Wild North America 1846

Chapter 201 The Harvest After the War and Marrying the Queen

Just when Mexico fell into a period of precarity and turmoil, the Tang Kingdom ushered in the 5th anniversary celebration of the founding of the country and the king's wedding celebration. Coupled with the unprecedented victory of the expedition to Mexico, it can be described as three joys.

Throughout the golden autumn and October, the whole country of the Tang Kingdom was full of joy, and the atmosphere of celebration was extremely strong.

The Southward Expedition to Mexico captured a lot of money, tens of thousands of soldiers returned with full rewards, thousands of people were rewarded, and dozens of military officers with outstanding military exploits entered the noble class, and only 6 viscount titles were awarded.

His Majesty the King's personal conquest achieved an unprecedented victory, and the Tang royal family naturally took the biggest advantage of it, opened up a territory of one million square kilometers to the south, and included two of the three largest silver mines in Mexico.

This move will greatly enhance the economic strength that the royal family can use, stabilize its strong position in the resource field, and ensure that the royal family firmly controls the filling of the internal treasury that is independent of the kingdom's finances.

At any time

Money is an effective means of expanding wars and manipulating the economy. Only by controlling the money bags at his disposal can Richard be able to choose the most favorable time for the Tang Kingdom to attack decisively in the turbulent tide of the times.

For example; more than ten years later, an unprecedented and tragic all-out war may break out in North America.

How could such a lively occasion lack the Tang Kingdom?
Li Cha has never been willing to fight unprepared wars, and the accumulation of that war will start now, related weapons and equipment, war materials, artillery warships, excellent war horses and other reserve materials.

Of course, at least there is a lot of financial support, what kind of war is there without money?

Of these two silver mines
There are the Saucito Silver Mine, which ranks first in silver production in the world, and the Penasquito Silver Mine, which ranks third. The history of silver mining originated from the Spanish colonial period in the 16th century and has a history of nearly 300 years.

The largest silver mine in the world, Saucito, produced 1850 million ounces of silver in 3730.The production areas are distributed in the states of Zacatecas and Chihuahua, which are the pillar industries of Mexico's economy, and are now all owned by the royal family of the Tang Dynasty.

In the land of the eight northern provinces of Mexico recently occupied by the Tang Kingdom, there are extremely rich mineral resources. It has world-leading coal, copper, zinc, lead, silver and other resource reserves, as well as rich oil resource reserves. It can be said that A treasure trove of resources.

Spain's most important colony in the Americas was Mexico, which is still the world's largest silver producer after 150 years.

Its rich reserves are extremely large, enough to insert another wing for the economic take-off of the Datang Kingdom, and help the economy rise in North America.

The Saucito Silver Mine is the largest silver mine in Mexico.This silver mine was discovered in the 16th century. The silver production in this place alone accounts for one-third of the world, and Spanish silver dollars are basically minted here.

A steady stream of shiny silver was unearthed from the mines in Mexico and cast into inexhaustible silver coins. Along with the trade channels, tons and tons of silver crossed half the world, and were widely circulated in the land of China.

With the opening of the Qing Dynasty, countless Spanish silver coins, Mexican Eagle Ocean and Datang Kingdom Holy Ocean flowed into the land of China, possessing considerable purchasing power.

In particular, the "Holy Ocean" of the Tang Kingdom, the front of the silver coin is the front crown icon of the monarch who founded the Tang Kingdom, so it is called "Sacred Ocean".

Because of its silver texture, exquisite casting process, full weight, and convenient use, it has become the most popular currency in the land of China.

The Sauxito silver mine, the largest in the world in Mexico alone, produces silver worth 8000 million Tang Yuan a year. Compared with the 120 million Tang Yuan paid to the Mexican government to cede more than one million square kilometers of land in the northern and central eight states, that is simply It's just a drop in the bucket.

Since the founding of the Tang Kingdom
Two large-scale military expansions, one defeating the United States and ceding its six northern states, and one defeating Mexico and ceding its northern and central eight states, greatly expanded the kingdom's territory and achieved the hegemony of North America. prestige.

And it was these two large-scale war expansions that brought the Tang Kingdom's national power to two new levels and became one of the two major North American hegemons.

in golden autumn october

The biggest joyous event is not the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but the wedding of His Majesty the King. He grandly married Lin Zhen'er, the daughter of Lin Zexu, an important minister of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, as the queen.

Lin Zexu, styled Yuanfu, is a pillar of the Manchu Qing Dynasty today.

He was a Jinshi in the 16th year of Jiaqing, and his career has held important positions such as editor of Hanlin, inspector of Jiangsu, governor of Donghe, governor of Jiangsu, and governor of Huguang.

In 1839, Lin Zexu went to Guangdong as an imperial envoy to ban smoking, forced foreign opium merchants to hand over opium, and destroyed the confiscated opium in Humen. This event directly ignited the first Opium War.

Not long after the Opium War broke out, Lin Zexu was framed and dismissed from office, and sent to Xinjiang.

This is a Hanchen who dares to be the first in the world. He has a lofty national integrity in his heart. He hates opium poisoning the people of the country and vows to put an end to this cancer that kills the country and the nation.

Although his efforts were not successful, they are still worthy of admiration and respect.

After being dispatched to Xinjiang, Lin Zexu was not reactivated until 1845.

As the most enlightened minister of foreign affairs in the Qing Dynasty, Lin Zexu knew very well how significant it was for the Tang Kingdom to create a glorious Chinese dynasty in North America. Development provides a broad world.

Therefore, Lin Zexu resisted all opinions and insisted on marrying his beloved daughter Lin Zhen'er to North America, and wrote a handwritten plaque "Heirloom of Poetry and Rites" to his son-in-law Li Cha, implying the meaning of encouragement.

King Li Cha led his army back to the army after winning the Tang-Mo war, and after meeting the three daughters in person, he immediately took Lin Zhen'er as the queen.

Nothing else
Although Lin Zhen'er's appearance is not the most beautiful and charming, but she has bright eyes and white teeth, dignified and dignified, especially when she was born in the mansion of an important official of the imperial court, she has an awe-inspiring and inviolable noble temperament, just like a white lotus emerging from mud and not stained.

Li Cha especially respected her origin. Lin Zexu was one of the rare enlightened ministers in the late Qing Dynasty. He possessed the iron bones and responsibility of the Chinese, and he was indeed a model of a national hero.

It is a pity that Lin Zexu died of illness in Puning, Chaozhou not long ago due to his busy government affairs for many years, coupled with frailty and sickness.

Due to the lack of news, the Tang Kingdom has not received this bad news, and is in the joy of celebrating His Majesty's wedding throughout the country.

While marrying Lin Zhen'er as the queen, the royal court accepted two concubines at the same time. Both of them came from well-known families in China's Shenzhou, and their backgrounds were quite deep.

One is the Huang family who has been a scholarly family in Guangdong Province for generations, and is currently the daughter of Huang Chengen, the second-rank admiral of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The other is the prostitute daughter of Wang Peng, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, named "Wang Manzhi", she is a charming and charming girl, if judged by her appearance alone, she is the first among the three daughters.

Huang Huiniang and Wang Manzhi were respectively accepted as the side concubines of the king, ranking first rank, and they were officially called "side wives" in the Wang court.

After the grand ceremony, it is already the last day of golden autumn in October.

Inside Maple Leaf Palace

Li Cha sits high on the throne, beside him is the tall, bright-eyed, white-toothed and dignified Queen Lin Zhen'er, who is elegantly dressed in luxurious queen robes.

Sitting on the lower heads on the left and right sides are the side concubines Huang Huiniang and Wang Manzhi, respectively called "Huiniang's side wife" and "Manzhi side wife", both of whom are the two princesses who are currently married by the Ming media.

further down

Standing among Yingying and Yanyan's beautiful concubines, Qin Yufei, the fifth-rank Chenghui wife, was promoted as a concubine because she had a son.

Zheng Xiuniang, the wife of Zheng Qipin Zhaoxun, was promoted as a concubine because she had a son.

In addition, there are also five members of the Ninth Grade Fengyi, namely the blond Persian cats Selena and Lilith. They are the warm quilt maids of His Majesty the King when he was sitting on the Colorado Plateau. They are well-behaved and lovely desserts.

The other three are the three Mexican beauty sisters, the eldest sister Aisha, the second sister Emma, ​​and the younger sister Ellie. After getting it, Li Cha liked it very much. He ignored the other concubines for a while, and they were also named as the ninth-rank Fengyi. One of the concubines recognized by the royal court.

"Your Majesty, the Tang Kingdom is now one of the most powerful countries in North America. His Majesty has opened up a territory of millions of square kilometers, and his reputation spreads far and wide. No ministers and concubines dare to talk about important matters in the royal court. ..."

Queen Lin Zhen'er paused intentionally when she said this, looked at Li Cha's face with big black eyes, smiled with a hint of fascination and admiration, and said nothing.

Naturally, Li Cha would not disrespect the Queen in front of so many people, he patted Queen Lin Zhen'er's jade hand lightly, and said softly;
"Everything in the inner court is entirely up to the queen. It is the queen's job to lead the harem. What kind of rules to set up and how to send the subordinates to do things are all up to the queen's decision, and this king should obey it."

Li Cha's words carry a lot of weight, it is equal to the will of Jinkou Yuyan, which has been recorded by the royal secretary as "Wang Ting Qi resides" to form a national regulation, which is absolutely irreversible, and there is no reason for that.

Queen Lin Zhen'er smiled and responded; "Since Your Majesty has made a conclusion, the concubine can only reluctantly take over this big mess, but the palace is quite crowded now, and there are many female relatives, so I am very afraid of Your Majesty's kindness." Those ferocious beasts raised. The concubine dared to request that His Majesty choose another place to house these ferocious beasts."

After saying this, all Yingyingyanyan's concubines and maidservants felt relieved, and showed relaxed expressions on their faces.

It sounds really scary
Your Majesty's animal pets are increasing. There are more than a dozen North American brown bears weighing more than 1000 pounds, as well as tigers and jaguars, dozens of wild wolves weighing up to [-] pounds, various eagles and bald heads. Needless to say, sea eagles.

Especially those bald eagles with a wingspan of up to three meters, when they fly over, they really feel oppressive, and the little girl who weighs several pounds can really go away without any effort.

Seriously speaking, which pretty girl is not afraid?
Although these ferocious beasts are usually very obedient and never take a step out of the maple leaf forest, the occasional exposure of their huge figures and roars is enough to scare the faces of all the female relatives into paleness, and they can't recover for a long time.

think about it too

The Maple Leaf Palace is just a manor-style building originally built by John Sutter. It is neither high-regulated nor large in size, and it is more than enough to accommodate more than a hundred people.

Li Cha's newly married concubines, both of whom are well-known, were brought back by a special luxury cruise ship sent by the Tang Kingdom, accompanied by hundreds of dowries and children, their personal maids, dowry maids and housemates The maids, the maids in the study, the maids of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the nurse in charge, the total number exceeds 200.

This time

The Maple Leaf Palace, which was originally relaxed, was suddenly overcrowded, and several courtyards had to be temporarily built to accommodate the excess population.

The area of ​​the Maple Leaf Palace was originally spacious, so it would only occupy the open space on the other side of the forest. Many maids and women lived just across the wall from the beasts, and some of them were almost scary to death.

free time
Not to mention that no family member dared to wander in the Maple Leaf Forest, it was really like a scourge, lest they avoid it.

Hearing Queen Lin Zhen'er talking about this matter, Li Cha was stunned for a while, then laughed and said;

"Hahaha... This is because I didn't think carefully, so I would like to apologize to the queen and the two concubines.

The new palace is already under intensive preparations and will soon start large-scale construction. It will be a palace building that brings together the essence of Chinese and Western architecture. It is beautiful and the most important thing is that it has a large enough area.

As for these beast pets, I will take them to move today, and never let them scare the queen and all the family members.

It's just that the wild wolves are not big in size, and they are also relatively well-behaved. Can we leave some care homes? "

"Since Your Majesty has spoken, then follow His Majesty's wishes, but the concubine has a request, that is, these wild wolves cannot enter the Maple Leaf Palace, and they can only guard the outside." Queen Lin Zhen'er responded with a smile, and then gently Pushing Li Cha's arm, he blamed and continued;

"Don't talk about other people, I'm afraid of those wolves when I see them. How can we, the housewives who don't leave the door of the boudoir, see such a terrifying beast? Scary people to death, okay? His Majesty likes to play These terrifying beasts are truly speechless."

"Hehehe...I promise not to bring it to the inner court, so as not to scare the queen and concubines." Li Cha replied with a warm expression.

He has always been very patient with his wives, concubines and family members. That kind of ruthless method is only used against the enemy. What kind of hero is he who plays cruelly in front of his own women and children?
For example, the three beauties in Mexico, their father Gonzalez has already served as the Minister of Finance in the new government, and the family has also moved to Mexico City with their family and placed them in a gorgeous palace in the north of the city.

from this angle

Richard still takes good care of his own family. The cheap father-in-law will reach the sky in one step. As long as the holy family of the three daughters is still there, the Gonzalez family will be a super first-class family in Mexico. Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Dos Santos, is still going strong.

These three Mexican families are the white gloves of Datang Kingdom's remote control of Mexico's political situation, so as to penetrate deeply into the upper class of Mexico's society and influence its political development.

(End of this chapter)