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

Ever since Sun Tong discovered the changes in Longguo, he has been thinking about a question, that is, in the current era, what is the most appropriate population number for Longguo.

Over the years, Huayou Company has sent a total of 46 million people from Longguo, of which 40 million were sent to Longhua. The remaining 6 million who went abroad earlier have basically settled in Wenlai, and the rest have been distributed to the South Pacific islands.

Logically speaking, with so many people being sent out, the population of Dragon Country should have decreased a lot.

But the current situation is that the population of Dragon Country has remained at around 400 million.

Is it because a large number of people left that the income of Dragon Country’s citizens increased, causing them to start having children more and more?

That doesn't seem to be the case yet.

Although Sun Tong could not get the detailed data, what he could make clear was that the number of newborns in Long Country during these ten years would definitely not exceed 20 million.

What is particularly important is that the past ten years have been a difficult decade for Longguo. During this period, there were a large number of extremely poor people in Longguo who could not get enough food and could not afford medical treatment.

If there were detailed data statistics at this time, Sun Tong guessed that in the previous ten years, at least three to five million people in the entire Dragon Country would have died of hunger. If those who died from other reasons were included, the current population of the Dragon Country should be maintained at between 350 million and 370 million.

From this we can see that the 400 million population originally announced by the government was actually inaccurate. The real situation should be that the population of Long Country was close to 500 million ten years ago, or even exceeded 500 million.

According to Sun Tong's calculations, for the Dragon Kingdom in today's era, it would be most suitable if the domestic population could be maintained at around 300 million for a long time.

If Sun Tong could send 100 million people abroad, it would be considered a miracle.

That’s a population of 100 million.

Putting aside whether he can afford to support them, the key point is that with so many people, even if he wants to send them away, he doesn't know when he can do so.

Carl had previously vowed to Sun Tong that he would complete the immigration of 30 million people within the next four years.

If Sun Tong told him at this time that he still needed to handle the immigration of 70 million people, based on Sun Tong's understanding of Carl, this fat man might just quit.

To be honest, Carl is not short of money now. Over the years, the fat man can get at least 300 million US dollars in dividends. If it were not for repaying Sun Tong's kindness, with Carl's character, he might have run back to the Ugly Country to enjoy life by now.

As far as Sun Tong knew, Carl had previously built up a considerable fortune in the Ugly Country.

With his connections and abilities, it would be extremely easy for him to make a living in the Ugly Country.

"Brother, what are you worrying about again?"

Since quitting her job at the newspaper two years ago, Sun Xiaoting, who had been staying at home for a long time, has suddenly become Sun Tong's assistant.

Sun Tong was also impressed by his younger sister, a veteran stay-at-home girl who didn't even think about getting married and just stayed at home all day to live off her parents.

Fortunately, this girl has good abilities. Since she became Sun Tong's main force, with her and Qu Hongxi helping her, many things have become much easier for Sun Tong to handle.

“It’s still about immigration.”

"What's wrong? Is there any problem with Uncle Karl?"

"It's not Carl's problem, it's my own problem. Forget it, let's not talk about it for now. Have you heard the news from the Ying government?"

"Not yet. You really miscalculated this time. We should talk to the Ying government first and then trade with the Netherlands. Ying is already on guard against us, so how can they easily sell North Borneo to us?"

"This matter is not as complicated as you think. You may be right to say that the Ying people are on guard against us, but it is pure nonsense to say how much they are afraid of us. With the Ying people's aggressiveness, they will not take me seriously. The so-called precautions are just to increase their bargaining chips. Aren't there enough colonies sold by the Ying people in these years? This is only because Australia is independent. Otherwise, do you believe that the Ying people would dare to sell Australia directly to us?"

"Can't you?"

"Why not? Karl had discussed the issue of buying Western Australia with the British before, and the British almost agreed at the time. If it weren't for the Australian government, the deal might have been done. But even so, didn't the British still separate Western Australia from Australia afterwards?"

"Aren't the Chinese people afraid of the Australians causing trouble?"

"Why should we be afraid? Do those people in Australia dare to resist the British nation? Besides, Australia is so big, and those people in Australia can't even develop the east. What does Western Australia have to do with them?"

"Big Brother, do you think our deal with the Ying people can be successful this time?"

"Of course it will work. As I said before, we can't threaten them even if we buy North Borneo. But this time, I, your big brother, have to be prepared to bleed heavily. With the character of the Yingguo people, it's impossible for me to buy the whole North Borneo without paying hundreds of millions of US dollars!"