After arriving in Xinjinshan, Wang Lulin did not feel like he was in a foreign country at all, because Xinjinshan was not a foreign country at all, but an actual overseas territory of the empire.
The empire currently does not have provinces in North America, but it does have an American Affairs Yamen. This Yamen is similar to the Fuso Affairs Yamen, Nanyang Affairs Yamen, Indian Affairs Yamen, and African Affairs Yamen.
They are all agencies similar to provinces, but with larger actual authority than provinces. When the time is right, they will be reformed into governor's yamen like the Fusang Affairs Yamen and Nanyang Affairs Yamen back then.
The American Affairs Office consists of three major states: Xinjinshan Prefecture, New Taipei Prefecture, and New Dong Prefecture. In addition, there are five directly-governed counties, which basically cover most of the western coast of North America.
In the southern part of New Taipei Island, the state government is located in New South City (Los Angeles), and the southernmost part directly borders Mexico, which is controlled by the Spanish. At first, the two sides had some disputes over this area, because at that time a large area was covered with
It was under Spanish control.
However, in view of the relatively good relationship between the empire and Spain, and the fact that the Spanish wanted to carry out normal trade with the empire, and also wanted to obtain military assistance from the empire to fight against the Tatars, after negotiation, the Spaniards made
Made certain concessions.
In the middle is Xinjinshan State, which governs Xinjinshan City (San Francisco). This place is the empire's stronghold in America and the earliest colony. There are many immigrants from the empire.
To the north is New East State, which governs New Donggang. This state is also newly established. When the empire's early expedition ships explored the coastal waters of North America, they discovered a bay and a large coastal plain here, so it was established here.
Colony, called New Donggang.
The above-mentioned three continents are actually not completely connected to each other, because they are still separated by a large distance from each other, and there are several independent colonies in between.
At the same time, there were many colonies in the eastern inland area, and county or town administrative agencies were established.
The above-mentioned independent counties and towns are not under the jurisdiction of the three continents.
The empire's immigration development in North America has always been very vigorous. So far, it has immigrated hundreds of thousands of people. This large population has provided a solid foundation for the empire to rule North America.
However, this is far from enough, especially for the pursuit of localization.
In order to increase the population of North America, the government organized a large number of people to immigrate to North America. On the other hand, it also increased the population of North America by canonizing nobles.
Increasing the number of immigrants by canonizing nobles has been proven to be effective. It has been effective in Nanyang provinces and Beihai Province. Those nobles spared no effort to develop their fiefdoms and obtain more benefits.
Recruit immigrants from the country to go to their fiefdoms.
Wang Lulin is just one of these people!
After arriving at Xinjin Mountain, Wang Lulin had to socialize with the local military and political officials. After staying for five days, he took a boat south again and headed to his fiefdom of New Taipei Prefecture.
The journey from Xinjinshan to New Taipei Prefecture is much shorter, and it doesn’t take long to arrive at New Taipei Port.
When he first arrived in New Taipei Port, although his rationality told him that this city with a population of only more than 10,000 people was very crude, and even if the nearby towns and villages were included, the total population was only more than 50,000 people, Wang Lulin felt that in his heart
It feels sincerely cordial.
This is his fiefdom!
It’s not just his, it’s also the foundation of his royal family!
Although he had just come here, he found that the climate here was pleasant. After further questioning, he found that the place was like spring all year round and there was a lot of rain.
Although many places are very desolate, there are also many plains that can be developed. If this is done, it will be enough to lay a century-old foundation for the family.
After arriving in New Taipei Port, Wang Lulin did not stop at all. While socializing with the officials of the local prefectural government, he also told the more than 300 people he brought with him what to do.
This time he came to America, not alone, but with more than 300 people, some of whom were his own servants and escorts, and many more were hired staff.
If he came alone, how could he develop his own fiefdom?
After initially settling down, Wang Lulin couldn't wait to take his troops to inspect his territory.
Naturally, this territory is not a fief. In theory, his fief is the entire New Taipei State, but that is meaningless. At most, he can only get some fief salary, and it is shared with seven or eight other nobles.
At the bottom of his fief, he was also entrusted with three viscounts and four barons.
They are not the nobles conferred by Wang Lulin, nor are they his vassals, but independent nobles.
The empire's aristocratic system does not talk about the emperor canonizing high-level nobility, and high-level nobility canonizing low-level nobility. All nobles are canonized by the emperor, and their fiefdoms are also canonized by Li Xuan himself.
Even a duke does not have any jurisdiction over the barons in his fief.
Not to mention jurisdiction, those low-level nobles will also take away large-scale benefits.
Because there is an upper limit on fiefdom salaries, it will naturally be diluted if there are more people.
So if possible, Wang Lulin would rather not have these viscounts, barons, etc. under his fiefdom, but he can't interfere with the matter of canonization.
The Holy Emperor can canonize people as he likes.
However, the fief salary was not much to begin with, and Wang Lulin did not rely on this fief salary, at least not now.
What he values more is the private territory given to him, which is more than 21,000 square kilometers of land!
Although he had known in advance that a considerable part of the more than 20,000 square kilometers of land was desert and mountainous land that could not be developed, there was still some good plain land that could be used for reclamation.
And more importantly, in such a large area, he didn't believe that there were no gold or silver mines buried underground.
When Wang Lulin inspected the territory, he did not dare to go too far. On the one hand, the territory was too big. Many places were deserted and there were no roads. High mountains and long distances were prone to problems.
On the other hand, there are still a lot of indigenous people in the local area. Although he hired dozens of guards from domestic bodyguard companies, he could not stop the small number of guards who were attacked by large-scale indigenous people.
After a quick inspection, Wang Lulin started working!
He divided the people under him into two parts. One part was to organize and recruit people to cultivate and plant the land. There was a piece of land in his territory that was of quite good quality, and the amount was extremely large, covering more than sixty square kilometers!
This land of more than 60 square kilometers is located in a small valley. There are many small rivers in the small valley. There are large plains in the river channels, and the land is quite fertile.
The agricultural experts under his command told him that this land was very fertile and could be used to grow all kinds of food.
Today's food prices in North America are quite good. More and more immigrants and troops consume a lot of food. It is naturally impossible to transport it from the country. In that case, the freight will be higher than the price of the food itself. Earlier
In years, they usually purchased food from Spain, or asked the indigenous people to purchase grain.
In order to ensure self-sufficiency in food, officials of the American Affairs Office have always encouraged land reclamation, and there are quite good tax incentives. In addition to the tax exemption for the first three years and half tax for the next five years, the tax exemption policy in the reclamation order, New Taipei State
The local state government also promised to subsidize part of the cost of reclamation and improved seeds.
The above policies apply to individuals as well as reclamation companies.
With such a good piece of land, it would be outrageous not to grow food, so Wang Lulin immediately organized a reclamation company and then recruited farm workers to prepare for large-scale reclamation.
This is also the basic model of agricultural development in overseas territories.
In addition to the immigrants' own farming, many businessmen will set up reclamation companies, farms, grain companies and other companies, buy or rent large tracts of land, and hire workers to open up wasteland and plant.
The large farm model adopted is much more efficient than individual farming by farmers.
In addition to growing food, Wang Lulin also established a mining company to search for minerals in his own territory, preferably a gold mine.
As long as you can find a gold mine, then you're good to go!
Not little hair, but a real breakout!
Even Wang Lulin is the top nobleman of the empire, a dignified Marquis of the New North, but he also dreams of finding a gold mine.
As long as he finds a gold mine, he can organize his own manpower to mine it. Apart from the mining costs and taxes, the rest is his profit.
Why is it that the American Mining Company is not large and its main business is still in the Americas, but why does its stock price behave like this and even become one of the top mining companies in the empire?
It's because they own multiple gold and silver mines!
What's more important is that the land they own for the gold and silver mines does not belong to their company, but to the local government. To exploit these gold and silver mines, do they still need to cooperate with the local finance department to share accounts?
.
But he, Wang Lulin, doesn’t have to share the accounts with anyone else!
This place belongs to his own family, and apart from the cost of mining and the taxes that must be paid, the rest is his profit.
In the past many years, there have been many examples of nobles finding gold or silver mines in their fiefdoms and becoming rich suddenly.
Last year, a baron was ennobled to an island in Banten Province. The broken island seemed to have nothing, but after a survey, it was amazing that a new gold mine was discovered.
Then the baron became suddenly rich in an instant. It didn't take long before he spent a lot of money to build a huge mansion on the outskirts of Jinling.
Now, Wang Lulin also wants to be such a person!
Find a gold mine and make money while you're there!
Well, nobles have to spend a lot of money to maintain their dignity. Salaries alone are not enough. His Wang Lulin family has a big business and a lot of expenses. Naturally, he also wants a gold mine.