It is named after the Special Economic Zone, but in fact, Mexico belongs to the Tang Dynasty in terms of status, and does not belong to overseas territories or colonies. www.biquge.info In fact, in the Mexican administrative region plan, Bai Nan, who will be the next president, once proposed the establishment of the Mexican region of the Tang Republic. In his mind, the Tang Dynasty, which will continue to expand in the future, will have more overseas territories and political core areas. First of all, North America must be the core area, then after the annexation of the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese homeland must also be the core area, then this is the North American region and the China region of Datang. In addition, regions such as Mexico, which are close to the mainland and have relatively good development potential, can also be considered as a large region. The difference between the region and the overseas territory is that the overall governance and administrative system are all in line with the local model, and will not be like some overseas territories, which consider more local political methods, or are not economically comprehensive enough, and take unilateral satisfaction of local needs and moderate development of the local as the standard. From this point of view, the overall system of the regions will be more balanced.

However, the National Council discussed that Bai Nan's idea was still a little ahead of its time, so Mexico was designated as a special zone, and its actual status was between the overseas territory and the mainland, similar to the appearance of the United Special Economic Zone of China.

Mexico, with a population of about 5 million, is about half of the current population of the Tang Dynasty, mainly Indian residents and mixed-race people, as well as a large number of native white and peninsular people, and the population may suffer some losses after the war, but it will not be too large. Datang did not intend to build Mexico into a region similar to Jiazhou, Gangzhou, and Pengzhou in the short term, which was prosperous and developed, and the local Indians still had a much inferior labor capacity compared to the Chinese.

Datang's main policy and route for Mexico's development. The first was through agrarian reform and the emancipation of slaves. Freedom of the labor force. and further develop local agriculture. The agricultural location conditions of the Mexican plateau are still much worse than those of Datang in other states in North America, so in addition to corn, Datang still hopes that Mexico's agriculture will be more focused on the development of cash crops. With the construction of more roads and railways, and the reliance on maritime transportation, a large number of food crops from Jiazhou, Pengzhou and other places can come to Mexico at relatively low prices to meet the food needs of the local people.

In terms of industry, Datang is ready to further develop Mexico's industrial and mining industries. The Spaniards had previously plundered the region's silver ore and other minerals. After Datang came here, it will naturally change the overall business model, in addition to the use of more advanced industrial and mining equipment, it will inevitably greatly change the income and living conditions of miners, and it is impossible for slave labor and other things to continue to exist. Hiring will be more free, and free-spirited slaves will be able to choose their jobs as they please. In Mexico, miners will earn more than farmers.

Mexico has a large number of silver mines, and Datang is ready to further increase the mining of silver mines, and the sharp increase in silver production will inevitably lead to a decline in the price of silver, in fact, due to the development of the Tang trade in recent years. The price of silver is already falling. This did not have much impact on the Tang trade, because the Tang Yuan itself was a gold standard currency. And it is moving closer to the direction of the national credit currency at a high speed. The decline in the price of silver will have a relatively large impact on countries such as Spain and Portugal in Europe, and the other is the Qing Kingdom in the Far East.

Although the Qing and Tang Dynasty carried out trade settlement units were Tang Yuan, the country was still in use with silver and two currencies, and the currency reform that Jiaqing had always hoped to carry out was also hindered by many aspects and has not succeeded. Once the price of silver plummets, it will inevitably lead to price inflation and a series of economic problems. It stands to reason that the economic decline of the Qing Kingdom will have a certain negative impact on Datang. However, considering that with the imminent coming to power of Bai Nan, the policy towards the Qing State will inevitably be further tightened, thereby accelerating the annexation of the Qing State.

It can be said that the intensified development of silver is actually a trick deliberately used by a group of political forces of the Tang Dynasty Shaozhuang faction led by Bai Nan.

In addition to silver, Datang will also increase iron ore mining in Mexico. Unlike the United States, which guards the Appalachian Mountains and has relatively high-quality and large iron ore production, the three states on the west coast of Datang do not have too large iron mines, such as Eagle Mountain Iron Mine and Iron Ore near San Francisco, which are difficult to mine, costly and small, and increasingly unable to meet the needs of Datang's industrial development. Now that Mexico belongs to Datang, Datang naturally has to work hard to get rid of the iron ore and use it for its own development.

Another thing that cannot be ignored is the huge oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico, Datang has been exploiting oil near Pengzhou, there are also considerable reserves of oil and gas fields on the east coast of Mexico, and the development of the petrochemical industry is also a point that many economists are optimistic about the Mexican Special Administrative Region.

Mexico also has the production of copper, graphite and some non-ferrous metals, which are all important raw materials needed by Datang industry, and the industrial development of a region basically starts from industry and mining. Mexico will play the role of the ore source of Datang Industry for a relatively long period of time, and the development of industry and mining will also further promote the development of its manufacturing industry and drive the development of cities and towns, so that the economy will slowly prosper.

As far as Bai Nan himself is concerned, perhaps the most important and priority in the work in Mexico should be the building of the local organization of the National Revolutionary Party. Although the Mexican National Revolutionary Party has been established for many years, during the Tangxi War, the National Revolutionary Party grew too rapidly, and although many people did not officially join the party, they already regarded themselves as the National Revolutionary Party. In order to stabilize the Tang Dynasty's rule in Mexico, it is necessary to build a pure and efficient party and government ranks. As the leading group, the National Revolutionary Party must be honest and at the same time reflect the national values of Datang, that is, people-oriented and promote the progress and development of social civilization, so that Mexico can truly and slowly integrate into the country of Datang.

In this process, a large number of Tang people immigrated to Mexico, and Mexico will inevitably have a more complex cultural and ethnic situation after that, for the time being, Mexico is still the official language of Chinese and Spanish, but the future situation is still uncertain. (To be continued.) )