In the Fraser Valley on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean in North America, in a small town called Vancouver.

At dawn, the two brothers Zhu Xuewen and Zhu Xuewu opened the door of the "Zhu's Hotel" and began to get busy, putting steaming steamed buns, steamed buns, fritters, porridge and other breakfasts out of the pot one after another, and putting them on the board at the door to start a day's catering business.

Not long after, on a 3-meter-wide cement road in front of the hotel, 12 people came, led by two Chinese in their thirties, followed by 4 blacks and 6 whites.

Seeing this group of people, Zhu Xuewu whispered to his brother: "Brother, the two brothers of the Song family are really harsh bosses, and they call all the workers under them to work at dawn every day." Look at their beautiful appearance, their gold panning business is very good! I think I failed to pan for gold here, and I cried and wanted to go back to my hometown, but now I have finally settled down. ”

Zhu Xuewen looked up at the five people and sighed, "You can't blame them." At the beginning, we also heard that there are a large number of gold mines in British Columbia, and there is gold everywhere before we came from my hometown in Dengzhou, Shandong Province to pan for gold and make a fortune, who knew that it was so difficult to find gold mines here, but there were gold pangers everywhere, fortunately, our brothers also had the skills of a chef, and now the business is booming every day, and it is also a 'gold mine'.

They were similar to us, but they didn't have much craftsmanship, and they started logging when they couldn't pan for gold, but they could only make a living. Only this Song family brother persevered in panning for gold, doing logging business while also looking for gold mines. In the past, it was difficult to make a living from logging because it was remote, too far away from the empire mainland, and the transportation cost was too expensive, so even the felled timber could not be sold at a good price. But now it is different, a few days ago I heard that the paper mill by the wharf in the western suburbs of the city has started, and a timber mill with machine processing is about to be put into operation, and the demand for wood will become much larger. This gave them the opportunity, it was not enough to cut wood by themselves, and they also hired a group of foreigners to help with logging, and the business was not bad.

It seems that a small gold mine has been found, and it looks like gold has been mined. ”

Zhu Xuewu nodded and said, "Brother is right!" Now the city of Vancouver seems to be going to be developed in a big way, and many local businessmen, as well as businessmen from the Hexi area, have also begun to invest here. At that time, Vancouver City will usher in great development, the population will increase dramatically, and the business of our hotel will be better. ”

Zhu Xuewen raised his head and saw that the five of them had come to the door of the hotel, so he no longer chatted with his younger brother, but changed his smiling face, greeted him, and took the initiative to greet the Chinese led by him: "Boss Song, it's morning, is it still the old rule to have breakfast today?" ”

"36 large meat buns, 12 servings of pickles, and a bowl of boiling water per person." The Chinese who was called Boss Song waved his hand and said with a bold face: "Brothers, only when you are well fed can you have the strength to work!" ”

Zhu Xuewen's eyes lit up, this Song boss has always been very picky about the hiring of blacks and whites, and at most he gave two steamed buns per person and sent them away, but he didn't expect to be so arrogant today, 3 big meat buns per person, and a pickle, don't look at these are ordinary things, but in this poor western North America, it is already a rare luxury food.

Today, however, even in this small border town of Vancouver, there are many Chinese people roaming here, because of the lack of labor, and many white and black people are recruited from all over North America as helpers.

It didn't take long for the whole street to become lively, and people kept coming to the door of the hotel to greet the Zhu brothers and buy breakfast to eat. Most of these customers are Chinese, but there are occasional small numbers of foreigners and blacks. But obviously, today's western North America has become a paradise for Chinese entrepreneurs, and many people who come to North America call this western region of the Oriental.

After the peak of breakfast, the two brothers of the Zhu family had a rare short rest. The two began to figure it out.

Zhu Xuewu took the initiative to ask: "Brother, I heard that gold mines have been discovered in the Oberon area of eastern Oregon in the Hexi region, and thousands of Chinese gold diggers and more than 10,000 foreigners hired by them have rushed there and have begun to build towns. The younger brother is going to develop there and open a 'Zhu's Hotel'. What do you think? ”

Zhu Xuewen was stunned, he knew that the brothers would separate sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be so soon. In the final analysis, it is because the business of its own hotel is too prosperous and develops too fast. Such a good opportunity is indeed the time to expand the business. This is also a good thing, and he nodded hurriedly and said: "Second brother, you can do it when you think about it, and being an elder brother will naturally support you!" It's a big deal for me to hire one or two people, and you have also practiced your skills, open a new store, and our brothers may really be able to break out of this distant America and develop Zhu's Hotel! ”

Zhu Xuewu said: "Thank you, brother!" I'm not in a hurry. Tomorrow I will go and hire two helpers to come back, and when they are ready I will go to Oberon. ”

Zhu Xuewen hurriedly said: "That's not good." Second brother, you should hurry up and go, now that the development of the Americas is in full swing, the hometown people of the empire, with the encouragement of the imperial court, have also come out to explore, and if you want to go, you have to go as soon as possible. With the discovery of gold and the concentration of the population in Oberon, it was a good time to do business in a restaurant. In the past two years, we have also accumulated more than 5,000 Holy Dollars, and my side is already on the right track, just leave a few hundred turnovers, and you can use 4,500 Holy Dollars as start-up capital. ”

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There are many similar situations. More and more people from the Chinese Empire went to North America and Central and South America, not only the Zhu brothers, but also the Li brothers and the Wang brothers, and more and more Chinese people took the initiative to come to the Americas to make a living and develop.

In addition, the Governor's Office of the Hexi Special Administrative Region of the Chinese Empire issued a notice to encourage domestic immigrants to develop in the Americas, providing free ferry tickets from Tianjin, Dengzhou, Shanghai, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Nagasaki and other ports to San Francisco and Mazatlan.

At this time, the news of the cash mine in the Hexi region of the Americas spread from time to time, and the gold rush was in full bloom, so many Chinese people came to the Americas to take root.

At the same time, the Imperial Court of the Chinese Empire began to formulate the "Plan for the Migration of One Million Households of Agricultural and Industrial Immigrants to the Americas", preparing to relocate 1 million households with a total of about 5 million people to various parts of the Americas within 10 years to carry out the development plan for the Americas.

At the same time, the weakened British were finally unable to maintain their colonial rule in North America. Not long ago, under the attack of more than 50,000 Indian soldiers and Irish mercenaries, British British Columbia, Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and other British North American colonies finally formally united to form a federation under the mediation of the Chinese Empire, named the United Region of Canada, and announced their incorporation into the Chinese Empire. It also meant the official and total decline of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Not only that, in order to quickly grasp and develop the Hexi region of North America, the Hexi Special Administrative Region Governor's Office announced that the land in the remote west would be sold, and the Chinese would get 100 acres of land in perpetuity for only 1 Shengyuan, while the Irish and Indians would have to pay 5 Shengyuan, and other whites and blacks would have to pay 10 Shengyuan, and they would also get 100 acres of land in perpetuity. As a result, not only did the Chinese in China intensify their immigration, but even the whites and blacks in the Commonwealth of America and the Confederate States of America also dragged their families to the Hexi region and began to apply for land purchases.

Of course, the first condition for non-Chinese immigrants is to swear allegiance to the Chinese Empire and become citizens of the Empire.