Wild North America 1846

At a time when the world is in chaos, the Tang Kingdom seems to be a calm in the eye of the storm. While unswervingly promoting the national policy of Chinese immigration, it strives to develop industry, agriculture and animal husbandry, revitalize the kingdom's economy, and has achieved impressive results.

A brilliant achievement.

Statistics from January to October 1855

In 10 months, a total of 1,076,355 Chinese immigrants entered the Tang Kingdom through the North Pacific Golden Immigration Route and the Central and South American Immigration Route, with the average monthly number of immigrants exceeding 100,000, reaching a new historical high.

Based on the historical record of breaking through the 10 million population mark at the end of May, coupled with the high growth of the new population of the Tang Kingdom, it is certain that the country's total population will exceed 11 million by the end of the year.

According to the statistics;

The GDP from January to October reached 937 million yuan, and the GDP for the whole year exceeded the 1 billion mark. There is no longer any suspense.

In the world, economies with a total economic volume of 1 billion can already rank ninth in the world, slightly behind Britain, Russia, France, Qing Dynasty, Prussia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Meilican Empire, and the Ottoman Empire, and slightly ahead of

The Kingdom of the Netherlands (including the Dutch East Indies) ranks among the top ten economies in the world.

among these countries

The Tang Kingdom has the smallest population, but its efforts to promote industrialization are second only to Britain and France, and slightly ahead of the United States and Prussia, ranking among the world's advanced countries.

It also has unique resource advantages, especially the petrochemical industry, which accounts for 88.7% of the world market, and has the world's largest silver mine, Shaoxito Silver Mine, and Morenco Copper Mine, which provided a solid economic foundation for the industrial development of the Tang Kingdom.

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The world's largest mining company, American River, owns interests in many gold mines in American River and Melbourne, Australia, with a stable annual output of up to 2.7 million to 3.2 million ounces of gold, of which Australia's gold production has accounted for more than 60%, making it a world-renowned company.

of established mining companies.

Under the guidance of the government policies of the Tang Dynasty, the newly born canned industry has sprung up all over the provinces of the kingdom, creating a complete range of beef, mutton, poultry, seafood, melons and fruits with more than 40 food processing plants.

The canned food industry chain has been exported to Europe and has been warmly welcomed.

In particular, the British Royal Navy couldn't put it down and listed it as the first priority for the Royal Navy's food supply. They frantically purchased and hoarded cans of various flavors.

This move

It caused the French Navy, Prussian Navy, Kingdom of Sardinia Navy, Spanish, Dutch, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire and other navies to imitate. Product orders came in like a snowflake, and it was really hard to accept them.

This is because the cans in Datang Kingdom are divided into one-pound, two-pound, 5-pound, 20-pound and 50-pound tin cans, which can meet the needs of individual families or small-scale dinner parties, as well as the needs of large canteens on ships.

Not only are there many varieties of canned food, but they are also available in a variety of ways that are unheard of, and are deeply loved by European customers.

For example, canned beef includes canned spiced beef brisket, canned stewed beef, canned curry beef, canned braised beef, canned beef with pickles, canned chickpea beef, canned corned beef, etc., with rich flavors and many varieties, giving full play to the profoundness of Chinese cuisine.

The foundation creates a rich range of products to choose from.

In addition to canned beef, canned mutton and canned pork, there are also a wide variety of canned chicken, canned soybeans, canned chickpeas, canned lunch meat, various stewed fish, roasted fish, fried fish, canned spiced fish, and pickled jellyfish.

Canned food, various canned fruits and pickled vegetables, and various new products are emerging one after another.

Let me ask, who can not love it?

As soon as we tried the European market, we received an unexpectedly warm response. The freighters transporting canned products were sold out as soon as they arrived at the dock. Many popular canned products were even sold at high prices, several times the selling price.

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On the streets of London, there are even convenience restaurants specializing in selling canned food, which are very popular for their fast speed and good taste.

In these restaurants, you only need to open the can, heat it on the stove, pour it on a plate, and you will have a hot delicacy, then pair it with freshly baked bread and a glass of beer, and you will have a good meal.

actually

This is a new type of convenient restaurant that was originally transformed from a bakery into a new business. After its launch, the business was extremely booming. It became widely spread in the society and pushed the reputation of Tang Guo Canned Food to a new level.

It is precisely because of the sudden explosion of the canned food industry that ranches, newly established livestock slaughterhouses, and canned food processing plants across the Tang Kingdom are experiencing manpower shortages, and the demand for labor is very urgent.

This boom in the canned industry has even affected Paradise Island. As a tropical island, the natural conditions here are very suitable for the development of the fruit industry, and canned food is sold well in Europe.

Many Chinese with a keen sense of smell sold their assets and went to Paradise Island to start businesses. They purchased large amounts of land to establish fruit planting parks and melon and fruit canning processing plants, trying to get a share of this industrial boom.

In view of this

At this royal meeting where the cabinet met regularly, King Richard personally made the decision;

All preparatory work for the Central Pacific Immigration Route has been completed, and the new Central Pacific Immigration Route has been officially launched. It mainly focuses on Mawei, Xiamen, Fujian Province, Guangzhou, Jiangmen, Foshan and other ports in Guangdong Province, passing through Xinxi'an, Paradise Island, Donggang, and finally arriving.

Panama's Central Pacific Immigration Route is put into operation.

on this route

Strictly reviewing the qualifications of shipping companies, the five largest shipping companies in the Tang Kingdom were the first to obtain shipping qualifications. They initially invested in 17 immigrant transport ships with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons and more than 60 freighters on this route to carry out trans-Pacific customer transportation business.

This is an extremely important decision, which means that the Tang Kingdom will have two trans-Pacific immigration routes in the future, which will have a strong promotion effect on the economic development of the two overseas provinces of Paradise Island and Panama.

The official opening of this Central Pacific immigration route will surely boost the rapid economic development of the Tang Kingdom.

Say one thousand, preach ten thousand.

The level of scientific and technological development in today's world is still low, and a large amount of low-level repetitive work needs to be completed manually. Industrial development cannot be separated from an abundant labor force. This is an unavoidable reality.

The age structure of the Tang Kingdom is generally relatively young, and the young and middle-aged labor force accounts for more than 70% of the total population. The actual labor force is very different from that of the North of the United States, which has a population 1.5 times larger. This is the biggest advantage.

Even so, cotton plantations, farms and ranches in the South and North, plus processing plants, required a labor force that numbered in the millions, and the demand was huge.

From cattle and sheep grazing, slaughter and segmentation, leather tanning, processing into canned food, transportation, warehousing, factory construction, cotton field planting, picking, processing and textile processing, agricultural product production, cleaning, and processing, almost every process requires a large amount of labor, and there are workers

If there is output, there will be output value.

A large canned food processing factory often had one or two thousand workers, and in all provinces of the Tang Kingdom, new factories were rising every day to devote themselves to this emerging and promising industry.

Making the important decision to open the Central Pacific Immigration Route at this time was the right decision made by King Richard, taking into account the progress of the construction of the transit port on Paradise Island and its ability to carry immigrants.

In order to adapt to the hot weather and long voyage of the Central Pacific Immigration Route, the immigration ships and freighters operating on this route have generally been optimized in design. The middle and bottom warehouses are mainly used to carry cargo. The front part of the freighter is designed and built with a special crew cabin, and the ship side

It has round portholes and has basic ventilation and ventilation functions.

The entire central Pacific route passes through the relays at the two transit ports on Paradise Island and is divided into several voyages that take no more than two weeks at most, namely the voyage from Donggang to Panama.

With the strong support of transit ports and canned food, the conditions for transoceanic immigrants today are much better than in the early years. There is clean drinking water, bean sprouts, salted fish and a small amount of canned food (only available to self-pay passengers and patients).

At the very least, immigrants no longer have to eat spoiled and rotten food, black bread and corn infested with maggots, and accidental deaths caused by severe diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration are greatly reduced.

Since the transit port can provide material supplies, most passengers on the immigration ship mainly eat rice, flour and vegetables, supplemented by a small amount of pickled vegetables, salted fish and bacon. Canned food is a luxury product that can only be enjoyed by paying passengers and a small number of patients.

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Large immigration ships with a displacement of about 5,000 tons can carry about 1,800 to 2,200 immigrants at a time, and can provide a relatively spacious activity space. You can often go to the deck to breathe and enjoy the fresh sea breeze.

Such conditions are 100 times better than those in the sailing era.

There are policies and measures to counter.

actually

If a large immigration ship with a displacement of about 5,000 tons is loaded as much as possible, it can transport up to 3,500 to 3,800 people in a short distance. Considering that the coastal provinces of China are only 1,300 to 1,600 kilometers away from Xinxi'an on Paradise Island, it only takes 4 to 5 days to travel.

Can be reached.

Therefore, large shipping companies often carry more immigrants in Shenzhou. When entering the new Xi'an Port and Donggang Port for transfer, they unload some of the immigrants to offset the costs, such as port entry fees, voyage visa fees, coal and fuel fees, material supply fees, etc., to provide local services.

Planters supplement their labor force and make extra profits.

Anyway, when it finally arrives at the port of Panama, the immigration ship will be strictly inspected, and large fines will be imposed for overloading. This is to protect the living environment of immigrants transported across the ocean and reduce the mortality rate.

Therefore, the overloaded immigrants will be unloaded at Donggang, which brings a sufficient immigrant population to the new Xi'an and Donggang.

The imperial meeting ended, and the Prime Minister, Earl Gu Yan, and all the cabinet staff dispersed one after another.

Only the Army Chief of Staff, Count Dai Changfu, and the Navy Chief of Staff, Count Pan Hengchen, remained. They stared at each other and didn't speak for a long time.

"Mr. Dai, if you have something important to report to His Majesty, please do it yourself. It's okay for me to wait for a while." Count Pan Hengchen couldn't help but speak first.

Compared with the power of the army and the navy, the army is still the leader, there is no doubt about this.

However, the navy of the Tang Kingdom also developed rapidly. Since the six steam iron-clad frigates were put into service, the navy has been able to conduct mid- and near-shore patrols to safeguard the kingdom's maritime rights and interests.

in the pacific

The Navy of the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty dispatched a fleet of two ironclad steam frigates, two immigration ships and three cargo ships, carrying 1,300 marines, to participate in the British fleet's attack on Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Landing campaign.

Although the battle did not go well, more than 1,300 Marines suffered more than 20% casualties, and the coalition forces had to retreat when they suffered heavy casualties.

But it is undeniable that this was the first appearance of the Tang Kingdom's navy in the Gulf War. The British Royal Navy spoke highly of it, calling it "a dedicated and trustworthy regional navy."

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To put it bluntly, the British Royal Navy's evaluation is the world's authoritative evaluation, and no country has the right to refute this.

Count Dai Changfu looked at Count Pan Hengchen with an unkind expression, snorted and said, "In this case, I will take the first step. But I want to remind Mr. Pan that the Kingdom's Expeditionary Force has made outstanding achievements in Europe, and His Majesty has high hopes for it.

, In the future, the strategic pattern of North America will still be that China and the United States compete for hegemony, and our army will shoulder the heavy responsibility without hesitation. The Navy should have a clear understanding of this and obey the overall situation."

"Haha... I don't need to worry about the development of the Admiralty. Now that the Holy King is in power, the general trend of the world is in the hands of His Majesty. Who is advancing or retreating, how can mediocre people like you and me comment on it?

Where?" Count Pan Hengchen blocked the other party's words rudely.

These words were so subtle that Count Dai Changfu was unable to refute him. He could only snort angrily.

The war between the army and the navy has begun. The fight is just about who will eat more and who will eat less of the big pie of military budget?

The navy has developed rapidly in recent years. With the commissioning of six steam ironclad frigates, the size of the Marine Corps has reached about 4,500, making it a quite threatening combat force.

It is small but powerful, and what it lacks is rich navigation and combat experience.

As an emerging maritime force, the Tang Kingdom's navy was equally capable of consuming military expenditures. The cost of building a steam ironclad frigate was more than 86,000 yuan, which is almost equivalent to the expenditure of half an infantry division. In addition, training and maintenance costs are expensive.

It did have a certain impact on the development of the army.

For any country, developing a navy is an expensive military plan, and even a weaker country cannot afford it.

It's no wonder that Count Dai Changfu can't stand the navy's nose, nose, or eyes.

Just at this moment

Liu Xianjun, the head of the royal secretariat, walked out of the inner court, his eyes rested on the two military bosses respectively, and said with a smile in the corners of his eyes: "Your Majesty summons, which one will go first?"

"Mr. Dai, please go ahead. It's okay for me to wait a little longer." Earl Pan Hengchen, who was relatively junior, responded with a respectful gesture and a smile.

"Then... Mr. Dai, please invite me." Liu Xianjun then made a polite gesture.

Earl Dai Changfu only disliked the personnel of the Admiralty from the bottom of his heart, but he was naturally different towards His Majesty's ministers. With a humble expression, he respectfully smiled and said, "Thank you, Lord Palace Protector, please."

After saying that, the two of them walked in side by side, chatting and laughing softly and being very polite, showing off their skills.