The sun never sets in America

Chapter 184 Penglai Province

Penglai Province...

An archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Since the fourth year of Longwu, the former King of Hawaii and now Kamehameha III of Haixihou of Han Dynasty took the initiative to return to the Han Kingdom after the visit of the Han Dynasty's ocean-going fleet.

This pearl in the middle of the Pacific finally became an overseas province of Han.

The entire Penglai Islands is divided into five large islands and three small islands. The three small islands are actually affiliated islands of the three large islands. Even the names are just preceded by a small character. (formerly Hawaiian Islands)

Five of the islands are Penglai Island, which has been renamed, and Oahu, which was the first island of Han Dynasty to trade with the Kingdom of Hawaii, and later became Yunshan Island. There is also Yunshan City and its subordinate islands. Yunshan Port.

(Original time and space US military Pacific base, Pearl Harbor)
Then there are Longevity Island, Treasure Island, and Fugui Island. Except for Fugui Island's affiliated island, which is named Fire Cloud Island, the other two have small letters in front of the island names. (Original time and space, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai)

They are Little Treasure Island and Little Longevity Island.

The entire Penglai Province is divided into three cities, the largest of which is Hawaii City, which is the royal city of the Kingdom of Hawaii. (later Hilo City)
Then there is Yunshan City on Yunshan Island, and the recently established Tanshan City. (Later, Honolulu was also known as Honolulu)

Among them, Hawaii City has the longest history, followed by Yunshan City, and Tanshan City is completely a city established by Han Dynasty in the past two years.

The reason why the city was established here, in addition to the rich red sandalwood resources here, the most important thing is the geographical location.

Tanshan City is located in the southeast of Yunshan Island. It echoes Yunshan City in the southwest and is a corner of each other. It can be said that it is also a very important place strategically. This is why the United States did not set the capital of Hawaii in Hawaii in later generations. Big Island, but located in Honolulu.

This is not unreasonable! !
In addition to its geographical advantages, the biggest advantages of Tanshan City are its pleasant climate and beautiful scenery, which are actually rare in the entire Penglai Islands.

Penglai Island, the largest island among the Penglai Islands, is actually not as livable as Yunshan Island, let alone Tanshan City.

Because the rainfall here is so abundant, the area was often flooded before the Han people came.

The area receives abundant rainfall, reaching a level of [-] millimeters per year.

Such heavy rainfall also facilitates the production of flora and fauna on the entire large island.

The local rice and tropical fruit production has always ranked first in the entire Penglai Islands. It is a veritable large granary and fruit base.

There is even a vast pasture on Penglai Island. After the Han Dynasty ruled here, by introducing local beef cattle, Dutch dairy cows, and sheep, this pasture became an important source of meat and dairy products for the entire Penglai Island. source.

But precisely because of the abundant rain, the city often faces floods.

Many precious buildings in the local area are built on high places, such as the royal palace that has been converted into the Haixi Marquis Mansion, which is a typical example of what was forced out by such climatic conditions.

Even though the Han Dynasty later built a large number of drainage systems, and the highest-standard sewers in this era, they could not fully withstand the impact of such huge rainfall. In desperation, the Han Dynasty Central Cabinet could only change the plan.

Originally, in the Han Dynasty's administrative plan to develop Penglai Island, the core of Penglai Island should be Hawaii City and the Penglai Island where it is located.

However, there was too much rain in the area, which made the administration more difficult. In the end, the city had to be re-selected as the administrative center.

At first, Penglai people tended to favor Yunshan City. After all, when Han Dynasty first began to immigrate to other countries, this was Han Dynasty’s main immigration supply point in the Pacific. Due to circumstances and reasons, even if the capital city was re-selected, Yunshan City should be chosen as the capital of the entire Penglai Islands.

However, after the Han Navy selected Yunshan Port as the newly established home port of the Pacific Fleet, Yunshan City also completely said goodbye to its position as the capital.

Finally, after searching all eight islands, I found the southeast corner of Yunshan Island, where a large amount of red sandalwood is produced.

Initially it was not called Tanshan City, but Tanmu Town. It was established by a group of timber merchants from the Han Dynasty.

After they discovered a large amount of wild rosewood resources in the southeast of Yunshan Island, they immediately came here in groups to mine the rosewood and transport it back to the mainland for sale.

At first, only a small number of timber merchants knew the news. As the number of people increased and a large population gathered, it finally attracted the attention of the local government in Penglai.

It even issued a law on mining sandalwood, stipulating that the quantity mined each year should not be too different from the growth of sandalwood, so as to avoid the massive loss of local red sandalwood resources and irreparable consequences.

It also manages the timber merchants and authorizes a group of timber merchants to go into the mountains and cut down the rosewood wood at a fixed annual quota, and then transport it to the port for inventory, and charges a fee for each piece of wood.

The reason for this is that red sandalwood is so popular in the Han Dynasty.

Although Han is an American country, it is, after all, a country dominated by Chinese people. It is almost a natural instinct to like rosewood.

In the palace of the Han Dynasty, there were many furniture made of small-leaf red sandalwood purchased from India.

Among the people, there are even more, such as wooden boxes, bracelets, incense beds, screens, etc. made of red sandalwood. Among the Chinese people, especially wealthy families, if a family does not have a few pieces of red sandalwood furniture, it will be considered There is no aesthetic, even poverty.

And because of this, the price of rosewood in Han has also risen. In Han's annual agricultural import data, the largest number of rosewood from India is red sandalwood, which is small-leaf rosewood.

After the news spread that there was a large amount of wild red sandalwood in Tanmu Town, the predecessor of Tanshan City, timber merchants across the country took notice. Nearly [-]% of the timber merchants came to Penglai Province in order to purchase rosewood and return it to China for processing and sale.

The quotas issued by Penglai Province are also subject to fierce competition. According to statistics, the annual sale of sandalwood resources in Tanshan City can bring millions of dollars in tax revenue to the entire Penglai Province.

This is not red sandalwood, it is clearly golden sandalwood! !

And because of this, as well as the fact that Penglai Island is rainy, volcanic, and unsafe, Penglai locals have prepared to move the capital to Honolulu, a city with a population of 2, which will be the famous Honolulu in later generations! !
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Tanshan City...

In a city famous for its rosewood trees, the total population of the city, according to the latest statistics last month, was 230.

According to the records of Yunshan Island Customs, it is possible that Tanshan City will exceed the 5000 people mark this month.

It is extremely rare to see an increase of several thousand people in one month, even if the population distribution is more local.

In the final analysis, it is because of the sandalwood resources in Tanshan City and the urban construction before moving the capital, which require a large population to support.

Among the more than 2 people in Tanshan City, more than half are local timber merchants, lumber mills, lumber mills, carving factories, and a large number of timber workers engaged in the industry.

Of the remaining half, another 3000 are construction workers who were recently assigned to Tanshan City by the Penglai local government, and the final remaining 6000 are the real local residents.

These 6000 people mainly rely on agriculture and the service industry for their livelihood.

Agriculture mainly involves growing lemons, mangoes and other tropical fruits, and then selling them to local canning processing plants. After processing by the processing plants, they are transported to the Far East and even Northeast Asia through merchant ships in Yunshan Port.

Especially in the Far East of Tsarist Russia, because of the cold climate and the inability to eat fresh fruits all year round, the canned tropical fruits produced in Han were very popular among the colonial pioneers of Tsarist Russia.

Because this group of people did not have enough gold and silver, they had to exchange local bear skins, tiger skins, and wolf skins for canned tropical fruits from the Han production team.

Due to the long distance, the precious local animal skins could only be sold at low prices. Finally, Han businessmen brought these animal skins back to the mainland through North Korea, and even sold them on the spot in the Qing Dynasty.

This kind of triangular trade made a lot of money. Even the tropical fruits in the Penglai region, due to the unique geography and the new varieties improved by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Han Dynasty, are an incredible delicacy throughout the Far East and even the Pacific Ocean.

In Japan, North Korea and other places, only wealthy local families can afford to eat the canned tropical fruits produced in Penglai. Ordinary civilians can only buy a can during festivals. Each person in the family can share two or three yuan. In the end, even Even the tin boxes of cans must be collected and stored...

In high-end restaurants in some places, it is very common to open large boxes of canned Penglai fruits and sell them separately as dessert after meals.

Half of the industrial output value of the entire Penglai Province is driven by the canning industry derived from tropical fruits, and the rest is driven by rosewood and other processing industries surrounding it.

Even local department stores sell canned tropical fruits produced in Penglai. Therefore, the Penglai Islands have a new nickname among the local Han population, the Fruit Islands! !
And now, with the arrival of the Pacific Fleet, this Fruit Islands will also usher in a new beginning! !

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"Er Zi, wake up, kid, have you forgotten what day it is today??"

Bai Erwen was doing the beautiful thing of marrying a wife when he was woken up by a shaking feeling and shouting coming from the bedside.

"What's the matter??" Bai Erwen rubbed his eyes that were covered with gum and said a little unclearly. He seemed to be still in a dream and didn't want to wake up.

"You forgot what day it is today. It's a day to go to sea. Why are you still standing there? Get dressed quickly!!" Luo Daniu, a fellow countryman, continued to urge Bai Erwen.

"Going to sea..." When he heard the word "going to sea", Bai Erwen was instantly excited and got up from the bed. "Why didn't you call me earlier? What should I do if I'm late?" Bai Erwen was wearing long sleeves. While stripping his shirt, he complained to Luo Daniu.

"You still have the nerve to say that if you didn't insist on having two drinks to celebrate before going to sea last night, would I have woken up so late??" Luo Daniu suddenly became angry when he heard Bai Erwen put the blame on himself. Coming from one place, he immediately retorted.

Last night, Bai Erwen said what he said. After studying in the sailor school for a year and a half, he had gone to sea several times. He also said that this time he must go to sea to gain experience. Then he was so happy that he bought two bottles of local products. Fortress Wines.

Then the two of them talked more and more happily, and in the end, they had reached the point where they fantasized about becoming a maritime legend. Bai Erwen even said that working for others would not make a difference. In the future, he would buy his own ships, become a large-scale merchant, and own many, many ships. He became the largest shipping king in Han Dynasty and even in the world. In the end, he drank two bottles of wine as he talked! !
Then, the current scene happened.

"Damn it, I'm going to be in bad luck this time." Bai Erwen looked at the clock made in Jinshan on the table. The eleven o'clock number on the clock made his face become more and more ugly. "I'm late for the first time. Maybe I'll wait. What kind of punishment will he receive!!" Bai Erwen thought to himself while brushing his teeth quickly, feeling a little uneasy.

Scratch...

Bai Erwen wiped his face with a cold towel with running water a few times. Regardless of the tooth powder foam that had not been wiped off the corners of his mouth, he put on his blue coat and ran outside with Luo Daniu.

At the pier of Yunshan Port, 40-year-old captain Ji Dahai was counting the number of crew members.

"Report..."

"one two Three……"

"340 eight..."

Finally, the number stopped at 340 eight.

"Why are there two missing? Which two are not here??" After Ji Dahai heard the number 340, he immediately noticed the missing number of people and asked sternly.

The young sailors standing in front of him just shook their heads and looked at each other. After all, many of them had just graduated from sailor school and were assigned to the ship to West Asia. Who knows who? ?
"Damn it, if you let me know which two ghost boys escaped, I will have to skin them!!" Ji Dahai is not a good-tempered person. When he was young, he transported goods to the Dutch in Nanyang. At that time, the foreign sailors on the ship often teased him, so he had no choice but to fight back and fight with the Dutch red hair several times before he gained respect.

After joining the Han Kingdom, he was appointed as an instructor by Jinshan Navigation Company because of his qualifications, responsible for training newly trained sailors and helmsmen.

The thousand-ton class ship in the port is one of several training ships affiliated with Jinshan Navigation Company, which is responsible for the ocean-going training of sailors. After all, if a sailor has no sailing experience, especially ocean-going experience, he will need to enter the ocean-going training class. Something will happen on a ship.

Therefore, before this, a three-month training will be organized, and one or two ocean voyages will be carried out, and the veteran crew will be responsible for the training.

In addition, these training ships are not just training ships. They can still store a large amount of cargo on the bottom of the ship, so that they can train and trade at the same time.

After all, if such a ship goes to the ocean and there are no benefits along the way, just free training, there will already be opinions within the company! !
"Damn it, if you let me know who it is..." Ji Dahai continued to curse.

"Whoosh..."

"Whoosh..."

Just when Ji Dahai was cursing the most crazily, two young men panting heavily ran to his side.

"Captain Ji, there is something going on at home, so..."

"You don't have to say anything!!"

Before Bai Erwen could explain his reasons, he was interrupted by Ji Dahai without hesitation, leaving Bai Erwen and Luo Daniu embarrassed.

"Day by day, my steps are sloppy and I am out of breath..." Ji Dahai looked at Bai Erwen and Luo Daniu. Seeing the two of them panting and their feet weak, a look of ridicule suddenly appeared on his face.

"Tell me, which brothel did you go to last night??" Ji Dahai looked at Bai Erwen and Luo Daniu with a serious expression and asked. In Ji Dahai's view, the young man, so tired, didn't know at first glance control.

After losing control, you can think of anything you want to do with your buttocks.

Bai Erwen and Luo Daniu looked at each other and stood there. Luo Daniu wanted to explain something, but was interrupted by Ji Dahai who followed.

"Tell me, you two, at such a young age, waste your energy on brothel girls..." Ji Dahai said to Bai Erwen and Luo Daniu sadly.

"You are at this age when you are working hard, how can you think about such bad things every day!!" Ji Dahai said not only to Bai Erwen and Luo Daniu, but also to other young sailors on the dock. .

"You two are late for such an important occasion. As the saying goes, you will be punished for your mistakes. You two will be punished by wiping the deck for a month." Ji Dahai didn't wait for Bai Erwen to speak, and issued a punishment notice to the two of them, "Remember, you must If you wipe it clean, if it's not clean at all, I will ask you to do it all over again!!" Ji Dahai added later, fearing that the two of them might get confused.

"Captain Ji..."

"Stop talking, this is already the best ending for you two. If you keep talking, it will take more than a month!!"

Bai Erwen wanted to explain, but was interrupted again by Ji Dahai. From now on, except for the two people saying a few words at the beginning, there was no way to interrupt later.

Ji Dahai is so cruel! !

"Pack your things and get on the boat..." Ji Dahai gave the last instruction, and then he went up the stairs of the training ship named Lucky on the shore, which was lowered from the deck.

On the dock, these sailors also delivered everything up one by one in large and small bags. Only Bai Erwen and Luo Daniu, who came in a hurry, were empty-handed and looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Forget it, let's buy it on the ship when the time comes!!" Bai Erwen remembered that there should be a canteen on the ship, and sighed and said to Luo Daniu. (Due to the need for long-term voyages, there will basically be privately opened canteens on such ships, selling daily necessities, food and drink, and other goods for sailors who may be aware of the needs. This canteen system still comes from the immigration ships of the Han Dynasty. Yes, because of the huge number of immigrants, in order to meet the immigrants' living needs other than eating, a canteen was set up to sell them daily necessities. This system was gradually extended to the entire Han country. The dining carriages on the Han country trains were Inspired by this)

Later, Bai Erwen and Luo Daniu boarded the training ship of the Happiness.

　Ask for a reward, ask for a monthly ticket
　　
　
(End of this chapter)