A few days later, the five hundred old troops, five hundred farmers, and the Ora team left in a fleet. They would take the escort of the Tefrey Steam Fleet to New Golden State under the escort of the Tefrey Steam Fleet, riding the still strong west wind (crosswind) on the west coast of America and the cold currents heading south from the west coast of Alaska to New Golden State, where San Francisco is located in later generations.

Nikan rode his horse along the Veramit River south. In the past few days, he will inspect the farmers resettled in the Daxia Kingdom with Sun Demao.

Within a few days, I arrived at the southernmost Kalapuya, where the city of Eugene was located in later generations. The construction of this place was no less than that of Oregon.

A Chinese-style city with a radius of about six miles stands on the south bank of the Veramit River.

This is where the Kalapuya River (the later Magenshe River) flows into the Vilamite River. The river area between the two rivers is about thirty miles long and ten miles wide. It is the reserve of the Kalapuya tribe where Anka is located. They rely on this river to fish and plant some corn, tobacco and other things on the river. Because this place is close to the mountains to the south, they sometimes go up the mountain to hunt.

When the Daxia people came to America and entered their tenth year, the two major tribes of Oregon and Veramit in the north were integrated into a series of plans for the Daxia government. Only the Kalapuya tribe of Anka still maintained the tradition tenaciously.

On the river bank, there is a row of long houses every other mile. The wooden houses made of branches mixed with hay are clearly distinguished from the tall and majestic city on the other side.

According to the tradition of the Kalapuya tribe, whenever the sun rises and the moon rises, when the sun sets, the young man serving the shaman in the tribe will blow the horn made of bison horns. At the same time, the bell tower on the town square of the Daxia people in the city will also ring.

The bell tower was three meters high and one meter wide. When it rang, the smaller bells on the four gates rang almost at the same time. In an instant, the sound of bells resounded across the banks of the Veramit River. On a quiet morning, people with good ears could also hear it on the Kalapuya River.

At this time, on the mountains south of the city and on the rivers between the two rivers, large areas of birds will startle, flying in the morning light, making various shouts, accompanied by the "crunch" sound from the city gate opening, a new day is coming.

On the mountain south of the city, the farthest is thirty miles away, and the nearest five miles are distributed, with copper, iron ore, lead and zinc ore, and coal mines. This is the largest mine in Oregon and the largest workshop. In the plan of the first Governor Mu Ren, the minerals here were originally transported to Oregon by ships for smelting and making, and Chen Qixin made changes after taking office.

During his term, he built the city of Kalapuya and changed the workshop here, while Oregon became the center of government affairs, education, commerce and shipbuilding.

In Yingzhou, minerals need to be summarized from all directions to Yingzhou City, and their scale is not as large as Kalapuya.

Kalapuya, the natives say "the rich river area", but now it has become the largest industrial and mining city in the Americas of the Great Xia Kingdom.

Anka, the chief of the Kalapuya tribe, woke up at the bell and horn.

The three-time bell made him a little worried. Since Chen Qixin built a city on the south bank of the Veramit River and the Great Xia Kingdom vigorously developed various minerals on the South Mountain, the water of the Veramit River has changed from the clear bottom to a dark area, and it still emits an unpleasant smell. All the Kalapuya people moved to the north side near the Kalapuya River, but Anka still lives on the side near the Vilamet River.

Because near his long house, there is a totem pole carved with trees, which is where the Kalapuya people used to worship the heaven and earth, and they could not leave easily.

Also in the early morning, Nikan and Sun Demao and others were inspecting the Veramite River.

Since all Oregon's industry is concentrated near Kalapuya, this section of the river is naturally dark. However, after passing Kalapuya, with the addition of Kalapuya River and the increase in flow rate, the pollution of the river surface has been greatly reduced.

But it was this section of the river that made Nikan frown.

If there were no natives, Nikan naturally had no need to worry about this matter. However, at the dinner a few days ago, Sun Demao and others had already hinted to him that Anka's sister was Sun Demao's wife, but Anka's Kalapuya tribe was the most distant from Daxia among the three tribes.

The severely polluted Veramit River is an important reason.

"Have you ever sacrificed to the water god?" Nikan asked Sun Demao.

"Your Majesty, you will worship at the beginning of every year and invite all the surrounding tribes to participate. However, while polluting the rivers, we sacrificed the water gods. At first, they believed it a little, but gradually, cough cough..."

"Is there a way?"

"Your Majesty, the engineer who graduated from the Chemistry major from Hanhai University sent by the Ministry of Works has proposed a solution."

"Speak and listen"

"It is to build multiple storage tanks in the place connecting the workshop and the river, filter them with gauze, and settle them with lime."

Nikan thought, "This is a good idea. The pollution of coal is mainly carbon and sulfur. After adding lime, it can barely filter the water quality after the reaction is added."

So he asked, "Is there limestone nearby?"

Sun Demao shook his head, "Not many, but there are some nearby Kenavik, so we have set up a cement factory there."

“Why not follow the engineer’s advice?”

"Your Majesty, that would cost too much. In fact, this section of the river is polluted. After this section, the other sections of the river will not be visible from the outside."

"Do it, don't consider spending. I hope I can see the river water improve before I leave. After that, let Sun Desheng hold a ceremony to worship the water god in Kenavik. That kind of sacrifice will make sense. Otherwise, let alone Anka and the others, we ourselves know that it is a fraud."

"Yes, Your Majesty"

...

Ten days later, Nikan took Hareredun, Sun Dezhao and Sun Deen and set out from Oregon City again.

During the term of Chen Qixin, the Great Xia Kingdom built a straight road on the south bank of the Oregon River, from Oregon to Kenavik.

The more than 100-mile mountain north section of Mount Hood was all made of cement, and the same was true for the bridges built along the way. After crossing Mount Hood, there was an endless grassland. There, as long as the road surface was slightly compacted and repaired, and mixed cinders were added, it would be used.

Compared with the Veramit River Valley, due to the double barriers of Mount Hood, the Oregon Prairie has a Mediterranean climate, compared with the Veramit River Valley, the rain in winter is not only much smaller, but does not last long, and it is naturally drier in summer. However, because the altitude is obviously higher than the western valley area, it is not so hot in summer.

For herders who moved here, such a place is nothing but paradise.

The Oregon River and the Snake River pass through it, and there are countless tributaries of two large rivers, making the grassland here extremely abundant.

The entire Oregon prairie is about 80,000 square kilometers, including plains, hills and mountains. Although the rainfall is far less than that of the Veramit River Valley, if the irrigation of many rivers is fully utilized, farming can still be carried out along the banks of the river.

Such a climate is simply a destination for growing winter wheat.

At present, the Great Xia Kingdom only occupies a small part of the area east and south of the Oregon River, and most of the places are still in the hands of the Nezper people. Specifically, near Kenavik City, a river called Volavola flows into the Oregon River. This river originates from the mountains in the south. Therefore, the entire Oregon River and the land east of the Volavola River are still the Nezper people on the surface.

With the entry of the Great Xia Kingdom, the phenomenon of humans, grizzly bears and grey wolves fishing together on the Oregon River between Mount Hood and Kennevik has been gone forever.

On the south bank of the Oregon River, the Great Xia Kingdom set up a cement factory near Lime Mountain. A large number of native people were recruited into factories for work. In addition, a thousand herders were also placed here, and the appearance of a large number of cattle, sheep and horses that they had never seen before also made native people frightened.

What's more, since the emergence of Daxia people, especially special fishing companies and animal husbandry companies, they can buy fish and other meats they have never eaten before in the city and towns, so they don't have to wait until the salmon season to concentrate on fishing.

What's more, people in Daxia also sell salt that seems to never be sold. With sufficient salt, the meat can be marinated for a long time.

Furthermore, the clothes worn by the Daxia people are indeed thinner and more decent, which makes the Chinooks on the prairie envious. The Chinooks here have learned to weave fabrics with some kind of bark fiber, just like their distant relatives Aztecs and Mayans, but the cloth made is thick and thick, how can it compare to the diverse Daxia cloth?

Unfortunately, the people of Daxia all need to spend money to buy these things. If the natives want to get these things, they can only go to various workshops in Daxia to work in addition to catching bison and exchanging them with cowhide.

Therefore, in the autumn of the seventh year of Dongxiao, the Chinooks in the above-mentioned areas basically integrated into the Daxia Kingdom. In addition, these places are not industrial centers, and the pollution of rivers is also very light, so there is nothing to say about them.

"His Majesty"

When approaching Kenavik, Sun Demao introduced.

"Originally, the areas occupied by my country were also full of cattle, antelope, grizzly bear and grey wolf. However, after Governor Chen took office, he vigorously purchased cowhide, bear skin and wolf skin at a high price. A few years later, he organized a concentrated hunting force."

"Originally, the Nezper people in the east drove the cattle off the cliff by driving the cattle, and then took the meat and cut the skin after the buffalo fell to death. Due to their lack of salt, they actually waste too much meat. Governor Chen once summoned the Nezper people and the Chinooks. Cough cough, your majesty, the Chinooks here are divided into the Wolavora people, Yakima people, Colvil people, Spokane people, and the people in the western valleys collectively call them Chinooks."

"Governor Chen summoned them to hunt together. In addition to strengthening contact, he naturally boasted about his military power. After we forced the bison herd into the canyon, we lie on the mountains on both sides of the canyon, aiming at the head of the bison, almost every shot and one accurate one. The same is true for grizzly bears and grey wolves. Over the past few years, there were almost no bison herds in the entire Oregon River and west of the Wallavola River."

"Most of the grizzly bears and wolves were destroyed. The rest probably fled to the nearby mountains, leaving only antelope all over the mountains. Look, Your Majesty!"

Nikan was riding on a mixed-blood war horse at this time. It was a hybrid of a paternal line, a hybrid of the Chirgis brown horse and a Mongolian mare. It was full of red and was called a "red rabbit" by Nikan. He turned the red rabbit and looked in the direction of Sun Demao's finger. He saw a small hill not far ahead. The trees and shrubs on the mountain were sparse and the grass was lush.

There, there was a whole hill, and the flock of sheep appeared and disappeared.

An antelope with a forked horn.

"Your Majesty, this kind of antelope is called a pronghorn, and in the eyes of natives, it is Walla Walla. In the Oregon Prairie, only Nezpers can hunt fierce bisons, and most of the Chinooks can only hunt this pronghorn. Since Governor Chen killed all the cattle herds on the west and south banks of the Oregon River, killing grizzlies and grey wolves in large quantities, these pronghorns have been cheaper, and have grown rapidly in recent years."

Seeing that there was a smile on his lips, Nikan knew that he had already had a way to deal with the pronghorn, so he stopped talking and waited for the following.

"Your Majesty, in recent years, we will naturally continue to purchase cowhide, bear skin and wolf skin. However, most of them come from Nezper's tribe in Hedong. At the same time, we purchase a large number of sheepskins, which are the Chinooks from Hexi."

"At the same time, the cavalry stationed in Kenavik will hold a hunting in the autumn to conduct concentrated hunting of pronghorns. Moreover, the pronghorns are in a gentle mood. After the experiment, the animal husbandry company can fully domesticate and have also kept many of them in captivity."

"Therefore, this phenomenon of antelope flooding has not caused this phenomenon, but has become a stable source of meat in Yingzhou's jurisdiction."

As he was speaking, more than ten riders flew up the road ahead.
Chapter completed!