Chapter 465 Luzon, is an outpost!
Luzon, this is the largest of this archipelago, and the best place is called Manila. It was occupied by the Spanish before, but now it has changed, and the Chinese in the United States are here!
It should be said that they were liberated by the American Empire, so many people with similar skin colors but obviously different came, and they became the masters of this place.
"Quick! Drag the stakes over there!"
"That airs, put them tighter!"
"Is the cement ready?"
The local natives don’t have much thought about changing their masters. Anyway, they can listen to anyone who has a big fist. The American Empire is now powerful and has beaten the Spaniards away, so they will naturally listen to these Chinese. Moreover, there are also many Chinese in the local area, and the Chinese in Luzon are of course happy.
But however, these Chinese from America were very strange. They didn’t enjoy the happiness after becoming masters, and they worked hard!
Making a big project!
Yes, what surprised the locals in Luzon was that these people actually came to help build their homes?
Luzon is actually the Philippines, but there is nothing happening to the Philippines now. After Li Mengyang, the American emperor, occupied this place with various excuses, he directly sent a production and construction corps to start a round of construction in Luzon.
What is this to do?
Originally, Luzon was originally a Spanish colony, so with the Spanish's urinary nature, they would of course leave their own remains, which is a lot of Spanish-style buildings.
But most of these buildings are churches, fortresses, and some ordinary residences, and these things are completely unable to meet Li Mengyang's needs. In other words, the foundation of Luzon is too poor!
So what is Li Mengyang building now?
A simple arsenal can complete gun repair and ammunition-making arsenal.
A simple refinery, oil refining has a high technological content, and it is not easy to build it in one go. But, can we simply refine it? As long as we can refine heavy oil, that is, oil with a lot of impurities.
This is the Philippines, and there is oil in Indonesia, so isn't this very good?
Others are also simple industrial infrastructure, such as textile factories, such as small smelting chiefs...
There is no way, this place cannot be done if it wants to develop the steel industry. Of course, this place is actually quite good. The Philippines produces gold, so the smelter...
In fact, this is not for money. As long as a discerning person sees these things, you will understand. This is a military base!
Needless to say, the arsenal, and the refinery, the heavy oil produced... aren't the steel warships of the American Empire now using heavy oil?
Textile factories can produce quilts, and smelters. They don’t have enough raw materials, so they can be imported. Support simple arsenals and repairs.
Li Mengyang, the American emperor, used this place as a military base to build it. So why did he do this?
"I'll tell you, how is the progress of the project?" Wu Feng said. Oh, by the way, he should be called General. He is in Manila at this time, and the few people in front of him are all old partners.
There are Song Yulong, Gao Zhenyu, Zhang Shijie, and of course, there are also this guy Yang Willie... Obviously, all the Chinese generals in the American Empire can fight!
"Comrade Wufeng should be able to complete it within the time required by His Majesty." Song Yulong reported the current progress.
At this time, although Manila has already been under military control and the person in charge is Wu Feng, in fact, everyone is similar in terms of military ranks, because after the wars over the years, they have all grown up.
"Oh!" Wu Feng frowned, "We should carry forward the spirit of dedication in revolution, speed up the construction speed, and it is best to complete it one month ahead of time!"
One month?
These people were a little speechless. Wu Feng was good at everything. In fact, he was quite real, but he was a little bit a bit happy and liked to show off in front of the emperor.
It’s not that easy in a month. Do you know how hot the weather is in this place? There are also constant typhoons, so the construction must be mainly solid, otherwise the wind will disappear, and the materials will naturally require a lot, and the engineering must be rigorous.
For example, Spanish buildings are very thick and not tall.
"...My leader, you can't be too hasty in building. We also need to ensure quality, right?" After all, Zhang Shijie was mixed with Wufeng, so he spoke better.
But, Wu Feng couldn't listen now, "Comrades! The task given to us by His Majesty the Emperor is to complete the construction of the military base as soon as possible, as soon as possible, the fastest speed, as fast as possible, so I don't want to listen to those difficulties, natural conditions, I want this result, the fastest result!"
Is there any way?
In fact, the construction speed is already very fast at this time. How long will it take for the American Empire to take over the Philippines?
The textile mills have already begun to take shape and can be put into production. They have achieved this in just one year, which is very fast. The current problem is mainly the construction of some engineering factories, because equipment and so on, they have to be transported directly from the American Empire. For example, oil refining equipment, there is no Luzon? It can be transported to assemble it.
"Comrade Wufeng, I have a way." The guy Yang Weili now gives people the feeling that he is so nagging and doesn't speak much, but once he speaks, it's the key.
"What's the solution? Tell me quickly!" How can the old Taoist Wu Feng not be anxious?
"The current projects are mainly short of manpower, and our construction is largely subject to the inability to use large-scale machinery..."
What Yang Willie said is the details at this time. You should know that this is Luzon, which is not the American Empire. So, even if the machinery comes, such as a tractor, what should I do if the fuel is done?
I can only transport it, there is no local area at all. And it was transported from the American land thousands of miles away. How hard do you think it is?
Moreover, there are no special ships for transporting fuel now. In other words, the transportation capacity is very low. Besides, you have to transport people here and transport some weapons and ammunition.
Therefore, we can only rely on more primitive manpower to work. There is no other way!
So……
"Since we lack manpower, we should increase manpower. Aren't there many indigenous people in the local area?"
This is what Yang Weili’s idea is, that is, it seems like the ancient method of recruiting civil servants, but...
"Only these natives? Let's get it! They were all stupid. I can't believe it when I hand over the project to them!" Gao Zhenyu interrupted, what he said...
Some of the truth is that some people in the local area are indeed not good, but this place has been colonized by Spain for a long time. It is impossible to say that this place is a primitive society.
But, the people in this place are really stupid, and this is true.
So did Willie Yang not consider this?
"That's good! I'll just stop treating them as human beings!"
This is a bit too cruel, right?
Everyone was speechless. Even the old Taoist Wu Feng looked at Yang Weili with a different look. He said in his heart: Why didn’t I see it before? Is this kid so bad?
Of course, it is not the superficial meaning to not treat them as human beings. In fact, it means treating them as slaves and forcing them to work. Even if a skilled job cannot be done, those simple jobs can always be done, right?
"Cough cough..." Wu Feng coughed. "This method is very bad. If it is spread to the international community, it will be detrimental to our empire in public opinion."
This is also reasonable, but Yang Weili glanced at him and continued with a smile: "We can sign a labor agreement with them. We can give compensation."
Then this matter is so strange. You have signed an agreement with them, but how can you still treat them as slaves?
If there is an agreement, there will be legal protection. Even if the current court is opened by your American Empire, if someone really sues you, will you be even more embarrassed?
So, everyone thinks that Willie Yang’s idea is very bad this time, and he doesn’t look like him.
But, however, Yang Willie continued.
"You all want to do something wrong. What we should do is not only give you rewards, but also give you extremely high rewards. For example, there are many epidemics in this place, such as malaria. Then our rewards are special medicines for treating malaria. What do you think?"
That's all, this...
"Ouch!"
"Good idea!"
However, the generals present understood!
In short, this matter is that there must be a brave man under heavy rewards!
The reward is a medicine for treating malaria. This thing is very expensive. Maybe in terms of cost... Anyway, it is made of Artemisia tangerine peel everywhere in China... But the price is very expensive. The more cinchona cream, the more artemisinin you are. Do you like to buy it?
So since you have this reward, do you have to pay a little price to get this reward?
What is a brave man?
Isn't it just a guy who is willing to sacrifice his life?
Yes, in order to get artemisinin, you can do your life and work well for us. It is worth it. Moreover, they can't even sue. When others heard it, hey, they give you workers medicine to treat malaria. How generous is the reward? How can you be lazy and sloppy?
The malaria in Luzon is very serious and very rampant. The reason why our American Empire could easily defeat the Spaniards and occupy it was actually directly related to artemisinin. It should be said that it was the strong medical insurance of the American Empire, which made this war simple, otherwise it might have followed the footsteps of the Russians.
So, we will start to recruit local indigenous people!
For a moment, the Philippines gathered and shadowed...
However, to turn the Philippines into a military base, what did this guy Li Mengyang think? Or, what did he want to do? (To be continued.)
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Well, of course the biggest thing in recent times is the Middle East, but, hehehe, the trade trade has not been negotiated. In other words, the treasure island is going to really become an orphan in Asia, but why hasn’t it been negotiated? Because we use wto and wto here, that is, we will not give concessions. The black car said in this book, hehehehehe, this is the change of the wind direction.
Chapter completed!