At a time when the US military is hesitating

Richard led more than 4,000 cavalry (more than 400 cavalry with battle losses) roaring back and forth in the northern states, attacking the town without disadvantage, spreading the war to the entire north, burning and looting all the way, and successively breaking through Des Moines County, Omaha, Lincoln, Yancton, Sioux City, Orange and other towns, raising butcher's knives wantonly, and bleeding like a river.

Most of these towns have tens of thousands of people, and as few as two or three thousand, which is quite a large number of people gathered together.

By the end of February 1847

The main force of the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom escorted nearly 5,000 carriages and 22,000 prisoners, as well as tens of thousands of cattle and sheep to Denver, and the long convoy stretched for more than 30 kilometers, which was spectacular.

Three days after the main cavalry of the Tang Kingdom retreated, the conclusive news from Minneapolis came, and the American army went north in fear and entered the almost deserted city of Minneapolis.

As far as the eye can see

The city is full of scrawny women, old and weak, everything that can be eaten here has been burned or looted, and even the large wheat fields in the fields have been ruined, and there will certainly be no good harvest this year.

If it weren't for the fact that these wheat seedlings were difficult to burn, they would have been burned by the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom.

The population of the city, which originally exceeded 50,000, is now less than 20,000, and young white women of childbearing age, from 14 to 30 years old, are rarely visible, and young and middle-aged white men are rarely seen.

In the aftermath of the Catastrophe, the city of Minneapolis and the surrounding towns were in ruins, and everywhere was a mess, except for the old white women who had dried their tears and sat on the side of the road, muttering something with a blank expression, obviously insane.

Among the northern states of the United States

South Dakota and North Dakota were less affected by the devastation of the war, and the Tang cavalry roared through their fringe towns without penetrating deep into the interior.

Worst of all are the three northern states of Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska, where towns and cities are plowed over and the locals are afraid of the war and take refuge in the mountains and prairies.

After the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom was brutally plagued by the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, the terrified local residents abandoned their farms and pastures, drove their families south in horse-drawn carriages, and entered the densely populated areas of the Great Lakes.

Do a rough math

Nearly half of the inhabitants fled in just half a year, leaving the originally small northern states almost uninhabited for nearly 100 miles, full of relics left by human social life.

The arable land is barren, the towns and towns are empty, the development of agriculture and animal husbandry has suffered a heavy blow, and the legend about the murder of the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom has become more and more popular, slaughtering villages and towns at every turn, and single-handedly creating more than a dozen tragic eucalyptus that shocked the world, and the murder is famous.

In addition to the nickname of "The Crazy King", Richard also had the nickname of "Demon King Richard", because he was ruthless, once he heard that "Demon King Richard" led the army to kill, scared the northern American cowboy to flee.

Everyone knows that once a white man falls into the hands of the "Demon King Richard", there is no chance of survival, and he is really notorious.

Hit by this unprecedented defeat, the U.S. government was forced to strengthen its military defense of South Dakota and North Dakota, sending more than 5,000 cavalry and 12,000 musketeers to major cities and towns in the two states.

Coupled with the protection of locally organized militia forces, the situation in South Dakota and North Dakota has gradually stabilized, and the heart has been living in fear for more than a while.

No one knows

When will those ferocious and fierce Eastern cavalry be slaughtered again from the Colorado Plateau, causing human beings to be destroyed and plunged into an endless hell of fear?

American families with some ability and capital have migrated from the above two states to the Great Lakes in the southeast, trying to escape from this dangerous land.

South and North Dakota were originally the most populous states in the north, with a permanent population of more than 370,000 and a permanent population of more than 236,000, and agricultural and animal husbandry production was quite developed.

Being so involved by the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, the above two states lost nearly 1/5 of their population in about a year, which can be described as a nerve-wracking.

On the return trip

After nearly a month of arduous trekking, Richard led the main cavalry force to escort the prisoners and countless supplies back to Denver, and was greeted by the Chinese people along the way.

More than 1,840 kilometers from Minneapolis to Denver, the road is full of prairie forests and alpine meadows, the geography is complex and varied, and there are no decent roads at all, but there are roads everywhere.

Following the ruts they had passed two months earlier, this large team finally overcame all odds and returned to the Colorado Plateau.

It's the middle of winter

The ground was frozen so hard that the heavily loaded wagons barely managed to pass without sinking into the meadows and silt.

If you wait until the spring flowers bloom and the climate warms up, and there are a few more spring rains, and there is water and swamps everywhere, then you really can't walk.

After returning to Denver

Richard immediately issued a royal decree to give heavy rewards to the six thousand cavalrymen who took part in the Northern Front, each with at least one four-wheeled carriage, a white woman, five oxen, and a number of other goods.

The more than 4,000 musketeers who remained at the castle in Denver were also given a white woman, a cow, and a number of bounties.

In addition, Richard promulgated the "Order of the Tang Kingdom's Military Merit Land Promotion";

It stipulates that all officers and soldiers who have made meritorious contributions in war are entitled to their own land, with an area not exceeding 200 acres, and enjoy a preferential agricultural income tax of 10 and 10.

As soon as this order came out

The whole of Denver was boiling, and King Richard made good on his promise, winning the unanimous love and support of the military officers and soldiers.

Subsequently, more than 6,000 cavalry, or more than 6,000 families, carried out large-scale reclamation activities on the Colorado Plateau in large areas of land on the southwestern side of the Indian Valley.

Most of these cavalry families, which were mainly Chinese, had 1~2 Indian women, and now a white woman has been added, and each household has 5 cows and some chickens, ducks and poultry, and the labor force is quite abundant.

Each cavalry squadron is more than 60 households, and when they are gathered together, they are a village, surrounded by a carriage array, which is a carriage camp.

Every year in March and April, it is the time for spring sowing.

More than 6,000 cavalry families and tens of thousands of Chinese workers' families staged a vigorous large-scale reclamation movement on the Colorado Plateau, and there was a warm scene of labor everywhere.

The Kingdom Sequoia Bank has played a huge role in this process by granting each Chinese immigrant a preferential agricultural loan of up to $100 at an annual interest rate of 7.2%.

What can you do with $100?

You can buy an Indian woman for 50~80 dollars, which is worth as much as an iron plow, which is very cheap.

100 US dollars can almost collect the tools needed for land reclamation, and then two ~ three people buy a cow, and the ploughing ox will undertake the heaviest ploughing work.

In Denver's main fort and cherry fort, it costs about $2,800~$3,300 to buy a two-story townhouse with three bedrooms and one bathroom, and a yard of more than 60 square meters in the back.

Buying a house in the same condition in an Indian Valley costs half the price.

Also in the southern United States

The price of an ordinary sturdy black slave is 500~800 US dollars, and a beautiful black slave can be sold for 900~1500 US dollars, and there are very few white women in the market, often three or four thousand dollars.

This alone can be seen

King Richard was so fond of cavalry that not only did each cavalry family have 1~2 Indian women, but also rewarded a white woman, 5 oxen and a carriage, allowed to cultivate no more than 200 acres of land, and only charged a preferential tax rate of 10 taxes and 1, with a total value of thousands of dollars.

He didn't treat the musketeers who guarded Denver Castle lightly, but the reward was much less, but everyone had a share.

Therefore, the love for His Majesty the King is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, especially these soldiers.

In doing so, Richard had his own far-reaching considerations.

Only a Chinese with a family and a job will work hard to protect their families and property, and he now not only urgently needs to import Chinese immigrants from overseas, but also desperately hopes that these Chinese will have more cubs and form a sustainable social situation.

Today, the total population of the area from Denver to the Indian Valley has reached 123,000, making it the largest city in the Tang Kingdom.

Among them, there were more than 67,000 Indian women and white women who were taken captive, 10,000 troops (including cavalry and infantry), more than 12,000 Chinese immigrants, and 34,000 hard labor prisoners (including more than 9,700 whites).

Such a social structure is not healthy and unsustainable, and only by making full use of the role of these women and having more children can Denver usher in explosive population growth.

Nowadays in Denver Castle, the soldiers of the kingdom are an envied group by everyone, with a very high status and relatively well-off family conditions, which is a level higher than that of ordinary Chinese immigrants.

In particular, more than 6,000 cavalry families, who came back from a robbery in the northern United States, were all equivalent to rich families, and often could take out gold rings, gold bracelets, pocket watches, walking sticks and other valuable items in exchange for money, and some cavalry families even owned three or four carriages, which were all family businesses purchased later.

Richard's intention to make the soldiers rich first greatly boosted the enthusiasm of Chinese immigrants in the kingdom to join the army, and most of the current 11,000 Chinese immigrants have signed up for military training.

This is the role of example, so that the people of the kingdom will rally closely around King Richard, and they will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire as they point to!

Count it carefully

Richard did not spend a huge amount of money, but made tens of millions of dollars, and was unanimously supported by the military and the people, and was the biggest beneficiary.

The cattle, wagons, and supplies that were given to the soldiers, as well as the 37,000 white women who had been taken captive, were only part of the total, and the rest were in the hands of the royal family.

For example, more than 70,000 head of cattle were rewarded, 34,000 head of cattle were rewarded, more than 7,800 horse-drawn carriages were rewarded, more than 6,300 were awarded, and more than 10,000 white women were awarded, and there are many left.

Some of these white women were sent to reward the internal officials and troops of the kingdom, and about 3 to 4,000 people were needed, and more than 23,000 people remained, and they would be uniformly arranged to work in textile mills, weaving mills, garment factories, food factories, flour mills and other enterprises, so that more value could be squeezed.

In the future, it can also be awarded to soldiers as a merit for war, the best of both worlds.

As for the wasteland reclaimed by soldiers and Chinese immigrants, the military merit field is paid at a preferential rate of 10 tax 1, and the ownership of the land belongs to the individual and can be enjoyed for life.

Other words

When the veteran dies and the ownership of the land is transferred, these military fields can no longer enjoy the preferential tax rate of 10 tax 1, but must pay taxes according to the 10 tax 3 private land.

The more land is cultivated, the more abundant the kingdom's tax resources will be, and the stronger its economy will be.

From which point of view

King Richard was the biggest beneficiary, and by the end of March, the population of the Tang Kingdom had officially exceeded the 200,000 mark, doubling from half a year earlier.

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