With the cool sea breeze blowing in your face and blowing Emperor Richard's hair, this tropical coastal metropolis has a pleasant climate and is a rare place to be.

In the heart of Emperor Richard, the geographical location and superior resources of Paradise Island are clearly imprinted in the memory like a pattern on the palm.

The entire island of Paradise (New Guinea) has a central mountain range that runs from east to west across the island, forming a continuous central mountain range. Most of the mountains and plateaus are above 4,000 meters above sea level, making it the highest island in the world.

The towering mountain ranges that crisscross the east and west, and the locals habitually call them "Snow Mountain Ranges", the highest peak of which is Jaya Peak (also known as Karstens' Peak), with an altitude of 4884, which is the highest point in Oceania.

Hundreds of thousands of years ago

Paradise Island was once connected to Australia, and later as the continental plates moved and subsided, a strait of islands scattered between Paradise Island and northern Australia separated each other.

Emperor Richard looked at the magnificent metropolis surrounded by the bay in his eyes, and his deep eyes flashed from time to time, which was full of a sense of accomplishment.

He single-handedly changed not only the course of American history, but also the situation in the Southwest Pacific.

The island of New Guinea, which was originally deserted and untouched in history, has been transformed into a place of civilization with a rich cultural gathering in the Southwest Pacific, a fairly developed industrial and agricultural economy, and a new paradise for the Chinese society.

How can this heavy historical achievement not make people feel comfortable?

It is the power of tens of millions of Chinese immigrants to create this paradise and beautiful island.

The hard work and ingenuity of countless Chinese immigrants, after more than 40 years of hard work, have turned this place into a land of fish and rice, an important industrial and commercial town and a transportation hub city comparable to the south of the Yangtze River in the southwest and Pacific Ocean.

As the second largest island in the world, about one-third of the 780,000 square kilometers of the tropical paradise island is a habitable place.

Around Donggang City alone, there are 146,000 square kilometers of coastal plains and vast valleys, suitable for farming and grazing, as well as for planting alpine tea and tropical fruit trees.

Such a large area is almost equivalent to the total arable land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in China.

There is abundant rainfall, strong sunshine, mild and humid climate all year round, and rice is harvested three times a year, which is a treasure land for the development of agriculture.

At the northwest end of the region, the southern slope of the snow-capped mountain range that runs through the island, there is a total area of about 300,000 square kilometers of pristine tropical rainforest, which can be called the Amazon rainforest of the southwest Pacific Ocean.

It is the most concentrated and largest rainfall region in the world, with rain almost every day of the year, and in some years it can rain continuously for two months, and in a few areas the annual rainfall reaches tens of thousands of millimeters.

What is this concept?

That is to say, the annual rainfall in the region reaches an average of more than 10 meters, and it is impossible to wear clothes all year round, and it is indeed worthy of the name of "the world's water tower".

Entering the Moresby Plateau with an average altitude of more than 1,000 meters to the east, the rainfall decreases sharply, the average annual rainfall is about 860~1100 mm, the climate is cool and pleasant, and the annual rainfall is basically the same as that of Suzhou Province.

The annual rainfall in northern Jiangsu is about 750~850 mm, and the annual rainfall in southern Jiangsu is about 1100~1250 mm.

Comparatively

The average annual temperature difference in Donggang area is small, the lowest temperature is not less than 16 degrees, the highest temperature is not higher than 27 degrees, the annual temperature difference is about 10~11 degrees, and the climate is like spring throughout the year.

The easternmost part of the snow-capped mountain range is drastically lowered here, forming a vast eastern slope, and the sharp drop in altitude is very suitable for the construction of dams and hydropower stations, and more conducive to the construction of farmland water conservancy facilities.

The intermittent road and railway ring the island from Donggang City to the north, taking advantage of the gentle and low hilly terrain of the area, crossing the tall snow-capped mountains that run through the island, and connecting with the vast northern slope area, is the main land transportation artery of the island.

Why are there intermittent ring roads and railways?

Because there are many rivers on the south and north slopes of Paradise Island, it is known for its large volume of water and wide river surface, especially in the coastal plain area, the vast river estuary cannot be seen at a glance.

Such geographical conditions make the construction of bridges an impossible task.

Therefore, the two banks of the river are often connected by ferry.

Some railways take four or five hundred kilometers, while others get off at two or three hundred kilometers, change to ferries, cross the big river, and then get back on the train at the railway station at the ferry crossing on the other side of the river to continue the rest of the journey.

Because of this geographical feature, the road and railway around the island are intermittent, and it is difficult to ride smoothly from beginning to end.

The vast majority of passengers traveling from Donggang City to New Xi'an will take coastal cruise flights, which not only avoid the toss of getting on and off the train, but also faster than land transportation.

In stark contrast, Greenland, the world's largest island, is located in a cold zone at high latitudes, and the entire island is covered with ice and snow all year round, and the area of the southern coastal area that can be used is less than 1/10,000.

In terms of value, it is not even as good as a hair on Paradise Island.

Emperor Richard had to admit that the great Chinese immigrants had gathered enough power to change the world.

This resource-rich and geographically blessed island has been devastated by the aborigines, and only in the hands of industrious Chinese immigrants will it shine brightly.

The white colonizers couldn't do that, because their population and financial resources fell far short of the minimum requirements for development.

For example, Kalimantan, the world's third-largest island, which has just been included in the empire's bag, has been completed after two years of construction, the ring road has been completed, more than a dozen coastal wharves have been renovated and expanded, and the construction of the railway around the island has been put on the agenda.

What the Dutch colonizers failed to do in 300 years has changed dramatically in just two years, fueled by the Empire's deep pockets.

In the new colonial area of Kalimantan, the main road and railway line extends to the place. The surrounding land of more than ten kilometers or even dozens of kilometers is very suitable for colonial development, large-scale burning of wasteland, and the construction of plantations and farms.

As an emerging world colonial power, the Tang Empire has extensive experience in this field.

It is nothing more than to cut down countless tropical trees after burning, dig out the roots, turn the land mixed with thick grass and wood ash deeply, rake it flat, and remove the gravel grass roots, so as to form a large area of arable land.

Irrigation canals were built on these lands, and after a few crops were grown, and after the annual harvest of the crops, the straw was burned and returned to the fields, and again ploughed and raked......

In just a few years, raw land will become high-yield mature land, tropical forests will become fertile fields, and a steady stream of agricultural products will be produced to supply the market.

If you want to do this, you need a lot of manpower and material resources to invest in advance, and the combination of manpower and machinery can get twice the result with half the effort, and the use of gasoline to burn the famine is a must.

In tropical rainforest areas, it is not easy to light wildfires due to the humidity of vegetation.

The solution to this problem is gasoline, which burns violently in trees and shrubs that are splashed with gasoline, and the fierce fire quickly evaporates the rain and moisture in the forest, forming a line of fire with black smoke billowing and spreading.

If the combustion is not effective, gasoline needs to be sprayed to help the combustion, and the ferocious wildfire can spread again......

Without gasoline, the damp and rainy tropical rainforest burns and then extinguishes, making it difficult to form large-scale wildfires.

In the Tang Empire's standard for tropical reclamation, the bushes must be burned to the ground, and the branches of trees must be burned to the ground. If the standard is not met, there will be secondary and tertiary burning, and the large-scale use of gasoline is the most critical factor.

Therefore, gasoline is the sharpest weapon for clearing land in tropical rainforest areas.

The experience of Paradise Island is very suitable for the development of Kalimantan Island, from the coastal area to the inland step by step.

In the humid and large tidal flats along the coast, the most important thing is to build low dikes to prevent seawater from backing up, and after many years, drain the water in the swampy areas and form a relatively solid ground.

On this basis

Repeat the complete process of large-scale wildfires, felling down large trees, digging out tree roots, raking the ground deeply, and removing grass roots and gravel.

In general, freshwater swamp areas are improved to be more fertile and nutrient-rich, and most of them become high-quality paddy fields, with higher yields than drylands.

Ask yourself, the royal family of the Tang Empire has little time and less energy for Paradise Island, an overseas royal territory, except for some early construction funds.

And this Crown Territory, which has been rewarded for decades, is the most successful Crown Overseas Territory.

The entire Paradise Province, from an average annual payment of more than 100,000 Tang Yuan to tens of millions of Tang Yuan today, has become a steady growth point of the revenue of the Royal Interior Office.

In addition, the population of the province has spread to the surrounding areas, which has effectively consolidated the population structure dominated by Chinese people including the Kingdom of Luzon, the Kingdom of Cebu, the Kingdom of Mindanao, and the Kingdom of Lanfang, and has contributed greatly to the stability of social governance.

It is undeniable that the Tang Empire's policy of favoring Chinese Americans has also played a strong role in promoting the social spread of Chinese immigrants in the region.

The more disciplined Chinese immigrants would buy local women as wives and concubines in the population market, while more Chinese immigrants inherited the strong style of the empire and directly grabbed them.

In Luzon, Kalimantan, Sumatra and Java, the robbery of indigenous women is common and even intensified.

The Imperial garrison and the government turned a blind eye to this, and as long as they didn't cause any trouble, there was no follow-up to the lawsuit.

This is also where the white Dutch colonists were anxious, and in just over two years, it is estimated that no less than 187,000 white women of working age have been taken captive, and the real situation may be even more serious.

In the entire East Indies, the number of white colonists was only a million million.

The disappearance of so many young white women in the chaos of the war has simply dug up the roots of the white family, and in these two years of chaotic situation, it is almost impossible to find it again, how can you not be in a hurry?

Anxious eyes are anxious, these are all small problems in the development of colonization.

The government of the Tang Empire took into account the immigrant Chinese, most of whom were young men and middle-aged men, many of whom were concubines in families in Paradise Province, hoping to break out in the new colony.

Either way, the fact that Chinese male immigrants had families and had children was always stable was a beneficial aspect of colonial expansion, so they rarely interfered.

After starting a family, you must always be more stable.

This situation is indeed unfair to the local white and indigenous Malays, but fairness is a very luxury, and the empire can only give priority to the needs of Chinese immigrants, and basically leave it alone in this area.

Generally speaking

The new colony spent the early 3~5 years of military administration, which was also the climax of local infrastructure construction, and the social situation was indeed quite chaotic.

It was also a time of turmoil when local women were abducted, indigenous land was seized and even murdered and set on fire.

After this period, after being incorporated into the jurisdiction of the overseas provinces of the empire, a standardized legal system and administrative system will be gradually established, and it will take about 4~5 years to put social behavior on the right track of standardization.

During this period

There are many Chinese immigrants who are used to being fierce, robbing, and killing, and they will be severely punished by the law one after another.

Arrest a group, exile a group, kill a group, quickly clear up the chaos, so that the local Chinese immigrants understand the word "awe", and begin to follow the rules into the imperial legal norm system.

At this time, it will no longer be possible to arbitrarily abduct white or indigenous Malay women as wives and concubines, or even organize human trafficking, murder and goods, and seize other people's land and family members, all of which will be severely punished by the law.

And at any time, the cannibalism between Chinese immigrants will be the target of the imperial government's severe crackdown, as long as they are caught, there will be no mercy.

It is through various policy guidance that the process of national integration has been greatly strengthened, which is very evident in Colombia, Cuba, south-central South America, and the Luzon Islands.

One million Chinese immigrants have wives and families, some with more than one woman (Note; A small number of Chinese female immigrants), then it means that at least 80~900,000 local aborigines are unable to marry wives and die alone.

Social and cultural inheritances have been disconnected, and many indigenous peoples, along with their unique cultures and languages, have disappeared into the Chinese family.

It was the rise and prosperity of the Tang Empire that contributed to the rapid demise of the entire Spanish-speaking region of the Americas, the popularity of the Chinese language, and the unimpeded flowering of Han and Tang cultures.

Today, in the whole of the Americas, the Tang Empire is Chinese deservedly the first official language, including Uruguay, Paraguay, Florida, Ryukyu, Lanfang and other countries of Chinese descent, Chinese are the mainstream language of society.

In Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, New York, Carolina, Mississippi, Connecticut, Canada, Australia and other countries, Chinese is the second most spoken language.

As more and more Chinese appear in European countries, the influence of Han and Tang culture is increasing, and many white Europeans will also speak a few words of Chinese in a strange tone and introduce it as fashionable.

Originally historical

Because of the windy Shenzhou frenzy set off by the 8 robbers, Europeans began to look down on the cowardly Orientals in their hearts, which has not happened in today's era.

The Tang Empire's vigorous colonial development in the world has made the Dutch colonists disgraced, and has won the reputation of the Tang Empire and the Oriental people as strong and warlike.

Two wars at the same time at the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, in stark contrast.

The British Empire was so strong, so arrogant, and so desperate to be tossed by the Boer guerrillas, and as many as 460,000 heavy troops gathered in South Africa, but it failed to completely defeat the Boers.

On the battlefield of the East Indies, the Tang Empire crushed the 200,000 troops of the Dutch East Indies (Note; refers to the white army and militia, excluding the Native Servant Army), which won a one-sided victory.

If it is said that the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are not brave and good at fighting, the British are the first to disagree.

If the Orientals are rubbish and weak in combat, then what are the British?

Fighting chickens in the garbage?

Obviously, neither the honor of the British Army nor the pride of the white man can be overly degraded by the Orientals.