Wild North America 1846

Sending Chinese immigrants to the new colonial areas of Eritrea will not consider the North American mainland of the Tang Empire, which is too far away.Almost half a circle around the earth, the cost of money is extremely staggering.

In this cross-ocean expedition to Egypt, even though many cost-saving means were adopted.The entire expedition still cost as much as 1.3 million Tang Yuan, which almost ate up the fiscal surplus of the imperial government for several years, and owed tens of millions of dollars.

Among them, the huge transportation costs accounted for the bulk.

A more cost-effective immigration method is to recruit immigrants from Paradise Province, Lanfang Country, or overseas Chinese living in Indochina Peninsula countries. The voyage can be shortened to 8000-1.1 kilometers (note: the departure port is different), thereby saving a lot of immigration funds. The ticket price is compressed to an acceptable level.

Another method is to operate cargo ships on Eurasian flights. Cargo ships need to be converted into special cabins to carry immigrants.Compared with the special large-scale immigration ship, the environment is cramped, the ride experience is poor, and the food guarantee is not in place, resulting in a higher mortality rate of immigrants.

The only advantage is that the ticket price is cheap, and many Chinese with empty pockets are willing to take the risk.

The rise of the Tang Empire in North America in today's era has greatly improved the situation of overseas Chinese and established a strong and not easy to mess with image.

It is not easy to enjoy the same higher treatment as the whites in the colonies of the old powers such as Britain, France and the Netherlands, which reflects the true international status of the Datang Empire.

Three months later
1872. 4, 17

The port of Massawa is festive in red and green, ushering in the grand completion of the wharf and the new naming ceremony of the city. The builders beat gongs and drums to celebrate this grand day with traditional Chinese festivals.

On the wide and flat wharf stands a tall steam handling machine, which uses steam-powered hoisting cables to hoist large cargo to the wharf, greatly enhancing the port's ability to handle cargo.

Those cargo ships that followed the expeditionary force to the Gulf have already unloaded various large-scale equipment. Some rice mills, oil mills, sawmills, flour mills, and food factories have been put into production or are in the process of equipment debugging. The progress is quite gratifying.

The cement plant with the most technical difficulty is also in the stage of equipment installation, and is expected to start trial production at the end of the year to solve the current shortage of building materials.

The 5500-ton French "Trittland" freighter docked at the wharf, carrying thousands of tons of cement and steel, arrived in the bay. This is the most vivid example of the economic development driven by the construction of the city and port of Massawa.

As long as the Mediterranean trade crosses the Suez Canal, it can easily reach the Red Sea port of Massawa. It only takes 10 days to set sail from the port of Toulouse in France, and the communication is very convenient.

A straight trestle bridge with a length of about 162 meters and a width of about 20.5 meters stretches into the bay. It can berth a 13-ton ship with a draft of up to [-] meters nearby, making Massawa Port a modern port with international advanced level.

In the hinterland of the port, apart from rows of tall warehouses under construction, a large piece of flattened land is covered with gravel, which is the open-air cargo storage yard.

From the wharf to the city more than ten kilometers away, there is a straight gravel boulevard. Street trees have been transplanted on both sides of the road, and bridges have been built across streams.

In the distant city, hundreds of houses have sprung up, forming a large-scale urban appearance, creating a city almost out of thin air.

All that remains is to continue construction, expand the city's size and population, and a bright star city on the shore of the Red Sea will be born.

The road from Massawa to the city in the clouds on the plateau is much poorer. It is just a 6-meter-wide dirt road, but there are no shaded street trees, and there are no drainage ditches and milestones on both sides of the road.

It's just that at intervals or when encountering a fork in the road, one or several guide signs will be nailed to the big trees on the side of the road, indicating the way to a certain town.

The scale of the city has first taken shape, and the agricultural advance team has been dispatched one after another, dividing the fields and starting collective reclamation.Mainly in the eastern part of Massawa and the surrounding areas of Cloud City, the number has accounted for more than 1/3 of the Chinese immigrants.

More than 30 villages and towns have been built one after another, and the cattle, sheep and wheat seeds have also been distributed. The fast-moving ones have already planted the wheat seedlings. By the end of the year, before the rainy season comes, the first batch of grain, melons and fruits will be harvested, and considerable cultivation achievements have been seen.

In order to divert water from the river for irrigation, various agricultural advance teams are concentrating on building windmills.

Tall windmills have been erected one after another. The windmills can not only divert water for irrigation, but also can squeeze oil and grind noodles, and can also pound and thresh rice. They are extremely important agricultural production facilities in the village and have become a unique beautiful landscape in this area.

On the pier, a ceremonial shed was set up, and there were cases for offering sacrifices to the three animals of heaven and earth and incense candles to the gods. The surrounding gongs and drummers, dragon and lion dancers were already ready, and they were separated from the circle by heavily armed soldiers.

Inside the circle are the Imperial Expeditionary Force and senior government officials. They are here to welcome His Highness Tang-Li Xin, Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force, who came here to participate in the celebration. They have just arrived on the "Evil Wind" armored cruiser.

The "Evil Wind" armored cruiser slowly approached the pier, and the mighty sailors stood along the sides of the ship. When the Commander-in-Chief, His Highness Tang Li Xin, led the crowd to appear on the cruiser, firecrackers were fired on the pier. , The cheers were deafening.

The gongs and drums team played cheerful gongs and drums, and the lion and dragon dance team followed closely, starting a lively performance...

"Brother Daqing has managed a huge scene here, and he is indeed worthy of being the mainstay!" His Highness Tang-Li Xin saw everything in the bay, and his eyes couldn't hide his admiration. He waved frequently to the welcoming crowd and senior officials on the shore.

All the achievements of Colonel Liu Daqing are the result of the commander-in-chief's strategizing.

Major General Fan Pengfei and Brigadier General Zheng Huaishan looked at each other with a smile, and then said jokingly; "Your Highness has a lot of talents, and it was just now that the expeditionary force is thriving. It doesn't matter whether it is Suez City, Sanaa City, or Massawa. Now the Red Sea Three The entire city is under the control of our expeditionary army! It is true that His Highness is in the middle and in charge of the overall situation!"

"Hahahaha... I just followed the footsteps of my father's glory and did some trivial things, which are nothing to worry about."

"His Royal Highness raised tens of thousands of soldiers to attack disobedient ministers, spread the country's prestige beyond thousands of miles of waves in a foreign land, and boost the ambition of the empire. Isn't this a trivial matter?"

"That's also thanks to the great help of all my colleagues, how can I live alone?" His Highness Tang Li Xin was blushing at the moment, and walked down the gangway with high spirits.

After the bloody massacre of the cities of Sanaa and Suez by the Imperial Expeditionary Army, the subjects of the Egyptian government and the opposition were greatly shocked. Ismail Pasha, who had always been pro-European, had to bow his head, admit defeat, and begged the British to mediate for peace.

Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Najd, Jordan, Lebanon and other regions in the Near East and North Africa have been invaded by powerful powers in history, from the Carthaginian Empire to the 11 Crusades in Europe, from the Arab Empire to the Ottoman Empire.Being bullied by other races in history, obedience has become a habitual action.

In the ensuing peace talks, the Tang Empire, adhering to its consistent strength, directly threw out more than a dozen peace treaties, the most important of which was the "Don Aicairo Contract" signed on March 1872, 3 after repeated wrangling.

There are several main clauses in the "Don Acairo Contract";
The first is that Egypt admitted its defeat, opened up the city of Suez and its surrounding areas as the garrison of the Tang Empire as compensation, and established a total of eleven Royal Army and Royal Navy military bases, enjoying exclusive garrison rights.

The second article is that the Egyptian government shall not interfere in the civil and economic affairs of Suez City and its surrounding areas. This area is set as the exclusive concession of the Tang Dynasty and enjoys the right to independent economy, trade, and public security.

The third is that Ismail Pasha solemnly apologized to the Datang Empire for the slight insult before, and compensated the detained ship for the loss of 110 million Tang Yuan.

The fourth article is that Egypt pays 2 million Tang Yuan in war compensation, which is planned to be paid off successively over 100 years, with an average annual interest of 20%, and the income of the Suez City Customs as collateral.

The fifth article is Egypt's commitment to the subjects of the Tang Empire to enjoy fair property ownership, business, study tours and other civil rights, as well as consular jurisdiction and other priority rights and interests.

Article [-], Datang and Egypt will sign a series of business, financial, cultural exchange and military cooperation agreements to expand and deepen the cooperation between the two...

In addition, a series of other contracts were signed, and the Datang Empire finally put a foot firmly into the Middle East and took root here.

in the course of negotiations
The British and the French once united against the Tang Empire's garrison plan, shouting "use force if necessary", "unacceptable the situation of the Suez Canal division", "keeping the canal open is the minimum demand", etc., for peace Negotiations created a lot of stress.

However, the Tang Empire adhered to its usual tough style, and at the same time made a practical move to increase its troops, threatening to attack important core cities such as Cairo, and finally achieved most of the expected goals without any risk.

The biggest regret is that there is less war compensation, but for a poor and weak agricultural area like Egypt, there is really not much oil and water to be squeezed out.

In fact, the Tang Empire is not at a loss.

After receiving this 20-year, 4.9% annual interest rate, a total of 2 million Tang yuan in huge war compensation, the total amount of principal and interest payments must be doubled when due.

After the bloody massacre of Sanaa and the two cities of Suez, the Imperial Expeditionary Force captured 2.7 to 8000 Arab young female population, and collected only [-] horses, more than [-] cattle and hundreds of thousands of sheep, as well as a large amount of food and oil. And the wealth accumulated over the centuries in the region, this is a staggering amount of property.

The combination of these Arab female population, soldiers of the expeditionary force and Chinese immigrants can reproduce rapidly and stabilize the overall social structure of the Eritrean colonial area, which is of great significance.

Not to mention the vast land in the colonial area and the concession area, which will become a new paradise for Chinese immigrants in the future.New cities and villages and towns have sprung up one after another, and huge war investments have been transformed into major strategic and geographical advantages. How can it be said that it suffers?