Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Flos Arran von Hall, who had served as Prime Minister for two terms, was directly appointed as a senior official in the Province of Wilhelm. He was asked by William IV to do a good job in the construction of Melbourne, the deputy capital, and the corresponding industrial layout. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister. Position, assisting Prime Minister Tolbeck in managing the Far East.

The high-ranking official of Tasmania Province was concurrently held by William IV Jean-Fros Arran von Hall.

Gerrit Simopanik was appointed as a senior official in Western Australia, and currently focuses on mining.

Justin von der Bruggen was appointed as a senior official in the Province of Northern Australia. In addition to the already arranged economic development direction, Bruggen was also asked to assist missionaries in promoting Protestant Christianity to the indigenous people and to improve the people of the Netherlands. Acceptance.

Jacob Deze became a senior official in Queensland Province and devoted all his efforts to developing agriculture and ensuring the food and food processing industry in the Far East.

Jacob von and Louis Lun were appointed as senior officials of the New Wales Province and devoted themselves to the development of financial and manufacturing industries.

The Province of South Australia appointed Hertor von Hemstra to take over and develop the military industry and shipbuilding industry.

In order to relieve the pressure on Simscock, William IV appointed Jane Jacob Rocusson, who had been prime minister for four years, to serve on New Guinea and the Maluku Islands, as well as the South Pacific Islands and the Hawaiian Islands.

After the appointment was announced, everyone had different expressions, but Simscock's expression remained normal.

On the contrary, he felt that although this seemed to be a reduction of power, it was actually a kind of trust and protection, which would be destroyed by the wind. He did not realize that so many former prime ministers could only become high-ranking officials. As a governor, if he managed The place was too huge and would be considered a slap in the opponent's face, so William IV's approach was very consistent with his approval. .

"After deducting the islands of New Guinea and New Guinea, Governor Simscock can advance and retreat more freely in the East Indies, because, next, we may have to face too many opponents from the north, and the Maluku Islands give Jane Jacob Rocuson can better protect the western part of Paradise Island."

Flos Arran von Hall: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

William IV then revealed the reason.

It turns out that the island of Kalimantan has been divided between the Netherlands, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

On the southeastern peninsula, the sphere of influence is divided into the Kingdom of Siam and Baiyue, the French Empire occupying South Vietnam, and the British occupying Lower Burma and the entire coast of western Burma.

Countries on the Southeast Asian peninsula seem to have died down, but in fact there is a turbulent undercurrent, and the situation may erupt into huge waves at any time.

This is also the reason why I pulled all the Prime Ministers out. The Australian continent must develop its economy and at the same time develop its military industry. It must quickly become a powerful entity in military technological innovation and manufacturing, complementary to East India, and mutually dependent on each other. Only in this way can the safety of Telecom Netherlands be ensured.

In addition to Southeast Asia, it is actually in Africa.

The situation is not optimistic either. South Australia needs to quickly deploy its military industry and develop industrial chains such as firearms and ammunition. The same goes for the military on New Guinea.

In my understanding, the economy is not necessarily just the civilian economy, but also the military economy."

Military economy?

This is a new concept!

Everyone's eyes lit up. Sherto von Hemstra, a high-ranking official from South Australia and Jane Jacob Rocusen from New Guinea, who were envious of others just now, were both planning for the Far East. There are two major military manufacturing sites in the Far East. It can be estimated that as more and more wars are fought in various places, the sales of these weapons are absolutely booming. Even if there is no war, as long as the situation is tense and there is no food and weapons at home, who can rest assured? Woolen cloth?

So you can imagine how huge the profits and job opportunities will be.

In this regard, both the mainland and New Guinea have ready-made equipment. South Australia can quickly complete production as long as it attracts investment. This is more convenient and easier to achieve results than other places such as Western Australia for detecting minerals and refining minerals.

William IV consolidated all the data and got a copy of the data.

At present, there are more than 600,000 Dutch people in the Dutch East Indies, and the indigenous population was originally nearly 10 million. However, as East Kalimantan and West Kalimantan were traded to the British, and North Kalimantan was traded to Tsarist Russia, these three provinces were The population decreased by 3 million in this place, leaving only 7 million indigenous people.

Among them, there are 1 million in South Kalimantan, 800,000 in Sumatra, 3 million in Java, 900,000 in Nusa Tenggara, 300,000 in Maluku, and 900,000 in Sulawesi.

There are more than 300,000 people in New Guinea, including 400,000 indigenous people.

With the increase in immigration in recent months, the Dutch population in Australia has exceeded 500,000. Some are Dutch people from the original East Indies who went south to look for opportunities, and some are from the island of New Guinea. Most of them are from the mainland in recent months.

At present, Australia has the largest number of people, reaching 550,000.

In addition, there are approximately 400,000 Aboriginal people in Australia.

On the other side of Tanzania there are 450,000 Transvaal and Orange Free State Dutch.

There are more than 1.05 million Dutch in the Far East, plus 400,000 Australian Aboriginals. There are 7.4 million Aboriginals ruled by the Dutch in the Far East, and the Dutch account for about 14%.

As the East Indian indigenous army lands in Tanzania and Kenya, this part of the Dutch in Tanzania will gradually move to Australia within a year or two, especially Western Australia and the Australian provinces, to make up for the gap caused by the desolation there, and at the same time alleviate the The invisible pressure of overpopulation on parts of the East Indian indigenous population.

If you add that 450,000 people, the speaking rate will exceed 20% of the total population.

What's more, in order to increase the proportion of the Dutch and prevent the Dutch from losing the power to manage the country if the indigenous population is too large, he has even planned to move more than 2 million people from East India to Tanzania and Kenya. Congo area.

The number of people migrating to Madagascar is around 500,000. In this way, the natives of East India will achieve a reduced sense of presence.

The proportion of Dutch people in the Far East will also exceed 30%.

With the continuous immigration from the mainland, the indigenous people are constantly required to migrate to other places, and the population ratio here will gradually tilt towards the Dutch.

However, these people who migrated to Tanzania will remain loyal to the Netherlands, otherwise the indigenous people may become more powerful in Tanzania in the future.

William IV even spread these people mainly in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) in the south in order to prevent the subsequent wave of colonial liberation from various places. Even if the wave came, it would not affect the Dutch dominance there. , to take a step back, even if it is affected, it will only be Zambia. Others at least allow the Netherlands to maintain a huge influence. France still maintains the same influence on North Africa and West Africa in the 21st century.

While William IV was arranging his troops in the Far East and arranging various important positions, many major events related to him were happening in Europe.

He had to rush back to Europe.

It turned out that there was a large-scale strike in Greece, demanding that King Otto step down from the throne, and even opposing the Bavarians' interference in the country's politics.