Wild North America 1846

Lord Pan Shouguo acted very quickly. After arriving in Portland on June 1890, 6, intergovernmental negotiations started on the second day without any delay.

On the third day, that is, on June 3, the Tang Empire officially announced the recognition of the Connecticut Republic, and announced the conclusion of a military alliance treaty between the two governments covering all aspects of politics and economy.

This is the so-called "Florida version" of the covenant, with only a small number of changes made.

After dealing with the affairs here, Lord Pan Shouguo, Minister of North American Affairs, led the joint delegation to continue northward, passing through Massachusetts and reaching the Democratic Republic of Maine, where they happened to meet the British diplomatic delegation.

Needless to say, the British diplomatic delegation is also wooing the Democratic Republic of Maine here.

Portland

This is a city with the same name as Portland, a famous heavy industrial city in the Tang Empire. In order to distinguish the two, it is generally called "East Portland".

Inside a beautiful castle

Not long after arriving here, Lord Pan Shouguo ordered to inquire about the movements of the British delegation. Thanks to decades of operation, accurate insider information was quickly delivered.

"What preferential terms did the British offer?" Lord Pan Shouguo asked after taking a bath, his face flushed, he changed into light clothes and came to the castle hall.

Viscount Lin Feng, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, smiled and made a "please" gesture.He followed Lord Pan Shouguo to the table, where coffee was already brewed and there were several plates of exquisite snacks.

Viscount Lin Feng poured hot coffee for both of them, and then said with a smile on the corner of his mouth;

"Sure enough, as expected by Lord Lord, the conditions offered by the British are as stingy as ever. They hope that the Democratic Republic of Maine can join the Canadian Federation and become an independent political entity.

The promise of overseas citizenship to the Republic of Maine, that is, the status of a British colony, is nothing more than a dominion.This is equivalent to the status of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and belongs to the highest level among the British overseas colonies.

As for the terms of trade, it is similar. Maine needs to accept the dumping of British industrial products, but there is no support policy. The reason is that London's fiscal expenditure is also very tight.

hehehe...

The typical ones just want to get benefits, don't want to pay anything, and the pattern doesn't look big. "

After hearing these words, Lord Pan Shouguo felt more confident.

He said with determination;

"Don't underestimate the British, they actually don't pay much attention to Maine. The overseas colonies of the British Empire have fished too much, eat too much, and become picky.

It's purely... two shots with or without dates.

This is different from ours. The affairs of the countries in North America are related to the core interests of the empire, and they must be obtained quickly.

Canada was originally the dog's leg of the British, and Maine ran over to join, that is the dog's leg of the dog's leg.

The government of the Democratic Republic of Maine is not stupid either. The military-political alliance treaty signed between the Empire and the Republic of Connecticut is very attractive to them!

This time, I brought a preferential support condition that they couldn't refuse.

Imperial Capital will invest in 2 to 3 large modern wood pulp and paper mills in the Republic of Maine, together with forest logging and transportation, which can solve the employment problem of nearly [-] people.

In today's international market

With the rapid development of the cultural publishing industry, the supply of wood pulp is quite tight, and the demand in Europe and the empire is relatively strong. It is a good investment project.

How about it, are you interested in participating? "

"I believe in the Lord's vision. How can I not join such a good project? Count me as a member of the Lin family in Los Angeles." Viscount Lin Feng replied with a smile, took a sip of coffee, nodded and praised; The high-quality Blue Mountain coffee beans produced in Colombia are rich and smooth, with a long taste!"

Lord Pan Shouguo smiled proudly. These high-quality Colombian Blue Mountain coffee beans come from the Duke’s family. The Duke’s family owns a 3.5-acre alpine coffee plantation in Colombia and produces thousands of tons of high-quality coffee beans every year.

After being baked and fried in the workshop, it is exported to Europe and the United States, which is a stable and profitable business.

decades
Compared with the conservatism of the British aristocrats, the emerging aristocratic industries of the Tang Empire were not limited to pastures and plantations.It also invested extensively in gold, silver, copper, iron and coal mines, new enterprises, banking finance, cable and telegraph offices, wharves, ports and shops, and accumulated a rich foundation during the period of rapid economic development of the empire.

Following His Majesty's side, these top nobles of the empire are all good investors.

After surpassing the United Kingdom to sit on the throne of the world's largest economic power, the Tang Empire's industrial and agricultural economy developed rapidly, with full stamina. Together with Germany, it can be called the shining twin stars of the world's industrialized countries.

compared to germany

The Datang Empire has a vast territory and a large population. Based on the American League and the Pan Pacific Organization with a population of 3.1 million, the international and domestic markets are broader and the foundation for economic development is very solid.

According to the statistics

80% of the industrial and agricultural output of the Tang Empire was digested by the domestic market, and only 20% of its production capacity was exported to the international market. It has surpassed the United Kingdom and become the world's largest exporter of industrial and agricultural products.

From 1850 to 1889, the total export volume of the Tang State increased from 5200 million Tang Yuan to 19.71 billion Tang Yuan, [-]% of which were agricultural products.

Until the second quarter of 1890, agricultural products still accounted for 28.6% of exports, with 6 million Tang yuan exported in the first six months.

After 44 years of construction
The agricultural output of various sub-categories in the Tang Empire showed an increase of tens to hundreds of times. The output of wheat increased sharply from 1848 million kilograms in 8 to 500 billion kilograms in 1888, an increase of 28.6 times.

马铃薯从1848年的4000千万担(一担为50公斤)增到1888年的15.5亿担，增长了38.7倍，有力的保证了帝国食品稳定。

稻米产量从1848年的135万吨，迅猛增长到1888年1.32亿吨，增长接近100倍。

棉花在1853年产量仅2.42万包(每包净重478磅)，而到1888年猛增至695万包，依然呈现出高速发展的态势。

The rapid growth of cotton production led to the rapid development of the cotton textile industry. In 1853, about 18000 spindles were used, and by 1878, the number had soared to about 800 million. In 1888, the number reached 1900 million, an increase of more than 1000 times.

In 1888, the Tang Empire’s textile industry consumed 750 million bales of cotton. In addition to its own production, it also needed to import a large amount from the Republic of Mississippi and the Republic of Florida (Note; the Kingdom of Kentucky and the Kingdom of Oklahoma are domestic, not counting imports) .

In addition, the output of industrial products such as cigarettes, wool spinning, and food processing, which use agricultural products as raw materials, has increased by tens to hundreds of times, and the quantity is quite astonishing.

香烟由1865年的1600万支增加到188年的97.82亿支，同期麦芽酒从660万桶增至2760万桶，面粉从479万桶增加到2.3亿桶……

The rapid growth of agricultural production capacity has led to the rapid development of the corresponding food processing industry, cotton spinning, wool spinning and cigarette wine making industries. Thousands of industrial enterprises in related industries have provided an astonishing number of jobs.

The development of agriculture and industry complement each other, and the great development of agriculture provides the industry with sufficient supply of food and agricultural raw materials to meet the ever-growing industrial needs.

The increase in the income of farmers, in turn, enabled millions of farms to have sufficient funds to purchase industrial products such as agricultural tools, agricultural machinery, and fertilizers, as well as daily necessities, which expanded the market for industrial products.

And this is the true connotation of the mutual promotion and development of industry and agriculture, mutual achievement, and jointly contributed to the good situation of the economic prosperity of the Datang Empire.

According to the statistics

In 1860, all the farms in Tang State owned 2.46 million Tang Yuan of farm implements, livestock and agricultural machinery. By 1888, it reached 7.61 million Tang Yuan, more than tripled.

唐国农场化肥使用量从1865年的5.3万吨猛增到1888年的273万吨，化肥厂从原来的两家迅速增长到19家，产能极大的提升。

The extensive use of chemical fertilizers also promoted a sharp increase in the output of agricultural products. The agriculture of the Tang Empire not only laid a solid foundation for industrial development, but also promoted the development of industry.

Among the industrialized countries all over the world, the popularization and promotion of the agricultural machinery technology of the Datang Empire has been far ahead.

This has greatly improved the efficiency of agricultural production. While increasing the production and income of the vast farms and plantations, the development of the machinery industry of the Tang Empire has provided a vast market, which once again confirms the beauty of the complementary development of industry and agriculture.

European public opinion often belittles the Datang Empire as an upstart, with a high-ranking face, but in fact, they are quite envious of Datang's agricultural development, and intentionally or unintentionally want to follow suit.

Unfortunately, the essence is often not learned.

The land of European farms is small and fragmented, and the best farming conditions are in the Central European Plains of France. However, due to the fragmentation of land ownership for thousands of years, it is difficult to form vast large farms.

Most of the French farmers work on households and cultivate their own land, while a few lease other people's land, forming a small and scattered situation.

The situation in the Tang Empire is different. Ordinary small and medium-sized farms often cost hundreds of thousands of acres, and large farms start at tens of thousands of acres. It is not uncommon for tens of millions of acres to be used.

Therefore, 90% of the world's agricultural machinery market is in the Datang Empire, and the agricultural machinery has the highest level of technology, the most widely used, and the most mature ones in the Datang Empire, all of which make Europeans envious.

Without that condition, there is no way to learn.

After chatting for a while about the industrial and agricultural development of the empire, Lord Pan Shouguo changed the subject and talked about the mission of the current joint delegation, he said;
"Brother Lin, you and I are leading a delegation to visit various countries in North America this time, the first two should be able to win, there is no suspense.

The following two, Massachusetts and New York, are hard bones!It's not easy to chew it off, you have to use some means.

Especially in this place of Massachusetts, His Majesty intends to compensate His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince as a vassal state. It is not just a matter of signing a military-political alliance treaty. You have to think about it carefully. "

"My lord, do you have any regulations?"

"The two parties who arranged to sing the bad face and the red face before, how is the situation now? Nothing will go wrong, right?"

"That's not true. Please rest assured, my lord. These hidden piles have been buried for decades. They are very powerful in Massachusetts. This war is also protected by the imperial garrison, and their basic strength has not been damaged."

"That's good, when the time comes, let's give him a plank road to repair in the open, and cover Chen Cang in the dark, what do you think, brother Lin?"

"Excellent, my lord is the only one who follows suit. Let's sing a good show together and chew off the tough bone of Massachusetts."

"Hehe... That's right, notify the military department to cooperate with our actions."

"Please rest assured, my lord, everything has been arranged."

"It's so wonderful, hahahaha..."

The two of them laughed loudly as they spoke, their expressions were very relaxed, relying on the incomparable strength of the Great Tang Empire, their envoys from the Heavenly Dynasty had a high status.

Based on the principle of putting the easy before the difficult, the Datang Mission took the official diplomatic recognition of Shang Fang’s sword and hoped to establish diplomatic relations with the three independent countries and conclude a close military and political alliance.

The Republic of Connecticut and the Democratic Republic of Maine are easier to talk about. After all, they are both small countries with a population of more than one million. They are small and weak, and their voices are small, so the requirements are naturally not high.

The Republic of New York is different. It is a medium-sized country with a population of over [-] million, and it also has an international metropolis like New York.

at the beginning of the founding of the country

The Republic of New York was slapped in the face by the Tang Empire, which continuously destroyed its dreams of winning over New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Although the Chinese ethnic group is in power, it is not generally difficult to conclude a Florida version of a close military-political alliance with it.

After all, a medium-sized regional power has its own interests, is more independent, and has much stronger bargaining chips.

People who will not completely lose their position just because both countries are of Chinese descent follow suit.

Therefore, Lord Pan Shouguo arranged the last stop of his trip in New York, hoping to take advantage of the east wind of the first two North American countries and take advantage of the trend.

There is another allusion to the fact that His Majesty the Emperor intends to compensate the fourth son of the Emperor they are discussing.

It was more than 20 years ago that the Tang Empire forcibly split Amami Oshima from the Fusang people and temporarily belonged to the Ryukyu Kingdom.

At the beginning, the people who immigrated to Amami Oshima were basically hundreds of thousands of former troops who were defeated by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. These Chinese immigrants were also proud masters.
There were many conflicts, and finally the lawsuit went to His Majesty the Emperor.

The subjects of Amami Oshima demanded to establish themselves as a country, and asked the Tang royal family to send a dragon son and phoenix grandson to be king, and only then did the Amami Kingdom come into being.

But this Amami Kingdom is too small, and it is located in a remote island. Many princes of the imperial family are unwilling to give in, and any duchy is much larger than the Amami Kingdom.

Only the fourth prince, His Royal Highness Tang-Li Dian, has a generous and benevolent personality, and he does not want to see the emperor's father in trouble, so he voluntarily volunteered to become a vassal of the Amami Kingdom. It has been nearly 20 years.

After His Majesty the Emperor divided up the vassal kingdoms of the fifteen princes, he felt sorry for the fourth prince, so he kept thinking about how to compensate the fourth prince.

It doesn't just happen that America is divided.

Massachusetts was initially unwilling to accept the olive branch thrown by the empire, but was brutally attacked by the French army in retaliation. The original group of white rulers suffered heavy losses, and many people lost their lives.

Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor decided to take Massachusetts over as a vassal state and compensate the fourth prince Tang-Li Dian.

As for the king of Amami, it can be inherited by the eldest son of the fourth prince Tang Li Dian. It can be regarded as a kingdom with two vassals, and this is not a problem. (end of this chapter)