After gnawing a large piece of fat from the United States, Richard temporarily let go of the old Americans, and the wool could not catch a sheep, so it was time to change the target.

After the signing of the "Hold Taihua Contract", the heavy army group stationed on the Colorado Plateau implemented a new blood replacement, and more than 20,000 Chinese recruits who rushed to the plateau by train have gradually become the main force of the cavalry regiment and the musketeer regiment.

From the 1st Regiment of the Denver Musketeers to the 8th Regiment of the Denver Musketeers, except for a few officers and soldiers who performed for outstanding performance and were awarded meritorious service awards and were awarded noble titles, the other nearly 6,000 people were all retired, granted legal citizenship of the Empire, and given 60 acres of meritorious fields, and went home to marry wives and have children, and make a stable living.

These retired soldiers of the White Servant Army, who have a deep blood feud with the United States, are more loyal and more rigid than the Chinese retired soldiers, and they cling to the thighs of the kingdom and do not relax, perhaps this is their only way to survive.

In the Plateau Mobile Cavalry Corps and the Northern Front Cavalry Corps, there are also a large number of retired soldiers, and most of them are arranged in the six northwestern states in line with the principle of local resettlement.

A large number of nobles newly rewarded by the kingdom, most of the fiefdoms are also located in the six northwestern states, and a few are located in the Oregon region, California, Nevada, Utah, the northern provinces, the former Washington state, Iowa, Arizona and New Mexico, these seven provinces do not have a single noble fief, completely blank.

Richard himself is the Grand Duke of California, a top aristocratic title like the Prince of Wales in the United Kingdom, and will be the title of the crown prince of the Tang Kingdom in the future, which will be passed down from generation to generation.

Naturally, the territories within California cannot be divided, but can only belong to the exclusive property of the royal family.

In the study

Richard looked leisurely with his hands behind his back, his gaze swept from the vast territory of the Tang Kingdom one by one, and then looked at the fertile black soil plains in the central United States with a slightly hot gaze, and Texas, Monterey, and Tijuana in the south, smacking his lips with a little regret.

It's a great place!

It's a pity that it's not easy to start in the past ten years, and we have to wait until after the outbreak of the American Civil War.

The strategic purpose is simple;

That is, the American South must be divided, and by the way, it will bite a big piece of fat......

Now, there's no hurry.

Richard's gaze detached from the North American continent into the Pacific Ocean, lingered for a moment on the Hawaiian Islands, then turned to Midway, and continued to look ahead at the Aleutian Islands and Fuso Islands, and, of course, the mouth-watering Alaska Peninsula.

Not to mention, Alaska, a large area of ice and snow covered in extreme cold, Richard has already regarded it as a bag, as long as he buys this cold land with an area of more than 1.718 million square kilometers, the territory of the Tang Kingdom will surpass the United States, thus ranking second in the Americas, second only to Brazil.

Since 1848

The ocean shipping industry of the Tang Kingdom has made great progress, and more than a dozen enterprises involved in ocean shipping have emerged, and the number of iron ships of more than 1,000 tons has reached 86, and it is still doubling rapidly every year.

these months

The Kingdom's largest Pacific Shipping Company has received seven imported large-tonnage ships, both British-made and Prussian and French-made, with displacements ranging from 4,500 tons to 6,800 tons, which can be used for passenger and cargo transportation on the North Pacific route, further enhancing the company's transportation capacity.

Private shipping companies, mainly Chinese capital, are also investing heavily in the construction of large transoceanic ships, which have met the huge transportation needs of people and materials on the golden routes of the North Pacific, and have taken a share of the current immigration boom.

Richard's gaze swept over the map, and finally he tapped his finger hard at Midway and Hawaii, which were to be taken in as soon as possible as a transit point on the Transpacific North route, providing coal, water, vegetables, and other necessary logistical services.

Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 1,200 nautical miles northwest of Honolulu, Midway is a Polynesian archipelago that is now just a desert island that no one cares about.

Midway Island is a coral atoll with a geolocation of 28°1225"N, longitude 177°2234"W, and a circumference of 24 kilometers. It has a land area of 5 square kilometers and consists of Sound Island, East Island and Spit Island, and has a subtropical climate.

In the original history, it was first discovered and occupied by the United States in 1867, and now there is nothing old in the United States, and it must be under the jurisdiction of the Tang Kingdom.

The situation was slightly more troublesome in the Hawaiian Islands, where at the end of the 18th century, the Hawaiian chieftain Komeihameha conquered the other islands with cannons and established the Hawaiian dynasty as King Kamehami I.

The Kingdom of Hawaii began to split after the death of King Kamehami I, with a portion ruled by his favorite wife, Queen Kayahumanu.

Queen Kayahumanu is a strong figure in the style of Wu Zetian, leading the indigenous islanders to familiarize themselves with the advanced civilization of the West, and trying her best to get rid of the bad habit of wearing animal skins and revealing her breasts, and is a relatively enlightened queen.

Oahu, the third largest island in Hawaii, is owned by the Spaniards, but the Spaniards have not invested much in the management of Oahu, and they do not pay much attention to the island.

Richard was ready to take Hawaii Island in one fell swoop, making it the 15th province of the Tang Kingdom.

To deal with the indigenous queen directly, send 500 heavily armed soldiers to the island, and everything is OK.

As for Oahu, which was occupied by the Spaniards, it adopted the method of squeezing out, vigorously introducing Chinese immigrants in the local area, and gradually compressing the privileges of the Spaniards until they were finally squeezed out.

It's really not good, it's okay to buy it for one or two hundred thousand dollars, and it can save a lot of trouble.

This little money, the Tang Kingdom is still willing to spend it.

After all are captured, Midway and the Hawaiian Islands will become two large transit points on the North Pacific Golden Migration Route, and the safe harbor for migrant ships to berth.

With these two ports of call, it will greatly improve the survival rate of migrants on the North Pacific route, and provide a stable and reliable supply of water and fresh food for ships, which is of great significance.

Today's Datang Kingdom government's primary task is to immigrate, to provide a stable and reliable support port for the North Pacific migration routes, from the big to the long-term development of the kingdom to the strategic issues, from the small to the lives and health of the immigrants, is a real moral policy.

Today's oceanic migrants have a high mortality rate because of the cramped space on board and the harsh environment and the abundance of diseases.

Second, because there was no reliable supply of water and fresh food, during the long voyage of more than a month, the crew and passengers had to eat some spoiled food, which caused a lot of diarrhea and severe dehydration symptoms, resulting in death.

Midway is located in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, 4,100 kilometers west from the Fuso Islands, a 910-day voyage, 1,850 kilometers east from Honolulu, the capital of the Hawaiian archipelago, and 3,219 kilometers from the west coast of North America.

Such a geographical location allows the ocean-going migrant ships departing from the Jiaodong Peninsula to dock at Midway Island after sailing for 1,112 days, and some passengers who fall ill on the way can disembark here and receive good recuperation and treatment, so as not to die on the way.

After adding coal, water, fresh fruits and vegetables, the migrant ship set sail again, and after more than 4 days of travel, it can reach the Hawaiian Islands, where it can dock again, and set sail again after a short rest to set sail again to the cities on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean of the Tang Kingdom.

Not only is this journey much easier than before, but the ocean-going migrant ships can be replenished in the middle of the journey, and they can be loaded with less coal, water and food, which can be used to carry more migrants and cargo, reducing the casualty rate of passengers and directly increasing the profitability of shipping.

After thinking for a moment, Richard quickly made up his mind that this matter had to be done as soon as possible.

"Come, quickly summon Lieutenant Colonel Pan Hengchen, commander of the fleet, into the palace."

"Wechen obeys."

More than an hour later

Lieutenant Colonel Pan Hengchen, commander of the fleet of the Tang Kingdom in full uniform, hurriedly arrived on horseback, he was a strong man in his 30s with a dark face, a native of Mawei in Fujian Province, who had been boating on the sea with his family since he was a child, and was smuggling and smuggling to make a living.

Because of his wealthy family, Lieutenant Colonel Pan Hengchen has received a good education since he was a child, he is good at reading and hyphenating, and can speak some English and Dutch.

He rose to prominence in the newly established navy of the Tang Kingdom and was appreciated by Richard, allowing him to take on important responsibilities.

Because the navy of the Tang Kingdom did not make an inch, it was absent from the ceremony of awarding knighthoods to nobles, and none of the more than 1,360 people in the navy won the title of nobleman, which is a big pity.

Today, the navy of the Tang Kingdom has a total of 7 old sail warships donated by the British, two third-class sail battleships of more than 1,000 tons are "Wang Quan" and "Dignity", of which "Wang Quan" is the ship of Lieutenant Colonel Pan Hengchen, and the remaining 5 are 260 to 350 tons of two-masted sail frigates, as well as more than a dozen 10-ton whistle ships, which are all naval equipment.

"Your Majesty, Navy Pan Hengchen has the courage to meet you, please give instructions to Your Majesty."

"Oh, Hengchen is here."

Richard was sitting behind the Imperial Eucalyptus at the moment reading the recital, and when he heard this, he raised his head and greeted him with a warm expression.

Lieutenant Colonel Pan Hengchen was excited, although he was the commander of the navy, but he was only a lieutenant colonel, and he had not made an inch of merit, and he had seen His Majesty three or four times in the past two years, and compared with the army, he felt that he was a head shorter out of thin air, and he seemed to be very neglected.

His Majesty's cordial greetings melted into the cold heart like a warm current, making Lieutenant Colonel Pan Hengchen couldn't help but be excited, and raised his hand to make a standard military salute, his eyes full of eagerness.

"The navy is ready to obey His Majesty's call, please instruct."

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