The form of the Crimean War not only deeply attracted the attention of European public opinion, but also deeply attracted the attention of the high-level European countries, this extremely tragic war, the scale and intensity are far greater than the defeat of the French Emperor Napoleon at the beginning of this century in the 7th anti-French alliance Waterloo Battle.

By the end of March 1855

The coalition army lost more than 350,000 troops, and the Russian army lost more than 470,000 troops, and both sides suffered extremely heavy casualties.

After the Russian army lost the crucial Battle of Sevastopol, most of its Army Group South's nearly 180,000 troops were lost, either lost or captured.

Only a handful of Russian troops broke through the encirclement and fled to Kyiv, where they began to build a new defensive line against the Russian forces that had retreated in the Battle of the Danube.

The deep hinterland of Tsarist Russia is extremely long, and more than 200,000 serfs have been temporarily cobbled together in Ukraine and Belarus after emergency mobilization.

They lacked weapons and ammunition, they lacked clothing, they lacked food, they lacked training, they lacked almost everything that could be used in war, and many of them had only rakes and sticks in their hands, not even a spear.

Even so

The coalition forces also had to stop their continuous offensive, because there was not even a decent road in Tsarist Russia, and in the spring season, when the snow melted, the originally sparse road became a muddy pond.

As long as the carriage carrying the materials dares to enter this kind of road, there is a chance that even the carriage and the materials will be stuck in it, and they will not be able to push it out.

This kind of transportation conditions made the coalition high command also muggle.

Could it be that it has become a war, and it is necessary to build roads for Russia?

It happened that the troops were already tired from continuous fighting, so the coalition forces began a large-scale rest for 2~3 months.

When the war in Europe was a little calmer, the foreign ministry in Vienna began secret and urgent negotiations, a see-saw negotiation of harsh armistice terms.

The sixth day of the fourth month

After the cargo ships and migrant ships departing from the coastal ports of the Tang Kingdom converged on the ports of Panama, they formed a large steam transport fleet of 18 ships, entered the depths of the Pacific Ocean, and sailed in the direction of Paradise Island (New Guinea Island).

This fleet is responsible for the important task of colonizing Paradise Island, and will build two port towns at the same time, Donggang and New Xi'an, so the materials prepared are two.

4 6,350-ton coal carriers, two 3,500-ton oil tankers, 6 3,770-ton immigration ships, and 6 large steam cargo ships loaded with various materials, loaded with complete sets of cement plant equipment, brick kiln equipment, sawmill equipment, 14,000 barrels of cement, 3,600 tons of various steel, more than 1,000 barrels of kerosene, as well as an astonishing number of tents, condiments, canned food and grain, more than 2,000 cattle, more than 5,000 sheep and tens of thousands of chickens, ducks and poultry, various production tools, It even includes 100 sets of the latest 12hp walk-behind tractors.

The diesel-powered walk-behind tractor, the latest development from the University of California's Power Lab, is a groundbreaking revolutionary small diesel-powered machine that has been well received at first glance, especially in farming.

A 12-horsepower walk-behind tractor, its working efficiency is equivalent to 3 horse-drawn plows, 5 ox-drawn plows, the key is that this machinery will not be tired, and there is no need to eat grass and drink water, let alone rest, you can work day and night.

The 12 horsepower walk-behind tractor has only two wheels, no gear, and the speed of running is about the same as that of a human walk, and an iron plough can be added to plough the field, an iron rake can be raked, and a ditch machine can be hung to the ditch, almost the most difficult part of the field operation is wrapped in one hand.

The price of the walk-behind tractor head plus three farm tools, the price of the whole set is only 328 yuan, and now it has been robbed crazy in the farms and manors of the Tang Kingdom, and even the price is increased to more than 400 yuan can not get the goods, and you have to ask someone to find a relationship to get the strip.

As long as you have this sharp tool for cultivating fields, it is not a problem to open up wasteland and farm.

In addition to those stubborn tree roots that need to be removed by hand, the general bush root system, gravel and other debris are all ploughed out when ploughing the field, and then when the field is raked, it is easy to be cleaned out by the fine iron rake, saving a lot of labor.

Now the world's leading walk-behind tractor is produced by Chang'an Heavy Machinery Factory, which is a machinery factory under the General Heavy Industry Holding Company, with world-class machinery production capacity, many production equipment and machine tools are self-developed, is for large-scale industrial mass production of "Chang'an" brand walk-behind tractors.

The fact that 100 walk-behind tractors were able to be squeezed out of the extremely tight production capacity for the Paradise Island reclamation campaign shows that the Royal Government attaches great importance to this large-scale colonization campaign and spares no effort to support it.

In this large fleet of mixed passengers and cargo, there are 6 3,770-ton migrant ships, carrying engineers and designers from all over the country, construction workers, enthusiastic students, intern civil servants who have just graduated from Taoyuan School of Administration, and some retired soldiers, with a total of 4,229 people.

according to a predetermined plan;

After arriving at the destination of Donggang, the team was divided into two after a short rest, and the other team continued to sail westward after replenishing part of the water, continuing to sail for more than 2,870 kilometers before arriving in Xinxi'an Town.

The whole paradise island (New Guinea Island) is shaped like a long baked cake, about 2,400 kilometers long from east to west, and the widest part of the central part of the island, about 650 kilometers long from north to south.

Donggang and Xinxi'an are located at the top of the island, one east and one west, with a distance of about 2,870 kilometers between the two places.

The Australian mainland is located just south of Paradise Island, and in between, it looks like a fat man in a hat on the map.

The Australian mainland is a fat man with a round face, and Paradise Island (New Guinea Island) is a flat hat on the fat man's head.

On the migrant ship "Moganshan".

Baron Dong Jie, Minister of the Colonial Department, stood by the railing of the third deck, watching the long fleet of ships lined up in a long line of snakes marching forward with thick black smoke, crackling all the way, plowing white tracks in the blue sea.

At this moment, letting the cool sea breeze of the Central Pacific Ocean blow on his face, Dong Jie was still excited, and the blood in his body was surging upward.

This is called a real big deal, a real big cause!

Dong Jie is a middle-aged man who is not tall in stature, born in the two lists of Jinshi, a person from northern Zhejiang, and his wife Dong Lin is the cousin of Queen Lin Zhen'er, so he can be regarded as a Han bureaucrat in the family of Lord Lin Zexu.

Lord Lin's illness and death made him a rootless wanderer in the court disputes, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising swept through the southeastern half of the country, and Shenzhou was in shambles.

He is a very ambitious middle-aged official, and he doesn't want to waste his life like this, so he simply crosses the ocean and comes to the legendary Tang Kingdom, which is full of opportunities and flowing milk and honey, to seek development.

Over the years

The reputation of the Tang Kingdom is growing, and there are many young and middle-aged officials, merchants, children of scholarly families, Buddhism and Taoism and even Liyuan families in North America.

When Dong Jie just arrived, he took a greeting sticker and asked to see Her Royal Highness the Queen, and soon got the opportunity to go to Zihuahua City to take up a post.

Then

His Majesty the King had just conquered the province of Chivawa with a large army, and Dong Jie was one of the first administrators to arrive with reinforcements, and was appointed as the new mayor to preside over the local recovery and reconstruction of the city.

After that, the organization sold urban houses and shops to Chinese immigrants, and sold the land and property left behind after the escape of the surrounding Mexican high society, and the estate was able to gather a large amount of money for the subsequent road development and promotion of cotton plantation land sales, forming a virtuous circle, step by step to develop the cotton planting base in Zihuahua City, and revitalize the local economy.

As a local official who once served in Qipinzhi County in Shenzhou, Dong Jie wisely retained some of the best manor fields and urban houses, partly allocated to the royal family for the seat of the palace and government agencies, partly allocated to the military for military garrisons and officers' residences, and partly left the property rights in the hands of the city council, which can obtain long-term rental income and make up for the deficit of municipal construction.

It is precisely because of his outstanding performance that Dong Jie was able to become a senior official in Chihuahua two years later, and jointly put forward many proposals for the development of the regional economy, such as the "Preferential Loan Program for Targeted Resettlement", the "Law on Land Granting to the Eastern and Southern Provinces", and the "Relying on the Advantages of Cotton Resources to Develop the Cotton Textile Industry", and put them into practice.

This led to the rapid economic development of Chihuahua Province, which became the leading province in the economic development of the eight southern provinces, and thus entered the eyes of His Majesty the King and became the newly established colonial minister.

In the Tang Kingdom, as long as you have the ability, have made dazzling achievements, and happen to have some family relationships that can be handled, then Feihuang Tengda is not a problem.

In the northern and southern provinces where economic development is relatively backward, there are still many old officials like Dong Jie who have the ability and ideas, and many of them have the experience of being officials, but not many can get ahead.

The past resume can indeed add points, but in a newly industrialized country like the Tang Kingdom, some old concepts and cognitions may limit the development of these people, and they always want to find relationships everywhere to hug their thighs, recognize their relatives, and throw themselves into the door, which is obviously very wrong.

Dong Jie can see it;

It is better to make bright achievements in a down-to-earth manner, how many immigrants have been resettled in a year? How many acres of cotton fields have been added? How much more cotton production than the previous year, and how much in taxes? How many times has the value of industrial output increased?

The results are more convincing than looking for anyone.

This is also the real reason why he, as the Minister of the Colonies, personally took charge of the reclamation of Paradise Island.

Watching the spectacular fleet march all the way to the west, Dong Jie was full of pride in his heart at this moment, and he had an urge to sing loudly.

His Majesty the King has repeatedly emphasized that Chinese immigration is the cornerstone of the Tang Dynasty, and that the top goal of all government work must be attached great importance to and truly implement all issues related to immigration work.

The development of Paradise Island is an important node to open up the golden route in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and the construction of this place is a strategic topic related to the immigration work of the Tang Kingdom to a higher level, and it is worth full investment.

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