Chapter 179: Author's Note

181. No update today, modifying problems.

No update today, modifying problems.

Originally intended to continue writing, but after reading the comments, I found that there are big problems recently.

First is the problem of the 4 million population of the Lanfang Republic; the author was a bit confused when writing. The author's meaning is a total population of 4 million, not 4 million Chinese. The Chinese are about 500,000, accounting for one-eighth of the total population of the Lanfang Republic. This section has been fully modified; thanks to the book friends who raised the problem.

The second is the problem of the simple car the author wrote about before. Some book friends feel that there was neither gasoline nor engines at that time, so the appearance of cars is unreasonable.

In fact, the first relatively simple gasoline already existed in 1865, and the birth of the four-stroke internal combustion engine was in 1876.

People like Daimler, Maybach, and Benz were all the original team that developed the Otto four-stroke engine. Under the situation that the protagonist throws money vigorously and supports with all his strength, the author believes that the birth of the internal combustion engine three years in advance is reasonable.

Of course, the internal combustion engines and gasoline born now are relatively primitive, and they will all be improved later.

There is also the problem that the Gangguohe basin plain is not suitable for survival, and the upstream plateau region is more suitable for agricultural development. The author did not seriously check the information on Africa, so I apologize here. The relevant chapters will be modified to a certain extent, and the place where Spain focuses on development and establishes colonies is indeed in the upper reaches; the upper reaches here are not plains, but plateaus.

Finally, there is the problem mentioned by book friends that Spain currently has too many colonies and the stall is set too big. Cuba, Puerto Rico, Congo, Morocco, Philippines, Kalimantan, Guinea, and the future New Guinea—these colonies indeed look like a lot, but in fact, there are only four regions, which are the Caribbean Sea, Morocco, the Gangguohe basin, and Southeast Asia.

Compared with the Spain in history, it actually only has South Morocco and Congo, plus a small piece of Kalimantan.

Personally, I think Spain can hold onto these lands; after all, the current Spain is already stronger than in history.

As long as Spain does not seek death and does not violate the bottom line of the British, that is, India, Gibraltar, and Portugal, the British will likely not fall out with Spain.

The remaining France is not to be feared; in essence, this does not violate the interests of the French.

The author can only flip through the recent comments, and some comments are too long ago to be flipped. If book friends find any problems or "poison points" in reading, they can raise them in this chapter or book review; as long as the author sees it, he will give an answer and modify it.

Thank you all for your support. The author will try his best to modify the problems mentioned above tonight, and if there are new problems, they will be corrected as soon as possible.

The humble author kneels and thanks!

(End of chapter)