Daming Palace

The palace with heavy palaces still retains the festive colors of the Spring Festival, and the giant palace lamps hanging in the palace have not yet been removed. The hot golden couplets at the foot of Wanshou Mountain are shining, and the continuous palace buildings are in the corners where the sun does not shine, and there is still a little residual snow.

The tiger roars and the lion roars in Wanshou Mountain in the first month, the sound shocks the sky, and the pet beasts roar with excitement and flattery, and they all seem eager to try.

Emperor Richard walked lightly through the forest, and the ferocious attacks of hundreds of fierce beasts such as lions and tigers or brown bears were all in vain, and in his eyes it was too slow.

Pick and flick, push and fall.

These tigers, lions, and brown bears all rolled out like gourds, and they couldn't get close at all, and their arm strength was amazing.

Approaching the top of the mountain

A large brown bear pounced on it, and Richard quickly gave way to the front, reaching out to grab the thick bear's leg and thrashing it violently, while the other hand pushed hard.

I saw that the huge body of the brown bear instantly left the ground, roared wildly and flew out of the air for several meters, and then rolled and fell down the mountain.

Along the way, he crushed a lot of arm-thick bushes, and fell down with a roar, this time it was quite heavy.

Fortunately, the brown bear has rough skin and thick flesh, so there will be no damage.

Richard's body swept towards the top of the mountain like electricity, and a large group of lions and tigers and beasts behind him followed closely, only to hear him shout, and his body suddenly appeared in the group of beasts more than 100 meters away, and his fists and feet made a "crackling" impact sound that made the scalp tingle.

In the blink of an eye, the herd was in chaos.

I only heard the miserable howls of these lions and tigers and beasts sounding continuously, and the huge bodies flew in a variety of postures, and the roars of the beasts roared in the sky.

"Hahahaha......"

In the blink of an eye, the group of beasts was emptied, and Richard's full energy was vented. Laughing heartily.

How many years have it been, and the "prestige task of 100 million people" has finally been achieved, and the rapid increase in physique after adding points has opened up new options, which is the biggest surprise.

The unexpected joy is the small success of the body of the Suzaku and greatly prolongs the longevity, and there is no more powerful reward than this.

The high-spirited negative hand stood on the peak of Wanshou Mountain, and the domineering aura on Richard's body was released, and the invisible coercion spread.

The beasts that followed closely behind them all had a keen sense of smell, and could clearly perceive the almost irresistible aura of the superior. They all obediently lay down, wagging their tails and making a whimpering low roar, expressing their absolute submission to their masters.

Richard stood on the top of Wanshou Mountain, condescendingly overlooking the palaces of Daming Palace.

The huge liquid pond is vast, the palace pavilions built around the lake are high and low, and the golden glazed tiles show the solemn and solemn style of the royal family, which is the power center of the Tang Empire and the nerve center of the entire empire.

In the distance from the direction of the West Palace and the Harem, you can see the halls and pavilions under construction.

It is a separate construction site of the Construction Department of the Imperial Interior Office, and it is a large-scale project such as the Treasure Pavilion, the Library Pavilion, the Sword Pavilion, and the Imperial Inner Library.

Since entering the Daming Palace

This vast royal palace complex continues to be built without stopping, with all kinds of beautiful gardens, palaces and exquisite handicrafts, wood, stone, gold and jade carvings, etc., day after day, year after year.

In the coming decades, palaces, rockeries and royal gardens will continue to be built.

Every year, the Royal Interior Office allocates a huge amount of money of up to 10 million Tang Yuan to add new buildings to this huge royal palace complex.

Thousands of skilled craftsmen of the Craftsman Division made rare treasures for the emperors and concubines living in Daming Palace, carved jade Buddha and various jade pots, jade cups, gold ornaments, Suzhou embroidered screens, embroidered curtains and other exquisite works of art.

The Treasure Pavilion and the Library Pavilion under construction have two floors underground, which can maintain constant temperature and humidity all year round. It is used to collect countless treasures, porcelain, antiques, books and calligraphy and paintings from the Qing Dynasty every year.

In the Daming Palace, there are only three sets of four library books, and one set of Yongle canons.

From the Qin and Han dynasties, the Tang Dynasty, the Ming and Yuan dynasties, and the late Qing Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty royal family has countless treasures and antiques from the French court, the Tsarist Russian court and the courts of European countries, all of which are classified into different types of treasures.

Taking advantage of the turmoil in the land of Shenzhou and the turmoil in European countries, the Tang Empire took the opportunity to absorb a large number of good things, all of which were shipped to China one after another, and were the largest buyers in the international antique industry.

The Imperial Internal Affairs Office of the Tang Empire has set up antique shops directly under the above-mentioned countries, and invests huge sums of money every year to acquire rare toys.

More than 10 years ago, when the British and French forces broke through Beiping, the antique shops of the Royal House Office directly set up stalls on Qianmen Street to buy the things looted by the British and French soldiers.

Porcelain is purchased according to size, one for the small one and one for the large one.

Antique books are weighed according to the pound, basically 3~5 cents a pound, a complete set of four libraries of books almost bought more than 9,300 yuan, it is said that it is bought according to three cents a pound, and the full set of books weighs more than 150 tons.

That time

Most of the cultural relics and antiques looted by the British and French soldiers were sold to the antique shops on Qianmen Street, and exchanged for money to happily take back.

Only a few officers returned to Europe with some souvenirs, and in this era, the loss of cultural relics in China was not as serious as in the original history, and even if they did, the vast majority were in the Tang Empire.

in North America

In a society with a high concentration of Chinese population, there is a high demand for antiques and cultural relics from the mainland of China, which is the root of the pursuit of culture. Every year, huge quantities of porcelain, tea, Chinese medicinal herbs, bamboo products and other specialties are imported from the mainland.

Richard looked to the south, and could see the towering bell and drum tower on Danfengmen Square, and the tall and low buildings in the distance stretched out to the end of the sky.

The imperial capital of Chang'an is now the world's second largest city, with a population of more than 3.23 million in the early 1870s, second only to London, the world's largest metropolis.

What makes Richard proud;

He single-handedly changed the situation in the Americas, with the imperial capitals of Chang'an and Los Angeles ranking as the first and second largest cities in the Americas respectively, while New York was reduced to the third largest city due to the small population base of the United States of America, which was far less prosperous than the first two.

By the beginning of 1870

The total population of the empire has grown from 52.41 million at the end of 1866 to 65.77 million at the end of 1869, and it is possible that by the end of this year, it will exceed the 70 million population mark, making steady progress towards the goal of a country with a population of 100 million.

Since 1867, the empire has increased its efforts to import Chinese immigrants to Central America, and has imported a large number of Chinese immigrants to Paraguay, Uruguay and other countries for several years, which has become the mainstream ethnic group of the de facto social population of the above countries, accounting for more than 9 percent.

Chinese is the lingua franca of society, and Portuguese has become a weak language.

From 1869 onwards

According to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Introduction of 1.5 Million Chinese Labor Force signed between the Tang Empire and the Brazilian Empire, the import of Chinese laborers to the Brazilian Empire through the Transpacific Central Route has become an important destination for Chinese immigrants, provided that the Brazilian Empire bears the immigration costs and other related expenses.

In 1869, 161,200 people of Chinese descent entered the Brazilian Empire through formal arrangements between the two countries, and this year this number will increase slightly, between 170,000 and 180,000.

Most of the immigrants from the golden route in the central Pacific are used to send Chinese immigrants to South American countries, supplement the total population of the Andean Viceroyalty and develop the Central American provinces, and the demand will continue to be relatively strong in the next ten years.

Due to the factor of migration diversion, the average annual number of immigrants in the Tang Empire in recent years has been between 1.1 million and 1.2 million, and most of the increase in immigration has gone to South American countries.

This is about 240,000 to 260,000 per year, and is likely to grow to an average of about 280,000 to 300,000 per year in the future.

Richard was generally satisfied with the flow of Chinese immigrants, a large number of Chinese immigrants into South American countries, were the natural supporters of the Tang Empire, from language, culture, religion, customs to all aspects of complete fit, no need to bother to reform.

What the Tang Empire could do was to help local Chinese immigrants, establish a wide range of Chinese schools, and help Chinese immigrants take root and gradually multiply through banks throughout South American countries.

This is an extremely beneficial win-win result and a huge business opportunity for the eight major consortium banks of the empire.

Chinese immigrants in this era are more likely to believe that Chinese banks that speak the same language will become loyal customers of Chinese banks after settling in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, which greatly expands the influence of consortium banks.

The Chinese community generally attaches great importance to the credibility of the bank, and is a good customer group of the bank, which promotes the development of the Imperial Bank in South America, as if it is a good business.

As a superior

Richard was pleased to see the growing influence of the Chinese ethnic group in South American countries, the so-called solitary flowers are not spring, and the most beautiful scenery is the garden full of flowers.

In the situation of a large number of Chinese immigrants entering South American countries, Chile, led by the military dictatorship, Bolivia, Peru and other countries that lack labor have also relaxed restrictions and cautiously began to introduce Chinese immigrants to supplement the domestic labor force.

The Empire welcomes this situation, provided that it provides a non-discriminatory and equal employment environment and business environment for Chinese immigrants, and guarantees the property and personal safety of Chinese families, which is a prerequisite for cooperation.

Richard believed;

In a few years, industrious and intelligent Chinese immigrants will grasp the economic lifeline of the above-mentioned South American countries, form large and small Chinese family enterprises or consortia, and become an important political force close to the Tang Empire.

To put it mildly

Whether the Spaniards or the Portuguese are interested in the economy, they are the scum of the whole of Europe, and the colonial world has not developed the economy for hundreds of years, and even missed the important first wave of the industrial revolution.

The wealth of these countries is indeed profound, but in the entrepot trade with the Tang Empire (imports from other countries, mainly kerosene and some beef and mutton and agricultural products), a large amount of gold and silver wealth was lost, and the unilateral trade deficit was serious.

Sitting on the mountain and eating the sky, how can there be a reason not to decay?