Wild North America 1846

Chapter 237 Heading to Paradise Island

The form of the Crimean War not only deeply attracted the attention of European public opinion circles, but also deeply attracted the attention of high-level European countries. The scale and intensity of this most tragic war far exceeded the defeat of the French emperor at the beginning of this century. Napoleon's 7th Coalition against France at the Battle of Waterloo.

until the end of February 1855
The coalition forces lost more than 35 troops, and the Tsarist Russian army lost more than 47. The casualties on both sides were extremely heavy.

After the Russian army lost the crucial Battle of Sevastopol, most of the nearly 18 troops of its Southern Army Group were damaged, either in battle or captured.

Only a very small number of Russian troops broke through the encirclement and fled to Kyiv, where they began to build a new line of defense against the Russian troops who had retreated from the Battle of the Danube.

Tsarist Russia’s interior is extremely long and deep. After emergency mobilization in Ukraine and Belarus, more than 20 serf soldiers were improvised.

They lacked weapons and ammunition, quilts, food supplies, training, and almost everything that could be used in war. Many of them could only hold rakes and sticks, not even a spear.

Even so
The coalition forces also had to stop their continuous offensive. This was because there were no decent roads in Tsarist Russia, and when the ice and snow melted in the warm spring season, the originally poor roads became muddy ponds.

As long as the carriage carrying supplies dared to enter this kind of road, nine times out of ten, even the supplies carried by the carriage would sink into it, and they would not be able to push it out.

This kind of transportation condition made the Allied High Command also Muggle.

Could it be that it is necessary to build roads for Russia in order to fight a war?
It happened that the troops were tired from continuous fighting, so the coalition forces began a large-scale rest for a period of 2 to 3 months.

When the war situation in Europe was a little flat, the foreign officials in Vienna began secret and urgent consultations, conducting see-saw negotiations on harsh truce conditions.

the sixth day of April
Cargo ships and immigrant ships departing from various ports along the coast of the Tang Kingdom gathered at the port of Panama and formed a large steam fleet of 18 ships, which entered the depths of the Pacific Ocean and headed towards Paradise Island (New Guinea Island). Drove in a mighty way.

This fleet is responsible for the colonization of Paradise Island, and will build the two port towns of Donggang and New Xi'an at the same time, so the materials prepared are two.

Four 4-ton coal carriers, two 6350-ton oil tankers, six 3500-ton immigration ships, and six large steam cargo ships loaded with various materials, including complete sets of cement plant equipment, brick kiln equipment, and sawmill equipment. 6 barrels of cement, 3770 tons of various steel products, more than 6 barrels of kerosene, and an astonishing amount of tents, condiments, canned food and grain, more than 3600 cattle, more than 2000 sheep, and tens of thousands of chickens, ducks, and poultry. production tools, even including 5000 sets of the latest 100-horsepower walking tractors.

The walking tractor using diesel is the latest research and development product of the Power Laboratory of the University of California. This small diesel-powered machine has pioneering revolutionary significance and has been widely welcomed when it first came out, especially when it was used in farming operations.

A 12-horsepower walk-behind tractor has a working efficiency equivalent to three horse-drawn plows and five oxen-pulled plows. The key is that this kind of machinery will not be tired, and it does not need to eat grass, drink water, or rest. It can work day and night work.

A 12-horsepower walking tractor has only two wheels and no gears. When it is started, it runs at a speed similar to that of a person walking. It can plow the field with an iron plow, harrow the field with an iron rake, and add a furrow The machine can make furrows, almost covering the most difficult part of field work.

The price of the walking tractor head plus three farm implements is only 328 yuan for the whole set. Now the farms and manors of the Datang Kingdom have been snapping up crazy. Relationships are the only way to get notes.

As long as you have this plowing tool, it's not a big deal to open up wasteland and farm.

Except for those stubborn tree roots that need to be removed by hand, the roots of general bushes, gravel and other debris are all plowed out when plowing the field, and then they are easily cleaned out by fine iron rakes when harrowing the field. , saving a lot of labor.

Now this world-leading walking tractor is produced by Chang'an Heavy Machinery Factory, which is a machinery factory under the General Heavy Industry Holding Company. It has world-class mechanical production capacity. Large-scale industrialized mass production of "Chang'an" brand walking tractors.

Being able to squeeze out 100 walking tractors from the extremely tight production capacity for the reclamation campaign on Paradise Island shows how much the Royal Government attaches importance to this large-scale colonization campaign and spares no effort in supporting it from all sides.

In this large fleet of mixed passenger and cargo ships, there are 3770 immigrant ships with a capacity of 6 tons, carrying engineers and designers, construction workers, enthusiastic students from all over the country, and students who have just graduated from Taoyuan School of Administration. Intern civil servants, some retired soldiers, the total number is as high as 4229.

according to the predetermined plan;

After the team arrived at the destination of Donggang, they took a short rest and split into two. The other team continued to sail westward after replenishing some fresh water, and arrived at Xin'an Town after continuing to sail for more than 2870 kilometers.

The entire Paradise Island (New Guinea Island) is shaped like a long biscuit, about 2400 kilometers long from east to west, and about 650 kilometers long from north to south at the widest point in the middle of the island.

Donggang and New Xi'an are located at the top of the island, one east and one west respectively, and the voyage between the two places is about 2870 kilometers. It is said to be an island, but its geographical size is no less than that of a continent.

The mainland of Australia is located just south of Paradise Island, between the two, it looks like a fat man wearing a hat on the map.

The Australian mainland is a fat man with a round face, and Paradise Island (New Guinea) is a flat hat on the fat man's head.

On board the immigrant ship "Moganshan"

Baron Dong Jie, Minister of the Colonial Department, stood by the railing on the third deck, watching the long fleet of long snakes marching forward with thick black smoke, cutting through the waves and plowing their way in the blue sea. White trails.

At this moment, with the cool sea breeze blowing on his face in the central Pacific Ocean, Dong Jie's heart is still surging, and his blood is rushing upwards.

This is called a real big deal, a real big cause!
Dong Jie is a middle-aged man of modest stature. He was born as a Jinshi in the second list. He is from northern Zhejiang. His wife Dong Lin is the cousin of Queen Lin Zhener, so he can be regarded as a Han bureaucrat in the line of Lord Lin Zexu.

Master Lin's death made him a rootless weed in court disputes. Coupled with the Taiping Rebellion sweeping across the southeast half of the country, China was in a mess.

He is a middle-aged official with great ambitions. He didn't want to waste his life like this, so he simply crossed the ocean and came to the legendary Tang Kingdom full of opportunities and flowing with milk and honey to seek development.

these years
The reputation of the Tang Kingdom is growing day by day, and there are many young and middle-aged officials, businessmen, scholars, Buddhists, Taoists, and even Liyuan families in North America.

When Dong Jie had just arrived, he took the greeting card and begged to see Her Royal Highness the Queen, and soon got the opportunity to work in Chihuahua City.

At that time

His Majesty the King led an army that had just conquered Chihuahua Province. Dong Jie was one of the first batch of administrators who arrived with the reinforcements. He was appointed as the new mayor and presided over the restoration and reconstruction of Chihuahua City.

Afterwards, they organized the sale of urban houses, houses and shops to Chinese immigrants, as well as the land and manors left by the upper class in Mexico after they escaped. They were able to gather a large amount of funds for subsequent road development and promotion of cotton plantation land sales, forming a benign Circulation, step by step to develop the cotton planting base in Chihuahua City, revitalize the local economy.

As a local official who once worked in Qipin County in China, Dong Jie wisely reserved some of the best manor farms and urban houses, some of which were allocated to the royal family for palaces and government agencies, and some were allocated to the military. Part of the property rights of military garrisons and officers’ residences are left in the hands of the city council, which can obtain long-term rental income and make up for the shortfall in municipal construction.

Because of his outstanding performance, Dong Jie was able to serve as a senior official in Chihuahua two years later, and jointly proposed the "Preferential Loan Program for Targeted Immigrants" with the central and northern provinces, the "Land Grant Act for Eastern and Southern Provinces" and "Relying on the Advantages of Cotton Resources to Develop Cotton Textile Industry" and many other proposals to develop the regional economy, and put them into practice.

This promoted the rapid economic development of Chihuahua Province, becoming the leading province in the economic development of the eight southern provinces, and thus entered the eyes of His Majesty the King and became the newly established colonial minister.

In the Tang Kingdom, as long as you have the ability, have made brilliant achievements, and happen to have some family relationships that can be achieved, then it is no problem to make a fortune.

In the northern and southern provinces where the economic development is relatively backward, there are still many old officials like Dong Jie who are capable and thoughtful.

Previous experience can indeed add points, but in a newly industrialized country like the Tang Kingdom, some old concepts and cognitions may limit the development of these people, and they always want to find connections everywhere, recognize their clan members, and invest in them. The way, obviously wrong.

Dong Jie understood;

Talking about hype is not as good as making bright achievements in a down-to-earth manner. How many immigrants are resettled in a year?How many acres of cotton fields have been increased?How much cotton production has increased compared with the previous year, and how much is the tax?How much has the industrial output value doubled?
Taking out the results is more convincing than looking for anyone.

This is also the real reason why he, as the Minister of the Colonial Department, personally took command of the cultivation of Paradise Island.

Seeing the majestic fleet sailing westward, Dong Jie felt so proud at this moment that he felt an urge to sing loudly.

He can clearly realize that he is leading a group of people to create history. His Majesty the King has repeatedly emphasized that Chinese immigration is the cornerstone of the Tang Kingdom, and the top priority of all government work must be highly valued. All problems at work.

The development of Paradise Island is an important node in opening up the golden route in the central Pacific Ocean. The construction of this place is a strategic issue related to the improvement of the immigration work of the Tang Kingdom, and it is worthy of full investment.

(End of this chapter)