Wild North America 1846

Chapter 128 Patrol
7/16

At the time of the vigorous wheat harvest season, Li Cha issued a royal decree;
The location of the Denver Castle is named Phoenix City, which means "Phoenix Nirvana", which indicates a better future for Phoenix City.

Phoenix City includes but is not limited to Denver Castle. The current total population of residents is 13.37 (including convicts), and it is the largest city in the Tang Kingdom.

The name of Taoyuan City, where the Indian Valley is located, includes but is not limited to the Indian Valley, implying that "finding the Taoyuan is easy to avoid the Qin Dynasty, and the peach blossoms will be another spring." Even if the war on the Colorado Plateau spreads, this place is still like a paradise.

Taoyuan City currently has 3.79 residents, including 11755 Chinese families and 955 Caucasian families, and there is not a single convict.

In the irregular valley with a total area of ​​about 372 square kilometers, there are 11 hydraulic sawmills, 5 flour mills (note that another 9 flour mills are under construction to varying degrees), two cement factories (one has been put into operation , one will be put into production), 4 garment factories, 27 various wineries, 12 food factories, two coal mines, 19 hydraulic oil press workshops, a steel factory, more than 160 blacksmith shops, more than 13 carpentry shops, There are 29 gun-making workshops, 9 pickle workshops, [-] tofu workshops, and various other handicraft workshops, initially forming a complete industrial capacity.

In addition, there are more than 1200 small and medium-sized farms in the valley. In addition to growing rice, they also raise a large number of chickens, ducks and poultry to supply sufficient meat, egg and milk food for Fenghuang City.

The grains and other cash crops that abound on the Colorado Plateau are processed in Taoyuan City into bags of flour, rice, barrels of beer and liquor, pickled pickles and mustard, and turned into bread, pastries, biscuits and other food.

Therefore, outside Gukou, Taoyuan City, a large railway station is being built by Cherry Creek, which is about 4.2 kilometers away. , heavily guarded.

Trains enter the railway station through the city gate, which is closed to form a strong fortress in wartime.

The Taoyuan City Railway Station is an important measure to strengthen the city's defenses. Any invading enemy will not be able to touch the edge of the Taniguchi Fortress in Taoyuan City unless they break through the railway station.

The Taoyuan City-Denver railway has been paved, using the rails produced by the Taoyuan Iron and Steel Plant. On the one hand, this railway continues to extend to the northwest, entering the area where agriculture and animal husbandry are intensively developed.

On the one hand, they went south through Denver, and with the hard work of 4200 Indian convicts, they hoped to communicate with the main line of the Western Railway as soon as possible and complete the plan of connecting the whole line.

Recently, Li Cha has been urging to speed up the construction of the railway, but it is a pity that there is a shortage of manpower during the wheat harvest season, so he can only do it in a hurry.

He has been worried that the United States will launch a war from August to September. Currently, the number of US troops gathered in Kansas City has reached more than 8. They are rebuilding transportation stations and roads, hoarding supplies, showing full of malice.

If it is as expected, the big harvest in the Colorado Plateau will turn into a disaster. The materials cannot be transported out, and the piles are full of pits and valleys. We can only watch mildew and rot, how sad it is things!

So, in case it's not bad.

Li Cha is going to lead the cavalry to take the initiative to attack, delaying the US military's offensive pace, destroying its logistics transportation lines, and blocking them layer by layer, in order to gain time.

From the middle of July to the end of July
Li Cha has been living in fear, sometimes so anxious that he can't sleep in the middle of the night, always worried that the U.S. military will take advantage of this fatal opportunity to kill him.

It turns out he was overthinking.

The most brutal and bloody siege of the US-Mexico War lasted for two full months. The US military repeatedly attacked Mexico City with heavy artillery fire, but they were hit head-on and made little progress.

At this time, although the U.S. military captured most of Mexico's territory, the resistance in various places was very fierce, causing heavy casualties to the U.S. military.

The Mexican army is still fighting fiercely with the U.S. military all over the country, and the Mexican people are still engaged in guerrilla warfare in the U.S.-occupied areas, fighting the U.S. military with broadswords, spears, and shotguns.

An ambush in February 1847 alone killed more than 2 U.S. troops. Encouraged by the victory of the Tang Kingdom, fighting against aggression surged across the country, and the scale of the battle was much larger than in the original historical period.

In July, Mexican guerrillas raided Puebla, killed the governor of the United States, and wiped out most of the 7 American defenders.The U.S. military then carried out brutal suppression, but still could not extinguish the flames of resistance of the Mexican people.

In July 1847, 7 U.S. troops were fighting against the guerrillas, and another 2.8 people were besieging Mexico City. The entire territory of Mexico was under fire, and it was the most intense moment.

Considering the difficulty of the Tang Kingdom and its strong fighting power, the United States had to postpone the plan of the Western Expedition again and again, and tried its best to deal with the Mexicans, preparing to conquer one first.

And this gave Datang Kingdom a valuable opportunity for development. On August 8, the second phase of the western railway project was finally completed, and the southbound and northbound railway lines were successfully closed.

The four trains that had been waiting in Rio Rancho were loaded with supplies all the way north, and arrived in Denver on August 8. A grand opening ceremony of the Western Railway was held, which was warmly welcomed by the people of Denver.

The materials on these trains were unloaded on the same day, and the trains were filled with high-quality coal here, and then filled with flour, beer, liquor, a large number of cattle, horses and various foods for the return journey, which also heralded the opening of the Western Railway.

By this time
Li Cha's heart was finally relieved. Taoyuan City is working overtime day and night. The warehouses are filled with various products. It is in urgent need of railways, a modern transportation tool with large capacity, to connect the entire kingdom together.

On the Colorado Plateau
The national military service system is implemented, which is also the national policy of the Tang Kingdom. All adult men between the ages of 18 and 30 (indigenous Indians and convicts are not included in this list) must be recruited unconditionally when the kingdom’s war requires it. Serve in the military.

end of August
The total population of the Tang Kingdom has exceeded 33. Among them, there are 6000 babies born less than a year old. Most of them were born to Indian women who were distributed to soldiers and civil affairs officials after the siege of Indian tribes last year.

During the wheat harvest season on the Colorado Plateau, you can often see Caucasian women or Indian women with big bellies helping with labor in the fields or beside the carriage. This is what makes Richard the happiest.

How many are there?

Because of the generally conservative and cautious character of the Chinese, it is really difficult to investigate this matter, but according to the approximate statistics of women who have shown pregnancy, there are at least 3.5 to 3.8.

what does this mean?
It means that more than half of the women are pregnant and about to give birth, which shows that these Chinese cubs have really worked hard. They open up wasteland and farmland during the day, and they also open up wasteland and farmland at night. It is really hard work for the family.

In order to cope with the first baby boom that the Tang Kingdom was facing, Richard deliberately negotiated with the British, and arranged midwives and Chinese medicine practitioners among the Chinese immigrants. As long as each person was delivered, he would pay 100 US dollars.

As long as the money is in place, the ability of the British to do things is beyond doubt.

This price is four times higher than the cost of ordinary Chinese immigrants. Therefore, it is expected that starting from October, the number of midwives and Chinese medicine practitioners arriving in North America will increase sharply, and Chinese medicine clinics will also bloom everywhere.

The mainland of China is an inexhaustible treasure, with endless human resources, which is the greatest confidence for Li Cha to gain a foothold in North America and grow stronger.

September 9, around 4:11 noon

Li Cha led some military and political officials, took the Western Railway train going south, left Denver, which had been guarded for a year, and embarked on the second national tour.

The train is running on the railway line, and the barren rocky mountains and Gobi Desert in the barren New Mexico along the way are left behind. The scenery is boring and desolate, as if walking on the surface of Mars, with few people.

Li Cha looked back in a good mood. He was riding in two additional passenger carriages attached to the rear of the train. There were more than 150 people from the personal guard squadron and military and political officials who accompanied him, all crowded in these two carriages.

Therefore, Richard also only has a single opposite train seat, separated by wooden boards in the middle, forming a narrow space.

at night

The legs of the small table are removed from the opposite train seat, and the table top is placed on the seats on both sides to form a bed, which can be used for lying down and resting.

His Majesty the King is the only one who can enjoy such treatment. There is no way. The conditions in the early days of the kingdom were simple, and there was not even a special train, so everything could only be kept simple.

But this did not affect Richard's happy mood at all. From Denver to Fort Rio Rancho, the train needs to run for a day, and the speed is about 45-50 kilometers per hour.

This train is driven by a British 1840 "Fire Fly" steam locomotive, which is one of the most advanced locomotive models in the world today, with a maximum speed of 95 km/h.

Of course, such a speed can only be achieved with a light load on a specific high-quality track, and it does not have universal significance.A fully loaded train can only run at a speed of more than 50 kilometers per hour.

Even after more than 100 years, ordinary trains are no more than this level, but the carrying capacity is stronger.

The next day
6:00 a.m.

When the sky was getting bright, the train that Li Cha was on blew a long whistle and drove into the Rio Rancho Fortress train station.

more than a year apart
Rio Rancho has changed a lot. From the highland fort by the holy spring river to the Rio Rancho town fort, a city wall has been built for a distance of 4.3 kilometers, linking them together organically, forming a A fortress city of about 12 square kilometers.

The streets in the city are orderly, wide and straight, and most of the houses with brick and tile structures are in the shape of "Hui", which is very conducive to street fighting defense.

Most of the buildings on the edge of the street belong to banks, telegraph offices, police stations, railway companies and mining companies, and most of them are solid buildings with 3 to 4 floors.

Forts and heavy machine gun positions can be set up on the roof, condescending in wartime, and can easily control the surrounding area.

The importance of the Rio Rancho Fortress is second only to the Denver Fortress. The kingdom has spent a lot of resources building it, and has achieved gratifying results.

The train station is located 6.7 kilometers south of the Rio Rancho Fortress. At present, there is only a solitary train station, two rows of brick houses, and a large livestock fence. There are more than [-] carts neatly placed outside the fence. It is mainly used for foster care of mules and horses.

When there is no transport work, the mules and horses will be removed from the harness and rigging, and they will be raised in the livestock pen.

(End of this chapter)