Wild North America 1846

Chapter 208 Good place

Peel City, the capital of South Dakota Province, is located in the Black Hills area, with towering peaks stretching to the end of the sky in the distance, and large tracts of lush forests.

This was originally a city with a population of 10,000+. It has been looted by war, and has gained new development after peace. Many new buildings have been added to the city. More than [-] traditional lumber mills are operating again. area bakery.

There are many rivers here. The east bank of the city mainly includes the Big Sioux River, Vermilion River and James River, and the west bank of the city mainly includes the Rio Grande, Morrow River, Cheyenne River, Bud River and White River, and finally converges into the Missouri River.

Peel City is located at the height of the Black Hills, not far from the edge of the city, is the vast and vast Missouri River, forming a vast lake outside the city that cannot be seen at a glance.

It's April now
The melting ice and snow from the Rocky Mountains forms a turbulent upstream water, which travels more than 2000 kilometers along the winding plateau river, and the water from countless tributaries along the way converges, and it has formed a vast ocean when it reaches Peel City.

Overlooking the east from the heights of the city, the turbulent river has overflowed, turning the vast area of ​​thousands of square kilometers in the east into a swamp country. The tall forests and the tops of hills one after another formed a particularly magnificent spectacle.

That direction is the range of Minnesota, USA.

Along the Missouri River, the terrain is high on the west side and low on the east side.

In March and April, the river surged, often submerging a large area of ​​the territory on the US side. After the water receded from June to July, a large swamp area was formed.

In the palace in Peel City, Richard met Earl Kahn, Earl Harry Frech, Earl Dai Changfu and other nobles of the kingdom. Their fiefs and fiefs were all in South Dakota Province.

The former two are near Peel City, and they are also the largest landowners and top nobles in Peel City. The fiefdom of the latter is near Omaha, not far from here.

Earl Dai Changfu led his entourage on a small steamer, because His Majesty's next stop was Omaha. From Peel City to Omaha, one was in the middle reaches of the Missouri River, and the other was in the lower reaches of the Missouri River.

Along the Missouri River, it meanders all the way to the southeast, passing Sioux City and arriving at Omaha. The whole journey is about 570 kilometers. There is no train between the two places, but steamships below [-] tons can pass.

"How is the situation at the border still stable?" At the welcome banquet, Li Cha asked after taking a sip of champagne and putting down his glass.

The other nobles sitting there didn't drink much, and when they heard His Majesty's inquiry, everyone looked at each other, and it was Earl Kahn who stood up first to answer;

"Your Majesty, the United States has been very stable in the past two years, especially in the border areas where there are no signs of development and immigration. It is now the flood season of the Missouri River between March and April, and the amount of water coming from the upper reaches is particularly large, and a large area of ​​land on the east bank of the river has been flooded. , At least before October, the Yankees just had the intention and did not have the ability to cross the border and invade the hinterland of the kingdom."

"Relying on the natural danger of the Missouri River, it seems that the summer harvest is worry-free, and the autumn wheat harvest can also ensure that the grains will be returned to the warehouse, but we still cannot relax our vigilance! The militia training in the autumn and winter seasons must form a system and prepare for war. Relax."

"Your Majesty's instruction, I will keep it in mind." Everyone replied in unison.

"Yeah." Li Cha nodded, then raised his glass and said; "Everyone, you are all meritorious ministers who followed me in the Southern and Northern Wars. You will never forget the past years of fighting. Let's toast together here to celebrate the glory we have created. .”

"Respect Your Majesty, Respect the Kingdom." Everyone toasted together, and the atmosphere at the banquet was very warm.

after the banquet
Li Cha left the three nobles, Earl Dai Changfu, Earl Kahn, and Earl Harry Frech, to drink tea and talk, from folk trivial matters to marriage and marriage, drinking tea and chatting like family affairs.

Like all the big nobles, the three of them have fief lands of hundreds of square kilometers, all of which are unrealistic to cultivate. At best, the utilization rate is only a few percent, and the rest are used as pastures, and thousands of them are raised. head of cattle and sheep.

The conditions in this place in North America are superior, and the people are used to eating beef and mutton. The pastures are mainly pastures, and the cowboys drive the cattle and sheep to graze in rotation.

Today, in North and South Dakota provinces, there are almost no scattered indigenous Indian tribes. Even if there are a few indigenous Indians, they are basically wiped out by local ranchers or plantation owners.

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In addition to grazing, the biggest enemy of these ranchers or plantation owners is wild animals, especially wild boars, wild wolves, foxes, passenger pigeons, wild leopards, and even bison weighing up to [-] pounds. And the rancher will kill him, and he must deal with it quickly.

Wild boars, foxes and bison all waste food in large areas and compete with grazing cattle and sheep for pastures.There is also the overwhelming passenger pigeon in North America, which is one of the chief culprits of crop damage.

These passenger pigeons are a kind of pigeons, larger in size than ordinary domestic pigeons, with delicious meat, and they are the cheapest meat in the northern provinces.

Passenger pigeons generally perch on tall trees, and there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of them. They fly to cover the sky and cover the sky, and the number in the northern provinces is as high as one billion.

To this end, large-scale hunting of passenger pigeons is organized, nets, traps, and various hunting methods emerge in endlessly. Roasted pigeon meat, braised pigeon meat, and stewed pigeon meat with wild mountain mushrooms are the cheapest meat dishes in the city.

In order to cooperate with the northern provinces to actively eradicate the danger of passenger pigeons, the Correctional Services Department and mines purchased large quantities of pigeon meat. This was the only meat that convicts in the mines could eat, and the consumption was huge.

How many passenger pigeons are there?
Two people set up a big net, and they can catch hundreds of them with one net. It's just that exaggerated.

Therefore, all the people here are fat and strong, and they are really good at beating wild deer and scooping fish. The wild resources are too rich.

Stay here for ten days
Li Cha personally took the horse team out to hunt twice. He caught countless prey, and most of them were discarded casually. He just cut back dozens of bear paws, a dozen bear gallbladders, a few leopard skins, and a dozen bears. Skins and more than 200 wolf skins, I lived a gun addiction well.

Richard and several nobles jointly discussed and established the Bank of Missouri, planning to invest in the development of inland shipyards, leather processing factories, food factories and other industries to further revitalize the development of the mainland.

The resources here are extremely rich, and the development of inland shipyards can greatly improve the independent transportation links between Peel City, Sioux City and Omaha, and they are closely linked by five to six hundred kilometers of water transportation.

In addition, due to the rich fishery resources of the Missouri River, the fishing industry can be vigorously developed, and marinated fish and other products can greatly enrich the dining tables of the residents of the Kingdom in autumn and winter.

And because there are many rivers in this area, small and medium-sized transport ships are an indispensable means of transportation for communicating with each other, and the market has a wide range of applications.

In addition, the Bank of Missouri can also guide and promote regional economic development by collecting deposits, providing supportive loans for immigrants to settle down, and expanding production loans.

Only when the regional economy is prosperous and the cake is made bigger, can these big landlords and nobles get the most benefits, and the same is true for the royal family.

(End of this chapter)