Wild North America 1846

Chapter 444 Wild Child

These large and medium-sized cities in the empire are like children in a big feudal family. When there are more children, the attention parents can give them will naturally be less.

These million-dollar metropolises in the empire have consolidated their leading positions, some have taken advantage of the trend, some have restored their former glory, and some have been eclipsed and surpassed by other rapidly developing cities.

in these cities

New Xi'an, which ranks seventh with a population of 103.69 million, and Donggang, which ranks No. 11 with a population of 72.86, can be described as a pair of wild children. They have risen rapidly in just a dozen years and created remarkable economic and colonial achievements.

Paradise Island, a large city in the west and east, which belongs to the territory directly under the royal family, rarely receives government financial allocations, and more comes from the special construction funds of the Royal Household Office, as well as its own fiscal and tax revenue.

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The Royal Household Office can free up more funds for the construction of Paradise Island. The western railway network and the eastern railway network that have been built successively have achieved initial results. The mileage of the western railway network with the new Xi'an as the core has reached more than 1370 kilometers. There are several important cities and dozens of villages and towns around.

The mileage of the eastern railway network with Donggang as the core has reached more than 460 kilometers, which has also greatly promoted the in-depth colonization of the eastern region, accelerated the circulation of goods, and possessed a stronger population carrying capacity.

The early immigrant villages and towns have entered a mature stage, bringing a steady stream of stable tax revenues to the territorial government of Paradise Island directly under the royal family, which can be used for urban construction, railways, road reservoirs, bridges and farmland facilities and other infrastructure investments, forming a good momentum of rolling development.

According to statistics at the end of 1864;

In stations and public places, wind and rain corridors and palace-style structures are widely used, highlighting the unique charm of oriental architecture.

Dahekou City is located on the highland west of the estuary, surrounded by a series of islands and harbors, forming an extremely favorable geographical condition for a port city. This is an important city with a population of more than 21.

As an important node city of the golden route in the central Pacific Ocean, Xin’an was originally the first city for immigrants from the mainland to set foot here. Most of the Chinese immigrants who passed by here would go ashore to rest, and the weak and sick were treated. The ships were supplied with coal, clean water, vegetables and fruits here. As well as food, a large demand drives the city's continued prosperity.

In order to alleviate the severe congestion at the port, the port where the immigrants landed was changed to Aber Port, which is more than 260 kilometers east of the new Xi'an Port, which is where the "Dahekou City" is located.

Paradise Island, which is close to the equator, has rich geographical and climate layers. It has both a typical tropical marine climate and a rainy and humid tropical rainforest climate. The tropical melons and fruits produced here are made of canned fruit and are exported to North America and Europe. They are very popular. export product.

This after July 1864

The immigrant population of the territory directly under the Royal Paradise Island has reached 351.6 million. The seven major cities headed by Xin'an Donggang have absorbed a population of 221 million, accounting for about 2/3 of the population. Another 130 million people are distributed in scattered towns.

Flowers are in full bloom all year round, quiet and peaceful, with plenty of sunshine and a pleasant climate, which has earned New Xi'an the reputation of "Flower City" and is an extremely livable metropolis.

Taking advantage of the convenience of being located in a tropical seaside area and being close to the Pacific Southwest fishing grounds with many islands and reefs, Xin'an actively develops the marine fishing industry and has established the second largest fishing fleet in the empire after Seattle's commercial fishing fleet. Fishing in the surrounding Sulawesi Islands, Luzon Islands, and even as far as the sea area of ​​​​the Brahman Islands, the number of fish products is astonishing.

Dahekou City is an agricultural city belonging to the new Xi’an urban agglomeration. It is bordered by the endless Pacific Ocean in the south and a mighty Manbola Mo River on the east side. It is not far from Jiuxing Town. Local Chinese immigrants call this vast river For the "Aber River".

The urban architecture has absorbed the tall and magnificent features of the Han and Tang Dynasties and the beautiful and dignified styles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and organically integrated them into one, forming a unique island style.

This is an opportunity for economic development that new Xi'an has given to brother cities. As a metropolis with a population of over one million, the industrial development is relatively mature and complete, and the role of immigration transshipment business in driving the city's economy is no longer obvious.

Ever since it became a landing port for immigrants, Dahekou City has enjoyed a free ride in economic development. Every year, as many as 60 million Chinese immigrants stay in the port for supplies. Hundreds of large immigrant ships need an astonishing amount of fresh fruits, vegetables, and food. , coal and clean water, the strong demand has created many job opportunities and promoted the rapid prosperity of the city.

There is no shortage of 8-9-story high-rise buildings here, but without exception, they all use big red colonnades and cornice structures. The unique Chinese-style doors and windows make these high-rise buildings look elegant and dignified, and are highly recognizable.

Except for the two cities of New Xi'an and Donggang, the rest are agricultural cities, with only a small number of rice mills, flour mills, oil mills, canning factories and other enterprises, and industrialization accounts for no more than [-]%.

Just like the big cities with a population of one million in the empire, New Xi’an also prohibits the entry of horse-drawn carts, ox carts and other animal-drawn vehicles, fully promotes trams and cars, and has pedal tricycles and rickshaws for short-distance travel. Horse-drawn carts are basically not seen on the streets. .

At the end of 1864, industrial output value accounted for only 36.6%, agricultural output value still accounted for an absolute majority of more than 52%, and commercial trade and the tertiary industry accounted for the remaining ratio.

Objectively speaking
As the only overseas territory that ranks among the top ten cities of the empire, New Xi'an is far less industrialized than the mainland metropolis of the empire, and there is a big gap.

Looking at the past at a glance, people mistakenly think that they are dreaming back to the city of Xi'an in the Han and Tang Dynasties.

New Xi'an is a metropolis full of strong Chinese architectural style. The roads are wide and flat, and the green belts are separated by flowers blooming all year round.

Compared with the mainland metropolises of the empire, the biggest advantage of New Xi'an is its proximity to Southeast Asia. Both immigration and goods export are closer to the mainland, and product export is more convenient. There are huge consumer markets for grain, flour, oil and sugar.

The local specialty dried salted fish, dried salted shrimp and canned boneless fish are all specialty products that can be exported in bulk.

In 1864, the Royal Office of the Interior allocated 1150 million Tang Yuan for investment in the territory directly under Paradise Island, and the fiscal and tax revenue of the territory reached 3461 million Tang Yuan. The sum of the two items totaled more than 4600 million Tang Yuan, most of which were used for various infrastructure construction and education Public health and other undertakings have formed a relatively complete social system.

Paradise Island's industrial development is concentrated in the two cities of Xin'an and Donggang, especially Xin'an, a metropolis with a population of one million, which ranks seventh in the empire. Steel plants, dozens of large and medium-sized cement plants and shipbuilding plants have been built one after another. Small sugar mills, more than a dozen pig slaughtering enterprises, and some food processing factories and canning factories have a relatively complete range of industrial production capacity.

Besides
New Xi'an also vigorously developed tobacco, spices, sugar and natural rubber planting industries, and formed a certain scale of industrial advantages. The exported sugar and spices not only met the needs of the empire, but also exported to East Asia, Central and South America and Europe. A stable income of tens of millions of Tang Yuan can be obtained.

There are many mosquito and fly diseases in the tropics, and the delicate horses are easy to get sick and die, so the most here are ox carts, but it is forbidden to enter the city.

If this big cake falls on the head of Dahekou City, it will obviously be different.

After so many immigrants every year, a little selection can be left to strengthen the weak points of the local economy, culture and education, such as old Chinese medicine practitioners, blacksmiths, leather craftsmen, carpenters, stonemasons, pottery and porcelain craftsmen or Liyuan family , are essential nutrients for a city.

New Xi'an doesn't need it, but it doesn't mean Dahekou City doesn't need it!

You can eat it with a mouth full of oil if you squeeze it down casually.

(End of this chapter)