I want to be emperor

Just when the Chu Empire launched a food production support plan in the country and began large-scale construction of wired telegraphs, in the faraway city of the Mississippi River in the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico in North America, a river ship slowly sailed in from upstream. The port still seemed crude.

It didn't take long for the inland river ship to dock under the guidance of the tugboat. Then many passengers got off the ship, most of them were people with their families and dressed in ordinary clothes.

Just by looking at the conditions of these people, one can basically determine that these are new immigrants who have just come from the village.

These immigrants basically set off by boat from several ports in the mainland, then arrived at the Port of Jinshan in North America, then changed to a train and headed east, crossing the mountains and deserts of western North America. After arriving, they arrived in the rich Mississippi River Basin in central North America. , and then get off the train at Meshang City on the upper reaches of the Mississippi River.

Mihe City, this place was just a wilderness before. Early immigrants from the Chu Empire came here many years ago and established the first Chu Empire town in the Mississippi River basin here, and named it after the Mississippi River. For Mihe City.

However, the development of this place has not been very good in the early years. After all, it is located in the hinterland of central North America. It is too far away from the Chu Empire’s colonies in America, that is, the western coast. In the early years, the immigrants from Chu State came on foot or by horse-drawn carriages. Come here to clear up wasteland.

Therefore, the population in this area was not large for many years, until the developable land on the western coast gradually decreased. In order to obtain fertile land, a large number of new immigrants had to go deep inland all the way east, until behind the Mississippi River, along the Create a new home along the Mississippi River.

Finally, this place ushered in a wave of development.

However, development was still relatively limited. Until the 38th year of Chengshun, the urban population of this place was still only more than 4000. Real development would actually have to wait until July of the 40th year of Chengshun, when the North American East-West Railway opened its doors. After the first phase of the project is completed and the railway is laid to Mill River City, this place serves as the current eastern terminus of the North American East-West Railway. It is also a port city along the Mississippi River and has a natural transportation hub status... Of course, the railway The reason why we have built it here is because there is already a Mihe City here.

When the Dachu Empire built railways, in addition to considering geographical environmental factors, it would naturally also consider the existing cities. When the geographical conditions are suitable and the cost will not increase too much, the construction of the railway will also focus on the existing cities. city ​​status.

After all, railways serve people!

Mihe City came first, and then this place became the eastern terminus of the first stage of the railway. The construction of the railway in turn greatly promoted the development of the city.

In just over a year, the permanent population of Mihe City has reached more than 8000 people, while even more immigrants have settled in surrounding towns.

The urban population is small, and there are many immigrant settlements in the surrounding towns. This is also a common situation in the development of the Chu Empire's overseas territories. That is, after a large number of immigrants pass by, they will not be crowded in one city, but will go to the surrounding areas. New immigrant settlements will be opened in rural areas...otherwise, where will the land for new immigrants come from?

There is not much land left for new immigrants in existing cities and suburbs. If new immigrants want to obtain a large amount of land, they have to go further to open settlements.

The same is true for Mihe City and the surrounding areas. With the continuous development of this area, the Great Chu Empire established the Mihe Prefecture locally to govern the surrounding areas. Later, they established two bureaus in the middle reaches and lower reaches of the Mississippi River Basin. Gefu is Mizhongfu and Mikoufu.

These three prefectures are the current main population gathering places of the East American governor established before the Great Chu Empire. Although the eastern coast area has belonged to the Great Chu Empire according to agreements with the French, British and other European countries, the Great Chu Empire At present, they are simply sending people to take over these places, but there has not yet been large-scale immigration, and the overall population is not large.

After the immigrants from the empire arrived in Mihe City, they would take inland boats to other places along the Mississippi River according to their respective destinations. Naturally, there would also be new immigrants coming to the lower reaches of the Mississippi River.

The many immigrants who disembarked from this river ferry basically followed such an immigration route and trudged all the way to this place.

However, after these people arrived in Mikou City, they did not settle down here. Instead, after resting for two days, they boarded a motorboat arranged by the immigration agency and sailed out to sea. Then they went east along the coastline, bypassing Florida. After the peninsula, we headed north and finally arrived at a small natural harbor town on the east coast of North America.

Many immigrants on the ship stood on the bow deck, looking at the wilderness on both sides of the river, as well as the simple small port city with indigenous-style buildings not far away. Some people were panicking and fearing about the future, while others were With joy and hope.

This place called Xindan City is their future home!

I heard from the adults above that this place was previously occupied by European barbarians, but now it has been taken over by the empire. Garrison troops and several groups of immigrants have been sent here before, and they are the fifth group!
Although I heard that there are many indigenous people in this place, as well as some European barbarians remaining, it is somewhat dangerous, and it is really far away from the mainland.

However, the preferential conditions proposed by the local government have attracted many immigrants. A large amount of free land, multi-year land tax exemptions, immigration loans with extremely favorable interest rates, and the government also promised to provide free houses and working tools needed for early life. .

At the same time, the local government also said that this place will be connected to trains in the future. At the same time, this place is also a natural harbor, the surrounding land is relatively fertile, and the climate is better... It is not like going to many colonies, it is a real wilderness and dense forest. There are many wild beasts and savages.

Many factors led these new immigrants to choose to come to New Dan City.

Xindan City, this name is actually a name given by the Dutch and then transliterated, and then intercepted two syllables to form the name. This is also the origin of the names of quite a few overseas territories and colonies of the Chu Empire... After all, the name It's a troublesome thing. It would be much easier to just transliterate the existing name and intercept two or three syllables...

This place is just a little-known remote town in modern times, but it is very famous in later generations, because this place is actually New York!

At this time, the river that ships full of new immigrants sailed was the Hudson River. The two banks that the immigrants could see were Manhattan Island on one side and New Jersey on the other.

It's just that most of these two places are still wilderness, but there are no high-rise buildings.

Not to mention high-rise buildings, there are only a few people there now!

This place was originally filled with local aborigines... The Dutch purchased the land on Manhattan Island from the local aborigines more than 60 years ago and then built a trading post. However, the Dutch, a typical country with a small population, have no population of their own. Several of them have always been unable to manage their overseas colonies.

After decades of hard work, this place still has a population of only 800. It is just a very typical overseas colonial trading post, mainly trading with local indigenous people.

Later, the British snatched this area from the Dutch in the 60s. However, although the British were determined to develop this area, the time was still relatively short. It only took ten years. Although a group of people immigrated here, the population was only thousands. Considering the size of the people...and then...then this place was occupied by the Chu people and renamed Xindan Town.

According to the treaty signed between the Great Chu Empire and the English countries, they gave up all overseas colonies and handed them over to the Great Chu Empire, which naturally included this new town.

After the Chu people signed the contract, they began to send people to take over British colonies across North America. Later, they established three more American governors, including the East American governor, bringing the number of governors in the Americas to four.

This is to treat the entire North and South America as overseas territories directly under the jurisdiction of the country, that is, the mainland, and the various policies adopted are consistent with the mainland.

Under such circumstances, the Chu Empire also began to increase the number of immigrants to America on a large scale.

During this process, Xindan Town was drafted by the governor of Dongmei due to its superior geographical location, excellent natural deep-water port, good climate, fertile land, and inland rivers leading to inland flow. It is one of the first batch of thirty developed cities.

Later, Xindan Prefecture was established here, which governed Xindan City and several surrounding counties and towns.

This Xindan Mansion was also the key government office for the East American Governor of the Great Chu Empire to develop the east coast of North America. Its city was located in the Xindan Port, which was still in the early stages of immigration development.

Mainly because of the excellent natural deep-water port here, but also because of the railway surveyors from the Railway Corporation. After survey, Xindan City has been designated as the eastern terminus of the North American East-West Railway.

If the subsequent railway construction continues all the way east, it will be extended to Xindan City.

The North American East-West Railway, this super large railway in North America, has clear transportation. Its starting point in the west is Jinshan City, and its eastern terminus is Xindan Port.

If the railway from Mihe City to Xindan City was not still in the survey and planning stage and would take a long time to be completed, it is estimated that the governor of East America would not be stationed in Miikou City at the mouth of the Mississippi River in the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico. It will be in Xindan City.

But the future is hard to say.

The provincial governance of the Great Chu Empire did not always remain unchanged. Whether it was the mainland or overseas territories, many places had changed provincial governance.

This may also be the case in East America in the future.

After the ship arrived at the crude port, hundreds of new immigrants disembarked, and were then led by local officials to register, then allocate fields and then allocate them to surrounding immigrant settlements for cultivation.

As soon as the young and middle-aged new immigrants arrived at the settlement, they were immediately incorporated into the militia and received a 23-year-old percussion rifle.After these young men are incorporated into the militia, they will regularly organize training and even operations to guard against and attack the surrounding indigenous people.

With the influx of a large number of Chu immigrants, although most of them are still gathered on Manhattan Island for the time being, some immigrants have crossed the river and arrived on the other side of the river to open settlements. This has attracted the attention of the local indigenous people. resistance.

Of course, the resistance of the indigenous people is not a big deal. Before the immigrants arrived, the troops stationed in the local area had actually started to clean up and expel the indigenous people. However, there would still be fish that slipped through the net. At the same time, after the indigenous people were driven away, they would occasionally Will run back and attack.

It is impossible for the garrison to stay in the wilderness every day. Therefore, some new immigrant settlements in the edge areas also need to organize militia for self-protection. After establishing a foothold, they will continue to expand externally, expel the scattered indigenous people in the surrounding areas, and expand the living space for immigrants. , get more farmland.

These things are routine procedures for overseas immigration development. The overseas officials and military of the Da Chu Empire have a complete set of perfect procedures for these.

Even immigrants are familiar with this. Even when they were in China, they would have heard about it. When they set out on their journey, the government would also send people to explain to these new immigrants some safety precautions when they go overseas. Conduct theoretical military education.

After arriving at the place, these new immigrants received the issued firearms. Although they lacked practical experience, most of them already had some military theoretical foundation, which will be of great benefit to their future militia career. Life can be saved at critical moments.

With the arrival of the fifth batch of immigrants, Pan Jiming, the prefect of Xindan Prefecture, also felt a lot more at ease.

After adding the fifth batch of immigrants, the population of Xindan City and surrounding suburbs has reached more than 3000 people. Although the population is still a little smaller, it is not the same as when he first came to this poor place. There are only a mere thousand people. No one is here.

At that time, the population of Chu State here, including immigrants and garrisons, totaled only more than 800 people... which was not as large as the European indigenous people here.

Due to the lack of population and the complex origins of these European indigenous peoples, there are populations from various European countries. Many of them are pagan groups who have fled from the European continent and are excluded by the mainstream of various countries. There is no need to worry about their allegiance to their respective sovereign states.

Therefore, after the British colonial administrators were repatriated, some ordinary European lower-class immigrants were left behind. There was a real shortage of labor at that time, and there was no manpower to repair even a port.

However, although people stayed, there were restrictions... At that time, Pan Jiming gave them two choices: either get out, or accept the empire's unified labor arrangements, be incorporated into labor camps to work, and then be paid and promised After working for five years, they are allowed to invest in purchasing a limited amount of land to settle.

These low-class immigrants had nothing to begin with, and many were still indentured servants. This forced them to leave. They couldn't even afford the ship fare unless they became indentured servants to others.

As for getting paid for working, this is a treatment that many indentured servants did not have before...

Therefore, except for a very few who left, most of them stayed to work for the Chu people.

Therefore, in addition to Chu people, there are also some European workers in Xindan City today. After working for five years, these Europeans will also obtain the status of Chu people and become Chu people.

Although the acceptance of naturalization of foreign races is rare in the Great Chu Empire, it is not unheard of. It can even be said that there are quite a few, but they are all based on specific circumstances.

Generally speaking, the naturalization of foreign races occurs when a certain area is conquered, and some local foreign races are naturalized to a limited extent.

For example, when we occupied the Koryo Peninsula, vast Siberia, and Central Asia, they actually accepted a group of foreigners, educated them, and intermarried and integrated them... During this stage, more foreigners were accepted, and the reasons were more diverse. They are diverse. The reason why the Goryeo region is relatively homogeneous in culture is that it belongs to the traditional Confucian cultural circle. The Chu people's perception of them is that they are normal people in a civilized circle, and their acceptance is relatively high.

Siberia, on the other hand, is really vast and sparsely populated. The total local indigenous population is less than 10. They are scattered so widely that it is impossible to find anyone... To be honest, even if you want to carry out expulsion and massacre, you can't do it.

Later, they simply acquiesced to their existence and gradually incorporated them into the empire's rule.

Central Asia is a nomadic people, and the nomadic peoples in Central Asia and Monan and Mobei are highly similar, and it is easy for the Chu people to accept it. The most important thing is that there are still not many people, only a few hundred or ten thousand people.

The above are all ethnic groups with a small population that were accepted for various reasons and then easily integrated and digested. At the same time, they also carried out migration, forced intermarriage, changing customs, civilization and other measures.

After 30 to [-] years of integration, there are actually no so-called aliens in the above countries, and they have all become Chu people...

After all, the Chu State has a large population. With a population of several hundred million, these hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of foreigners can be integrated into your country in a matter of minutes.

During the subsequent large-scale immigration development in Southeast Asia, although most people were expelled, some local aboriginal elites who surrendered were still granted naturalization permission to become Chu people, but the number was extremely small. The total number of naturalized indigenous people here is estimated to be only a few thousand. The small number is like dropping a small drop of water into the sea. After dropping it, it disappears in the blink of an eye.

When they successively occupied the Indian Peninsula, Africa, America and other regions, they would also receive some remaining Europeans. The number was actually not large, ranging from hundreds to thousands...

Of course, not everyone is accepted by the Chu people. For example, the natives of the Indian Peninsula, Africans, and the Americas are not accepted...

It's not about aesthetics or culture, it's mainly because there are too many indigenous people in these places, and once they open up, it will cause great trouble.

This is just like how the Chu people did not accept the naturalization of local Europeans after they established many colonies and several directly administered territories in Europe.

The Chu people's acceptance of foreign nationality naturalization is currently limited to a small number of foreigners in the newly occupied territories, which have a small population, cannot pose a threat, are easy to integrate, and conform to the aesthetics of the Chu people.

Others are basically impossible.

The Dachu Empire has never opened the so-called channels for applying for naturalization... There is not even relevant laws!

Most of the foreigners in the Da Chu Empire were accepted from the newly occupied areas, rather than the other parties actively applying for naturalization.

In addition to those from the occupied areas, only a very small number of foreigners who have provided official services to the Chu people and made great achievements can be recommended by Chu officials and then be naturalized after being approved by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

And these people, so far, total less than 1000 people... They are all foreigners who have lived and died for the people of Chu and made great contributions...

So these days, not all foreigners can become Chu people... It can even be said that there are no regular channels for naturalization.

These Europeans in Xindan City can be naturalized smoothly after working for five years. This may not seem to them now, but this is definitely a preferential treatment that can be obtained under special circumstances.

In the future, they may be particularly grateful for the choice they made back then!

At the critical moment of life, I chose to stay in Xindan City and work for the Chu people for five years, and won a Chu household registration for myself and my descendants!
A simple household registration can give them and their descendants a bright future...at least the future of living in a civilized world as a civilized person!

But their former compatriots could only perish on the European continent, which was completely reduced to a colony of the Chu people, and would live with hunger and cold all their lives!

And these differences and changes are just because they were lucky enough to come to America and meet the Chu people. They also happened to meet the Chu people who had just arrived and lacked labor. Although these Europeans were also barbarians in the eyes of the Chu people, they were still barbarians anyway. It is considered a normal human being and can communicate.

That's why the Chu people will keep them and accept them.

But their compatriots who stayed on the European continent in the past will not have such good luck... The Chu people in Europe will not turn the local Europeans into their own people!

Europeans, no matter this country or which country, in the eyes of Chu people, they are no different from Indians and Africans today. They are all labor resources...

Their only value is farming and mining, providing Chu State with various agricultural and livestock products, mineral products and other resources!