Chapter Ninety-Five: North American Development
San Francisco, also translated as "San Francisco", "San Francisco". San Francisco was a port city on the Pacific coast of the California region of the Empire's North American colony, the largest city in the California region now, and the administrative center of the empire in North America. Originally, San Francisco was called Gold Mountain, but with the discovery of copper and gold mines in the inland area (now the Nixon Fork Copper and Gold Mine), Gold Mountain City was renamed San Francisco. However, with the establishment of the North American colonial system, San Francisco was renamed the Eastern Capital in 1845 under the orders of Lin Hong, becoming the most administratively ranked city among the overseas cities of the Empire.
As an important colonial center city in North America, San Francisco is located at the northern end of the peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, with an urban area of 116 square kilometers, and the population in the area has reached 500,000 by 1848, San Francisco was originally founded by Spain in 1776, belonged to Mexico in 1821, and was forcibly purchased by the United States in 1848. Now with the end of the Sino-British War, the Chinese Empire officially declared the area west of the meridian where Fort McClid in the Rocky Mountains of North America is located as a colony of the Chinese Empire, and Britain was unwilling to let such a large piece of land fall into the hands of the Chinese, and wanted to pull the Americans to help, but all parties in the United States agreed that there was no need to offend the powerful China for the land on the other side of the mountain, after all, the friendship between China and the United States has been almost fifteen years since the signing of the trade agreement in 1833, and the cooperation between the two countries has never been interrupted in the past fifteen years. Moreover, China adhered to the principle of free trade and also opened its colonial market to the United States, which made the American capitalists who advocated free trade ecstatic, although their goods did not have an advantage at all, but China's exquisite and diverse goods won the favor of the American people, so for the British proposal, even if the American president was very willing, but the pressure from the consortium and the people made him have to reject the British proposal. In addition, the United States is now actively planning for the Mexican state of Texas to join the United States, and it simply does not have the energy and strength to make enemies of China again.
After the war, as Lin Hong migrated a large number of young adults from India and Burma to East Africa and North America, the population of the North American colonies increased dramatically, and according to this ratio of population to land area, this area was basically a super-large colonial power. In the North American Empire, North America was developed in the form of a company, and now the largest colonial company in North America is Lin Hong's Royal North American Development Company, and other colonial companies include Jiangnan Development Company of Zhejiang Consortium, Jinshan Development Company of Shanxi Consortium and various other consortiums.
The development companies of these consortia are involved in various fields in North America, among which the main railway artery that is being built in North America through the north and south of the North American colonies is jointly developed with the cooperation of various consortia, relying on a large number of Indian and Burmese coolies, this railway is under construction at a rate of ten kilometers per day.
Speaking of railroads, we have to mention the Pacific Railroad built by Chinese laborers in the United States in history, the Pacific Railroad - the first railroad to cross the North American continent. The railway, which opened to traffic on May 10, 1869, was another Great Wall built by Chinese workers with blood and tears, and in 1868, the project was extended to the Sierra Nevada, which is known to Americans today as the "Great Wall of China on the Nevada Hills," where about 1,000 Chinese laborers died. In 1970, 2,000 pounds (907.2 kilograms) of Chinese workers' bones were exhumed from the local desert. As the history books say, under every sleeper of the Pacific Railroad lies the corpse of a Chinese laborer. Now Lin Hong will never let his compatriots pay even a drop of blood, and he has asked those immigration companies to bring young adults from India, Myanmar and even Africa to build this north-south railway.
Speaking of San Francisco's construction is faster and more perfect than Mogadishu in East Africa, now San Francisco not only has a shipyard that can build 10,000 tons of ships, but also all kinds of light and heavy factories no less than 100, from small screws and hardware to large-caliber naval guns used in ironclad ships can be built in San Francisco, it can be said that the current San Francisco can be completely separated from the local support, and began to feed back to the local area, promote local development, a large number of cheap goods in North America began to be shipped back to China to meet the domestic market, A variety of cheap minerals, wood, fur and raw materials have also further promoted the industrial development of the country.
The most important point is that in the colonization activities of the empire in North America, the resistance of the Indians was not as fierce as that of the westward expansion of the United States, and the Indians were very friendly to these outsiders with the same skin color as themselves, and the friendly attitude and material help of the Chinese immigrants also quickly integrated the Indians into the new life in North America.
In 1845, according to the instructions of the emperor and the cabinet, the colonial government of North America was formally established, and the former governor of North America, Count Pang Lang, was officially promoted to the chief executive of North America, but he was still called the governor of North America, and established local councils in North America to establish local courts and prosecutors. North America is officially divided into the provinces of California, Columbia, Alaska, and Rocky (including present-day Nevada, Utah, and Arizona in the United States) -
Today, Pang Lang as the regional administrator to attend the inauguration ceremony of the first university in North America - the University of San Francisco, with the large number of immigrants immigrating, the imperial residents of North America settled down, and the education of the colonies has also become a key factor restricting the development of North America, from Pang Lang with immigrants to the Queen of Charlotte Islands to settle down has been almost fifteen years now, fifteen years is enough for the growth of a generation, at the beginning of North America under Pang Lang's planning has established kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools, However, the university was not built due to the shortage of faculty and the unstable colonial environment at that time, and now with the establishment of colonial borders, the improvement of administrative institutions, and the development of the economy in North America, it is imperative to establish a university.
The location of the University of San Francisco is located near the University of California in present-day northern California, in the southern Silicon Valley of the San Francisco Bay Area. As the first university in North America, the University of San Francisco follows the specifications of a local university, with more than 20 libraries of various types, although it does not have 137 libraries like the Imperial University in China, but it is also considered to be the first class in North America, and even now there are few such universities in the United States.
The printed books in these libraries include domestic history books such as the 24th History and the Zizhi Tongjian, as well as some foreign collections.
"Distinguished guests, fellow students, and distinguished councillors, welcome to the inauguration of our university, the University of San Francisco, and the opening ceremony of the first semester, and let us welcome our speech to Governor Pang, Count of the Empire of North America." The headmaster shouted loudly from the rostrum of the newly completed auditorium.
"Dear students, today is your first day of school, and it is also the first day of this university, it is as new and vibrant as you, you have grown up on this young continent, and you are the hope of this continent. Seventeen years ago, with the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, and a group of young people like you, I crossed the ocean to this new continent to open up new lands for the Empire, we have no regrets, I firmly believe that we will open up a new situation for the motherland, and now we have done it, we have built cities, roads, ports and railways that will soon be built here, we have all kinds of factories here, our products are shipped back to China, the fruits of our labor have been recognized by His Majesty the Great Emperor and the people of the motherland, I've been tired of my time in North America for seventeen years, but I've persevered, think about it! Our nation is great, and the Chinese nation was once so great and glorious. Later, because of the wrong leadership of the Manchu rulers, we declined, but now under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor of Thailand, we will rise, and all the efforts I have made in the past 17 years are for the rise of the empire, for our great Chinese nation to stand tall among the nations of the world, I am willing to contribute all my strength, adhering to this wish, I hope you will study hard, for the better tomorrow of the empire, for the future of the Chinese nation, struggle! Young people! ”
Thunderous applause erupted, and some of the early immigrants who had become local councillors silently wiped away their unintentional tears, while others raised their heads and applauded loudly.
"For the Motherland! For the nation! It has become the motto of the University of San Francisco, and it is precisely because of this motto that the university has become the first choice for those ethnic organizations to send students to study abroad. Of course, that's an afterthought