Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Story of the Chaebol

"Boss, the person we arranged in Europe just sent back a new message."

"What is it about?"

"It's about the war in Europe."

"Tell me, what news has made you so anxious? It can't be a truce, right?"

"Yes, on September 9, representatives of the coalition countries and the Allied countries successfully signed an armistice agreement. The German Empire has now been taken over by the coalition countries."

The end of World War I has been brought forward!

After hearing Qu Hongxi's words, this was the first thing Sun Tong thought of. He didn't know whether such an impact was related to him as a time traveler.

As for his influence on the world war, the most he did was to buy a few colonies from Britain and Gaul, which gave the two governments more money.

Before this, Sun Tong had never thought that these two sums of money would have any impact on the large-scale world war. Although the two sums of money were a lot, they were nothing but a drop in the bucket for the situation faced by the two countries.

But now the world war has indeed ended ahead of schedule. It would be unwise for Sun Tong to still deceive himself at this time.

If you ask whether the early end of the world war had any impact on Sun Tong, the answer is definitely yes.

Although after the war, European countries will focus on reconstruction, reconstruction does cost money.

For those European countries, no business could make money faster than going to the colonies and plundering them directly.

At the same time, the end of the European war will inevitably make European countries turn their attention back to the Far East.

The major powers are eyeing the wealth of Dragon Country, and the local forces of Dragon Country are unable to resist the major powers. The result is that a bunch of retired emperors will pop up on the heads of Dragon people again.

"It's another troubled time, Hongxi, what's the use of having money? Let me tell you, in this era, guns and cannons are the most effective."

Sun Tong was also speaking from his own feelings. Before, when the European war was going on, the major powers had no time to pay attention to the situation in Longguo. In fact, although Longguo was in chaos, its economy was developing well. Even Longguo's long-standing difficult industry had shown some improvement.

But with the end of the war, these Chinese factories will next face powerful rivals in Europe.

Sun Tong is not as good as others in technology and cannot compete with them in background. He can imagine what kind of impact the domestic industrial development will suffer in the next twenty years.

Originally, Sun Tong thought that as a person from the future, he would be able to remain calm knowing that force could change everything.

But when he really had to face all this, he found that he still couldn't remain calm, and he still sighed for his country and nation.

"After the war, the economies of all countries will definitely have to transform. A large number of factories in various countries will definitely not have an easy time in the future. Hongxi, you go and inform Hu Cheng and Zhiyuan, and tell them that I will delegate power to them. They can send people to Europe and the United States to purchase equipment. No matter how much it costs, as long as they can buy it, they will buy it all."

"what?"

Qu Hongxi once again failed to follow Sun Tong's train of thought. Sun Tong had been discussing the world war with him just a moment ago, but how come he suddenly mentioned the issue of purchasing equipment?

"Okay boss, I'll let them know as soon as possible."

"What's the situation in Longhua Territory?"

In the blink of an eye, another half a year has passed. During this half year, Sun Tong did not pay much attention to the things in the Longhua Territory. Anyway, it would take a long time for the development of that place, so it was enough to understand the situation there every six months.

"Now our total number of immigrants there has reached 750 million, but the speed of our immigration there is decreasing. After all, the number of refugees in Longguo is limited. As those who are willing to go with us have been sent there, it is now much more difficult to recruit immigrants from the country than before."

"Have so many people been sent over? How are the original indigenous residents in Longhua being cleared out?"

"Comoros, Reunion and Mauritius have been sent out of the country, and now the residents of these three places have all been replaced by Chinese. As for the big island of Madagascar, the northern region has been brought under control after a protracted cleanup. The immigrants we sent there are quickly adapting to the living environment there. And as the 19 troops we formed there gradually adapt to the war environment, our speed of cleaning up the southern part of the big island will become faster and faster. It is expected that by June 6, we will be able to drive out all the indigenous people on the island."

Sun Tong didn't buy that area with the intention of establishing a colony, so naturally he looked down upon the local natives.

Because Comoros, Reunion and Mauritius are relatively small, the speed of deporting the indigenous people of these three regions is very fast. Because they are closest to southern Africa, the indigenous people of these three regions will basically be sent to southern Africa.

As for the indigenous people of Madagascar, their lives are not as good as those of the indigenous people of the other three islands.

The Chinese army formed by Sun Tong would not massacre the local indigenous people, but after these indigenous people were captured, they would provide food for them and train them to work. After these indigenous people mastered certain skills, Huayou Company would use the company's immigration ships to transport these cheap labor to other countries and sell them.

There is one thing that Sun Tong must admit, and that is that the profits from population trade are really huge. In recent years, Huayou Company has been spending huge amounts of money and making high investments all over the world. The reason why the company can still make a profit is because of the money earned from population trade.

If the natives were sent to South America, each person could be sold for at least fifteen dollars on average, but Sun Tong was unwilling to make too much money. When Huayou Company sold these people, it was actually selling their labor contracts. At the same time, for every person sold, the company would also leave some food for these people.

Compared with its predecessors, Huayou Company's performance can be considered conscientious.

Today, this kind of population trade can still be maintained for a period of time, but after all countries have licked their wounds, it may not be Huayou Company’s turn to make the money!