Returning to the Qinzheng Palace, Richard casually commanded a few words; "Pay attention to tracking the development and technological innovation of this enterprise, this kind of car is a good way to travel, the future may partially replace the monopoly position of the carriage, can be developed into an important category similar to the agricultural machinery industry, to support and encourage."

"Wechen keep it in mind and never dare to slack off."

"Well, this person asked the Special Operations Department to follow up, and the relevant information should be as detailed as possible, which is also a kind of protection."

"Do what you want."

At this point, Richard stopped exploring.

Naturally, someone will do the following things, and he has always had some doubts about this Mr. Hou Guangtian, if it is a folk inventor, forget it, if it ......

This can't be blamed on Richard's heart, this is the most secret private matter he guards, and he doesn't want others to share it.

Returning to his throne, Richard picked up the statistical report summarizing the first half of 1858 and looked at it with a serious expression.

Since the establishment of the Tang Kingdom, the Tang Kingdom has attached great importance to data statistics, and the Bureau of Statistics under the Ministry of Economic Affairs has a high degree of independence, which is specially responsible for the statistics of various indicators and output value of the national economy, forming a relatively complete statistical system.

By the end of June 1858;

The total industrial and agricultural output value of the Tang Kingdom reached a new high of 783 million Tang Yuan, and the total economic output increased by 13.1% over the same period of the previous year, creating the best level in the past three years.

Among them

Agricultural output reached 234 million Tang Yuan, accounting for 28.89 percent of the national economic output, a little weaker than 3 percent, and an increase of 22.76 percent over the same period of the previous year, with a significant growth rate.

This is mainly due to two factors to drive the substantial growth of agricultural output, one is that agricultural machinery began to be widely promoted in the provinces of the Tang Kingdom, reducing the demand for labor and greatly improving agricultural production efficiency.

The second is the further acceleration of immigration in the kingdom, a large number of old immigrants who have completed the contract of labor to obtain their own land, and the total agricultural population has increased significantly, reaching an average of 57~600,000 people per year, further promoting the substantial growth of agricultural output value.

The total industrial output reached 389 million yuan, accounting for half of the national economic output, laying the foundation for the basic realization of steam industrialization in the Tang Kingdom, which was a historic progress.

Judging from the economic growth momentum in the first half of the year, thanks to the strong demand pull of the civil war between the North and the South in the United States, the industrial and agricultural economy of the Tang Kingdom has achieved comprehensive and rapid development, and the transoceanic immigration has grown steadily, and the overall economy has shown a thriving development scene.

By the end of June 1858

During the statistical period, the number of new immigrants reached 816,500, and a large number of new immigrants were widely distributed in the provinces of the kingdom, among which more than 330,000 were needed in half a year to fill the labor gap left by the old immigrants (note; the expiration of the contract of contract labor) was more than 330,000 in half a year (for the cultivation of land and various undertakings such as farms, plantations, mines, enterprises and docks owned by the royal family).

This, coupled with 18,000 to 20,000 mainland recruits per month, is also an important factor in the skyrocketing population of new immigrants.

Since 1858, under the turbulent situation in North America, the mainland and overseas provinces of the Tang Kingdom have maintained a rare calm, becoming the eye of tranquility in the storm, and with the help of the strong demand triggered by the war, it has further promoted the in-depth development of industrialization.

Due to the blockade of the southern coast by the US Northern Fleet, in just over a month, 77 merchant ships from Europe were captured, including Britain, France, and the Dutch countries, resulting in the basic interruption of European routes in every southern state, and the urgent increase in material demand.

And so it goes

The Nevada Railway, which had just been opened by the Tang Kingdom, went all the way to the west to the Phoenix Fortress and the railway line from Kansas City, which became the transportation lifeline for the southern states to import various daily necessities and military equipment, and the number of special trains entering the south from 21 to 45 every day increased dramatically, and there is a trend of further strengthening.

The southern states of the United States, because they are authentically agricultural states, have extremely underdeveloped industrial development, from basins, towels, soaps, tablecloths, clothing to all kinds of manufactured goods, except for cotton and some grains, they rely on imports for almost everything.

In order to defend Kansas City, the lifeline of transportation, the South of the United States formed the Kansas Corps in the state, with a total of 72,000 people, of which about 1/3 are cavalry, which is an important transportation hub and focus on the Western Front, and several major wars have broken out recently.

In order to stabilize the delivery of supplies to the southern part of the United States and support them to continue to fight dog-eat-dog, a railway trunk line westward to Texas is being built from the southern line of the Central Railroad of the Ocean Kingdom to Chihuahua as a backup transportation corridor.

From Chihuahua City all the way west to Houston in Texas, the straight-line distance between the two places is about 892 kilometers, and the total length of the railway line is about 1,176 kilometers.

The southern United States and the Tang Kingdom each mobilized more than 10,000 laborers, each responsible for the construction of the railway in their own region, so the progress is relatively fast, and it is expected that this important railway will be completed early next year, and the industrial products of the Tang Kingdom will continue to be imported into the southern United States.

Strongly driven by the demand for war, the Tang Kingdom now has more than 370 factories completed and put into operation every month, with products covering all aspects and a large number of categories, which has effectively promoted the rapid development of the domestic economy.

Expected in the current year

The annual national economic output of the Tang Kingdom exceeded 1.5 billion yuan, achieving a historic surpass over the northern part of the United States and firmly sitting on the throne of the world's fifth economic power.

By the end of June 1858;

Compared with the statistics of 11,223,300 at the end of June 1856, two full years have passed, and at the end of June 1856, it reached 14,869,200 (note; this statistic does not include Costa Rica), showing a trend of rapid growth.

This total population is very close to the population of the northern United States three years ago, and the total output value of industry and agriculture is even better, which means that the Tang Kingdom is richer than the northern United States, with a higher per capita output and a deeper industrialization process.

Taking advantage of the fact that the old insiders in the United States have become dog brains, the Tang Kingdom has made enough efforts to develop, and it has taken advantage of this golden opportunity to achieve transcendence, which is something that makes Richard particularly happy.

Putting down the heavy semi-annual statistical report in his hand, Richard couldn't help but smile knowingly.

This heavy achievement report, which brings together countless efforts over the past 12 years, has finally achieved a brilliant achievement that surpasses the total economic aggregate of the northern United States, which is a milestone worth celebrating.

From now on

The economy of the Tang Kingdom will march all the way, leaving behind the northern United States, which is mired in the swamp of civil war, and widening the economic gap between the two sides until the United States is desperate.

Only in this era can we deeply appreciate the importance of first-mover advantage.

Mid-19th century

In the world, only the British Empire is making every effort to promote a free trade policy, and European countries, including the United States, are seriously protective of trade, have heavy tariff barriers, and the world market is extremely limited.

Due to the limited level of development, it does not mean that the international market is infinite, enough to accommodate the two emerging industrial powers, the Tang Kingdom and the United States, which is completely wishful thinking.

You don't have him, the competition is so cruel.

Britain used its world hegemony for more than 150 years to weave a pound trade area containing 22 million square kilometers of colonies and more than a dozen protectorates, including Hiyinlang, Oman, Burma, India and various regions of South Asia, the Qing Dynasty, Fuso and other countries, just to find markets for British industrial products and collect cheap raw materials.

This is also an important reason why the great powers of various countries are keen to use guns to open and close the doors of backward countries, although this method is rude and brutal, but the effect is really good.

The rapid rise of the Tang Kingdom in North America will inevitably squeeze out the market for industrial development in the United States, not only in the European market, in the south of the United States, in Central America and South America, but also in South Asia and the East Indies market, all of which are opposing competitions.

As long as the Tang Kingdom occupies the industrial product market of these countries with a first-mover advantage, this will lock the upper limit of the industrialization development of the northern United States, shackle the hands and feet of the American industrial economy, and make it staggering behind, and finally it will not even be able to eat a fart.

Take the road of the old rise of the United States, so that the old America has no way out.

The strategic competition between countries does not have the slightest warmth, and there is no room for the slightest concession, what is mine is mine, yours is also mine, and everything is mine.

Well, that's the right attitude.

Richard pondered strategic issues in his mind, his fingers unconsciously circled the thick poster, and he forcibly suppressed the urge to celebrate and admonish himself;

Now is not the time, everything has to quietly develop and grow. One day, when the old man of the United States looks up, my God, is the Tang Kingdom so powerful?

Only then will it be worth celebrating.

These half-year economic summaries and full-year economic summaries in Richard's hands are all highly confidential to the kingdom. There are no relevant figures from the Statistical Office, and these are secrets that are strictly forbidden to be reported, and can only be held by the top of the Royal Government.

Now pinch your fingers and count;

The kingdom has a number of unique skills in the industrial field, the first category is mineral resources, petrochemical, copper, silver, aluminum and other mineral deposits, which is now the largest export material of the Tang Kingdom, and it is also a valuable resource that European and American countries cannot refuse.

The second item is food processing, which is mainly canned and shelf-stable, which sells well in Europe and the United States with many varieties, good taste and reasonable prices, and is also a unique bulk export material.

The third is the machinery industry, the development of the agricultural machinery industry in the Tang Kingdom is becoming more and more prosperous, and more than 20 agricultural machinery factories have emerged in China, producing a wide range of agricultural machinery supporting products, and several leading enterprises have emerged.

The cars you see today are eye-catching, but Richard is not so optimistic, the development of the automobile industry needs to be cultivated for a long time, which is not a necessity of life.

The cars of today's era have not greatly surpassed the horse-drawn carriage in terms of performance, and naturally cannot quickly replace the horse-drawn carriage and become a new trend in the development of the times.

In the territory of the Tang Kingdom

Many cities and highways are paved with asphalt asphalt, and horse-drawn carriages generally use rubber wheels, which makes the heavy-duty carriage capacity reach 1.5~2 tons, which is a fairly high number.

If it is on an ordinary dirt road, the horse-drawn carriage can only pull a ton of goods when it is dead.

As for the current level of cars, the carrying capacity is only three or four hundred kilograms, which is not half a star.

Before the development of medium-sized and large-scale diesel engines, unless people see the great superiority of diesel vehicles, it is neither realistic nor possible to replace the mainstream position of horse-drawn carriages in freight and passenger transportation in a short period of time.

In European and American countries, the horse-drawn carriage is a distinctive social and cultural symbol, and it also has a deep history of inheritance for thousands of years, and has been integrated into all aspects of social life and is widely loved by people.

It is not easy to change this deep-rooted traditional concept in 10 or 20 years, and there is still a long way to go in the development of automobiles, which can only be done slowly.

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