Wild North America 1846

"I'm so confused. What is this old man Polk doing? What about the land of the six states of the United States? Now it is the land of the six states of the Tang Dynasty. He is really out of his mind!"

Richard put down the newspaper with a casual thought, and cursed with a smile in a happy mood.

After successfully taking over the six northwest states, Richard issued a decree in the name of the king and re-divided the country's territory into large administrative regions. The original historical division of American states was roughly followed, but replaced by provincial-level administrative regions.

The Tang Kingdom was divided into 14 provinces, namely Northern Province (formerly Washington State), Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Montana.

Canada, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota (formerly North Dakota), South Dakota (formerly South Dakota), and Nebraska.

The newly acquired six northwest states have a total area of ​​1.4779 million square kilometers. Together with the previous 3.01 million square kilometers of the Tang Kingdom, the total area of ​​the Datang Kingdom reaches 4.49 million square kilometers, second only to Brazil and the United States in the Americas.

The third largest country (including North and South America and Central America), its territory is smaller than Brazil’s 8.51 million square kilometers and the United States’ 5.99 million square kilometers (note; plus Texas’ 678,000 square kilometers of territory, the United States’ territory is 573

million square kilometers, plus the 260,000 square kilometers of land ceded by Mexico to the states of Tijuana and Monterey, totaling 5.99 million square kilometers), ranking third.

Today's era

Canada is still a British colony and has not established an independent country, so its land area cannot be calculated.

By mid-September

Including the six newly acquired lands in the northwest, the population of the Tang Kingdom reached 1.33 million, and the proportion of Chinese dropped sharply from 73.2% to 44.6%. This made the government's task of attracting Chinese immigrants even more arduous and intensive.

With a wider territory, the Tang Kingdom had sufficient uncultivated land to attract Chinese immigrants.

Therefore, it is now widely spread in China that North America is not only a fertile land rich in gold and flowing with milk and honey, but also that as long as everyone successfully arrives in North America, everyone will be given 10 acres of land (60 acres in the metric system).

Notice;

It's every person, not every family.

If a family has 5 people, they will receive 300 acres of land for free, enough to open a small family farm. This is very attractive to Chinese immigrants.

Is 60 acres of land considered a lot in this metric system?

In fact, it's not much at all, it's equivalent to 10 acres.

You must know that each veteran's meritorious land basically has 60 acres, and sergeants and officers own more land. The highest land can reach 700~800 acres, totaling about 4200~4800 acres, which is enough to open a medium-sized ranch.

Anyway, there is plenty of land, but what is lacking now is population.

the war is over

Richard issued a decree in the name of the king, allowing the northwest provinces to build villages and towns, but they must be properly planned. New villages and towns need centralized construction, centralized planning, and certain defense capabilities.

It is definitely not possible to spread the pie like American villages and towns. Especially the buildings on the periphery of new villages and towns must be mainly masonry structures. Although the construction cost is higher, they have better defense and high living comfort.

The remaining important task is to reward nobles. This has been put on the agenda. Ten great earls, 28 viscounts, 64 barons, and barons who have no fiefs and cannot be hereditary nobles for life.

Basically, those with the rank of major or above in the army can get at least one baron for life.

Don't think that there are too many noble titles in the Tang Dynasty. There are only 10 highest-ranking earls and nobles, and each province cannot afford one.

There are an average of two viscount nobles in each province, and slightly more baron nobles. There are only 4 to 5 nobles in each province. Compared with the hundreds of counts in the South German Federation and Prussia, it is really not that many.

The quota of these noble titles is not exclusive to the military, but is divided between important figures in the military and political circles. The approximate ratio is 4:6, 4 in the political circle and 6 in the military to achieve a relative balance.

In the political world, Secretary General of the Royal Family Gu Yan counts as one, Foreign Minister Juan Carlos counts as one, Industrial Commissioner and Director and General Manager of Colt Arms Company Samuel Colt counts as one, and Economic Commissioner Chen Cailiang counts as one.

They are all important figures in the government. Courtiers who have made outstanding contributions to the construction of the kingdom must be given generous rewards, including an earldom and fiefs.

In the military circles, Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Dai Changfu (promoted) counts as one, Phoenix Castle Garrison Commander Major General Kahn Sr. (promoted) counts as one, Northern Cavalry Corps Major General Harry Fraser (promoted) counts as one, and Deputy Commander Liu

Brigadier General Wu (note, Liu Wu, promoted), Major General Gao Shiheng, commander of the Motorized Cavalry Corps, and Major General Mike Rabiot, deputy commander and commander of the San Francisco Cuirassier Regiment, are one. These are all outstanding figures in the process of establishing the kingdom.

Veteran generals with meritorious deeds are also indispensable to be rewarded with an earldom and fiefs.

If you pinch it with your fingers and count it, 10 earldoms are simply not enough.

Only a king like Richard who conquered the world single-handedly had unparalleled lofty prestige could make a decision without causing backlash and dissatisfaction from the army and the country.

Richard is already considering that after officially conferring noble titles, he will rotate the senior generals of the entire army to prevent senior generals from forming cliques in the army and slowly forming mountain tops and warlord forces.

This bad phenomenon that will occur in the military must be nipped in the bud.

All military officers and soldiers of the Tang Kingdom must and can only be loyal to the royal family, and can only be loyal to King Richard. All attempts to exert influence in the military are transgressions, and must be removed from the army, or converted to civilian duties, or dismissed

Military authority should go to military academies to teach and educate people.

golden autumn october

Richard returned to New Chang'an (San Francisco, San Francisco) after a year and moved into the completely renovated Maple Leaf Palace, where he held a grand ceremony to worship heaven and enfeoff nobles.

This grand ceremony has a very strong oriental flavor. Richard wore a golden dragon robe and a purple gold crown facing the sky. He led the crowd to the high altar to worship the ancestors of heaven and earth, the gods and Buddhas in the sky, and the

Countless soldiers sacrificed their lives to establish the Tang Kingdom.

The ceremony was filled with the sound of clouds, shrouded clouds and mist, the chiming of bells and chimes, and the sound of chanting sutras and chanting Buddha permeated into the ceremony, creating a mysterious and solemn oriental religious atmosphere.

Gu Yan, with his wealth of splendid poems, composed thousands of words of prayers to worship the heavens. Accompanied by the cloud board and bells, he read the entire text in a mellow tone.

Then King Richard burned incense and worshiped. The scene was particularly grand and grand. Thousands of senior military and political officials from the kingdom attended the ceremony and witnessed the whole process of the heaven-sacrifice ceremony.

Afterwards, King Richard divided the ministers on the altar, including ten earls, twenty-eight viscounts, sixty-four barons and other hereditary nobles, as well as more baron life nobles. The scene was filled with laughter and laughter, and many people couldn't help but

Cried with joy.

After that, the Tang Kingdom formed a stable upper-class aristocratic class, followed the trend of the times, and completed the construction of the feudal kingdom system.

this age

The feudal kingdom is the mainstream of the world, and the democratic system of the United States is a heretical doctrine that is generally rejected by Europe, which is regarded as a scourge. Most European countries are unwilling to establish close ties with the United States, fearing that Yankees will lead bad children.

As a feudal monarchy supported by the United Kingdom in North America, the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty was actually the spokesperson of British interests in North America. It shouldered the important task of countering the heresy and expansion of American democracy, and was one of the important territories for the balance of North America.

Therefore, the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Datang is extremely close. The vast British trade circle (including British colonies, protectorates, dependent states and autonomous dominions) is completely open to the Kingdom of Datang, and mutual trade taxation enjoys internal preferential treatment.

London's trade support treatment, facing the vast British trade circle market, made the economic development of the Tang Kingdom a smooth sailing, and its development was smooth sailing.

Maple Leaf Palace

In the study

Standing in front of a large hand-drawn map, Richard looked at the newly added vast area of ​​the Tang Kingdom, including the six northwest states with a total of 1.479 million square kilometers of land, and felt a strong sense of accomplishment in his heart.

It's like an intoxicating wine, mellow and strong.

After winning the Tang-American War, the territory of the Tang Kingdom expanded by nearly half. The six North American states in the northwest were vast and fertile, with lakes, forests, and mountains criss-crossing each other, capable of accommodating tens of millions of people to thrive.

Seeing that the territory of the Tang Kingdom was only separated from the Great Lakes region by Minnesota, and that the closest territory was only 470 kilometers away from the bustling metropolis of Chicago, Richard couldn't help but have a strange look in his eyes.

Great, this is a big bump in the back on the road to America's overall rise.

At worst, it will disrupt the rapid progress of the United States and rob part of the destiny that originally belonged to the United States.

Luck is invisible and intangible, but you can't help but believe it, because it can be seen from the almost absurd ease of expansion in the United States that this thing really exists.

If history does not change

In 1803, the United States spent US$15 million to purchase the Louisiana Territory covering an area of ​​2.3 million square kilometers.

After that, the international situation in the early 19th century was very conducive to American expansion. Napoleon was defeated in 1814, but Spain still failed to recover.

In 1819, the United States forced the declining Spanish Empire to sign the unequal Treaty of Florida, acquiring 170,000 square kilometers of Florida for US$5 million.

Since then, the United States has taken a liking to Mexico around it, including New Mexico, Texas, California and other vast areas.

At that time, there were only a few Mexicans, and most people gathered in Mexico City. There were only more than 3,500 people in Texas, more than 2,000 in New Mexico, and more than 4,000 in California.

The Mexican government encouraged immigration, and Americans in Louisiana entered these places in large numbers as immigrants. These places were dominated by white American immigrants, and would soon seek independence. Texas officially declared its independence on March 2, 1836, and in 1845 it became independent.

Joined the United States.

This directly triggered the U.S.-Mexican War in 1846. Mexico was ultimately defeated and the U.S. military invaded Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, on September 14, 1847.

On February 2, 1848, the United States and Mexico signed a treaty. Mexico recognized Texas as belonging to the United States. The United States paid Mexico $15 million to forgive $3.25 million in debt and acquired nearly 1.4 million square kilometers, including California and New Mexico.

land.

In 1853, the U.S. Minister to Mexico purchased nearly 100,000 square kilometers of land on the U.S.-Mexico border for $10 million.

In this way, the United States easily seized 2.3 million square kilometers of Mexican land through the U.S.-Mexico War.

In 1867, the United States made another extremely cost-effective deal, purchasing Alaska and the surrounding Aleutian Islands with an area of ​​approximately 1.5188 million square kilometers from the Tsarist Russian government for US$7.2 million, equivalent to US$4.7 per square kilometer, with an average price of US$4.70 per square kilometer.

An acre of dirt was worth only two cents.

Today, history is completely different.

The Tang Kingdom, which rose on the east coast of the Pacific, shared the fortune that originally belonged to the United States. Not only did it seize California, Arizona, and New Mexico in advance, it also acquired the Oregon region from the British.

After winning the Tang-American War, it acquired six northwest states from the United States. With a territory of 4.49 million square kilometers, it ranks third in the Americas after Brazil and the United States.

The War between the United States and the Tang Dynasty came to an end, and the Tang Kingdom won a rare period of peaceful development in North America.

During this period of time, Richard did not want any friction or war with the United States. Instead, he suppressed the sharp points in his body with an attitude of keeping a low profile and turned into a peace-loving participant in the balance of power in North America.

The current diplomatic direction is to proactively build a good relationship with the Mexican government, close bilateral political, economic and military relations, and "join Mexico to control the United States". This is the general direction of diplomacy in the next few decades.

Although the Mexicans' fighting power is not very good, domestic corruption is endemic, the economic construction is in a mess, and the military has not made much achievements, it is undeniable that Mexico's population is still very strong, and it has won the sympathy and support of many European countries.

I am indeed weak, but I have a loud voice!

The Tang Kingdom united with Mexico to jointly fight against the regional powerhouse, the United States, which was in line with the British's North American balancing policy, and also in line with the Datang Kingdom's own interests, and tried its best to prevent the United States from becoming dominant.

In terms of population and economic size, the population of the United States reached 22.17 million in 1848, and the total national economy reached 1.13 billion U.S. dollars. All indicators were leading in North America.

Mexico's population is only 5.62 million (minus the population of the ceded states of Tijuana and Monterey), and its total national economy is less than US$81.7 million, which is 1/13 of the United States.

The total population of the Tang Kingdom is 1.38 million, the total national economy is 169 million Tang Yuan (approximately equivalent to 139 million U.S. dollars), the 3.37 million ounces of gold produced by the American River is worth 67.4 million U.S. dollars per year, and the average annual output of the Morenci Copper Mine is

Nearly 10,000 tons of copper, 137 tons of silver, 7.53 tons of gold and some aluminum, magnesium, lead and other metals, with a combined total value of more than 27 million US dollars, are two pillar industries of the Datang Kingdom's economy.

Considering the overall national strength, North America presents a situation of one strong and three weak. The strong one is the United States, and the three weak ones are the Tang Kingdom, Mexico and the British Canadian Colonies.

In the short term, this North American pattern will not change.