The sun never sets in America

Chapter 257 The Twelve Years of Longwu

Summer of the twelfth year of Longwu [1852 AD]

After more than ten years of continuous immigration, the total population of Han State has increased from 8 million in the eighth year of Longwu to June of the twelfth year of Longwu, which is the last month of the first half of the year. The population of the entire Han State has exceeded 8 million. It reached 10.32 million, which was more than 300,000 more than originally expected.

The main reason is the large increase in immigrants from northern China. In fact, they have gradually replaced immigrants from the south and become the main force of immigrants from Han Dynasty.

But judging from the current situation, with the outbreak of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it is estimated that the pattern of southern people-dominated immigration will return to the south for a long time. This situation was actually reflected in the second half of last year. The entire southern China A large number of refugees have appeared. Among these refugees, there are not only poor ordinary people, but also many dignitaries and scholarly families.

At present, a large number of rare calligraphy, paintings and antique vases appearing in the Han antique market are all made by these people.

Even for a long time, the original antique prices in Han Dynasty were suppressed by at least one-third. It was only recently that they began to slowly and steadily recover. However, many antique lovers and collectors still maintain a pessimistic attitude. After all, China is now The situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable.

This can be seen from the surge in immigration applications in the first half of this year. According to current estimates by the immigration department, in the next few years, the annual positive population inflow will exceed 1.5 million, which is at least three times the number of original immigrants. times.

This year's Han population may directly exceed 11 million, or even exceed it, because currently there are more than 700,000 Chinese immigrants stranded in Lanfang alone.

This is a very scary number. If we add in the continuous flow of immigrants from China, and the entire Han Dynasty's ships have to serve this, it is estimated that it can bear so many immigrants at once.

In order to ensure the smooth flow of immigration work, the Han cabinet issued an order of more than 500,000 tons to Han shipyards. This order exceeded 40 million yuan and was the largest order in history, excluding Ottoman orders.

Such a huge order, coupled with Han's external orders and usual internal orders, has caused the entire Han Dynasty's shipyards to be in a state of rush. There are not enough shipyards, so build them now. There are not enough shipbuilders, so they need to recruit them immediately. .

It’s just that all of this is wishful thinking. Qualified shipbuilders require several years or even longer training and on-the-job experience, not to mention a new shipyard. None of these can be solved by simply spending money.

Finally, the major shipyards in Han Dynasty, which were forced to do nothing by the orders, remembered a term that would only be used in later generations, outsourcing! !

Some tedious and troublesome shipbuilding orders are outsourced to other countries. Among them, Mexico, which has certain shipbuilding capabilities, is the focus of Han's order transfer, followed by the United States.

In this order transfer, although Han Chinese companies were biased, due to their shipbuilding technology and shipbuilding speed, American companies still received the largest number of outsourcing orders, up to 7 million Chinese dollars, which brought great benefits to the already prosperous shipbuilding industry in the United States. , injecting new blood, objectively boosting the development of American shipbuilding enterprises.

The senior officials of Han State are fully aware of all this, but the current situation can be said to be an unprecedented opportunity. One immigration can last for three years. This is a treatment that Han State has never had.

Even the most stupid person knows the importance of this opportunity. In this case, the so-called American shipbuilding industry will be insignificant.
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Jinshan Shipyard-——

"Director Zhou, I have told you that it has been difficult to deliver goods recently. You have a large quantity, please spare me!!"

"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I really can't build it. Not only is there a shortage of ship materials, but I'm also in dire need of steam engines. What do you want me to do? You can't let me jump off the Jinshan Bridge!!"

[San Francisco Bridge similar to the original time and space]

"Director Zhou, if you give me another month, no, half a month, I will get you a boat right away!!"

"If I can't get it, I'm a son of a bitch, no, no, no, I'm a son of a bitch, I'm a son of a bitch!!"

"Director Zhou, walk slowly, walk slowly -"

Outside Jinshan Shipyard, a bald, middle-aged man wearing a white shirt and a white vest kept waving to a young official who got on the carriage, with a smile on his face that he had never shown in the factory. .

After the carriage had gone away, Director Xu spat on the ground with disdain and said in a bad tone: "A little brat like you doesn't deserve to ask for goods, even if your director is here!" !”

Director Xu, who returned to the factory, folded his hands, held out his stomach, and looked arrogant. He didn't look like a grandson just now, but more like an uncle.

"Director, this is the latest order. Do you want to change anything?" Xiao Yang, the deliveryman, came to Director Xu with a shipping order and handed over the order in his hand.

"Ship it now, so fast??"

Factory Director Xu looked at the shipping order in his hand, with a somewhat unhappy face. After all, he just said that there was no goods, and now there is a batch of goods to be shipped out. Where can he put his face? But it is not good if he does not deliver the goods. In the end, I could only reluctantly say: "Since we want to deliver the goods, let them pay the final payment first, and then release the goods after the final payment comes."

"Yes, I'll do it right away!!"

"etc---"

"Is there anything else, Director??"

Xiao Yang turned around and asked Director Xu doubtfully.

"Go and send a telegram and ask the Manhattan Shipyard in the United States when it can deliver the goods. What time is it now? These Yankees haven't delivered the goods yet, and they are leaving no one alive -"

Factory Director Xu was full of complaints about his American colleagues.

"Ah, I do??"

Xiao Yang pointed to his nose, somewhat reluctantly. After all, shouldn't this kind of thing be done by people from the Communications Department? He, the one who shipped it, had nothing to do with this kind of thing.

"It's not you, who is it!!"

Director Xu replied angrily, then seemed to realize something, and said kindly to Xiao Yang: "Xiao Yang, I know you are a capable and honest person. You have been working in our factory for more than three years. Well, as the saying goes, it takes three years to learn a skill and ten years to become a talented person. If you work hard, I think highly of you, and you might be able to take my position in the future!!"

Factory Director Xu's soft words with a Wu accent made Xiao Yang, a northerner, stunned for a while, and finally left the factory in a daze.

“Oops, I didn’t ask for money!!”

“This is terrible, half a month’s salary is lost!!”

Xiao Yang stood at the door of the factory and was crying without tears. He was sure that if he went back now, Old Dog Xu would definitely pretend to be deaf and dumb. Even if he came, he would offend the old dog.

“Hey, let’s leave it to fate!!”

There are actually many young people like Xiao Yang. They are reckless, they are played on and ignored.
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"Let me tell you, the immigration this time is estimated to be more than we imagined. After my mathematical model analysis, 1.5 million is definitely not the final figure. It is possible that the total number of immigrants in the final year will exceed 2 million. , that is, two Lanfang immigrants can be immigrated in one year.”

[At this time, the total population of Lanfang exceeded one million at the beginning of this year, the most important of which was the local blood-sucking people of Han Dynasty]

[According to you, our current immigration ships are still not enough. If daily trade is deducted, at least half a million tons are needed to complete such a terrifying immigration. 】

In an office at Imperial University, two professors employed by the immigration department were discussing the topic currently assigned to them by the Immigration Department: immigration needs.

"I don't think it is necessary to have so many immigrants at one time. This will directly bring down Han's current sea trade. If we carry out divided transportation, it will share a lot of our transportation capacity."

"But have you ever considered which region can bear the burden of so many people at once? Is it Lanfang or Japan? Can they bear millions in one go?"

"And with so many immigrants, other than the mainland of Han, where else can supply the food they need?"

"I think Lanfang can definitely supply food. As far as I know, their food reserves are sufficient and can completely meet the consumption of immigrants. The local area has three or even four crops a year, which is fully affordable."

"It's a joke, do you know what Lanfang has been doing these years? He is busy growing rubber. Their food reserves are not as large as you think. Once they really believe you, they will have to go through all kinds of troubles. When the food is adjusted from the local area, who will be responsible for the consumption here, are you, Professor from Wuhan University??"

[Lanfang’s current main economic pillar is rubber. Due to competition from Siam, farmers’ enthusiasm for planting grain is not as high as initially imagined. 】

"You, you Zhang Laoba..."

"Haha, I think you are at a loss for words!!"

Two great professors from Imperial University started fighting with each other in the office.

The Immigration Department building in the Xijing Government District is already very busy.

As Tang Shaoxing, the current Minister of Immigration, said: "There has never been a year as busy as this year. Starting from the 11th year of Longwu, we have been notified to at least double the current staff of the Immigration Department to deal with Vietnam." More immigrants are coming!!”

"All this stems from the war currently taking place. The war taking place within a huge and ancient empire has brought unprecedented development opportunities to our country!!"

bang bang...

"Come in……"

"Minister, this is the latest immigration budget, please sign it."

Director Zhang of the Finance Department took a financial report and handed it to Tang Shaoxing who was at work.

Tang Shao One million, I'm afraid I can't even finish this, right?" Tang Shaoxing looked at the budget sheet in his hand, this is not an immigration budget, this is clearly a gold sales cave.

"Minister Tang, most of this part of the budget is mainly for maintenance along the way and the fleet. Now the shipbuilding price is rising, and the price of sailors is also rising. It has more than doubled than before. As a result, there are more and more foreign sailors. The more..." Director Zhang mentioned the current immigration fees with a headache and complaints. In his opinion, this was just trying to catch up.

Who knew that this war would break out so soon, even though His Majesty had ordered the strengthening of Lanfang and Japan's immigration transit construction the year before last.

But at that time, no one would see her seriously, but they were just doing errands. Now something really happened, well, I am so busy.

Tang Shaoxing patted his head. Now he really understood why all the courtiers who joined the cabinet could not work for more than a few years. He used to think that this was the rule of the court, but now he found out that the pressure was so great.

Internal work, cabinet meetings, and face-to-face reporting work, these three tasks cannot be tolerated unless the person is strong and physically strong. Otherwise, the stern prime minister, who has high hopes for your majesty, would not resign and go home. His health I really can't bear it anymore. (The cabinet system implemented in the Han Dynasty has very heavy responsibilities. It is in charge of the headquarters and local areas, and with the supervision of Liu Peng, if the brain is a little bit inflexible, it is basically impossible to work for a month, and you have to get out)

The current Hu Xiang, Tang Shaoxing, probably won't be able to resist for a few more years. (Hu Junding)

"Lord, do you see this word??" Director Zhang looked at Tang Shaoxing who was scratching his head and reminded him carefully.

"Ugh……"

Tang Shaoxing looked at the budget sheet on the table, and then at Director Zhang who looked expectant. He had no choice but to take off the pen cap and quickly signed his name.

In this way, a special immigration fund worth more than 4 million was passed.

(It will be submitted to the cabinet for review at the end of the year)

When Director Zhang happily left with the list, Tang Shaoxing looked at the pile of documents on the table that was half a person tall and sighed miserably:

"Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but they cannot forget their fame..."

"Everyone in the world knows that fame is good, but leisure can never be forgotten!!"

"What the hell!!"

After the poem, there is a curse word at the end, which is enough to show Tang Shaoxing's mood at the moment.

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Xijing Palace...

“It’s getting hotter and hotter in this palace!!”

"What I'm saying is, I'll add more ice cubes..."

"Hey, I heard that people are talking about a fan that can spin by itself. What is it, Xiaolan, do you know??"

He Lianqing wiped the sweat from her forehead. This summer was extremely hot, so His Majesty didn't come for a long time.

"Your Majesty, my slave knows a little about that thing. It is said that His Majesty couldn't stand the heat a while ago, so he had someone make it. It is said that there is some kind of motor underneath, yes, it is a motor. It is said that the telegraph machine also uses that one!!"

"But it is said that the thing was very unstable at first and exploded several times. It should be much better now."

The fan Xiaolan mentioned is actually the electric fan of later generations, but the one Liu Peng currently makes is still a very primitive one.

The original ones couldn't be more primitive, just a few leaves, plus a generator modified from a telegraph motor, and the mechanical parts are still modified based on the current steam ship propellers, and the direction of rotation is similar.

I don’t know, but I thought it was a small paddle? ?

Because of this, Liu Peng, after using it for two days, assigned topics related to motors and mechanical applications to the Imperial University, the largest scientific research institution in Han Dynasty.

A university that has stood at the head of all universities in Han Dynasty from the beginning, even Xijing University can only avoid its edge and settle in second place.

"Xiaolan, do you think that thing is cooler than our ice cube??"

He Lianqing's heart was itching from the so-called electric fan. Coupled with the current scorching heat, he had other thoughts.

"That's for sure. It is said that it is not only spinning, but His Majesty also placed a few basins of ice cubes nearby. Listening to that female official from Song Dynasty bragging is so cool!!"

"Good guy, that thing..."

He Lianqing's expression was not bad at first, but after hearing Miss Song's name, she began to look bad.

And Xiaolan seemed to realize that she had said the wrong thing, and said quickly:

"Your Majesty, let me see. Since Your Majesty has got electric fans, he will definitely send them to every palace. Why don't you wait for two days..."

"Why wait two days and go now? I don't believe it. Why can that bitch go to His Majesty's house every day? I, a noble concubine, can't go!!" He Lianqing's tone was full of sarcasm towards Lady Song, as well as hidden secrets. Jealousy underneath. (Because she gave birth to a son, she was named a noble concubine by Liu Peng. His son Liu Jun is Liu Peng's sixth son. The first ones are the prince Liu Yu, the second son Liu Hao, the third son Liu Hong, and the fourth son Liu Xiong. , the fifth son Liu Gan, and several princesses)

And the female official Song in her mouth was actually the female official who had always wanted to seduce Liu Peng. On a dark and windy night, Liu Peng, who was a little tired from correcting official documents, saw the graceful female official Song and her soft voice. I couldn't hold it back for a while and made a big mistake. (Having a personal relationship with a female officer is actually a good chance. After all, one is a king and the other is a minister, and he is also an internal minister. He knows too many things and has too many rights. An affair will be very troublesome)

And after knowing that he had committed a major taboo, Liu Peng was also very shameless and refused to give Song a female official status.

Euphemistically called: decent! !

In fact, behind the scenes, he also wanted to experience the pleasure of his boss and Xiaomi.

Play something you haven't played before in your previous life.

"My lady..."

"Without His Majesty's order, the concubine cannot leave privately, Your Majesty!!"

No matter how Xiao Lan shouted behind him, He Lianqing decided to book this villa No. 18.

In the room on the 18th, Liu Peng was correcting official documents while playing an unknown game with Ms. Song.

"His Majesty……"

"Concubine He is here!!"

Suddenly there was a sound outside, which frightened Liu Peng, who was teasing Ms. Song, to put down his hand.

The female official of Song Dynasty secretly scolded Concubine He for being ignorant with her face flushed.

"His Majesty……"

"Your Majesty, I heard that your Majesty has a gadget that can relieve the heat. Can you show it to me?"

He Lianqing didn't give Liu Peng any chance to explain and went straight to the topic.

Liu Peng looked at it and finally could only reply: "Since my beloved concubine wants to see it, what's the harm in giving her alone!!"

After hearing this, He Lianqing made a Wanfu gift to Liu Peng, and then looked at the fan that was moved to the hall with pride. No, it should be a propeller.

"Your Majesty, did you invent this??"

"Forehead……"

"I know that Your Majesty is the smartest person in the world, unlike those stupid people who don't know their own duties..."

He Lianqing looked at the fan that was spinning and blowing the wind, and praised Liu Peng with some surprise, but soon changed the topic and secretly scolded the female officer Song who was waiting next to her.

Ms. Song was so angry that she died.

Liu Peng, who was standing aside, watched with embarrassment as He Lianqing vented her temper. However, he was satisfied with one thing. After all, although this electric fan looked like a propeller, it could still fan the air.

As long as it can fan the air, if we work on it when the time comes, we might be able to create the kind of electric fan that can be popularized in later generations, but before that, there is one more thing we need to do, wires! !

The wind from the propeller fan in No. 18 not only brought coolness, but also the entire era.

The new Longwu era has officially begun.

　Thank you, Tai Chi Demon Emperor, for your reward of 5,000 book coins for waiting for my great achievement. Thank you to all readers who support me. Thank you all.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)