Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Xiao Letian's judgement of the Englishman was very accurate. This thriving empire did not care about those ownerless wastelands that had not been developed yet.

The land that Xiao Letian wanted was nothing in the eyes of the people of the world!

Before the Western Australia's mines were discovered, who would go to any desolate place? Even drinking water was a problem, as far as the eye could see, it was just desert and wasteland.

There were a few scattered islands in the Indian Ocean that were not close to the Golden Passage. They did not have any important mineral deposits and were not strategically important other than providing a bit of fresh water and escaping from the storm.

These are the colonies, the personal property of the Queen in the legal sense!

In fact, the Queen did not feel bad selling these lands at all. Compared to the huge British Empire, this was like having a grain of sesame stuck in an elephant's foot.

But the Queen must have a reason, a reason to reassure her!

Queen Victoria had been immersed in politics her whole life, she had a natural sense of discernment and scheming. Although she did not understand many things, it did not stop her from having a strong suspicion.

It was too difficult to deal with this kind of person. Being suspicious made it difficult to gain her trust, and at this time, only people like Princess Cissie could do such a thing.

Xiao Letian was unquestionably lucky, this bosom friend from Europe had really helped him too much. It could be said that for Europe's diplomatic breakthrough, the Princess Cissie had contributed half of the credit.

If Xiao Letian were to say what he had said today, it would probably be the opposite, because after all, you are an Asian face and it is hard for the Queen to believe him.

However, the Princess Cissie was different. The princess and queen that came from the Bavaria were related by blood, so there was no need to be courteous between them.

Today, Princess Cissie has clearly told the Queen that Xiao Letian wants to buy the useless wasteland on your hands, and the most important reason to buy these lands is to give the Chinese refugees a living space.

New land would naturally have new agriculture. Even if it was the most barren desert, as long as one was near the coast, they could also develop their fishing industry.

However, the ocean-going fishing industry of this era was restricted by the technology. They had to rely on a large number of resupplying ports!

Because there was no electricity technology and no refrigeration technology, if the fishing industry wanted to develop and expand, it would have to send the fish ashore in the shortest time possible.

By smoking, drying, salt pickling and other means to be able to long-term preservation, long-distance transportation of seafood!

Every year, the Chinese people would dump a lot of dried fish, shrimps, dried shellfish and other seafood onto the mainland. Actually, this was an industry formed by relying on a string of pearls like the port.

The ocean is the largest granary for humans, unlike the agriculture of the mainland, the ocean doesn't need you to level the land and build canals. As long as you have experienced seafarers and fishing boats that can be salvaged from the ocean, you can easily obtain food.

This is a very effective means of resolving the food crisis, but it is indeed too dependent on the port.

In order to fill the stomachs of the refugees, Xiao Letian could only beg Britain to buy some useless land!

"Da Da Da …" "Da Da Da …"

The Queen pointed at the map of Australia, her eyes searching the desert mountains of Theo. What exactly was Xiao Letian's conspiracy? Had he discovered some treasure in this land?

But that's unlikely. The Chinese have only been rising for a few years, and the education system hasn't even been established yet. Where did he get such a geological team from?

The explorer was not an easy job. In this era, the explorer itself was a professional geologist, and most of the mines in the deep mountains were unintentionally found by these people.

Could it be that Xiao Letian had a large group of powerful explorer in his possession to help him search for the mines? The invitation papers did not show anything, it seemed that only King Shang Tai had funded those Expedition s.

These Expedition seem to be more interested in cultural relics. I never heard of them discovering a gold and silver mine?

The Queen asked questions one after another, and gradually the Princess Cissie could no longer sit still.

The princess' heart was thumping non-stop. She knew that the queen was not easy to fool. Could this seemingly perfect reason really persuade her? He didn't know, he really didn't know!

But when the atmosphere was the most tense, the Crown Prince Edward spoke, and with his words, he saved the life!

"AHH!" I got it... This was Xiao Letian's conspiracy! It was his conspiracy, hahaha … "

Princess Cissie's hands trembled and she almost spilled the black tea. She quickly looked at her cousin who had an excited expression and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Prince Edward stood up and walked around the room with his hands on his hips. I finally understand, Xiao Letian is not some philanthropist, he was just playing a trick! "

"Development of agriculture? Ocean fishing? Hahaha … I don't believe that any politician in the world would be so merciful! "

"Can there be a selfless saint like the lantern goddess in China? "That's impossible!"

"My dear Qian Qian, your eyes have already been blinded by love, you can no longer see through Xiao Letian's true intentions! This swindler is using you! "

Princess Cissie's face was a bit pale. She glared at his son and said, "If you have something to say, say it. What nonsense are you spouting …"

Crown Prince Edward rubbed his hands together, "Mother, why did Xiao Letian buy so much land from us? He wants to snatch the population away from the Qing Government! "

"Hahaha …" "This guy knows that he doesn't have the ability to rebel at the moment, so he's going to take another route and establish his own territory overseas …"

"But he lacks a population. He needs a large number of people of the same species as him in order to realize his ambitions!"

"The people are the source of the army, the guarantor of taxes, the foundation of the country … He wants to snatch someone away from Tongzhi! "

Cough cough cough … Princess Cissie immediately choked on her tea and started coughing. "Ah …" Cousin... "You …"

CeeCee couldn't finish her sentence. She looked surprised, as if everything had been seen through, but inside, she was cheering.

Great! Cousin, you're the best helper. With your words, this business will have a chance!

Your son's words are enough to dispel your mother's doubts!

With this, the Crown Prince of Edward succeeded in transferring Xiao Letian's conspiracy towards the Kingdom to the Qing Empire!

However, on the surface, this explanation was indeed plausible!

"In order to settle the refugees in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Xiao Letian had even extended his hand to the continent of South America … You can imagine that those Chinese in the South America are Xiao Letian's direct descendants from today onwards … "

"This people's hearts have been taken away from him …" In the future, he will continuously immigrate the refugees from the Qing Empire overseas. As long as they emigrated, wouldn't that just become Xiao Letian's private property! "