The sun never sets in America

Chapter 121 Agriculture and Immigration

Beimen City, Luotai Town, Xiaohe Village, a very inconspicuous small place on the territory of the Han Dynasty.

It can even be said that most Han people have never heard of this place.

During the Mexican period, Rotai Town was not even a town. It was at most a pasture for cattle grazing.

The local area relies on a small river called the Rotay River. The water resources are relatively abundant and the farmland conditions are not bad. However, in such a place, it was used by the Mexican colonists to graze sheep. You can see the rule of the Mexican Republic. How inefficient.

After the Han Dynasty came to rule here, especially with the recent arrival of a group of hundreds of new immigrants, Luotai Town was planned as a cotton planting area because of its geographical conditions and abundant water resources.

Long-staple cotton was introduced from the United States and is now being grown here. It is still in the experimental stage.

This is also the location of the branch of the Hanguo Agricultural Research Institute, which specializes in cotton cultivation.

The cotton industry is currently a key industry supported by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Han Dynasty.

According to Han's initial calculations, they are currently self-producing cotton on a large scale in Han and then exporting it (especially to the United Kingdom). As the sown area becomes larger and larger, exports alone will definitely not be able to consume it. So much cotton.

Then the second way will come out, and that is the textile industry.

The first industrial revolution seemed to be driven by the steam engine, but its core was the textile industry, which was mainly textiles, and the heavy industry, which was mainly coal and steel industries, and machinery manufacturing was also added to it.

Regardless of history or the experience of later generations, the textile industry is the only choice for late-developing countries to complete industrialization or accumulate the first pot of gold.

In addition to the money the textile industry can make, the most important thing is the number of people employed in the textile industry. Even in later generations, it is far ahead. If you don’t believe it, look at those third world countries and see how many people the textile industry alone supports... …

The Han Dynasty is basically still in the raw material stage. As for the textile industry, it is just an ordinary textile factory among the people, far from the scale of travel.

The Han government was well aware of these, so while accelerating the popularization of cotton cultivation, it began to integrate textile factories in Han.

The most important thing is to use large companies to annex small companies to integrate the resources and funds of the entire Han textile market, and then focus on introducing technology, textile machinery, and even management technology from the UK, so as to improve the overall industrial technology and scale of the textile industry.

The Han government even established a textile association, inviting private textile companies to join and share resources, technology, and even business information.

There are many such associations, such as the Iron and Steel Federation, the Coal Federation, the Machinery Federation, and many other associations...

Objectively speaking, the emergence of these associations has promoted the industrial progress of Han to a certain extent, as Liu Peng said:
"You can't expect a group of children who have just learned to walk to make much progress. What you can do is integrate them and let them learn under one teacher."

And the Han State did indeed do this. So you can see that all walks of life in the Han State have their own associations. Even in the countryside, in each village, there are local militia teams. In the first half of every year, with In the second half of the year, as long as it is the busy farming season, all males over the age of 16 must participate in training for at least half a month to a month. The specific time will be determined by local conditions...

But this also illustrates what kind of country Han is.

Compared with the loose management in Europe and even the world in this era, Han's household registration system, ID cards, township military service system, literacy classes, health regulations, and a large number of grassroots doctors can all be described as dimensionality reduction strikes...

"Master Yang, you are tired, come... have a drink of water." In a field in Xiaohe Village, Li Datou, an immigrant from China, took a bowl of cold water and handed it to Yang Lianyun, a researcher at the Agricultural Research Institute, "It's really hot today. There is one in my hometown..." Li Datou wiped the sweat from his head with a gray-white towel that was soaked with sweat, and said to Yang Lianyun with some nostalgia.

"Brother Li, where are you from?" Yang Lianyun took the tea bowl and drank heavily. After finishing the drink, he asked Li Datou on the side, "Brother Li's accent sounds like he is from Guangdong Province?" Yang Lianyun finished the tea bowl. After the cool inside was boiled, he continued to ask Li Datou. The reason why he asked this was because Li Datou's Mandarin had a Lingnan flavor.

When he was studying in Liujiapu in his early years, his deskmate was a Cantonese, and he was quite familiar with his accent.

This is also the reason why he believes that Li Datou is from Guangdong Province.

"Yes, why, Master Yang is also from Guangdong Province?" Li Datou asked Yang Lianyun curiously.

"I... from my hometown in Northern Jiangsu, I am also an unlucky person." Yang Lianyun replied somewhat self-deprecatingly, "When I came to North America with Your Majesty, all I wanted was peace. Now that we have established a country, we have Home, this is not in vain..." Yang Lianyun continued to answer with emotion.

From Yang Lianyun's point of view, although he is not the best, after all, the students at the same time as him are now section chiefs at the most, and most of them are officials above the division chief level...

If nothing else, let’s just say that one of the people in his generation became the mayor.

But Yang Lianyun didn't complain at all. He knew very well what kind of material he was. He was not the material to be an official at all. It was better to deal with these cotton.

Yang Lianyun looked at the cotton seedlings in the field and thought to himself.

"Oh, Master Yang is still a hero of Conglong..." Regardless of what Yang Lianyun thought, Li Datou was immediately surprised when he heard that he came from the Liujiapu period. In the eyes of an inexperienced person like Li Datou, Liu Datou If someone came from the Jiabao period, wouldn't that be equivalent to being a founding hero in a play? ?
"Why don't you follow the dragon? I'm just a little guy." After hearing this, Yang Lianyun felt a little proud in his heart and had a feeling that I also followed the long live master to enter the customs, but on the surface, he still did Act like it doesn't matter.

"Master Yang can be regarded as someone who has worked with the king. You are like us, and you will be a farmer in this life!!" Li Datou was not impressed by Yang Lianyun's modesty. Instead, he envied Yang Lianyun's calm attitude.

"What kind of farmers? Farmers are all contributing to our Han country..." After hearing this, Yang Lianyun retorted to Li Datou, "Now His Highness the Prince advocates that industry should rejuvenate the country and industry should rejuvenate the country. If we grow cotton, that is also You have made a contribution... What's wrong with the farmers? Without the cotton we grow, what will they wear in the city?" Yang Lianyun educated Li Datou.

The big principles he talked about came one after another, making Datou Li stunned for a while.

I even have the feeling that I am the builder of the Han Dynasty, and I have also participated in this country.

"You know, although we are doing the most basic work, we are also the most important link in the industrial chain. Without the cotton we grow, the factories in the city cannot work and the machines cannot start..." Yang Lianyun said to Li Datou talked about what industry, what is the industrial chain, and what are the basic raw materials. Li Datou couldn't understand it. He finally concluded:
"Master Yang is still knowledgeable..."

Later, Yang Lianyun chatted with Li Datou about some household matters, while the immigrants were still hard at work planting cotton in the fields.

The immigrants bent over and sowed the seeds in a jar-like soil nest in the flat ridge of the field. Everyone worked very enthusiastically because this was the first time they had cultivated their own land since they immigrated... …

The deep-seated attachment and love for the land of the Chinese people was completely released after coming to North America.

"It's time to eat, stop working..." Just when everyone was working vigorously, seven or eight women came to the field carrying baskets and shouted to the men working in the field.

After hearing this, everyone climbed up immediately after sowing the last bit of seeds in their hands.

Several women opened the baskets, and inside they were steaming steamed buns. There were also some side dishes grown at home, and some fishy meat could be seen in the side dishes.

Although it was not a rich meal, and one person could only get a few pieces of meat, everyone ate happily. For them, such days were like a dream.

Because of how long ago they had just immigrated, in addition to some fast-growing vegetables, the Han government loaned them livestock, including chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, which were still young and could only be raised in the fields, and then added some cheap So far, even fast-growing livestock such as chickens have not reached the stage of laying eggs.

Therefore, when local people eat meat, they mainly go to nearby villages and towns to buy meat raised by Indian and Indo-European mixed-blood families, or they go to the town to purchase meat.

Because they had just arrived and had a lot of debt, most people lived frugally. The reason why they could eat meat like today was because it was a day for sowing. Another important reason was that they were sent from above. Yang Lianyun, the instructor, and Master Yang are also here...

When people come down to help them, they can't even deny them meat! !
"Datou, come here..." Mrs. Li Zhang greeted Li Datou who was eating steamed buns.

"What's the matter?" Li Datou came over with a steamed bun in his mouth, feeling a bit at a loss.

"It's for you..." Mrs. Li Zhang carefully took out a hot beef flatbread wrapped in paper from her arms and stuffed it into Li Datou's hand, "Eat quickly, I will buy it for you in the town today. Yes, it's just been heated, eat it while it's hot." Mrs. Li Zhang said to Li Datou with a rosy face.

Since arriving in Han Dynasty, after being nursed back to health on the ship and after disembarking, and eating some good food that she had never eaten before, Mrs. Li Zhang no longer looks like her old thin and sallow face. She looks slimmer than the average woman of her age. Be beautiful.

"Where did you get the money?" Li Datou looked at the hot and fragrant beef flatbread in his hand, then looked back, hurriedly pulled Li Zhang to his side and asked, "You...you touch those ten It's two taels of silver. I won't tell you anymore. It's money for our son to get a wife. You can't touch that money..." Li Datou mistakenly thought that Li Zhang had spent the [-] taels of silver that he had originally immigrated to, and his face was expressionless. Said anxiously.

"What's the matter... What does that ten taels of silver have to do with the son? Besides, how do you know that is the son? Maybe he is a daughter?" Mrs. Li Zhang looked at the anxious-looking Li Datou in front of her, and she was annoyed. replied.

"When I was a child, Mo Banxian from the county calculated for me and said that I was destined to have two sons and no daughters. If these are not sons, what are they?" Li Datou said, and directly wiped Li Zhang's slightly The swollen belly and the loving look on his face are the instinct of a father.

"By the way, you didn't really spend the ten taels of silver, did you?" Li Datou soon became worried about the ten taels of silver. The ten taels of silver were brought to the ship from China. He was worried and worried all the way. For fear of being stolen, I would put the ten taels of silver into the sewn bag of my underwear even when I slept.

When he arrived in the Han Dynasty, although he had obtained sixty acres of land based on his population (one in his stomach was counted, and because of this, the birth rate had skyrocketed recently), Li Datou, who had just been heavily in debt for farm tools, seeds, livestock, and a house, For a family, the ten taels of silver became like a treasure again, especially after having one more child.

In Li Datou's plan, if he can repay the debt, he will keep the ten taels of silver for his son to marry. If there is a disaster and the debt cannot be repaid, then he will use the ten taels of silver to pay off the debt. No matter what, he will have a guarantee. .

It is precisely because of this that Li Datou values ​​the ten taels of silver so much. This is not ten taels of silver. This is basically his future daughter-in-law and their family's future retreat...

"Who touched your ten taels of silver..." Mrs. Li Zhang looked at Li Datou's stingy look, and a look of disdain immediately appeared on her face, "I earned this meat pie from helping in the textile factory in the town. ..." Mrs. Li Zhang looked at Li Datou, who was full of doubts, and then told him what happened recently with a proud face.

"Eat it, don't let it get cold..." Looking at her dumbfounded husband, Mrs. Li Zhang said with pride. After all, this woman makes money in coastal areas where China's industry and commerce is relatively developed, and in places like Hangzhou where a large amount of silk products are produced. Only cities with products have a large number of female workers, but women in inland and mountainous areas generally have a low status and are mainly dependent on their husbands or their own families.

Therefore, Mrs. Li Zhang is very proud of her ability to make money. She can't wait to return to China and show her family's seven aunts and eight aunts who are secretly laughing at him for finding a poor man to see how good my life is now. Not only do I have sixty acres of land (maybe one hundred acres in the future), but I can now earn a couple of yuan a month. When I become a regular employee, I can earn more than two yuan a month! !

I'm so angry at those bastards! !
"Hey..." Li Datou looked at Mrs. Li Zhang who was full of air, as if he didn't know him. Then he ate the hot and steaming beef patties in his hands, and he couldn't tell what the feeling was in his heart.

There is a factory in Luotai Town that specializes in manufacturing Han-style machine-made cloth. The machines in the factory are all imported from the UK (although they are second-hand), because there are not many such enterprises in the entire Beimen City, especially in those areas that are not Indians and mixed-race people who like to weave their own cloth and buy it from tailors have surprisingly good sales.

This kind of machine-made cloth cannot be sold among new immigrants who are used to weaving and making clothes by themselves. After all, before these people came to Han, the education they received was that men farmed and women weaved. You ask them to buy cloth and find someone to make it. , that’s simply impossible.

Despite this, the sales volume of machine-made fabrics among local people and local Chinese is very good. The early Chinese immigrants who lived in the Americas with no worries about food and clothing since childhood, and their descendants, are more willing to buy semi-finished products and finished industrial products from factories. I do everything myself and don't dare to take any interest at all.

So much so that in the eyes of some local Chinese, the new immigrants, men farming and women weaving, have become old antiques, living the way they lived a thousand years ago.

There are even rumors among local Chinese that new immigrants don’t brush their teeth, wash their faces, or even take a shower.

Although it is true that the quality of some immigrants is indeed too low, most immigrants know what brushing teeth is and what hygiene is after more than a month of cultural education on the ship, and they are not just ignorant natives.

But this incident also shows that not all local Chinese support the large number of Chinese immigrants, and some of them are quite hostile.

This group of people mainly hold on to me. I am the hero of Conglong. This Han Dynasty was brought down by my group of people with swords and guns. What do these new immigrants have? They will be given twenty acres of land as soon as they come up. Although the old immigrants because Due to military exploits and other reasons, they obtained a large amount of land, several times or even ten times that of new immigrants, but they were just dissatisfied.

Even though these old immigrants have a lot of social status and control a lot of wealth (mainly wealth accumulated during the war), they just can't stand the appearance of those country bumpkins. They can ride a track carriage and eat a cream cake and call it the new paradise. migrant.

"The cream cake is the leftovers from my meal. I ate it in Liujiabao when I was a kid!!"

This is the mentality of many local immigrants, especially the Chinese who grew up during the Liujiapu period. They are very proud of their Liujiapu identity.

When they were ruling California and fighting Mexico, most of the local Chinese were already officers at squad level or even squad level. At the local level, the lowest level officials were police captains and town mayors.

Naturally, the local Chinese became poor and rustic, and they took advantage of them.

There are even very few people who prefer to marry local white people rather than marry new Chinese immigrants. They say that the local white people are more familiar with them. From this, we can see the mentality of a certain part of the local Chinese people.

In response to such a situation, Liu Peng naturally wanted to punish those local Chinese who insulted and bullied the new immigrants, either demoting them or, in serious cases, losing their official positions.

Another step is to increase publicity that the Chinese have the same roots and are descendants of the Yan and Huang people. They must be united and not fight among themselves. Then they call on the famous local families and ask them to marry at least one new immigrant woman, and require local officials to You can continue to be promoted after working in the area where the new immigrants are located for at least one year, otherwise they will not be approved.

Through various methods, Liu Peng was able to control the current discrimination against new immigrants by some local Chinese.

This incident also made Liu Peng never dream that the first people to oppose the new immigrants were not the white people, or even the Indians, or even the mixed-races, but the Chinese themselves.

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(End of this chapter)