Wild North America 1846

Chapter 171 North American pattern of one strong and three weak
"I'm so numb, what is this old man Polk doing? What is the land of the six states of the United States? Now it is the land of the six states of the Tang Kingdom, he really wants to lose his mind!"

Li Cha put down the newspaper thoughtfully, and cursed with a happy smile.

In the land where the six northwestern states were successfully taken over, Richard issued a decree in the name of the king to re-divide the country's territory into large administrative regions. It basically followed the original division of American states in history, but replaced them with provincial-level administrative regions.

Datang Kingdom is divided into 14 provinces, namely Northern Province (formerly Washington State), Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana Canada, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota (formerly North Dakota), South Dakota (formerly South Dakota), Nebraska.

The land of the newly acquired six northwestern states has a total area of ​​147.79 square kilometers. Adding the 301 million square kilometers of the previous Datang Kingdom, the total area of ​​the Datang Kingdom has reached 449 million square kilometers, second only to Brazil and the United States in the Americas. The third largest country (including North and South America and Central America), its territorial area is smaller than Brazil's 851 million square kilometers and the United States' 599 million square kilometers of land (note; plus Texas' 67.8 square kilometers of territory, the United States' territory is 573 million square kilometers, plus the 26 square kilometers of land ceded by Mexico in Tijuana and Monterrey, a total of 599 million square kilometers), ranking third.

this day and age
Canada is still in the status of a British colony and has not established an independent country, so its land area cannot be counted.

to the middle of september

In addition to the newly received six northwestern states, the population of the Tang Kingdom has reached 133 million, and the proportion of Chinese has dropped sharply from 73.2% to 44.6%. This makes the government's task of attracting Chinese immigrants even more difficult and more intensive.

With a wider territory, the Tang Kingdom has sufficient uncultivated land to attract Chinese immigrants.

Therefore, it is now widely spread in the Chinese mainland that North America is not only a rich land rich in gold and milk and honey, but also that as long as they successfully arrive in North America, each person will be given 10 acres of land (60 acres in metric system).

Notice;

It's everyone, not every family.

If a family has 5 people, it will get 300 mu of land for free, enough to start a small family farm.This is a great temptation for Chinese immigrants.

Is 60 mu of land in the metric system too much?

In fact, it is not much at all, which is equivalent to 10 acres.

You should know that each veteran’s meritorious field basically has 60 acres, and sergeants and officers have more land, the highest can reach 700-800 acres, a total of about 4200-4800 acres, enough to open a medium-sized ranch.

Anyway, there is plenty of land, and what is lacking now is population.

war is over

Richard issued a decree in the name of the king, allowing the construction of villages and towns in the northwestern provinces. However, to plan properly, the new villages and towns need to be built in a centralized manner, centralized planning, and have a certain degree of defense.

It is definitely not possible to spread the pie like the American villages and towns, especially the buildings around the new villages and towns must be dominated by masonry structures. Although the construction cost is high, they have better defense and higher living comfort.

The remaining important job is to reward nobles. This has been put on the agenda. Tentatively, there are 10 earl nobles, 28 viscount nobles, 64 baron nobles and no fiefdoms.

Basically, the rank of major and above in the army can earn at least one lifelong nobleman from the baron.

Don't think that the Tang Kingdom is full of noble titles. There are only 10 highest-ranking earl nobles, and each province can't share one.

Viscount nobles can get two counts on average in each province, and there are slightly more barons, which is 4 to 5 in each province. Compared with the hundreds of counts in the South German Federation and Prussia, it is really not many.

The number of these noble titles is not unique to the army, but is divided among the important people in the military and government. The approximate ratio is 4:6, 4 in the political circle and 6 in the military circle, in order to achieve a relative balance.

In the political world, Gu Yan, secretary-general of the royal family, counts as one, Juan Carlos, minister of foreign affairs, Samuel Colt, industrial commissioner and director and general manager of Colt Arms Company, and Chen Cailiang, economic commissioner, counts as one. They are all important figures in the government, and the courtiers who have made outstanding contributions to the construction of the kingdom must be rewarded generously. An earl title and fiefs are indispensable.

In military circles, Lieutenant General Dai Changfu (promoted), Chief of Army Staff, counted as one, Major General Kahn, Commander of the Phoenix Castle Garrison (promoted), counted as one, Major General Harry Frazier of the Northern Cavalry Corps (promoted), and Deputy Commander Liu Brigadier General Wu (Note, Liu Wu, promoted), Major General Gao Shiheng, commander of the Motorized Cavalry Corps, and Major General Mike Rabiot, deputy commander and head of the San Francisco Cuirassier, are all outstanding during the establishment of the kingdom. For a veteran with meritorious service, it is also indispensable to reward an earl and fiefdom.

Pinch your fingers and count, 10 earls are not enough at all.

Only a king like Li Cha who has unparalleled prestige can make a decision without causing backlash and dissatisfaction from the army and the country.

Li Cha is already considering that after the official award of noble titles, the senior generals of the entire army will be rotated to prevent the senior generals from forming cliques in the army and gradually forming a mountain and warlord power.

This kind of bad phenomenon that soldiers will have must be contained in the bud.

All the military officers and soldiers of the Tang Kingdom must and can only be loyal to the royal family, and can only be loyal to King Li Cha. All attempts to exert influence in the army are arrogance, and they must be removed from the army, or converted to civil positions, and dismissed. Let the military go to the military academy to teach and educate people.

Golden Autumn October
Richard returned to New Chang'an (San Francisco, San Francisco) for the first time in a year, and stayed in the fully renovated Maple Leaf Palace, where he held a grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and conferring nobles.

This grand ceremony had an extremely strong oriental color. Li Cha wore a golden tuanlong robe and a purple gold crown facing the sky. Countless soldiers who died for the establishment of the Tang Kingdom.

At the ceremony, the sound of cloud boards, clouds and mists, bells and chimes sounded together, and the sound of chanting sutras and chanting Buddha permeated in, creating a mysterious and solemn oriental religious atmosphere.

Gu Yan wrote thousands of words of prayers for offering sacrifices to the heavens, and with the accompaniment of Yunban Zhongqing, he read the whole text in a rhythmic tone.

Then King Richard burned incense and worshiped. The scene was extraordinarily grand and grand. Thousands of high-level military and political officials from the kingdom attended the ceremony to witness the whole process of the ceremony.

Afterwards, King Richard enshrined all the ministers on the altar. There were ten earls, 28 viscounts, 64 barons and other hereditary nobles, and more lifelong nobles from baronets were freshly baked.

Since then, the Tang Kingdom has formed a stable upper noble class, followed the trend of the times, and completed the construction of the feudal kingdom system.

this age
The feudal kingdom is the mainstream of the world. The American democratic system is a heresy that is generally rejected by Europe, and it is regarded as a scourge. Most European countries are unwilling to establish close ties with the United States, fearing that Yankees will spoil children.

As a feudal monarchy supported by the United Kingdom in North America, the Datang Kingdom is actually the spokesperson of Britain's interests in North America. It shoulders the heavy responsibility of countering American democratic heresy and expansion.

Therefore, the relationship between the UK and the Tang Kingdom is extremely close, and the vast British trade circle (including British colonies, protectorates, dependent countries and dominions) is completely open to the Tang Kingdom, and mutual trade taxation enjoys internal preferential treatment.

London's trade support treatment, facing the vast market of the British trade circle, made the economic development of the Tang Kingdom a smooth sailing, and the development was smooth sailing.

Maple Leaf Palace
in the study

Standing in front of a large hand-painted map, Li Cha stared at the newly added vast area of ​​the Datang Kingdom, which includes a total of 147.9 million square kilometers of land in the six northwestern states, and felt a strong sense of accomplishment in his heart.

This is like intoxicating fine wine, mellow and strong.

After winning the Tang-US War, the territory of the Tang Kingdom expanded by nearly half. The six states in Northwest North America were vast and fertile, with lakes, forests, and mountains criss-crossing, capable of accommodating tens of millions of people.

Seeing that the territory of the Tang Kingdom is only separated from the Great Lakes region by Minnesota, and the closest part of the territory is only 470 kilometers away from the bustling metropolis of Chicago, Li Cha couldn't help showing a strange look in his eyes.

Great, this is a hard bump on the road to the overall rise of the United States.

At worst, it will also disrupt the rapid progress of the United States and plunder part of the luck that originally belonged to the United States.

Luck is an invisible thing, but you can't help but believe it, because the almost absurd ease of American expansion shows that it really exists.

if history doesn't change

In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana area with an area of ​​1500 million square kilometers for 230 million US dollars.

After that, the international situation in the early 19th century was very conducive to the expansion of the United States. Napoleon was defeated in 1814, but Spain still failed to recover.

In 1819, the United States forced the declining Spanish Empire to sign the unequal "Treaty of Florida", obtaining 500 square kilometers of Florida for $17 million.

Since then, the United States has taken a fancy to Mexico around it, including New Mexico, Texas, California and other vast areas.

At that time, there were few people in Mexico, and most of them gathered in Mexico City. There were only more than 3500 people in Texas, more than 2000 in New Mexico, and more than 4000 in California.

The Mexican government encouraged immigration, and Americans in Louisiana came in large numbers as immigrants.These places are dominated by white American immigrants, and independence will follow.Texas officially declared its independence on March 1836, 3, and joined the United States in 2.

This directly triggered the Mexican-American War in 1846. In the end, Mexico was defeated. On September 1847, 9, the U.S. army invaded Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.

On February 1848, 2, the United States signed a treaty with Mexico. Mexico recognized that Texas belonged to the United States. The United States paid Mexico $2 million + exempted $1500 million in debt, and obtained nearly 325 million square meters including California and New Mexico. kilometers of land.

In 1853, the U.S. envoy to Mexico purchased nearly 1000 square kilometers of land on the U.S.-Mexico border for $10 million.

In this way, the United States easily seized 230 million square kilometers of land in Mexico through the US-Mexico War.

In 1867, the United States made another super-best deal, buying Alaska and the surrounding Aleutian Islands with an area of ​​about 720 million square kilometers from the Tsarist Russian government for $151.88 million, equivalent to $4.7 per square kilometer. An acre of soil is worth two cents.

Today, history is completely different.

The Datang Kingdom, which rose on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, shared the luck that originally belonged to the United States. It not only cut off California, Arizona and New Mexico in Mexico one step ahead, but also obtained the Oregon region from the British.

After winning the Tang-US War, it obtained the land of six northwestern states from the United States. With a territory of 449 million square kilometers, it ranks second only to Brazil and the United States, ranking third in the Americas.

The US-Tang War came to an end, and the Tang Kingdom won a rare period of peaceful development in North America.

During this period of time, Richard didn't want to have any friction or war with the United States. Instead, he restrained his thorns with a low-key attitude and turned himself into a peace-loving participant in the balance of the situation in North America.

The current diplomatic direction is to take the initiative to form a good relationship with the Mexican government, to close bilateral political, economic and military relations, and to "unite with Mexico to control the United States" will be the general direction of foreign affairs in the next few decades.

Although the Mexicans are not good at fighting, domestic corruption is rampant, economic construction is a mess, and military achievements are not made, but it is undeniable that Mexico's population is still quite strong, and it has won the sympathy and support of many European countries.

I am indeed weak, but I have a big voice!

Datang Kingdom united with Mexico to jointly fight against the regional powerhouse, the United States, which was in line with the British's North American balance policy, and also in line with Datang Kingdom's own interests, and tried its best to prevent the United States from dominating alone.

In terms of population and economic volume, the population of the United States reached 1848 million in 2217, and the total national economy reached 11.3 billion US dollars. All indicators are leading in North America.

Mexico has a population of only 562 million (minus the ceded population of Tijuana and Monterrey), and its national economy is less than 8170 million US dollars, which is 1/13 of that of the United States.

The total population of the Datang Kingdom is 138 million, the total national economy is 1.69 million Tang Yuan (approximately equal to 1.39 million US dollars), the 337 million ounces of gold produced by the American River is worth 6740 million US dollars per year, and the average annual output of the Molenci Copper Mine Nearly 1 tons of copper, 137 tons of silver, 7.53 tons of gold and some aluminum, magnesium, lead and other metals, with a combined total value of more than 2700 million US dollars, are the two pillar industries of the Datang Kingdom's economy.

In terms of overall national strength, North America presents a situation of one strong and three weak. One strong is the United States, and the three weak are the Kingdom of Tang, Mexico and the British Canadian colonies.

In a short period of time, such a large pattern in North America will not change.

(End of this chapter)