Wild North America 1846

While making rapid progress, it should also be noted that the main rival of the Tang Kingdom, the United States, has not stopped. The gap between the two sides has not narrowed significantly, but has widened.

1853 statistics;

The economies of both the north and the south of the United States are showing rapid development. The total economic output has reached 2.44 billion yuan, which has doubled compared with three years ago, and the average annual growth rate has also reached 34.5%.

The industrialization process in the North of the United States has further accelerated, and it is better than ever on the basis of recovery. The rapid economic development has made the labor force more hungry, which has intensified the contradiction between the North and the South.

these past few years

The scale of immigration from Europe has not decreased but has been expanding day by day. Especially the recent intensification of the Kashmir War has intensified the turmoil in the European region.

Poor Italian craftsmen, lower-middle-class civilians in Germany, refugees from the war in the Balkans, and the Irish who were unwilling to endure the oppression of the large British landowners all embarked on a journey to North America to seek a new life.

Under the dual effects of the influx of immigrants and natural population growth, the U.S. population has risen along a steep upward curve from 25.775 million in 1851, with unabated momentum.

to 1853

The population of the United States has successively exceeded the three levels of 26 million, 27 million and 28 million, reaching 28.7119 million, which is not far from the 29 million population mark.

Calculate it this way

The economic scale of the United States is two and a half times that of the Tang Dynasty, and its population is more than four times that of the Tang Dynasty. It still occupies a great advantage.

The Kansas Civil War took place in the less developed west of the United States and did not affect the wealthy eastern and central regions. It also did not affect the southern cotton plantations, an important industry exported by the United States. Its real influence was small.

After years of western development and immigration, the total population of Kansas still hovers around 420,000 to 430,000, accounting for only about 1.5% of the total population of the United States. Its total economic output is less than 0.62%, making it one of the less developed regions.

The emotional damage caused by the Civil War in Kansas was primarily psychological, driving the North and South apart from each other and making them more hostile to each other, but it had little impact on the overall economy.

Taking into account many factors

Richard did not agree with the measures proposed by the military and the Ministry of the Interior to expand the Kansas Civil War, and even prohibited the sending of armed forces to directly participate, so as not to cause unnecessary consequences and cause trouble.

The Civil War between the North and the South in the United States is a foregone conclusion. If you participate too deeply, it will be unsightly. If you don't encounter the flesh and blood, it will make you look slutty.

Just let nature take its course. This grudge between the Yankees is inextricable. If we don't fight hard, neither side will be angry.

After finishing what he was doing, Richard went to inspect the Daming Palace construction site under construction with great interest.

The climate in Chang'an (San Francisco) is very pleasant. There are no obvious spring, summer and autumn seasons here. The sun shines brightly. The temperature ranges from more than 10 degrees to more than 20 degrees for most of the year. Only in a few days in September does it exceed 30 degrees.

high temperature.

Richard and all the queens and concubines liked the climate here very much and spent most of the year here. Therefore, the construction of the Daming Palace was given a high status. After many years of day and night construction, it has revealed its general features.

Magnificent silhouette.

The majestic "Da Ming Palace" originated from the palaces of the Tang Dynasty. Its palace structure and architectural distribution adopt the principle of symmetry. Most of them are derived from the historical inheritance in the old papers. Due to the use of some modern architectural methods, the Tang-style palace complex is taller and more elegant.

Magnificent, naturally more magnificent and charming.

The Daming Palace is located on the Oakland Highlands on the side of Chang'an City. This is a very large and undulating hilly area. The vast Daming Palace is located here, and more than 30,000 white slave laborers and more than 6,000 Chinese craftsmen were invested in it.

Large-scale construction has been underway for two and a half years.

In order to pay tribute to the glorious Tang Dynasty thousands of years ago, Auckland Highlands was renamed Longshouyuan. The Daming Palace covers an area of ​​880 hectares, which is two and a half times larger than the 350 hectares of Daming Palace thousands of years ago, and 10 times the size of the Forbidden City.

In order to build this unprecedentedly glorious palace, countless precious timbers from Seattle and Canada in the north were shipped into the San Francisco Bay Area by sea, and then transported to the construction site via specially widened railway tracks.

Marbles from Spain and Italy, glazed tiles from mainland China, rockery from Taihu Lake, exquisite lacquerware and porcelain, wood carvings and stone carvings were continuously delivered, filling the material yard of the palace construction site, often weighing tens of thousands of tons.

How spectacular is the construction scene with tens of thousands of people?

At the palace construction site, in compliance with His Majesty's instructions, the white convicts were given daily meals and a chowder based on pig and cow feces at noon, so that everyone could feel full and energetic to work.

Therefore, the treatment of these white hard labor prisoners was not bad.

Those who perform well can hope to become legal free citizens after the palace is completed, obtain the coveted resident status, and integrate into the Tang Kingdom to become a part of it.

Such an illusory future inspired white convicts to work hard and show off their talents as much as possible.

Only in this way

Only then could they be valued by Chinese craftsmen as apprentices or deputies, and their treatment would be a level higher than that of ordinary hard labor prisoners. They would not be pulled out and whipped for the slightest mistake, leaving their skin and flesh raw.

After all

Hard labor prisoners are still hard labor prisoners, and most of the fierce guards in the Correctional Services Department are former white hard labor prisoners. They are more fierce, cruel, and ruthless than the Chinese officers, and they treat the hard labor prisoners without mercy.

Once caught by these white guards, you will have to shed a layer of your skin even if you don't die.

White convicts are smarter than native Indians, and have stronger hands-on and construction abilities. There is no shortage of skilled craftsmen, and there are many talented builders.

Therefore, we can become the main force in the construction of Daming Palace. After all, we don’t need money and only focus on food. It can save a lot of construction funds, which is by no means small money.

The treatment of those native Indians who work dishonestly and have strong resistance is much worse. They can only do the most difficult and lowest-level work in the mines, day after day.

The harsh working environment, the lack of meaty and crude food, and the continuous high-intensity labor have also led to the high mortality rate of indigenous Indian slave laborers.

Of course, these are all minor issues in development.

Standing high on the palace construction site, Richard looked down at the surroundings with joy. Tens of thousands of hard laborers and craftsmen were like tiny ants, working on hundreds of thousands of construction projects, each performing their duties.

In the backyard of the palace

There is a large lake covering an area of ​​16 hectares with rippling blue waves. The pavilions and pavilions built around it have shown a magnificent posture. The golden glazed tile buildings are reflected on the lake, and the scenery is beautiful.

The main hall in front is built on a 28-meter-high hill, which further highlights the grandeur of the building. The main hall uses precious wood as thick as three people's arms and is made using the traditional craft of "two hemp and six soil".

The so-called "two hemp and six soil" means brushing 5 layers of tung oil on the dry wooden pillar, then using a fine linen rope to cover the entire large wooden pillar, brushing several layers of tung oil again, and then using three layers to soften the lime.

, shell powder and other dense clay materials are repeatedly wrapped in three layers.

Then add a layer of fine hemp rope, and repeat the same process again. This is the so-called "two hemp and six soil", which is the traditional method of making the wooden pillars of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City. The outermost surface is repeatedly painted with rouge and fire paint.

Brushing can prevent termites, fire, and rain, and will last for hundreds of years.

It takes at least half a year to make such a wooden pillar.

The Daming Palace used large and small wooden pillars, with tens of thousands of beams. Among them, there were more than 1,800 thick wooden pillars for three people, which shows the huge amount of work.

The palace is uniformly paved with Italy's top snow-capped mountain granite. This white-textured granite is elegant and extraordinary, showing its angelic splendor. It is the building material used in top palaces and churches such as the Palace of Versailles in Paris and Notre Dame de Paris.

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only this one

More than 7,700 tons of top-grade Italian snow-capped slates are imported, as well as luxurious Spanish golden marble, etc., all of which are top-grade building materials from all over the world.

Today, the royal family of the Tang Dynasty is very wealthy and has not fought a war for several years. The royal family has accumulated a huge wealth of hundreds of millions of yuan, and the annual construction cost of nearly 23 million yuan is nothing.

This is not just ordinary money, this is real money.

Now Richard really wants to let the concubines in the harem live better. Today, the Maple Leaf Palace is expanding again and again, and even the Maple Leaf Forest has been completely eradicated to build houses, which is still not enough for use.

these two years

In addition to the queen, there are already 23 registered women in Richard's harem, including the royal concubines, Liangdi, Liangyuan, Chenghui, Zhaoxun, and Fengyi, who gave birth to 9 children, four boys and five

The number of women and palace maids also increased to nearly 400.

Thus

No matter how much the Maple Leaf Palace was expanded, it was not enough. The nearby Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Manor offered it with great discernment, which alleviated the urgent need.

Without a bigger palace, it really can't accommodate so many wives, children, and children.

The Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty was different from the feudal kingdoms of Europe. The king could legitimately accept many women. Instead of being monogamous like the European kingdoms, they could live in a small palace.

Richard doesn't have many children now. Even if he gives birth a little more freely, a dozen princes will be a problem, so he really needs a large palace.

After the Daming Palace was built

We also need to build some houses for the princes and princesses when they grow up. Logically speaking, the regulations should not be too small. At least they should start with a yard of 6 square meters. There will be more construction in the future.

Through the consortium controlled by the royal family, Richard earns an annual income of 30 to 40 million yuan. Especially from the rapidly developing Texaco Oil Company, it is hard to make money now.

To this end, the Tang Kingdom newly established Chevron Petroleum Company and Royal Glory Petroleum Company, and entered the petrochemical field together with some private oil companies to launch beneficial market competition.

Richard hopes that some large oil companies with world-class competitiveness will emerge from these oil companies and continue to prosper and develop in the long term.