Wild North America 1846

Richard spent a few days going deep into the Grape Valley, visiting Sunshine City, Moon City, and Hulu Town. He put forward many opinions on economic development and urban construction, and arranged to start widening the avenues along the river immediately.

A series of rapidly developing towns in the Grape Valley are all built along the river. The road along the river, originally paved with stone slabs, was about 6.5 meters wide and could accommodate two horse-drawn carriages running parallel.

In Sidaoling Town, which has a relatively developed industry and a large population, horse-drawn carriages are often jammed.

Richard considered that the area may develop into a town cluster with a population of 500,000, 600,000 or more in the future. The only main road along the river may become a traffic bottleneck and must be widened to a high standard.

The new standard is that the road is 36 meters wide, with street trees planted on both sides, and a green island about 4.5 meters wide in the middle of the road. All pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages must keep to the right to avoid frequent head-to-head collisions and traffic jams.

The new roads were also paved with stone slabs, and sewer facilities were excavated in advance within the town. The Department of Corrections mobilized more than 4,700 Indian slave laborers for construction, and the deadline was one and a half years for completion.

From Shanhaiguan to the depths of Grape Valley

This riverside avenue has a total length of about 143 kilometers. After completion, it will become the main artery of transportation in the Grape Valley, connecting various roads in the town as dense as a bead network.

During the construction of the riverside avenue, the Royal Police Department will be responsible for all buildings that need to be demolished along the river. According to the principle of twice the land area being compensated, the nearby construction site will be planned.

There is definitely no compensation money. It would be nice to be given land. The administration is so simple and crude.

The Chinese immigrants who once lived under the dark feudal rule for a long time are now proud and proud, but they still don't have the courage to quarrel with the kingdom. After receiving the demolition order, they immediately took action on their own, obediently like little sheep.

In this way, at least the dismantled building materials can be reused and rebuilt in another location.

the next few days

Richard promulgated royal orders one after another, such as the rule for pedestrians and carriages to drive on the right, and San Francisco was renamed Chang'an, which came into effect from now on. He approved the promulgation of the Commercial Tax Law, the Import Tax Law of the Tang Kingdom, the National Compulsory Military Service Law, and the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty.

The National Five-Year Education Law, etc., have implemented a number of policies that were implemented vigorously and resolutely.

Chang'an (San Francisco)

After one and a half years of development, this originally largest city in California has a total population of close to 100,000. Various exotic 3-4-story or 5-story buildings have risen from the ground. Chinese signboards and street shops can be seen everywhere.

, gradually prospered and prospered.

in city buildings

You can often see Chinese-style buildings with cornices and brackets. This is a new architectural culture developed by integrating the characteristics of Western-style masonry architecture. The appearance has strong Chinese characteristics.

Cornices and brackets, grilled doors and windows, Chinese plaques, huge brass door nails, and unique blue tiles and white walls.

But inside

The room layout has tended to the Western style, with study rooms, bathrooms, toilets and kitchens specially set up, decorated with curtains and tablecloths, making living more convenient and comfortable.

Due to the large influx of Chinese immigrants, the population structure of Chang'an (San Francisco) has undergone qualitative changes. There are Orientals with short hair, black hair, black eyes and yellow skin everywhere, speaking Chaoshan dialect, Zhangzhou dialect, Jiangsu and Zhejiang dialects,

Dialects can be heard everywhere in the Jiaodong Peninsula, but there are far fewer Mexicans and white people wearing big straw hats.

Chinese account for more than 85% of the entire city's population. Those who are well-dressed and walk with their heads held high are the old immigrants. Those who look a bit flinching and look around in surprise are the new immigrants.

The cordial and friendly environment of the Tang Dynasty towards the Chinese people made the Chinese immigrants here completely burst out with entrepreneurial passion, and they have become a leading force whether in the fields of commerce, trade or industry.

It's not nice to say something nice

Chinese immigrants who have been influenced by thousands of years of history are not at the same level as those rough American cowboys in terms of business and entrepreneurial abilities and how to deal with people.

These Chinese immigrants who dare to go overseas alone to start a business are all outstanding local people with some spirit, ability and outstanding personality.

It's true that three sticks can't beat a dull fart. The honest peasants who look around when they leave the village are rarely able to make up their minds and travel thousands of miles to develop in foreign lands overseas.

Many early Chinese immigrants were well-dressed and walked on the street, followed by pregnant white women and Indian maids. They went in and out of restaurants and grocery stores, which has become a familiar scene on the streets.

In the Tang Kingdom

These white women are especially popular. The lowest starting price is as high as 1,600 US dollars, and the highest price even exceeds 5,000 US dollars. They are very popular.

The tens of thousands of women who were plundered back at the beginning of the year have generated direct profits of more than 46 million U.S. dollars. This has covered all the military expenditures of the Tang Kingdom so far and the huge cost of building Denver Castle, and there is still a lot of surplus.

This also allowed the Tang royal family to make a fortune, investing a large amount of money into education and military reserve training, investing in the construction of coastal docks and fortresses, investing in the new Pacific Railway line project, and investing a large amount of money in purchasing advanced machinery and equipment.

before that

America and the gold mining company have always been the main sources of funds for the Tang Kingdom. As of the end of October this year, a total of 3.44 million ounces of gold were produced in the America River Basin, and the company holds 1/3 of it.

After excluding miscellaneous and various management expenses, as well as the large-scale construction of various municipal buildings, roads and sewer culverts, bridges, housing buildings and streets in Shanghewan City and Xiahewan City, there is still 830,000 ounces of gold left, worth more than 16.7 million US dollars.

(Tang Yuan issuance is in preparation and will take time).

For this part of the funds, apart from the 32% heavy tax on minerals collected by the Tang Dynasty government, the rest is the interests of shareholders.

The shareholders' equity of the British upper class who have received bribes is the proportion of net income after deducting various expenses and taxes.

As the major shareholder, Richard invested this part of the proceeds back into the ordering of factory equipment, the construction of Chang'an and Los Angeles fortresses, and the dock and warehouse projects, generating a steady stream of benefits.

Today, there are more than a dozen large-scale enterprise prototypes under the name of the royal family, including the American River Gold Rush Company, Sequoia Bank, Kingdom Harbor Company, Union Railroad Company, Colt Arms Manufacturing Company, and General Heavy Industries Holdings Company (Holding Steel Plant

, iron ore and coal mines, shipyards and other heavy industrial enterprises), Grape Valley Light Industry Company (holding shares in textile, clothing, food, wine and other light industrial enterprises), Royal Benevolent Education Fund, Datang Kingdom Pacific Shipping Company, California College Preparatory Office, etc.

, forming a system with tentacles throughout the kingdom.

Developments in the past two years

The Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty is showing an increasingly prosperous scene. The newly built Pacific Railway starts from Los Angeles and goes north through Chang'an to Sacramento. The route then continues to extend north to Portland, and then continues to extend north to Seattle.

Finally we arrived at the shore across the sea from Vancouver Island.

By sea, it is 2,060 kilometers from Los Angeles to Vancouver Island.

However, this Pacific Railway winds through many cities along the way and crosses mountains, forests and lakes in the north. The total length of the railway is 2,520 kilometers. The geographical environment along the way is complex, and the construction difficulty is far more difficult than that of the Western Railway.

The Pacific Railway project is divided into two phases. The first phase is built from Los Angeles to Sacramento, with a total length of 797 kilometers. It mainly avoids the Pacific Mountains along the coastline and is built northward along the gentle plains of the Central Valley.

The terrain of the entire province of California is like an elongated pizza pie, with the continuous Sierra Nevada Mountains on the east side, the Pacific Mountains along the coastline on the west side, and the large and gentle Central Valley in the middle.

This geographical environment makes the climate in California as mild as spring, with few severe heat, cold and hurricane disasters. The land in the Central Valley Plains is fertile and there are crisscrossed streams.

This also resulted in the first phase of the Pacific Railway project requiring the construction of as many as 277 railway bridges and nearly 300 various water-crossing culverts. The construction volume was more than twice as high as that of the Western Railway.

Therefore, the planned construction period of the first phase of the Pacific Railway is three years. An expert team led by British railway engineer George Hamilton is responsible for the design of bridge projects along the route, with an investment of more than 4.7 million US dollars. It is an indispensable factor related to the overall development of the national economy.

Deduction of heavyweight projects.

So far too

In addition to the investment in the construction of the Denver Fortress, it is the largest engineering construction project that consumes the most funds.

Along with the project is the Pacific Rim Highway, which has a construction standard width of 22 meters, with street trees, milestones, rammed earth roadbed, and gravel pavement on both sides. The total construction cost is US$420,000.

Richard believes

With the successive completion of highway and railway projects, a series of star cities will rise along the Pacific coastline, dazzlingly dotting the territory of the Tang Kingdom and becoming a steady driving force for sustainable development.

Chang'an (San Francisco, San Francisco, San Francisco) Bay Area

Standing beside the cargo terminal under construction, under the blue sky and white clouds, Richard could see the tall fortress fort building in the distance. He squinted and observed carefully, and the person accompanying him quickly introduced;

“Report to your majesty;

There is the Bay Area Fortress built according to the plan. It is located on the ruins of the fortress built by the Spanish in the 18th century. It was built according to the British design drawings and is currently more than half completed.

The completion of the fortress battery will cover the entire bay area's estuary with coastal heavy artillery, creating a strong coastal defense fortress to resist possible U.S. naval invasion.

Currently, the 10 British 150-pound coastal heavy guns and 16 80-pound coastal heavy guns we have ordered are all being produced in British factories and are expected to be shipped to the fortress in June next year.

A total of 32 British 40-pound coastal defense artillery pieces were ordered and manufactured under license by the Terte Arms Company. They were mainly used to supplement the firepower gap of the powerful British imported artillery.

The above-mentioned heavy artillery will be gradually equipped with Chang'an and Los Angeles coastal forts. By then, both cities will have strong coastal defense capabilities, enough to make the U.S. Navy daunting."

"Well, you did a good job." Richard nodded in agreement.

If the U.S. Navy wanted to attack the cities on the Pacific east coast of the Tang Kingdom, it would have to go south from the Gulf of Mexico, around Cape Horn, and then go all the way north, all the way to the west coast of North America.

With the current level of sailing battleships equipped by the U.S. Navy, it will take at least more than 6 months and face a dangerous situation of no supplies.

This is because there is a British squadron stationed in Central America. With the British's stupidity, as long as they have an excuse not to participate in the North American war, they can refuse the logistics supplies of the American fleet.

North American Coastal Area

On the long east coast of the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles to Vancouver, the US military does not have a foothold that can provide fleet supplies for transoceanic expeditions.

The only possibility is Mexico, but this possibility is slim.

The Mexicans who had just been beaten to death would not agree to cooperate with the enemy. The local people in Mexico are extremely hostile to the Americans, which means that the U.S. Navy's expeditionary fleet faces huge risks and the possibility is extremely small.

Although the possibility is small, we have to take precautions.