Wild North America 1846

Chapter 219
Chang'an (San Francisco)

11 month 6 number

A young monarch like Li Cha will not live in the deep palace for a long time. He is already restless, and he insists on superhuman force. Dozens of assassinations.

No, I just came back from the Northern Province, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah after taking a patent inspection by train, and then I lived in the Gulf Palace.

The trip was generally smooth, but when he inspected Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah, he was assassinated by a lone wolf on the street.

It's a pity that just as the assassin took out his revolver, he was hit like a hornet's nest by the dense rain of bullets.

Find out afterwards
The Lone Wolf is the "Sunflower Killer" Sith Deng who is used to using a pepper shaker revolver. He is the best bounty hunter in the west.

The famous "Sunflower Killer" Sith Deng can be said to be one of the best shooters in the world today.

If they hid in the dark and staged an attack, it would be very difficult for ordinary people to escape and assassinate them in the street.

It's a pity that these weird tricks are not enough for Li Cha, as if a candle in the dark night has already locked the target, and was beaten like a sieve by the palace guards.

There is no doubt that this account must be credited to the Yankees.

years passed

The president of the United States is an iron-clad soldier. President Taylor has long been a past tense. Now it is the Democratic president Franklin Pierce, a new papermaker.

But no matter which American president comes to power, Datang Kingdom is its biggest external enemy and strategic competitor after all. Due to a series of major issues and sharply opposed interests, the diplomatic and economic and trade relations between the two sides have always been bumpy.

The top task of "Assassination of Devil King Charlie" has been passed down from generation to generation.

Overseas Palace
The Bay Palace is located on the towering northern terrace of the San Francisco Bay, not far from the proposed Golden Gate Bridge. It has an invincible view overlooking the entire bay. Not far from the Palace is the heavily guarded Fortress Coast.

In November, Chang'an becomes colder and colder after winter.

Especially the Gulf Palace, which is located high on the coast, is even more chilly at night, with the sea breeze whistling, and the actual temperature feels much colder than a few degrees above zero.

The queen and all the concubines did not live here. The princes and princesses of the Tang royal family were young and could not stand the sea breeze and the severe cold. They often came to live between June and September every year when the weather was hot. Last time on vacation.

This bit of coldness, to Li Cha, who has a super-strong physique, is completely a small case of the breeze blowing on his face.

Accompanied by King Richard are three beautiful Mexican sisters. A few years later, these three beautiful Mexican girls have completely transformed into beautiful women with protruding fronts and backs.

Night falls
On the top of the towering cliff, Li Cha stood there in thin clothes like a tall and straight green pine. Beside him, 6 huge bald eagles were lined up like loyal guards. Take it easy.

These adult sea eagles are so huge that they can reach Li Cha's chest when they stand up, run two steps forward and glide from the cliff to fly, with a wingspan of up to three meters.

Feeling the strong sea breeze blowing, Li Cha looked at the bay with deep eyes.

In the far horizon of the bay, there is a faint light, overwhelming the sky and extending to the end of the field of vision.

That is today's Chang'an City (San Francisco). With the repeated expansion of the city, there are many high-rise buildings, and the original new municipal scale has expanded by more than 20 times. , Rose Manor are connected together to form a magnificent new city.

As of the end of October 1854;

The population of Chang'an City has exceeded 93.31, which is only one step away from reaching the goal of a city with a population of one million.

Of course

This statistic includes the population of Sunshine City, Moon Town, Fangcaodi Town, Yidaoling Town and Wudaoling Town in Putao Valley, but does not include the population of Shanghewan City and Xiahewan City.

According to the planning proposal proposed by the parliament, due to the rapid expansion of the city and a lot of corresponding urban construction and management problems, Chang'an City will undergo urban restructuring.

"Urbanization"

The new township was changed to "New City" and "San Francisco District", Longshou was originally changed to "Longshou Original District", Fangcaodi Town was changed to "Fangcao District", and there are 5 towns from Yidaoling to Wudaoling Town , changed to "Wudaoling District", Sunshine City to "Sunshine District", Moon Town and the surrounding small towns to "Moon District", in addition to "Nanwan District" and "Beiwan District", a total of 9 "North Bay District" is where the Gulf Palace is located.

After the "urbanization" reform, the division of each urban area is clear, and the corresponding district government agencies, district police stations, district taxation bureaus, district courts and corresponding institutions are set up one by one, which is more conducive to the future development of Chang'an City, a super metropolis.

"Xincheng District", "San Francisco District" and "Sunshine District" are the three densely populated districts, all of which have more than 25 urban residents, the smallest population, while the total population of "Longshou District" where top dignitaries gather is only in the early 2s. The intervals differ by more than 12 times.

After the establishment of districts, it will be conducive to the healthy and rapid development of each urban area, to the rational construction, to the balanced development of resource allocation and urban construction.

Li Cha withdrew his gaze, stretched out his hand to caress the bald eagle beside him, and the bald eagle responded lightly with his head on his head, enjoying the master's pampering.

look into the bay

Glittering under the bright moonlight, the sound of the tide came faintly, and the cargo ships and sailboats anchored in the bay presented huge shadows, dotted sporadically in the fjord.

Counting it down, there are more than 200 ships.

With the development of ocean trade in the Tang Kingdom and the trans-Pacific northern immigration routes, it has emerged as a maritime power on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean. Its naval power and the total tonnage of its ocean-going merchant fleet are considerable, and it even undertakes the trade and transportation of countries in Central America and South America. Task.

From the Port of Vancouver, the Port of Seattle, the Port of Portland, the Port of San Francisco, the Port of Los Angeles, south to the Central American Port of Panama, and then continue to extend south to Tierra del Fuego opposite the Strait of Magellan at the southernmost tip of South America, and even bypass the fire The island arrived at the port of Buenos Aires. With the help of the unique port conditions and coastline, the Ocean Kingdom's transport fleet has already operated the east coast transport route around the Pacific Ocean, transporting a huge amount of various agricultural and sideline products and industrial products every year.

The ocean shipping industry has also become an emerging industry in the Datang Kingdom, and the strong demand supports the rapid development of the shipbuilding and steel industries.

Different from the old European maritime power, Datang Kingdom's ocean shipping industry is based on the emerging iron and steel shipbuilding industry. It has developed particularly rapidly and has reached the world's leading level in some aspects.

mid 19th century
The development of iron and steel ships passed the budding stage and entered the childhood period of vigorous growth. As the British 1-ton freighter "Great Orient" went to the berth for construction, the Datang Kingdom's [-]-ton freighter "Kunlun Mountain" also cut The first iron plate was cast, and the shipyard construction stage was entered.

Driven by the demand for trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic ocean-going transportation, the Datang Kingdom’s freighter fleet, with ships of 3000 to 5000 tons as the main force, tends to increase the displacement of cargo ships.

Different from the broadside paddle wheel and reserved sail design commonly found in large iron freighters in Europe, Datang Kingdom has developed independent characteristics in shipbuilding.

The ocean-going cargo ships and cruise ships of Datang Kingdom generally cancel the sails and side paddle wheels, and only use the sole power design of the propeller, which greatly reduces the construction process and cumbersomeness, improves the work efficiency, and has an excellent use effect.

In the ocean-going freighters of Datang Kingdom, in addition to using power coal, heavy oil tanks are also widely equipped, and when necessary, heavy oil is input for combustion to enhance the power of the ship.

On the basis of the British horizontal steam engine, Datang Kingdom Heavy Marine Power Machinery Co., Ltd. has successfully developed and released a series of improved steam engines through years of close cooperation with the Marine Power Laboratory of the University of California. The volume of steam boilers and steam engines has been greatly reduced, and the power has been increased by 60. %, coal consumption is reduced by 31%, and it can withstand the super steam pressure of heavy oil combustion. Once launched, it has been widely welcomed.

on the basis of

In the research project of the Ship Power Laboratory of the University of California heavily funded by the royal family, there are also key scientific research projects such as the new triple expansion steam engine and the vertical steam engine, bringing together the world's outstanding mechanical power experts and other experts, trying to make new breakthroughs in the field of ship power .

In this field, the technological level of Datang Kingdom has been comparable to the world's top Karma.

This is because the steam revolution started shortly after the establishment of Datang Kingdom, it attached great importance to the development of this field, and introduced a large number of internationally advanced equipment and techniques at that time, with a relatively high starting point.

The second is to recruit talents with generous remuneration. Now the European scientific and technological circles know that among the universities and top research institutes in the Datang Kingdom, they can get the most lucrative remuneration.

An experienced research-oriented professor of physics, chemistry or mechanics can get a monthly salary of 250 to 300 yuan, plus a lot of research subsidies, can be equipped with two Indian maids and a detached villa, and enjoy a good life.

This level of income is 10 times that of ordinary people.

As a country with a relatively high degree of industrialization, the salary level of Datang Kingdom has been increasing year by year. The monthly salary of ordinary working class is between 23 yuan and 35 yuan. The higher the qualifications and the better the technology, the more salary you can get.

The monthly salary of experienced senior craftsmen in shipyards can often reach between 55 yuan and 60 yuan, which is the highest level.

The wages of hired workers on farms and plantations are relatively low, with a monthly salary of 20 to 25 yuan, and rarely more than 25 yuan a month. This refers to Chinese and white workers with household registration.

In the countless cotton plantations in the eight Mexican provinces that were newly acquired in the southern part of the Tang Kingdom, there are still tens of thousands of Mexican black laborers, whose monthly salary is only 10-5 yuan, and many of them cannot even get money. Under the pressure, only some food can be obtained to survive.

Due to various restrictions, it is basically impossible for these oppressed Mexican black workers to obtain the household registration of the Tang Kingdom, and they are afraid of being caught by the vicious patrol team and put into a hard labor camp, so they can only hide in the plantation and endure Chinese or white cotton planting The landowner's squeeze.

His treatment with blood and tears is no different from a slave.

Some journalists with a sense of justice once published the tragic experience of black workers in Mexico being exploited and oppressed in newspapers, calling for the attention and sympathy of the whole society, hoping to get the attention of government departments.

His Majesty the King once publicly stated; "Illegal oppression will never be allowed to exist. I hope that the governors and town officials in various places will pay attention to it and investigate and deal with it to maintain social justice."

The Royal Government has also mobilized a large number of people to send a supervisory team to inspect the eight southern provinces and picket the corresponding illegal and oppressive behavior.

This incident has been raging for more than half a year, and finally 11 officials and 166 plantation owners were investigated and dealt with, and thousands of Mexican illegal workers were rescued.The most serious thing is resignation, and plantation owners are usually fined.

The whole "Mexican black labor incident" was full of thunder and rain, and finally nothing happened.

Compared with the thousands of cotton plantations in the eight southern provinces and the nearly 55 black workers in Mexico, the thousands of black workers rescued are just a drizzle.

The board is raised high and lowered gently.

The final report of the investigation team of the Royal Government is: "After investigation, the "Mexican black workers" found are very rare incidents, neither common nor representative. What is more serious is the illegal border crossing incident. Due to the outbreak of the Mexican Civil War, people have lost their lives. , the fields were barren, which caused a large number of Mexican refugees to cross the border in search of a way of life..."

Anyway, it was a cloud of mist, which brought the focus of social attention to the Mexican Civil War that had just erupted, and those Chinese cotton plantation owners became extremely compassionate protectors and responsible gentlemen.

However, the two newspapers and their employees who first reported the black labor incident in Mexico were attacked by the cotton plantation owners. The newspapers closed down one after another. All the children were implicated and hit, and the others also ended miserably.

Unlike the monarch who lives in the deep palace, Li Cha spends half a year running around, the mere assassination can't frighten him at all, and the real situation below can't hide from him.

He knows the real situation of the so-called "Mexican black labor incident" better than anyone else.

But so what?
Thought of here
A disdainful smile appeared on Li Cha's stern face. In North America, a land rich in resources, the truth is obvious!
The plate of the total amount of resources is placed here. If you eat more, I will eat less. If you have more, I will have less.

Whether it is Indians, Mexicans, or whites who refuse to naturalize and integrate, it is impossible to be welcomed by the Tang Kingdom, they will all be suppressed and eliminated, and they will all be oppressed and unfairly treated.

This is a policy based on the founding principles of the Tang Kingdom and Li Cha's Chinese-dominated basic policy. It is impossible for his buttocks to sit crookedly and instead help black workers in Mexico or indigenous Indians.

Different ethnic groups, different languages, different skin colors, different religious beliefs, different social customs and even different eating habits, how can it be possible to assimilate?

Those who are not of my race must have a different heart!

Li Cha's strategy is to divide and win over the powerful white ethnic group, focusing on the win-win and peace rights policy, trying his best to promote intermarriage and ethnic integration, so that they can be closely integrated with the interests of the Tang Kingdom and become part of their own people.

The policy of extermination and enslavement was implemented against the indigenous Indian tribes, which led to the rapid shrinkage of the millions of indigenous Indians in the Kingdom of Tang, to less than 43 today.

Judging from the situation reported by the hard labor camps in various mines, this number will quickly drop to less than [-] within ten years.

Fifteen years from now, that number will be less than 15.

The policy for Mexicans is a combination of oppression and slavery, and strict restrictions on naturalization. Those Mexican black workers have worked hard all their lives, and they will never even think about getting a legal residence in the Tang Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)