Wild North America 1846

March 1852

It was the spring season, and at the Taoyuan City Palace on the Colorado Plateau, Richard took the queen, the king's concubine, and all the concubines in the inner court and arrived here by train to start a half-year tour of the north.

It took more than 8,600 white convicts and more than 3,000 craftsmen to build the French palace, which took three and a half years to complete. This three-story French palace building located on the mountainside follows the French neo-romantic architectural style since the Renaissance.

Very close to the Elysée Palace.

The palace here is named after the Jinghu Lake at the foot of the mountain, and is called the "Jinghu Palace". It is the palace building with the largest scale and the most complete facilities for the royal family of the Tang Dynasty.

It can fully accommodate the daily needs of His Majesty the King's family of hundreds of people, and there is a special zoo at the foot of the mountain, where His Majesty the King wrestles with wild animals.

After checking into the Jinghu Palace, Richard could overlook the bustling street scene of the increasingly prosperous Taoyuan City from the window of the large study room, with various tall and uneven buildings stretching to the end of the sky.

Richard liked to stand by the window and overlook this booming new city. At the end of 1851, Taoyuan City had a population of 376,000 residents, making it the third most populous metropolis in the Tang Kingdom, second only to Chang'an (San Francisco) and

Los Angeles.

The one near the water gets the moon first.

Cities along the east coast of the Pacific such as Chang'an (San Francisco), Los Angeles, Seattle, Fulham, Portland, and Vancouver have benefited from the influx of a large number of Chinese immigrants and have developed much faster than inland cities. Industrial development and business

more prosperous.

Especially the capital Chang'an (San Francisco), with the construction projects of a series of government agencies, universities and colleges, large corporate headquarters and the new royal palace in the Kingdom, it provides endless development opportunities and attracts a large amount of social funds and Chinese immigrants like a magnet.

It has developed into the largest city in the kingdom.

According to statistics at the end of 1951;

The total resident population of Chang'an (note; formerly San Francisco, including a series of industrial towns in the Grape Valley) has exceeded 670,000, and is growing at a compound annual growth rate of more than 25% to 30%. It is expected to become the first city in the Tang Dynasty to reach 100,000 people.

A metropolitan area with a population of tens of thousands.

As the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City has unique advantages unparalleled by other cities in the political, economic, military and commercial fields. It is developing rapidly and the city is changing with each passing day.

As the closest North American large city to the Hawaiian Islands and the North American terminal port on the North Pacific golden immigration route, Los Angeles is also very competitive in absorbing immigrants and developing foreign trade and industrial economy.

According to statistics at the end of 1851;

Los Angeles' population reached 596,000 at the end of the year, almost breaking the 600,000 mark, closely chasing Chang'an, especially in the shipbuilding, steel and ocean shipping industries. Los Angeles is a domestic leader in the above fields.

, a truly emerging industrial port city.

Taoyuan City is located in the hinterland of the Colorado Plateau. It is surrounded by mountains and has warm winters and cool summers. It has a pleasant climate all year round, with abundant sunshine, crisscrossing streams in the valley, and beautiful scenery.

Unfortunately, due to its geographical location inland, Taoyuan City, which was originally leading, has fallen behind in the immigration boom that has become more and more intense in the past two years.

There are 64,000 small and medium-sized farms, ranches and plantations on the entire Colorado Plateau, and the demand for labor is very strong. Unfortunately, Taoyuan City cannot compete with coastal cities.

To this end, Taoyuan City, Colorado Province, Phoenix City, Pierre City, South Dakota Province, Omaha, Albuquerque City, New Mexico Province, Rio Rancho, Juarez, Chihuahua Province, Chihuahua and other important inland cities have sent

The Royal Court proposed the Targeted Indentured Labor Immigration Bill.

The introduction of the so-called "Targeted Contract Labor Immigration Act" is a game between important inland cities and coastal cities. It aims to use targeted contract labor, with guarantees from provinces or cities, and loans to Chinese workers for immigration through banks.

Chinese workers who receive immigration loans must arrive in inland provinces and cities, where they will be assigned jobs within their capabilities, and the salary will not be lower than the relevant industry standards of the Tang Dynasty.

After these Chinese workers have paid the principal and interest of their immigration loans, they can freely choose whether to settle locally.

That is to say;

Whether the people can be retained in the end depends on the inland provinces and cities crossing the sea and showing their talents.

The biggest benefit of this "Targeted Indentured Labor Immigration Act" is to prevent coastal cities from robbing labor and draining the water upstream, leaving cities downstream with no water to eat.

Most of the council representatives from coastal cities are opposed to this proposal. From their own perspective, the more labor force the better.

Chang'an has a population of more than 600,000, which is not too much. Second-tier cities such as Seattle, Portland, Fulham, and Vancouver have a population of more than 100,000 to 200,000, not to mention that their labor force is sufficient.

Is there any reason not to grab the meat when it comes to your mouth?

Now basically everyone can understand His Majesty the King's founding concept. Chinese and white people can freely naturalize, which is the main channel for long-term stable labor source.

The Mexican labor force is strictly restricted, and household registration restrictions will basically not be relaxed in a short period of time, which means that these Mexican laborers can only work illegally, be oppressed, enslaved, and become the lowest level of society.

Native Indian men are basically invisible outside. Most of them are concentrated in copper mines, iron mines and coal mines. Their future is to live here forever and it is impossible to get out of the mines.

The indigenous Indian women are better off. As the women with the lowest value in the population market, they have the advantage of being cheap, high-quality, and economical. Not only can they give birth to babies, but they can also help work on plantations and pastures, so they are very cost-effective to buy.

The Chinese of this era did not pay much attention to appearance or conversation, but only to being strong and having a big butt, being able to give birth to children, and being able to work in the fields. Native Indian women happened to meet these requirements.

As for language and emotional communication, they are not taken into consideration at all.

This cannot be said to be that the system of the Tang Dynasty was inhumane, undemocratic, and inhumane, but it can only be said that due to the limitations of the times, this was already a relatively enlightened feudal social system.

The large population of indigenous Indian tribes in the Tang Kingdom was the biggest destabilizing factor for domestic economic development and social security, and must be eradicated with heavy efforts.

Why do Americans carry out large-scale and organized killings of Indian tribes?

It is because of the fundamental conflict between the Indian nomadic tribes and the white American farmers. This situation also existed in the Tang Dynasty. The Indian tribes robbed and harassed the farms almost endlessly. This was the fundamental conflict between the nomadic culture and the farming culture.

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The indigenous Indian tribes have their own totem beliefs, their own dialects, their own way of life and world view. They are incompatible with modern civilized society and accept neither slavery nor integration. So the easiest way is to kill them.

After several years of continuous large-scale extermination, today's indigenous Indian tribes have almost disappeared.

Perhaps twenty or thirty years from now, these Indian warriors with feathers on their heads will only be seen in museums.

Richard is optimistic about the "Targeted Contract Labor Immigration Bill" jointly launched by inland cities. This is a healthy competition among cities within the kingdom, which is beneficial and harmless.

However, he did not lean towards one side, but let nature take its course. The Kingdom Council, composed of city representatives, debated and finally voted.

this day

Richard met with an important American guest at Jinghu Palace. This guest was from Mississippi in the south of the United States, named Jefferson Davis.

If history does not change

Jefferson Davis will be one of the iconic figures in the American Civil War and President Lincoln's mortal enemy. After the southern states of the United States seceded from the Union and established the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis was the first and only president.

Davis graduated from West Point Military Academy and served in the Mississippi Assembly, the House of Representatives and the Senate before the Civil War. He led the battle as a colonel of a military volunteer regiment in the Mexican-American War, and later served as chairman of the Armed Services Committee in the Senate, which expired in 1851.

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Jefferson Davis was a staunch southern separatist and a politician with a keen sense of smell. He realized that the Tang Kingdom might play an important role in the future situation in North America, so he made a special trip to meet with His Majesty the King.

"Your Majesty the King, please allow me to express my most sincere respect to you. I bring with me the friendship of my friends from the south of the United States." Jefferson Davis bowed to show respect as he spoke.

Richard smiled heartily, nodded to express his acceptance of the other party's statement, and then said: "I like you, man. You are different from those Yankees who are thinking about other people's yards all day long. You have the sunshine and straightforward temper of southerners, and the two sides have considerable connections in the field of trade."

The close cooperation has always been great.”

"Thank you for your praise. My purpose of this trip is to further close contact between the two sides and seek His Majesty's support on the Texas issue and running for governor of Mississippi."

"Oh, can you tell me more specifically?"

"Your Majesty, every time a new state officially joins the American Federation, it is always faced with a dispute between slavery and abolition. This means that the strength of the slave camp and the abolition camp are waxing and waning.

The disputes between the two countries are very fierce, and now Texas is facing such a problem. The North and the South are not giving in to each other on this issue, and it may turn into a civil war."

"Will it be so serious?"

"Your Majesty, the situation will be much more serious than you think."

"That's it!" Richard thought for a moment, then turned his face and said to Jefferson Davis seriously;

"After all, this matter is an internal affair of the United States Federation. It is unjust and unjust for the Tang Kingdom to publicly intervene. Instead, it will arouse the strong rebellious psychology of Texas red necks. It is possible to form a unified front to deal with us. That would be too passive.

Therefore, it is best for you to resolve this matter internally, without outside forces intervening.

when necessary

The Kingdom can support the South in terms of public opinion and morality, but that is all. The real solution requires your own efforts, and outsiders should not interfere too much."

Richard expressed his position in a measured manner and did not take over the whole matter.

The Kansas Civil War was no small matter. In its original history, it lasted from 1854 to 1859, and finally triggered a complete split between the North and the South in 1860, triggering the unprecedentedly brutal Civil War.

If you can't get involved in this kind of thing, then don't get involved.