Wild North America 1846

Chapter 204 Comparison of Strength between Tang and America
The Datang Kingdom, with a total population of more than 400 million, has a vast territory second only to the United States, ranking second in North America, and third in the entire Americas after Brazil and the United States.

After 5 years of rapid development

The Datang Kingdom has become one of the two North American powers that can be tied with the US Federation, and is especially famous for its heavy industry and strong soldiers and horses.

The fighting power of the Eastern Cavalry under its command has been resounding all over the world. It is known as the world's three major cavalry that can be tied with the French cuirassiers and Polish hussars, and its combat effectiveness ranks among the top in the world.

The British "Times" has an authoritative comment on this;

The Eastern Cavalry Corps under the Datang Kingdom is known for its strong desire for war and its excellent equipment. The most convincing example of its powerful combat effectiveness is the surrender of the rebellious American cowboys.

The fear and panic from the enemy is the proud medal of the Eastern cavalry. Its powerful combat effectiveness and brilliant record are comparable to the French cuirassiers and Polish hussars, and it is listed as the world's top three cavalry lineup...

Looking back at the U.S.
After signing the "Ottawa Treaty", the United States has suffered repeated blows. The United States has lost its ambition to continue expanding to the west and is more focused on domestic development.

Whether the Taylor government is willing or unwilling, the principle of separation of powers designed by the pioneers of the United States greatly limits the possibility of military expansion, and allows Congress to supervise the military from beginning to end.

In the case of losing the war, in 1850 and 1851, due to the high war debt repayment factor of the US federal government, the financial expenditure used in the military field was greatly reduced.

how to say?

The military budget can't be said to be cut in half, but after the cut in half, the chopping continued. The original pot of water became a bowl of water, and it was crystal clear, without any fishy smell.

This also led to a rapid shrinking of the number of U.S. troops, from the originally maintained 10,000+ army to tens of thousands, and then further reduced to less than 2. All equipment and supplies are in stock.

The recruits who have just joined the army receive old military uniforms full of bloody smell, and there are even clear bullet holes on them, which need to be cleaned and mended before they can be used.

Fort Hugo, which was highly valued during the war, even gathered nearly [-] heavy troops at its peak, becoming the most frontier military presence of the United States in the west, and it was extremely prosperous for a while.

Now the lively scene is gone. The Hugo Fortress, which was built at a huge expense, has less than 3000 garrisons, and only 371 cavalry, which is almost the configuration of two downsized cavalry brigades.

It is said that by next year, the appropriation for Hugo Fortress will be greatly reduced. It is best for the soldiers stationed here to be self-reliant, and extensively carry out military settlements and military animal husbandry, so that the soldiers can eat better.

The attitude of the direct opponent to disarm and surrender also led to the introduction of a large-scale retirement policy by the Tang Kingdom at the beginning of 1852.

There are as many as 3.75 active cavalry on the roster of the Army Staff Headquarters. Basically, two-thirds of the cavalry will be retired, and only less than 1.3 cavalry will remain. .

This is the core combat power of the cavalry unit, and it needs to maintain a scale of 7000 to 8000 to avoid damage to the root.

Half of the 4.85 infantry will also be laid off, and no more than 2.5 will be retained in the end.

After the layoffs of the entire army, the combined cavalry and infantry forces of the Tang Kingdom did not exceed 3.8, which only met the most basic defense needs.

at the same time
The Tang Kingdom issued the first "Reserve Military Service Law" in the world, bringing more than 1 experienced retired cavalry into the reserve, and there are almost the same number of infantry reserves.

Once the all-out war comes, this reserve force of more than 11 people will be the first to be mobilized and put into the war as quickly as possible to maintain the safety of the kingdom.

Over time

The veterans who have been retired over the years will immediately enter the reserve service, and the scale of the reserve service will gradually expand, becoming an important part of the military mobilization system of the Tang Kingdom.

Among the five golden flowers of Datang Kingdom in the economic field, Morenchi Mining Company is playing an increasingly important role. The company's high-quality copper ore is smelted and processed to make copper coins, bullet casings, and various copper devices And handicrafts, which brings a higher added value.

Copper coins alone produce more than 3 million coins on average each year, with a weight of more than 470 tons. They are widely used in the Tang Dynasty, the southern United States, Mexico, the Qing Dynasty and other countries. They are famous for their high quality and sufficient quantity.

Especially in the Qing Dynasty, when the Taiping Rebellion was surging, the rebel army had broken through the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, penetrated into the Huguang region, conquered important towns one after another, and threatened Wuhan.

at such a fatal time

The corrupt and dark Qing Dynasty was unable to develop the economy and improve people's livelihood. Due to the spread of war, the southeast half of the country was full of wars, and the ruling power was greatly reduced.

At this moment

As an excellent currency, the copper coins made by the Datang Kingdom are widely circulated in coastal areas and are highly welcomed by merchants and the masses.

Silver and copper have monetary properties, and are highly accepted by the public. The Chinese mainland lacks copper resources. Comparing the copper coins issued by the Qing government with the copper coins of the Tang Kingdom, it is clear that they are superior.

The copper coins exported by the Tang Kingdom are full of texture, thick, pure and full of copper color, and they are exquisitely made and extremely difficult to imitate. It turned out that the scale was much larger in history.

In Mexico and the southern United States, where industrial development is backward, the silver and copper coins produced by the Tang Kingdom are also widely used. Because the Tang Yuan is equivalent to the US dollar and guaranteed by national credit, the Tang Yuan is more popular in the southern states of the United States.

this day and age
The southern states of the United States issue their own U.S. dollars, which are guaranteed by insurance companies or banks. Their influence and reputation are far inferior to the Tang Yuan issued by the Royal Sequoia Bank of the Tang Kingdom, including coins and banknotes.

In the southern United States

Tang yuan is also in circulation with British pounds, francs, pesos, and marks. Because of the proximity to the water and the first month, the total amount of circulation is larger than the above-mentioned currencies, so it has gained a lot of money.

The Morenchi Mining Company is one of the pillar industries of the Tang Kingdom. In 1851, the annual output reached 3.72 tons, employing as many as 17.89 convicts and more than 1.1 mine workers, creating an annual output value exceeding 3000 million Tang Yuan.

In 1851 year

The total economic output of the Datang Kingdom reached 3.86 million Tang yuan, with a population of 407.6 million. It formed an industrial system dominated by mining, heavy industry and light textile industry, and initially entered the threshold of an industrialized country.

The total mileage of national railways is 1.33 kilometers, the output of pig iron is 37 tons, steel is 5.3 tons, and the mileage of wired telegraph is 3.92 kilometers.

compared to the US
In 1851, the total economic output of the United States reached 15.79 billion Tang yuan, the population was 2577.5 million, and the national railway mileage reached 3.12 kilometers. It was still in the stage of substantial population growth and rapid economic development.

Seventy percent of the population growth in the United States came from European immigrants. In the five years from 1845 to 1851, the total number of immigrants from Ireland and Germany was as high as 5 million, with an annual average of more than 177.

The plantation economy of black slavery became the main economic output of the southern states of the United States. In the first half of the 19th century, the southern states of the United States produced about 7/8 of the world's cotton, satisfying the needs of the machine cotton textile industry in the British industrial revolution and the United States. The need for the development of the northern machine-made cotton textile industry.

Relatively speaking
The development of cotton textiles in the southern states of the United States was slow. For example, in 1850, there were 166 cotton textile factories in the southern states, with about 1 workers.

In the northern state of New England, there are 564 cotton mills with about 6 workers.

In 1851, the cotton output in the south reached 338 million bales, accounting for 91.7% of the world's total cotton output and more than 7% of the total US exports. It is the most important bulk export material.

Datang Kingdom is a rising star. In the field of cotton planting and textile, its production scale is only about 1/20 of the former, and there is still a lot of room for development.

For example, the total cotton output in 1851 was 16.2 bales, which was less than 5% of that of the United States, and the cotton textile industry was about 14% to 15% of that of the United States, with a large gap.

As the world's main immigrant country, the United States is not inferior to the Datang Kingdom in terms of population growth, and even the total number of European immigrants per year is much higher than that of the Datang Kingdom.

That is to say, in 1851, the total number of immigrants in the Tang Kingdom gradually caught up with the United States, which was about 85-90% of the average annual total number of immigrants in the United States.

As the situation in mainland China becomes more chaotic and the flames of war burn, more refugees urgently need to find a way out overseas, and the Tang Kingdom and Australia are undoubtedly the best places to go.

There is a gold rush dream here, and it is a development paradise for overseas Chinese flowing with milk and honey.

It is estimated that by 1852, with the immigrant upsurge of the North Pacific Golden Route in the ascendant, the total number of immigrants in the Tang Kingdom will be comparable to that of the United States, or even surpassed by a head.

Backed by a large population of 7000 million in the land of China, it is difficult to count the number of babies drowned by poor families every year. Even compared with the whole of Europe, the Datang Kingdom is not inferior in terms of immigration sources, and even surpasses it.

One million immigrants a year is not a dream, it's just a drizzle!

The Datang Kingdom's thirst for human resources is almost endless. In the vast territory, there are too many lands that need to be reclaimed, too many industries are in urgent need of labor, and the development of the entire society is in a state of hunger and thirst. .

nothing else
The development of the industrial field of the Tang Kingdom alone requires millions of strong laborers. With the large-scale export of oil and gas resources, millions of wooden barrels were needed in 1852, and tens of thousands of workers were needed for the poke making industry alone.

The vast farms, pastures and cotton plantations require tens of thousands of strong male laborers. When the Tang Kingdom strictly restricted Mexicans from working, the demand for new Chinese immigrants became more urgent.

as a victor

Datang Kingdom’s discrimination and oppression of Mexican laborers are ubiquitous. Male Mexican laborers can only work illegally in cotton plantations, and their income is less than 1/4 of that of Chinese and white laborers, which can only meet the minimum needs of food and clothing.

Mexican women enter the labor market, either as maids or low-end service industries, or as prostitutes, and it is extremely difficult to obtain legal status.

Unless you are willing to be a concubine for a Chinese family and give birth to a son and a half daughter, then you can register as a resident only by relying on the factors of the child and meeting the strict requirements of living at home for more than 8 years, and being guaranteed by the Chinese head of the family.

That's fine for the Mexicans. No matter how hard the native Indians work, they will never be able to obtain the normal resident status of the Tang Kingdom.

in the mid 19th century
Whether it is Europe, China, Tsarist Russia, the Ottoman Empire, the United States or other places, social class oppression and discrimination are everywhere. This is an era of inequality for everyone.

White immigrants are much better than Mexicans and indigenous Indians. As long as they own a certain amount of property in the Tang Kingdom, buy a house and land, they can basically settle down normally and enjoy the same national treatment.

However, Chinese immigrants from the Kingdom of Heaven received the highest treatment. They could obtain normal resident status as soon as they got off the ship and registered, and they could move freely in the provinces within the territory of the Tang Kingdom. They could go wherever they wanted and develop wherever they wanted.

but there is one

Those Chinese immigrants with immigrant loans must report to the local bank after arriving at the place of permanent residence, and begin to fulfill the obligation to repay the loan gradually.

As for those Chinese immigrants who try to escape supervision or want to renege on their debts, if they do not register with the local bank for more than 6 months, they will automatically become black households and will be widely wanted in the kingdom.

Once caught, all property will be confiscated, and an astonishingly high fine will be borne.

It's very simple if you can't get it out, and you will be thrown directly into the hard labor camp to work to death without any mercy.

If you dare to rely on money from the bank, you just don't intend to be a human being.

Long time

A consensus has generally been formed in the society of Datang Kingdom;

That is, the bank's money and the tax bureau's money must not be in arrears, otherwise the consequences will be extremely serious, so serious that they cannot afford it.

Don't look at those nobles and veterans who have entered the middle class to live a prosperous life, but the taxes and fees that should be paid are not dared to default, and they are obediently paid on time.

Noble fiefdoms and military meritorious land must be paid according to the "[-]" tax rate, while civilian land is subject to the "[-]" tax rate, which is a common rule.It's not that military meritorious fields don't need to pay taxes, but that preferential tax rates are implemented, and they pay less.

These two years

There are many people who claim to have worked hard and do not pay taxes. After the tax bureau notified them three times in a row, some people even killed or injured tax bureau officials, which had a very bad impact on society.

King Li Cha personally came forward to resolve the matter. All retired soldiers and nobles involved in tax arrears were expropriated as nobles, fiefs, all military honors were confiscated, all family property was confiscated, and sent to labor camps for reform.

Anyone with human life on their hands should be executed immediately, as a respectful example.

Once such a thunderous method was made public, it aroused a strong reaction from the society, and the vast majority of residents applauded and wholeheartedly supported the severe method of punishing the privileged class.

And those middle-class businessmen, manor owners, planters, and ranchers, who are mainly retired officers and soldiers, immediately became shrinking turtles after this incident, as well-behaved as kittens.

In Datang Kingdom

The founding monarch Li Cha has an unparalleled lofty prestige. The country was brought down by His Majesty the King. The small contributions of these retired officers and soldiers are simply not enough. How dare they explode?

When the king was angry, the domineering aura of the corpse of a million corpses leaked a little bit, and everyone froze.

King Richard said in public;
"As the officers and soldiers who have made meritorious deeds, the Kingdom has given them the honor and rich rewards they deserve, which are enough to reward them for their meritorious deeds, and have never treated them badly.

Those who stand on their laurels against the government and think they can do whatever they want are delusional.

The Tang Kingdom is a kingdom created by this king alone. To dare to challenge the government is to challenge the authority of this king. The sacred kingship cannot be underestimated.

Those who resist the tax and the law will be punished according to this example. Don't defy the law by yourself, then it will be too late to regret! "

(End of this chapter)