After a tour of Chicago's No. 1 Steel Mill, His Majesty the Emperor and his entourage spent the evening at the Imperial Palace, a secluded manor on the side of St. Gallen's Cathedral, where a grand British palatial building is hidden among lush trees.

As always

Emperor Richard brought dozens of his favorite beasts, including lions, tigers and huge white-headed sea creatures, and had to play with these beasts every morning and evening, which had formed a habit.

Standing in the woods

Richard threw out the large pieces of beef shank meat in the basin with one hand, each piece weighing 10 pounds of flesh and bones, and in His Majesty's hands, it seemed as if it were nothing, and he casually threw it dozens of meters away.

Red, white, rich, small flowers, two, three, five, six cakes, these lions, tigers, bears, wolves, and beasts are excited to grab food, and there are white-headed sea withered lightning in the air, grabbing the pieces of meat thrown high into the sky with one claw, and then fluttering their wings and flying up the high branches, where they can enjoy the food peacefully.

"Why didn't 50,000 and 90,000 come?"

Richard frowned, looked left and right, then snapped his fingers.

I saw a huge bald sea dive swooping down from the treetops, and when it got closer, it fluttered its wings and fell, and screamed at Richard a few times.

Richard checked the memory of this white-headed sea sculpture called "Twenty Thousand" in the air, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but show a smile;

It turned out that the 50,000 and 90,000 bald sea dwarves had flown in both places, and now they are hatching small sea dwarfs on a big tree in a forest by the lake, and they will not be able to come back in a short time.

He was in a good mood and gave 20,000 yuan of the remaining pieces of meat in the basin, washed his hands with warm rose water under the service of the court maids, then wiped them clean with a snow-white towel, and strode back to the palace.

Not so long ago

The thirty sons of the emperor of the Tang Empire have just been born, plus 18 royal princesses, Emperor Richard already has 48 heirs, it can really be said that the royal family is thriving, and this is the result of his efforts to control.

Now it seems that Emperor Richard is 34 years old and in the prime of life, and the Tang Empire is also in the golden period of development.

By October 1863, the total number of imperial troops had been reduced to 320,000, and the Imperial Janissaries had 60,000, and the military strength of 380,000 was to be maintained for a long time to maintain the rule of the vast territory of the empire.

Of these, about 165,000 troops were stationed in the United States of America, almost half the size of the Imperial Army.

This scale of troops is more in line with the current actual needs of the Tang Empire.

Compared with Britain, France and Prussia and other European countries in the same period, the total number of British Army is 302,000, the British Royal Navy is nearly 200,000, with 630,000 tons of warships, Britain is renewing its fleet at the rate of 7~8 ironclad ships per year while eliminating a large number of old sail warships, with a total military expenditure of more than 9 million pounds, equivalent to 45 million Tang Yuan.

This figure is three times the total military expenditure of the Tang Empire.

With a standing strength of about 380,000 troops and nearly 500,000 vassal troops in colonies around the world, the French army can be expanded to more than one million at any time if necessary.

The French Navy ranks second in the world, with a displacement of more than 460,000 tons, and is also in full swing to carry out the fleet steam ironclad, launching 5~6 ironclad warships into service every year.

Among the European countries, the standing army of the Kingdom of Prussia has a relatively large number of 460,000 people, and has nearly 3 million reservists, with military expenditure of more than 30 million Tang Yuan, and the overall army is well-trained and has high combat effectiveness.

Among the European powers, Tsarist Russia topped the list with 720,000 troops, almost as many as the British and French armies combined.

Compared with these European powers, the Tang Empire dominated the entire Americas with economic and military strength because of its advantages of two oceans, and had almost no opponents of the same level, and the strategic security situation was unprecedentedly relaxed, so there was no need to maintain an excessively large military size.

If it weren't for the insistence of the generals of the Army General Staff, Richard even hoped to reduce the size of the army to less than 200,000, which would have happened to the desert expedition in South America and the attack on the Dongying Islands, so it would have been over.

Anyway, the imperial government has money, not to mention the royal family, and the annual dividend income from the Appalachian coalfields alone is as high as 10000000 yuan, and it is expected to increase significantly after the production increase plan is realized.

A small amount of military spending is not a big deal at all.

After a sumptuous dinner, Richard lit a Cuban cigar and went to the large study, habitually standing in front of a large hand-drawn map of the Americas, carefully examining it, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

The bright yellow color that represented the empire's territory spread from Alaska to Panama in Central America, and the southernmost triangle in South America was also rendered bright yellow, which allowed the empire to expand throughout the Americas.

From the point of view of the strategic situation

Without the consent of the Empire, no European warship would be able to enter the Pacific, and the location of the Malvinas Islands as the southernmost supply base of the British Royal Navy was very important.

Lost the island

Britain only has colonies in Guyana, South America, and there is no supply port belonging to Britain at all from Guiana to the south for more than 7,000 kilometers, and the same is true after the ships go south around Tierra del Fuego into the Pacific Ocean, so they can only turn to the Tang Empire for help.

This is true of the British, as well as France and other European powers, who must work closely with the Tang Empire in international shipping and provide each other with port supplies in order to be able to travel unimpeded to the world's oceans.

The northernmost point of North America (Alaska Province) and the southernmost tip of South America (Tierra del Fuego) are all in the hands of the Tang Empire, coupled with the fact that the Tang Empire is now fully penetrating into the economy of the United States of America, the Confederate States of America, Brazil and other countries to strengthen its regional political influence, the Tang Empire is already the de facto hegemon of the Americas, and continues to strengthen this position.

For example, the desert expedition of the Tang Empire in South America, after the return of the government delegation urgently sent by Argentina, there was basically no follow-up sound, and there was no follow-up.

After the initial fierce resistance, the Argentine whites were successively attacked by the fierce blows of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, and now they are also completely wilted.

This is reflected in the fact that the white pastures that expanded southward have shrunk dramatically, and many places have been emptied, giving up their territory, indicating that these white Argentines had no intention of wrestling with the imperial immigrants and made a wise choice.

Recently

The great strides of Chinese immigrants, many of whom have infiltrated the borders of the province of Buenos Aires, have caused a strong protest from the Argentine side, which means that this is Argentina's last bottom line.

The empire has also restrained Chinese immigrants, just occupy the southern provinces, don't enter the Buenos Aires province that Argentina regards as life, rabbits bite when they are in a hurry!

The province of Buenos Aires is the most powerful white province in Argentina, and it fought a ten-year civil war against the southwestern provinces with the strength of one province.

In September 1862, during the Paón War, Urquiza led the Argentine Federal Government Army and the local army of the province of Buenos Aires led by Mitre in a decisive battle, which ended in the victory of the local army of the province of Buenos Aires.

Now this is the time

The Tang Empire Expeditionary Force was in the midst of a full-scale invasion of the San Luis and Mendoza regions, two provinces adjacent to the western part of the province of Buenos Aires, over which white Argentines had weak control and could not resist the entry of imperial power.

Argentina has now been divided for more than 10 years, and has also fought civil wars with each other for more than 10 years, although it is still nominally a country, the province of Buenos Aires and the southwestern provinces have sharp contradictions, and they have secretly stumbled each other, and there are endless tricks and feet.

Judging from the Tang Empire's ferocious invasion actions, as long as it does not involve the invasion of the territory of Buenos Aires Province, the top leaders of the Buenos Aires Province, which dominates the Argentine government, are regarded as invisible, because this is actually reducing the power of the southwestern provinces, and the Argentine government is optimistic about its success.

The southwestern provinces, which had been defeated in the civil war and had no say in the government of New Argentina, were powerless against the fierce imperial expeditionary forces and immigrants, and had to retreat step by step to give up large areas of fertile pastures.

The desert expedition had a better effect than originally expected, and Richard looked at the map of South America with satisfaction, he was not prepared to set a ceiling on the expansion of the expeditionary force, which had never happened in the original history, and there was no ready-made experience to follow.

Hit wherever you go north!

Expansion into South America is an important part of the Tang Empire's strategy to dominate the Americas, and it is by no means optional.

Only by firmly controlling South America can the overall strategic pattern of the empire echoing the north and the south be formed, and develop into a favorable strategic pattern that spans two oceans, covers North and South America, and protects the Pacific Ocean.

From an overall strategic point of view

The Tang Empire already had an undoubted advantage on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, while the royal territories of Paradise Island and Hawaii Province and even Alaska were like two powerful arms stretched out by the empire, encircling the vast Pacific Ocean.

Richard took a step back, his hands clasped around his gaze as he navigated the map, his mind flooded with thoughts.

Based on the current strength of the Empire, it will take about 10 years to digest the newly occupied areas of the Great Plains in Central North America and the new colonies in South America, and it will be able to transform the new territory into the strength of the Empire.

Next

Expansion in the Pacific, with alternative areas such as the Luzon Islands and the East Indies, would help to strengthen the Empire's dominance over the Pacific, gain more good ports, and occupy large areas of the warm tropics.

Cuba and other regions in Central America are also considering the direction of consideration, after all, the Spaniards who bullied the twilight of the sun and the sun have been captured, and the United States has always done this in its original history, and there is ready-made experience to follow.

As the controller of the empire, Emperor Richard could feel the resistance and dissatisfaction of the white world led by Britain to the expansion of the Tang Empire, which was also an important reason for him to maintain restraint in colonial expansion.

With the current population of 40 million in the Tang Empire, it is not enough to compete with the white world, and only integration is the right choice.

The white hardliners, represented by British Prime Minister Temple, gave Richard a wake-up call; Today, the colonial expansion of the Tang Empire is likely to be on the edge of tolerance in the white powers of Europe.

Receiving it when you see it is the king, and you should go through a period of low-key development.

More than 10 years later

The empire's native population has grown to 6000~70 million people, the total economic volume is close to or exceeds that of the British, and the political influence and military strength (mainly the Royal Navy) have risen to a higher level, and the next round of colonial expansion can be considered.

The colonial expansion of the Tang Empire was different from that of the British, but more similar to that of France, whose colonial policy was mainly based on direct government management, direct garrison of troops, and direct immigration and development, especially in the Algerian and Moroccan colonies on the southern shore of the Mediterranean.

In these two African colonies, the French invested heavily in development and implemented a large number of white immigrants, so the number of French immigrants to the Americas was relatively small, and most of the white French immigrants went to Algeria and Morocco.

Countries such as Prussia and Italy, which did not have overseas colonies, often regarded immigration to North America as their first choice.

In this day and age

Because the United States of America and the Confederate States of America implemented a heavy tax system in order to repay the high war debts, many white people who immigrated to North America preferred to go deep into the Great Plains of Central America and settle in the Tang Empire.

In the Tang Empire, white immigrants were treated more favorably, with the exception of large companies in the banking, military, petrochemical and machinery industries, and government departments, white immigrants were able to get relatively fair employment opportunities.

In accordance with the regulations of the Imperial Government for the recruitment of personnel; Proficiency in the Chinese language is a minimum requirement, and all government recruiters must be able to speak two or more languages, either Bahasa Malaysia and English, Bahasa Malaysia and French, or Bahasa Malaysia and Spanish.

But in any case, Bahasa Malaysia is a language that must be mastered.

And this huge language difficulty prevents white immigrants from entering government or politics, the military, and important financial enterprises, because the national language is also a common language in the banks or in the military.

The Tang Empire used the Beiping dialect as the national language standard, and widely promoted the "Chinese Zhengyin Education" in the primary and intermediate schools of the empire, aiming to eliminate the communication barrier between local languages, and after more than ten years of persistence, it has been fruitful.

In the prevailing Bahasa Malaysia environment, many blonde and blue-eyed white immigrants are already proficient in Bahasa Malaysia, and they will naturally be able to get more opportunities to join the military or government departments.

The rise of the Tang Empire

Promoting the widespread popularity of the Chinese language in North and South America is of great significance for the in-depth promotion of Confucian culture and the development of the brilliant influence of Chinese culture.

This is something that Richard attaches great importance to.

Today, in important cities on the East Coast, such as New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Florida, and New Orleans, local white merchants can communicate with each other in a few words of Chinese.

When they see the local Chinese, they will raise their hands high and greet them; "Ni howl, did you cut it?"

The breakfast of fried dough sticks, steamed buns, spring rolls, and soy milk, which is loved by Chinese Americans, is no longer unique to the Chinese, and is widely popular in cities in North America. New York, Philadelphia and other big cities, where white residents are also very fond of and have become a part of American life.

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