Chapter 953 Merger of the Red River Valley Metropolitan Area

  The finances of the Ocean Empire are divided into two parts, one part is the royal family's income mainly from the royal territory, which is arranged by the Imperial Household Affairs Office, and the other part is the national finance, which is arranged by the Imperial Treasury Department.

At the beginning of the establishment of the empire, the income belonging to the royal family once accounted for as much as 70% of the total financial income. This is because the industrial city belt, mainly the Earl of Queensland, provided a large number of tax and employment opportunities, and also provided the imperial finance. main part.

  1890

  After the victory of the Australian Civil War, the empire's territory covered the economically developed states of New South Wales and Victoria. In February 1891, the Ballarat Consolidated Mining Company was established, in charge of the unified production of more than 170 gold mines, and the income was turned over to the imperial treasury.

   After the joining of these two wealthy states, the financial strength of the empire has reached a higher level, which can basically be compared with the royal family. It has more abundant financial resources to carry out the construction of local and overseas states. This is also the golden period for the comprehensive development of Australia's industry.

   shortly after

  The empire has carried out a reform of the fiscal and taxation system, and the state finance can collect national taxes in the royal territory, which further strengthens the imperial finance plate. The ratio between the two is about 6:4, and the imperial finance begins to be higher than the royal family's revenue.

  The Royal Family of the Ocean Empire has abundant financial resources, so it can support a royal guard of up to 100,000 people, well-equipped, and independently completed the Western War in 1898 and fully occupied the Luzon Islands.

  Its military expenditures and public security operations in the following years did not allow the imperial finances to spend a single piece of silver, including the in-depth development and construction of the Luzon Islands in the following ten years, and all the investment came from the Royal Office of the Interior.

   In this "Wool War"

Among the four divisions of the Royal Guard of the Ocean Empire, three participated in the war, including the 4th Panzer Division of the Royal Guard, which consumed a total of 377 million US dollars in war expenses, all of which were paid by the Royal Interior Office. Post-war retirements were concentrated in Oregon.

   This disguised the pressure on the empire’s finances. In terms of post-war reparations, the war reparations from the United States and Argentina all belonged to the empire’s finances. Therefore, the "post-war settlement syndicate" composed of several large banks dominated by the Royal Fund obtained huge loan benefits, which is a disguised compensation.

   How much money does the Royal Family of the Ocean Empire have?

The finances of the Ocean Empire have always been composed of two parts. According to the annual report, the fiscal and tax revenue belonging to the Imperial Household Office in recent years has averaged about 800 to 900 million Jinyang, or about 2 billion to 2.3 billion U.S. dollars. This money is mainly used for Construction in the Royal Family Territory (including the Earl of Queensland, the Luzon Islands and Tasmania, the northwestern Somalia bordering the Red Sea about 40,000 square kilometers, and the Hawaiian Islands), the Royal Guards Expenditures, wars and bandit suppression expenses, various The maintenance costs and expenses of the palace are used for charitable causes (Young Ying School, Yucai School, Renji Hospital, Renci Hospital, etc.), supporting various scientific and technological research and development funds of the empire, and educational expenses (appropriation from more than 20 universities in the empire, and dozens of Financial subsidies for professional schools), supplement the Royal Fund and other purposes.

Among them, the construction of the royal territory is the bulk of the expenditure, including the expansion of the city, the reconstruction and expansion of various public facilities, the construction of roads, railways, bridges, docks, subways, hydropower stations, thermal power plants, building management offices and palaces, and various municipal departments. And the Royal Police and other departments financial allocations, education allocations, immigration subsidies, disaster relief funding and so on. .

   Take 1910 as an example;

The Royal Ministry of Internal Affairs has invested up to 477 million yuan in the construction of the royal territory, of which 285.3 million in Queensland, 164.1 million in Luzon, 17.01 million in Tasmania, 6.38 million in Hawaii, and 3.11 million in Somalia. Jin Yang.

Decades of continuous large-scale infrastructure investment have enabled the continuous rapid development of the urban belt in the Queensland Territory headed by the Red River Valley, Songjiang, and Beilun of the Ocean Empire. The level of urban construction ranks among the top in the world, with municipal greening, urban public facilities and health education, etc. In all aspects, lead the trend of world metropolis construction.

  The first place is still the Red River Valley Metropolis. The urban population has grown rapidly from 1.786 million in 1900 to 2.633 million, surpassing Tokyo with a population of 2.42 million and ranking the fourth largest city in the world.

  The top three cities in the world are London with 4.68 million, New York with 4.55 million (war factor), and Paris with 2.72 million.

The core city of the empire's political economy, culture and social life has gathered a large number of large corporate headquarters, and ranks among the top in the world in the fields of culture, health and education. There are more than 40 large and medium-sized colleges and universities, and developed urban construction. It also leads the world trend.

   As of late 1910

After the 32.4-kilometer Metro Line 1 in Honghe Valley was completed and put into use in 1900, the 67.6-kilometer Line 2, the 117.5-kilometer Line 3, and the urban connection lines 4, 5, 6, and 7 Lines have been built successively, and the total length of the subway has reached 522 kilometers.

With the Red River Valley Metropolis as the core, the subway network forms a pattern of three ring lines, No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, and four radial lines, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, and No. 7. The urban area of ​​the North Shore is closely connected, and extends to the surrounding four cities of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, and Xuanwu, providing a large-capacity and economical way of travel, forming the largest and most advanced subway in the world today. The network closely links several cities together.

  The subway network has been in operation till now

  The scale of 3.55 million passengers per day is the largest in the world.

The well-developed subway transportation lines have become the first choice for fast travel for the residents of the Honghe Valley metropolis. Four radial lines connecting the surrounding cities have formed a spider-web subway line, which greatly facilitates the surrounding cities of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. Residents, shortening the time between exchanges, making these cities better integrated into the Red River Valley metropolitan area.

   The developed transportation network of the Red River Valley metropolis is not only reflected in the subway line, but also in the construction of highway transportation.

  With the increase of population, the expansion of city scale, and the endless emergence of high-rise buildings, the agglomeration effect of the Red River Valley metropolis has become more and more obvious. Especially with the rapid growth of car ownership, it has brought huge pressure on traffic.

   By the end of 1910

   The number of cars in the Red River Valley metropolis has reached 274,000, with an average of one car for every 10 residents. If the number of cars in the surrounding four mythical beast cities is added, the total number exceeds 350,000.

  Although the spider web-like road traffic extends in all directions, traffic jams are still inevitable. And it's getting worse.

   To this end, the municipality and the city council have taken various measures to solve it.

   First of all, we will continue to vigorously build the elevated loop. After the construction of the inner elevated urban loop, the construction of the second and third loops has been started successively. The planned fourth loop will include Baihu and Xuanwu in the rapid elevated loop.

  The fifth ring will incorporate Qinglong City into the elevated ring, and the sixth ring will incorporate Suzaku City into the elevated ring of the Honghe Valley metropolitan area, becoming an inseparable part of it.

  The city has developed so far

The Red River Valley Metropolis has incorporated the surrounding four cities of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu into the administrative area, and the conditions for forming the Dahong River Valley urban agglomeration are mature. It's a matter of course.

   On February 17, 1911, in the election of the new imperial cabinet, the Zhigong Party led by Zhang Li defeated the opponent and won the election with 57.8% of the vote. Prime Minister Zhang Li was responsible for the formation of the new cabinet.

   This is the first time the Zhi Gong Party has regained power after a lapse of 10 years. The first issue they face is the merger of the Red River Valley metropolitan area, which is a very challenging new issue.

   in the city of four mythical beasts

Suzaku City with developed light industry ranks as the fifth largest city in the empire. In 1900, the total urban population reached 835,600, and in 1910 it further increased to 1.076 million. It is an uncompromising international city, especially for its world-famous wool textile industry. Leading the way.

  As a traditional light industrial textile town, more than 90% of the industrial output value of Suzaku City comes from the wool textile industry. It has been deeply cultivated in the wool textile industry for decades, and it ranks among the top in the world in terms of industrial scale and technical level.

  The city's "Textile College" has been upgraded to "Australian Textile University", which has the world's top level in wool textile, fine textile, textile machinery, cashmere textile, textile printing and dyeing, textile design and other fields.

Suzaku City is a city born for textiles. Thousands of textile, weaving, printing and dyeing, clothing, textile machinery and equipment, hats and socks factories gather together to form the world's most complete wool textile industry chain. The output value of the textile industry reaches an average annual rate. The level of 335 million Jinyang ranks first in the domestic textile industry, and the total industrial output value is only slightly lower than that of Songjiang City, ranking second.

  Suzaku City not only has a traditional wool textile industry, but also has a unique unique skill - the world's top cashmere textile industry.

  For reasons of technical secrecy, the cashmere textile industry of the Ocean Empire is limited to Suzaku City, and there is no semicolon. The famous "Edelweiss" textile factory is located here, and there are also a series of brands such as "Baiyun", "Mona Lisa", "Amelia" and "Bai Xue". machine.

   Thirty years

  The complete set of cashmere textile equipment in Suzaku City has been updated to the third generation. It has the characteristics of faster spinning speed and higher efficiency. It has always firmly controlled the right to speak in the cashmere industry, and it is also a technical secret that the empire will never export.

   If the four major cities are swallowed in one bite, the Red River Valley Metropolitan Group will become the largest city in the world, with a population of more than 5.45 million, overtaking London for the top spot.

   Take inventory;

Suzaku City, the fifth largest city in the Empire, with a total population of 1.076 million, Qinglong City, famous for its education, ranks the nineteenth largest city in the Empire with 621,000 people, and Baihu City, which is dominated by heavy industry, has a population of 621,000. It has grown from 690,000 ten years ago to 787,000, making it the 14th largest city in the Empire. And Xuanwu City (with a total population of 327,000), which ranks as the thirty-seventh largest city in the Empire, has a combined population of more than 2.82 million, which is extremely staggering.

   Therefore, the city merger is a very challenging event, and only the preliminary preparation work has attracted the attention of all countries in the world.

   (end of this chapter)