Chapter 1 Winter in Sochi (Part 1)
Three years later (1769), at the end of the year, Sochi City.
It's another warm winter.
Usually, the lowest temperature in Sochi can reach five degrees in winter, but in this winter, it is almost the last few days of the year, and it is still above ten degrees, and it is still sunny.
A white medium-sized castle stands on the east coast of the Black Sea.
This is a castle made of white marble. On the outermost side of the wall are covered with white stones that are half a meter thick, and in the middle is filled with irregular stones left after cutting marble.
The castle has a European shape, but the buildings inside are neither Eastern nor Western, but are close to the matchbox houses in later generations in the 1940s and 1950s.
Yes, after owning the weapon of concrete, the Truchens can already calmly build buildings with more than three floors.
Buildings are generally six or seven floors, so that they can carry more people in smaller castles.
At present, there are five places with a large population and denser population:
Hualazimo;
Azerbaijan;
North Caucasus;
Kafbas (Western Ukraine);
Melitopol (Eastern Ukraine).
In these places that have taken over in the past five years, a large number of such buildings have been built, so that the castle can easily carry several times more people than before without the huge need to be built.
However, in the city, there was a European-style manor built on the top of a hill.
From the manor's exterior corridor, you can see the magnificent Black Sea from the magnificent Black Sea, the annual annual meeting of the Truchen Kingdom is being held here.
Qitad is thirty-nine years old this year, and his eldest son Zahatai is also twenty years old. After returning to the country from Lash Island (Gozo Island in the Mediterranean), his father is obviously working hard to cultivate him, not only appointing him as the Secretary of State, but also acting in the state when he is away.
For the young father of the great military strategist of later generations, Charles Bonaparte, after careful consideration, Qitad changed his mind again, neither assassinated him nor occupied his country of Corsica, but sat on the verge of keeping him neutral.
I am currently in the honeymoon period with France, and I believe this honeymoon period will last for quite a while.
Because, although the British returned North American colonies to them in order to win over them, this also aroused the French's ambition to accelerate their colonies, especially in Asia and Africa.
With the bloody lessons of the British, I believe they will not offend the Truchens easily.
The only measure Qitad took was to let Zahatai marry Shir's sister. At the beginning, his decision was immediately strongly opposed by the country.
Because Corsica is just a republic, the Charles family is not a governor's family, but an ordinary noble on the island. Since Zahatai was recalled, he has actually become the prince of the Truqin Kingdom, the prince of a powerful European country, and has only married the daughter of an ordinary European noble.
This is indeed a bit confusing.
During this period, the French Bourbon family, the Prussian Hohenzollern family, the Portuguese Joao family, and the Russian Normanov family all extended an olive branch to him that they would be willing to marry. Even the Zavuski family, the grand duke of the Ukrainian priest, sent people several times to marry his daughter to Zahatai.
But they were all rejected by Qitad.
Obviously there is only one reason.
Charles Bonaparte is the father of Napoleon Bonaparte. Although the butterfly was disturbed by the butterfly, Napoleon was still born as scheduled. He is only four months old now.
The only requirement of Qitad is that the Charles family must move to Truchen.
Qitade knew very well that his country was not solid. Although he had gone through many arduous efforts, the lives of the people in the entire kingdom were much higher than those of Europe, he was still a hodgepodge of nations, languages, and beliefs, and his foundation was not solid.
If your next generation can still control the overall situation, you must find a good helper for him.
What kind of person would Napoleon, who grew up in schools at all levels of Truchen and play for Truchen?
Even Qitade is looking forward to it.
When Napoleon grew up, Zahatai was his uncle. With this relationship, I believe Napoleon would still be loyal to Truchen.
Qitad also thought about whether Napoleon would usurp the throne of Takret halfway through if he continued to be as dazzling as in history, and finally shook his head.
After his death, his descendants will completely know nothing about how this country is managed, and they will not use a person who can definitely be a helper, and let history develop freely. Qitad will definitely not give up.
Qitad asked Zahatai to marry Charles' sister, that is, let Napoleon convert to Changchun religion, Charles would have many children, so he would definitely not refuse.
The Charles family lives in Sochi, and he can freely travel between Corsica and Sochi.
Leave no gossip.
In the warm room, all the bigwigs of the Kingdom gather together.
It was still the kind of conference table in later generations, with Qitad sitting in the first place, Zahat sitting opposite, and the ministers on both sides.
It is still the old practice. Prime Minister Su Wenyu reports on the Kingdom's fiscal revenue and expenditure as of this year.
"Dear Your Majesty, Your Highness, and All the Ministers"
"As of this year, after three years, the 400,000 Guangdong Han people of His Highness Timur were finally moved and resettled."
"There were originally 500,000 households, but after hard work, only 400,000 households came in the end, but it was quite good. 400,000 households, close to two million people, immediately increased the population of our country"
"In the past three years, His Highness Timur first allowed these 400,000 households to be transferred to Kowloon and Hong Kong in batches, and then migrated to the local area. The situation in China is much more complicated and difficult than imagined."
"Fortunately, although our country signed an agreement with the Qing court, it has not withdrawn from Guangzhou City. It was not until the first half of this year that it was finally withdrawn. That's it. It took three years to move the 400,000 households to Kowloon and Hong Kong in batches, and then to the local area in batches."
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"The last fleet will only set off in the second half of the year, which delays His Majesty's Ryukyu strategy for three years"
"It's okay," Qitade smiled, "It's better to go in batches and in turn. If it comes in one go, our country really doesn't have so much financial resources to accept them."
Su Wenyu also smiled and said, "His Highness Timur got 10 million taels of silver from Guangzhou, and finally merged into 222 million Truqin silver coins, all of which were spent on these immigrants. In the end, each immigrant spent fifty silver coins"
Qitade nodded, "In the future, we will formulate special immigration fees for each year according to this number. Large immigrants must have sufficient fiscal surplus when entering, and it is obviously not possible to fully follow the natural growth of each year. There must be foreign money."
Su Wenyu continued: "In recent years, deducting these 400,000 Han immigrants, our country's population has grown rapidly. As of October this year, the total population of our country has reached about 8.5 million."
"There are more than 1.3 million farmers, with more than 6.6 million"
"Before, the most populous and densest place in my country was Azerbaijan, with 350,000 households. Before the immigration arrived, it had moved out 150,000 households and moved to the North Caucasus and the eastern and western provinces of the lower Dnieper River, of which 50,000 households were moved into the North Caucasus"
"The provinces of Kafbas and Melitopol have moved in 20,000 households, and the other provinces have moved in 10,000 households"
"After the arrival of Han immigrants, 50,000 households were allocated to major workshops, and the rest were moved into the North Caucasus, 30,000 households were moved into Kafbas and Melitopol each moved into 80,000 households, 50,000 households were moved into Azerbaijan, 40,000 households, and the rest moved to other provinces"
"So, the identity of the most populous in our country is"
"Azerbaijan, about 250,000 households"
"Kafbass Province, about 210,000 households"
"Melitopol Province, about 210,000 households"
"Stavropol Province, about 210,000 households"
"Hualazimo Province, about 190,000 households"
"In this way, our country will have nearly 40 million mu of tax fields, and the annual grain tax is nearly 23 million stones."
"In terms of herdsmen, the total number of households is nearly 300,000 and the population is 1.5 million. As of October, the total number of cattle and sheep is around 20 million in stock"
"There are about six million horses, about six hundred thousand horses that can be used as war horses, and about one million horses that can be used as horses to pick up horses, and about one million and five million horses that can be used as horses"
"Since all newly included Nogay population is included in the farmers, they are actually semi-herderly and half-farmers, and a large number of livestock are not included"
"With the addition of 50,000 Han craftsmen, the number of craftsmen in my country has increased to 85,000, with a population of more than 400,000"
"There are currently 100 formal cities in my country, with the total number of officials, teachers and security personnel in each city being about 400, with a total of more than 40,000 people"
"Don't think I'm too long-winded, because starting from officials, they all need the national fiscal expenditure, and the number of officials is the smallest"
"The next one is the big one of the expenditures, one is naturally the army. At present, my country's main brigades have 63, and these are all mobile forces, with about 190,000 people, 37 local brigades, and just 100."
"A total of 300,000 people, because they are all cavalrymen, they consume double food"
"There are currently 21 squadrons at home and abroad, with a total of more than 30,000 naval officers and soldiers"
"The other big head is naturally the student. According to statistics from the Ministry of Rites, there are currently more than 500,000 students in school in my country. my country has implemented a policy of free food and accommodation, and the expenses in this regard are also huge."
"Officials, military and students need to spend more than 13 million stones of food each year. There are both paid as salary and directly consumed. The salary expenses of military and officials and other school expenses exceed 8 million silver coins per year!"
"You don't have to worry too much. In recent years, with the help of Jews and Amsterdam Bank, our country's goods have entered a large number of European countries, and have also successfully entered the Persian Empire and the Ottoman Empire"
"As of October this year, my country's foreign trade surplus and commercial tax have combined to nearly 15 million silver coins, plus the continued flintlock, ruby trade, and seigniorage tax, the annual fiscal revenue is close to 17 million."
Chapter completed!