Wild North America 1846

Chapter 532 Total Population in 1870

Author: Portuguese toothless

Daming Palace

The festive colors of the New Year still remain in the palace full of palaces, and the giant palace lanterns hanging in the palace have not yet been taken down. The golden couplets at the foot of Wanshou Mountain are shining brightly, and the continuous palace buildings are in the corners where the sun does not shine.

Some residual snow.

In the first month of the year, the roars of tigers and lions in Wanshou Mountain reverberate across the sky. The roars of pet beasts contain the meaning of excitement and flattery, and everyone seems eager to try.

Emperor Richard walked lightly through the forest. The ferocious attacks of hundreds of ligers, brown bears and other beasts all failed in vain. In his eyes, it was too slow.

Just pick it up, push it, throw it down.

These tigers, lions, and brown bears all rolled out like gourds on the ground, unable to get close at all. Their arm strength was amazing.

Approaching the top of the mountain

A huge brown bear pounced out, but Richard quickly let him pass in front of him. He stretched out his hand to grab the thick bear's leg and jerked it violently, while using his other hand to push hard.

The brown bear's huge body instantly lifted off the ground, flew several meters into the air with a roar, and then rolled and fell down the mountain.

Along the way, I crushed many bushes as thick as my arms and fell down with a roar. This time I fell quite hard.

Fortunately, the brown bear has rough skin and thick flesh, so there will be no damage.

Richard's body flew towards the top of the mountain like lightning, followed closely by a large group of ligers and tigers. He heard him shout loudly, and suddenly appeared among the beasts more than a hundred meters away. They fisted and kicked and made a "crackling" sound.

A scalp-numbing crash.

In the blink of an eye, the herd was in chaos.

The miserable howls of these ligers and tigers were heard continuously, their huge bodies flew in various postures, and their roars roared into the sky.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

In the blink of an eye, the group of ferocious beasts were cleared away, and Richard's full energy was released. He laughed happily.

It has been many years, and the "100 million people in the prestige mission" has finally been achieved. After adding points, the physical fitness has increased rapidly, and new options have been opened. This is the biggest surprise.

The unexpected joy is the small achievement of the Suzaku Body, which greatly extends the life span. There is no more powerful reward than this.

Standing on the peak of Longevity Mountain with his hands behind his back in high spirits, Richard's aura of domination was released, and invisible pressure spread.

The beasts that followed closely behind them all had a keen sense of smell and could clearly detect the almost irresistible aura of the superior. They all obediently lay down, wagging their tails and letting out low growls, expressing their absolute surrender to their masters.

Richard stood on the top of the Wanshou Mountain, overlooking the many palaces of the Daming Palace.

The huge Taiye Lake is surrounded by vast mist, the palaces and pavilions built around the lake are at random heights, and the golden glazed tiles show the solemnity of the royal family. This is the center of power of the Tang Empire and the nerve center of the entire empire.

In the distance toward the West Palace and the Harem, you can see the palaces and pavilions under construction.

It was a separate construction site set up by the Construction Department of the Royal Household Office, and large-scale projects such as the Treasure Pavilion, the Library Pavilion, the Sword Hidden Pavilion, and the Royal Inner Treasury were built.

Since taking over the Daming Palace

This huge royal palace complex continues to be built day after day, year after year, with various beautiful gardens, palaces and exquisite handicrafts, wood, stone, gold and jade carvings, etc.

Accumulating.

In the next few decades, palaces, rockeries and royal gardens will continue to be built.

The Royal Household Office allocates huge sums of up to tens of millions of yuan every year to add new buildings to this huge royal palace complex.

Thousands of skilled craftsmen in the Craftsmanship Department made rare treasures for the emperors and concubines who lived in the Daming Palace, carving jade Buddhas and various jade basins, jade lamps, gold ornaments, Suzhou embroidery screens, embroidered curtains, etc.

Such exquisite works of art.

There are two underground floors of the Treasure Pavilion and the Library Pavilion under construction, which can maintain constant temperature and humidity all year round. They are used to collect countless treasures, porcelain, antiques, books, calligraphy and paintings that are exchanged from the Qing Dynasty Taobao every year.

In the Daming Palace, there are three sets of Sikuquanshu alone and one set of Yongle Dadian.

Starting from the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty, the middle to the Ming and Yuan dynasties, and the late Qing Dynasty, the royal family of the Tang Dynasty collected countless treasures and antiques, as well as many treasures and antiques from the French court, the Tsarist Russian court and the courts of various European countries, all of which were collected in different categories.

The Tang Empire took advantage of the turmoil in China and the turmoil in various European countries to absorb a large number of good things, which were shipped to the country ship after ship. It became the largest buyer of international antiques.

The Imperial Household Office of the Tang Empire had directly affiliated antique shops in the above-mentioned countries, and invested huge sums of money in acquiring rare antiques every year.

More than ten years ago, when the British and French forces conquered Peking, the antique shop of the Royal Household Office directly set up a stall on Qianmen Street to purchase the gadgets stolen by the British and French soldiers.

Porcelain is purchased according to size, small ones cost a dime a piece, large ones cost a dollar a piece.

Antique books are weighed by the pound, which is basically 3 to 5 cents per pound. A complete set of Sikuquanshu cost almost more than 9,300 yuan. It is said that they were bought at three cents per pound. The complete set of books weighs more than 150 tons.

That time

Most of the cultural relics and antiques stolen by the British and French soldiers were sold to the antique shops on Qianmen Street, and they were exchanged for money and happily brought back.

Only a few officers returned to Europe with some souvenirs. In this era, the loss of cultural relics in China was not as serious as in the original history. Even if they were lost, most of them were in the Tang Empire.

in North America

A society with a highly concentrated Chinese population has a very high demand for antiques and cultural relics from mainland China, which is the pursuit of cultural roots. Huge quantities of porcelain, tea, Chinese medicinal materials, bamboo products and other specialties are imported from the mainland every year.

Looking to the south, Richard could see the towering Bell and Drum Towers on Danfengmen Square, and a number of scattered buildings in the distance, stretching to the end of the sky.

Chang'an, the grand imperial capital, is now the second largest city in the world. At the beginning of 1870, its population was more than 3.23 million, second only to London, the largest city in the world.

What makes Richard proud is;

He single-handedly changed the situation in the entire Americas. The imperial capitals Chang'an and Los Angeles ranked as the first and second largest cities in the Americas respectively. New York was reduced to the third largest city due to the small population base of the United States of America, and was far less prosperous than the first two.

Heyday.

As of early 1870

The total population of the empire has increased significantly from 52.41 million at the end of 1866 to 65.77 million at the end of 1869. It is likely to exceed the 70 million population mark by the end of this year, making steady progress towards the goal of becoming a country with a population of 100 million.

Starting in 1867, the empire increased its efforts to import Chinese immigrants to Central America. It continued to import a large number of Chinese immigrants to Paraguay, Uruguay and other countries for several years. It has become the de facto mainstream ethnic group in the social population of the above-mentioned countries, accounting for as much as 90%.

above.

Mandarin is the universal language of society, and Portuguese has become a disadvantaged language.

since 1869

According to the "Memorandum of Understanding on Introducing 1.5 Million Chinese Labor Forces" signed between the Tang Empire and the Brazilian Empire, with the Brazilian Empire bearing the immigration costs and other related expenses, the import of Chinese laborers to the Brazilian Empire through the central trans-Pacific route has become the first step for Chinese immigrants.

An important destination.

In 1869, the number of Chinese people who entered the Brazilian Empire to work through formal agreements between the two countries reached 161,200. This year, this number will increase slightly, ranging from 170,000 to 180,000.

Most of the immigrants on the golden route in the central Pacific are used to transport Chinese immigrants to South American countries, replenish the population of the Andean Viceroyalty and develop Central American provinces. In the next dozen years, demand will continue to be strong.

Due to the diversion of immigrants, the average annual number of immigrants in the Tang Empire in recent years has been between 1.1 million and 1.2 million, with most of the increase in immigrants going to South American countries.

This part is about 240,000 to 260,000 per year, and is likely to grow to an average of about 280,000 to 300,000 per year in the future.

Richard is generally satisfied with the flow of Chinese immigrants. The large number of Chinese immigrants who entered South American countries are natural supporters of the Tang Empire. They are completely compatible with each other in terms of language, culture, religion, and customs, and there is no need to bother to go there.

Transformation.

What the Tang Empire could do was to help local Chinese immigrants, establish extensive Chinese schools, and through banks all over South America, help Chinese immigrants take root and gradually thrive.

This is an extremely beneficial win-win result and a huge business opportunity for the eight major consortium banks in the empire.

Chinese immigrants of this era believed that Chinese banks with the same language would become loyal customers of Chinese banks after settling in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, greatly expanding the influence of consortium banks.

The Chinese community generally attaches great importance to credibility, and they are a good customer base for banks. They mutually promote the development of Imperial Bank in South America, which is a good business.

as a superior

Richard is happy to see the growing influence of the Chinese ethnic group in various countries in South America. As the saying goes, a flower blooming alone is not spring. A garden full of flowers blooming is the most beautiful scenery.

With Chinese immigrants entering South American countries on a large scale, Chile, headed by a military dictatorship, and countries such as Bolivia and Peru, which lacked labor, also relaxed restrictions and cautiously began to introduce Chinese immigrants to supplement their domestic labor force.

The empire welcomes this situation, provided that it provides Chinese immigrants with a non-discriminatory and equal employment environment and business environment, and ensures the property and personal safety of Chinese families. This is a prerequisite for cooperation.

Richard believes;

In a few years, the hard-working and intelligent Chinese immigrants will control the economic lifeline of the above-mentioned South American countries, form Chinese family businesses or consortiums of various sizes, and become an important political force close to the Tang Empire.

To say something rude

Whether the Spaniards or the Portuguese are good at economics, they are scumbags. They are the bottomless role in the whole of Europe. The colonial world has not developed its economy for hundreds of years, and even missed the important first wave of the Industrial Revolution.

The wealth of these countries is indeed deep, but in the re-export trade with the Tang Empire (imported from other countries, mainly kerosene and some beef, mutton and agricultural products), a large amount of gold and silver wealth was lost, and the unilateral trade deficit was serious.

How can there be no reason to fail if you just sit back and eat nothing?