Wild North America 1846

In the remaining few days, His Royal Highness Nicholas, the Crown Prince of Tsarist Russia, visited Sapporo, Linshui and other cities by train, experienced the developed offshore fishing industry in Beihai Province, and visited the people in depth.

Through these visits, the mystery of the local people's adequate food and clothing was solved.

The Beihai Province of the Tang Empire has widely used chemical fertilizers. After harvesting crops in each season, potatoes and Chinese cabbage will be interplanted in fertile fields. While greatly increasing production, it also solves the problem of insufficient local vegetables and staple foods.

Especially vegetables such as pickled Chinese cabbage, radish, and bean paste, supplemented by the rich local fish resources, can ensure self-sufficiency and have a certain ability to export seafood.

Whenever the long winter comes, the residents of the island will store a large amount of pickled cabbage, vermicelli, bean paste, salted fish, salted chicken, salted duck, salted meat, etc. Farmers stopped working and fishing boats stopped going to sea. A long "cat winter" began, which lasted 4 to 5 months a year.

The pickled fish and shrimps in Beihai Province and other rich seafood are mostly exported to Fusang and Qing Dynasty, and they can harvest millions of Tang yuan worth of surplus every year.

The province imports tea, silk, porcelain, bamboo products and cultural toys that are widely loved by the people of the empire from the northern continent. The bilateral trade is quite smooth, and this is also the bridgehead for the export of imperial industrial products to the mainland.

in Beihai Province
Several large oil depots have been built, storing tens of thousands of tons of kerosene, diesel oil, lubricating oil and heavy oil. It is the base for the world's oil giants of the Datang Empire to export to the north.

The southern base is in the Kingdom of Luzon, where there are also many large oil depots, mainly facing Southeast Asia and the south of the mainland, forming a relatively stable export base.

The [-]-ton oil tanker of Datang Empire has regular routes. From the large refineries in Los Angeles and the South, it is loaded with petroleum products to the oil warehouse in Beihai Province, and the oil is unloaded through the special pipeline of the oil terminal.

Several oil warehouses in Beihai Province are equivalent to a northern distribution center. Most of the cargo ships that come to load oil are hundreds of tons or even thousands of tons. They are not dedicated oil tankers and need to be loaded and unloaded through oil barrels.

After these offshore cargo ships are filled with oil, they are transported to various ports in the northern part of the mainland and Fuso Kingdom, as well as the neighboring Amami Kingdom and Ryukyu Kingdom. Most of them enter the warehouses of local foreign companies and then sell them to the outside world.

Crown Prince Nicholas was deeply impressed by the complete infrastructure of Beihai Province.

The railway transportation here is convenient, the roads are accessible in all directions, and there are relatively complete farmland water conservancy facilities, reservoirs, bridges, etc. Even St. Petersburg cannot reach this level. Is this the strength of an industrial country?

During the reign of Alexander II, Tsarist Russia partially liberated the serfs and began the process of industrialization.

However, because the country is too large and bloated, it has only achieved a certain degree of industrialization in some parts of Europe, such as the coastal areas of Ukraine and St. Petersburg, and most of the land in the interior is still the same.

It will take at least several decades to reach the current level of infrastructure in Beihai Province.

Reminiscent of the fact that Datang is a huge empire that is about the same size as Tsarist Russia, with a larger population. If a remote overseas province can develop like this, wouldn't the empire itself be more developed?

Thinking of this, Crown Prince Nicholas once again boarded the iron-clad ship "Memories of the Sea of ​​Azov" with mixed feelings, and headed to Fusang to start a new visit journey.

As soon as he set foot in Fusang, Crown Prince Nicholas fell in love with this country full of rich oriental characteristics, where there are all the elements that meet his imagination.

The timid and thin-faced Japanese are as short as a child.The ancient stone road streets and the wooden shoes that "kick and kick" when walking, the pavilions with oriental architectural characteristics, and the muddy and narrow streets...

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Nicholas felt aggrieved in Beihai Province, and finally found a strong sense of superiority after arriving in Nagasaki, Fusang Country.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also very satisfied with the meticulous care given by the officials of the Fusang Kingdom.

Departing from Nagasaki, the Tsarist Crown Prince and his party took a special train passing through Hiroshima, Kobe, Osaka, and arrived in Kyoto. The traditional oriental rural scenery, quaint wooden buildings and gardens, modern factories and railways along the way, this picture The scenery of the oriental world is fascinating.

After arriving in Kyoto, Nicholas and his party visited the ancient city of Kyoto with great interest, watched the spectacular "five mountains sending fire" scenery, and wandered around the beautiful environment of Lake Biwa...

On the afternoon of May 5, Crown Prince Nicholas, who was intoxicated by the beautiful scenery, passed by Otsu on his way back from Lake Biwa. He and his fellow Greek Prince George crossed the street in a rickshaw, facing the local people gathered on both sides of the street. Frequent waving.

In order to receive VIPs, the Fusang State Police have already spread all over the streets and implemented strict control measures.

On the second floor and above of the buildings on both sides of Dajin Main Street, no one except the police is allowed to stay, and the onlookers are not allowed to wear headscarves or other objects to cover their faces, etc.

The accompanying Japanese and Russian government entourages, the entire team has 50 rickshaws, forming a long human tricycle convoy.

"George, it seems that we are very popular here. I already have a good impression of this country." Nicholas said with a smile on his face, not forgetting to wave his hand very gentlemanly.

Their arrival sparked cheers from the onlookers along the street. The cheers became louder and louder, exaggerated quite enthusiastically.

Needless to say

This is also a well-arranged program by the Fusang government. It is hoped that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can feel the friendship and enthusiasm of the people of Fusang. The effect seems to be really good.

Prince George's rickshaw was right behind His Royal Highness, and he responded with a smile; "Your Highness, these orientals have expressed enough awe and reverence for the empire, uh..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a black figure rushing from the side of the road, raised the bright long knife in his hand, aimed at Crown Prince Nicholas' head, and chopped it down.

This time the rabbit rose and fell too fast, and there was no time to react.

After hearing a creepy muffled sound of a knife piercing his body, the honorable Crown Prince Nicholas fell off the rickshaw with a "gudong" and his top hat was stained red with blood, and he screamed loudly.

The murderer slashed His Highness the Crown Prince with a knife, and before he could stop, the Greek prince who reacted very quickly jumped off the rickshaw and stabbed him fiercely in the back with a hard cane in his hand.

This heavy blow made the murderer cry out in pain.

The sharp front edge of the cane, like a spear, pierced deeply into the murderer's back, causing considerable damage to him.

This change caused the entire rickshaw convoy and its surroundings to become chaotic, screaming and shouting.

Crown Prince Nicholas, who had been beheaded for no reason, was sober at the moment. Regardless of the bleeding wound on his head, he got up in a panic and ran away.

Although the murderer behind him was stabbed with a cane, he staggered and regained his footing regardless of his own injuries, and followed closely with a steel knife in his hand.

Looking at this gnashing of teeth, it seems that Crown Prince Nicholas must be killed.

It was too late to say it, but it was so fast, a rickshaw driver in front swooped fiercely, wrapped his hands around the murderer's waist and threw him to the ground.A rickshaw driver from behind also rushed to the murderer, and the three of them were tightly entangled.

The murderer in a police uniform could no longer get up, and could only shout in pain: "Heaven punishes the country's thieves, it's a pity that the success falls short!"

This person is a policeman in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, named Tsuda Sanzang.And his purpose is to kill the Russian crown prince.

His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Nicholas of Tsarist Russia, was severely slashed, leaving a 9 cm long incision on the right side of his head. The face of the slashed person was covered in blood, and he was in a state of embarrassment. Fortunately, there was no danger of his life.

After the assassination incident, Fusang was shaken all over the country.

As soon as this matter happened, Prince Weiren Sukawa felt that his small body could not carry it, so he immediately sent a performance to Emperor Meiji in Tokyo, asking for guidance.

When Emperor Meiji received the report, he immediately ordered Prince Weihito to guard Nicholas, and immediately sent Prince Kitashirakawa Nohisa to Kyoto first.

Only one day later, on the night of May 5, Emperor Meiji arrived in Kyoto to visit Nicholas.

However, the Russian side's anger has not yet dissipated, and the emperor and his party were asked to visit another day under the pretext that it was too late.

On May 5, Emperor Meiji ignored the objections of his ministers and went to visit Nicholas in person, and led the three princes Chiren, Weiren and Noku to Kobe to see him off.

The ruling and opposition parties in the Fusang Kingdom were very afraid, fearing that the Tsarist Russian Empire would retaliate, and launched an invasion war on the pretext.

The Tang Palace was mentioned in this matter, and His Majesty the Emperor issued a decree in the reply, ordering His Royal Highness Tang-Li Zheng, the 29th son of the Emperor, to go to Fusang to appease the matter in person.

"It is advisable to appease the emotions of the Russians properly, and not let the hostility overflow, causing disturbances is the top priority, special advice!"

During that time, Fusang people were quite nervous, they were afraid that this would cause revenge from the Tsarist Empire.

for a long time
Schools were closed across the country and all shrines, monasteries and churches came into action to pray for the recovery of His Highness the Crown Prince Nicholas.

At the same time, more than 1 condolence telegrams flooded to the Russian embassy, ​​expressing the deep apology of the Fusang people.

In Jinshan Village, Yamagata County, where the incident happened, it is forbidden to use "Tsuda" as the surname and "Sanzang" as the name, for fear of arousing the association of the Russians, and then asking the teacher for guilt.

On May 5, a woman named Yuko Hatayama committed suicide in front of the Kyoto government office to express her apology. She was known as "the strong woman of Suizhou", and it became a good story for a while.

On the part of the Tsarist Russian government, when they learned that His Highness the Crown Prince Nicholas had been assassinated in a foreign country, they were immediately furious and demanded that the murderer be severely punished, otherwise they would meet with each other.

Tsar Alexander III was so angry that he asked the Fusang government to sentence the prisoner to death. With the diplomatic mediation of the Tang Empire, his emotions became more rational...

These disturbances did not cause much disturbance in the Imperial Palace of the Tang Empire, because Emperor Richard was currently dealing with the situation in North America, frequently coordinating positions with London and Paris through transoceanic telegrams.

The Tang Empire army also crossed the border and entered Maryland and Delaware on a large scale, forming a substantial deterrent to the French expeditionary force entrenched in Washington, D.C., and entering the stage of military confrontation.

The nearest military deployments between the two sides are less than 17 kilometers away, and incidents of misfires are prone to occur. (end of this chapter)