"Father, this is the particularly beautiful Peach Blossom Town, and this mountainous area to the east plans to develop tea plantations. The geographical climate and environment here are very suitable for tea cultivation, which will be the key development direction in the future. Tang Li Kun, Prince of Guangnan, pointed out the window of the car and said with great interest.

Emperor Richard listened to the slight chin and commented on this; "It's a lot of ideas, I think it's possible.

Colombia has many mountains, forests, valleys, and abundant mining and water conservancy resources, and it is a correct path to develop the economy in light of local conditions and in light of local characteristics.

The development of Chashan is a good project, the local demand of the empire is huge, and the market prospect is bright!

As a child of the royal family, the pastoral side should be cautious in everything you say and do.

It is especially important to have a simple concept of benefiting the people in order to govern the feudal kingdom well. ”

"Father Emperor Shengming, my son has been taught." Prince Don-Li Kun replied respectfully.

The train roars south, and the scenery outside the window keeps receding, crossing the magnificent mountains and tropical forests as far as the eye can see, heading towards the capital Medellín.

After more than 9 hours of travel, the royal train slowly drove into the Medellín station, where a grand ceremony was already prepared.

As soon as the train entered the station, a band of more than 370 people played the "March of the Royal Legion", the salute was fired, and the honor guards lined up next to the red carpet to welcome the holy car with the highest etiquette.

Medellín, the royal capital of Colombia, has undergone a large-scale expansion and renovation on the original foundation, adding many modern high-rise buildings, which complement the Catholic church and Spanish-style Mediterranean architecture in the city, and is a city with a very South American character.

After being incorporated into the empire, a large number of Chinese people migrated, accompanied by many merchants and factory owners who came from North America to invest in the country, contributing to the rebirth of this large South American city.

Relying on the abundant local resources, dozens of large and medium-sized coffee roasting factories, 7 sugar factories, 3 cement factories, dozens of large and small rice mills, oil mills and other enterprises have emerged in Medellín, opening the road to industrialization.

The city has grown from 362,000 people to 557,000 today, accounting for 1/10 of the vassal country's population and more than 1/3 of its economy.

The system of the Kingdom of Colombia is a constitutional monarchy one level lower, and the royal government is elected by elections and is under the direct administration of the imperial government, but it has a great deal of administrative autonomy.

Prince Tang-Li Kun had important advice on government affairs, did not have the right to decide, and could not directly intervene in government affairs, but it was undeniable that he had an important influence on the formulation of the policy of the vassal state.

The arrival of the Emperor caused a stir among the residents of Medellín, and 100,000 people from all over the city greeted him along the way with bouquets of flowers.

As the cavalry of the Royal Janissaries escorted the long convoy of sedans, the earth-shattering cheers came one after another, and many residents burst into tears of excitement and a deep sense of pride in their hearts.

Medellín was built to the standards of a large imperial city, with wide avenues with dividers and green belts in which flowers bloomed.

The air is filled with the faint aroma of roasted coffee, and this is a beautiful mountain town with stunning scenery.

Located in the Abra Valley at the western foot of the Central Cordillera, Medellín is a beautiful city built on the banks of the Porce River, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with an average altitude of 1,541 meters.

The average annual temperature here is 21.5 °C, the average annual precipitation is 1309 mm, and the climate of the four seasons is like spring.

The emperor did not stay in the royal palace, but stayed in the Spanish-style royal palace, which is a European-style palace with ochre red body, only more than 700 meters away from the palace, and is known locally as the "Red Palace".

Emperor Richard could feel the frenzied welcome of the Imperial populace here, and after dark, the people gathered in the streets of Medellín still sang and danced, expressing indescribable joy in their hearts.

These Chinese residents who immigrated to South America have become more cheerful and confident under the influence of the unrestrained and enthusiastic customs here.

Although the per capita income level of the Kingdom of Colombia is only about 1/3 of that of North America, there is no shortage of food and clothing, and people are more likely to be satisfied.

The so-called no food is unstable, no work is not rich.

At the beginning of the transformation of the Kingdom of Colombia from a typical agricultural country to an industrial country, it will focus on the exploitation of local mineral resources and gradually establish a supporting industrial system for the new century.

This timeline will take up to decades.

The Kingdom of Colombia is the richest source of emeralds in the world and is known as the "Kingdom of Emeralds".

Besides

Colombia is rich in bauxite, gold, silver, nickel, uranium, iron, coal, gemstones, and other mineral resources. Its central region is located on the Pacific Andean metallogenic belt, with large porphyry copper, porphyry copper-gold, gold-silver and iron mines, which are basically in a primitive and untouched state.

It is also the richest coal mine resource producing area in the whole South American region, with reserves of up to 6.7 billion tons, excellent coal quality and high thermal efficiency.

From the port of San Onofre in the Kingdom of Colombia, dozens of large 10,000-ton ships call at the port every month, from which high-quality coal is loaded and transported to the Ecuadorian Canal in the city of Lake, the Kingdom of Cuba, the Republic of Mississippi and the Republic of Florida and other export regions.

The coal export industry, which is the backbone of the economy of Port Saint-Onofrey, has created many jobs around this industry, and a new quayside is being expanded.

In the dozens of coal mines in the mountainous areas, the main labor force is the local indigenous Indians, and the criminals of the entire Kingdom of Colombia and the surrounding kingdoms are also mostly concentrated here.

The first steel mill in the Kingdom of Colombia, invested by Chinese businessmen, is located in the town of Fallen Leaves, more than ten kilometers from Port San Onofrey.

The bay is in good condition and suitable for a railway branch line to the wharf, where iron ore can be transported directly by sea vessels to minimize costs.

In order to support this major project with an investment of up to 6.2 million Tang Yuan, the Kingdom of Colombia has implemented a preferential policy of tax exemption for five years and halving the tax collection for five years after the completion of the steel plant.

It is estimated that after the landing of this steel plant, it will directly create 2,800~3,000 jobs and indirectly create more than 7,000 jobs, which will play a very obvious role in driving the overall economy of the Kingdom of Colombia.

When completed, this large steel plant will face the entire South American vassal markets and Central American provinces, and it will also be the first steel plant in the region.

Relying on this large steel plant, a series of small and medium-sized manufacturers can be developed in the local area, such as anchor chain factory, steel cable factory, agricultural machinery factory, iron pot factory, steel fence factory, wire factory, building steel factory, foundry, etc., deriving more industrial products.

During this visit to South America, Emperor Richard was prepared for a massive hemorrhage, and the Kingdom of Colombia was rewarded with three large reservoir projects, worth more than 1,300,000 Tang Yuan.

These three large-scale reservoir projects have the capacity to generate electricity, which will completely solve the shortcomings of the power shortage in the Kingdom of Colombia and give its economic development wings.

With electricity comes industrial development, and these three large-scale reservoir power generation projects will not only add 1.7 million acres of fertile land to the Kingdom of Colombia, but also provide sufficient electricity to support its industrialization process.

Colombia is a mountainous country, located in the northernmost part of the Andes Mountains, because of the superior terrain conditions, large upstream and downstream drops, and abundant average annual precipitation, it has the unique advantage of building a large hydropower station.

Of course

There is no dispute that the three large dams were financed by the Royal Home Office, and their property rights are vested in the Royal Construction Fund, as well as the long-term benefits for the future.

Such mega-projects have landed in the Kingdom of Colombia, bringing a lot of tax revenue and employment opportunities to the local area, bringing ample impetus to develop industrialization, and the potential to form more than 1.7 million acres of fertile land downstream of the dam.

These are tangible benefits, which can be seen and felt, and will certainly contribute to a new level of infrastructure construction in the Kingdom of Colombia.

No matter from which point of view, the geographical environment and natural conditions of the Kingdom of Colombia are among the best among the vassal states, and there is no reason why it should not develop well.

From the sociodemographic point of view

After more than 20 years of imperial rule, the Kingdom of Colombia is in the initial stage of explosive population growth, and it may be the first vassal state with a population of more than 10 million in the future.

Farms and plantations, mainly of old and small ex-servicemen, are scattered all over the kingdom, and the superior natural conditions in the local area make Chinese families have a strong desire to have children.

A standard Chinese middle-class family, with one wife and one concubine plus more than ten children, is a very common phenomenon.

These Chinese children have now grown up and entered the stage of marriage.

in the next decade

The explosive population growth of the Kingdom of Colombia can be expected, forming a wave of baby booms that will last for more than ten years, which will profoundly change the local social and demographic structure.

The proportion of the mainstream Chinese population will increase rapidly, and the indigenous Indians will become more marginalized, which is an almost unstoppable trend of development.

It is especially worth mentioning

The existence of black slaves was strictly prohibited in the territory of the Tang Empire, so all the vassal states and provinces under the empire implemented this regulation to the letter.

Most of the blacks are trafficked to neighboring countries such as Brazil and Venezuela, and they are not seen at all.

Emperor Richard hoped that the Tang Empire would be an inclusive society, an open society, and a purer society, without too much complexity.

The entire Tang Empire is being shaped according to his ideal model, which is not necessarily perfect, but it must be the most in line with the development of a multi-ethnic society dominated by ethnic Chinese.

In addition to the Chinese, Emperor Richard especially admired the rigor and truth-seeking of the Germans, the persistence of the British, the romance of the French, and the passion of the Italians, all of which were beneficial nutrients needed by the pluralistic society of the Tang Empire.

The black community, obviously, is not among them.