"How is the wharf project progressing?"

"Your Majesty, the wharf project is built according to the standard of being able to load and unload 10,000-ton ships, and it is planned to have 6 10,000-ton cargo berths, 9 5,000-ton cargo berths, and two passenger berths. The whole wharf area is about 4.7 kilometers long, with 3 reinforced concrete trestles and 5 wooden trestle bridges, with a capacity of one million tons of goods, and the entire construction period is expected to be 4 and a half years. ”

"Four and a half years, so long?"

"Your Majesty, the 5,000-ton freight berths and passenger berths built in advance are expected to be put into use in July next year at the earliest, and other 10,000-ton berths will be built one after another, which will not affect the cargo transportation of the port."

"That's a bit slow, how many people are there now?"

"Your Majesty, there are about 2,400 Chinese laborers and nearly 5,000 hard labor prisoners. They need to build dozens of kilometers of rocky concrete slope protection, they also need to build a large number of warehouses, and they also need to drive wooden piles into the coast, which is also labor-intensive, and it is extremely heavy manual work. ”

"Well, I'll give you more men." Richard thought for a moment, then said;

"The newly formed 4,000-strong cavalry in the surrounding area of Chang'an has been successively marched to the northern Oregon region, and the main task is to clear the northern Indian indigenous tribes.

This military activity will last for half a year. It is expected that no less than 100,000 Native American slave convicts and an almost equal number of Aboriginal women will be brought back.

I have allocated 8,000 prisoners to the construction of two wharves in Chang'an and Los Angeles, respectively, and these laborers will be in place by the end of the year, and you can use them as much as you can.

There is only one requirement; The construction period has been shortened by half for me, can it be completed? ”

"This ...... The lowly position is the head of the guarantee, and he will do his best to complete the tasks assigned by His Majesty, otherwise he will come to see him. ”

"Very well, the kingdom is now in a period of great construction, and we must be well prepared to deal with the wave of immigration."

Speaking of which

Richard's deep gaze looked at the azure Pacific Ocean, his gaze contained complex emotions, and he stared for a long time.

The two 5,000-ton passenger ships ordered by the Tang Kingdom have been put into transpacific immigration shipping since they arrived in the Bay Area at the end of last year.

so far

The "Moganshan" and "Longhushan" sailing on the Pacific North route have completed six voyages in 10 months, and one round voyage in almost one and a half months.

Coal-fired steam-powered iron-hulled ships are not affected by wind direction and ocean currents, and have the advantage of crushing compared with sail cargo ships, regardless of whether they carry cargo or carry people.

These two ships, each voyage can carry more than 2,200 Chinese immigrants, and transported more than 16,000 immigrants and tens of thousands of tons of cargo in 10 months, with amazing benefits.

In North American ports

Loaded with steel products, cement, cloth, copper and Mexican silver, these bulk goods in the Manchu market is huge, widely popular, as long as they arrive can get 3~4 times the huge profits.

Returning from Weihai's Weiying Concession, the steamer was laden with raw silk, porcelain, tea, and immigrants, and when it returned to the ports of Chang'an or Los Angeles, the American merchants swarmed with bills to sweep away the sought-after goods.

For the huge U.S. market, that's not enough porcelain and tea.

As for raw silk, it entered the internal factory of the Tang Kingdom, and after processing, the value increased by more than 10 times, and then sold to the southern United States or Europe, so as to make huge profits.

The "Moganshan" and "Longhushan" only made two round-trip voyages, and after deducting the loss-making immigration business, they earned back the money for buying the ship with interest, which shows the huge profits.

The transpacific migrant transport business has a lot to offer, and there are countless business opportunities.

As a result, Richard Holdings' Pacific Steamship Shipping Company has placed orders for 12 5,000-ton transoceanic carriers to several British shipyards in one go, and the new ships will arrive at the end of October and then be put into transoceanic shipping.

So

The Tang Kingdom's own ocean-going transportation capacity is demonstrated, with 7 voyages per ship per year, 14 transport ships will have the ability to migrate 220,000 passengers a year.

Add to that the UK's capacity to transport 8,000 people a month across the ocean, and the total number of migrants a year on the Pacific North route alone would exceed 320,000.

If you add Chinese immigrants from Central America and South America, this number will increase by 8~100,000.

With the arrival of shipyard equipment, the Tang Kingdom will soon have the ability to build its own iron-hulled ships, and more ships will be put into the transpacific route next year.

And all that

It is the origin of the migration wave in Richard's mouth that the total population of the Tang Kingdom will be close to 500,000 by the end of the year, and according to the current scale of immigration, it is estimated that it will be between 470,000 and 485,000.

And by the end of next year, he hopes that the total population of the Tang Kingdom will exceed 1 million.

Such a strong confidence stems from the grasp of the general trend and the sufficient confidence of the massive population of China.

If there is no major change in the original appearance of history

The vigorous Taiping Rebellion would soon sweep through the provinces along the southeast coast of Shenzhou, and the fire of the prairie would spread to the heartland, and most of the provinces south of the Yangtze River would not be immune to it.

With the ongoing war and the displacement of large numbers of people, isn't this the best time to migrate to North America?

Besides

Richard has asked Sequoia Bank to arrange special personnel to go to China and set up branches in Weihaiwei, Tianjin Wei, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong to carry out transoceanic bank exchange business.

For those Chinese immigrants who have made money and made a fortune in the Tang Kingdom, if they want to send money to their hometowns, Sequoia Bank will charge 30% of the exchange fee.

The gold digger enters the bank with 100 ounces of gold, which can be discounted according to the fineness of the gold, and can be redeemed for banknotes and coins of equal value, in which the bank makes a lot of money.

If 100 ounces of gold is not of sufficient fineness, you can only get 65 or 70 ounces of gold equivalent, and the maximum amount of sand gold in good fineness is 78 ounces of gold. How much water is here, how much room for price reduction is all based on the mouth of bank experts, and it is even faster than robbing money.

If the 70 ounces of gold are to be remitted back to their hometown, Sequoia Bank will take a 30% of the money, which is 21 ounces of gold, and the remaining 49 ounces of gold will be the amount that the gold digger's family can get.

Do you think that's the end of it?

No, the bank will send a letter to the beneficiary asking them to come to the bank to pick up the remittance.

If the recipient is deceased or cannot be collected for various reasons, then the money belongs to the bank.

This is not uncommon in the southeastern coastal provinces, which are about to be full of war!

The obligation of the bank's notification has been fulfilled, who are you to blame if you don't come to blame?

Making money is one thing, expanding the influence of the Tang Kingdom, and promoting the impression that North American money people are stupid and quick to hug each other, which is conducive to the rapid expansion of various immigrant Chinese groups.

Other words

In the future, it is possible that the Pacific Steamship Company will make a lot of money by selling tickets, and the money of the North American gold diggers will still fall into the pockets of the steamship companies.

The ticket price for transoceanic transportation is not low, and a bed costs at least 50 taels of silver, which is still the lowest class of shipping.

On the transport ship "Moganshan" of the Tang Kingdom, there is a bunk called a ladder bed, which is arranged like a ladder in a 7.6-meter-high cabin, with 10 layers of iron beds arranged like a ladder, and the height of each floor is less than 80 cm.

Passengers can only climb ladders to enter, and it is such a bunk, which sells for as much as 56 taels of silver in Weihaiwei. At least 68 taels of silver in Canton Prefecture.

After it was reported that there was a big gold mine in North America that could get rich overnight, many Chinese with courage and ambition would buy a ticket and cross the ocean to realize their dream of making a fortune.

Even if there is one in 100 people, with the huge population of China, it is a huge business opportunity for the steamship company to support.

The iron and steel industry, shipbuilding industry and transoceanic transportation trade are the three key directions of the future development of the Tang Kingdom.

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