November 6, 1901

Paradise Province, Eastport (Port Moresby)

After decades of development, Donggang City has become the second largest city on Paradise Island, with a population of 1.37 million, extremely developed industry and commerce, and the second largest city in the Southwest Pacific region.

Donggang City is only more than 670 kilometers away from Darwin Port, an important town in the northeast of Australia, and its industrial and agricultural products sell well in Australia.

The nearest city in Paradise Province, Shannan, is only 166 kilometers away from São Paulo, Australia's northernmost point, and can be reached by strait ferry in five and a half hours.

The emperor of the Tang Empire, Richard came to inspect and set off a shocking wave in Donggang, a metropolis with a population of one million, with thousands of empty alleys in the city, dragon and lion dances, gongs and drums beating to welcome His Majesty with the most solemn etiquette.

It has been more than 40 years since this important island in the southwest Pacific was incorporated into the empire, and it was the first time that the emperor had visited the empire in person, and the first batch of pioneer Chinese immigrants were gray-haired and old.

Located on the edge of the Empire, it seemed to be a remote place where royal glory could never shine, and no matter how much economic success it achieved, it was always called "hillbilly" by the people of the empire itself.

When you talk about the Pacific Islands, it feels like a place where the most vicious criminals have been exiled to the countryside, so far away from a world.

That's true

The paradise island is 12,000 kilometers away from Panama, and it takes more than a month for people from the empire to come and take a transoceanic cruise, which is indeed too far away.

Compared with

It took a transatlantic cruise from the imperial capital of Song City (Philadelphia) to the port of Portsmouth, England, which was only 6 and a half days.

The fastest New York to Liverpool route takes just five and a half days to reach.

Judging by the actual distance

Traveling to Paradise is much farther than crossing the Atlantic, and having the chance to go to the empire mainland is nothing short of a pilgrimage.

Many citizens of Paradise tend to laugh at themselves; "We are second-class citizens forgotten by the imperial family".

The longer you hope, the stronger your sense of happiness will be.

Countless gray-haired first-generation immigrants have been flocking on both sides of the road with their families since dawn, waiting for the emperor to arrive.

Until about 10 a.m

When the royal guards of the brigade appeared on the road with a long platoon of black cars, the logo of the royal flag fluttered in the wind, and many gray-haired old men had fallen to their knees with tears streaming down their faces, crying silently.

"Our grass people welcome the holy driver!"

"Long live my Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, long live, long live!"

The surging gratitude in my heart, mixed with 10 years of anticipation, erupted like a volcano at this moment, and merged into the sound of the tide.

A large crowd fell to the ground, a large area of black crows, and the voices of millions of people singing in unison soared into the sky for a long time.

Even Emperor Richard, who was accustomed to seeing big scenes, was moved, standing on the car and waving to the crowd of people who were waiting for him, which attracted cheers like the sky.

The long-awaited emotions of Donggang residents ignited at this moment, and they saw His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Empire with their own eyes, and felt the supreme glory and pride, which was the care bathed in the glory of the royal family of the Tang Empire.

Who can not be thrilled at this moment?

After walking for more than three hours in just 20 kilometers, when His Majesty the Emperor and his entourage stayed in the palace, the entire Donggang City evolved into a sea of joy.

Gongs and drums beat beat on the streets, lion dances and dragons set off firecrackers, people sing and dance to celebrate the big day, and the shops on both sides of the street quickly sell out of beer.

As the most populous and economic territory of the Tang Empire, Paradise Province had a population of 22.21 million at the beginning of the 20th century.

Among them, the total population of New Xi'an, the largest city, exceeded 2 million, reaching 2.07 million, ranking the fifth largest city in the empire.

Donggang City is the second largest city on Paradise Island, with a population of 1.37 million, ranking the thirteenth largest city in the empire.

The province has a total of 16 large and medium-sized cities and more than 100 small towns, and is an out-and-out populous province, because of its proximity to China, it is convenient for immigration, and its total population ranks second only to California.

The province is the main source of migration from the Tang Empire to the new colonial areas of Luzon, Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan, and the cumulative number of foreign immigrants has exceeded 3.36 million in the past 20 years.

More than half of the Chinese immigrants in the kingdoms of Luzon, Cebu and Mindanao came from Paradise Province, which greatly accelerated the process of colonial expansion.

Today, the East Indies are also receiving a large number of spontaneous immigrants from Paradise Province, and there are far fewer immigrants from the mainland.

The population of Paradise Island is now growing explosively, which has led many families to turn their attention to the sparsely populated East Indies. Follow in the footsteps of the Imperial army and explore new colonies.

For the Chinese, there has never been a lack of courage to fight, and the examples of immigrating overseas to achieve great achievements are not uncommon, inspiring more people to follow suit.

Even so, the population of Paradise Province still reaches more than 2,200,000.

The average altitude of Donggang City is about 1210, although it is located in the tropics very close to the equator, but it is a typical oceanic humid climate, the average temperature is about 10 degrees to 20 degrees, the average annual rainfall is 1100 mm, and the climate is comfortable and pleasant.

The rainfall level in Donggang City is almost equivalent to that of Yang-Zhou in Suzhou Province, the climate is cooler than that of Kunming, and the four seasons are like spring, and there is no cold winter.

Shannan City, which is separated by more than 430 kilometers, has an average annual rainfall of 2,600 mm, which is almost one and a half times the rainfall of Donggang City.

In the dense tropical jungle north of Shannan City, the average annual rainfall varies from 4500~6300 mm, and there is a completely uninhabited primitive tropical rainforest, containing amazing rainfall.

In Shannan City alone, there are five large rivers with varying water volumes, the largest with a net annual flow of more than twice that of the Yangtze River, and the smallest annual runoff of 3.3 times that of the Yellow River.

Therefore, Donggang City (Port Moresby) has a unique geographical advantage, the north is a vast and mature rice production area, and the southern metropolis is on the verge of a surrounding bay, and is a world-class excellent port.

The palace in Donggang City, which has been built for more than 30 years, is located on the side of the central park surrounded by trees, covering a very large area.

This is the green lung of the entire Donggang City, which was originally located in the middle of nowhere, but no one expected the rapid development of the city of Donggang City.

Decades later

The surrounding area has been surrounded by dense high-rise buildings, blue sea and silver beach, white walls and yellow tiles, a beautiful scene of a tropical city.

After Emperor Richard stayed in the palace, he could not calm the passionate cheers of millions of people, and he walked to the top and overlooked the city by the railing.

The entire East Point City is built around the bay, and the high-rise buildings in the distance spread out until the end of the sight, and the momentum is quite magnificent.

From here, you can see the blue bay, and because of the distance, the huge sea ships have become small black dots, dotted on the turquoise sea.

The water here is crystal clear, and you can see schools of fish swimming more than 10 meters and colorful coral reefs, and the scenery is very charming.

The entire city of Donggang is built in the framework of a large city, with asphalt roads along wide seaside avenues and major thoroughfares, as well as the necessary local sewer facilities.

It is said that in Shannan City, where there is a lot of rain, the main sewer is a dome with a height of 2.5 meters and a width of 3.3 meters.

It was a spectacular scene.

Paradise Island is also known as the "World Water Tower", especially in the northwest of Shannan City, more than 300,000 square kilometers, all of which are lush tropical primeval rainforest areas, with an average annual precipitation of 4500~6500 mm.

It was a green forbidden zone even more terrifying than the desert, where humans could not survive at all, and there were no primitive indigenous tribes, and very few people have set foot in it so far.

The plateau around Donggang City is a unique place, with more than a dozen towns and cities with a total population of nearly 3.7 million, and is an important rice producing area.

Donggang City is not only a developed agriculture, but also an important industrial and commercial town and a transportation hub city, with rich mineral resources, three iron and steel plants, seven cement plants, hundreds of brick kilns, quarries and mines, gold, copper, iron, silver, aluminum and other minerals rich.

There are more than a dozen shipyards and many more supporting enterprises, such as sail and cable factories, steel rope factories, anchor chain factories, coop workshops, glass products factories and many more. It has the ability to build a wide range of inland and ocean-going vessels.

Both Australian and Dutch customers mainly order ships in East Harbour, while local residents are the largest consumers.

River transportation in Paradise Province is quite developed, is the main mode of transportation of agricultural and animal husbandry products, all kinds of large and small inland river vessels thousands, small dozens of tons, large hundreds of tons, more than 100,000 employees.

From here there are regular routes to Darwin, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne in Australia, as well as routes to New Xi'an, Shannan, Manila, Cebu, Batavia, Samarinda and other places, and the corresponding passenger and cargo ships are built by the East Port shipbuilding company.

Coupled with the rapid development of the offshore fishing industry, Donggang has become a regional shipbuilding center, with dozens of agricultural machinery and implement production enterprises, and domestic and foreign trade is quite prosperous.

The region's specialty is canned tropical fruits, which are sold well in mainland China, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and even as far away as Europe, and are very popular products.

In addition, natural rubber, cane sugar and rice are all major exports of the region, which are famous for their large production and good quality.

Look back decades

Industrious Chinese immigrants have worked hard in Paradise Province and have built it into a beautiful and prosperous and wealthy region, with a per capita national income of about 1/3 of the empire mainland and half of Australia.

The reason for Australia's high income is that Melbourne and Sydney have discovered a large number of gold mines, and the output of gold mines alone is enough to make the sparsely populated Australia have the highest per capita income in the world.

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were only 1.69 million people in Australia, of which about half were Chinese, and they lived mainly around major cities such as Melbourne and Sydney.

Melbourne, Australia's largest city, has a total population of about 432,000, with more than 60% of the Chinese population accounting for more than 60%, and it is also Australia's largest gold producing area. (End of chapter)