Wild North America 1846

Chapter 205 Three Major Cities
April 1852

In the season of warm spring and flowers blooming, in the palace of Taoyuan City on the Colorado Plateau, Li Cha arrived here by train with the queen and side concubines and concubines, and started a half-year tour of the north.

After three and a half years, the French-style palace built by more than 8600 white convicts and more than 3000 craftsmen has been completed. This three-story French-style palace building on the mountainside follows the French neo-romantic architectural style since the Renaissance. Very close to the Elysee Palace.

The palace here is named after the Jinghu Lake at the foot of the mountain. It is called "Jinghu Palace".

It can fully accommodate the daily needs of hundreds of people of His Majesty the King's family, and there is a special animal garden at the foot of the mountain, which is the place where His Majesty the King wrestles with wild beasts.

After staying in the Jinghu Palace, Li Cha can overlook the increasingly prosperous Taoyuan City's bustling street scene from the window of the big study room, with all kinds of uneven tall buildings stretching to the end of the sky.

Li Cha likes to stand by the window and overlook this booming new city. At the end of 1851, Taoyuan City had a population of 37.6 residents, making it the third most populous metropolis in the Tang Kingdom, after Chang'an (San Francisco) and Los Angeles.

Near the water tower first get the month.

Chang'an (San Francisco), Los Angeles, Seattle, Fulham, Portland, Vancouver and other cities along the east coast of the Pacific Ocean benefited from the influx of Chinese immigrants and developed much faster than inland cities. Industrial development and business more prosperous.

Especially the capital Chang'an (San Francisco), along with a series of government agencies in the Kingdom, large and medium schools, large corporate headquarters and the construction of the new palace, provide endless development opportunities, attracting a large amount of social funds and Chinese immigrants like a magnet, Has developed into the kingdom's largest city.

According to the statistics at the end of 1951;

Chang'an (Note; formerly San Francisco, including a series of industrial towns in the Grape Valley) has a total population of over 67, and is growing at a compound annual growth rate of 25% to 30%. A metropolis with a population of tens of thousands.

As the capital city of the Tang Kingdom, Chang'an City has unique advantages incomparable to other cities in the fields of politics, economy, military affairs and commerce.

As the nearest major city in North America to the Hawaiian Islands, Los Angeles is the terminal port of the North Pacific Golden Immigration Route. It is also very competitive in absorbing immigrants, developing foreign trade and industrial economy.

According to the statistics at the end of 1851;

At the end of the year, the population of Los Angeles reached 59.6, almost breaking through the 60 mark. It is closely following Chang’an, especially in the shipbuilding, steel, and ocean shipping industries. Los Angeles is a domestic leader in the above fields. , an out-and-out emerging industrial port city.

Taoyuan City is located in the hinterland of the Colorado Plateau. Surrounded by mountains, it is warm in winter and cool in summer. The climate is pleasant all year round, with plenty of sunshine and streams in the valley. The scenery is beautiful.

It is a pity that due to its inland location, Taoyuan City, which was originally the leading city, fell behind in the round of more violent immigration booms in the past two years.

There are 6.4 small and medium-sized farms, ranches, and plantations throughout the Colorado Plateau. The demand for labor is very strong. Unfortunately, Taoyuan City cannot compete with coastal cities.

To this end, Taoyuan City in Colorado Province, Phoenix City in conjunction with Peel City in South Dakota Province, Omaha, Albuquerque City in New Mexico Province, Rio Rancho, Juarez in Chihuahua Province, Chihuahua and other important inland cities, to The Crown introduced the Directed Indentured Labor Immigration Act.

The introduction of the so-called "Targeted Contract Labor Immigration Act" is a game between important inland cities and coastal cities. It aims to use targeted contract labor methods, with provinces or cities as guarantees, and loans to Chinese labor immigrants through banks.

The Chinese laborers who accept the immigration loan must arrive at the inland provinces and cities, and the locals will arrange the work within their ability, and the treatment and salary shall not be lower than the relevant industry standards of the Datang Kingdom.

After these Chinese workers have paid the principal and interest of the immigrant loan, they can freely choose whether to settle in the local area.

That is to say;

Whether or not people can be retained in the end depends on the Eight Immortals crossing the sea in the inland provinces and cities, each showing its ability.

The biggest benefit of this "Directed Contract Labor Immigration Act" is to prevent coastal cities from robbing labor force, and the upstream will drain the water, which will make the downstream cities have no water to eat.

Representatives of coastal city councilors mostly opposed the proposal. From their own point of view, of course, the more labor force, the better.

Chang'an has a population of more than 60, which is not too much. Seattle, Portland, Fulham, and Vancouver are generally second-tier cities with a population of 10,000+ to 10,000+, let alone having enough labor force.

How can there be no reason not to grab the meat?
Now basically everyone can understand His Majesty's concept of nation-building. Chinese and whites can be naturalized freely, which is the main channel for long-term stable labor sources.

The Mexican labor force is strictly restricted, and the household registration restrictions will basically not be relaxed in a short period of time, which means that these Mexican laborers can only work illegally, be bullied, enslaved, and become the bottom of society.

Aboriginal Indian men are basically invisible from the outside, and most of them are concentrated in copper mines, iron mines and coal mines. Their future is to die here, and it is impossible to get out of the mines.

Indigenous Indian women are better. As the lowest-valued women in the population market, they have the advantages of being cheap, high-quality, and economical. Not only can they give birth to babies, but they can also help work in plantations and pastures. It is very cost-effective to buy.

The Chinese in this era don’t pay much attention to appearance and conversation, they pay attention to being strong, having big buttocks, being able to give birth to babies, and being able to work in the fields. These requirements happen to be met by indigenous Indian women.

As for the communication of language and emotion, it was not taken into consideration at all.

It cannot be said that the system of the Tang Kingdom is inhumane, undemocratic, and inhumane, but it can only be said that it is restricted by the times. This is already a relatively enlightened feudal social system.

The large number of indigenous Indian tribes in the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty is the biggest unstable factor in domestic economic development and social security, and must be eradicated with heavy hands.

Why do Americans want to kill Indian tribes in a large-scale and organized manner?

It is because of the fundamental contradiction between Indian nomadic tribes and white American farmers, and this situation also exists in the Tang Kingdom.Indian tribes robbed and harassed farms almost endlessly, which was the fundamental conflict between nomadic and farming cultures.

Indigenous Indian tribes have their own totem beliefs, their own dialects, their own way of life and worldview, and they are incompatible with modern civilized society. They neither accept slavery nor integration, so the easiest way is to kill them.

After several years of continuous large-scale suppression, today's indigenous Indian tribes have almost disappeared.

Maybe 30 or [-] years later, these Indian warriors with feathers on their heads can only be seen in museums.

Richard is optimistic about the "Directed Contract Labor Immigration Act" jointly launched by the inland cities. This is a healthy competition between cities within the kingdom, which is beneficial and harmless.

But he didn't lean towards either side, but let nature take its course, and the Kingdom Council composed of city representatives debated and finally voted.

this day

Li Cha met a heavyweight American guest in the Jinghu Palace. This guest was from Mississippi in the southern United States, and his name was Jefferson Davis.

if history doesn't change

Jefferson Davis will be one of the iconic figures in the American Civil War, the arch-enemy of President Lincoln, and the first and only president of the Confederate States of America after the secession of the southern states from the Union.

A graduate of West Point, Davis served in the Mississippi Assembly, the United States House of Representatives, and the Senate before the Civil War.He fought as a colonel in the Military Volunteer Corps in the Mexican-American War and later served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee until 1851.

Jefferson Davis was a staunch southern separatist and a politician with a keen sense of smell. He realized that the Tang Kingdom might play an important role in the future situation in North America, so he made a special trip to meet His Majesty the King.

"Your Majesty the King, please allow me to express my most sincere and high respect to you. I bring with me the friendship of friends from the southern United States." Jefferson Davis bowed to show his respect while speaking.

Li Cha smiled heartily, nodded to accept the other party's argument, and then said; "I like you, buddy. You are different from those Yankees who are always thinking about other people's yards. You have the sunshine and straightforward temper of the southerners. The two sides have a good relationship in the field of trade. Close, cooperation has been very good."

"Thank you for your praise. My purpose of this trip is to further strengthen the relationship between the two sides, and to seek His Majesty's support on the issue of Texas and the election for Governor of Mississippi."

"Oh, can you be more specific?"

"Your Majesty, whenever a new state officially joins the United States, it always faces a dispute over whether to adopt slavery or abolish slavery, which means that the strength of the slavery camp and the abolitionist camp are changing. The dispute between them was very fierce, and Texas is now facing such a problem. The North and the South are not willing to give in on this issue, and it may turn into a civil war.”

"Will it be so serious?"

"Your Majesty, the situation will be much more serious than you imagined."

"That's it!" Li Cha thought for a moment, then turned his face, and said to Jefferson Davis seriously;
"After all, this matter is the internal affairs of the U.S. Federation. Datang Kingdom's public intervention is not justified, but it will arouse the strong rebellious psychology of the red necks in Texas. It is possible to form a united front to deal with us, so it will be too passive.

Therefore, it is best for you to resolve this matter internally, without any interference from outside forces.

when necessary

The Kingdom can support the South in terms of public opinion and morality, but that's all. The real solution requires your own efforts, and outsiders should not interfere too much. "

Li Cha was very measured in his stance, and did not take the whole matter into account.

The Kansas Civil War was not a trivial matter. In the original history, it lasted from 1854 to 1859, and in 1860 it finally led to a complete split between the North and the South, triggering an unprecedentedly tragic Civil War.

This kind of thing, don't touch your hands if you can.

(End of this chapter)