Wild North America 1846

Over the years, although the beautiful and powerful country has been unable to provoke war at the border, successive White House administrations have secretly been planning assassinations without stopping for a moment, and as many as 26 cases have been discovered and attempted.

Recently, two attempted poisoning cases were uncovered in succession. In both cases, someone tried to bribe the palace servants and cooks, but the secret was not kept secret and they were captured instead.

This series of lessons made the internal management of the palace even stricter. All royal servants were born in Chinese families, and all those who did not meet the requirements were deported.

The Yankees don't know that this is all in vain.

Richard's system interface has completed the "National War Victory" and "Ten Thousands of People Know Reputation Mission", gained a large number of reputation points, and has used active abilities to frighten birds and beasts, flash in space, retrieve objects from the air, bundle thoughts, and control puppets.

All upgraded to intermediate level.

The passive talent premonition is upgraded to the advanced level, and spiritual sense, spiritual vision, spiritual smell, self-healing, and poison repellent are lit up one after another. It cannot be said that all poisons are immune, but ordinary weird tricks are completely useless.

Different from the verbal provocation he faced with President Santayo of Mexico, Richard was so angry that he immediately declared war and spread the flames of war throughout the northern and central states of Mexico.

When dealing with a powerful North American country like the United States, Richard chose to be patient.

It’s not that I won’t report it, it’s that the time has not yet come.

The United States Federation secretly committed suicide by the monarch of the Tang Dynasty. Firstly, it hoped to interrupt the rise of the Tang Dynasty. Secondly, it hoped to divert the trouble to the east and pass on the internal conflicts.

After entering 1855, the contradiction between the north and the south of the United States became increasingly acute.

On February 18, the Kansas government supported by the northern forces assembled more than 7,300 soldiers, and a fierce battle broke out in the St. Joseph Valley with the 4,800 troops gathered by the southern government. The two sides used artillery and cavalry to fight for several days.

At a heavy cost of losing more than 1,100 people, the northern government occupied 7 towns around the St. Joseph Valley and temporarily gained the upper hand.

After losing more than 570 people, the southern government has retreated to Kansas City due to the overwhelming power of the opponent and is recruiting troops to prepare for a comeback.

The news of the defeat in this battle spread back to the slave-holding states in the South, causing dissatisfaction among the majority of white slave plantation owners. They spent money and effort to recruit idle cowboys to go to Kansas to participate in the Civil War.

By secretly funding Jefferson Davis, the Tang Kingdom provided 4,500 old-fashioned smoothbore rifles, 1,100 revolvers and US$150,000 in funds in three batches to support the South in fighting the civil war to the end.

In the current situation in North America

The Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty should not intensify its conflicts with the United States, let alone trigger a border war, so as to give the United States the best opportunity to divert domestic conflicts, and the North and the South should be united in facing the outside world.

It's like in a family, two brothers fight fiercely, but once outsiders intervene, the brothers will quickly put aside their conflicts and work together to deal with the outside world.

Richard saw through the sinister plot of the United States at a glance, and of course he could not let the Yankees get what they wanted.

As a result, the Kansas Civil War became more and more intense. Its scale and intensity were more than 10 times that of the original history. Both the North and the South had suffered thousands of casualties, and the situation was gradually escalating.

Go ahead and beat him, it would be better if his head was beaten into a dog's head.

Return to the inner palace

Two white lions and a white tiger came up to them with wagging tails. Richard teased them happily for a while, then walked into the study.

These three beasts were lying obediently in the corridor at the door of the study, like docile big cats, quietly guarding the place.

After the ability to subjugate birds and beasts was upgraded again, these raptors were able to clearly understand their master's intentions, and took on the important task of guarding the palace very well, greatly reducing the number of guards in the inner courtyard.

Today's Datang Kingdom is divided into the Royal Government, headed by the Cabinet Prime Minister, and the Inner Court, headed by the Royal Secretariat. One is outside and the other is inside, and can handle daily government affairs very well.

However, matters related to national affairs and military deployment, appointments and removals are generally reported to the imperial court for decision-making.

In the study room

Liu Xianjun, the head of the Royal Secretariat, is already waiting here. Every time His Majesty the King holds a royal meeting, he will go to the inner study to continue reviewing the memorials, and today is no exception.

"What's the report today?" Richard strode in, sat down behind the imperial desk, took a sip of the tea that had just been brewed on the table, and then asked.

Liu Xianjun bowed deeply with a respectful expression and replied;

"Your Majesty:

There are three government affairs and one military matter that need to be resolved. The military matter is that the British side hopes to integrate the 5th to 9th Divisions of the Expeditionary Force into the British Foreign Legion and sent a letter asking for our opinion."

"Nothing to express?"

"This... it's true that there is no such thing. Maybe the British side thinks that this foreign force is a mercenary force funded by them, and it is natural to take back the command, so..."

"So the British are pretending to be deaf and dumb? Well, strictly speaking, this army is funded by the British and staffed by us. It is responsible for training and integration and other matters, and dispatches active elite officers and sergeants to jointly form an army. They

If you open your mouth and want to take it away, is that such a good thing?" Richard thought for a moment and replied;

"We are putting this matter on hold for now, and at the same time, we will send an order to the expeditionary force to deploy outstanding officers and soldiers from the 5th and 9th divisions to strengthen the 1st to 4th divisions. The number should be 1/4 of the total strength, and over-staffing does not matter. Follow-up

All the 11,000 supplementary troops will be transferred to the 5th to 9th divisions, and the officers who are insufficient in these divisions can be promoted on the front line."

"Wei Chen must obey the decree and make arrangements as soon as possible."

"In addition... let the expeditionary force be smarter. There is no need to rush forward for anything. When leading troops outside, they have to use their brains. Do you understand?"

"Wei Chen understands."

His Majesty's intention is very clear, which is to draw out all the elite veterans and backbones from the 5th to 9th Divisions and fill them with a large number of newcomers. If the British really want them, they can take them away. Anyway, the expeditionary force will not suffer any loss.

Every experienced backbone of grassroots veterans is a valuable asset to the entire army, which determines the upper limit of the entire army's combat effectiveness and can inspire super-level combat effectiveness.

Without them, it is like concrete without cement, it is just a fake.

Richard was very dissatisfied with the British's attitude towards seizing and searching. After the victory in the Battle of the Chenaya River, the British instead of praising and giving generous gifts to the expeditionary force, they only wanted to pick the fruits.

How can there be such a good thing in the world?

The expeditionary officers and soldiers indeed robbed a lot of benefits in Sevastopol, but those were deserved rewards and were privately owned by default.

Since it is a mercenary group that fights for money, shouldn't the British side express their opinions after winning such a huge battle?

Seeing His Majesty's unhappy expression, Liu Xianjun felt a chill in his heart, his expression became even more respectful, and he continued to report the report softly;

“Start your majesty;

Among these three government affairs, the first one is about the current emphasis of the Kingdom's economic development on coastal areas. On this issue, the Royal Government convened many economic experts from Chang'an University, University of California, Los Angeles Institute of Technology, Taoyuan University of Administration, etc. to brainstorm and come up with corresponding solutions.

12 targeted countermeasures.

It is planned to pass the policy of "Expanding Preferential Loans for Targeted Immigration", the "Land Grant Act in the Central and Eastern Regions", strengthen the construction of infrastructure including reservoirs, bridges, railways and roads, and the "Act on Preferential Loans for Small and Medium-sized Estate Owners" to form an industrial alliance and implement preferential farming and animal husbandry policies.

A series of measures such as industrial measures to promote the development of the textile industry in cotton-producing areas, strengthen and guide immigrants to colonize provinces with smaller populations, and create more business and trade opportunities.

The main purpose is to eliminate and bridge the development gap between the coastal areas and the northern, eastern and southern inland provinces through policy guidance to achieve the goal of common prosperity."

Richard nodded in agreement and said, "Well, the government has done a good job. The Kingdom's largest city, Chang'an, and the second largest city, Los Angeles, are both located in California. Today, Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, and

A number of coastal cities such as Din and Salem are developing very rapidly and have full potential. In comparison, major cities in inland provinces are much less developed and really need the kingdom's policy support and funding."

After receiving His Majesty's affirmation, Secretariat Director Liu Xianjun became more confident and responded with a smile;

"The presence of a holy king in the court is truly a blessing to all people."

"You must remember that you can only guide the immigrants through policies and cannot force them to go where they want to go. The government cannot do such things that violate the laws of the market. The results will be extremely poor after all the effort and effort. Moreover, it will lose reputation and easily lead to complaints. This kind of stupid thing can be

Can't do it."

"Wei Chen understands and will definitely act in accordance with the order."

"continue……"

"The second thing is that based on the increasing improvement of food storage technology in the University of California laboratory, we are cooperating with relevant companies to develop food processing equipment. All provinces and regions have reported relevant industrial base plans. The three northern provinces, led by Colorado, have reported 10,000 tons of poultry

Regarding the canned meat food production base plan, the five southern provinces, led by Chihuahua Province, have reported a 100,000-acre high-quality canned fruit production base plan, and the three provinces, led by the Northern Province, have reported a 10,000-ton canned seafood production base plan. In addition, there are

Some other provinces reported separately, totaling 11 items."

"Hehehe...these bastards have a very keen sense of smell!" Richard finally smiled.

Nowadays, the evaluation criteria for officials in the Tang Kingdom are firstly economic development indicators, secondly immigration resettlement and employment, and the rest is the turn of social security, urban construction and many other aspects.

Is this official job good? Does it meet the standards? The first assessment indicator is economic development. If you can't pass this test, don't mention anything else.

Others can do it, why can't you?

Not only will you not be promoted after one term is over, but you will also have to be held accountable, and your future career will come to an end.

In addition to excellent economic development results, we also compete in all aspects of immigration resettlement and employment, social security and urban construction. We use results to speak, let data speak, and pursue a policy of promoting those who are capable and inferior to those who are mediocre.

in recent years

Many outstanding officials from coastal towns went to inland areas to serve as provincial officials and take charge of the government. At the same time, they brought the concept of active economic development in coastal areas to inland areas, and involution became increasingly fierce.

Regarding the food storage technology developed by the University of California, Richard can boast that there is no golden finger. He allocates special funds for targeted research and development, and soon came up with mature food storage technology.

Generally speaking

The development of science and technology comes from demand. It is not difficult to develop mature food storage technology with the scientific and technological level in the mid-19th century. What is difficult is that no one invests, no one develops, and no one conducts in-depth research in this field.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of logistics supply during the Crimean War, the royal fund allocated special funds for targeted research and development, and fruitful results were quickly achieved, which proves this point.

In fact, canning is not new, nor is food storage technology. They are all leftovers from the French and British, which appeared decades ago.

late 18th century

During the Napoleonic Wars, the French army had very few varieties of rations when fighting in the field. Judging from the food list collected by France in Heilbronn, the rations for French soldiers and livestock were only 85,000 pieces of bread, 11 tons of salt, and 6,000 bags of oats.

, 2840 liters of wine and several thousand hay from Pu'er City, the types are very single.

Even these single types of food could not guarantee sufficient supply during the war due to factors such as poor road conditions and backward food preservation methods.

As a talented military commander, Emperor Napoleon knew very well that logistics was all about fighting a war, and he attached great importance to the supply and storage of food.

In order to keep his soldiers well-fed and maintain sufficient physical strength and morale, the French army urgently needed new food preservation methods.

Therefore, in 1800, Emperor Napoleon offered a reward of 12,000 francs to people from all walks of life for a long-term food preservation technology or device that could preserve food for a long time without deteriorating without reducing the nutrition, texture and taste of the food itself.

It was not until 1804 that a food merchant named Nicholas Appel successfully developed a relatively reliable new food preservation technology.

And his inspiration came from an accident.

One day in the summer of 1804, Nicholas Appel boiled some extracted juice, poured it into a glass jar to cool, and prepared to make pastries. But he happened to be out shopping. In order to prevent dust and insects from falling into the juice, he

He picked up a cork and plugged the glass jar containing juice tightly, and then went out.

When Nicholas Appel came back, he forgot about the juice. It took several days for him to remember that he still had a bottle of juice.

It was summer

He thought that the juice in the glass bottle had gone bad long ago, so he wanted to remove the cork and pour out the juice. However, after opening the can, he did not smell the stench he imagined. Instead, he smelled a fruity aroma.

The juice miraculously did not go bad.

This gave Nikolai Appel inspiration and inspiration, and cans originally made from glass jars were born.

Although Nikolai Appel invented canning, early canning had many shortcomings.

First of all, aseptic treatment is not done during the production process, the shelf life of the canned food is not particularly long and cannot be stored all year round.

Secondly, the cork that seals the can cannot completely isolate the air, so it cannot prevent moisture and bacteria in the outside air from harming the food in the can.

In addition, the can itself is a wide-mouth glass bottle, and the body of the can is very fragile and will break if it is bumped slightly.

Transparent glass cans easily heat up quickly when exposed to sunlight, causing the canned food to deteriorate.

Various shortcomings led Nicolas Appel to invent the can, but cans did not become popular quickly.

In 1810, British businessman Peter Durand abandoned the glass shell of early cans, successfully developed tin cans made of tinplate (commonly known as tinplate cans), and obtained the relevant patent, becoming the direct ancestor of all tin cans.

what is interesting

Although Peter Durand invented the tin can, he did not invent a special tool for opening tin cans - a can opener (can knife).

The can opener was not invented until 1854 by a research laboratory at the University of California. It also invented food additives that can be preserved for a long time and prevent food from rotting and deteriorating. It also cooperated with machinery companies to develop a complete set of food processing and production equipment, giving canned food real large-scale industrial capabilities.

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before that

Tinplate cans are all produced by hand, and the output is very low. A worker can only produce dozens of cans a day at most.

In the mid-19th century, even a hard-working worker could only produce about 60 cans a day. This resulted in the failure of tinplate cans to be popularized for a long time, so there was a need for matching can-opening tools.

It's not big, and it lacks the power to invent.

In 1854, the can-making machine developed by the University of California made its debut. This steam-powered mechanical equipment was extremely productive. An ordinary worker could produce 3,600 tin cans in 8 hours of work, which was the original 60

times.

After solving the problem of large-scale storage and use of canned food, the Datang Kingdom will benefit from this. In the Datang Kingdom, the low-priced beef and mutton, fish, beans, fruits, and preserves can all be made into cans and shipped in large quantities.

For sale in Europe.

Especially canned beef and mutton, fruits, various canned fish, and canned beans are almost essential foods for European families as long as the price is appropriate.

Considering the appalling cooking standards of Europeans, a can of ready-to-eat spiced beans, canned Cantonese beef, a can of smoked fish, a jar of jam, along with bread and cheese is a sumptuous dinner.

Europe has the innate genes for the popularity of canned food. Whether it is war or peace, in later European and American countries, every family has the habit of hoarding a large number of canned food. This situation is not seen in China at all.

The canned products carefully prepared by the Food Processing Factory of the Tang Dynasty are of excellent color, flavor and taste. They contain gourmet genes that cannot be copied by Europeans. They are also the basis for the development of the canned industry in the Tang Dynasty.

Nothing else to say

The dazzling array of cooking techniques, such as braised, braised, five-spice, spicy, roasted with green onions, raw pickled, smoked, cured, etc., makes foreigners dizzy just looking at them, let alone learning three of them.

Once the canning industry develops, from planting to processing, production and transportation, it will be a major emerging industry involving the employment of hundreds of thousands of people, and it will be a unique skill of the Tang Dynasty.

Officials from various provinces have such foresight and actively propose ambitious development plans based on their local resource advantages. How could Richard be unhappy?