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After taking down the Luohe Peninsula, the North American governor's office directly merged this area with Luohe County in the north and surrounding areas, and established a new Luohe Mansion.

The brand-new Luohe Mansion covers the entire Luohe Peninsula and surrounding islands, as well as the large Luohe area in the north, while the northern area extends to the North American inland to the east until the Beiluo River, which is Colorado in the Spanish population. river.

Well, the names of the previous series of Luohe towns, counties, and prefectures were actually taken from this big river called Beiluo River by the Chu people.

The Beiluo River means the Luohe River in North America... As for why it became the Luohe River in North America, I have to ask those who were the first to come to this place for survey and exploration. The specific source is no longer available. Anyway, people called it that way from the beginning, and it gradually became the official name.

Luohe Mansion will become the fourth prefecture-level overseas territory of the Great Chu Empire in North America.

Prior to this, Xiayang Mansion, Luhe Mansion, and Jinshan Mansion had been established successively, and Luohe Mansion would become the fourth.

The establishment of the Luohe Mansion and the control of the Luohe Peninsula, especially the control of the mouth of the Colorado River, will help the immigrants of the Great Chu Empire to better penetrate the hinterland of North America along this river.

Before the North American East-West Railway was built, the expansion and development of the Great Chu Empire in North America still relied heavily on shipping.

Therefore, it is more inclined to carry out resettlement development in coastal and riverside areas.

In the coastal area, from the Bering Strait in the north to the southernmost tip of the Luohe Peninsula in the south, the Great Chu Empire has completely controlled all of it. This collective control is not just about establishing a number of colonies and stationing a number of troops, but Mass immigration and development.

In the above-mentioned areas, there are more than 100 Chu people immigrating.

These people are basically distributed in various coastal areas, mainly concentrated in food-producing areas that are more suitable for food production, such as the area around Xiayang Bay in the north, which is the Seattle Bay area in later generations.

There is also a part of Luhe Mansion in the south of Xiayang Mansion, which is mainly concentrated in the river plain along the Lu River, which is the middle and lower reaches of the Columbia River in the original time and space of later generations.

The most are concentrated in the Jinshan Prefecture area, mainly distributed in the Golden Valley, the west coast of North America, the only and the best arable land area, and the reason why this area can be developed on a large scale is also due to the connection with the local rivers. Inseparable relationship.

The water network in Jinshan Valley is quite dense, and there are two main streams, north and south, converging towards the middle, and finally flow into the sea from Jinshan Bay.

The convenient river transportation is an important reason for the rapid development of the Great Chu Empire here.

Otherwise, without the support of the river, it would be very troublesome for Chu immigrants to go deep into the inland, let alone completely occupy this place for themselves in just a dozen years.

As for immigrants from other places, the situation is actually similar.

For example, the newly established Luohe Mansion, although the population of this place is not much for the time being, there are only 2000 people in total, mainly concentrated in the coastal plains of Luohe County, and the newly occupied Luohe Peninsula is not very good. At the same time, the development has just begun, and the entire peninsula has only more than [-] residents, mainly distributed around the two colonial cities on the west coast.

The development of the Great Chu Empire in the Luohe Prefecture area will inevitably be concentrated in the coastal plain area and both sides of the river, not to mention the coastal plain, the river!
Naturally, it is the Beiluo River, which is the Colorado River.

This river is an important river in the southwestern region of North America. It runs from the hinterland of North America to the south, runs through a large area, and finally flows into the sea at the Luo River Bay.

As for the estuary area of ​​the Beiluo River, the Great Chu Empire has long taken a fancy to this place, but it has just been taken, so there are currently only more than 100 garrisons and a small number of immigrants of two to three hundred people who have just started building castles here.

Coasts and rivers that can effectively use ships for transportation and have good natural conditions are currently the first choice for the overseas expansion of the Great Chu Empire.

The follow-up of some coastal plains in Luohe Prefecture, as well as the immigration and development of areas along the Beiluo River, will become the new focus of North American development.

And if you really go deep into the inland, it is actually very difficult at present!

Because North America is not an endless super plain, nor does it mean that most areas are suitable for farming and human survival.

In fact, the real essence of North America is basically in the central and western parts, to be precise, the Mississippi River Basin in the central part and the coastal plain in the eastern part.

These places are the real good places, with rich water resources, convenient inland shipping and transportation, and endless plains, which are very suitable for immigration and development.

However, it is not so easy for Chu people to go to these good places, because these places and the west coast are separated by several mountains, plains, and deserts...

Counting from west to east, there are Xiaojinshan Mountains (Coastal Mountains) and Dajinshan Mountains (Sierra Nevada Mountains). According to the discovery of the adventure survey team of Chu people, after browsing the Dajinshan Mountains, you will encounter a large plateau There are Gobi Desert and desert areas in these plateaus. Not to mention that there is no grass, but it is really not good.

After crossing this desolate plateau, the expedition team found something even more desperate... There is another super large mountain range in front of them. This mountain range is called by the Chu people: the North American Mountains (Rocky Mountains)...

These expedition members used the name of the entire North America to form this huge mountain range, and you can know how huge this mountain range is. This mountain range extends from the later generations of Canada in the north to the south until Mexico controlled by the Spanish... even It can be said that the Mexican plateau further south and several mountain ranges in Central America can actually be summarized into a unified system.

This is a super mountain range that traverses the entire central region of North America!

Although this kind of super mountain range is not too high overall, let alone inaccessible, it will not become a restricted area of ​​life like the Himalama mountain range in the local area, but it is really not a good place.

More importantly, there are no big rivers for boats to navigate in this place. People from the state of Chu cannot take boats from the coastal ports on the west coast all the way to the central inland, or even cross the Rocky Mountains and enter the Mississippi River Basin.

The transportation is extremely inconvenient, and the natural conditions are unfriendly to agricultural development.

All of these made it difficult for the Great Chu Empire to go deep into the hinterland of North America, and to enter the eastern plains of North America through the central region of North America.

This is also an important reason why the Great Chu Empire is planning to build a large railway across the east and west coasts of North America.

If there are no rivers and no railways, then don't talk about rapid colonization and development of central and eastern North America.

It’s just a matter of slowly choosing to take a boat around Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope, and drifting slowly on the sea for a year and a half before reaching the east coast of America.

It's just too far away and too time consuming.

For example, taking a boat from Jinshan Port on the west coast, bypassing Cape Horn in South America, and going to New York on the east coast, the total voyage easily exceeds [-] kilometers... Even the steam-powered ships of the Great Chu Empire continue to travel Using steam engine power to sail, it takes several months to sail...

But the actual situation is that it is impossible for the ships of the Great Chu Empire to use steam engine power all the time for such a long distance. Sufficient coal supply.

Relying on the coal on the ship alone, you will have to stop eating after running thousands of kilometers!

What's more, with the current industrial technology of the Great Chu Empire, it is impossible for the ship steam engine to work continuously for several months.

When the ships of the Great Chu Empire sailed in the ocean, they actually used sail power most of the time, and the steam engine was only used as auxiliary power or even backup power.

But if sail power is used, then the sailing time will take at least half a year!

Therefore, at the current stage, it is unreliable to go directly to the east coast of North America for colonization by shipping alone.

The cost is too expensive, and there are not no colonists on the west coast of North America. Today, the east coast of North America and even the Gulf of Mexico in the southeast actually have colonists.

Needless to say, the Spaniards were the first countries to establish colonies in North America, including the vast area of ​​Mexico, and the Florida Peninsula in the southeast of the east coast.

The eastern region of the later generations of Canada in the north is the territory of the French. In the past ten years, the French have continuously extended their colonies southward, and they are almost reaching the Gulf of Mexico!

The eastern part of the French colony is the starting site of the later United States, which is the thirteen states of British North America. Of course, there are no thirteen states yet, at most ten states.

At present, the British have successively established ten colonies on the east coast of North America, including New York, which is famous in later generations. Three years ago, the British Duke of York just captured from the Dutch what the Dutch called New Netherland. , and then the Duke of York called this place New York, or New York.

The York in the Duke of York itself is a place name... The Duke of York means the Duke of York, and the new territory of the Duke is naturally named New York.

The British, who have established ten colonies on the east coast of North America, are fairly strong on the east coast of North America. After the other three state colonies were also established in [-], the conflict between the thirteen British North American states and the British mainland would become worse and worse, and finally the American War of Independence broke out.

Of course, this is all about the original time and space. In this time and space, the United States is destined to be impossible.

Because Luo Zhixue has long valued North America, and regards this place as his own, and it is also the new living space of the Chinese nation in the future.

For Luo Zhixue, for the future of the Chinese nation, Central Asia, Europe, India, and Africa actually don't matter, but North America must be occupied!

The natural conditions of that place are really good!

No matter what the reason is, he will not allow the foreign race to control this place!
North America, such a god-given land, must be controlled by the Chinese nation and become the survival place of the Chinese nation for generations.

As for other people, whether they are local Indians, foreign Spaniards, French or British, they have to roll as far as they can!

Luo Zhixue, who has been fascinated by this area, plans to establish colonies in the central and eastern regions of North America. It will be more difficult for a while, mainly because the distance is too far and navigation is inconvenient.

It's not impossible to force it directly, the main reason is that the cost is too high, and it is not worthwhile.

Still the same sentence, overseas expansion, you have to take your time, do it step by step, and don't rush for a while.

Now control the west coast of North America first, and then continue to extend inland, while using the local agricultural resources on the west coast to develop agriculture.

There must be enough and rich food before it can accommodate more new immigrants.

It’s impossible to send millions of people there, and then they all starve to death... It’s even more impossible to transport grain from the mainland, the cost will be huge, and even a powerful industrial country like the Great Chu Empire can’t support it. ah.

Besides, the Great Chu Empire established overseas colonies, in addition to relocating more people, improving the contradiction between the local rich and the poor, and giving the poor people more new ways out, it is also to obtain more cheap industrial raw materials and agricultural products. Food used to transfuse colonies with blood, which is putting the cart before the horse.

Therefore, there is no hurry in the central and east coast of North America. The Great Chu Empire is going to take care of the west coast first, and then build the railway.

Then, by the way, continue to expand south...

Although the south is the territory of the Spaniards, there is no reason to prevent the Chu people from expanding, right?

Although the place in Mexico is not very good, there are still some plains along the coast. It would be good to grab them and build a few coastal colonial cities.

In this way, it can also establish a forward base for the subsequent colonization of South America.

Just like the Chu people in North America, once again ambitiously preparing to expand southward, the army of thousands of regular troops and thousands of militias located in Jinshan Prefecture and Luohe Prefecture are preparing to go south and raise their butcher knives against the Spaniards. when.

In the mainland of the empire, there is no tense atmosphere like war. Songjiang Mansion, a major industrial and commercial financial center, is still prosperous.

Jinling City, the heart of the empire, the political and cultural center, was still peaceful, and during the Mid-Autumn Festival in the 33rd year of Chengshun, the palace of Jinling City was filled with a happy atmosphere.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival of this year, the imperial family held a grand Mid-Autumn Moon Appreciation Party to have fun with the people.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, together with the Spring Festival, Tomb-sweeping Day, and Dragon Boat Festival, constitute the four traditional Chinese festivals, which have always been relatively grand.

Every year, the royal family will hold a moon appreciation party, but it is different from the previous moon appreciation party that only belonged to the royal family and a few dignitaries.

This year's Moon Appreciation Party will be a commercial event that enjoys the joy of the royal family and the people, and at the same time has a strong commercial attribute!

Because in the second half of this year, the Great Chu Empire changed the arrangement of statutory holidays for the first time, and extended the two major festivals of the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival from the previous three days to seven days.

Extending the time of these two statutory holidays, on the one hand, is to give the people enough time to take trains and ships to go home for the New Year, and to accompany their parents to celebrate the festival, so as to demonstrate the benevolence and filial piety of the empire.

On the other hand, it is also to stimulate the internal development of the economy!

Because according to the predictions of a group of economists within the empire, if the legal holidays of the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are extended from three days to seven days, it will greatly stimulate the enthusiasm of the people to return home or travel, and at the same time increase their visits to relatives. Ask friends for enthusiasm.

In turn, it will drive the development of many industries such as transportation, accommodation, gifts and even ordinary commodities, entertainment and so on.

For holidays, even if you don’t travel or go back to visit relatives, you still can’t take your family to a restaurant, go shopping, sell some snacks and toys for your children, and buy some cloth to make new clothes for your family!

This is all consumption!

Those economists have studied this for four or five years, extensively surveyed a large number of samples, and a team of dozens of economists finally submitted a report to the cabinet that wrote more than 1000 pages, demonstrating in detail The necessity and importance of extending statutory holidays...

Luo Zhixue saw that the report was divided into several volumes, each of which was extremely thick... These people under his command over the years, the older they are, the more they like to complicate simple things.

To be honest, I regret that the report that was advocated back then must be well-founded and the data is detailed...Nima handed in such a thick report, should he read it or not?
Look at the wool, he understands the truth anyway... When the overseas market is not doing well and the external demand is low, it is natural to increase the domestic demand as much as possible, otherwise a large number of industrial products will be produced and sold to whom...

Aboriginal people abroad do not have such strong purchasing power.

Most of them can only rely on internal digestion, and in addition to some conventional means of internal digestion, such as improving workers' wages and ensuring that people have money to buy things, you have to let people have time and motivation to buy things.

Otherwise, the wages of workers were raised in the past few years, and the people generally made money, but they all like to save money in the bank after making money... A large number of economists in the empire know this very well!
For this reason, two seven-day statutory holidays were painstakingly created, and they almost didn't directly say that they wanted to withdraw money from the people's savings accounts.

Luo Zhixue thought about it too, if he wants to make people spend money, but can't go too far, then there is nothing easier and more convenient than going on a shopping spree twice a year!
Taken together, this is the seven-day ultra-long holiday twice a year.

And this year has just started to be implemented, and this year's Mid-Autumn Festival will also be the first long Mid-Autumn Festival holiday!
For this reason, the entire empire has been preparing for this for more than a year, and all parties and industries are eagerly waiting for the first Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in history.

In order to pull the people out of their homes and let them go out to consume, even the royal family cannot be idle.

This year's Mid-Autumn Moon Appreciation Party, in addition to the emperor and the empress and his wife, Luo Ji, the prince of the Great Chu Empire, will also attend with his concubine Suzhou Li.

This will also be the first time that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess have contact with subjects in a formal public occasion!
To be honest, when I learned that I was able to bring the Crown Princess and formally attend the Moon Appreciation Party with my father and queen.

Prince Luo Ji was so excited that he didn't sleep well for several days!

In his twenties, he finally officially appeared in the public eye.

The position of the crown prince will not be said to be as stable as Mount Tai in the future, but at least it is enough to dispel some of the other brothers who have evil intentions.

It's been more than twenty years, it's not easy!