Wild North America 1846

Chapter 137 Immigration Tide

"How is the specific progress of the wharf project?"

"My Majesty, the wharf project is built in accordance with the standards capable of loading and unloading 6-ton ships. It is planned to have 9 5000-ton cargo berths, 4.7 3-ton cargo berths, and 5 passenger berths. The entire wharf area is about 4 kilometers long, reinforced concrete There are [-] trestles and [-] wooden trestles, with a capacity of one million tons of cargo handling, and the entire construction period is expected to be [-] and a half years."

"Four and a half years, how long does it take?"

"Your Majesty, the 5000-ton freight berths and passenger berths constructed in advance are expected to be put into use as early as July next year, and the other 7-ton berths will be built one after another, which will not affect the cargo transportation in the port."

"That's a bit slow, how much labor is there now?"

"My Majesty, there are about 2400 Chinese laborers and nearly 5000 convicts. They need to build tens of kilometers of rock and concrete slope protection, and also need to build a large number of warehouses. Moreover, it is very labor-intensive to drive wooden piles into the coast. It’s all physically strenuous work.”

"Well, I'll give you more people." Li Cha thought about it, and then said;

"The newly formed 4000 cavalry troops in the surrounding area of ​​Chang'an have already set off to the northern Oregon region. The main task is to wipe out the northern Indian tribes.

This military activity will last for half a year.It is expected to bring back no less than 10 Indian convicts and a similar number of aboriginal women.

I allocated 8 convicts to the two dock construction projects in Chang'an and Los Angeles respectively. These labor forces will be in place before the end of the year, so you can use them freely.

There is only one requirement; shorten the construction period by half, can it be completed? "

"This... the head of the humble position is guaranteed, and I will do my best to complete the task assigned by His Majesty, otherwise I will meet you first."

"Very well, the kingdom is now in a period of major construction, and we must be fully prepared to deal with the wave of immigrants."

Speaking of here
Li Cha stared at the azure Pacific Ocean with complex emotions in his eyes for a long time.

The two 5000-ton passenger ships ordered by Datang Kingdom have been put into trans-Pacific immigration shipping since they arrived in the Bay Area at the end of last year.

To date
The "Moganshan" and "Longhushan" sailing on the northern route of the Pacific Ocean have completed six voyages in 10 months, and completed one round-trip voyage in about one and a half months.

Coal-fired steam-powered iron-hulled ships are not affected by wind direction and ocean currents, and have a huge capacity no matter whether they carry cargo or people. Compared with sailing cargo ships, they have the advantage of crushing.

These two ships can carry more than 2200 Chinese immigrants on each voyage, transporting more than 10 immigrants and tens of thousands of tons of goods in 16000 months, and the income is astonishing.

in North American ports
Loaded with steel products, cement, cloth, copper and Mexican silver, they set off for Eastern China. These bulk goods were huge and popular in the Manchu Qing market, and as long as they arrived, they could get 3 to 4 times the huge profits.

When returning from the Weihai Concession in Weihai, the ships were loaded with raw silk, porcelain, tea and immigrants. After returning to Chang’an or the port of Los Angeles, those American businessmen swarming up waved banknotes and swept away these hot and sought-after goods.

That's just not enough china and tea for the huge American market.

As for the raw silk, it enters the internal factories of the Tang Kingdom, and after processing, the value is increased by more than 10 times, and then sold to the southern United States or Europe to make huge profits.

The "Moganshan" and the "Longhushan" only made two round-trip voyages. After deducting the loss-making immigration business, they earned back the money for buying the ship, including the principal and interest, which shows the huge profits.

The trans-Pacific immigration transportation business is promising and contains countless business opportunities.

Therefore, the Pacific Shipping Company, which is controlled by Richard, placed orders for 12 5-ton transoceanic transport ships to several British shipyards in one go. The new ships will arrive one after another at the end of October, and then put into transoceanic shipping.

Thus

Datang Kingdom's own ocean transportation capacity is demonstrated. Based on the calculation of seven voyages per year for each ship, 7 transport ships will have an immigration capacity of 14 people a year.

If the UK's monthly transoceanic immigration transport capacity of 8000 people is added, the total number of immigrants a year on the Pacific Northern route alone will exceed 32.

If Chinese immigrants from Central America and South America are included, this number will increase by 8 to 10.

With the successive arrival of shipyard equipment, Datang Kingdom will soon have the ability to independently build iron-hulled ships, and more ships will be put into the trans-Pacific route next year.

And all this

It is precisely the origin of the immigration wave that Li Cha said. The total population of the Tang Kingdom will be close to 50 by the end of the year. According to the current immigration scale, it is estimated to be between 47 and 485000.

And by the end of next year, he hopes that the total population of the Tang Kingdom will exceed 100 million.

Such strong confidence stems from the grasp of the general trend and the sufficient confidence in China's massive population. If we want to talk about crowd tactics, we have never been afraid of anyone.

If the original appearance of history does not undergo major changes
The vigorous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising will soon sweep across several provinces along the southeast coast of China, and burn the fire to the heart of China. Most of the provinces south of the Yangtze River will inevitably be affected.

The war continues and a large number of people are displaced. Isn't this the best time to immigrate to North America?
Besides
Li Cha has asked Sequoia Bank to arrange special personnel to go to China to set up branches in Weihaiwei, Tianjinwei, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong to carry out transoceanic bank exchange business.

If those Chinese immigrants who have made money in the Tang Kingdom want to send money to their hometown, Sequoia Bank will charge [-]% of the exchange fee.

Gold diggers get 100 ounces of gold into the bank, and after discounting according to the quality of the gold, they can redeem banknotes and coins of equal value, and the bank has made a lot of money.

If 100 ounces of gold are not fine enough, you can only get banknotes equivalent to 65 or 70 ounces of gold, and fine alluvial gold should not exceed 78 ounces of gold at most.How much water there is and how much room for price reduction is all based on the words of bank experts, which is faster than robbery.

Then, if the 70 ounces of gold want to be remitted back to their hometown, Sequoia Bank will take 21% of the fee, which is 49 ounces of gold, and the remaining [-] ounces of gold are the amount that the family of the gold diggers can get.

Do you think this is the end?

No, the bank will send a letter to the payee asking him to come to the bank to collect the remittance.

If the recipient has died or cannot receive it for various reasons, then the money belongs to the bank.

This kind of situation is not uncommon in the southeastern coastal provinces that are about to be full of wars!

The obligation of the bank to notify has been fulfilled, if you don't come and blame yourself?

Making money is on the one hand, expanding the influence of the Tang Kingdom, and promoting the impression that many people in North America are rich and stupid, and on the other hand, this is conducive to the rapid expansion of various immigrant Chinese groups.

That is
In the future, the Pacific Shipping Company may make a lot of money selling tickets, and the money from the North American gold prospectors will still fall into the pockets of the shipping company.

The ticket price for transoceanic transportation is not low. A bed costs at least 50 taels of silver, which is the lowest class of accommodation.

On the transport ship "Moganshan" of the Datang Kingdom, there is a kind of bunk called a ladder bed. In the 7.6-meter-high cabin, 10 layers of iron-framed beds are arranged like ladders, and the height of each layer is less than 80. cm.

Passengers can only climb ladders to enter. It is such a bunk that sells for 56 taels of silver in Weihaiwei.At least 68 taels of silver in Guangzhou.

Self-immigrants have to pay for the boat tickets themselves. After rumors that there are large gold mines in North America that can make them rich overnight, many courageous and ambitious Chinese will buy a boat ticket and sail across the ocean to realize their dream of making a fortune.

Even if there is one out of 100 people, with China's huge population, it is a huge business opportunity for the shipping company to support.

The steel industry, shipbuilding industry, and transoceanic transportation and trade are the three directions that Datang Kingdom will focus on in the future.

(End of this chapter)