Wild North America 1846

Chapter 651 A new starting point for the journey

Author: Portuguese toothless

Chapter 651 A new starting point for the journey

July 12, 1878

The Tang Empire and the Kingdom of Spain formally signed the "Berlin Treaty" to end the Tang-Western War. In addition to the return of Spanish captives and ensuring the personal and property safety of local Spanish expatriates, there was only one most important item in the treaty;

The Royal Spanish Government transferred Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Luzon Islands and their affiliated islands to the Tang Empire for 18 million Tang Yuan, and both parties signed a formal transfer agreement.

It would be impossible not to transfer them. Now these three former Spanish colonies are all under the control of the Tang Imperial Army.

Today's Spanish Kingdom is like an old tiger with its teeth pulled out, and it has long lost its majesty across the world.

"You mean... the Cuban rebels hope that the empire will help them establish a free, just and prosperous democratic republic in Cuba? The indigenous people of the Luzon Islands also have such needs?"

Emperor Richard asked in a teasing tone, his expression became very strange, and he looked at Director Zheng Yuan with a look like "Why are you not awake yet?"

This made Director Zheng Yuan look very embarrassed. He knew that he had made a fool of himself in front of His Majesty the Emperor this time. He always asked for instructions from the emperor as a habit. Wasn't this a slap in the face?

You can ask for instructions on some things, but you can't ask for instructions on some things.

There was a slight sweat on his forehead, and he quickly bowed his head and saluted, and replied: "I am stupid and I already know what to do. I beg your Majesty's forgiveness."

This is really a self-inflicted embarrassment. We know clearly that the emperor in front of us is a complete Hanist. He is the most die-hard, most die-hard and the largest colonial backer for expansion in the empire. His Majesty the Emperor's personality has been branded from top to bottom on the Tang Imperial government.

He has a strong acting style, so why bother asking?

Isn’t it because you are full after eating?

His Majesty the Emperor's words and deeds are based on daily life. He cannot directly issue an order to massacre the Cuban rebels or the chiefs of the indigenous groups in Luzon. What kind of etiquette would that be?

With the dignity of an emperor, how can you act like this?

These things were done in the past by the Imperial Colonial Department and the military, and they were very familiar with this.

The Royal Household Office led by Director Zheng Yuan really has no experience. The former royal territories of Texas, Alaska, Beihai, and Paradise Provinces did not have many indigenous peoples, so this big mistake happened.

Nowadays, the situation in the newly conquered royal territories of Luzon Islands, Cuba and Puerto Rico is very different, and they all have large populations.

During the Spanish colonial period in 1795, the Luzon Islands had a population of about 1.5 million. Today, there are about 3.6 to 3.7 million people, of which Hispanic whites account for less than 3% and Chinese account for about 7.5%.

The situation in Cuba is simpler. After 10 years of civil war, its total population is probably between 620,000 and 650,000, not much more.

There are about 160,000 to 170,000 people in Puerto Rico, and the proportion of native-born whites is slightly higher, accounting for about 40%.

Director Zheng Yuan's expression went down with panic. What will follow will surely be the strengthening of the implementation of the empire's policy of forced assimilation of the colonies, and the secondment of experienced officials from the Colonial Department to participate in the management and development planning of the new colonies.

After all, building bridges and paving roads requires labor, and these local indigenous people are just the right people.

Emperor Richard did not take this matter to heart. He had already made plans to assign a governor to manage the newly acquired royal territory, and when it matured, he would turn the empire into a province.

The Cuban Islands are known as the "Key to the Gulf of Mexico" and are also a location that gathers the geographical essence of Central America. It is conducive to the empire turning the Caribbean into its own inland sea and is very important to the entire American empire.

Now that you have it, you can colonize and assimilate it step by step.

One is to build roads and railways, and the second is to build docks, towns and bridges, and develop sugar factories and coffee and cigar processing industries based on local resources. These are all topics on the agenda.

The island of Cuba itself is not large, with an area of ​​only more than 100,000 square kilometers. Together with the Puerto Rico Islands and its affiliated islands, it can be established as the province of Cuba in the future and included in the territory as one of the overseas provinces of the empire.

The Luzon Islands are relatively large, with more than 7,100 large and small islands, and a total area of ​​nearly 300,000 square kilometers.

Emperor Richard planned to divide it into three parts: the northern province of Luzon, the central province of Cebu and the southern province of Mindanao. Each province has an area of ​​approximately 120,000 to 83,000 square kilometers and is under the unified jurisdiction of the Luzon Governor-General's Office.

, so as to avoid forming a trend of a big tail that cannot be lost.

In 1878, the Tang Empire once again acquired more than 400,000 square kilometers of land, and its total territory increased from the original 18.92 million square kilometers to 19.33 million square kilometers.

Such a vast territory is second only to Britain and the Russian Empire, ranking third in the world, higher than the French Empire and the Qing Empire.

In terms of territorial quality

Except for the northern Alaska and Yukon provinces, which have more than 4 million square kilometers in the high-latitude extreme cold zone, most of the other parts of the Tang Empire are in temperate, tropical and coastal grassland climate zones, with an area suitable for human habitation of more than 15 million square kilometers.

Questions rank first in the world.

There are four large areas of British colonies. One is Canada at high latitudes, which covers an area of ​​about 7.5 million square kilometers (note: excluding the area of ​​Yukon Province). More than 90% of it is in the cold zone of high latitudes and is not suitable for human habitation.

area.

One is that the total area of ​​the African colonies is about 8.6 million square kilometers. Most of the land is barren and barren, arid and full of deserts. Only places such as South Africa and Egypt have superior natural conditions.

The third place is Australia, with a total area of ​​7.69 million square kilometers. The disadvantage is that it is vast and sparsely populated, but it has unique natural conditions, making it a rare treasure.

The fourth place is the British colony of the Indian subcontinent, with a total area of ​​4.3 million square kilometers and a population of about 160 million. It includes later India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the newly conquered Myanmar. This is the essence of the British colony.

The others are scattered colonies scattered all over the world. In terms of quality, they are far from the territory of the Tang Empire. They only have quantity but not quality.

There is no need to mention Tsarist Russia. The entire Siberian region at high latitudes is uninhabited and will not be developed in 1500 years, let alone 150 years.

Following the Tang Empire, the French Empire, with a territory of about 12.8 million square kilometers, ranks fourth in the world, and its quality is also very worrying. Most of its colonies are located in Africa, and the total area of ​​African colonies is larger than that of the United Kingdom, about 9.5 million square kilometers.

about.

France's vigorous expansion of African colonies originated in the early 19th century. After the French Emperor Napoleon, who was conquering Europe, was defeated and died in Europe, the French understood that there was no future in opening up territories in Europe.

As a result, they turned their attention to Africa, and the colonial development in Africa was unstoppable.

The Qing Empire ranked fifth in the world in terms of territory, with a total area of ​​about 11.9 million square kilometers (note; including 440,000 square kilometers in the northeast of Ili and 1.8 million square kilometers in Outer Mongolia). This huge central empire was blessed with a unique environment and rich resources.

The territory with the most vast core in the whole of East Asia is full of outstanding people.

Taking stock of the achievements of colonial expansion in the past 32 years, Emperor Richard was filled with a strong sense of accomplishment, as mellow and intoxicating as fine wine.

Think back to the beginning

Even if he had great courage, he would not dare to imagine that he could build such a huge empire. It was unprecedented and unprecedented, and it was enough to write an important chapter in the history of China.

This miracle was not created by him alone, but the result of the joint efforts of hundreds of millions of people.

The hard-working Chinese immigrants are like seeds with tenacious vitality. As long as they are sown in the right soil, they can quickly grow and become a dense forest.

Thanks to the inexhaustible Chinese population resources, the colonial expansion and assimilation process of the Tang Empire was greatly accelerated with the assistance of tough colonial methods.

National assimilation, which originally took tens to hundreds of years or even longer, was achieved in just 20 to 30 years.

This will inevitably be accompanied by countless blood and tears from the conquered, but all the costs paid are worth it. The Chinese population in the Tang Empire has reached a very high proportion of 84.7% (note; excluding the newly conquered Colombia, Luzon Islands, Puerto Rico and Cuba)

population of 9.2 million), which is the basis of social stability.

No matter how hard the British, French, Russian, Spanish, Dutch, Belgian and other European colonists tried, the sparse population was a fatal flaw, and it was destined to be impossible to fully assimilate and fully incorporate the vast colonies.

Not so with the Tang Empire. Backed by the endless population resources of the land of China, backed by thousands of years of accumulated oriental culture and the inextricable relationship between the Yan and Huang bloodlines, it could easily transform Chinese immigrants into imperial strength and achieve transcendence.

colonial expansion.

The population transformation of the new colonial area requires a process. Fortunately, this is an era that is most friendly to the colonists. There are no weird theories about everyone being equal. The world recognizes the natural existence of unequal classes, and the powers of various countries are tolerant of the brutal suppression of the colonies.

Very high.

Why, because they do it themselves?

In the primitive period of feudal capitalist accumulation, every pound and every Tang Yuan was soaked in the bitter blood and tears of the conquered and oppressed, but so what?

Who cares about the world's great powers who have money in their hands and turned it into real strength and have the right to speak?

Emperor Richard also didn't care. The Tang Empire he founded could bring shelter and a better life to more Chinese people, allowing them to stand tall and proud among the nations of the world and become members of the colonial oppressors.

It can enable the ethnic Chinese to have enough to eat, wear warm clothes, and their children to receive formal Chinese education, so that they will not die of hunger and cold in the wilderness. It can cultivate strong industrial capabilities and agricultural and animal husbandry production capabilities, and they can have enough food and clothing, and enjoy the benefits brought by economic development.

For a happy life, these are enough.

Wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat. The law of competition in today's world is that the weak eat the strong. If you cannot adapt, you will be beaten, bullied, and humiliated. No one will sympathize with a weak person.

After completing the entire American colonial expansion territory, Emperor Richard could finally calm down and deal with the upcoming event in the Americas.

The Summit of the Americas in Panama was to be officially held on September 18, 1878. It would be a diplomatic event for the establishment of the Organization of American Cooperation and the pinnacle of imperial glory.

Emperor Richard will personally attend the meeting and personally shovel the first shovel of soil for the groundbreaking ceremony for the headquarters of the Organization for American Cooperation. In the eyes of the heads of state with fear and support, he will sit on the throne of the American hegemon.

This historic event will surely go down in history forever, representing the most glorious moment of the Tang Empire, the beginning of a new era, and the starting point of a new journey.

(End of chapter)