Chapter 351: Annan

In February 1881, the Chinese population in Samoa reached 14,000. The Chinese replaced the Polynesian indigenous people and became the largest ethnic group in the region.
In March 1881, more than 200 island-defending militia troops stationed in Tutuyi Island and took over control of the island. Subsequently, American businessmen on the island were forced to agree to the conditions proposed by the Han government at a price of 190,000 silver dollars. The land and property they occupied were packaged together with the Han country, and they agreed to quit the Samoa Islands completely after the transaction, and returned to the United States with their Polynesian servants.
After excluding American businessmen from the Samoan Islands and cutting off the possibility that the United States would lead the businessmen to fight for the ownership of the Samoan Islands, the Han government formally incorporated the Samoan islands into the territory of the country, together with Easter Island and Zilu Island. , Collectively named the Yizhou Islands, its political status is temporarily designated as the city level, the administrative capital is established in Apia in the Samoa Islands, and the Governor of the Yizhou Islands and the South Pacific Fleet designated by the central government jointly manage the local Business.
The South Pacific Fleet is a newly formed fleet. Its warships consist of two independently built 1350-ton light cruisers, four medium-sized armed merchant ships, and five steam-reformed ships that undertake tasks such as transportation and supply.
At the beginning of January 1881, the central government made further adjustments to the establishment of the Navy. The Second Fleet was permanently stationed in Haizhou, with Haizhou Yishui Port (Monte Port) as its home port, and its name was changed to the Pacific Fleet. The first fleet was renamed the Atlantic Fleet. The two fleets are on the local side, and they jointly safeguard the country's maritime security.
新 After the new adjustment and adjustment of the Navy was completed, two newly constructed 1350-ton light cruisers were delivered to the Pacific Fleet, and then based on the two light cruisers, the second sub-fleet belonging to the Pacific Fleet, the South Pacific Fleet, was established.
The South Pacific Fleet and the Caribbean Fleet both have a certain degree of autonomy, but due to geographical factors, the Caribbean Fleet is weak, with only a few 500-ton gunboats supporting the situation, and the Caribbean Fleet occupied Thor. The island is still owned by Haiti on the bright surface. The island area is only small, and the area of ​​only 180 square kilometers is not allowed to guarantee the daily docking and maintenance of large and medium-sized iron armored ships. Therefore, the South Pacific Squadron is second only to the unnamed Caribbean Squadron. The Atlantic Fleet, Pacific Fleet, the third native sea power.
The South Pacific Fleet shoulders the responsibility of maintaining the security of the Pacific immigration routes. It is located in Samoa, Zilu, and Easter Island. A total of 500 naval crew, 400 Marine Corps units, and 1,000 militia members are armed in the South. The Pacific Division ’s fleet is under the unified command. In consideration of the importance of the South Pacific Fleet, the Navy ’s General Staff has raised the level of the South Pacific Fleet to the rank of Deputy Division Fleet. Concurrently.
3In March 1881, two months after Feng Guoan took over the posts of Governor of the Yizhou Islands and the South Pacific Fleet, in response to the imminent wave of immigration, he began to recruit Chinese immigrants and engage in the expansion of the Port of Apia.
Port Apia is located on Upolu Island in the Samoa Islands.
The coastline of the port is 694m long with a maximum water depth of 12m. According to the stipulated construction requirements, after the completion of a round of construction, the expanded port will be able to carry and supply 20,000 immigrants at a time.
In April 1881, the construction of the Samoa Islands was underway in an orderly manner. In the coastal areas of the Far East mainland, the ban on overseas immigration issued by the Qing government was eventually defeated by the strong desire for survival of the people going abroad and the urging of Western powers. end.
The immigration ban came into effect for more than a year, and the refugees who went out of the sea to survive in droves were banished from the immigration port by the Qing government.
On the 7th and 8th of March, the frozen death is called the flower. In the northern coastal areas, the refugee teams gathered are hungry and cold. Every day, hundreds of people freeze to death in the cold wind school.
Experiencing the threat of death, in the face of cold and hunger,
The last trace of humanity and dignity of the refugees did not reach a bowl of lively rice. The immigration ban promulgated by the Qing government destroyed the hope of the refugees to survive. Under extreme despair, the expelled refugees had accumulated a long time ago. Forces, group after group of young refugees gathered, under the command of a few people, launched a riot, and constantly hit the counties and villages under the Manchu government.
The riots spread like a plague. Armed riots have occurred in refugee gathering areas in southern Fujian, Guangdong, Guangdong, and Shandong along the coast of Shandong. Over a year after the immigration ban was implemented, the number of refugees involved in the riots exceeded 100,000. Local gentry and The output of Westerners in the coastal areas has been hit by riot refugees. The economic loss suffered by local gentry alone is an astonishing figure in statistics.
The riots have been extremely devastating to the country ’s economy. Han officials from various places who have just tried to take control of the local power, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com have written to the Qing government to lift the immigration ban and calm the refugee riots as soon as possible. Western nations with damaged interests threatened the Manchu government with military force to resolve refugee riots and restore economic order in the coastal areas. On the one hand, the lions opened their mouths and demanded that the Manchu dynasty court be the head of the Yuan to compensate the western countries for economic losses.
I once again felt the tremendous destructive power of the refugee riots,
The Man Manchu government could only swallow the bitter fruits, while appeasing the Western countries and promising to compensate them, while threatening refugees from within the country, they could not join the Han Dynasty for rebellion, or they would be dealt with as treason.
The Manchu government threatened self-deceiving threats. I'm afraid they didn't even believe it themselves, let alone the local Han people's gentry and the refugees who wanted to survive.
After the immigration ban was abolished, a huge wave of overseas migrants reappeared, and because of the weak performance of the Manchu government when facing the threats of Western countries, more people saw the nature of the Manchu government's strength and strength, and they were disappointed with the refugees who fled. Together, sailed to the Han country.
Guangning and Langshan provinces in the north of Annan are Han's main immigration bases in the Far East. Refugees who have migrated from Guangdong, Guangdong and southern Fujian will generally stay in the northern provinces of Annan for a period of time and then take a boat to Han country.
However, with the intensification of French colonists ’invasion of the Annan region, the two northern provinces of Annan are increasingly threatened as bases for immigration. The Nanyang Army stationed in the northern provinces is in conflict with the French colonists, Conflicts are also becoming more intense.
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