The sun never sets in America

Chapter 49 Preparation
The Los Angeles Pier, which has been renovated and expanded for the second time, is very different from the original one. Not only has the area become larger, but there are also more merchant ships.

Since Liu Peng came to power in Los Angeles, he has prioritized the restoration of trade. After all, no matter in any era, trade is the most effective booster of development and the most effective tool to deepen ties with the outside world.

Moreover, trade can also bring a large number of jobs and tax revenue, which is the source of all materials and knowledge needed for the industrial projects Liujiabao is currently promoting, the introduction of Western technology, and the development of Los Angeles and the entire California region.

For Liu Jiabao, who had just won the victory and was still threatened by the Republic of Mexico, the growth of trade was actually the growth of Liu Jiabao's power to rule California. After all, whether it was assimilating the local Indians, suppressing, and letting those Mexicans The white people accepted the rule of Liujiabao... Force alone is not enough. This requires the triple guarantee of economic, cultural and force. If you rely on force alone, you will walk on one leg, and you will fall to death sooner or later. Only when the economy and culture also grow, Only then can it be considered a three-legged alliance... Only then will Liujiabao have the nerve to say... California is my California! !
You can even touch on topics from ancient times.

"Quick, move up..."

"Be gentle, be gentle, there are valuable things inside."

More than a dozen ships flying the Union Jack flag were docked in the port, and the hatches were wide open. The Indo-European mixed-race dock workers on the dock were like tireless worker ants, carrying goods inside, and from time to time there were Chinese supervisors urging them. And the voice of warning sounded.

"Master Yan, this is the cargo list compiled by the official. Please take a look..." On the observation deck above the dock, Yan Jun, who was recently appointed as the director of the Department of Commerce and Trade, was standing on the observation deck, looking at the dock below. The dozen or so large ships, looking at the Union Jack flag that was constantly floating in the ocean, sighed in my heart about the power of the British Empire... A little-known maritime merchant actually had so many large ships, and there were cannons on them. This was better than some Nanyang ships. The country’s navy is strong, right?
Yan Jun looked at the dozen or so large ships and thought.

Yan Jun didn't look back until he heard the shouting from behind.

"Bring it here and take a look." Yan Jun looked at Wang Lei, the head of the statistics department, who was holding the bill, and reached out to get it.

"Master Yan, please take a look." Wang Lei handed the accounts to Yan Jun with both hands.

"Why is there American ginseng on it? It shouldn't be easy to sell in the Far East, right?" Looking at the pile of American ginseng on the account, and the amount was quite large, Yan Jun frowned and asked Wang Lei, after all, people in the Far East eat ginseng, so this Can American ginseng be sold?

"There are always people who want foreign stuff." Wang Lei replied to Yan Jun without hesitation, "Besides, this stuff can be considered a medicinal material and a specialty of the Americas. Those nobles from the Far East have to buy it just for the sake of freshness. Buy some, right?" Wang Lei said to Yan Jun with a smile. In his opinion, there is no difference between ginseng and American ginseng. What matters is how to sell and promote it. If you don't know how to promote it, you can even put the elixir on it. In front of others, others will not buy it, the market is cultivated! !

"Well, it makes sense." After hearing this, Yan Jun said to Wang Lei, "Well, what the hell are these pumas, American bison, and these beasts? Don't tell me, you guys can't tell me what these pumas, bison, and these beasts are. Can we sell it?" After Yan Jun finished dealing with the American ginseng, when he looked down, he found a lot of various wild animals in the Americas. He was speechless. What's wrong with pulling wild animals? This is not the case. Vulgar?

"This is for a gift..." After hearing this, Wang Lei explained to Yan Jun, "After all, my Liujiabao is thousands of miles away from China, and I have to pass through countries of all sizes along the way. In order to be able to immigrate in the future, There is a place to stop, so these rare and exotic animals are sent as diplomatic gifts. After all, we are from a country of etiquette, and we must be polite in everything we do..." Wang Lei continued to explain to Yan Jun, in fact, These methods were all proposed by Liu Pengxiang. After all, on such a long immigration route, if they cannot find a few stopping places to rest, the immigrants on the ship will also be very uncomfortable. By then, the people on the ship may just arrive at the shore. Only one-third died, which was undoubtedly a huge loss for Liujiabao, which was short of manpower, especially Chinese... Therefore, the place to rest in transit was imperative, and it was an inescapable reality.

Considering that Liujiabao's navy has not yet been established, there are only a few armed merchant ships captured by the Mexicans as a daily patrol force... and the real construction of the navy will have to wait until Liujiabao stabilizes, at least with Mexico The relationship between the republics can only be built after the relationship between the republics has eased. Otherwise, a lot of money and energy were spent on building the navy at this time. When the Mexicans come over from the road, wouldn't they be dumbfounded? !
Therefore, it is not that the navy cannot be built, but it requires time, especially the right time.

Before that, for the sake of the stability of the immigration route and the safety of the immigrants, it was not necessary but necessary to be friendly with the countries along the route.

"This..." When he heard that these would be given as gifts to the countries along the way, Yan Jun became a little weird. Giving gifts to other countries was not a national gift. Although Liujiabao was not a country at this time, In Yan Jun's mind, it has long been a country. The land it controls is equivalent to several provinces in southern China, and there are more than one million people under his command (including Indians and whites). In Yan Jun's view, even if a country has not yet been founded, it is still close to it. Far away, and giving these rare and exotic beasts as national gifts to other countries was nothing in ancient China... They were all barbarian countries with nothing, so they could only give wild beasts to the emperor of the Central Plains as national gifts when paying tribute. But now, Liujiapu, the orthodox Han people in Yan Jun's heart, actually followed the barbarian's trick of sending wild animals. In Yan Jun's view, this was a very sad scene...

Even if Yan Jun had not restrained himself, he would have said:
“Sending wild beasts to another country is not a country of beasts!!”

"Are these all the things that need to be purchased this time?" Yan Jun sighed in his heart and turned to another page of the account in his hand. This page mainly contains things to be purchased, such as medicinal materials, livestock, some ancient Chinese books, and even Recruiting craftsmen and doctors have become the goals of procurement, and the biggest goal is still immigration. This is the focus of this immigration. American ginseng and wild beasts are all incidental.

"Yes, these are all appointed by the ruling lord." Upon hearing this, Wang Lei immediately replied to Yan Jun, "And these are also..." Wang Lei pointed to the column of tea leaves and raw silk and said to Yan Jun.

Among them, tea is a must. After all, both the Chinese in Liujiabao and Westerners today have the habit of drinking tea. The only difference lies in how to drink it. Of course, there is always the idea of ​​​​introducing tea cultivation... After all, the British in the future Tea leaves from China will be introduced to India for cultivation, forming the so-called British black tea.

It makes no sense. Liujiabao, who is also a member of the Chinese civilization, has no right to grow tea. Instead of letting foreigners eat up the tea market, it is better for Liujiabao to strike first.

As for raw silk, it is also a major raw material for textiles in the world. Raw silk is used in many things. During the rise of Japan in later generations, raw silk exports brought Japan a lot of development funds, as well as the capital accumulated in the primitive industry... Of course, the price is those The lifespan of female raw silk workers is shortened and they are plagued by diseases. In the end, they either die of illness or die early. Even if they survive, they will suffer from illness all their lives. The reason is that the factory environment and treatment are too poor... Of course, standing in Japan From a human perspective, whether it is the Nanyang women who went to Nanyang, the female workers in the raw silk factories, or even the common people who often suffered from misfortune and had no food to eat, they were all the price they had to pay in the process of their rise.

As for the dividends after Japan's rise, it is unknown whether these people have enjoyed it! !

"How are these preparations going?" Yan Jun took one last look at the accounts in his hand, pointed to the situation where goods were still being transported on the pier below, and asked Wang Lei.

"I have checked it at least three times. I have basically looked at every item and there is no problem." Wang Lei replied confidently to Yan Jun.

"Okay!" After hearing this, Yan Jun shouted "Hello" to Wang Lei, "Is the British merchant named Harlem still in the city hall?" Yan Jun suddenly thought of Harlem, the British merchant, and how he had been thinking about him these days. He has been staying in the city government, which shows how much he is valued by Liu Peng.

"He's still there. I went to the ruling lord this morning and saw him. He was having breakfast with the ruling lord." Wang Lei immediately replied to Yan Jun that he had seen him in the city hall in the morning, especially in the inner courtyard where Liu Peng was. matter.

"You go down first..." After hearing this, Yan Jun nodded to Wang Lei, and then asked Wang Lei to continue watching on the dock to avoid any hint.

"Yes, Master Yan!!" Upon hearing this, Wang Lei bowed to Yan Jun and left the observation deck.

Yan Jun was left alone, staring at the busy dock below, wondering what he was thinking.

……………………………… “Mr. Harlin, come and try the tea I made. This is Longjing, a good tea from China. I can’t bear to drink it myself...” Liu Peng and Ha Lin Lin was sitting on the sofa, with a small tea table in the middle. On it was the Longjing tea that Liu Peng had just brewed. It was found from the collection of Governor Hua Ke. Even Liu Peng himself was confused at first. Yes, you must know that Westerners buy a lot of black tea, not to mention green tea like Longjing.

Of course, it is also possible that some businessman who knows the goods gave it to Governor Huaco Covia, and then Governor Huaco Covia, who did not know the goods, kept it in the storage room, and then waited for Liu Peng, who really knew the goods. I have to say that this is fate.

"Well, it tastes good." After taking a sip, Harlin couldn't describe the taste at all, and he couldn't feel that it was any better than English black tea with milk, but after all, this was to entertain himself, so what did Harlin say? , and had to pretend to satisfy Liu Peng.

"As long as Mr. Harin is satisfied..." Of course Liu Peng understood that Harin was not used to drinking green tea, but on the surface, he still looked satisfied, "Mr. Harin, what happened to the thing you mentioned last time? ?" Liu Peng put down his tea cup and asked Harin.

"Which thing?" Harlin was a little surprised at first, but after seeing Liu Peng's half-smiling expression, he suddenly realized, "You mean the Minister of the British Empire to the Republic of Mexico, Mr. Rashid, right?" Harlin He asked Liu Peng with a smile. He already knew what Liu Peng wanted to ask next.

"That's right, it's your minister, Mr. Rashid." Liu Peng heard this and nodded in agreement, "I don't know what I said last time. Did your minister agree?" Liu Peng continued to ask Harlem about Minister Rashid. things.

"This..." Harlem hesitated when he heard this, not knowing how to speak, "Tell the truth to the governor, recently, the Mexican Republic has passed a mortgage bill at the expense of mortgaging the California area. A foreign bank has obtained a loan. I think the ruler must know very well what the loan will be used for!!" Harlin directly told Liu Peng everything that has happened in the Republic of Mexico recently. While talking, he also observed Liu Peng. reaction, until he saw Liu Peng frowning tightly, then he looked away with some disappointment...

"Even if they have obtained funds and armed the army, I believe that with the strength of Liujiabao and the bravery of my soldiers, these Mexicans will only repeat the same process as the previous two times..." Liu Peng He replied to Harlin with firm eyes, "That is failure!!" Liu Peng's eyes were not only firm, but also a bit unruly. This unruly did not come from any victory, but from the confidence of Liu Jiabao's own strength.

Since the end of the Second War in Los Angeles, Liujiabao's prestige in California has reached a new height by leveraging the residual power of the war.

At present, in addition to the four early main Chinese battalions and seven mighty battalions, twenty mighty battalions have been formed. Among these twenty mighty battalions, ten are composed of Indians and are commanded by Chinese. The remaining ten , is composed of soldiers of mixed Indo-European descent, also commanded by Chinese...

The reason why there are Indo-Europeans is because even though the Indo-Europeans are close to whites in appearance, in the eyes of most pure-blood whites, they are still synonymous with hybrids, and their main jobs are low-level labor that whites look down upon. , as well as milking cows, doing farm work, etc. on the farm, working for white farmers in exchange for a meager income to support themselves and their families. That's it, they are often beaten, scolded, and humiliated by white people... It turns out that white people are dominant, and they I just tolerated it. Now that the Chinese from Liujiabao came, these people were naturally regarded as people who could be united by Liu Peng. They were liberated all of a sudden and obtained land and houses...

In order to keep their hard-won land and house, and even the women assigned to Liu Jiabao, they must also work hard to ensure that Liu Jiabao's ruling authority in California is not violated.

When suppressing the white Mexican rebels and stragglers, the most cruel ones are often the Indo-Europeans with white blood. After all, those who use the same language and grow up in the same cultural environment can be so familiar with each other... …

The current situation is that compared to the Liujiapu Chinese and Indians, the Mexican whites hate the Indo-European mixed-bloods who look like them the most. It can be seen from this...

Heretics are more annoying than heretics! !

If this heretic has a grudge against you, then the relationship between the two parties will be even worse! !
"I understand what you mean, but I want to know what your bottom line is?" After hearing what Liu Peng said, Harlem did not react with approval. It seemed that he also knew that Liu Peng would express a tough attitude on this issue, and He continued to ask Liu Peng about Liu Jiabao's ultimate goal and bottom line.

"Is this what Mr. Rashid meant, or is it what you want to ask?" Hearing Harin's words, Liu Peng's hand that was pouring tea shook slightly, and then he regained his composure and drank tea. He asked Harin in reply. He seemed to be drinking tea, but he kept stealing glances at Harin.

"Haha, if this is what I want to ask myself, then there is no need to say it." After Harlem heard this, Liu Peng replied with a smile, "This is the meaning of Minister Rashid, who is also the Governor-General of the British Empire in Canada. What Mr. Ceci Weir means..." Harlem suddenly replied to Liu Peng with a solemn expression.

"Mr. Ceci Weir?" Liu Peng was obviously a little surprised when he heard that this was what Canadian Governor Ceci Weir meant. At first, he thought it was Minister Rashid who wanted to ask him through Harlem, a British businessman. I didn't expect that it was Ceci Weir, the Governor-General of Canada. You must know the difference between the minister and the governor. This can be seen from the name and position... Even from a certain perspective, Ceci Weir It was the spokesperson and supervisor of the British Empire in North America, supervising everything that happened in the Americas.

Although America is in the territory of the British Empire, there seems to be no India, or even Cape Town, a place that must pass through for current exchanges between the East and the West. But don’t forget, what lies behind the British Empire is the Atlantic Ocean... so to speak. , from another perspective, the Atlantic Ocean is not Britain’s backing.

Before the independence of the United States, North America was very important in the political map of the British Empire. Even now, it is still determined to protect Canada and prevent Canada from being annexed by the United States. The war that burned down the White House decades ago can be said to be It can be seen that the importance of North America in the hearts of the British...

And the most important thing is that the unfilial son of the United States of America is growing in strength every year, expanding its territory over and over again, and inflating it effortlessly like a balloon.

For the British Empire, this is something that is absolutely intolerable, but the reality is that the United States is indeed powerful, so powerful that even the United Kingdom has no way to balance it.

The British mentality in North America is basically to maintain the pride of the empire while making irresponsible remarks on the development of the United States. They even make up some American jokes to laugh at the Americans, just like they insult the law.

But the most uncomfortable thing is that it cannot check and balance the United States. You must know that for a country like the British Empire that believes in regional balance and continental balance policies, such a vast and resource-rich North America can find no country or force that can be a rival to the United States.

The British once thought that Mexicans were good, but after visiting the Republic of Mexico, they came to the conclusion that this is a cesspit. If you open it, it will make everyone stink... Although it is said very harshly, But also very British.

And his own son, Canada, has too few people and is located in a cold zone. The only habitable land is close to the United States. This made the British feel cold after reading it! !
The shit stirrer suddenly stopped stirring. This is a British idea.

But since Liu Jiabao emerged and took over Los Angeles and even the entire California area, the British immediately became interested, especially after Liu Peng took the initiative to ask Harlin, a British businessman, to contact Rashid, the minister to the Republic of Mexico. , the British's evaluation of Liujiabao has changed from a small force that emerged out of nowhere with some potential to a regional force with a diplomatic mind...

Don't underestimate these few extra words. This means that the British people's understanding of Liu Jiabao has risen to at least one level. This is very important to the Liu family who are increasing their popularity and the legitimacy of their rule in California. The fort is vital...

After all, without recognition from world powers, Liujiabao is ultimately a government that is not considered legitimate from an international perspective.

(End of this chapter)