Wild North America 1846

Peel City is the capital of South Dakota. It is located in the Black Hills region. The towering peaks in the distance stretch to the end of the sky, and there are large tracts of lush forests.

This was originally a city with a population of more than 100,000. It had been plundered by war, and gained new development after peace. Many new buildings were added to the city, and more than two dozen traditional logging mills were operating again. There are also well-known

Bread factories in the surrounding area.

Rivers are crisscrossed here. On the east bank of the city are the Big Sioux River, Vermillion River and James River. On the west bank of the city are the Rio Grande, Morrow, Cheyenne, Badd and White rivers, which eventually converge into the Missouri River.

Peel City is located at the height of the Black Hills, not far from the edge of the city, is the vast Missouri River, forming a vast lake outside the city that can't be seen at a glance.

It is now April

The melting ice and snow from the Rocky Mountains forms turbulent upstream water, which travels along the winding plateau river for more than 2,000 kilometers. The water gathers in countless tributaries along the way and forms a vast ocean when it reaches Peel City.

Looking down to the east from high above the city, the raging river has overflowed, turning the vast area of ​​thousands of square kilometers in the east into a swamp. The tall forests above the water and the tops of hills one after another form an exceptionally magnificent scene.

That direction is the bounds of the state of Minnesota in the United States.

Along the Missouri River, the terrain on the west side is high and the terrain on the east side is low.

In March and April, the river surges, often submerging large areas of the U.S. side of the country. After the water recedes from June to July, large swamp areas are formed.

In the palace in Peel City, Richard met several great nobles of the kingdom, including Earl Kahn, Earl Harry Fletcher, and Earl Dai Changfu. Their fiefdoms were all in South Dakota.

The former two are near Peel City, and they are also the largest landowners and top nobles in Peel City. The latter's fiefdom is near Omaha, not far from here.

Earl Dai Changfu came with his entourage on a small steamer, because His Majesty the King's next stop was Omaha. From Peel City to Omaha, one was in the middle reaches of the Missouri River and the other was in the lower reaches of the Missouri River.

It meanders along the Missouri River to the southeast, passing through Sioux City and arriving at Omaha. The total journey is about 570 kilometers. There is no train between the two places, but steamships of less than 1,000 tons can pass.

"How's it going? Is the situation at the border fairly stable?" At the welcome banquet, Richard took a sip of champagne and put down his glass and asked.

The other nobles sitting here did not drink much. When they heard His Majesty's inquiry, everyone looked at each other. It was Count Kahn who stood up first to answer;

"Your Majesty, the United States has been very stable in the past two years. Especially in the border areas, we have not seen any signs of development and immigration. It is now the flood season of March and April on the Missouri River. The amount of water coming from the upper reaches is extremely large, and it has submerged large areas of land on the east bank of the river.

, at least before October, the Yankees have neither the will nor the ability to cross the border and invade the heart of the kingdom."

"Relying on the natural danger of the Missouri River, it seems that the summer harvest will be worry-free, and the autumn wheat harvest can also ensure that the grains are returned to the warehouse, but we still cannot relax our vigilance! The militia training in autumn and winter must form a system and be prepared for war. This string in the head cannot

Relax."

"Your Majesty's teachings, we will keep them in mind." Everyone replied in unison.

"Yes." Richard nodded, then raised his glass and said, "Everyone, you are all meritorious officials who followed me in the wars in the north and south. You will never forget the years of war. Let's raise a glass here to celebrate the glory we have created.

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"To Your Majesty, to the Kingdom." Everyone raised their glasses together, and the atmosphere at the banquet was very warm.

After the banquet

Richard left three great nobles, Earl Dai Changfu, Earl Kahn, and Earl Harry Fletcher, alone to drink tea and chat, ranging from trivial matters to marriages, just as if they were chatting at home.

Like all the great nobles, the three of them all have hundreds of square kilometers of fief land. It is unrealistic to cultivate all of them. The utilization rate is only a few percent at best. The rest is used as pasture for thousands of animals.

Cow and sheep.

The conditions in North America are excellent. People are accustomed to eating beef and mutton. The pastures are mainly grass grazing, and cowboys drive cattle and sheep in rotation.

Today, sporadic indigenous Indian tribes are almost invisible in North and South Dakota. Even if there are a few indigenous Indians, they are basically wiped out by local ranchers or planters with their men.

Normal times

In addition to grazing, the biggest enemies of these ranchers or planters are wild animals, especially wild boars, wild wolves, foxes, passenger pigeons, wild leopards and even bison weighing up to 2,000 pounds. Therefore, once encountered, the grazing cowboys

And the rancher will kill him, and he will deal with it quickly.

Wild boars, foxes and bison will destroy food in large areas and compete with grazing cattle and sheep for pasture. There are also overwhelming numbers of passenger pigeons in North America, which are one of the main culprits in destroying crops.

These passenger pigeons are a type of pigeon. They are larger than ordinary domestic pigeons and have delicious meat. They are the cheapest meat in the northern provinces.

Passenger pigeons generally inhabit tall trees, and there are often tens or even hundreds of thousands of them. They fly all over the sky, and the number in the northern provinces is as high as a billion.

For this reason, large-scale hunting of passenger pigeons was organized, nets were set, traps were used, and various hunting methods emerged in endlessly. Roast pigeon meat, braised pigeon meat, and pigeon meat stewed with wild mushrooms were the cheapest meat dishes in the city.

In order to cooperate with the northern provinces in actively eliminating the dangers of passenger pigeons, the Department of Corrections and mines purchased pigeon meat in large quantities. This was also the only meat that the mine convicts could eat, and the consumption was huge.

How many passenger pigeons are there?

If two people put out a big net, they can catch hundreds of them in one go. It's so exaggerated.

Therefore, the people here are all fat and strong, and they can really beat wild deer and scoop fish with sticks. The wild resources are so abundant.

Stay here for more than ten days

Richard personally led the cavalry team to go hunting twice. He caught countless prey, most of which were thrown away. He only cut back dozens of bear paws, a dozen bear bile, a few leopard skins, and a dozen bear skins.

skins and more than 200 wolf skins, and I had a good time gun addiction.

Richard discussed with several big nobles to form the Bank of Missouri, planning to invest in the development of inland shipyards, leather processing factories, food factories and other industries to further revitalize the development of the inland.

The resources here are extremely rich. The development of inland shipyards can greatly improve the independent transportation links between Peel City, Sioux City and Omaha, which are closely connected through five to six hundred kilometers of water transportation.

In addition, due to the rich fishery resources of the Missouri River, the fishing industry can be vigorously developed, and pickled fish and other products can greatly enrich the dining tables of the kingdom's residents in autumn and winter.

And because there are many rivers in the area, small and medium-sized transport ships are an indispensable means of communication to communicate with each other, and have a wide range of market applications.

In addition, Missouri Bank can also guide and promote regional economic development by collecting deposits, issuing supportive immigration settlement loans, expanding production loans.

Only when the regional economy prospers and the pie becomes bigger can these big landowners and nobles get the maximum benefits, and the same goes for the royal family.