The sun never sets in America

Chapter 300 Xianbei: Beihai

The North Sea in summer is full of rippling waves and "life". Of course, it is also a harvest season for those fishermen.

On the southwest side of Beihai, there is a factory that specializes in purchasing caviar. This factory is not too large and is one of dozens of caviar factories in the entire mountain city.

Beihai caviar, or mountain city caviar, is very famous in today's Han Dynasty and the Far East. Annual exports are as high as six million yuan, which is considered the largest pillar industry in the entire mountain city.

You must know that the annual output value of the entire mountain city is only 24 million, and one caviar accounts for a quarter, you can know how big the industry is.

Although this so-called caviar industry is not considered mainstream among many enterprises in Han Dynasty, in a mountain city with a population of only 400,000 people, it is an out-and-out "star" industry and the job of the locals. .

In today's Han Dynasty, Beihai caviar has always occupied the high-end market in the caviar field due to its special geographical location and excellent taste.

Even because of the geographical proximity, local caviar could be sold to neighboring North Korea and even smuggled into the Qing market.

Don't think that the Qing Dynasty was hostile to the Han Dynasty and would not buy Han products. On the contrary, the largest export country of the Han Dynasty in the Far East was actually not Japan, but the Qing Dynasty with a real "blood" connection.

Just like a local literati named Nan Qiubei in the Qing Dynasty wrote in his travel notes to the south:

"When traveling to Guangzhou, the foreign goods sold in the market are especially American goods. What are American goods and Chinese goods? The imperial court strictly ordered Chinese goods to enter the country. However, the local authorities turned a deaf ear to it and ignored it -"

"Later, I was visited by a friend and visited the city of Guangzhou. The shops in the city, large and small, all sold mainly Chinese goods. I asked the merchants if they could be Chinese goods. The merchant's eyes dodged and he later said: These American goods are as big as America and the United States. Not Chinese!!”

"The generals stationed all over the city invited dinner parties. The house was full of Western oddities, including chiming clocks, Western-style paintings, and children's bicycles. The general's wife even wore a Han watch--the cigarettes smoked in the corridor were all Han cigarettes-- "

"I went with my master to supervise dozens of local governors. They were all Chinese goods. Although they were covered with American goods, we can see the ferocity of the invasion of Han goods!!"

Although this short note was later deleted by Nan Qiubei when it was published, the unedited version was still circulated privately through friends.

From this, we can see the attraction of Han products in the Qing Dynasty. Even those who claimed to be "slaves" in the Eight Banners claimed to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but behind the scenes they were still proud to use Han products.

In fact, it is not a common thing for Han products to circulate in China, but something that has happened since the rise of Han industry.

The main reason is that the culture is the same. In the past, Western products were not available in various parts of China, but why could they not become mainstream? The biggest problem was culture.

The cultural gap is the biggest gap between the two sides. Han Chinese products have Chinese characters on them. A little more complicated, they all have Chinese character instructions. Even the best "Han Huo" sold in China today is actually cultural in nature. There is a big word "fire" in it. No matter how stupid you are, you will know what this thing is, let alone other products. [Han fire is actually matches, which is the later replacement of match. It is cheap and plentiful, and is very suitable for China.]

And if you add in the immigrants who immigrated to Han and asked people to send "specialties" from Han to their hometown, the influence of Han goods will be even greater.

[Due to the needs of the Han State, many places in China have caravans that specialize in escorting Chinese and foreign goods. They are responsible for transporting things sent back by the Han people to their homes. At first, because of the higher prices, many people in the Han State sent them to their fellow countrymen. Later, with the expansion of the scale and the effective intervention of the Han Dynasty, an express delivery business was developed throughout several provinces in southern China through trade routes. Because local big shots participated in the shares and local tigers shared the profits, it developed very prosperously]

Beihai caviar also entered the Qing market through such a channel.

The biggest industry in the mountain city is actually not "high-end" goods such as caviar, but more of a mining-based processing industry.

The entire Beihai region is rich in minerals, large and small, and there are many minerals suitable for development. Because of this, the entire greater Beihai region is also called a mining area, and mountain cities are also called "mining cities."

The entire Beihai region, in the words of Xianbei Governor Zhao Longsheng:

"There are mountains, land, and countless minerals here. The only trouble is that the infrastructure is too backward and the weather is too cold!!"

Yes, although from the perspective of the entire Xianbei region, the Beihai region is considered a relatively "warm" region, but due to geographical reasons, no matter how warm it is, it cannot be much warmer. The so-called warmth is nothing more than the survey. Plus, compared to the inland Xianbei, winter is coming, and sometimes even part of the North Sea will freeze.

The difficulties can be imagined.

Of course, no matter how difficult it is, there can still be surveyors. How difficult is Chukotka? ?

Coupled with the "uselessness" of other places, the Beihai area has become the core of Xianbei's development, even the core of the core.

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Da da da! !

The roar of the machine came, and the crane lifted an "uneven" and huge stone tied with a thick rope.

Surrounded by a group of local natives, they were "kneeling down and praying" to see the greatness of Hercules and the magic of the "Han people".

On the other side, a group of North Korean workers were holding shovels and watching this "common" thing quietly.

boom! !

The boulders were thrown into the fixed waste rock area. After the boulders that had just blocked the mountain pass were removed, several members of the demolition team, holding explosive tubes and fuses, prepared to continue blasting the remaining sections.

"one two three!!"

"Detonate!!"

Following the demolition captain's order, a loud noise like "opening the sky" sounded at the mountain pass, followed by another "crash" sound, which lasted for several minutes before stopping.

When the natives on the opposite side saw this scene, they sang the song of Hercules even more excitedly.

Dozens of North Korean workers crawled into the mountain pass, holding mottled shovels, and shoveled out the rocks and soil over and over again.

After about twenty minutes, a beam of light from the opposite end connected with the other end. The collision of the light was "unnoticeable".

But it also announced the success of the blasting of Cave No. 106. The next step was filling and fixing, and even the "decoration" of the cave.

Shao Achao, wearing an iron helmet and all-black work clothes, walked on the construction site. The Japanese and Korean workers passing by would call him:

"Shao Gong!!"

Shao Achao usually nodded in response.

"Bang bang!!"

"Come in……"

When Shao Achao came in with the construction drawings, Boss Luo of the engineering team was still talking about "construction" with a local Xianbei official.

Shao Achao sat on the sofa next to him very knowingly, and from time to time he could hear "price", "time", and the last "you are welcome".

After they left, Shao Achao took the construction drawing to Boss Luo and introduced in detail the construction drawing that he had worked on overnight.

"You see, according to the above requirements, we have to build at least another fifty kilometers forward. If we choose to detour these fifty kilometers, we can save more than 20% of the funds..."

"We can even..."

Shao Achao kept telling Boss Luo about his "saving money" plan, and he talked endlessly.

Boss Luo said "Yes" and threw the plan aside, saying directly:

"The road is detoured, will our project funds also be refunded??"

"Boss, this..."

"Okay, you'd better finish the road design and bridge design. As for whether to take a detour or not, it has nothing to do with you..."

When Shao Achao walked out of the office in "disappointment", he looked at the sky with dark clouds and asked in despair:

“Is the imperial court’s money so useful??”

Then he continued to work on those "sideline" things. After all, he also had to eat.

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Shancheng is one of the largest cities in the entire Han Dynasty. Of course, this refers to the area, not the population.

Because according to the current demographics of the mountain city, the city's population is about 123,500 people. Even including the floating population, it does not exceed 160,000. In today's Han Dynasty, it is considered a medium-level city.

What does not match the population is the area. The entire mountain city covers an area of ​​more than 400 square kilometers, while the current main urban area of ​​Xijing in Han Dynasty is only about 200 square kilometers.

You must know that Xijing has a population of one million, but it is only a small mountain city! !

The main reason why the area is so large is defense.

The entire mountain city was designed from the beginning to support the need to transport troops and store food if the Xianbei frontline fortresses fell or war broke out.

On the outskirts of the mountain city are a large number of interconnected bunkers, hidden sentries, upper troop transport roads, and even lower troop transport roads. There is even a separate grain channel, which can be described as very "rich".

In addition, there are a large number of firepower points, most of which are in overlooking positions, making it easier to attack enemy forces in the open areas outside.

In some areas, mutually opposing shooting angles are also set up to form a special triangular firepower.

Judging from the layout of the outer city, this is not a city defense, it is simply a huge fortress.

The inner city is divided into several areas. In addition to the main street in the middle and even the commercial area, the left side is the residential area and the right side is the office area.

It's said to be an office, but it's actually a large warehouse that stores a large amount of weapons and ammunition, as well as grain and frozen meat.

Everything is more like a huge military depot or grain depot rather than an office location.

The entire mountain city is like a city full of military style. At the beginning of its construction, even the residential areas were required to undergo military transformation, but this was later abandoned.

The reason for giving up is also very simple. Are you willing to live in a barracks and use your own home as a turret? ?

Even so, Shancheng is the most "abnormal" city built in the history of Han Dynasty. Even Shouchun on the border between China and the United States is not so crazy.

After all, the border between China and the United States stretches for thousands of miles, and there is an open area in the middle. Fighting is not necessary, and it does not necessarily have to be a fight in Shouchun.

But the mountain city, or the Beihai area, is different. It is sparsely populated and far away from the main core areas of the Han Dynasty. In addition, it is located in the Xianbei area, which is the most suitable area for a few areas. There is cultivated land, food, and even heavy industry. It is a natural important town. .

(Later, the Irkutsk region was also the most industrial region in the entire Russian Far East)

Such an important town, once a war breaks out, will be the "target of public criticism" and the core of the battlefield.

Even if a war breaks out in the surrounding areas, Hokkaido's financial, material, and even human resources will be needed to rescue it. The importance of this place can be imagined.

Also because of the needs of the Beihai region, at the end of last year, the Xianbei Governor's Office reported to the cabinet and requested the establishment of a Beihai Administrative Office to govern the entire Beihai region.

At present, the Beihai Administrative Office has been approved by the cabinet and has just been established in Shancheng.

The entire Beihai Administrative Office is mainly responsible for the development of the Beihai region and the deployment of materials, and even includes some civil rights.

The purpose of its establishment is also very simple, which is to separate the Xianbei Dudufu from the complicated Beihai affairs and use it in other places in Xianbei.

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On a building that was just erected a month ago, there is a signboard of "Beihai Administrative Office". Pedestrians passing by have to look up and take a few glances.

Inside this four-story building, it is actually not as busy as those outside imagined. After all, many of the contents managed by the Beihai Administrative Office recently are related to infrastructure.

As for infrastructure projects, apart from the bidding and drawing review periods, which are quite busy, most of the time is spent in "meetings".

Although this kind of meeting culture has been criticized by many people in Han Dynasty, unpleasant words such as "lazy" and "wasting time" are all associated with meetings.

But this is part of "order". Even the investigation bureau, which is said to be efficient, still has to hold meetings on a daily basis.

And today happens to be another meeting day.

"I think we must learn from the lessons learned when we built the city and re-divide the entire Beihai area. The current days of mixed Chinese and barbarian people must come to an end!!"

At the meeting, the official in charge of civil affairs talked about his disgust with the current "civil affairs" in the Beihai region.

People around him echoed.

The most important of them are the indigenous people! !

Currently, in the entire North Sea region, because of the indigenous tribes, there is often a feeling of coexistence of civilization and barbarism.

Even when the road was being built, local indigenous tribes would come out to stop it, euphemistically calling it "the gods"! !

Many people within the Beihai Administrative Office were very disgusted with the "superstition" of the local indigenous people. As a result, the policy regarding the separation of China and the mainland was put forward.

In fact, even Gao Zhanchang, the director of the Beihai Administrative Office, is very "irritable" about this situation.

After all, the order given by above is to appease the natives and educate them first. If they are separated, will they still be able to use these natives when a war breaks out? ?

So in response to those “objections” at the meeting, he said:

"Although the indigenous people have stubborn diseases, they are still considered as people under the rule of my Han Dynasty. They still have to care first and use force, for fear of losing the hearts of the people!!"

Naturally, the people below disagreed with this almost "harmony" statement, so a new round of controversy suddenly broke out.

Gao Zhanchang looked at the two groups of people who were "incompatible with each other" and sighed.

In the end, there was really no choice but to end this meeting without any "results" with the words "please ask the Governor".

Back in the office, Gao Changxing's face suddenly fell when he thought of what had just happened.

He has encountered this kind of thing several times, but after all, it is difficult to completely solve it.

Due to their fishing and hunting customs, many of the local indigenous people are savages in the mountains and forests. It would be difficult to educate them.

Although manpower has been organized to "teach" them farming, it takes time after all. In addition, the local tribes mostly live in deep mountains and old forests, which further widens the gap between the two sides.

When the Russians were here, they only built a city and had no intention of going deep into the interior.

But the Han State is different. The Han State's governance model is very different from the Russian's almost "colonial" crude rule.

In the strategy of the Han State, the Xianbei region was the most important starting point for future intervention in the Eurasian continent. Its status was even higher than that of Lanfang, otherwise there would be no governor-general instead of a governor-general like Lanfang.

But this place is also very complex. The cold weather, vast area, and life of "eating hair and drinking blood" have trained dozens or hundreds of indigenous ethnic groups.

It is not easy to assimilate these indigenous people all over the country quickly.

But now, just a few years after the beginning, the contradiction between China and the land has already emerged.

Gao Changzhan had no choice but to write an official document to the Governor's Office for help.

The Dudu Mansion did have a plan, but this kind of thing was too big for them to make the decision, and in the end they had no choice but to fight back to the Han mainland.

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Liu Peng reviewed the memorials sent from various places as usual. When he turned to the memorials about the Xianbei area, he would take a few more glances, and today was no exception.

Wow! !

A memorial was spread out in Liu Peng's big hand, revealing neat words:

"Beihai Administrative Office reported that the native people are wild and uncivilized, and the Chinese and local people are mixed together to create resentment..."

"I sincerely request that all the Xianbei natives be turned into military households, allocate land, learn Chinese, and serve as soldiers in the past dynasties. The local tribal leaders can be granted nobility to calm their minds..."

"If the Turkish army is established, it can firstly increase the number of troops, secondly, it can alleviate conflicts, and thirdly, it can divide the local tribal elders' rule. Given time, in more than ten years, Xianbei will be able to raise hundreds of thousands of troops, enter Western Siberia, and reach Central Asia. !!”

Looking at the writing written by Zhao Longsheng in his hand about turning all Xianbei natives into military households and conferring titles and reducing power to tribal leaders, Liu Peng looked at it for a long time, and finally "drawn" it "accurately" below.

When Liu Peng's decree of approval came to Xianbei, the Xianbei Governor's Office and Beihai Administrative Office launched a vigorous Turkish army.

For a time, the two million indigenous people in the entire Xianbei area were officially labeled as "military households". Even those indigenous people hiding in the "deep mountains and old forests" were also labeled as "indigenous soldiers."

As for the tribal leaders and elders, a so-called Xianbei official's hat fell from the sky and was placed on their heads.

Then under their "welcome", they lost their rights.

As for whether there was "bloodshed", I don't know. At least what is recorded in Xianbei's history is "joyful", "to welcome the holy grace" and "the emperor's grace is mighty"! !

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(End of this chapter)