Wild North America 1846

In the warm room, Richard waved his hand, and all the serving palace maids quietly retreated, their steps as light as cats.

Deep in the sofa, Richard flipped through the newspaper in his hand, and his eyes were attracted by a piece of news reported in a French newspaper;

According to the newspaper "Le Anglican";

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In order to close the traditional friendly relations with the Ottoman Empire, enhance mutual understanding and trade, and strengthen political, military and cultural exchanges, the French Emperor Napoleon III, Louis Bonaparte, sent the Marquis of Lavaletti as a special envoy to Constantinople to launch a

A meaningful journey of harmony...

Richard slowly put down the newspaper in his hand, with complex expressions flashing in his deep eyes. From this seemingly simple news about a foreign visit, he saw the huge crisis facing Europe.

As expected, Napoleon III took action. His purpose was to provoke a "battle for the Holy Land" and stimulate the sensitive nerves of the Russian bear, thus creating a widespread European crisis.

The French envoy, the Marquis de Lavaletti, went to Constantinople. On the surface, he was for good-neighborly and friendly exchanges between the two countries. Secretly, he was asking the Ottoman Empire to clearly recognize France's right to protect most of the Holy Land churches and not hesitate to use force to do so.

threaten.

On the issue of the "Holy Land of Jerusalem", the Ottoman Empire hesitated. It could not afford to offend anyone, whether it was France or Russia.

The Marquis of Lavaletti will threaten to use force to reaffirm France's centuries-long privilege as "Defender of the Holy Land," an honor that now belongs to the Tsar.

If you think about it with your toes, how could the always arrogant Russian Tsar endure such humiliation?

Russia and France are not bordering each other, and the Russian Czar has no way to directly seek revenge on the French. This bad breath will naturally be spread on the Ottoman Empire.

The Russians have been greedily coveting the territory of the Ottoman Empire. The two sides have already fought 8 Russian-Turkish wars. One more war will be of no consequence.

Now that the excuse for war has been delivered, why is the Russian Bear still hesitating?

At the end of 1815, Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria signed the "Quadruple Alliance Treaty" to prevent France from posing a threat to Europe again. This became a heavy shackle around France's neck, and from then on it could only dance with its shackles.

Once the war breaks out, the Holy Alliance will naturally collapse.

The underlying logic is simple;

In order to safeguard the interests of global hegemony, Britain must not allow Russia to swallow up a large amount of territory of the Ottoman Empire and extend its black hands to the Black Sea and the warm Mediterranean coast. This is also a common demand of the major powers in Western Europe.

From the bottom of their hearts, Britain, France, Prussia and other European countries have never regarded Russia as one of their own, but as a barbarian from the east, greedy and full of greed, a huge destructive force with the ambition to

Extremely vigilant and defensive attitude.

Once Tsarist Russia sends troops to the Ottoman Empire and a war breaks out between the two sides, Britain will inevitably come to the aid of the Ottoman Empire, and may also drag Prussia and other countries into the water, including France.

In this way, no matter who wins or loses in this war, France will be the final big winner.

In view of the natural collapse of France's Holy Alliance, French Napoleon III has removed the heavy shackles. From now on, he can flex his muscles in Europe and the world, making great changes. Wouldn't it be wonderful?

As a result of the war, tens of millions of people were displaced and their lives were devastated. Tens of millions of soldiers and civilians would die in the war. These small problems were completely beyond the scope of Emperor Napoleon III's consideration.

Does the suffering of ordinary people still matter?

Richard stood up, with thoughts surging in his heart. He walked to the window and looked out. In front of him, there were many buildings in Sunshine City, all high and low. The roofs were all covered with thick snow, presenting a beautiful snow scene in the North.

Pushing open the window, a thick chill and cold wind blow in your face, refreshing your body and mind, and making your mind clearer.

The arrogance and callousness of the ruling class of European feudal kingdoms have been around for a long time. They regard the people as insignificant and are cold-blooded and cruel. This has been proven countless times in hundreds of years of European history.

Not to mention far away

Take what Emperor Napoleon III did, deliberately provoking a war of large-scale destruction in Europe for his own selfish gain.

The Great Famine in Ireland has entered its fifth year. The population of Ireland under British rule has dropped by a quarter. In addition to those who died of starvation and disease, this cold number also includes more than one million Irish people who emigrated overseas due to the famine.

In 1848 alone, the number of Irish immigrants who immigrated to the Tang Kingdom reached 37,700, making up the main part of the white immigrants.

Richard once spent 17,000 pounds to purchase two ships of grain to send to Ireland for relief. As a result, he was ordered to unload the goods at a Scottish port. As for whether the grain could eventually be delivered to the Irish victims, only God knows.

The cold-bloodedness of the British royal family is chilling to the bone, but this is a private matter of a person's family. Richard knows that the wisest thing to do is to shut his mouth tightly, turn a blind eye, and turn a blind eye.

Countries such as Britain and France are not isolated cases. If you look at what other European countries have done, you will find that this is a common phenomenon.

The bloody suppression and massacre of the Assyrians, Greeks and Armenians by the Ottoman Empire, the cruel exploitation of feudal serfs by the Tsarist Russian Empire, the iron-fisted suppression of the Balkans and Hungarian uprisings by the Austro-Hungarian Army...

Richard took a deep breath of the cold air and put away his complicated thoughts. He did not think about the mess in Europe, but concentrated on the situation in North America.

In the foreseeable next 3 to 5 years, the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty will usher in a rare period of peaceful development. Mexico, which is in chaos, is unable to look northward, and the beleaguered US government has no time to march westward.

The Tang Kingdom must seize this period of peaceful development, further increase the scale and pace of immigration, make every effort to develop the industrial and agricultural economy, consolidate the kingdom's heritage, and achieve comprehensive development of the industrial and agricultural industries.

The current economic structure of the Tang Kingdom is not healthy. Two-thirds of the total economic output comes from the mining industry, especially the gold rush in the American River, which accounts for almost half of the national economic output.

no doubt

The gold will eventually be mined out, and such a day is not far away, that is, within two or three years.

Nowadays, the gold mining industry in the American River has entered the second stage. It is difficult for ordinary gold prospectors to find large pieces of gold sand that are easy to wash near the river and on the river beaches. The dream of getting rich overnight is gradually fading.

The current gold rush

Most of them require the use of equipment such as washing troughs to obtain considerable profits. The simplest gold pan is a day's work, which is a profit of thirty or forty yuan.

It cannot be too little, and it cannot be too much.

Compared with the myth of one or two hundred yuan a day in the early days of gold mining, or even the myth of getting rich overnight, it is already much inferior.

From the kingdom's perspective, there is an urgent need to find alternative industries that are comparable to the gold mining industry in order to maintain the overall economic output of the Tang Kingdom and prevent large-scale fluctuations that will affect the income level of the general public.

nowadays

As the wave of Chinese immigration grew higher and higher, large tracts of barren land were reclaimed, and countless farms, pastures and plantations sprung up across the kingdom, covering 14 provinces and coastal and railway areas.

The output of agriculture and animal husbandry is growing rapidly every month, and the hard-working and thrifty characteristics of the Chinese people have been greatly exerted. The supply of poultry and livestock such as chickens, ducks, geese, cattle and sheep on the market is becoming more and more abundant, and there is a dazzling array of fruits and vegetables.

From the side, it confirms the current prosperous development of agriculture and animal husbandry.

Industrial development is equally gratifying. The number of steel plants in the Kingdom has grown to 5, 11 cement plants, hundreds of lumber mills and brick kilns, hundreds of various food processing plants, and thousands of handicraft workshops. It has a certain level of

Basic industrial capabilities.

Next step

First of all, the Kingdom plans to import two more sets of copper ore screening and smelting equipment, focusing on increasing the mining and smelting production capacity of the Morenzi copper mine, increasing its annual output from less than 10,000 tons to 20,000 tons/year, and cultivating it into a national economy

pillar industries.

Second, the Tang Kingdom will focus on developing the cotton plantation economy. In the east and south of New Mexico Province, it has large areas of land suitable for growing cotton. This is an important industry that can support the entire national economy, and must be focused on investment and development.

The current pillar industry in the UK is the cotton textile industry. Cotton is imported in large quantities from the southern United States and processed into cheap woven fabrics through advanced textile machinery, which is sold well in Europe and around the world.

The overall population of the Tang Kingdom was small. Even if the cotton textile industry was developed, it would be far from enough in front of world textile giants like the United Kingdom and would not have any impact.

The third is heavy industries such as weapons industry, shipbuilding and steel industry. Due to the needs of immigration and trade, the Tang Kingdom has always had a strong demand for shipbuilding and steel industry. This is an industry worth focusing on development.

The weapons industry is a new business card of the Tang Kingdom, especially led by the Colt Arms Company. Behind it are hundreds of sword workshops and gunsmith workshops. The exquisite weapons produced are meticulous in every field, forming an increasingly large industry.

Big influence.

For example, precision rifles focused on hunting use rifling in ordinary flintlock muskets, lengthen the barrel, and use special bullets to achieve longer range and more accurate shooting performance.

In Fenghuang City and Taoyuan City in the Tang Kingdom, there are several gun workshops that are famous for producing precision rifles, opening up the market with customization and professionalism. Many officers who like hunting are famous for owning a gun engraved with the name of a famous gunsmith.

We are proud of our precision rifles and our business is booming.

Among hunting rifles, there is also a high-power rifle or a double-barreled shotgun, which can bring down large wild animals such as buffalo, North American brown bear, and North American elk with one shot. It is extremely powerful and requires special craftsmanship in a gunsmith workshop.

Another example is cold weapons such as swords, Chinese swords, Damascus scimitars, Italian cross swords, cane swords, Fuso samurai swords, etc. In these niche areas, many well-known workshops emerged in the Tang Kingdom.

In a martial social atmosphere, business is generally good.

Social development has its own laws. As long as the market needs it, supply will naturally be produced to fill the market gaps and needs, and a gradually prosperous weapons industry will slowly develop.

Relying on the relatively developed shipbuilding and steel industries in North America, the future economic development of the Tang Kingdom will focus on foreign trade. Britain's vast colonies and friends are huge markets that have not yet been explored. The money scene is exciting!