earn your money, can't you, can you still shoot me?
In an equal country, this neither violates the law nor violates morality. Whether people interfere or not has no direct relationship with being poor or not poor. This is called freedom.

If you tell me to go, I'll go, don't I lose face?
Although the infected people live in poverty in the country, they are very happy. This cannot be a reason for forced immigration.

At the meeting, the MP raised valid concerns.

However, he seems to have overlooked something.

Regarding his worries, everyone in the conference hall focused their eyes on Xia Feng's face almost at the same time.

The chairman of the council pushed his glasses, and his tone was a little helpless.

"Your worries should not exist. At least the infected people in our country should agree to emigrate without hesitation, as long as the place of emigration is Yandong."

Suddenly becoming the focus of the meeting, Xia Feng was not surprised, but was thinking about something while frowning.

Soon, his brows relaxed, and he figured it out.

[Tomorrow's meeting on the establishment of the Yandong Colonial Area, the National Council may have an unexpected arrangement for you]

At this moment, he finally understood what Wei Na said to him last night.

In other words, for the establishment of the Yandong Colonial Area, the National Council will eventually select the immigrant population as the infected within the country!
To be precise, it was the black wave that once followed the banner of [Black Wings], in order to fight for the justice of the infected, from the south of Victoria all the way to the city of Londinium in the north.

(End of this chapter)