America 1869: A Doppelganger Every Day

Chapter 104 Change, Far East Colonial Plan

Li Changsheng looked at the map in front of him and pointed to the northeast of the Qing Empire.

"If I remember correctly, the Northeast region has very rich iron ore resources. I believe the Qing Empire would be willing to export iron ore and earn some revenue."

"You can definitely negotiate with the Qing Empire to build a railway to the Northeast, which will allow you to transport the ore from the Northeast to the Far East in a continuous stream."

"We can even purchase grain, supplies, other minerals, and other resources from Northeast China via railway."

"Goods produced in the Far East can also be sold to Northeast China via railway."

"We've acquired resources and made money. And the Great Xing Empire will also gain considerable revenue from this. Isn't that a good thing for them?"

Upon hearing Li Changsheng's words, the clone gave a bitter laugh.

"We all know this is a good thing, but the people on the Qing Dynasty's side don't think it's a good thing."

"I specifically asked my accomplice in the Qing Dynasty, and they said that the Qing Dynasty court had been discussing our proposal for almost a month, and the final result was that they were afraid that the Far East army could directly march into the Northeast after the railway was built, so they did not allow it to be built."

"We have tried to persuade them to do this many times, but the Qing Empire has never agreed to it."

"It's extremely difficult to obtain resources from the Qing Empire."

"It doesn't make any sense at all."

Li Changsheng quickly contacted his clone in the Qing Empire to learn about the situation there.

It turns out that what the clone said was true.

The Qing Empire held a completely negative attitude towards trains and modern industry.

Moreover, even Dao Xuan's clone was useless.

It is clear how stubborn these people in the Qing Empire were.

"In that case, let's not cooperate with the Qing Empire for now."

"I originally planned to continue developing the Far East first, but since we are limited by resources, we can't just keep waiting like this."

"Isn't the whole world colonizing now?"

"If other countries can be colonized, then the Far East can be colonized as well."

"According to the information transmitted by the clones, only a small part of the Indochina Peninsula has been colonized so far, and it has not been fully colonized yet."

"This is an opportunity for the Far East."

"Especially the regions of Cochinchina and Laos."

"According to the message from my clone, southern Vietnam has been occupied by France."

"France also has its eyes on central and northern Cochinchina."

"If the Far East can send enough troops and demonstrate enough strength, it can force France to abandon central and northern Jiaozhi, thereby taking over most of the Jiaozhi region."

"And once we control the Jiaozhi region, we can use it to successfully control Laos."

"These two regions not only have excellent geographical locations and abundant resources, but most importantly, the people in these two regions are all of the yellow race."

"Once we have control of these two regions, we can quickly bring them under the control of the Far East simply by promoting Mandarin and simplified characters."

"Moreover, in the process, I can also provide you with a large number of clones."

"You and these clones work together to help them quickly take over the country's original power. With the cooperation of both sides, you can better control the region, acquire its resources, and promote Mandarin and simplified characters."

"However, this means I'll have to change my previous plans for Ryukyu."

"My original plan for Ryukyu was to make Ryukyu independent."

"But now it seems better to let Ryukyu become a colony in the Far East."

"When the Ryukyu and Cochin regions in the Far East became a unified whole and demonstrated formidable fighting power, even countries like Britain and France had no choice but to acknowledge the Far East's rule over Cochin and Ryukyu."

"We dare not deny our humble circumstances."

"Moreover, this will make it easy to control Ryukyu. All we need to do is tell the Ryukyu king about our plans in the name of the Five Ones."

"Therefore, when they have no other choice, accepting colonization of the Far East will be their best option."

"By the same token, it's impossible for Vietnam and Laos not to see France's ambitions. If we demonstrate our absolute strength and guarantee them certain interests, they will also agree to colonization in the Far East."

"No matter what, the colonization of the Far East was still colonization by the same race, which is better than being colonized by white people."

"Having control of the Far East, Ryukyu, and Cochinchina, although unable to touch Malacca and Singapore, would allow us to compete with Britain and France for colonization of Southeast Asia."

"Currently, according to the information transmitted by the clone, there are still many places in Southeast Asia that have not been colonized."

"Only some white people explored the Sabah area, but they didn't occupy it."

"Although Sarawak is a nominal protectorate of the British Empire, this is completely ignored by the British Empire."

"There is another magical place called the Lanfang Republic."

"This country was actually founded by members of the Heaven and Earth Society."

"Although it has not been completely colonized in recent years, it has been suppressed by the East India Company and is on the verge of being wiped out."

"We can certainly sign an agreement with this country, provide them with weapons, enable them to resist the East India Company's colonial rule, and allow them to be as independent as possible."

"Of course, this independent Lanfang Republic also needs to be controlled by a separate entity."

"Controlling these three places means controlling half of Kalimantan."

"If we can take control of all these places, then we can't let go of New Guinea, which no one cares about right now."

"For countries like Britain, France, and even the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, New Guinea had no colonial significance, but they were unaware that New Guinea was also rich in resources."

"Since they don't care, let's take New Guinea next."

"And once we've taken New Guinea, we shouldn't let go of the Solomon Islands, which aren't far from New Guinea. Anyway, no one colonizes there now, so let's take them as well."

"Once we control these places, we won't need to infiltrate them anymore. We can directly occupy most of the islands in the Pacific under the name of the Far East."

"To rapidly expand our Far East influence throughout the Pacific region."

"At the same time, we will also acquire even more massive resources!"

"And new arsenals, shipyards, etc. can be built in places like Jiaozhi. Even if local resources are insufficient, resources can be purchased from other countries and their colonies through trade."

"Moreover, we are not occupying territory in the Far East. We are learning from Britain and France and directly colonizing. As long as the Far East is strong enough, then Britain, France and other countries can only tacitly accept that the Far East has joined the colonial army."

"As for my original plans, they can continue."

"Many years later, when these countries gain independence, there will be a Far Eastern Union and a Global Union in the world."

""

"However, at that time, all the top agents in the league were under my control."