Wild North America 1846

Chapter 233 Canning Industry
Over the years, although the beautiful and strong country has been unable to provoke wars on the border, successive White House administrations have secretly planned assassinations without stopping for a moment, and as many as 26 cases have been seized and attempted.

Recently, two cases of attempted poisoning were seized in a row. They were both attempts to bribe the palace servants and cooks, but the secrets were not kept secret and they were caught instead.

This series of lessons has made the internal management of the royal palace more stringent. All royal servants were born in Chinese duty families, and all those who did not meet the requirements were repatriated.

Little did the Yankee know, it was all futile.

Li Cha's system interface has completed the "National War Victory" and "Millions of People Know the Prestige Mission", gained a lot of reputation points, has used the active ability to deter birds and beasts, space flickering, space fetching, thoughts bundled, manipulating puppets All upgraded to intermediate level.

The passive talent has been upgraded to a high level of premonition, spiritual sense, spiritual vision, spiritual taste, self-healing, and poison protection. It cannot be said that all poisons are invulnerable, but the general weird tricks are completely useless.

Unlike the verbal provocation he had made against President Santayo of Mexico, Li Cha was enraged and immediately declared war, igniting the flames of war throughout the northern and central states of Mexico.

When dealing with a powerful North American country like the United States, Richard chose to endure.

It's not that it is not reported, the time has not come.

The U.S. Federation secretly committed suicide against the monarch of the Tang Kingdom. Firstly, it hoped to interrupt the rise of the Tang Kingdom.

After entering 1855, the conflict between the north and the south of the United States became more and more acute.

On February 2, the Kansas state government supported by the northern forces assembled more than 18 soldiers, and a fierce battle broke out with the 7300 troops assembled by the southern government in the San Jose Valley. The two sides used artillery and cavalry for several days.

At the cost of more than 1100 people, the northern government occupied 7 towns around the San Jose Valley, temporarily gaining the upper hand.

After losing more than 570 people, the southern government has retreated to Kansas City due to the strength of the opponent, and is recruiting troops to prepare for a comeback.

The news of the defeat in this battle spread back to the slave states in the south, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the majority of white slave plantation owners. They paid money and efforts to recruit idle cowboys to Kansas to participate in the Civil War.

Datang Kingdom secretly funded Jefferson Davis, and successively took out 4500 old-fashioned smoothbore rifles in stock, 1100 revolvers and 15 US dollars in three batches to support the South in fighting the civil war to the end.

In the current situation in North America
The Tang Kingdom should not intensify the conflict with the United States, let alone detonate a border war, so as to give the United States the best opportunity to divert domestic conflicts.

It's like in a family, where the two brothers fight fiercely, but once outsiders intervene, the two brothers will quickly let go of their conflicts and work together to deal with the outside world.

Li Cha saw the sinister plot of the US at a glance, so of course the Yankees couldn't be satisfied.

As a result, the Kansas Civil War became more and more intense, and its scale and intensity were more than 10 times that of the original history. Both the North and the South had suffered thousands of casualties, and there was a tendency to gradually escalate.

Go ahead, beat your head into a dog's brain.

back in the inner palace

Two white lions and a white tiger came up to them wagging their tails. Li Cha happily teased them for a while, then walked into the study.

These three ferocious beasts lay obediently in the corridor at the door of the study, like docile big cats, quietly guarding the place.

After the ability to deter birds and beasts was upgraded again, these raptors and beasts were able to clearly understand the intentions of their masters, and they took on the heavy responsibility of the royal palace's sleeping guards very well, greatly reducing the number of guards in the inner court of the guards.

Today's Datang Kingdom is divided into the kingdom government dominated by the cabinet prime minister and the inner court dominated by the royal secretariat, one outside and one inside, which can handle daily government affairs very well.

But it is related to national affairs and military mobilization, appointment and dismissal, all of which are brought up to the imperial decision-making.

In the inner study
Liu Xianjun, head of the Royal Secretariat, is already waiting here. Every time His Majesty the King convenes an imperial meeting, he will go to the inner study to continue reviewing the memorials, and today is no exception.

"What's your proposal today?" Li Cha strode in, sat down behind the imperial case, took a sip of the tea that had just been brewed on the table, and then asked.

Liu Xianjun saluted deeply with a respectful expression, and replied;
"Show Your Majesty:
There are three government affairs and one military affairs that need to be adjudicated. The military affairs are that the British side hopes to integrate the Fifth Division to the Ninth Division of the Expeditionary Force into the British Foreign Legion. We have sent a letter to ask for our opinion. "

"Did you say nothing?"

"This...really not. Maybe the British side thinks that this foreign army is a mercenary funded by them. It is logical to get back the command, so..."

"So the British pretend to be deaf and dumb? Huh, strictly speaking, this army is funded by the British side, and our side is responsible for various affairs such as training and integration. It is an army jointly formed by active-duty elite officers and sergeants. If you want to take it away as soon as you open your mouth, how can there be such a good thing?" Li Cha thought for a while and replied;
"Delay this matter first, and at the same time send an order to the expeditionary army to deploy outstanding officers and soldiers from the fifth and ninth divisions to strengthen the first to fourth divisions. The number should be 9/1 of the total force, and it doesn't matter if it is overstaffed. Follow-up All the 4 supplementary troops of the PLA were transferred to the 1.1th to 5th divisions, and officers who were insufficient in these divisions could be promoted on the front line."

"The minister must follow the will carefully and make arrangements as soon as possible."

"Also... let the expeditionary army be smarter, don't rush forward for anything, and use your brains when leading troops outside, understand?"

"Wei Chen understands."

His Majesty's intention is very clear, that is to draw out all the elite veterans and backbones from the Fifth Division to the Ninth Division, and fill in a large number of new recruits. The British can take them if they really want it. Anyway, the expeditionary force will not suffer.

Every experienced grassroots veteran backbone is a valuable asset of the entire army, which determines the upper limit of the combat effectiveness of the entire army and can inspire super-level combat effectiveness.

Without them, it's like concrete without cement, it's just a show.

Li Cha was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the British to search. After the victory in the Battle of Chenaya River, instead of rewarding and rewarding the expeditionary force, the British wanted to pick the fruit.

How can there be such a good thing in the world?
The officers and soldiers of the expeditionary army did rob a lot of benefits in Sevastopol, but that was a well-deserved reward, which was privately owned by the officers and soldiers by default.

Since it is a mercenary regiment that fights for money, shouldn't the British side show something after such a big victory?
Seeing His Majesty's unhappy expression, Liu Xianjun's heart trembled, his expression became more respectful, and he continued to report softly;
"Show Your Majesty;
Among the three government affairs, the first one is about the current economic development of the kingdom that is more focused on the coastal areas. On this topic, the royal government convened many economic experts from Chang'an University, University of California, Los Angeles Institute of Technology, Taoyuan Administration University, etc. to brainstorm and come up with corresponding proposals. 1 targeted countermeasures.

It is planned to pass the policy of "Expanding Preferential Loans for Targeted Immigrants", "Land Grant Act in the Middle East", strengthen infrastructure construction including reservoirs, bridges, railways and roads, and "Law on Preferential Loans for Small and Medium Manor Owners", form an industrial alliance, and implement preferential agriculture and animal husbandry Industrial measures, a series of measures such as promoting the development of the textile industry in cotton-producing areas, strengthened and guided immigrants to settle in provinces with fewer populations, creating more business and trade opportunities.

The main purpose is to eliminate and bridge the development gap between the coastal areas and the northern, eastern and southern inland provinces through policy guidance to achieve the goal of common prosperity. "

Li Cha nodded in agreement and said; "Well, the government has done a good job. The Kingdom's largest city, Chang'an, and the second largest city, Los Angeles, are both located in California. Today, Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, Arbor A group of coastal cities such as Ding and Salem are developing very rapidly and have great stamina. In comparison, the major cities in the inland provinces are much lacking, and they really need the kingdom's policy support and financial support."

With His Majesty's affirmation, Secretary Liu Xianjun became more confident, and responded with a smile;
"The presence of a sage king is truly a blessing for all people."

"You have to remember that the immigration can only be guided by policies and cannot be forced. The government can't do this kind of thing that violates the laws of the market. The effect is extremely poor, and it loses word of mouth, but it is easy to attract complaints. This kind of stupid thing is terrible. Can't do it."

"My minister understands, and must obey the order."

"continue……"

"The second thing is that based on the fact that the food storage technology in the laboratory of the University of California is becoming more and more perfect, it is cooperating with related companies to develop food processing equipment. All provinces and autonomous regions have submitted plans for relevant industrial bases. The three northern provinces led by Colorado have reported 2 tons of poultry. For the production base plan of canned meat, the five southern provinces headed by Chihuahua have reported plans for a production base of 10 mu of high-quality canned fruit. There are a total of 11 projects reported separately by other provinces."

"Hehehe... these bastards have a very keen sense of smell!" Li Cha finally laughed.

Today, the evaluation criteria for officials in the Tang Kingdom are firstly the economic development indicators, secondly resettlement and employment, and the rest are social security, urban construction and many other aspects.

Is this official good?Is it qualified?The first indicator of assessment is economic development. If you fail to pass this level, don't mention anything else.

People can do it, why can't you?

At the end of one term, not only will he not be able to be promoted, but he will also be held accountable, and his career in the future will come to an end.

In addition to the excellent economic development achievements, we will compete in resettlement and employment, social security and urban construction. We will use the results to speak, use the data to speak, and pursue the policy that the capable will go up and the mediocre will go down.

In recent years
Many outstanding officials from the coastal towns went to the inland areas to serve as provincial officials to take charge of the government. At the same time, they brought the concept of actively developing the economy in the coastal areas to the inland areas, and the involution became more and more popular.

For the food storage technology developed by the University of California, Li Cha can pat his chest and say that there is no cheat, it is completely earmarked for directional research and development, and soon came up with a mature food storage technology.

Generally speaking

The development of science and technology is driven by demand. It is not difficult to develop a mature food storage technology with the technological level in the middle of the 19th century. The difficulty is that no one invests, no one develops, and no one does in-depth research in this field.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of logistics supply in the Crimean War, the royal family fund allocated special funds for targeted research and development, and quickly achieved fruitful results, which also proved this point.

In fact, canned food is not new, nor is food storage technology. It is a leftover from the French and British, and it appeared decades ago.

End of 18 century

During the Napoleonic Wars, the French army had very few types of rations when fighting in the field. Judging from the list of grain and grass collected by France in Heilbronn, the types of rations for French soldiers and livestock were only 85000 pieces of bread, 11 tons of salt, and 6000 bags of oats , 2840 liters of wine and thousands of hay in Pu'er City, the types are very single.

Even these single types of food were limited by factors such as poor road conditions and backward food preservation methods during the war, and sufficient supply could not be guaranteed.

As a talented military commander, Emperor Napoleon deeply knew that fighting a war is logistics, and he attached great importance to the supply and storage of food.

In order to allow the soldiers to eat well and maintain sufficient physical strength and morale, the French army urgently needed new means of food preservation.

Therefore, Emperor Napoleon offered a reward of 1800 francs in 12000, asking people from all walks of life for a long-term food preservation technology or device that can preserve food for a long time without deteriorating too much without reducing the nutrition, texture and taste of the food itself.

It was not until 1804 that a food merchant named Nicolas Appel successfully developed a more reliable new food preservation technology.

And his inspiration came from an accident.

One day in the summer of 1804, Nicolas Appel boiled some pressed juice and poured it into a glass jar to cool, ready to make pastries.But he happened to be out shopping. In order to prevent dust and insects from falling into the juice, he picked up a cork and plugged the glass jar with juice tightly, and then went out.

After Nicolas Appel came back, he forgot about the juice, and it was several days later that he remembered that he still had a bottle of juice.

it was summer

He thought that the juice in the glass bottle had been put out long ago, so he wanted to pull out the cork and pour the juice out, but after opening the can, he didn't smell the stench as he imagined, but smelled a fruity scent. The juice miraculously didn't go bad.

This gave Nicolas Appel inspiration and inspiration, so the cans, originally made of glass jars, were born,
Although Nicolas Appel invented cans, early cans had many shortcomings.

First of all, aseptic treatment is not done in the production process, and the shelf life of the cans is not particularly long, and it cannot be stored all year round.

Secondly, the cork that closes the can cannot completely isolate the air, and it cannot prevent the moisture and bacteria in the outside air from harming the food in the can.

In addition, the can itself is a jar made of glass, and the body of the can is very fragile and will break if slightly bumped.

Transparent glass cans are prone to heat up quickly when exposed to sunlight, causing canned food to deteriorate.

Various disadvantages made Nicolas Appel invent canned food, but canned food did not become popular very quickly.

In 1810, British businessman Peter Durand abandoned the glass shell of early cans, successfully developed tin cans made of tinplate (commonly known as tin cans), and obtained related patents, becoming the direct ancestor of all tin cans.

what is interesting

Although Peter Durand invented tin cans, he did not invent a special tool for opening tin cans - a can opener (can knife).

The can opener was invented by the research laboratory of the University of California until 1854. At the same time, it invented food additives that can be stored for a long time to prevent food from rotting and deteriorating. It also cooperated with machinery companies to develop a complete set of food processing and production equipment, so that cans have real large-scale industrial capabilities. .

Before this
Tinplate cans are all produced by hand, and the output is very low. A worker can only produce dozens of cans a day at most.

In the middle of the 19th century, even a hard worker could only produce about 60 cans a day, which led to the failure of tinplate cans to be popularized for a long time, so people demanded matching can opening tools Not big, not enough incentive to invent.

In 1854, the can making machine developed by the University of California shined on the scene. This steam-driven mechanical equipment has extremely high productivity. An ordinary worker can produce 8 tin cans within 3600 hours of work, which is the original 60. times.

After solving the problem of large-scale storage and use of canned food, the Datang Kingdom will benefit from it. In the Datang Kingdom, the cheap beef and mutton, fish, beans, fruits, and candied fruit can all be made into cans and sent in large quantities to Sold in Europe.

Especially canned beef and mutton, fruits, various canned fish, canned beans, as long as the price is reasonable, they are almost essential food in European families.

Considering the appalling level of cooking of Europeans, a can of ready-to-eat spiced beans and Cantonese-style beef, plus a can of smoked fish and a can of jam, together with bread and cheese, is a sumptuous dinner.

Europe has the innate genes for the popularity of canned food. Whether it is wartime or peacetime, every family in Europe and the United States has the habit of hoarding a large amount of canned food. This situation is not seen in China.

The canned products carefully prepared by Datang Kingdom’s food processing factory are excellent in color, aroma and taste, and contain gourmet genes that cannot be replicated by Europeans.

nothing else
Those various cooking methods, braised in soy sauce, stewed, spiced, spicy, green onion, pickled, smoked, cured and so on, make gringos dizzy after seeing them, let alone learn the three flavors.

Once the canned food industry develops, from planting to processing, production and transportation, it will become a major emerging industry involving employment of tens of thousands of people, and it will be the unique skill of Datang Kingdom.

The officials of the provinces have such foresight, combined with the advantages of local resources, and actively put forward ambitious development plans, how could Richard not be happy?

(End of this chapter)