Wild North America 1846

1901/11/6

Paradise Province, Eastport City (Port Moresby)
After decades of development, Donggang City has become the second largest city in Paradise Island, with a population of 137 million, extremely developed industry and commerce, and the second largest city in the Southwest Pacific region.

Donggang City is only 670 kilometers away from Darwin Port, an important town at the northeastern tip of Australia. The sea route distance is only more than [-] kilometers. Industrial and agricultural products sell well in Australia.

In Paradise Province, Shannan City, which is the closest to Australia, is only 166 kilometers away from St. Paul, the northernmost point of Australia, and it takes five and a half hours to get there by the Strait Ferry.

Emperor Richard of the Tang Dynasty came for an inspection, which caused a huge stir in Donggang, a metropolis with a population of one million. The city was crowded with people, dragon and lion dances, and gongs and drums beating to welcome His Majesty with the most solemn etiquette.

It has been more than 40 years since this important island in the Southwest Pacific Ocean was included in the empire. It was the first time that the emperor visited in person.

This place is located on the border of the empire, and it seems that it will always be a remote place where the royal glory cannot shine. No matter how much economic achievements it has made, it will always be called a "hillbilly" by the people in the empire.

When we talk about the Pacific Islands, we think of them as a place where the most vicious criminals are exiled in the middle of nowhere, a world away.

That's right
Paradise Island is a full 1.2 kilometers away from Panama. It would take more than a month for people from the mainland of the empire to take a transoceanic cruise, which is indeed too far away.

In contrast
It took only 6 and a half days to take a transatlantic cruise from Chaoge City (Philadelphia), the imperial capital, to Portsmouth, England.
The fastest route from New York to Liverpool only takes 5 and a half days.

From a practical distance

Going to Paradise Province is much farther than crossing the Atlantic Ocean. To have a chance to go to the mainland of the empire is simply a pilgrimage.

Many citizens of Paradise Province often laugh at themselves; "We are second-class citizens forgotten by the imperial family".

The longer you look forward to it, the stronger the feeling of happiness will be when your wish comes true.

Countless gray-haired first-generation immigrants, with their families, clustered on both sides of the road passing by the emperor's royal family from dawn, waiting for the imperial driver's hat to arrive.

until ten o'clock in the morning

When the brigade of Royal Guard cavalry appeared on the road in a long black car team, with the logo of the royal flag fluttering in the wind, many gray-haired old men knelt down on the ground with tears streaming down their faces.

"We, the grassroots, welcome the holy driver!"

"Long live my Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, long live, long live!"

The turbulent gratitude in my heart mixed with the anticipation of decades, erupted like a volcano at this moment, converging into a sound like a sea tide.

A large crowd knelt down on the ground, a large area of ​​black crows, and the sound of praise from millions of people went straight to the sky and lingered for a long time.

Even Emperor Richard, who was accustomed to seeing big scenes, was moved by it. He stood on the car and waved to the waiting crowd frequently, drawing cheers that echoed from heaven to earth.

The long-awaited emotions of Donggang residents were ignited at this moment. They saw His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Empire with their own eyes, and felt the supreme glory and pride. It was the care bathed in the glory of the Tang Empire's royal family.

At this moment, who can not be excited?
After walking for more than three hours in a short distance of more than [-] kilometers, when His Majesty the Emperor and his party moved into the palace, the entire Donggang City turned into a sea of ​​joy.

The beating of gongs and drums took to the streets, lion dances and dragon dances set off firecrackers, and people sang and danced to celebrate this grand day. The beer in the shops on both sides of the street was quickly sold out.

Paradise Province, as the territory directly under the royal family with the largest population and the highest economic aggregate in the Tang Empire, had a population of 20 million at the beginning of the 2221th century.

Among them, Xin'an, the largest city, has a total population of over 200 million, reaching 207 million, ranking the fifth largest city in the empire.

Donggang City is the second largest city on Paradise Island, with a population of 137 million, ranking No.13 in the empire.

The province has a total of 16 large and medium-sized cities and more than a hundred small towns. It is a province with a large population. Because it is close to China, it is convenient for immigrants. Its total population ranks second only to California.

This province is the main source of population for the Tang Empire to immigrate to the new colonial areas of Luzon Island, Java, Sumatra, and Kalimantan. Over the past two decades, the cumulative number of foreign immigrants has exceeded 336 million.

More than half of the Chinese immigrants in the Kingdom of Luzon, Kingdom of Cebu and Kingdom of Mindanao came from Paradise Province, which greatly accelerated the process of colonial expansion.

Today's East Indies are also receiving a large number of spontaneous immigrants from Paradise Province, while immigrants from the mainland are much less.

Today, the population of Paradise Island is experiencing explosive growth, which has led many families with a large population to turn their attention to the sparsely populated East Indies.Follow the conquests of the Imperial Army and explore new colonies.

For the Chinese, there is never a lack of courage to fight. There are many examples of emigrating overseas and achieving great achievements, which inspires more people to follow suit.

Even so, the population of Paradise Province still reaches more than 2200 million.

The average altitude of Donggang City is about 1210. Although it is located in the tropics very close to the equator, it has a typical maritime humid climate. The average temperature is around 20 degrees to 1100 degrees, and the average annual rainfall is [-] mm. The climate is comfortable and pleasant.

The level of rainfall in Donggang City is almost equivalent to that of Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province. The climate is cooler than Kunming, and the four seasons are like spring without cold winter.

Shannan City, which is more than 430 kilometers away, has an average annual rainfall of 2600 millimeters, which is almost one and a half times that of Donggang City. Basically, there is a heavy downpour every three days.

In the dense tropical jungle north of Shannan City, the average annual rainfall ranges from 4500 to 6300 millimeters. There is a completely uninhabited primitive tropical rainforest, which contains an astonishing amount of rainfall.

Within Shannan City alone, there are five large rivers with varying water volumes. The largest annual net flow is more than twice that of the Yangtze River, and the smallest annual runoff is 5 times that of the Yellow River. The amount of water flowing into the sea every year is astonishing.

Therefore, Donggang City (Port Moresby) has unique and superior geographical conditions. The northern part is a vast and mature rice-producing area, and the southern metropolis is on the verge of an encircling bay. It is a world-class excellent port.

The palace in Donggang City has been built for more than 30 years. It is located on the side of the central park shaded by trees and covers a quite large area.

This is the green lung of the entire Donggang City. It was originally located in a remote area when the palace was built, but no one expected that the city of Donggang City would develop so rapidly.

decades later
Surrounded by dense high-rise buildings, the blue sea and silver beach, white walls and yellow tiles, it is a beautiful scene of a tropical city.

After Emperor Li Cha stayed in the palace, he still couldn't calm down the emotion of millions of people cheering enthusiastically. He went to a high place and leaned on a railing to overlook the city.

The entire Donggang City is built around the bay, and the high-rise buildings spread far away, until the end of the line of sight, the momentum is quite magnificent.

From here, you can overlook the blue bay. Because of the distance, the huge seagoing ship has also become a small black spot, interspersed with it, dotted on the blue sea.

The sea water here is clear, and you can see schools of fish swimming more than ten meters below and colorful coral reefs. The scenery is very charming.

The entire Donggang City is built in the framework of a big city. The wide seaside avenues and main arterial roads are paved with asphalt roads, as well as the local necessary unimpeded sewer facilities.

It is said that in Shannan City, where there is a lot of rain, the main sewer is a dome-shaped sewer with a height of 2.5 meters and a width of 3.3 meters. During the heavy rain in the rainy season, the accumulated water from the sewer channel is like a flood discharge from a reservoir, rushing all the way into the sea.

That scene was simply spectacular.

Paradise Island is also known as the "World Water Tower", especially in the northwest of Shannan City, which is more than 4500 square kilometers, all of which are lush tropical primitive rainforest areas, with an average annual precipitation ranging from 6500 to [-] millimeters.

It is a green forbidden zone that is more terrifying than a desert. Human beings cannot survive at all, and there are no primitive indigenous tribes. So far, very few people have set foot there.

The plateau around Donggang City is a unique place, with more than a dozen large and small towns, and a total population of nearly 370 million. It is an important rice-producing area.

Donggang City is not only developed in agriculture, but also an important industrial and commercial town and a transportation hub city. It is rich in mineral resources. There are currently three steel factories, seven cement factories, hundreds of brick kilns, quarries and mines, gold, copper Iron, silver, aluminum and other minerals are abundant.

There are more than a dozen shipyards and more supporting enterprises, such as sail cable factory, steel cable factory, anchor chain factory, cooper workshop, glass product factory and so on.It has the ability to build various inland ships and ocean-going ships.

Regardless of whether Australian customers or Dutch customers, they mainly order ships in Donggang, and local residents are the largest consumers.

The inland river transportation in Paradise Province is quite developed, and it is the main mode of transporting agricultural and animal husbandry products. There are thousands of inland river ships of various sizes, ranging from dozens of tons to hundreds of tons, and employing more than [-] people.

From here, there are regular routes to Darwin, Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne in Australia, as well as routes to New Xi'an, Shannan, Manila, Cebu, Batavia, Samarinda, etc., corresponding passenger and cargo ships They are all built by Donggang Shipbuilding Enterprise.

Coupled with the rapid development of the offshore fishing industry, Donggang has become a regional shipbuilding center, with dozens of agricultural machinery manufacturing companies, and domestic and foreign trade is quite prosperous.

The specialty of this region is canned tropical fruits, which are sold well in mainland China, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and are even exported to Europe. They are very popular products.

In addition, there are natural rubber, sugar and rice, all of which are bulk exports in the region and are famous for their large output and high quality.

Looking back decades

The hard-working Chinese immigrants have worked hard in Paradise Province and have built it into a beautiful, prosperous and wealthy area. The per capita national income is about 1/3 of the mainland of the empire and half of Australia.

The reason why Australia's income is high is that a large number of gold mines have been discovered in Melbourne and Sydney. The output of the gold mines alone is enough to make the per capita income of sparsely populated Australia rank among the highest in the world.

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were only 169 million people in Australia as a whole, of which the Chinese accounted for slightly less than half, mainly living around big cities such as Melbourne and Sydney.

Australia's largest city, Melbourne, has a total population of about 43.2, and the Chinese population accounts for more than [-]%. It is also Australia's largest gold-producing area. (End of chapter)