Wild North America 1846

The huge wealth earned by the royal family of the Tang Dynasty was mainly used for five purposes. The first item was naturally the various royal gardens, castles, manors, and palaces under construction, which cost an average of about 25 to 26 million yuan per year.

Among them, Daming Palace occupies an absolutely dominant position and is the top priority of all palace construction.

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Because His Majesty the King often visits various parts of the country, it is necessary to repair the palaces in various places. There are no less than four royal palaces near Chang'an City;

A royal palace under construction is located high in the bay area, near the abandoned Spanish fort and no more than 1 kilometer away from the newly built coastal fort. It is called the "Gulf Palace".

The Overseas Palace is located among the towering mountains. From here, you can overlook the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area and face the vast Pacific Ocean. The scenery is unparalleled.

The second item is applied to educational support and research.

The Tang Kingdom successively built a series of higher and junior high schools, including the University of California, Los Angeles Institute of Technology, Chang'an Lecture Hall, Taoyuan Administration College, and Chang'an Normal University, gradually improving its education system. The royal family is the main sponsor of educational charity.

, the annual expenditure is about 2 million to 2.2 million, and it supports dozens of middle and high schools.

In addition, cutting-edge scientific and technological research funded by the royal family, such as steel research laboratories, internal combustion engine research laboratories, agricultural machinery research laboratories, chemical engineering research laboratories, etc., are gradually playing an increasingly important role in economic development.

The third item is industrial investment.

The annual scale of royal industry investment is about 8 million to 10 million, supporting a series of large-scale mining, heavy industry, banking, railway and shipping enterprises. Especially in steel manufacturing and shipbuilding, the capital investment is large, the results are slow, and the return period is long.

In terms of key industries, royal industry funds have played an important leading role.

The fourth item is military strategic reserves.

In order to cope with the possible future war for hegemony in North America, the royal family has been building strategic reserve warehouses in mountainous areas and frontier cities for many years.

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There are now 17 strategic reserve warehouses, which collect and store materials in a wide range of categories, such as leather armed belts, leather shoes, saddles, tents, long guns and short guns, field artillery of various calibers, ammunition, knives, etc., with an annual revenue of 3 to 3.5 million yuan.

Large-scale procurement and storage not only stabilizes the production of hundreds of military products, but also enhances the ability to deal with risks.

Cooperating with the reserve military service system of the Tang Kingdom, it will form a strong ability to resist risks.

Emergency moment

An army of more than 150,000 people can be formed in a short period of time, and according to the development of the situation, a steady stream of troops will be sent to the first line of positions.

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The government of the Tang Dynasty also invests a certain amount of money every year to establish a strategic reserve.

However, due to tight government spending, the amount of funds that can be invested each year is limited. In some years, it is only more than 300,000, and in many years, it does not exceed 600,000. Therefore, the reserve scale is far from being comparable to that of the royal family.

This is also in line with the always tough attitude of the royal family of the Tang Dynasty. King Richard is a monarch with monopoly power. He is arbitrary and has the military and political power of the kingdom.

Therefore, it is very important that the royal family has a sufficient internal treasury independent of the government and is not restricted financially.

The fifth item is investment in urban construction.

The urban construction investment company controlled by the royal family is the main force in domestic urban construction. Urban sewer networks, roads, street lights, public toilets, greening, bridge construction and key buildings, commercial buildings, apartment buildings, etc. are all owned by urban construction companies.

Investment scope.

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Urban construction companies undertake a large part of the construction and maintenance of public health facilities, replacing government functions. Therefore, they can also charge health fees from businesses to maintain the salary balance of employees.

After years of development

The urban construction company has become a behemoth lurking underwater. In the Kingdom's ever-changing urban construction, the urban construction company's commercial buildings, rental apartments, street shops and property properties can collect a large amount of rent every year and generate stable income.

As the kingdom develops, urban construction companies will inevitably grow bigger and bigger like a snowball, becoming a pillar enterprise with great influence.

Daming Palace construction site

King Richard inspected the project with great interest. He talked frequently with the accompanying officials and the person in charge of the construction site to understand the progress and construction status of the project and the corresponding difficulties.

Due to the vastness of the Daming Palace construction project and the numerous palaces and pavilions, the construction plan was to be completed in phases.

The first phase of construction is the East Palace Palace Complex, which is expected to be completed a year and a half later, that is, at the end of 1855. The complex includes large and small palaces and more than 360 pavilions. It is a splendid and magnificent palace complex.

The second phase of construction is the West Palace Palace Complex, which is expected to be completed in June 1857. The palace complex is subdivided into sixteen halls, each of which is a separate courtyard.

The third phase of construction includes the three main halls, side halls, side halls, cabinet meeting rooms and other super-large major buildings, which are expected to be completed by the end of 1857.

The fourth phase of construction included the city gates and walls around the Daming Palace, including the most important Danfeng Gate. The amount of work was quite large.

Danfeng Gate belongs to the highest-level five-door system among ancient city gates. It consists of piers, doorways, partition walls, horse paths, city walls and other parts. They are all reinforced concrete structures and house military barracks and war preparation and food warehouses.

This city gate is a very large building with a three-story cornice-style pavilion built on top of the city gate. The royal guards' chiefs and command structures are all set up here.

There are nine such gates in the Daming Palace. The Danfeng Gate due south has the highest regulations and the largest amount of work, so it was also the last to be completed.

The construction period of the entire Daming Palace is about 8 to 9 years, which is only the completion time of the main palace building.

As for what happens next

To build some pavilions, pavilions, winding bridges, stone boats and the like, the time is endless. It may be decades, it may be hundreds of years. Anyway, there is a lot of time.

At all times and in all countries, people who have money can do things easily.

The royal family has strong financial resources, and massive building resources are constantly pouring into the construction site. Some of them use reinforced concrete structures and rock piles. Coupled with tens of thousands of craftsmen working day and night, the construction of the palace is progressing very quickly.

After looking around, Richard was quite satisfied with the construction progress of Daming Palace. He would come here to inspect every month, so the people below did not dare to slack off, and the construction schedule was very tight.

The three main halls in the first half of the Daming Palace, the side halls and auxiliary hall buildings, and the East Palace complex are all pure Tang-style palace buildings. More than 6,000 Chinese craftsmen are mainly working on these construction sites.

In the sixteenth hall of the West Palace, there are many Baroque, French New Romantic and British Victorian palace buildings, which are unique.

This is because in Richard's harem, there are quite a few golden cats from various European and American ethnic groups. These concubines are not destined to inherit the throne, but they still have no problem enjoying the palace with unique ethnic characteristics in the deep palace.

This also reflects that Richard is very considerate. In order to make his concubines live more comfortably, he not only built Spanish and Baroque palaces, but also built small churches, both Catholic and Protestant.

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As soon as she returned to Maple Leaf Palace, the queen sent someone to invite her.

When Richard came to the queen's palace, he saw Queen Lin Zhen'er and her four concubines Chunlan, Xia He, Qiu Ju, and Dongmei. Among the several women, a little baby carved in pink and jade was "clucking"

"He ran all over the place with a smile.

The little baby who has just learned to walk is the third prince Li Chengrui, the queen's daughter, and the first heir to the throne in the future.

Seeing King Richard arriving, Queen Lin Zhen'er and all the concubines and maids saluted respectfully. Only the little boy Li Chengrui standing in the middle looked back. His big black eyes looked at Richard in surprise, and then he shook his little arms.

Get up and shout "bah bah bah".

"Queen, you're welcome." Richard said with a smile, then stepped forward and gently stretched his arms to hold the little baby in his arms.

He looked at the pink and tender little baby, and unceremoniously stretched out his little hand to grab Richard's mouth, a kind of joy that was connected to his blood welled up spontaneously.