Wild North America 1846

Chapter 254 Returning
The imperial meeting ended with the unexpected joy of the navy. Since so many indigenous laborers emerged, the government did not hesitate to spare half of the labor force to build coastal dams and irrigation facilities, as well as large-scale construction of roads and bridges.

Most of the indigenous population lurking in sugar cane plantations and remote pastures will be cleared out and put into hard labor camps, and the Hawaiian Islands will temporarily fall into a state of labor shortage.

The sugar mills set up around towns are better. The labor force needed for sugar cane plantations can only be found among the newly arrived Chinese immigrants.

Under the laws of the Kingdom, Chinese workers must be treated with reasonable remuneration and benefits, which will greatly increase the cost of sugarcane plantations and reduce the huge profits that can be called windfall profits.

Regardless of using hundreds or dozens of indigenous laborers, these sugarcane planters are all rich. The high-quality cane sugar produced in Hawaii is expensive and the plantations are lucrative. And three root causes of expansion.

The loss of those native laborers is just an increase in cost.

The crows in the world are generally black, and the Chinese plantation owners are no more noble than the white plantation owners. As long as there are loopholes to exploit, who would not want to make more money?
from start to finish
Richard just watched the kingdom government's handling with a cold eye. Fortunately, they were all sent to the hard labor camp according to the routine.

Part of it will be transported to Pearl Harbor to develop military fields, build dock forts and port facilities, and the rest will be handed over to the local government to build public infrastructure, mine mines, and do some heavy manual labor.

This can't be blamed on the inhumane policies of the Tang Kingdom. The so-called non-human race must have a different heart.

The aboriginal Indians look black-haired, black-eyed and yellow-skinned, and seem to be very similar to the Chinese, but in fact they are not the same thing at all.

According to research by historians, the indigenous Indians have the blood genes of the ancient Mongols. They may have arrived in Alaska along the frozen Bering Strait thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago, and then migrated all the way east.

So both Eskimos and Indians have Mongolian blood genes, but can Mongolians and Chinese be equated?

Some Chinese in the Tang Kingdom got carried away after two days of full food, clamoring that "the world should be governed by benevolence and morality" and "there is no distinction between teaching and learning", and they used the Confucian benevolence and righteousness rhetoric to foreigners.

Not knowing

Aboriginal people's religious beliefs, language and culture, living customs and everything in their hearts are incompatible with the Chinese. Blindly advocating "education without distinction" and "human harmony" is actually planting a deep disaster for the kingdom.

England ruled Ireland for hundreds of years and did not completely conquer the Irish.The Ottoman Empire has been glorious for more than 500 years, but it has not been able to twist dozens of ethnic groups in the territory into one rope.

Greeks, Bulgarians, Moldovans, Syrians, Egyptians, Caucasians, Armenians, Slavs, etc., which people were tamed?

historical proof
Although the measures taken by the Americans in the Americas and the British in Australia were criticized for a while, they permanently solved the ethnic disputes, and they were considered a complete solution.

After the Imperial Council

Li Cha announced that he would rest for three days. In the early morning of the second day, under the escort of more than a hundred guards officers and soldiers, he went deep into the Mauna Loa volcano at an altitude of more than 2 meters to watch the spectacle of the volcanic eruption up close.

Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano in the world. It erupts on average every 3 and a half years. The latest eruption was just a few days ago. During the eruption, red lava erupted tens of meters high, and the magma was like a fire dragon. With unstoppable momentum, he rushed to the sea mightily.

Wherever it passes, trees and stones are burned.

The fiery lava meets the sea water, and with hissing steam, plunges into the blue ocean, which is a spectacular scene.

How can you not see such a magnificent scenery?

Standing on the top of the mountain, the air is filled with a strong smell of sulfur burning, and there is a meandering lava flow from the top of the Mauna Loa volcano, flowing down slowly.

Facing such a magnificent spectacle of heaven and earth, the three white tigers that Li Cha carried with him roared loudly in fear, with a fearful expression on their faces that dared not move forward.

Li Cha could only pat them on the head amusedly, told them to wait nearby, and then led the crowd forward in big strides until they were more than a hundred meters away from the volcanic rock flow.

"Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty not to go any further, the front is too dangerous, please take care of the dragon's body!" Lieutenant General Chen Chuan, commander of the Imperial Guard, couldn't help but speak out to dissuade him.

More than a hundred meters away, the rocks under his feet were already hot and smoking.Put an egg on top, it is estimated that it will be cooked in more than 10 seconds.

The lava river in front of it flows slowly, and the gray-black surface bursts from time to time, exposing the hot orange-red magma inside. Then, under the action of the air, the magma surface quickly dims, and "crackling" explosions sound from time to time.

Throwing out the extremely hot lava, if it hits a person, the fun will be great.

Lieutenant General Chen Chuan didn't know that the hot magma in front of him gave Li Cha an incomparable sense of intimacy. After completing the "Thousands of People Know the Prestige Mission", he used gold attribute points to advance to the middle-level Suzaku bloodline, and his physique changed inexplicably. Ordinary flames can no longer hurt Li Cha.

Li Cha firmly believed that these hot lava could not hurt him.

"Go over there. There is a high rock over there, and a river of lava flows from one side. It should be safe to stand on it to see it." Li Cha didn't want to shock the world, and pointed to the tall rock in front of him. , and then took the lead in striding over.

Lieutenant General Chen Chuan, who followed closely behind, opened his mouth, but did not make a sound. He could only frown and say loudly to the officers on the left and right; , If there is any change in the volcano, call the police immediately, and there must be no mistakes."

"As ordered, sir."

Followed by the masters of the imperial guards, they dispersed immediately after hearing the "crash", and several quick-moving officers climbed up the tall rock like apes, took off the scabbard around their waists and placed them on the boulder. I poked hard at the edge to see if the knot is firm?

Oishi

At this time, there was already a simple folding table and chairs, and a set of teacups were placed on the table, brewing green tea with a pleasant aroma.

Li Cha was sitting on the chair, drinking tea leisurely, feeling the strong smell of sulfur coming to his face with the steaming heat, feeling extremely comfortable physically and mentally.

He could feel that every cell in his body was cheering, as if a fish jumped into a pond, greedily absorbing the heat from the volcano.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard who were standing for four weeks had beads of sweat dripping down their faces, and their faces were as hot as shrimp. This was a reaction to being burned too close to the lava river. .

The boulder is located above the side of the lava river, just as the steaming heat surges up, it feels as if it can burn people's skin, and ordinary people can't stand up in a few minutes.

Li Cha ordered, "Stand back, all of you, the heat from the lava is beyond what you can bear."

"Your Majesty, this place is too dangerous. The son of a thousand gold can't sit down, let alone your majesty's body!"

"Okay, don't talk too much, you should stand 20 meters away in the end, and let me be quiet."

"Uh... I obey the order."

Lieutenant General Chen Chuan was also sweating profusely. Feeling dizzy from the steam, he waved his hands and retreated. He couldn't hold it anymore.

On the contrary, Li Cha looked calm. He took a deep breath of the scalding hot air, and his face showed a comfortable look like smoking a big cigarette. He felt the strong fire element in the air, and he was extremely comfortable.

The Imperial Guard elites who accompanied the guards couldn't do it in front of this hot flow of lava. They changed shifts every 15 minutes. Everyone who came down was crumbling, and their faces were as red as boiled shrimps.

And King Li Cha sat leisurely on the boulder, drank a large pot of three liters of tea, sat here for more than 5 hours, and did not get up until 4:00 in the afternoon to return, his face was not the slightest bit strange.

In the eyes of all the officers and soldiers of the imperial guards, they have already regarded them as heavenly beings, and they looked at His Majesty differently, full of fanatical reverence.

They didn't know that if it wasn't for Richard under the watchful eyes of everyone, Richard would really be able to reach out to scoop up those hot magma, would he get burned if he tried it?
Fortunately, in order to avoid shocking the world, he finally gave up this impulse.

Everything goes to the end, too much is too late.

If you really want to experiment, you can use hot coal or molten steel, even if it proves that you can't get burned, so what?

The island of Hawaii covers an area of ​​more than 1 square kilometers and has five active volcanoes. Among them, the Mauna Loa volcano, which erupts from time to time, is a rare spectacle in the world. Through continuous volcanic eruptions, the area of ​​Hawaii Island is enlarged, which can be called a realistic version of the volcano. Eruption Museum.

The Chinese immigrants who moved here built a large-scale Zhurong Fire Temple in a valley more than ten kilometers away from Mauna Loa Volcano. The temple building indicates that the sacred bird "Suzaku" is enshrined.

And he personally wrote the plaque of "the ancestor of fire, the beginning of civilization", which also attracted devout pilgrims from all over the world to donate and worship.

Therefore, the scale of the Suzaku Temple has been expanded and expanded again and again, with many temples, and it has become a well-known temple, which is a later story.

more than 10 days later
Richard finished his inspection tour in Hawaii Province, returned to North America by boat, and settled in the palace after disembarking at the port of Los Angeles, continuing his routine national inspection work.

He is a restless monarch. He originally planned to visit Paradise Island, but unfortunately, he was strongly dissuaded by the accompanying cabinet ministers, and ultimately failed to make the trip.

Not a short flight to Paradise Island!

From Los Angeles to the south, it takes more than 2800 kilometers to reach Panama. After resting here, it starts again and goes westward to the Pacific Ocean for about 8300 kilometers before finally arriving at Paradise Island.

With all these visits and visits plus the inspection time, it would take less than two months for the two emerging cities on Paradise Island, Donggang and New Xi’an, to reach a distance of more than 2400 kilometers in a straight line.

If you take the northern air route, it will be about 2860 kilometers, and if you take the southern air route, it will take more than 3300 kilometers, which is too far away.

Today is the period of rapid development of the two cities of Donggang and New Xi'an. The construction boom is in the ascendant, the urban population is soaring all the way, and various development problems are emerging one after another.

Dong Jie, Minister of the Colonial Department, and more than 8% of the officials in the colonial area are all devoted to construction on Paradise Island, vowing to build this beautiful island into a paradise on earth.

After comprehensive consideration

Li Cha decided to spend two and a half months next year to inspect Paradise Island and Panama. Since the opening of the central Pacific route, these two places have been developing very hotly, and they must be visited in person.

(End of this chapter)