I want to be emperor

Chapter 1046 New Dan City, New York

After the inspection fleet left Cadiz, it entered the Atlantic Ocean directly, then headed west, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and arrived at New Dan City, a coastal city in the East American Province in North America.

Xindan City, Xindan County under the New York Prefecture of Dongmei Province, is also the capital of New York Prefecture, the governor's residence of Dongmei Province, and the largest Chu city on the east coast of America!

Since the Chu people took over New York and the surrounding large territories from the British, the Chu people established an immigration city based on New York City, developed the surrounding farmland, and renamed the port city Xindan City , planning a large area of ​​surrounding land as New York City.

Although the Chu people took over this place not long ago, it has only been about ten years since they took over the place in the late 1930s.

But in the past ten years, Xindan City, as well as the entire New York City and even the East American Province, have developed extremely rapidly...

There was a large influx of people from the beginning. In the past year, more than two million people immigrated from the mainland to Dongmei Province through various channels and methods, so that Dongmei Province is still relatively new. The total population of overseas provinces has reached tens of millions in less than ten years, and its population is second only to the North American provinces that were first developed by the Chu people.

This increase in the number of immigrants far exceeds that of other overseas territories and even other American provinces.

The reason why there are so many immigrants is because the natural conditions of East America Province are so good... The Chu Empire took over the entire America about ten years ago and divided the Americas into four major administrative regions. The governor's jurisdiction was adjusted again in the 42nd year of Chengshun, and the provinces of Mexico and Brazil were added.

The current region of the Americas is divided into six governorate jurisdictions: North America, East America, Mexico, West America, Brazil, and South America.

The jurisdiction of the North American Province was probably the North American area west of the Mississippi River in the later United States, extending north to the Bering Strait.

The jurisdiction of the East American Province is the area east of the middle and upper reaches of the Mississippi River, including the lower part of the Mississippi River, and then extends northward to the Hudson Bay.

The large ice sheet area north of Canada was divided between the two North American provinces.

The Province of Mexico was a large area that included Texas and later Mexico.

The West American Province includes a large number of Central American regions south of Mexico, including Colombia, Venezuela and other northern regions of South America. Among them is the Panama Canal Management Area, the century project of the Great Chu Empire.

The South American Province is the later regions of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay.

The Brazilian Province is based on the Portuguese colonial area of ​​Brazil, which is also quite large.

As a result, six major governor's jurisdictions have been formed... Each governor's jurisdiction has a very large area. If divided according to resources and land area, it is enough to divide dozens of provinces. However, for the time being, considering the Americas The overall population is still very small, and it is mainly concentrated in North America and East America. The population of the other four provinces is generally only about one or two million. If the population is too small, it is of little significance to divide it administratively. .

However, in the future, as the local population in America continues to increase, it is certain to further divide more provinces.

For now, East America Province has become the most attractive overseas territorial province in the Americas for local immigrants... It attracted more than two million people to immigrate here last year, and most of them paid for their own travel expenses. migrant.

The reason is simple. The conditions in East America are really favorable.

First of all, in terms of climate, the climate conditions in this place are very good. Not to mention the ice fields in the north...those places are desolate and inhabited places, but the central and southern regions have a very good climate, especially the southern regions. It has a subtropical climate, and some places have a tropical climate, with abundant sunshine and abundant rainfall, which is very suitable for the development of agriculture.

On the land, most of it is plain terrain...

Plains plus a good climate... what does that mean?

It means a lot of arable land!

After agricultural development, these places have become very good food and planting areas for various economic crops.

At the same time, in the northern region, especially in the Wuhu area, the Chu people also discovered a large number of minerals, including high-quality coal mines and iron ores, which enabled the local industry to develop an industry based on the steel industry... Today, the railways in the Americas are The rails used in construction were basically produced locally in the Americas, which directly led to the rapid industrial development of East America Province.

In modern times, railway construction and shipbuilding were major consumers of steel.

It was even because the early conditions of the East American Province were too good, and oil was discovered in Texas, which was still part of the East American Province... This prompted the empire's top officials to implement a balancing policy and forcibly replaced the Spanish era. Mexico was taken up again and a Mexican province was created.

And the future Texas was directly incorporated into the Province of New Mexico.

Otherwise, Dongmei Province, which occupies rich agricultural resources, rich coal and iron resources, and oil resources, would be too exaggerated!

Even after the split, the current Dongmei Province is still too strong. The top officials of the empire are already thinking that they will further split the Dongmei Province in a few years. Otherwise, the administrative management will be very troublesome. , which will make the position of governor of East America too special.

Of course, this will happen in the next few years. Now, Dongmei Province has not reached that level. The province currently has only more than 10 million people, most of whom are concentrated in some agricultural or industrial production areas in the coastal areas. .

Because its rich resources attracted a large immigrant population, Dongmei Province developed very rapidly, which also led to the emergence of many coastal port cities with large populations in Dongmei Province.

Among them, New York City is the most typical big city!

Because this place is the eastern terminus of the East-West Railway in America, it has also become the best bridgehead for the Chu Empire to develop the east coast of America. At the same time, because of the railway, the governor of East America and the East America Garrison Command The garrison was also established here, turning this place into the political and military center of Dongmei Province.

In addition, this place is also an important port for trade between America and Europe.

Under such circumstances, this place was developed on a large scale from the beginning.

The most important thing is that when the Chu people were building the railway, they found a large number of high-quality coal mines and iron ore in the Wuhu area...

But it is very difficult to transport these minerals on a large scale, even after refining the steel... Because although there are rivers connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, the downstream rivers have almost no large-scale navigation capacity, and a large-scale operation is required. The river can be opened to navigation only after the construction of canals and other projects.

Therefore, when the East-West Railway was built, it made a special turn and passed through the southern shore of Michigan in the Great Lakes region. Then it was built all the way southeast to the Atlantic Ocean, and then northeast to New York.

This railway allowed a large amount of agricultural products from the central region and even steel products and coal from the Great Lakes region to reach New York along the railway, and then be shipped back to the mainland or exported to Europe and other regions.

As if this was not enough, New York City, in order to further strengthen its status as a port city and further reduce the export of agricultural and mineral products from the Great Lakes region, also dug a canal similar to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to directly communicate between New York City and the Five Great Lakes. Direct river transport from the lake area.

This canal seems to be very long, but it uses the original river on a large scale. At the same time, it is not designed to sail sea ships, but to facilitate inland barge transportation. Therefore, the navigable water depth is only a little more than one meter, and the overall cost is not Considered high.

The total investment is only 3.2 million Chu Yuan!

But the economic benefits brought by this are very huge... In the first year after the canal was opened, the navigation expenses reached more than 200,000 Chu Yuan, and the income increased year by year. It will not take long to recover the capital, and then Navigation of the canal will be free of charge as planned.

Why dig canals when there is a railway? Naturally, it is because although the railway seems convenient, it is still not as good as the canal in terms of transportation cost.

When the Chu people were building railways everywhere in the past twenty years, they were actually digging various navigable canals everywhere... For example, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in China has undergone three large-scale renovations in the past twenty years, making the canal more Navigation capabilities have been further improved.

Although the local area has such a developed and powerful railway network, the transportation of large quantities of bulk goods that do not pursue timeliness in the areas along the way must also rely on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal... The reason is that the cost of river transportation is lower. This is similar in America.

With the dual support of canals and railways, the development of New York City...especially the development of Xindan City, the capital city, is like riding a rocket...Ten years ago, there were only a few thousand Chu people in this place, but Today, ten years later, the urban population of Xindan City alone has reached 150,000.

The development speed of its cities is very amazing!

When many large companies set foot in the American market, one of their first choices is Jinshan City on the west coast, and the other is Xindan City on the east coast.

So even though it is just a new city that has only been developed for ten years, in fact, this city has a large number of offices and even production bases of large enterprises.

Among them is the famous Lee's Iron Company. They officially established a wholly-owned subsidiary: Dongmei Lee Iron Co., Ltd. in the 45th year of Chengshun.

This subsidiary is not only responsible for the marketing and sales tasks of the entire Lee Iron and Steel Company throughout the Americas, but is also responsible for the construction of local production bases and R&D bases.

Lee's Steel regards the Americas as the next super blue ocean market and invests heavily here, establishing general machinery and equipment production bases, shipyards and other industries.

In fact, not only Lee Iron and Steel Company, but also many large domestic enterprises are conducting industrial layout in the Americas... Even if we don't talk about the future development prospects of the Americas, the huge consumption power of the Americas alone with a combined population of 30 to 40 million people, It is enough for these large companies to pay attention to it, not to mention that the American region has favorable natural conditions and is rich in various economic crops, minerals and oil.

A long time ago, a large number of agricultural, livestock and mining companies have been deployed in the Americas to develop agricultural and livestock industries and mine minerals.

Today’s industrial layout is only a later development.

In contemporary Chu, a large number of enterprises have gone to the Americas to invest and expand their industries. At the same time, many enterprises that started in the Americas have tried their best to set up factories and open up local markets after establishing themselves in the Americas.

This is an interesting two-way economic phenomenon in East Asia and the Americas.

This is also normal... Large-scale national enterprises in later generations will also be located in a certain province, and enterprises developed in the province always want to go nationwide...

And this is the global economic integration that the empire's top leaders have always wanted...especially the deep economic binding between overseas directly administered territories and East Asia. In the end, no one can do without the other.

This is one of the important means to maintain the long-term unity of a huge empire.

Double binding from a cultural and economic point of view... If this is implemented for more than ten or twenty years, the overseas territories represented by the Americas will establish inseparable and close ties with the mainland of East Asia, thereby maintaining long-term unity.

Otherwise, it won’t take long for it to break apart.

Just like the relationship between Britain and the United States in history, it was the differential economic treatment that eventually led to the British in the Americas to resist and eventually seek independence. Coupled with the French's fanning the flames and their full support, it eventually led to the independence of the United States.

Luo Zhixue will not let this happen!

Forget about other overseas territories, but the Americas must not be separated.

The closest ties must be established between East Asia and the Americas, and they must be deeply bound and integrated to avoid the risk of division.

Similarly, this is why Luo Zhixue focused his overseas inspections on the Americas, especially North America... This place is really important.

The inspection fleet crossed the Atlantic Ocean and successfully arrived at Xindan City, New York City. However, it is worth noting that the core urban area of ​​Xindan City, New York City of the Great Chu Empire... is not actually Manhattan Island in the original time and space!

Before the Chu people took over this area from the English, although the Dutch had already established a trading post on Manhattan Island, the British also developed it to a certain extent after they obtained this area.

When it was the Chu people's turn, they initially took advantage of the situation to develop Manhattan Island as the main urban area. However, because the surrounding areas of Manhattan Island were isolated by rivers, and the East-West Railway was about to be built to Xindan City.

Considering that the investment in building a bridge over the Hudson River was too great, the east coast terminus of this east-west railway was not on the original old city of Manhattan Island, but in the Newark area on the west bank of the river, and around This railway station and port re-established a new port city.

Of course, Manhattan Island is still part of Xindan County!

The area of ​​New York City is very large, and the area of ​​Xindan County under it is also very large, basically covering both sides of the mouth of the Hudson River, including later Manhattan, Queens, and parts of New Jersey.

This is not a special feature of Xindan County... In fact, the administrative jurisdictions of most overseas territories are very large... There are hundreds of thousands or even millions of square kilometers in one prefecture. Specifically, in counties and towns, then The area of ​​jurisdiction will also become very large.

Counties with tens of thousands of square kilometers are all small... After all, there are a lot of counties with hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, and there are quite a few!

The largest county-level jurisdiction is Alaska County under the North American Province... This place is larger than the later state of Alaska, because it also includes a large area of ​​​​later Canada, with a total area of ​​more than 2.2 million square meters. Kilometers... exaggerate!

In fact, it is not an exaggeration, because in the entire county, except for a few local primitive indigenous people, the total number of Chu people is only more than 15,000. They basically live in the southern coastal ports and are engaged in fishing. The fur industry also included telegraph office staff who were stationed locally to maintain the operation of interstate telegraph lines.

The so-called towns under it have jurisdictions starting from 100,000 square kilometers!

Compared with this Alaska county, Xindan County pales into insignificance.

After all, the total area of ​​Xindan County is only 60,000 square kilometers... What is the concept of this area? Well, not much, equivalent to one-third of Guangnan East Road in later generations!

It's just that this Xindan County is different from some remote and large-area counties that are not suitable for human survival. The places in Xindan County are very suitable for human survival and can develop excellent agriculture. At the same time, they have dense water networks and convenient river transportation. , is also close to the shore, has many excellent natural deep-water ports, and is also the terminus of the East-West Railway.

Such a large area of ​​​​good land is planned as a county. To be honest, this is unimaginable in the mainland of East Asia... However, it is not unusual in overseas territories like the Americas.

There is no way, the area is too big... If the administrative division is really based on the local regional model, then North America alone will have to create at least twenty or thirty provinces, and then create a lot of prefectures and counties.

But the total population of this place is only over 30 million!

The vast land and sparse population have resulted in relatively large administrative areas in overseas territories. Xindan County is just a typical example.

Because the place is large, there is no need to consider defending the indigenous people, trading with the indigenous people, and there is no historical baggage. Therefore, the subsequent urban construction of New Dan City did not continue to choose Manhattan Island surrounded by water, but chose to be on the west bank of the Hudson River. reason.

The Xindan City that Luo Zhixue came to now is such a port city built on the West Coast... and opposite is Manhattan Island, a city spanning both sides of the strait.

After a set of welcome procedures at the pier, Luo Zhixue took a group of people off the boat, got on a carriage and drove away from the pier, and then stayed at the local Imperial Hotel.

Xindan City is a newly emerging city in America with great development potential. The Imperial Hotel will not ignore this kind of place. It invested in and built a seven-story luxury hotel here two years ago, with a great view by the river. The place is equipped with a large river embankment garden.

Now it just serves as Luo Zhixue's stay.

After initially settling in, Luo Zhixue met with the six governors from all over the Americas and the corresponding chief envoys, political advisors and other senior civil servants. He also served as the garrison commander of each American province, the commander of the three field armies, the commander of the Navy's Atlantic Fleet, the Navy's Eastern Fleet. Commander of the Pacific Fleet and other important civil and military officials.

His arrival was officially announced!

(End of this chapter)