Wild North America 1846

The Tang Kingdom, with a total population of more than 4 million, has a vast territory second only to the United States, ranking second in North America, and third in the entire Americas, after Brazil and the United States.

After five years of rapid development

The Tang Kingdom has become one of the two strongest powers in North America, alongside the United States, and is especially famous for its heavy industry and strong military.

The combat effectiveness of the Eastern cavalry under his command has been resounded throughout the world, and is known as one of the three largest cavalry in the world, alongside the French cuirassiers and Polish hussars. Their combat effectiveness ranks among the top in the world.

The British Times has an authoritative commentary on this;

The Eastern Cavalry Corps under the Tang Kingdom was known for its strong desire to fight and its well-equipped equipment. Its powerful combat effectiveness made the rebellious American cowboys surrender, which is the most convincing example.

The fear and panic from the enemy is the proud medal of the Eastern cavalry. Its strong combat effectiveness and glorious record are comparable to the French cuirassiers and Polish hussars, and are ranked among the top three cavalry lineups in the world...

Looking back at the United States

After signing the "Ottawa Treaty" and encountering repeated blows, the United States has lost its ambition to continue expanding to the west and is more focused on domestic development.

Regardless of whether the Taylor government was willing or not, the principle of separation of powers designed by the pioneers of the founding of the United States greatly limited the expansion of the military's power and allowed Congress to supervise the military from beginning to end.

After losing the war, in 1850 and 1851, due to the high war debt repayment factor, the U.S. federal government's fiscal expenditures in the military field were severely reduced.

how to say?

The military budget cannot be said to have been cut in half, but it has been cut in half and then continued to be chopped wildly. What was originally a basin of water has turned into a bowl of water, and it is crystal clear and has no smell at all.

This also caused the number of U.S. troops to shrink rapidly, from the hundreds of thousands originally maintained to tens of thousands, and then further reduced to less than 20,000, with all equipment and supplies being used in inventory.

New recruits who have just joined the army receive old military uniforms that smell of blood and even have clear bullet holes in them, which need to be cleaned and mended before they can be used.

Fort Hugo, which was highly valued during the war, even gathered nearly 40,000 troops at its peak, becoming the most cutting-edge military presence of the United States in the West. It was extremely prosperous for a time.

Nowadays, the lively scene is no longer there. The Hugo Fortress, which once cost a huge amount of money to build, has less than 3,000 troops and only 371 cavalry, which is almost the configuration of two reduced cavalry brigades.

It is said that by next year, the funding for Fort Hugo will be significantly reduced. It is best for the soldiers stationed here to support themselves, and to carry out extensive military camps and military animal husbandry, so that the soldiers can eat better.

The surrender attitude of direct opponents also led the Tang Kingdom to introduce a large-scale decommissioning policy at the beginning of 1852.

Basically, two-thirds of the 37,500 active cavalry on the Army General Staff Headquarters roster will be retired, leaving less than 13,000 cavalry. Among them are 6 heavy cuirassier regiments and one royal guard cuirassier regiment. .

These are the core combat capabilities of the cavalry unit, and they need to be maintained at a scale of 7,000 to 8,000 to avoid damaging the foundation.

The 48,500 infantrymen will also be cut by half, with no more than 25,000 remaining in the end.

After the reduction of the entire army, the total cavalry and infantry strength of the Tang Kingdom did not exceed 38,000, which only met the most basic defense needs.

at the same time

The Tang Kingdom issued the world's first "Reserve Military Service Law", which included more than 55,000 experienced retired cavalry members in the reserve force, and almost the same number of infantry reserve members.

Once a full-scale war comes, this reserve force of more than 110,000 people will be mobilized as the first batch and go into the war as quickly as possible to maintain the security of the kingdom.

over time

Veterans who have retired over the years will enter the reserve force as soon as possible, and the scale of the reserve force will gradually expand, becoming an important part of the military mobilization system of the Datang Kingdom.

Among the five golden flowers of the Tang Kingdom that performed well in the economic field, the Morenci Mining Company is playing an increasingly important role. The company's high-quality copper ore is smelted and processed into copper coins, bullet casings, and various copper devices.

and handicrafts, thus bringing higher added value.

For copper coins alone, an average of more than 300 million coins are produced annually, weighing more than 470 tons. They are widely used in the Tang Kingdom, southern United States, Mexico, Manchu and other countries, and are famous for their high quality and sufficient quantity.

Especially for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, at this time when the Taiping Rebellion was raging, the rebel army had broken through the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, developed deep into the Huguang region, and successively conquered important towns, threatening Wuhan.

At this critical moment

The Qing Dynasty, which ruled in corruption and darkness, was unable to develop the economy and improve people's livelihood. Due to the spread of war, the southeastern half of the country was in flames, and the strength of its rule was greatly reduced.

At this moment

As an excellent currency, the copper coins crafted by the Tang Dynasty were widely circulated in coastal areas and were highly welcomed by merchants and the masses.

Silver and copper themselves have currency properties and are highly accepted by the public. China mainland lacks copper resources. Comparing the copper coins issued by the Qing government with those of the Tang Dynasty, one can clearly distinguish between them.

The copper coins exported by the Tang Dynasty were full, thick, and pure in color. In addition, they were exquisitely made and difficult to counterfeit. Even if they were melted, you could still make a small profit by making copperware. Therefore, they were quickly widely used in coastal areas.

It turns out that the scale was much larger in history.

In Mexico and the southern United States where industrial development was backward, silver and copper coins produced by the Tang Kingdom were also widely used. Since the Tang Yuan was equal to the U.S. dollar and guaranteed by national credit, the Tang Yuan was more popular in the southern states of the United States.

In this day and age

The southern states of the United States issue their own U.S. dollars, which are guaranteed by insurance companies or banks. Their influence and credibility are far inferior to the Tang Yuan issued by the Royal Sequoia Bank of the Tang Kingdom, including coins and banknotes.

in the south of the united states

The Tang Yuan was also circulated like the British Pound, the French Franc, the Peso, and the Mark. Because of the first-come-first-served basis, the total amount in circulation was larger than the above-mentioned currencies, so it gained a lot of profits.

The Morenci Mining Company was one of the pillar industries of the Tang Kingdom. In 1851, its annual output reached 37,200 tons, employing 178,900 convicts and more than 11,000 mine workers, creating an annual output value of more than

30 million Tang Yuan.

in 1851

The total economic output of the Tang Kingdom reached 386 million Tang Yuan, with a population of 4.076 million. It formed an industrial system dominated by mining, heavy industry and light textile industry, and initially entered the threshold of an industrialized country.

The total length of railways in operation across the country reaches 13,300 kilometers, the output of pig iron is 370,000 tons, steel is 53,000 tons, and the wired telegraph mileage is 39,200 kilometers. The construction of urban and rural roads and railway bridges is developing at a high speed, and the future is bright.

compared to the united states

In 1851, the total economic output of the United States reached 1.579 billion yuan, the population was 25.775 million, and the national railway mileage reached 31,200 kilometers. It was still in the stage of substantial population growth and rapid economic development.

Seventy percent of the substantial population growth in the United States comes from European immigrants. In the five years from 1845 to 1851 alone, the total number of immigrants from Ireland and Germany reached 1.77 million, with an annual average of more than 350,000.

The plantation economy of black slavery became the main economic output of the southern states of the United States. In the first half of the 19th century, the southern states of the United States produced approximately 7/8 of the world's cotton, satisfying the needs of the machine-made cotton textile industry in the British Industrial Revolution and the United States.

The needs of the development of machine-made cotton textile industry in northern China.

Relatively speaking

However, the development of cotton textiles in the southern states of the United States was slow. For example, in 1850, there were 166 cotton textile mills in the southern states with about 10,000 workers.

In the northern New England state, there are 564 cotton textile mills with about 60,000 workers.

In 1851, the southern cotton output reached 3.38 million bales, accounting for 91.7% of the world's total cotton production and more than 70% of the total exports of the United States. It was the most important bulk export material.

As a rising star, the Tang Kingdom's production scale in the fields of cotton planting and textiles was only about 1/20 of the former, and there was still a lot of room for development.

For example, the total cotton output in 1851 was 162,000 bales, which was less than 5% of that of the United States. The cotton textile industry was about 14% to 15% of that of the United States, and there was a big gap.

As the world's major immigrant country, the United States is not inferior to the Tang Kingdom in terms of population growth, and even the total number of European immigrants every year is much higher than the Tang Kingdom.

That is to say, it was not until 1851 that the total number of immigrants from the Tang Kingdom gradually caught up with the United States, which was about 85% to 90% of the average annual total number of immigrants in the United States.

As the situation on the mainland of China becomes further chaotic and the war breaks out, more and more people fleeing urgently need to find a way out overseas. The Tang Kingdom and Australia are undoubtedly the best places to go.

There is a gold rush dream here, and it is a development paradise for overseas Chinese flowing with milk and honey.

It is expected that by 1852, as the immigration boom on the North Pacific Golden Route is in the ascendant, the total number of immigrants in the Tang Kingdom will be comparable to that of the United States, or even surpass it.

Backed by China's massive population of 370 million, countless babies from poor families drowned every year. Even compared with the whole of Europe, the Tang Kingdom was not inferior to the source of immigrants, and even exceeded it.

One million immigrants a year is not a dream, it’s just a drizzle!

The Tang Kingdom's thirst for human resources is almost endless. In its vast territory, there are too many lands that need to be cultivated, and there are too many industries that are in urgent need of labor. The entire society is in a state of hunger and thirst.

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Nothing else to say

The development of the Tang Kingdom's industrial sector alone required millions of strong laborers. With the large-scale export of oil and gas resources, millions of barrels were needed in 1852, and the barrel manufacturing industry alone required tens of thousands of workers.

The vast farms, pastures and cotton plantations required hundreds of thousands of strong male laborers. When the Tang Kingdom strictly restricted Mexican employment, the need for new Chinese immigrants became even more urgent.

as a victorious nation

Discrimination and oppression against Mexican workers in the Tang Kingdom were ubiquitous. Male Mexican workers could only work illegally in cotton plantations, and their income was less than 1/4 of that of Chinese and white labor, which could only meet the minimum needs for food and clothing.

When Mexican women enter the labor market, they either work as maids or low-end service industries, or they work as prostitutes, and it is extremely difficult to obtain legal status.

Unless you are willing to be a concubine for a Chinese family and give birth to a son and a half, then relying on the child's factors, and meeting the stringent requirements of staying at home for more than 8 years, and having the Chinese head of the family act as a guarantor, you can register and obtain resident status.

That's fine for the Mexicans. No matter how hard they try, those native Indians will never be able to obtain normal resident status in the Tang Kingdom.

in the mid-19th century

Whether it is Europe, China, Tsarist Russia, the Ottoman Empire, the United States or other places, social class oppression and discrimination are everywhere. This is an era in which everyone is unequal.

White immigrants fare much better than Mexicans and indigenous Indians. As long as they own certain industries and purchase houses and land in the Tang Kingdom, they can basically settle down normally and enjoy the same national treatment.

The Chinese immigrants from the Kingdom of Heaven received the highest treatment. They could obtain normal resident status as soon as they got off the ship and registered. They could move freely in the provinces within the territory of the Tang Dynasty. They could go wherever they wanted and develop wherever they wanted.

But there is one

Those Chinese immigrants with immigration loans must report to the local bank after arriving at their place of permanent residence and begin to fulfill their obligation to gradually repay the loan.

As for those Chinese immigrants who try to escape supervision or want to default on their debts, if they do not register with the local bank for more than 6 months, they will automatically turn into a black account and be widely wanted within the kingdom.

Once caught, all property will be confiscated and an astonishingly high fine will be imposed.

If you can't get it out, it's very simple. You can just throw it into a hard labor camp and work until you die. There won't be any mercy.

If you even dare to borrow money from the bank, you don't want to be a human being.

Over time

There was a general consensus in the society of the Tang Dynasty;

That is, the bank's money and the tax bureau's money must not be in arrears, otherwise the consequences will be extremely serious and unaffordable.

Even though the nobles and retired soldiers who have entered the middle class are living a comfortable life, a rich man would not dare to default on the taxes and fees they should pay, and they will pay them on time.

Noble fiefdoms and military fields are subject to a "19" tax rate, while civilian lands are subject to a "37" tax rate. This is a common rule. It does not mean that military fields do not need to pay taxes, but preferential tax rates are applied, so the payment is less.

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these two years

There are many people who claim that they have worked hard and do not pay taxes. After three consecutive notices from the tax bureau, some people even beat tax bureau officials to death or injured them, which has had an extremely negative impact on society.

King Richard personally came forward to resolve the matter. All retired soldiers and nobles involved in tax arrears were deprived of their noble status, fiefdoms, all military honors, confiscated all family property, and were sent to hard labor camps for reform.

Anyone with human life on his hands should be put to death immediately as a mark of respect.

Once such thunderous measures were made public, it aroused a strong response from the society. The vast majority of residents applauded and wholeheartedly supported the harsh measures to punish the privileged class.

As for those middle-class businessmen, manor owners, planters and ranchers, who were mainly retired officers and soldiers, after this incident, they immediately turned into cowards and behaved like kittens.

In the Tang Kingdom

The founding monarch, Richard, has unparalleled lofty prestige. His Majesty the King conquered the country single-handedly. The small contributions of these retired officers and soldiers are not enough. How can they dare to explode?

When the king was angry, the domineering power of the million corpses was revealed a little, and everyone withered.

King Richard said in public;

"As officers and soldiers who have made meritorious deeds, the kingdom has given them the honor and generous rewards they deserve, which are sufficient to reward them for their meritorious service, without any unfair treatment.

Those who rely on their merits to fight against the government and think they can do whatever they want are delusional.

The Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty is a kingdom founded by this king. Anyone who dares to challenge the government is a challenge to his authority. The sacred royal power cannot be despised and will be severely punished once discovered.

Those who resist taxes and laws will be punished in this way. Do not test the law by yourself, otherwise it will be too late to regret it!"