Peel City, the capital of South Dakota, is located in the Blake Hills region, with towering mountain peaks stretching to the end of the sky and vast expanses of lush forest.

Originally a city of more than 100,000 people, it has been ravaged by war, but after peace, new buildings have been added to the city, more than two dozen traditional lumbermills have been put into operation, and there are famous bread factories in the surrounding area.

The rivers are crisscrossed by rivers on the east bank of the city, including the Great Sioux, Vermilion and James rivers, and on the west bank of the city are the Grande, Morrow, Cheyenne, Bard, and White rivers, which eventually converge into the Great Missouri River.

Peel City is located high in the Black Hills, not far from the edge of the city, with the vast Missouri River, forming a vast lake outside the city that stretches as far as the eye can see.

It's April

Melting snow and ice from the Rocky Mountains form a surging upstream water, which travels more than 2,000 kilometers along the winding highland waterways, and countless tributaries along the way to form an ocean of water to reach Peel City.

Overlooking the east from the top of the city, the raging river has overflowed, turning thousands of square kilometers of vast areas in the east into a vast expanse of water, and the tall forests and hill tops above the water form a particularly magnificent spectacle.

That direction is the scope of Minnesota in the United States.

Along the Missouri River, the west side is high and the east side is low.

In March and April, the river rises and often floods large areas of the United States, and when the water recedes in June ~ July, large swampy areas are formed.

In the palace of Peel City, Richard met with several nobles of the kingdom, including the Earls of Kahn, Harry-Freich, and Dai Changfu, whose fiefdoms were all in South Dakota.

The first two were near Peel City, where they were also the largest landowners and top nobles in Peel City, while the latter fiefdom was near Omaha, not far from here.

Earl Dai Changfu came with his retinue on a small steamer, for His Majesty's next stop was Omaha, from Peel City to Omaha, one in the middle of the Missouri River and the other in the lower Missouri River.

It meanders all the way down the Missouri River to the southeast and passes through Sioux City to Omaha, a total distance of about 570 kilometers, and there is no train between the two places, but it can pass through steamers under 1,000 tons.

"How's it going, the border situation is pretty stable, right?" At the welcome banquet, Richard asked after taking a sip of champagne, then putting down his glass.

The other nobles present did not move much of their drinks, and when they heard His Majesty's inquiry, all eyes looked at each other, but it was Count Karn who stood up first and answered;

"Your Majesty, the United States has been very stable in the past two years, especially in the border areas, there is no sign of developing immigrants. It is the flood season of March and April on the Missouri River, and the amount of water coming from the upstream is so large that it has already flooded a large area of land on the east bank of the river, and at least until October, the United States will not have the heart or ability to cross the border and invade the hinterland of the kingdom. ”

"Relying on the natural danger of the Missouri River, it seems that the summer harvest is worry-free, and the harvest of autumn wheat can also ensure that the grains are returned to the warehouse, but we still can't let our guard down! In the autumn and winter months, the militia training should be organized and prepared for war, and this string in the head should not be relaxed. ”

"Your Majesty's teachings, we will keep them in mind." The crowd replied in unison.

"Hmm." Richard nodded, then raised his glass and said; "Ladies and gentlemen, you are all meritorious men who have followed me in the southern and northern wars, and you will never forget the years of the conquest, and you are here to toast together to celebrate the glory we have created."

"To Your Majesty, to the Kingdom." Everyone toasted together, and the atmosphere at the banquet was very warm.

After the feast

Richard left the three nobles of Earl Dai Changfu, Earl Kahn and Earl Harry Friech alone to drink tea and talk, from folk trivia to marriage, drinking tea and chatting like a family chat.

Like all the great nobles, the three of them divided their land into hundreds of square kilometers, all of which were unrealistic, at best a few percent of the utilization rate, and the rest was used as pasture, raising thousands of cattle and sheep.

This part of North America is a place where people are accustomed to eating beef and mutton, and the pastures are mainly pasture-grazing, and cowboys drive the cattle and sheep to graze in rotation.

Today, scattered indigenous Indian tribes are almost impossible to see in the territory of North and South Dakota, and even a few indigenous Indians are basically wiped out by local ranchers or plantation owners.

Usually

In addition to grazing, the biggest enemy of these ranchers or plantation owners is wild animals, especially wild boars, wild wolves, foxes, passenger pigeons, wild leopards and even bison weighing up to 2,000 pounds.

Wild boars, foxes and bison will spoil grain on a large scale and compete with grazing cattle and sheep for pasture. There is also the overwhelming passenger pigeon in North America, which is one of the main culprits of the crops.

These passenger pigeons are a type of pigeon, which are larger in size than the average domestic pigeon, and have delicious meat, making them the cheapest meat in the northern provinces.

Passenger pigeons generally roost on tall trees, often tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, flying all over the world, and the number of them in the northern provinces is as high as more than a billion.

For this reason, organize large-scale hunting of passenger pigeons, put nets, traps, and various hunting methods emerge in endlessly, and the barbecue pigeon meat in the city, braised pigeon meat, and wild mountain mushroom pigeon meat stew are the cheapest meat dishes.

In order to cooperate with the northern provinces to actively eradicate the hazard of passenger pigeons, the Correctional Services Department and the mine purchased a large amount of pigeon meat, which is also the only meat that the mine slave prisoners can eat, and the consumption is very large.

How many passenger pigeons?

Two people put a big net, and they can catch hundreds of them in one net, which is so exaggerated.

Therefore, the people here are all fat and strong, and they are really beating wild deer and scooping fish, and the wild resources are too rich.

Stay here for more than ten days

Richard personally led the horse team out to hunt twice, and the prey he caught was countless, most of which were discarded casually, but he only cut back dozens of bear paws, a dozen bear bile, a few leopard skins, a dozen bear skins and more than 200 wolf skins, and had a good time with a gun.

Richard and several nobles negotiated the establishment of the Bank of Missouri, and planned to invest in the development of inland shipyards, leather processing factories and food factories to further revitalize the development of the hinterland.

The resources are so abundant that the development of river shipyards could greatly improve the independent transportation links between Peel City, Sioux City and Omaha, which are closely linked by five or six hundred kilometers of water transportation.

In addition, due to the abundant fishery resources of the Missouri River, the fishing industry can be vigorously developed, and the pickled fish and other products can greatly enrich the autumn and winter tables of the inhabitants of the kingdom.

And because there are many rivers in the region, small and medium-sized transport ships are an indispensable means of transportation for communication and interconnection, and the market has a wide range of applications.

In addition, the Bank of Missouri can also guide and promote regional economic development by collecting deposits, supporting the issuance of loans for immigrants to settle down, and expanding production loans.

Only when the regional economy prospers and the cake is made bigger, can these big landowners and nobles get the most benefits, and the same is true for the royal family.

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