Chapter 878: Road Construction (6)

The development of North America is inseparable from capital. In the confidence of the North American Railroad, you can't find such a large investment in the world with an investment of 8 million yuan. But the railway group was able to come up with such a large sum of money, which shows the depth of the family. Before Congress could deliberate and approve the issue of increasing the number of local armies in North America, the railroad group made another big move.

This time it was even more ferocious, pulling eight companies, including Liaodong Heavy Industries, to hold a press conference together to announce the company's investment plans in North America. Iron and steel, shipbuilding, machinery manufacturing and other related industries, carry out a comprehensive layout, to build North America into the second Liaodong slogan has been shouted.

These large enterprises have always been the vane of domestic investment. What is there to covet in that part of North America? Aside from being a little bigger, whether it's worth investing in has always been a matter of debate. The prosperity of Jinshan is due to the discovery of gold mines, and now these big enterprises are swarming away, what is the purpose? No one can analyze the reason, but these grandsons will not make a loss-making business, and everyone understands this. Articles of all kinds of speculation have come out, and there are all kinds of writings. Even the discovery of the treasure of the Native North American Nation is written as if it were true.

What is the real reason? In fact, it was Chen Xie who sent a telegram to the heads of these large groups, telling them that it was the country's strategic direction to enter North America in a big way. And it is emphasized that in this part of North America, there are any resources needed to develop industry. It is even very explicit that what the state cannot do, capital can do, as long as it makes an appearance, the state will admit it.

And it has been emphasized again and again that North America has fewer people and more people, unlike India. Although the place is large, it also has a large population.

The cabinet soon made adjustments to its policy in North America, starting with the fact that the place was too large for a single governor's office to manage, and another governor of Los Angeles. The second is that North America does not have enough troops to control such a large area, which is quite controversial. However, during the debate in the Congress, a certain congressman jumped out and shouted, "From Nanjing to Guangdong, there is only one division of troops, can you take care of it?" No one can refute this sentence. That's right, North America is big. So this one also came, and the last one was more ferocious, to the effect that it was like this. According to the survey. The land in North America is suitable for growing cotton, and the plantation economy will be vigorously developed in the future, so a policy has been introduced to introduce a policy that the lowest price of land in North America is only two yuan, and the highest is five yuan, and the unit is per mu. And after the immigration is determined, the land should be divided into a lot. Of course, there is a prerequisite for buying land. Must be domiciled in North America.

The next day, after the news appeared in the newspapers, the southeastern coastal provinces were boiling. What is lacking in the South? Land! To what extent? Because of the rapid development of the textile industry. There is a huge food gap in the entire southeast, and a large amount of rice is imported from Siam and other places every year. What lake is ripe, the world is full of. The local population of the Ming Dynasty has now exceeded 300 million, and the population has exceeded 500 million including overseas territories such as Korea and Japan. The price of land in Daming. Taking Jiangnan as an example, each mu of land has risen to 25 yuan per mu, which is still the lowest price. What are the reasons for the increase in land prices? One is the high value-added planting industry, and the other is the increase in industrial land.

There is also the land of overseas territories, which is actually tight. In two countries, Korea and Japan, there is not enough land, and as living standards improve and populations increase, there is also a food shortage.

What is the difference between such a low price of land in North America and giving it away for free? And this new policy is not only aimed at the Ming Dynasty itself, but also covers two new provinces in Korea and Japan. This guy made a fuss, and the entire territory of Daming was full of people who were ready to pack up and go to North America. Such cheap land, you can't buy it if you go slowly. Some lawmakers also expressed concern about the new policy, believing that a large number of people will lead to a decline in the population of Daming and affect the development of industry and commerce. But this proposal, like a soap bubble, disappears as soon as the wind blows, and no one cares. Not one of the countless waves of the sea counts.

Of course, this problem does exist, especially as the capitalists feel the pressure. There was a shortage of labor, and there were not many people who wanted to make trouble, but during the period when Chen Xie was in power, this kind of troublesome capitalists couldn't make any moves. In desperation, many small capitalists in the southeast can only change direction and simply go to North America or India for development. The big capitalists had to upgrade their technology to reduce their dependence on the population. The many changes caused by this are beyond even Chen Xie's imagination. After all, Chen Xie's original intention was to occupy North America before the Europeans.

It was not the southeastern capitalists who acted first, but a large number of southeastern homesteaders. Selling the family's land and going to North America to become a big landlord is not a dream, but a reality right in front of you. The origin of a new wave of immigration was unexpectedly not in the Ming Dynasty itself, but in the newly annexed provinces of Dongying and Korea. A large number of peasants from the two countries, after inquiring with the local immigration agency, found that the immigrants could indeed buy cheap land, and could even exchange the certificate for a boat ticket in the bank (the loan does not give money to the ticket). Countless peasants took their poor belongings to the immigration agency to get a certificate, went to the bank to exchange for a family ticket, and boarded a passenger ship on a trip to North America.

In the winter of 1675, the Pacific route became the busiest route. The North American colonies that learned of this news immediately responded, and Xia Wanchun, who had just become the governor of Los Angeles, actually sent people to the Jinshan wharf to squat and rob the Governor of Jinshan for immigration. Not to be outdone, the Jinshan Governor's Mansion offered all kinds of preferential conditions, all with the aim of keeping people.

Dai Zhiyuan, who felt a sense of crisis, grabbed immigrants from Los Angeles while dealing with natives. The previous set of warm water swallowing mode is obviously not applicable, and Dai Zhiyuan came directly to be ruthless. Gather a group of indigenous people who have been largely assimilated and let them act as messengers to inform the various indigenous tribes. Convey a message, either leave this land, or choose to return to obedience, live according to the way of the Ming Dynasty, and accept the management of the Ming Dynasty for a period of one month.

This practice has also caused a great deal of turmoil among the indigenous people of North America, who are accustomed to a way of life that is really difficult to change. The vast majority of the natives would not accept this condition, but not all, and some wise tribal leaders, after comparing the past and present living standards, and the reality of the disparity in combat effectiveness, chose to join.

More indigenous people chose to rebel. The main reason is not the habits of life, but the indigenous chiefs and shamans who have held the power, and they refuse to give up the power in their hands, submit to and live according to the way the Ming people govern.

The one-month deadline was fast to pass, and the vast majority of indigenous reprisals had already begun. The remote passage from Gold Mountain to Salt Lake Town is full of Native American attacks on colonies. It's been less than a month. The statistics reported by various localities are 336 times, an average of 10 times a day, and there is still wealth.

At this time, the precautionary effect came out, first of all, the colonies in various places along the way were shrinking, forming one larger settlement after another. Build strong walls and stock up on food and munitions. What these settlements have to do is stay on the sidelines, and they're actually being used as bait.

The history of the North American administrative region as a large region has passed, and it is now the stage of the coexistence of the Governor's Office of Gold Mountain and the Governor's Office of Los Angeles. The two governors reacted in exactly the same way, and their North American careers taught them a profound truth. "Indoctrination" always needs a foundation, that is, as a strong party. Most of the time, verbal indoctrination does not solve any problems, and the most effective means is violence, which is simple and direct, and has quick results.

North America showed its formidable fighting ability by the all-in-one side, and two new infantry divisions were formed separately without waiting for domestic permission. An all-out counterattack was launched against the indigenous people of North America. The way to show up on the side of the Governor's Palace of Jinshan was simple, to advance east along the road. The speed is not fast, but within 20 kilometers on both sides of the railway, you must plow the land.

A cavalry division took the initiative to attack in the vast fields of North America, using large settlements along the route as supply points and companies as combat units. Don't try to win. Hit it when you have a chance, walk away if you don't have a chance, and look for the next opportunity. This tactic is really a headache for the natives, who originally had the advantage of guerrilla warfare and the style of destruction everywhere. Plus the Europeans are doing something in it. There was a lot of noise. But with the attack of the Ming cavalry, most of the natives felt the crisis. When they go out to fight the settlements, they have to guard against being taken to their hometowns. What often happens is that the front goes to fight the colonists, and the house is on fire in the back, and I hurry back to find that it is still late, the house has been burned clean, and the wife and children have also been arrested. The colonists did not want old people, but women and children were left.

While similar tactics were being carried out, the construction of the railroad to Salt Lake Town was not slow, and the railroad company, which had been well prepared, had built 30 kilometers forward in just one month after construction, and the rate of one kilometer per day was advancing. At the same time, the infantry followed the railway and built a strong pillbox for a kilometer as a shelter for the road escort.

Although this method is not efficient, it is more stable, as long as the natives dare to destroy the railway, they will be attacked by the pillboxes along the way, and at the same time, cooperate with the back and forth patrols of armored trains to ensure that the repaired railway will not be destroyed.

It seems that this way is too slow, but if you look at it this way, as time goes by, the combat effectiveness of the natives and Europeans will only get worse and worse, and the longer this kind of war is fought, the greater the advantage will naturally be for the Ming colonists. At the same time as the armed crusade, the means of dividing and buying are also endless, and the natives are not a tendon to fight the Ming to the end. The grass on the wall is the mainstream, and not accepting it at the beginning does not mean that it will not be accepted later. After being cleaned up, many natives became honest. What's more, winter is coming, because the war against the Ming colonists caused the natives to not have enough time to store food for the winter. This was too deadly, and with the onset of winter, the situation on the battlefield of the Ming colonists was completely reversed.

Relying on adequate preparation and planned actions, the Ming Dynasty achieved an advantage on the battlefield. The natives were faced with only two choices, and it was obviously unwise to continue fighting, and the rest of the choice was simple, and most tribes made the decision to migrate to the warmer places of the south. The migration process in this era is undoubtedly not so easy, and I don't know how many people will die along the way. Another option is to annex, in order to make these natives completely submissive, each of the attached indigenous tribes, immediately after annexation, as a family unit, scattered in the vast North American land of the colonies, let these natives become a minority, and then give a certain amount of material relief, let them get used to the rules, the next spring the colony officials will teach them how to farm. Don't underestimate these officials who have been in North America for many years, all of them are ruthless. If the natives do not obey the discipline, it will certainly be miserable.

There is no reason for this kind of integration, even if you accept it or not, you have to do what I say. Over the course of the winter, about 50,000 natives chose to join the tribes, and many more tribes went south, east, or even north after heavy casualties in battle. Anyway, North America is big enough, and after discovering that these colonists can't be defeated, the natives won't fight hard. Of course, there are also some tribes who have not been hit, and they have stayed, and continue to fight the colonists to defend their homeland.

From the point of view of the North American Railroad, the problem facing the whole winter is not only the problem of war, but also the problem of labor shortage. Fortunately, the large number of captives alleviated the problem, and the deeper problems will not be discussed here. Isn't there a saying, "Isn't there a corpse of a Chinese worker under every sleeper of a certain railway?" "The current situation is just a different word, a certain stage in the development of human history, is naked cannibalism. Either the cannibal or the eaten.

In the first month of the winter of 1675, a steamer docked at the Kanayama Wharf, and a group of ragged Japanese descended from the wharf and arrived at the land of hope in North America after a month of adrift on the sea. A total of 2,800 Japanese immigrants lived in a cramped cabin for a month, eating pig-like food, and 13 people died of illness on the way, and finally arrived at their destination.

As a Japanese immigrant, Toshitoshi Oshima went on the road alone, but because he was young and strong, he carried it all the way. When standing on the pier, I was a little dizzy and dazed, and when the flow of people slowly passed through the exit, I saw someone on the side of the road holding a horn and shouting hoarsely in Dongying dialect: "Los Angeles City warmly welcomes Your Excellency, turn right after going out, there is food, clothing, and free carriages and horses to the destination." Toshitoshi Oshima, who only had one package, hesitated and turned right after going out. (To be continued......)