Chapter 57: All Beings in the Caribbean Sea (3)
"Principal, this is the latest..." A young man wearing glasses pushed open the door of the principal's office, holding a document in his hand, but after seeing that there were other people in the house, he immediately wisely closed his mouth.
Gao Yi looked at his subordinates with some annoyance, then turned to the director of the Academic Affairs Office sitting next to him and said, "Teacher Bai, then that's the matter. I have to raise funds again for the expansion of the school."
Teacher Bai, who was slim, nodded, with an unnatural blush on his face. The young man who didn't even look in, left Gao Yi's office on his own.
"Ahem. Xiao Zhang, how many times have I told you that you have to knock on the door first when you come in." Gao Yi subconsciously pulled the chair, moved closer to the desk, and then said, "Tell me, what's the matter? He was so panicked!"
"Webmaster." After no one else was present, Xiao Zhang changed his name and said: "The Spaniards changed the administrative officer of Florida. The new General Lucas has moved into the official residence. This former general of Texas was dismissed last year because of ineffective bandit suppression."
"I can still recover after being dismissed, and my background is very strong." Gao Yi said: "What is his attitude towards us? Is he hostile?"
"This is not clear. But according to insiders in the general's mansion, the general began to study the tax rate issue within just two days after he took office. Perhaps he had some special preferences in money." Xiao Zhang replied.
"It sounds like a dejected loser. After his career has suffered a severe blow, he has lost all his confidence and started to seek money." Gao Yi said to himself, and then he shook his head and said, "But this does not prove anything. Keep observing. If he just wants to make money, it is not a bad thing. On the contrary, there is a possibility of cooperation between us and him. If he wants to do something else, then he can't stay."
"Do you need to do it?" Xiao Zhang asked hesitantly, obviously not very agreeing.
"What do you think!" Gao Yi glanced at him and said unhappily: "What can he and a few entourages do in Florida? They may not even be able to control a block of St. Augustine. The soldiers of the colonial army have fallen into tax collectors, and grassroots officials only want to make money and then return to the peninsula to live a good life. This situation is no longer one, and can be changed by two people. Everything is destined! When the sound of the uprising cannons is remembered, St. Augustine will raise the palm tree flag, and Florida will usher in a new life."
Xiao Zhang nodded after hearing this. Indeed, the Florida colony was already rotten from top to bottom. The grassroots officials and soldiers may not be unclear about the plans of the local nobles. Those fools were completely cotton in their minds, and they openly discussed various rebellious actions. The confidentiality awareness was extremely poor. The scope of insiders was expanding again and again, so that some terrible messages were spreading between the markets. In such a situation, the colonial officials from the peninsula had to pretend that they didn't know anything, and it was conceivable how hard it was to perform. Many times, Xiao Zhang felt very sympathetic, thinking that if these people really cooperated, once the uprising broke out, they could consider letting them leave with their families and property, if they were willing to leave.
But then again, it is good that these native white nobles are stupid, at least it will be easier to control the newly established Republic of Florida in the future. The stupid upper rulers, coupled with the capable middle and lower-level officials trained by the East Coast schools, can almost maintain the country. Florida has abundant resources, and the production of wood, cotton, leather, salt, coconut, grain, and seafood has great potential. They are destined to become cows in the East Coast Republic of China and can never escape.
In fact, people from the East Coast have always been very positive about cultivating foreign government officials. The local Dayuhe Cadre Training School is the largest training base, not to mention Yantai College in the Far East. The number of people trained is even several times that of Dayuhe School. Shun, countless middle and lower-level officials from the two countries graduated from this school, and then used the knowledge they learned to serve local and even overseas colonies.
Especially Mindanao and Taiwan Island, due to close cooperation with the East Coast, they require a large number of new officials, which provides the best stage for Yantai College graduates. Sometimes, Zheng Kezang, Li Yuanyin and others are doubting how many new officials in Taiwan and Mindanao are undercover agents on the East Coast? Even if they are not undercover agents, do they also tend toward the East Coast emotionally after seeing too many new things? If the East Coast people ask them to be independent, will they obey directly?
This question is really hard to answer, and no one dares to assume. Li Yuanyin's army was trained by the East Coast people. Zheng Kezang's army and navy were filled with a large number of East Coast trained officials. Even the navy admiral himself studied in the Heishui area for several years and interned in the Northeast Asian squadron for a while. This makes people feel terrible. Considering that the East Coast Navy holds absolute sea control power near China's coast, once the blockade is strictly implemented and the transportation between the mainland and the South Ocean is blocked, things may develop in an uncontrollable direction.
Zheng Kezang, Li Yuanyin, Li Yuanhao and others are average in strength and dare not explicitly oppose the infiltration of the East Coast people. New Courland and Florida are weaker, so they naturally dare not object. Therefore, Gao Yi was still very confident in controlling the overall situation and at the command, he might mobilize more soldiers than General Lucas. Is there any problem?
Nearly one million yuan of intelligence expenses per year is not in vain!
"What else?" Gao Yi put the report into a small drawer next to him and locked it, and then asked.
"Webmaster Zhang from the British Carolina Colony was arrested. It is said that he accidentally leaked the secret to his mistress. He was reported. The superior asked us to find a way to cooperate with the special commissioner to rescue him." After pausing, Xiao Zhang said again.
Webmaster Zhang is the intelligence station station hosted by the East Coast in Carolina, and is used as a merchant as a cover. He is a European and has also named Gordon, a British name. He has been working well for many years, but he didn't expect that this time he capsized. He had to pay for St. Augustine and sent someone to rescue him. Gao Yi felt that it was really a waste of time.
"You can do this matter as you please. When you pay money, go to the finance department to complete the procedures. There is no way for people. We are short of manpower and are not very familiar with Carolina. Recently, we have assigned us the task of cooperating with the Navy to carry out sabotage activities in Havana. How can we have so much energy? Let the special enrollment find a way for themselves." Gao Yi waved his hand and said.
It is said that the Spanish's largest shipyard in the New World is located in Havana. The captain has historically built many large-tonnage warships for Spain, such as the famous "Sacred Trinity". If this shipyard can be destroyed, to be honest, it can seriously damage the Spanish's shipbuilding capabilities and repair capabilities of damaged ships during the war, which is what the Navy values very much.
A new informant at the St. Augustine Intelligence Station happened to have some connection with the Havana Shipyard, so the Navy came to the door and asked for assistance. Gao Yi could not refuse this and could only help with all his strength. He has not caused much trouble in St. Augustine recently. As a result, he heard that there was a special commissioner coming and asked them to help rescue the next door. It is conceivable that he was too big.
"Is there anything else? Say it out in one breath." Gao Yi looked at Xiao Zhang angrily and said.
"Yes." Xiao Zhang felt that the high webmaster seemed to be very unfriendly to him today, but he was responsible, so he could only say with a gritty bullet: "The State Development Administration wants to get a group of Indians and Mestiso people to come over, so that we can coordinate in the center and persuade the local native nobles not to set up obstacles."
"This matter..." Gao Yi pondered for a moment, then said, "I'll do this matter myself. There are some people in St. Augustine who have shallow eyes, so I have to tell them."
Speaking of the Indians in the East Coast, how to deal with the Mestiso people has become a big problem. If the Western America is captured in the future, there will be millions of people, which will be a big deal. It is not just a matter of killing or raising, and it is very difficult.
The place planned for these people was mainly the yellow-black dividing line in South Africa. But now it seems that the receiving capacity there is limited and you will not be able to eat too many people for a while. Your overseas colonies, such as Australia and Rabaul, cannot accept so many. The Immigration Department and the General Administration of Development, who are in charge of this matter, are really worried and try every means to find places to fuse people. The Great Soviet and Free State have been targeted by them, so Florida naturally cannot escape.
The local white nobles had different opinions on the foreign population. They might have had some resistance before, but later they were persuaded by the East Coast people. Some people changed their position and believed that more people came to help them cut trees, fish, and farm. Especially these people had languages and similar cultural backgrounds, so it would not be too difficult to manage. However, there were still many diehards who were unwilling to see a large influx of foreign populations, which required Gao Yi and others to do their jobs well.
Cleaning up people with indigenous ancestry is a century-long plan, and the top leaders of the East Coast government are very determined. In their eyes, millions of people are not wealth, but the source of chaos, and must be cleared. Although this may lead to a sharp increase in the cost of future rule, it is all worth it. Some things that can be done now should not be left to future generations. Moreover, after that, some things cannot be done. Now there are millions, and then there may be tens of millions of people. Once they awaken their consciousness, it will be a huge trouble.
Chapter completed!