Chang'an Daming Palace

"Hmph...... Striving for greatness? Richard snorted coldly, dropped the briefing notes on important news at home and abroad, and paced to the large hand-drawn map to examine it carefully.

His gaze wandered through the states of the Great Plains in the central part of the United States, and he couldn't help but show a fiery light, which is a real black land, fertile and highly productive, and the location of the great granary of the American Federation that will be famous in the world for more than 150 years.

This vast black land with an area of 1.2 million square kilometers, almost more than 90% of which is in the United States, and only the northern Peel City and Omaha line of the Tang Kingdom occupy a slender narrow side.

In this era when there was no chemical fertilizer, the high-yield black soil was naturally open, and the yield was seven or eight percent higher than that of ordinary good farmland, and it was normal to produce three or four hundred pounds of wheat per mu.

Only enough food production can feed more people.

On the Colorado Plateau, the yield of wheat in the best ripe fields is only 178 pounds, and the higher is about 200 pounds, which is already the sky.

But in the black and fertile black soil around Peel City, the yield of 334 pounds per mu is often more than 100 pounds per acre, so what about 100,000 acres? What about 500,000 acres? What about 5 million acres?

It's exciting to think about, and that's the magic of the black land.

With the rapid growth of the population of the Tang Kingdom, the food pressure has gradually emerged, and it is only necessary to maintain the grain production of three or four million or even five or six million people, and while they are rich, they can also sell or reserve a large number of them.

But when the population grew to more than 11 million, the pressure was felt even though the land was being cultivated.

This is because the Tang Kingdom is trying its best to develop industrialization, and the urban population accounts for more than half of the total population of the kingdom, and the remaining cotton planting, animal husbandry, and characteristic planting have diverted a large number of people, and the population engaged in agricultural planting is less than 30%, about 27%~28%.

As a result of such an industrial structure, although there are bumper grain harvests every year, the total grain output cannot keep up with the rapid growth of the population.

At present, it can still support the edge, because the Tang Kingdom has increased its pioneering efforts, and new products such as small walk-behind tractors have entered the field of farming, which has greatly improved production efficiency.

"Your Majesty, Chief of Special Operations, Colonel Mak Jack-chen, is waiting for your audience."

"Well, go to the outer hall to meet you."

"Wechen obeys."

After the order, Richard's eyes lingered for a moment in the Great Lakes region of the United States, especially in the densely populated urban areas centered on Chicago, and his eyes were full of fire.

Outer Temple

Colonel McJichen, who was wearing a crisp tuxedo, wandered a little nervously, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the military both intervened in the Kansas Civil War in the United States, but due to the deliberate suppression of the political leaders of the North and the South, the fire of the civil war was never burned.

The Yankees are not stupid, and they know very well the truth of fighting without breaking.

The expansion and spread of the civil war is not in the fundamental interests of both the North and the South, who are only competing for the right to speak on the battlefield of Kansas, and do not want to escalate the conflict and eventually lead to an unmanageable end.

Once the civil war shows signs of expansion and overheating, it will attract suppression from the upper echelons, and even temporarily cut off the reinforcement of troops and the supply of materials, which is an unsolvable problem.

So for the past few years, the Kansas Civil War has been tepid, and it is difficult to satisfy His Majesty.

As for some internal and external operations, such as cracking down on the cort's internal espionage case, the assassination of Lincoln, and inciting and developing hidden piles in the eastern part of the United States, these are just routine activities of the Special Operations Division, and there is nothing particularly remarkable about them.

Since the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei, the Oriental countries have a tradition of developing hidden piles and secret agents, and the development from domestic to foreign countries in North America seems smooth and natural, without the slightest disobedience.

The Special Operations Service has also enjoyed the great benefits of developing hidden piles abroad, such as the hidden piles developed by the Washington Telegraph Bureau, which can access a large amount of confidential internal information, involving military, political, and economic aspects, and the hidden piles developed in the Federal Tax Bureau can clearly and completely restore the financial strength of the US federal government, which is very important for decision-making at the upper level.

The military did a better job in this regard, and in the early years of the prisoners of war it developed a number of spies and nails, some of which were released directly and secretly, and some were only able to return after the war.

Nowadays, many people are already important members of a party or have entered important departments, and often have access to very sensitive and confidential military information.

This is something that the Special Operations Division does not envy.

Colonel Mai Jicheng was thinking about it in his heart, and when he heard the sound of "His Majesty has arrived", he hurriedly tidied up his clothes, and when he saw His Majesty striding in, he knelt down and saluted.

The Tang Kingdom abolished the kneeling ceremony, and the "curtsy" was the most solemn etiquette.

This kind of etiquette is similar to the Western kiss ceremony or the Eastern Qian'er, squatting on both knees, bowing the head respectfully with both hands in the shape of a heart, which is called "curtshi".

"No courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the favor." After thanking Colonel Mai Jichen, he stood up, his hands naturally drooping, and stood respectfully to one side.

Richard came to the main hall, stood with his hands in his hands, and asked softly with his back to him; "What is the situation of the Kansas Civil War?"

Colonel Mai Jichen did not dare to slack off, and stepped forward and replied respectfully;

"Your Majesty;

The forces behind the North and South sides of the Kansas Civil War in the United States have completely cut off the channels for volunteers to enter, and the supply of materials has also been greatly reduced, which should be to limit the civil war to the current scope and try to end this dispute as soon as possible.

The parties to the Kansas Civil War can only rely on the existing forces and resources to fight to the death, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to get foreign aid.

The current situation is that the situation in the north is slightly superior, they have about 4,700 volunteer soldiers, the south has less than 3,000, the only advantage of the south is that there are more Texas red necks, these Texas red necks are rough and warlike, good horsemanship, good marksmanship, and combat effectiveness is stronger than the average in the north.

At this stage, it is too obvious that we continue to meddle, and it is easy to arouse the vigilance of both sides and the forces behind them. ”

"Then put it away for the time being, this civil war can't end for a while, but it can't be instigated, it's a small fight after all."

"Wechen obeys."

Colonel Mai Jichen could feel a trace of dissatisfaction in His Majesty's tone, and a layer of white sweat appeared on his back, and his expression became more respectful.

Richard paced back and forth a few steps, and asked thoughtfully; "What are the recent high-level movements in the south?"

Colonel McJichen bowed and replied;

"Your Majesty;

White Southern cotton planters have been in frequent contact with senior politicians in Southern states and will gather in New Orleans, Louisiana, in April to discuss the current situation.

According to our investigation, there are 5 main topics;

First, the South will adopt a common position and use one voice to the outside world, mainly in response to the aggressive tendencies of the new Democratic President James Buchanan, and it is estimated that a series of new policies will be introduced in the future.

Second, the Southern forces will work together to push for the passage of the "national legalization of slavery" proposal in Congress, and the major white plantation owners and cotton plantation owners will unify their positions as a key political battle and continue to push it with perseverance.

Third, in view of the strong British Textile Industry Alliance cotton price reduction, explore a variety of ways to fight for their own legitimate interests.

It's a common question, because in the face of the powerful British Textile Industry Alliance, American cotton planters have suffered from being squeezed, and the price of cotton has been suppressed every year, and this year is not new.

As the main supplier of British cotton, the United States produced 72.1% of the demand of British mills (in 1846), which was higher than that of Egypt and India, and close to 3/4 of the cotton demand.

Cotton exports, accounting for more than 92% of the economic exports of the southern United States, show its importance and irreplaceability;

In 1790, before cotton became an important cash crop, fifty percent of slaves were concentrated in Maryland and Virginia. In the 1790s, there were fewer than 700,000 slaves in the American South and less than 3,000 in Mississippi.

By 1830, there were 66,000 slaves in Mississippi, and by 1850 there were four million slaves in the entire South, who were the main laborers of the cotton plantations in the United States, supporting most of the South's economy.

To put it bluntly, slavery was the lifeblood of the white lords of the South manors.

The production of raw cotton in the United States jumped from 334,000 bales in 1820 to 1.35 million bales in 1840, then to 2.4 million bales in 1850, and then to 4 million bales in 1856.

It can't be ignored

There is an organization of export agents between American cotton planters and British factories, called the British Textile Industry Alliance, who extract 5%~12% of the value of cotton every year, worth tens of millions of pounds.

It was a huge vested interest group made up of the families of British aristocrats, monopoly merchants and politicians, and without their permission, not a pound of cotton could be sold in British factories.

The American cotton planters, who had been oppressed by the British, could only continue to squeeze the black slaves fiercely, spreading the costs as low as possible in exchange for profits, which is the current reality.

Fourth, in view of the current situation in North America, the South should conduct in-depth discussions and deal with it cautiously, which is a major topic in the gathering.

Fifth, discuss the trade situation between the southern United States and the Tang Kingdom.

At present, the trade between the southern United States and the Tang Kingdom is showing a serious deficit situation, the kerosene, heavy oil, all kinds of canned food (mainly canned seafood and canned fruits), sophisticated guns, steel and chemical products, etc., are very popular in the South of the United States, especially the small agricultural machinery that has recently begun to be exported, which has simply attracted crazy grabbing, and the sales situation is extremely optimistic.

However, the most handy raw cotton in the south of the United States is not attractive to the Tang Kingdom, which is a thriving cotton producing area in Chihuahua Province and New Mexico Province in the south of the Tang Kingdom, and the cotton textile industry is developing day by day, and it is an exporter of machine-made cotton cloth.

A large number of low-cost woven fabrics produced by the Tang Kingdom are sold overseas, such as the Shenzhou Mainland, the Korean Peninsula, Fuso, the Indochina Peninsula, Central America and South America, all of which are the vast markets of the Tang Kingdom.

So

The southern part of the United States has a huge trade deficit of 35 million ~ 40 million pounds per year, which is an urgent problem to be solved at present, and will be discussed at the meeting. ”

That's a bit far!

The corners of Richard's mouth twitched slightly, he was not worried about the restrictions on bilateral trade in the south of the United States, this is because the Datang Kingdom has shipped kerosene, heavy oil and canned food, as well as agricultural machinery products are irreplaceable and unique, if they are not imported from the Datang Kingdom, where will they be imported?

After years of development

The petrochemical industry of the Datang Kingdom has ranked among the top in the world, accounting for more than 9% of the world's share with advanced refining capacity, and the only estimate that can compete is the Russian Baku oil, which is too far away to help.

Mid-19th century

The petroleum refining industry in Britain, France, the United States and other countries was still in its infancy, and as a result, it was nipped in the bud by the rapidly developing oil fields of the Tang Kingdom, and it did not develop at all.

On the cost, on the output, on the market share all thrown off a few streets, the Tang Kingdom's Texaco Petroleum Company, Chevron Petroleum Company, Royal Bright Petroleum Company, Chang'an Petroleum Company is known as the "Four Heavenly Kings" in the petroleum refining industry, ruling the world's market share of more than 9 percent.

Not to mention the southern part of the United States, even the northern part of the United States has to import a large amount of kerosene, lubricating oil and heavy oil, and there is no way to import agricultural machinery, which is the restriction and suppression of the northern United States by the Tang Kingdom.

Texas in the south of the United States has discovered abundant oil fields, but unfortunately it is unable to develop them, because the developed crude oil has no refining capacity, and even if it is refined by primitive means, the cost is too high to collapse.

The Tang Kingdom strictly prohibits the export of petroleum refining equipment and technology, even the British cannot get it, which is a bottom line.

Fortunately, in the vast colonies of the British, there are basically no oil fields rich in resources, and the demand for this area is not urgent, so the appearance is not so ugly, and the market dominance of the Tang Kingdom in this field is tacitly acquiesced.

After all, it's a little brother, and he has to give some benefits.

Another prohibition on the export of the Tang Kingdom is the can-making machine, which ensures that the canned food industry of the Datang Kingdom has swept the European and American markets with an unstoppable rapid trend.

With a wide variety of canned food, you can make a big table at a glance, after all, heating up food or cutting some potatoes and radishes into the broth is a simple operation.

The canned food export of the Tang Kingdom was in 1856, worth as much as 23 million pounds, although the war was over, but it did not affect the canned food to be frantically sought after by European countries.

Mr. Darwin, a member of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, said with emotion; "What makes me happiest is seeing the storage room full of cans on the shelves."

Mr. Darwin's words resonated strongly with the British, especially the Royal Navy, which had a high status in Britain, and unanimously praised the canned food produced in the Tang Kingdom.

With many flavors, rich varieties, fair prices, large output and easy storage, it is the label of the canned food industry in the Tang Kingdom, which has become popular all over the world.

Such a good product, are you still afraid that the southerners don't want it?

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