End of September 1855

It is the late summer season when the sky is high and the clouds are light, in the eastern palace area of the newly completed Daming Palace in the Longshou Yuan District of Chang'an City, the golden and brilliant palace group is heavy eaves and arches, and the courtyard is deep, hidden between the towering giant trees, which is majestic and magnificent.

Inside the Daming Palace

A wave of rippling blue waves of the Taiye Pond lake is vast, the north of the Taiye Pond is the main hall palace group of the Daming Palace under construction, the east side of the Taiye Pool is the eastern palace area that has been put into use, the west side is the western palace area under construction, and the south is the harem building complex.

The area of the Taiye Pond is so large, almost equivalent to the Daming Palace of the Tang Dynasty in history thousands of years ago, the four palace groups are far apart, there are several islands on the lake, the scenery decorated with rockery and strange stones and trees is unique, it is a good place for leisure.

The largest island in the lake is called Pudu Island, with a radius of about 1.3 square kilometers, the highest peak is 177 meters, there is a nine-storey exquisite pagoda of about 49 meters high built in the lush mountain forest, it is called "Pudu Pagoda of Nine Turns", below the pagoda is "Pudu Temple", there is also a "Xuantian Taoist Temple" not far away, it is a temple and a view of the royal family.

On Purdue Island

There is a small palace built on the waterfront, surrounded by towering ancient trees and craggy rocks, and the stream is gurgling, and the scenery is particularly elegant and quiet.

In the observation pavilion of the waterside palace

Richard was wearing a thin robe, sitting leisurely on the cloud couch, sipping fragrant tea, and flipping through some of the reports that came up.

In his hands is a series of data created by the fiery development of Paradise Island, and this is a gratifying achievement achieved with a huge amount of money.

In just half a year

The total number of immigrants on Paradise Island exceeds 430,000, and the two major port cities, one in the east and one in the west, have a strong ability to develop themselves, and a large number of agricultural and sideline products and grain output can not only supply the needs of the island, but also have a considerable amount of surplus.

By November

Paradise Island is set to see a second bumper harvest of agricultural products, and in this warmer climate, it is not uncommon for the main crops to be harvested three times a year.

The two towns of Donggang and New Xi'an are located in fertile areas suitable for farming, with a wide internal hinterland, a mild climate all year round, abundant sunshine, and a superior harbor location, which is suitable for the development of agriculture, entrepot immigration ports and industries.

The whole paradise island covers an area of 786,000 square kilometers, the climate is changeable, the mountains dominated by the central mountain range stretch for more than 1,700 kilometers, the highest peak is more than 4,300 meters above sea level, the top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round, and the climate is relatively cold.

On the southern and northern slopes of the central mountain range, more than a dozen large rivers with an astonishing amount of water have developed, especially in the low-altitude tropical rainforest areas, the rainfall is abundant, mostly between 3500~5000 mm per year, and the most even reaches 6500 mm per year.

These areas are extremely humid with heavy rainfall for more than half of the year, dense tropical rainforests, streams and swamps, and are a green forbidden land that is difficult to develop, and a variety of unique animals and plants that are different from the continent grow, which can be described as a treasure trove of flora and fauna.

In the transition zone between the mountains and the humid lowlands, there are large areas with high altitudes and mild climates, which are very suitable for agricultural and animal husbandry development.

Donggang and Xinxi'an belong to this area, with perennial precipitation between 1100~1650, the former rainfall level is equivalent to northern Jiangsu, and the latter is equivalent to southern Jiangsu, which are all suitable areas for farming.

It is also this area that is the focus of Paradise Island's development today.

After more than half a year of large-scale development, excluding investment, more than 1 million acres of fertile land have been opened up, about 1,550 square kilometers, accounting for 1/4800 of the developable area of the entire island.

The results of the colonization were enormous, and a large number of sugar mills, food processing plants, flour mills, canneries, as well as cement factories and brick cellar equipment were transported to the island by sea vessels, which would establish the initial industrial production capacity of Paradise Island.

Due to its relative proximity to the mainland of China, Paradise Island is convenient for immigration and low in cost, and ordinary steam-iron immigration ships can make two round-trip voyages a month, transporting a large number of people to the island.

Therefore, the effect of short-term immigration is very obvious, and a large amount of labor input plays a decisive role in the development of Paradise Island.

Next

After the island has perfect migration and cargo transit capacity, and the supply capacity of grain and agricultural and sideline products, investment in the island will gradually fade, and the intensity and scale of investment will also be greatly reduced.

Whether it is the finances of the Tang Kingdom or the royal charity fund, it is impossible for a long time to make a net investment in Paradise Island at any cost, thus affecting the economic development of North America.

From the perspective of the concept of governance, this is to sacrifice the basics and seek the last.

There is no doubt that the North American homeland is a top priority for development at all times.

In the local economic structure of North America, when the gold resources of the American River, which was originally the economic pillar of the Tang Kingdom, declined sharply, the two pillar industries of petrochemical industry and mining industry developed rapidly, making up for the gap in the decline of gold minerals, and still exceeding it.

On this basis

The industrial development of the Tang Kingdom is becoming more and more rapid, and now the industrial output value in January is higher than the industrial output value of the whole year of 1851, and the development of a heavy industry system based on steel, machinery, shipbuilding, complete sets of petroleum equipment and petrochemical industry, light industry based on textile, garment processing, food processing (including canning industry), brewing and various handicraft workshops, the momentum of economic development is very gratifying.

According to demographic statistics, in mid-May 1855, the total population of the Tang Kingdom had exceeded 10 million, achieving a historic leapfrog growth.

From a demographic point of view

In mid-September 1848, after winning the war between the United States and Tang Dynasty, the Tang Kingdom annexed six northwestern states in one fell swoop, and the population of the Tang Kingdom reached 1.33 million, and the proportion of Chinese dropped sharply from 73.2% to 44.6%, which was the lowest point of the proportion of Chinese.

Since then, as the scale of Chinese immigrants has expanded year by year, economic development has gradually been on the right track, and the proportion of the Chinese population has risen rapidly, from 52.3% in 1849 to 59.6% in the next year, and then 67.1% in the next year...... 72.9%…… 78.5%…… 83.9%……

In the six years since the end of the war, there has been a steady and strong upward trend.

It is expected that by the end of the seventh year, that is, by the end of this year, the proportion of the Chinese population will rise to more than 86%, accounting for the undoubted proportion of the mainstream population, further stabilizing the social foundation.

Let's take a closer look

The Chinese population contains a certain amount of moisture, because there are a large number of Caucasian women, Mexican women, and Indian women in Chinese families, and they and their children are all classified as Chinese people, and they are registered with the ethnic group to which the head of the household belongs.

Over the years, the newborn population of the Tang Kingdom has been growing rapidly, with more than 95.7% of them being newborns from Chinese families, and the proportion of white families accounting for no more than 5%.

This is because both Christian and Protestant white families are monogamous, while Chinese families are typically polygamous.

In the traditional Chinese concept of having more children and more blessings, having more children is as natural as eating and drinking, and there are naturally more newborns than white families.

Chinese families who can have a few wives and concubines are generally financially good, and they can't afford to support them, so why don't they have children?

Richard looked back with relief and looked back at the development achievements over the years, the Tang Kingdom has survived the existential crisis at the beginning of its establishment, and has gained a foothold in North America and won a certain position in the world with its steady development step by step.

But now is still not the time to relax, at the end of 1854, the population of the northern United States reached 14.97 million, exactly one and a half times the population of the Tang Kingdom.

The economic output of the northern United States is 131% of that of the Tang Kingdom, and the degree of industrialization of the two is comparable, and the Tang Kingdom has surpassed the northern United States in per capita output value, slightly ahead.

According to the estimation of the Ministry of Economy of the Tang Kingdom;

In the next step, the sugar industry, the tobacco industry, the canned food industry in the United States, and the cotton textile industry will be further developed in the Paradise Island, and the petrochemical industry and the emerging machinery industry will further narrow the gap with the industrial output value of the northern United States this year.

By next year, the year after next at the latest, the overall industrial output value of the Tang Kingdom will surpass that of the northern United States, surpassing the industrial economy of the northern United States.

In the next 4~5 years

With the further expansion of the scale of immigration, it will be possible for the Tang Kingdom to match the population size of the northern United States.

At the current stage, the scale of immigration in the Tang Kingdom is quite large, which replenishes a steady stream of young and middle-aged labor force for economic development, promotes more stable and faster economic development, and further deepens the industrialization process.

But the United States is not a dry meal, the United States is a country of immigrants, the average annual immigration scale is between 62~770,000, and it is greatly affected by the situation in Europe.

During the Irish potato crisis, the number of immigrants skyrocketed during the Crimean War and dropped significantly in peacetime, showing an undulating wavy line.

Coupled with the large population base of the United States, the total number of newborns born every year is more than that of the Tang Kingdom, in this era, it is normal for a white family to have four or five or seven or eight children, and it is not uncommon for a dozen to have them.

Therefore, the Tang Kingdom has been keeping an eye on the development of the United States, especially the development of the northern industry of the United States, and has made great efforts to catch up.

The Central Transpacific Migration Route was born under this development strategy, and if it weren't for this, the government and royal family of the Tang Kingdom would not have spent huge sums of money to build two large-scale entrepot trade and immigration ports in Donggang and New Xi'an.

With the current strength of the Tang Kingdom, it can only focus on the development of these two port areas, and other places have no time to take care of it for the time being, and they have no ability to make large-scale investment.

In the long run, Paradise Island itself needs to have the ability to develop, and the sugar and tobacco industries are tailor-made characteristic industries for Paradise Island.

Cane sugar is a typical tropical crop, the world today in the Dutch East Indies, Cuba and Hawaii three major production areas, the annual output of cane sugar accounts for more than 8 percent of the world's total output.

Human beings have a tradition of sweetness since ancient times, and Europeans from chocolate to black tea, from hard candy to doughnuts, from ice cream to apple pie, almost all of them are inseparable from sugar, which is one of the necessities of life.

The humid climate and abundant sunshine of Paradise Island are very conducive to the development of sugarcane cultivation and tobacco cultivation, and the sugar produced by it is a scarce bulk material, so there is no need to worry about the market at all, and there are no competitors in Europe and the United States.

The development of tobacco cultivation was mainly due to Richard's covetousness of the large quantities of tobacco harvested by the British in India, which were trafficked to Britain and made into cigarettes, which were sold throughout Europe for huge profits.

On the battlefield in Crimea, cigarettes were hard currency, more sought-after than any other commodity, but only the British Empire could supply them adequately, so the price remained high.

This thing develops, and that's really making money.

Therefore, sugar and tobacco are the two characteristic industries of Paradise Island in the future, and the large amount of trade income and tax revenue earned from them can support Paradise Island's continuous resettlement plan and gradually reclaim the deep hinterland.

The grain production and agricultural and sideline production developed on the island are mainly to supply the needs of the island's population and migrants, and export to the large market of Shenzhou if there is a capacity.

After the bumper grain harvest on Paradise Island in early August, North America has drastically reduced its grain exports to Shenzhou, and has instead exported grain from Paradise Island to the southeastern provinces of Shenzhou.

From an economic point of view, this is more cost-effective.

If wheat is further processed and ground into flour, and rice is ground into rice flour, the added value of these grains will be greatly increased, and the export of grain to the southeastern coastal provinces of China will become a profitable industry.

In this day and age

The price level of the Manchu Qing Dynasty can be appreciated from a table.

Beef 58 wen a pound. Sugar is 100 Wen a catty, flour is 20 Wen a catty, mutton is 73 Wen a catty, high-quality rice is 10 Wen a catty, secondary stem rice is 7 Wen a catty, and wheat is 5 Wen a catty.

It can be seen from this

The value of wheat and rice milled into flour is increased by 3~4 times, and a large number of ships can effectively reduce costs and obtain a lot of income.

The price of sugar is higher than that of meat, and if the price of meat can be slightly lowered, then the amount of cane sugar demanded by the mainland of China alone is a staggering number, and this is a big market close at hand.

Most of the central and northern Manchu Qing Dynasty used sugar beet to make sugar, and the quality was not complimentary, and the aftertaste was astringent and the sweetness was not high, which could not be compared with sucrose at all.

Because sucrose is produced in the tropics, only a few areas in the south of the Manchu Qing Dynasty produce sucrose, the production is small, and it is mainly handmade, coupled with inconvenient transportation, so the price of white sugar is quite high, more expensive than mutton.

Paradise Island has unique conditions for the development of sugarcane plantations, coupled with industrialized steam sugar production equipment, world-class shipping capacity, and the ability to produce high-quality white sugar on a large scale.

Richard saw the sugar and tobacco industries as bulk agricultural products in foreign trade, and he had a unique vision.

Besides

Paradise Island can also develop rubber plantations, spice plantations and tropical forest fruit plantations, but these can only be used as auxiliary products, and its world market is small, especially natural rubber, the application of which has not yet been fully developed.

The most widely used fields of natural rubber are now rubber wheels for carriages, slippers and rubber shoes worn in rainy days, and the fields of application are relatively narrow, and the world market is also small, so it can only be developed.

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