After taking over the Luohe Peninsula, the North American Governor's Office merged this area directly with Luohe County in the north and the surrounding areas, and established the new Luohe Prefecture.
The jurisdiction of the new Luohe Prefecture includes the entire Luohe Peninsula and surrounding islands, as well as a large area of Luohe in the north. At the same time, the northern area extends to the interior of North America in the east until the North Luohe River, which is what the Spanish call Colorado. river.
Well, the names of the previous series of Luohe towns, counties, and prefectures were actually taken from this large river, which the Chu people called Beiluo River.
Bei Luo River means the Luo River in North America... As for why it was formed into the Luo River in North America, we have to ask those who were the first to come to this place for survey and exploration. The specific origin is no longer available. Anyway, people called it that from the beginning, and it gradually became the official name.
Luohe Prefecture will become the fourth prefecture-level overseas territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Chu Empire in North America.
Prior to this, Xia Yang Mansion, Luhe Mansion, and Jinshan Mansion had been established successively, and Luohe Mansion will become the fourth.
The establishment of the Luohe Mansion and the control of the Luohe Peninsula, especially the control of the mouth of the Colorado River, will help the immigrants of the Chu Empire to better penetrate into the hinterland of North America along this river.
Before the completion of the North American East-West Railway, the expansion and development of the Chu Empire in North America still relied heavily on shipping.
Therefore, it is more inclined to carry out resettlement and development in coastal and riverine areas.
In the coastal areas, from the Bering Strait in the north to the southernmost tip of the Luohe Peninsula in the south, the Chu Empire has completed all practical control. This centralized control does not only mean establishing a number of colonies and stationing a number of troops, but Massive immigration and development.
In the above-mentioned areas, more than a hundred Chu people immigrated.
These people are basically distributed in various coastal areas, mainly concentrated in food-producing areas that are more suitable for producing food, such as the area around Xiayang Bay in the north, which is later known as the Seattle Bay area.
There is also a part in Luhe Prefecture south of Xiayang Prefecture, mainly concentrated in the plain area along the Luhe River, which is the middle and lower reaches of the Columbia River in the original time and space of later generations.
Most of them are concentrated in the Jinshan Prefecture area, mainly distributed in the Jinshan Valley, the west coast of North America. It is the only and best arable land area. The reason why this area can be developed on a large scale is because of the local rivers. Inseparable relationship.
The water network in Jinshan Valley is quite dense, and two main streams, the north and the south, converge in the middle, and finally flow into the sea from Jinshan Bay.
Convenient river transportation is an important reason for the rapid development of the Chu Empire here.
Otherwise, without the support of the river, it would be very troublesome for Chu immigrants to go deep into the interior, let alone completely take over this place as their own in just a dozen years.
As for immigrants from other places, the situation is actually similar.
For example, the newly established Luohe Prefecture has a small population for the time being. There are only 10,000 people in total. They are mainly concentrated in the coastal plains of Luohe County. The newly occupied Luohe Peninsula is actually not that good. At the same time, development has just begun. There are only more than 2,000 residents in the entire peninsula, mainly distributed around the two colonial cities on the western coast.
The development of the Chu Empire in the Luohe Prefecture area will inevitably be concentrated in the coastal plain area and both sides of the river. Not to mention the coastal plain, this river!
Naturally, it is the Beiluo River, also known as the Colorado River.
This river is an important river in the southwestern region of North America. It runs from the hinterland of North America all the way south, running through a large area, and finally empties into the sea at Luohe Bay.
As for the area around the mouth of the Beiluo River, the Chu Empire has long taken a fancy to this place, but it has just been captured. Therefore, there are currently only more than a hundred troops stationed here and a small number of two to three hundred immigrants who have just begun to build castles here.
Coasts and rivers, places where ships can be effectively used for transportation and have good natural conditions, are currently the first choice for the Chu Empire's overseas expansion.
The subsequent immigration and development of some coastal plains in Luohe Prefecture and the areas along the North Luohe River will become the new focus of North American development.
And if you really go deep into the inland, it is actually very difficult at the moment!
Because North America is not an endless super plain, nor does it mean that most areas are suitable for farming and human survival.
In fact, the real essence of North America is basically in the central and western parts of the country. To be precise, it is the Mississippi River Basin in the central part and the coastal plains in the east.
These places are truly good places, with abundant water resources, convenient inland waterway transportation, and endless plains, which are very suitable for immigration and development.
However, it is not so easy for the people of Chu to go to these good places, because these places are separated from the west coast by several large mountains, plains, and deserts...
Counting from west to east, there are the Xiaojinshan Mountains (Coast Mountains) and the Dajinshan Mountains (Nevada Mountains). According to the exploration findings of the Chu people’s adventurous survey team, after browsing the Dajinshan Mountains, you will encounter a large plateau. There are Gobi Desert and desert areas in these plateaus. Although not a blade of grass can grow, they are not very good either.
After passing through this desolate plateau, the expedition team discovered something even more desperate... There was another super large mountain range blocking their eyes in front of them. This mountain range was called by the Chu people: North American Mountains (Rocky Mountains)...
These expedition members used the name of the entire North America to form this huge mountain range, so you can know how huge this mountain range is. This mountain range extends from what was later Canada in the north to south, until Mexico controlled by the Spanish... and even It can be said that the Mexican plateau further south and several mountain ranges in Central America can actually be summarized as a unified system.
This is a super mountain range that traverses the entire central region of North America!
Although this kind of super mountain range is not too high overall, let alone inaccessible, and will not become a restricted area for life like the Himalayas in the local area, it is really not a good place.
More importantly, there are no big rivers in this place for boats to navigate. The Chu people could not take boats from the coastal ports on the west coast, all the way to the central interior, or even over the Rocky Mountains and into the Mississippi River Basin.
Transportation is extremely inconvenient and the natural conditions are not good for agricultural development.
All these made it difficult for the Chu Empire to penetrate deep into the hinterland of North America, and to pass through the central region of North America and enter the eastern plains of North America.
This is also an important reason why the Chu Empire is preparing to build a large railway across the east and west coasts of North America.
If there were no rivers and no railways built, then there would be no talk of rapid colonization and development of central and eastern North America.
Only by slowly choosing to take a boat around Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope and drifting slowly on the sea for a year and a half can we reach the east coast of America.
It was just too far and too time-consuming.
For example, taking a boat from Jinshan Port on the west coast, detouring around Cape Horn in South America, and heading to New York on the east coast, the total voyage easily exceeds 30,000 kilometers... Even steam-powered ships from the Great Chu Empire continue to travel If you use steam engine power to sail, you have to sail for several months...
The actual situation is that it is impossible for the ships of the Dachu Empire to use steam engine power for such a long distance. Even if the steam engine technology of the Dachu Empire is powerful enough to withstand such a long period of continuous work, there will be no need for it in the middle of the journey. Sufficient coal supply.
Relying solely on the coal on board the ship, we would have to run for thousands of kilometers without stopping!
What's more, with the current industrial technology of the Chu Empire, it is impossible to make the ship's steam engine work continuously for several months.
When the ships of the Da Chu Empire went on ocean voyages, they actually used sail power most of the time, and the steam engines were only used as auxiliary power or even backup power.
If sail power is used, the sailing time will be at least half a year!
Therefore, at the current stage, it is unreliable to go directly to the east coast of North America for colonization simply by relying on ship shipping.
The cost is too expensive, and there are no colonists on the west coast of North America. Today, there are actually colonists on the east coast of North America and even the Gulf of Mexico in the southeast.
Needless to say, the Spanish were the first country to establish colonies in North America, including the vast Mexican region and the Florida Peninsula in the southeastern part of the east coast.
The eastern part of Canada in the north is the territory of the French. In the past ten years, the French have continued to extend their colonies southward, almost reaching the Gulf of Mexico!
The eastern part of the French colony was the starting point of the United States, which was the thirteen states of British North America. Of course, there are no thirteen states yet, only ten states at most.
At present, the British have established ten colonies on the east coast of North America, including the later famous New York. Three years ago, the British Duke of York just captured what the Dutch called New Netherland from the Dutch. , then the Duke of York called this place New York, that is, New York.
The York in Duke of York is itself a place name... Duke of York means the Duke of York. The new territory of the Duke was naturally named New York.
The British, who have established ten colonies on the east coast of North America, are pretty strong on the east coast of North America. They are not just making small fuss, but are actually improving their colonial rule. After a few dozen After the colonies of the other three states were established in 2000, the conflicts between the thirteen British North American states and the British mainland would become worse and worse, and eventually the American Revolutionary War broke out.
Of course, this is all a matter of the original time and space. In this time and space, the United States is destined to be impossible to appear.
Because Luo Zhixue has long valued North America and regards this place as his own, and it is also a new living space for the Chinese nation in the future.
For Luo Zhixue, for the future of the Chinese nation, places like Central Asia, Europe, India, and Africa actually don't matter, but North America must be occupied!
The natural conditions in that place are really great!
No matter what the reason is, he will not allow foreigners to control this place!
North America, such a God-given land, must be in the hands of the Chinese nation and become the place where the Chinese nation will survive for generations to come.
As for other people, whether they are local Indians, foreign Spaniards, French or British, they have to get away as far as they can!
Luo Zhixue, who was obsessed with this area, planned to establish colonies in the central and eastern regions of North America. It was a bit difficult for a while, mainly because the distance was too far and navigation was inconvenient.
It's not impossible to force it directly, but the main reason is that the cost is too high and it's not worth it.
Again, when it comes to overseas expansion, you have to do it slowly, step by step, and don’t rush it.
Now we first control the west coast of North America, and then continue to extend inland, while using the local agricultural resources on the west coast to develop agriculture.
There must first be enough and rich food before it can accommodate more new immigrants.
We can't let millions of people go there and then starve to death... It's even more impossible to transport food all the way from the mainland. The cost would be prohibitive. Even an industrial power like the Da Chu Empire couldn't sustain it. ah.
Besides, the Chu Empire established overseas colonies not only to resettle more people, improve the gap between the rich and the poor in the local area, and give the poor people more new ways out, but also to obtain more cheap industrial raw materials and agricultural products, which were transported from the mainland. In the past, food was used as a blood transfusion for the colonies, which was putting the cart before the horse.
Therefore, the central and east coast areas of North America are not in a hurry. The Chu Empire is planning to finish the west coast first and then build the railway.
Then continue to expand southward...
Although the south is the territory of the Spanish, there is no reason not to allow the Chu people to expand, right?
Although the area in Mexico is not that good, there are still some plain areas along the coast. It would be good to seize them and build a few coastal colonial cities.
In this way, we can also establish an advance base for the subsequent colonization of South America.
Just as the Chu people in North America were once again ambitiously preparing to expand southward, thousands of regular troops and thousands of militiamen in Jinshan Prefecture and Luohe Prefecture were preparing to go south and raise their butcher's knives against the Spaniards. when.
In the empire itself, there is no tense atmosphere such as war. Songjiang Mansion, the center of industry, commerce and finance, is still prosperous.
The heart of the empire, the political and cultural center of Jinling City, was still peaceful, and during the Mid-Autumn Festival in the 33rd year of Chengshun, the palace of Jinling City was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, the imperial family held a grand Mid-Autumn Moon Appreciation Party to enjoy the moon with the people.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, and Dragon Boat Festival together constitute the four traditional Chinese festivals, and they have always been relatively grand.
Every year, the royal family holds a moon-viewing party, but it is different from the previous moon-viewing parties that only belonged to the royal family and a few powerful officials.
This year's moon viewing party will be a commercial event where the royal family and the people have fun together, and it will also have strong commercial attributes!
Because in the second half of this year, the Chu Empire changed the arrangement of statutory holidays for the first time, extending the two major statutory holidays of the four major holidays, the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, from the previous three days to seven days.
The extension of these two legal holidays is, on the one hand, to give people enough time to take trains and ships home to celebrate the New Year and accompany their parents to celebrate the festival, so as to demonstrate the benevolence and filial piety of the empire.
On the other hand, it is also to stimulate internal economic development!
Because according to the predictions of a group of economists within the empire, if the statutory holidays of the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are extended from three days to seven days, it will greatly stimulate people's enthusiasm to return home or travel, and at the same time increase their visit to relatives. Ask your friends for their positivity.
In turn, it will drive the development of many industries such as transportation, accommodation, gifts and even ordinary commodities, entertainment and so on.
During the holidays, even if you don’t travel or go back to visit relatives, you still have to take your family to a restaurant, go shopping, sell snacks and toys for your children, and buy some cloth to make new clothes for your family!
This is all consumption!
Those economists have been studying this for four or five years, extensively surveyed a large number of samples, and a team of dozens of economists finally submitted a eloquent report of more than a thousand pages to the cabinet, demonstrating in detail In order to understand the necessity and importance of extending legal holidays...
Luo Zhixue saw that the report was divided into several books, each of which was extremely thick... Over the years, the people under his command have become more and more fond of complicating simple things as they get older.
To be honest, I regret that I advocated that reports must be well-founded and have detailed data... If such a thick report was handed in, would he read it or not?
Just look at it, he understands the truth anyway... When the overseas market is not doing well and external demand is low, it is natural to increase domestic demand as much as possible, otherwise who will produce a large number of industrial products and sell them to...
The indigenous people abroad do not have such strong purchasing power.
Most of them can only rely on internal digestion, and in addition to some conventional means, such as increasing workers’ salary guarantees and ensuring that people have money to buy things, internal digestion must also allow people to have time and motivation to buy things.
Otherwise, the wages of workers have been raised in the past few years, and people have generally made money, but they all like to deposit all the money in the bank after making money... A large number of economists in the empire know this very well!
To this end, two seven-day legal holidays were painstakingly created, but they did not directly state that they wanted to withdraw money from people's savings accounts.
Luo Zhixue thought the same thing. If you want to get people to spend money without going too far, then there is nothing simpler and more convenient than having a shopping trip twice a year!
Taken together, this results in a seven-day long holiday twice a year.
It has just been implemented this year, and this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival will also be the first Mid-Autumn Festival holiday!
For this reason, the whole empire has been preparing for this for more than a year, and all walks of life are eagerly waiting for the first Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in history.
In order to pull people out of their homes and let them go out to spend money, even the royal family cannot be idle.
This year's Mid-Autumn Moon Appreciation Party will be attended not only by the emperor and his wife, but also by the Crown Prince of the Chu Empire, Luo Jian, and his concubine, Suzhou Li Shi.
This will also be the first time that the prince and his wife have contact with their subjects in a formal public occasion!
To be honest, when I learned that I could take the Crown Princess with me to officially attend the moon-viewing party with my father and the Queen.
Prince Luo Li was so excited that he couldn't sleep well for several days!
In his twenties, he finally officially appeared in the public eye.
The position of the prince will not be said to be as secure as a mountain from now on, but at least it will be enough to make several other brothers with evil intentions give up some of their inappropriate thoughts.
It’s been more than twenty years, it’s not easy!
