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Chapter 423 The Golden River in Alaska ([-]rd update, please subscribe)
What does Nanhua look like?
It is definitely not clear in a few words, but the land of Nanhua is very vast.

"Our lands run from the North Pole to the South Pole! Our oceans run from the Pacific to the Atlantic..."

Any elementary school student in Nanhua can recite this text, but for most people, they can feel the second half at most. After all, most people live in Nanhua.

As for going from the North Pole to the South Pole... Few people can understand this.And this is certainly not an exaggeration, Nanhua is the only country in the whole world that has land from the extreme north to the extreme south...well, the region.Now Nanhua is not yet a country.

But in the whole of Alaska, there are only a total of more than [-] residents, and these people are scattered in two "cities"-the former capital Sitka, and the current capital Fuyang. Since it is a city, it needs There are officials.

"The so-called exile in the book is probably not so far away!"

When the ship sailed into Fuyang Port, Zhu Quande couldn't help but have this idea in his heart. Of course, he was not exiled here, but he applied for a job in Fuyang on his own initiative.

Fuyang!

What kind of city is this?

Fuyang Bay in March, despite the biting cold wind, because of the Alaskan warm current, it has the effect of warming and humidifying the climate in the surrounding area, resulting in higher water temperature and no freezing all year round. This is also the reason why Nanhua chose this place as its capital.

The old name of this bay is "Cook's Inlet", and Fuyang, which is located in the deepest part of the bay, is called "Anchorage" in another world.

As the northernmost city in Nanhua, Fuyang not only has nearly [-] residents, but also has the largest fish canning factory in the world, and hundreds of fishing trawlers are moored in the bay.

"Mr. Zhu, look, it is the famous Type 67 fishing trawler. Although it is not big, it is different. It can go to sea with only five or six crew members. It uses the most advanced Otto 180 gasoline engine. But the best trawlers in the world are these more than one hundred trawlers, which can catch tens of thousands of tons of fish a year..."

Captain Huang Degui, holding a pipe like a treasure, introduced the trawlers in the bay to Zhu Quande with some pride.

"The canned food we produce here is not only sold in San Francisco, but even in Europe. I heard that in the past, the old man sold it to his owner because Alaska couldn't make money and didn't do business at a loss. You see Look at it now in our hands..."

Holding a pipe, he pointed to the large cannery near the pier, and Huang Degui pointed to the cabin.

"The tinplate on my ship is all shipped to make cans. When I leave, I will put another can on it and sell it to Jinshan. It is the Jinshan in the United States, not Australia. These foreign devils are really leaving. I was lucky to find gold mountains there, but unfortunately we just found a coal mine here. By the way, Mr. Zhu, do you know how our negotiations with the British are going? According to me, we Just send soldiers to that disputed area."

The "disputed area" in Huang Degui's mouth refers to the territorial dispute in the area bordering the southern part of Alaska with British Columbia and the Hudson's Bay Company. Alaska's southern border is very domineering, almost blocking half of the coastline of Canada's west coast.This was mainly due to the expansion of the Russians south along the Pacific Ocean at that time.After Russia sold this piece of land to Nanhua, Nanhua also inherited this section of the border.Parts of the border, known as the Alaskan Panhandle, are disputed, and South China has been negotiating with them for the past two years.

"Send troops..."

Zhu Quande froze for a moment, then shook his head.

"Sending troops will only intensify the problem. The disputed area is the barren land in the hinterland of the Rocky Mountains. For those places, it is definitely not worth fighting the British. Besides..."

When the words came to his lips, Zhu Quande still took it back. Why did he negotiate with the British for two years without a single answer?I'm afraid it's not just for thousands of square kilometers of barren mountains and mountains.

But apart from the barren mountains and wild mountains, what else is there?

Two hours later, because the governor was meeting a guest.Zhu Quande could only wait in the Governor's Office. The so-called "Governor's Mansion" was only a small three-story building. As for the staff, there were only a dozen of them. data of.

Similar to many company "executives", he is also a generation of immigrants. The trust of the marshal in the generation of immigrants is well known, and all the first-generation immigrants are also loyal to the marshal.That's why many of them are in high positions.

What is certain is that the "generation of immigrants" in Nanhua is an extremely special existence, but this does not mean that they will all occupy high positions. In some factories, there are ordinary workers who seem inconspicuous. They are also a generation of immigrants. Ren Dashuai has always been a meritocracy.

"It's been almost half an hour, and I don't know what the governor is up to!"

While Zhu Quande was waiting outside the door, Liang Baitao only had the small glass bottle in his hand in the office next to the wall.

There are some yellow and shiny "beans" and "sands" in the finger-thick glass bottle. This is... gold.

"Gold, is it the Klondikeri?"

Liang Baitao looked at Zhao Dechuan in front of him and asked, Zhao Dechuan led an expedition team to inspect the Yukon region along the Yukon River last year. What was the biggest achievement of the expedition team?
This is the vial of gold.

"Yes, the Klondikery River in the Yukon Territory is very rich in placer gold resources. According to preliminary estimates, there may be hundreds of tons, or even thousands of tons!"

Zhao Dechuan's tone seemed a little excited. After a whole year of investigation, what did they gain?
gold!

During their investigation, they discovered a river containing a large amount of placer gold.It was a discovery that changed everything.

"Governor, there is not only gold, but a lot of gold. That river is a gold river. With gold, Alaska will definitely attract a large number of people, and Alaska will surely prosper. The gold rush will change. everything……"

"Gold really does change everything!"

Hearing Zhao Dechuan's expectant words, Liang Baitao walked to the map, stared at the map for a while, and then spoke.

"The only question is, how do we get the Klondikeri, this river of gold! That's the most important thing!"

That was the root of the problem—the Gold River didn't belong to Alaska at all, it was the Northwest Territories of the British Hudson Company.

If you want to get that golden river, you must first get that piece of land.

"Now it's the territory of the British. If we want to take that piece of land into our own hands, we can't let anyone know about it for the time being. We can only get that piece of land if we keep it secret. "

While Liang Baitao and the others were discussing how to keep it secret, Zhu Quande just waited quietly outside the office.

After almost half an hour, the closed office door was opened, and then he saw two people walking out.

It's the governor.

He personally escorted the guests out of the office.

At this moment, Zhu Quande didn't know what he witnessed...

(End of this chapter)