Distance is a flaw!

For the colonial cause, immigrants must first consider distance.

Why does the North American continent attract a large number of European immigrants? It is not that the climate here has the best conditions, but because it is relatively closest to the European continent. This is the fundamental reason why North America has attracted millions of European immigrants in the next two hundred years.

Even in the Age of Discovery, it only takes one month at most to reach the New World, but by the 19th century, it was shortened to more than a dozen days, followed by a few more days.

But what about the Pacific route?

How long does it take to get from Shanghai to Yuzhang County?

Even the fly-scissors will take up to two months to sail. The long overseas navigation is a test of people's will.

It takes longer to arrive in New England from the mainland.

At this time, the vast Midwest land of North America was a barren land that had never been visited by civilized people. The only way to cross the American continent from east to west was to take a boat. Sun Zizhuang, the captain, knew very well how long it would take to go from Yuzhang County to Boston. It was a voyage of more than 50,000 miles!

Four months on the sea!

For immigrants, this is undoubtedly a nightmare!

Sailing at sea for half a year!

Not to mention ordinary people, even sailors may collapse due to long sailings. In fact, during this "landmark-like" voyage, if it weren't for getting off the ship every few days and taking the opportunity to rest, the crew would definitely collapse and have hallucinations or even riots due to long sailings.

If it were ordinary people... don't joke, they would definitely collapse. Besides, not every captain can command fast ships like "Slippers" and "Fast Sailboat". If it was replaced by ordinary schoonat, the time would be doubled.

Sailing on the sea for a whole year...

Well, in this way, there is no need to consider when we will arrive at our destination. I guess half of the people died halfway through.

Time is often in units of "month"!

This is the biggest problem of immigration from the Ming Dynasty to North America, and it is also the fundamental reason that restricts the immigration from the Ming Dynasty to North America. It’s not that I don’t want to, but... I can’t do it!

"It took these thousands of military households a year and three months from departure to arrival in New England, from Shanghai to Taiwan, from Taiwan to the mouth of the river, from the mouth of the river to the South Heaven Gate, from the South Heaven Gate to naturalization..."

When talking about the hardships along the way, Luo Liang, as a witness, even said with emotion in the end.

"I won't talk about other people. Anyway, do I want to suffer the same sin again? I will take root in this fallen leaves..."

Sometimes, the reason why people don’t go back is not because they don’t want to, but because the distance is too far, and the hardships on the road are enough to dispel their idea of ​​going back.

"It seems that there is only one way in the future, which is to let the court try its best to exile the prisoners to New England."

Enrich the colonial population with prisoners!

It is the most commonly used method in various countries when developing colonies, and the Ming Dynasty is no exception. Even the Qin Dynasty was "repeated" thousands of years ago, with the purpose of which was to enrich the population in the border areas.

For example, Yuzhang County is mainly exiled criminals. Even compared with ordinary immigrants, officials in Yuzhang County prefer exiled criminals. First, because they can be driven at will. Second, because exiled criminals are mostly brave and fierce characters. Such people will not suffer losses when facing natives. Even natives have to consider how to prevent these "brave and cruel people".

Of course, this also led to the "brave and ruthless" folk customs in Yuzhang County, and even the so-called "hard" and barbaric natives did not dare to provoke them.

"There are only a few prisoners exiled every year. We have so many overseas territories over the years, so there is enough to share it!"

When Luo Liang's words fell, Yunshan, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

"Actually, if you want to immigrate here, there is another way to go besides taking the sea route!"

"How? What's the solution?"

Luo Liang said in surprise.

"Railway, why can't a railway be built?"

"Build a railway?"

Luo Liang said in surprise.

"You mean to build a railway from the West Coast to the East Coast? Do you know how long this railway is?"

Sun Zizhuang also agreed.

"There are at least tens of thousands of miles, and there are barren lands in the middle that no one has ever gone deep. If you build a railway in such a place, not to mention other problems, it is that even the iron or the railway construction can empty the entire Ming Dynasty!"

They are not unfamiliar with railways. After all, this is the pride of the Celestial Empire. Only the Celestial Empire in the world has the kind of railway that can travel thousands of miles a day. The railway is so convenient. Only with railways can one really achieve "a thousand miles of Jiangling return in one day".

Even after seeing the convenience of the railway, someone proposed to build a number of railways from Nanjing to all parts of the country with Nanjing as the center. Some people even drew a railway planning plan known as 200,000 miles. In their planning, the Ming Dynasty's railway was even built all the way to the Nantianmen.

Of course, this is just a local plan.

As for building railways in the colonies?

Not that no one has ever thought about it, but not many people have always thought this is realistic and feasible. Not to mention whether there is a need to build a railway, just the iron needed for the railway is a considerable burden for the colonies. Moreover, for most places, there is no need for that.

"It is obviously unrealistic to build a railway of tens of thousands of miles. At least for now, it is not realistic. After all, it is impossible for such a long railway to use rails transported from the local area. But in the future, who knows? With the railway, our immigrants can go deep into the hinterland of the North American continent along the railway line. What is the so-called New France and the so-called Mississippi watershed, all of us are ours, and they have nothing to do with the Spaniards and the French, but..."

Yunshan smiled.

"Now, even if we use the whole country's strength, we may not be able to build such a long railway."

Isn't this equivalent to not saying it?

Just as Luo Liang's lips raised lightly, he felt that the so-called Xing'an Boyun family was just like this, and his grandson was so brave that he looked at his first mate with great interest. He knew this kid, and this kid would never be aimless.

"We can't build such a long railway, so we can change places."

“Change another place?”

Luo Liang said in surprise.

"Yes, it's at least tens of thousands of miles from Yuzhang County to New England, which is too far. Although it is necessary to build a railway to its hinterland with the vast North American continent, at present, we have neither the financial resources nor the ability, so of course we don't have to consider it. However, since we don't build a railway, it is likely to affect the future of New England and even our colonial cause. Then, this railway must be considered..." Colonial colonization must first send the people over, which is the colonization!

Otherwise, no matter how big a colony is, it will be just a dream in the end. Only when the colony has a large number of local citizens can the colony be from the Ming Dynasty.

Even now, the descendants, bloodlines and appearances of those military households and Western women may also affect their recognition of the Ming Dynasty. After all, there are also native white people in New Spain, which are actually white and native mixed races. Their status is lower than the "purebred Spanish" who came from the local area. Finally, it is those "native white people" that promoted the independence of the Spanish colonies. They recognize themselves more in terms of blood as "Americans".

Of course, Wang Linyue and others did not realize the existence of this problem. They were just based on the instinct of "disputing China and the barbarians", and they hoped to maintain the bloodline of the Han people, and at least they should ensure that the bloodline of the Han people accounted for an absolute majority. Now they are just forced to marry a "Semi Concubine".

Of course, more importantly, New England is now indeed with many English people and few Han people! This will inevitably lead to instability in rule. Therefore, increasing the number of immigrants is directly related to the long-term stability here and the final ownership of this colony.

"Actually, what are we going to? It's just to send people from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean from the west to the east. This railway cannot be built in the north. Why don't we consider building in the south?"

Yunshan said seriously.

"Build in the south? There..."

Before Luo Liang's words could be finished, Sun Zizhuang said in surprise.
Chapter completed!