Wild North America 1846

Chapter 646
The Lunar New Year in 1878 was extremely lively. There was no trace of tension before the war in North America. There were crowds of joyful and joyful residents everywhere, and the festive atmosphere was very strong.

In Chang’an, Los Angeles, Chicago, Mexico City, Salem, Detroit and other metropolises with a population of one million, in recent years, reinforced concrete high-rise buildings with more than 10 floors have appeared one after another, and there are more and more cars on the streets, which together with trams have become traffic mainstream.

Due to the intentional restrictions of major cities, carriages in cities are becoming rarer and rarer. Those who can afford to enjoy carriages are nobles and rich people and other upper-class celebrities. They are equipped with engraved noble badges, and the horses are very handsome. The velvet jacket of the horse covered the dung bag hidden behind the horse's buttocks.

Such a carriage has to pay a high city management fee every month, sixty Tang yuan for one horse, 120 Tang yuan for two horses, 240 Tang yuan for a large carriage pulled by four horses, and every month must be paid every month.

If the carriage defecated anywhere, he had to pay a high fine, starting at 100 Tang Yuan, which even the imperial nobles with slightly weaker financial resources could not afford.

This has also led to more and more affluent families buying cars for transportation. After diesel cars, gasoline-engined cars with less pollution are gradually favored by urban middle-class families and above, and thus rapidly popularized.

In addition to trams, cars and horse-drawn carriages, another form of public transportation for urban travel is the rickshaw, which can be seen in all major cities in the empire.

Most of the people engaged in the tricycle industry are Italians or white Germans, but there are very few Chinese who have the largest population.

This is because the ethnic Chinese with the largest population have many employment opportunities and are generally welcomed by factories, mines and trading companies. It is easy for everyone to communicate with the same species, and the ethnic Chinese workers are hardworking and willing to work overtime when they are busy.

Therefore, Chinese capitalists, factory owners, plantation owners, and ranchers, who have a full say in the economic field in the empire, are more willing to hire Chinese workers, thus forming a close employment relationship.

Especially in some farms and ranches, the relationship between farmers, ranchers, or plantation owners and workers is more like family members, and employers who cannot treat workers well often do not operate well on farms or ranches.

in this regard
Chinese workers have natural advantages in employment, and the same is true for government employees. They must be proficient in Chinese and English in order to serve the public well.

First of all, 9% of white immigrants are stumped by proficiency in the use of Chinese, so it is difficult for them to compete for government positions in the public sector or the police. Not knowing Mandarin is the Achilles heel.

This era
The Chinese have a very serious idea of ​​going to heaven, with a strong sense of country and clan, plus superstition, so there are many people who look down on ghosts with strange voices and regard them as aliens.

Especially in the group of farmers and ranchers known for their conservativeness, many of them followed His Majesty the Emperor to fight in all directions and slaughtered Caucasians like pigs and sheep.

The invincible splendor of the Tang Empire gave the citizens a sense of self-confidence;
What rubbish ghosts are all inferior people who have not evolved well.

Even Emperor Richard had no choice but to pass the "Anti-Discrimination Act" introduced by the Parliament to prohibit discrimination against white people.

The implication is that it is all right to discriminate against Indians in South America and Mexicans in North America, and it is even more legitimate to discriminate against blacks.

Today's era has the limitations of the times, and blacks are generally not treated as equal human beings in European countries. Naked indigenous black tribes are publicly displayed in London parks.

Eating, urinating and even mating are all displayed in the crowd of onlookers, who simply regard these indigenous blacks as beasts.

This kind of thinking also affected the Tang Empire, so the Tang Empire strictly prohibited blacks from entering, and there was no living space for blacks at all.

Once a planter or farmer who privately raises black slaves is found in the empire, he will be punished as a violation of the imperial law.

At the end of 1877, the total economic volume of the Tang Empire grew to 117.75 billion Tang Yuan, ranking first in the world and 16.3% higher than the second-ranked United Kingdom.

Converting the 117.75 billion Tang Yuan into the British pound exchange rate, it is 23.55 billion pounds, and the per capita income exceeds 110 Tang Yuan. This per capita income level is about half of that of the United Kingdom and higher than that of France and Germany.

As a world power with a huge population, the total population of Datang has surpassed Tsarist Russia, ranking first among the world powers.

In particular, Chinese immigrants have made major contributions to population growth. In the 32 years since the founding of the country, the early immigrants have multiplied to the third generation. Many imperial nobles and wealthy merchant families with many wives and concubines have a population of dozens or hundreds and flourish.

In the fertile land of North America, the sufficient supply of grain, oil, egg and milk has also made the second and third generation immigrants taller, stronger, and smarter.

The sound of firecrackers removes the old year, and the spring breeze brings warmth into Tusu.

The Lunar New Year, which was celebrated by all the people, had just passed. After the Lantern Festival in 1878, the empire's war machine started quietly, advancing in an orderly manner according to the established steps.

Havana, Cuba

The civil war that lasted for more than nine years has made all industries in Cuba slump, and the local people live in hardship.The sugar plantation industry, which was originally the mainstay of the economy, suffered a severe blow. The export share was taken away by competitors such as the Central Plains Province, Costa Rica Province, and the new colonial area of ​​Colombia. The city of Havana was full of beggars and hungry people, making it even more dilapidated.

For the plight of the economy, the Spanish colonists were helpless.

It has never been news that the Spaniards are not good at economic construction. They will only cruelly plunder and squeeze the colonies, and then consume huge wealth in the construction of Catholic churches and the extravagant lives of the nobles, and so on.

Take the Spanish silver peso as an example;
The Mexican silver peso, the Cuban silver peso, and the Luzon silver peso have different exchange rates. The exchange rate has been very chaotic for hundreds of years, and no Spaniard is aware of the serious problem.

This is because the Spanish overseas governors have great powers, and they are all local emperors. They have neither the will nor the solution to the problem to promote the unification of the colonial silver peso exchange rate.

The silver pesos in the Spanish colonies need to rely on the exchange with the pound to start international trade. Is this a strange thing?

Although all industries in Cuba are now depressed and many Chinese businessmen have withdrawn one after another, most of Cuba's trade transactions are still in the hands of Chinese businessmen, who have a decisive influence.

Havana Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce

Nine years of civil war and social turmoil have made Hawala's market increasingly dilapidated, and its trade volume has shrunk sharply. It is now less than a quarter of what it was before the outbreak of the civil war.

Most of the members of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce have also left, and the Chinese-style buildings of the Chamber of Commerce have been dusty for a long time, and they look dilapidated and dilapidated.

Zhou Qingren, the chairman with a gray beard, was sitting and drinking tea in the chamber of commerce, his brows were solemnly twisted into the word "Chuan", as if he was thinking about something troublesome?

At this time, the door was pushed open, and a person walked in from the outside, and said with a smile, "Brother Qing has been gone for a long time, and his demeanor is still better than before, but do you welcome me as an old friend?"

Zhou Qingren looked up and was so frightened that he almost dropped the teacup on the ground. He quickly put the teacup on the table beside him, walked up a few steps quickly and held Zhu Fengchen's arm with both hands, just about to say something...

Suddenly stopped again, turned around and walked to the door to look around, and saw 4 strong men guarding there in the corridor in the distance, with bulging waists, obviously there were guys.

"Brother Qing, don't worry, that's our buddy." Zhu Fengchen explained with a smile.

Only then did Zhou Qingren feel relieved, and he closed the door tightly. He turned around and looked at Zhu Fengchen with some complaints but also some gratitude, and said, "Master Zhu heard that he has been promoted to the top of the bureau, and he has gone straight to the center. Why do you come here now at risk? Spain People hate you so much that your teeth itch, if you expose yourself to Xingzang, there will be no good fruit to eat, right?"

"Hehehe...Deputy Director." Zhu Fengchen corrected a sentence indifferently. He was only the Director of the Operations Division [-] of the Imperial Security General Bureau. How could he skip the rank of Deputy Director and go straight to the Bureau?

Businessmen can indeed speak, and Zhu Fengchen was in a good mood when he said the word "office seat", which was indeed much better than "deputy office seat".

The two exchanged a few words of pleasantries, Zhou Qingren made tea himself, and the two sides sat down as guests and hosts, and only then did they get to the point.

"May I excuse you, brother Fengchen, did you come here because of that?"

"That's right, the matter is very important, and I don't feel at ease if I leave it to others. I have to sit in charge myself. In case something goes wrong, Shangfeng blames it, and you and I can't afford it."

"The candidate has been selected. It is Gao Fengda, the boss of Fengda Firm. He has always been mean and stingy, and he has been very close to the Spaniards. He has done many bad things that are outrageous. Dozens of people from his family live in Monty. In the mansion on Ai Street." Zhou Qingren is an influential figure in the local Chinese chamber of commerce, and directly participated in the planning of the incident, so he said everything clearly;

"We have a few insiders in the local area. When the time comes, we will use the insiders to lead the mobs to attack the Funda Commercial House and loot the mansion on Montier Avenue. All aspects have been arranged, and there should be no problem."

Zhu Fengchen nodded approvingly, thought for a while and said, "When the thugs start, can we arrange a few of our own people to go in, so as to better guide the development of the situation."

"It shouldn't be a problem, as long as you are a local. This Fengda firm has a pretty bad reputation. Its loan sharks have ruined many people's fortunes. There are not a few people who hate him. After the mob is launched, who knows what kind of people will be involved. ? It’s messy and I can’t tell the difference!”

"That's okay, without delay, it will be launched tomorrow night." Zhu Fengchen still acted vigorously and made a final decision.

"In such a hurry?"

"Why... Is there any place that has not been prepared yet?"

"No, no, no... everything is ready, so let's launch it on time tomorrow night. Anyway, I have done enough of this immortal business. We will usher in the imperial army as soon as possible, and open up a new situation as soon as possible."

"Hahaha... that's right!"

In the secret room of the Chamber of Commerce, the two looked at each other and laughed, each with a thought in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)