Wild North America 1846

The sea breeze with a hint of coolness blows in the face, blowing Emperor Richard's hair. This tropical coastal metropolis has a pleasant climate and is really a rare place.

In the heart of Emperor Richard, the geographical location and superior resources of Paradise Island are like lines on the palm of his hand, clearly imprinted in his memory.

The entire Paradise Island (New Guinea Island) has a central mountain range that runs through the entire island from east to west, forming a continuous central mountain range.Most of the mountains and plateaus are above 4000 meters above sea level, making it the highest island in the world.

The towering mountains criss-crossing the east and west are habitually called "Snow Mountains" by the locals, the highest peak of which is Mount Jaya (also known as Mount Carstens), with an altitude of 4884, which is the highest point in Oceania.

10 years ago

Paradise Island was once connected to Australia. Later, with the movement and subsidence of the continental plates, a strait scattered with many islands was formed between Paradise Island and northern Australia, separating each other.

Emperor Li Cha looked at the magnificent metropolis surrounded by the bay in his eyes, and his deep eyes flickered from time to time, which was full of a sense of accomplishment.

He not only changed the entire course of American history by himself, but also changed the situation in the Southwest Pacific.

The island of New Guinea, which was originally remote and unexplored in history, has been transformed into a civilized place with a gathering of humanity, a highly developed industrial and agricultural economy in the Southwest Pacific, and a new paradise for the Chinese society.

How can this heavy historic achievement not make people feel sincerely happy?
To be honest, this is the mighty power brought together by tens of millions of Chinese immigrants to jointly create this paradise-like beautiful island.

The hard work, sweat and ingenuity of countless Chinese immigrants, after more than [-] years of hard work, have turned this place into a land of fish and rice in the Southwest Pacific comparable to the south of the Yangtze River, an important industrial and commercial town and a transportation hub city.

As the second largest island in the world, the tropical Paradise Island has a total area of ​​78 square kilometers, about 1/3 of which is a livable place.

Around Donggang City alone, there are 14.6 square kilometers of coastal plains and vast valleys, which are suitable for farming and grazing, and are also suitable for planting alpine tea and tropical fruit trees.

Such a large area is almost equivalent to the total arable land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in China.

There is abundant rainfall, strong sunshine, mild and humid climate all year round, and rice is harvested three times a year. It is a treasure land for agricultural development.

At the northwestern end of the area, that is, the southern slope of the snow-capped mountains running through the entire island, there is a virgin tropical rainforest with a total area of ​​more than 30 square kilometers, which can be called the Amazon rainforest of the Southwest Pacific.

This is the area with the most concentrated and largest rainfall in the world. It rains almost every day all year round. In some years, the continuous heavy rain can last for two months. In a few areas, the annual rainfall reaches tens of thousands of millimeters.

What is the concept?
That is to say, the annual rainfall in this area reaches an average of more than 10 meters, and it is impossible to wear clothes all year round. It really deserves the title of "the world's water tower".

Entering the Moresby Plateau with an average altitude of more than 860 meters to the east, the rainfall decreases sharply. The average annual rainfall is between 1100 and [-] mm. The climate is cool and pleasant, and the annual rainfall is basically equivalent to that of Suzhou Province.

The annual rainfall in the northern Jiangsu area of ​​the mainland is about 750-850 mm, and the annual rainfall in the southern Jiangsu area is about 1100-1250 mm. Depending on the year, the annual rainfall is more or less, roughly in this range.

in comparison

The annual average temperature difference in Donggang area is small, the lowest temperature is not lower than 16 degrees, the highest temperature is not higher than 27 degrees, the annual temperature difference is about 10-11 degrees, and the climate is like spring throughout the year.

The easternmost end of the Snow Mountain range drops sharply here, forming a vast eastern slope. The sharp drop in altitude is very suitable for building dams and hydropower stations, and is more conducive to the construction of farmland water conservancy facilities.

The intermittent ring-island highways and railways run from Donggang City to the north, taking advantage of the area's gentle and low hilly terrain, crossing the tall snow-capped mountains that run through the island, and connecting them with the vast northern slope area. They are the island's main land transportation routes.

Why is it said that there are intermittent roads and railways around the island?

Because Paradise Island has a lot of rivers on both the south and north slopes, it is famous for its large water volume and wide river surface. Especially in the coastal plain area, the mouth of the vast river can't be seen at a glance.

Such geographical conditions make building bridges an impossible task.

Therefore, the two sides of the river are often connected by ferry.

Some railways take four to five hundred kilometers, and some railways have to get off after two or three hundred kilometers, change to a ferry, and after crossing the big river, board the train again at the ferry station on the other side of the river to continue the rest of the journey.

Because of this geographical feature, the roads and railways around the island are intermittent, and it is difficult to ride smoothly from the beginning to the end.

Most passengers from Donggang City to Xinxi'an will take coastal cruise flights, which not only avoids the hassle of getting on and off the train, but is also faster than land transportation.

In stark contrast, Greenland, the largest island in the world, is located in a high-latitude cold region. The entire island is covered with ice and snow all year round, and there are few people and animals. The usable southern coastal area is less than one ten thousandth.

In terms of value, it is not even as good as a hair on Paradise Island.

Emperor Richard had to admit that the power gathered by the great Chinese immigrants was enough to change the world.

This resource-rich island with a unique geographical environment has been squandered in the hands of the aborigines. Only in the hands of hard-working Chinese immigrants will it shine brightly.

The white colonists could not do it because their population and the financial resources invested were far from the minimum requirements for development.

For example, Kalimantan, the third largest island in the world, has just been acquired by the Empire. After two years of construction, the island-ring highway has been built, the reconstruction and expansion of more than a dozen coastal docks have been completed, and the construction of the island-ring railway has been put on the agenda.

What the Dutch colonists hadn't done in 300 years, has changed drastically in just two years under the impetus of the empire's strong financial resources.

In the new colonial area of ​​Kalimantan, where the main road and rail lines extend.The surrounding ten kilometers or even dozens of kilometers of land are very suitable for colonization and development, large-scale burning of wasteland and land reclamation, and the establishment of plantations and farms.

As an emerging world colonial power, the Tang Empire has rich experience in this field.

It is nothing more than cutting down countless tropical trees after burning, digging out the roots, deep plowing and raking the land mixed with thick plant ash, and removing the gravel and grass roots, a large area of ​​arable land can be formed.

Irrigation canals were built on these lands. After a few crops of crops grew, and after the annual crops were harvested, the straw was burned and returned to the field, plowed and plowed again, and raked...

In just a few years, the raw land will become a high-yield mature land, and the tropical forest will become a fertile field, which will continuously produce a large amount of agricultural products to supply the market.

To achieve this, a large amount of manpower and material resources are needed in advance. The method of combining manpower and machinery can get twice the result with half the effort, and the use of gasoline to burn wasteland is even more unique.

It is not easy to ignite wildfires in tropical rainforest areas due to the wet vegetation.

The sharp weapon to solve this problem is gasoline. Large trees and shrubs sprinkled with gasoline will burn very violently, and the violent fire will quickly evaporate the rainwater moisture in the forest, forming a line of fire with billowing black smoke.

If the combustion is not successful, it is necessary to spray gasoline to support the combustion, so that the ferocious wildfire can spread again...

Without gasoline, the humid and rainy tropical rainforest will burn and then go out, and it is difficult to form large-scale wildfires.

According to the standards of tropical land reclamation and colonization in the Tang Empire, the bushes and branches of the trees must be burnt before burning.Those that fail to meet the standards will be burned twice or three times. The most critical factor is the large-scale use of gasoline.

Therefore, gasoline is the most powerful weapon for land reclamation in tropical rainforest areas.

The experience of land reclamation in Paradise Island is very suitable for the land reclamation and colonization of Kalimantan Island, from the coastal area to the inland step by step.

In the wet and large tidal flat areas along the coast, the most important thing for land reclamation is to build low dams to prevent backwashing by seawater. After many years, the accumulated water in the swamp area should be drained to form a relatively solid ground.

on the basis of

Repeat the complete process of large-scale wildfire burning, felling big trees, digging out tree roots, deep plowing and raking the land, and removing grass roots and gravel.

Generally speaking, after improvement of freshwater swamp areas, the soil will be more fertile and the soil nutrients will be richer. Most of them will become high-quality rice fields with higher yields than dry land.

Ask yourself, the royal family of the Tang Empire paid little attention to Paradise Island, an overseas royal territory, except for some early construction funds, and spent a lot of time and energy.

And this territory directly under the royal family has been receiving rich income for decades, and it is the most successful overseas direct territory of the royal family.

The entire Paradise Province has turned in an average of more than one million Tang Yuan per year in the early days to tens of millions of Tang Yuan per year now, becoming a stable growth point for the Royal Household Office's revenue.

Not only that, the population of the province spread to surrounding areas, effectively consolidating the Chinese-dominated population structure including the Kingdom of Luzon, the Kingdom of Cebu, the Kingdom of Mindanao, and Lanfang Kingdom, and contributed greatly to stable social governance.

It is undeniable that the Tang Empire’s policy of favoring Chinese immigrants also played a strong role in promoting the social spread of Chinese immigrants in the region.

More well-behaved Chinese immigrants will buy local women as wives and concubines in the population market, while more Chinese immigrants have inherited the domineering style of the empire and directly robbed them.

In places such as Luzon Islands, Kalimantan, Sumatra and Java Island, incidents of rape of local indigenous women are common and even intensified.

The imperial garrison and the government turned a blind eye to this, as long as no one was killed, there was nothing to do when they sued.

This is also where the Dutch white colonists were anxious. In just over two years, it is estimated that no less than 18.7 white school-age women were kidnapped. The real situation may be even more serious.

Throughout the East Indies, the number of white colonists was only a few million.

The disappearance of so many young white women in the war has literally cut off the roots of white families. In the chaotic situation of the past two years, it is almost impossible to find them again. How can we not be anxious?
Hasty eyes are anxious eyes, these are all small problems in the development of colonization.

The Tang Empire government considered that most of the Chinese who immigrated to the local area were male young adults, and many of them were bastards from families in Paradise Province. They hoped to break out a world in the new colony.

No matter what method is used, Chinese male immigrants can always stabilize their children and have children after establishing a family. This is beneficial to colonial expansion, so there is little interference.

After getting married and starting a business, you have to be more stable.

This situation is indeed unfair to the local whites and indigenous Malays, but fairness is a very luxurious thing. The empire can only give priority to meeting the needs of Chinese immigrants, and basically ignores this area.

Generally speaking

The new colony passed through the early 3-5 years of military management, which was also the climax of local infrastructure construction, and the social situation was indeed quite chaotic.

Incidents of plundering local women, occupying indigenous fields, and even murder and arson occurred from time to time. This was also a period of turmoil.

After this period, after being included under the jurisdiction of the overseas provinces of the empire, a standardized legal system and administrative management system will be gradually established. It will take about 4 to 5 years to bring social behavior into the correct track of norms.

during this period
There are many Chinese immigrants who are used to being fierce, robbing, and killing. They can't stop, and they will be severely punished by the law one after another.

Catch some, exile some, kill some, and quickly clear up the chaos, so that the local Chinese immigrants understand the word "reverence" and begin to be incorporated into the imperial legal system in a regular manner.

At this time, we can no longer arbitrarily kidnap white people or indigenous Malay women as wives or concubines, or even organize human trafficking, kill people and seize other people's property and families, all of which will lead to severe punishment by the law.

And at any time, the cannibalism between Chinese immigrants will be the target of the imperial government's severe crackdown, as long as they are caught, they will be killed without mercy.

It is precisely through various policy guidance that the process of national integration has been greatly strengthened, which is very obvious in Colombia, Cuba, central and southern South America, and the Luzon Islands.

One million Chinese immigrants have wives and families, and some families have more than one woman (note: a small number of Chinese female immigrants are factors), which means that at least 100 to 80 local indigenous people cannot marry and live alone.

There is a gap in social and cultural inheritance. Many indigenous peoples, along with their unique cultures and languages, have disappeared in the long history and merged into the Chinese family.

It was the rise and prosperity of the Tang Empire that led to the rapid demise of the entire Spanish-speaking region of America, the popularity of Mandarin, and the unimpeded flowering of Han and Tang cultures everywhere.

Now in the entire Americas, Mandarin is the most well-deserved official language within the Tang Empire, and it also includes Uruguay, Paraguay, Florida, Ryukyu, Lanfang and other Chinese-dominated countries, and Mandarin is the mainstream language in society.

In Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, New York, Carolina, Mississippi, Connecticut, Canada, Australia and other countries, Mandarin is the official second language.

As more and more Chinese appear in European countries, the influence of Han and Tang culture is growing. Many white Europeans will also speak a few words in Mandarin with strange accents, which is considered fashionable.

Originally in history

Because of the frenzy in Fengshenzhou set off by the eight robbers, Europeans began to look down on the cowardly Orientals from the bottom of their hearts, which has not happened in today's era.

The Tang Empire's vigorous colonial development around the world made the Dutch colonists disgraced, and earned the Tang Empire and the Orientals a reputation as strong and good at fighting.

The two wars that took place at the same time at the end of the last century and the beginning of this century are in stark contrast.

The British Empire was so powerful, so arrogant, and was tossed to death by the Boer guerrillas. As many as 46 soldiers gathered in South Africa, but they failed to completely deal with the Boers.

On the battlefield of the East Indies, the Tang Empire crushed the 10,000+ troops of the Dutch East Indies (note; refers to the white army and militia, excluding the indigenous servants), and won a one-sided victory.

If it is said that the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are not brave and good at fighting, the British will be the first to disagree.

If the Orientals are rubbish and weak in combat effectiveness, then who are the British?
Fighting chicken in the garbage?

It is clear that neither the honor of the British Army nor the pride of the white man must be overly disparaged.