Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 311 Development
After the establishment of the Republic of Singapore.

They then embarked on a vigorous development and expansion.

Chinese people around the world have shown great enthusiasm and trust in the Republic of Singapore.

After learning of the official establishment of the Republic of Sin Chew, countless Chinese people moved there to settle down or conduct business. In particular, those Chinese who had been wandering in Southeast Asia flocked to Sin Chew Island, wanting to join the Republic of Sin Chew.

Guan Shaoqing welcomed all the Chinese compatriots who came to him, requesting that the government accept them all, as the Republic of Sin Chew had just been established and was in dire need of people.

In less than three months.

The number of Chinese in the Republic of Sin Chew has surged to over 20 million. If we add the original Sin Chew Island and Malay Peninsula natives, the total population has reached over 30 million.

With the continuous increase in the domestic population, it has surged.

The entire government of the Republic of Singapore is also operating at full capacity.

The cabinet and other government departments began to vigorously develop factories, build transportation infrastructure, develop agriculture, rebuild urban areas, promote commerce, and mine mines. Through these measures, people were able to have houses, jobs, land to cultivate, and roads to travel.

The judiciary, led by the Supreme Court, has also continuously formulated and improved laws in response to the numerous problems that have arisen during the development process.

The military, led by Marshal Guan Shaoqing, began to recruit and expand its forces.

Thanks to the generous military benefits and current prestige of the Republic of Singapore.

The entire recruitment and expansion process went very smoothly, with many people signing up to join the army every day.

Internationally at the same time.

The establishment of the Republic of Singapore continues to generate much discussion.

The Western Allied Powers, led by the United Kingdom, Russia, and France, have publicly stated that they do not recognize the legitimacy of the establishment of the Republic of Singapore.

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region, such as the "Sakura Country" and India and Myanmar (which have replaced Britain), have also publicly stated that they do not recognize the legitimacy of the establishment of the Republic of Singapore.

However, some countries have also issued statements recognizing the legitimacy of the Republic of Sinchu.

The Western Allied powers, led by the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and others, publicly acknowledged the establishment and discovery of the Republic of Singapore.

The Thai royal family, which borders the Republic of Sinchu in the Asia-Pacific region, has also publicly acknowledged the legitimacy of the Republic of Sinchu.

The Thai royal family publicly acknowledged the legitimacy of the Republic of Singapore mainly because the Guangdong navy's warships sailed directly into the Gulf of Thailand. Although the Republic of Singapore claimed it was just a patrol exercise, the Thai royal family was not naive and knew that this was a warning from the Republic of Singapore.

Therefore, the Thai royal family also chose to publicly acknowledge the legitimacy of the Republic of Sinchu.

In addition, there are many neutral countries that have neither denied nor recognized the legitimacy of the establishment of the Republic of Sinchu.

These neutral countries are represented by the United States.

The Qing government, which still nominally rules China, also has a subtle attitude, neither approving nor rejecting the establishment of the Republic of Singapore.

However, Guan Shaoqing didn't pay much attention to these things.

As the saying goes, truth lies only within the cannons, and dignity only on the edge of the sword.

Regardless of the attitudes of those countries, as long as I can lead the Republic of Xingzhou to develop rapidly and become powerful, then naturally no country will dare to offend them easily.
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Time is like running water.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed since the founding of the Republic of Singapore.

It's September now.

More than half a year has passed.

The entire Republic of Sinchu has been completely stabilized and is developing rapidly. Thanks to its superior geographical location, favorable political environment, and correct development policy, the Republic of Sinchu is changing rapidly, especially the capital city of Sinchu, which has basically achieved industrial modernization.

In terms of population, the total population of the Republic of Singapore has now reached more than 50 million, of which Chinese make up the vast majority, nearly 40 million.

In the military sphere.

More than half a year has passed.

Under Guan Shaoqing's leadership and command, both the army and navy completed their expansion.

The army's manpower has increased to 100,000, divided into two armies, namely the First Army of the Singapore Army and the Second Army of the Singapore Army.

The number of naval personnel has increased to 200,000, divided into four armies: the First Army of the Singapore Navy, the Second Army of the Singapore Navy, the Third Army of the Singapore Navy, and the Fourth Army of the Singapore Navy.

The Sinchu Army and Navy are also stationed on the mainland of the Republic of Sinchu, totaling 300,000 troops.

In addition, Guan Shaoqing retained the original designations of the Guangdong Eastern Army and Guangdong Eastern Navy, and went to Guangdong to expand the army and navy again, increasing the number of soldiers in each army to 50,000, for a total of 100,000.

The newly expanded army and navy of eastern Guangdong continued to be stationed in eastern Guangdong. With this expansion, the military strength of the Republic of Singapore became visibly stronger. Not only did it have 300,000 troops stationed in its homeland, but it also had 100,000 troops in eastern Guangdong, for a total of 400,000 troops.

This also made other Southeast Asian countries bordering the Republic of Singapore somewhat panicked, especially Thailand and India and Burma, which were colonized by the British, fearing that the Republic of Singapore would directly attack them.

Therefore, the Thai royal family took the initiative to reach out to the Republic of Singapore, hoping that the two countries could establish cooperative relations and form friendly diplomatic ties.

Speaking of Thailand, one thing that must be mentioned is that Thailand is the only country that has never been colonized in modern times. However, this is not because Thailand is strong; on the contrary, Thailand is not very strong. The main reason is Thailand's pragmatic foreign policy.

In response to other countries taking the initiative to seek diplomatic relations.

Guan Shaoqing naturally wouldn't refuse. He directly handed the matter over to Prime Minister Bai Xiongqi, with only one requirement: that establishing diplomatic relations with Thailand must bring benefits to our Republic of Singapore.

At this time, another delegation from the German and Italian Empires came to visit Xingdu.

Guan Shaoqing received the other party on behalf of his father, the ruler of the Republic of Singapore.

The other party first congratulated Guan Shaoqing on establishing the nation and made it clear that the German Empire and the entire Allied Powers would support the legitimacy of the Republic of Singapore.

Then the other side revealed its true intentions and invited Guan Shaoqing to send troops to fight against the Allied Powers, including the British.

However, Guan Shaoqing would naturally not agree to this.

Although the enemy of my enemy is my friend, now that he has achieved his goal of establishing the country, he naturally cannot continue to send troops and waste the country's strength.

Moreover, Guan Shaoqing clearly knew that in the future war, the allied powers such as the German Empire and Italy would inevitably be defeated. Although the German Empire's combat power was invincible, its teammates were too weak. If the Republic of Singapore participated, it might be able to turn the tide based on its understanding of the future trend.

But Guan Shaoqing had no need to take this risk.

Guan Shaoqing then declined the invitation to send troops from the German Empire, citing the newly established and unstable state of the Republic of Singapore. However, he added that although the Republic of Singapore could not send troops at present, it could provide support to its allies, such as the German Empire and Italy, in other areas, such as military supplies, ammunition, food, vegetables, and medicine.

Of course, this support is not free; it definitely requires payment.

The German Empire readily agreed to Guan Shaoqing's proposal, as a year had passed since the outbreak of World War I. After a year of fierce fighting, both the Central Powers, led by the German Empire and Italy, and the Entente Powers, led by Great Britain, Russia, and France, had suffered enormous losses.

More importantly, both sides are now locked in a simple tug-of-war.

If this protracted war drags on, it will test the overall national strength of both sides. In addition to guns and ammunition, various living supplies are also of paramount importance. After all, if there are only guns and ammunition but no living supplies, the soldiers and civilians will starve to death, so what is the point of fighting?

Right now, the situation in the German Empire is already becoming increasingly dire. Because they are too busy fighting wars to produce anything, the quality of life in the country has plummeted.

In such a situation, the support from the Republic of Singapore would be a great benefit to the German Empire.

Therefore, the German Empire agreed to Guan Shaoqing's proposal without the slightest hesitation.

Guan Shaoqing was equally happy, because he knew that the entire Republic of Singapore had a chance to make a fortune, and a huge fortune at that.

As we can see, the reason why the United States was able to rise to become the world's leading power in later generations is absolutely inseparable from the fact that it continuously sold war materials to the warring countries during World War I and World War II.

Even after World War I, the United States was practically the world's leading power, because during the war, the United States accumulated a lot of wealth by selling arms and other supplies to the Allied Powers, such as Great Britain, while Great Britain, which was originally the world's leading power, suffered a significant decline in national strength after the war.

As a result of this ebb and flow, the United States had indeed become the undisputed world leader after World War I.

In the subsequent World War II, the United States took the opportunity to solidify its position as the world's leading power.

But now, if Guan Shaoqing leads the Republic of Singapore to establish such cooperative relationships with its sister countries such as the German Empire and Italy...

For the Republic of Singapore, this would be an absolute once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a fortune.

After that, Guan Shaoqing, on behalf of the Republic of Xingzhou, signed a treaty and cooperation agreement with the Allied powers such as the German Empire and Italy. In the future, the Republic of Xingzhou would do its best to provide the Allied powers with various military weapons and living supplies.

After the cooperation was reached.

Guan Shaoqing then passed a proposal through the Supreme Council to fully focus on military production and agricultural development over the next three years.

Because three years later, which is when World War I ends.

In addition, Guan Shaoqing secretly sent many people into Europe to find historically famous scientific researchers, intending to recruit them to the Republic of Singapore by offering them political asylum.

The development of the Republic of Singapore has now entered a relatively stable phase.

In addition to vigorously developing military industry and agricultural production, the next steps will include...

Guan Shaoqing is also preparing to continue to increase investment in scientific development.

Especially airplanes and fighter jets, which must be developed as soon as possible, because these are strategic weapons on the battlefield in the future, as well as tanks and so on.

(End of this chapter)