The room goes through the late Ming Dynasty, and the back door leads to North America at the beginni

In the telegram Liu Rui sent to Liu Sheng, he asked in secret code whether he should find a reason to transfer Liu Dachuan away from North America, or even relocate the entire Liu family.

In Liu Rui's opinion, Liu Dachuan has been in charge of North American political affairs for 20 to 30 years, has a very high prestige, and has a wide network of contacts. He may threaten Liu's rule over North America in the future.

Liu Sheng’s reply was: Let’s talk about it when he comes back.

In Liu Sheng's opinion, Liu Dachuan's prestige in North America is indeed very high, and his network of contacts is deep and complex. However, this should not lead to suspicion of him, or even to move Liu away without reason.

If you do this, what will other people think and see?

The most important thing is that Liu Dachuan has always been in charge of government affairs in North America and has never been involved in military affairs. His children are not currently involved in military affairs.

Therefore, although the Liu family of North America is very powerful, it has not yet reached the point where it threatens the rule of Dalai.

In addition, when Liu Sheng comes back this time, he will make some arrangements for North America and will never let North America fall into the hands of others - at least this will not happen within two or three generations.

The emperor's palace was built in the Chu County very early. It was simple at first, but was later rebuilt and expanded many times. Now it has become quite large and has become a proper royal palace.

Therefore, after entering the county town of Qiechu, Liu Sheng took Hongniang and his party directly to the palace.

The internal affairs were handled by Hongniang's subordinates, and Liu Sheng talked with Liu Dachuan and other officials from Tianya Province in the main hall.

"How many people are there in my country now?"

Liu Dachuan said: "According to the data from the population census a few months ago, the registered population is 1.78 million. However, about 320,000 of them are naturalized natives."

The so-called registered population refers to those who are registered in the household register, excluding children under the age of ten and natives who are friendly with Dalai but have not formally surrendered.

This data is quite good.

Because ever since Liu Sheng went to Da Chu, there have been no large-scale Han immigration here.

At most, there are a few landlords and wealthy businessmen from Dalai who, after passing the qualification review, buy the mud pills that allow a one-time passage through the space-time gate at a high price and come here to invest.

Before Liu Sheng went to Da Chu, the population of North America was less than 1.2 million.

Thirteen years later, the population has skyrocketed to 1.7 or 1.8 million. This is not only due to the naturalization of natives, but also shows that immigrants have raised many children in the past twenty years.

According to the current population growth rate, even if Liu Sheng no longer immigrates here, within a hundred years, the population of Dalai in North America will grow to more than 10 million!

Liu Sheng was quite looking forward to the scene at that time, but it was a pity that he could not live to see another hundred years.

After secretly sighing for a while, Liu Sheng asked again: "How many people are there in the Chu Prefecture now?"

Liu Dachuan said: "The population of the Chu Prefecture is the largest among all the prefectures in Tianchao, currently there are 670,000 people."

Liu Sheng nodded, and then asked about the development of various industries in Tianya Province. Although he planned to spend some time visiting various prefectures and counties in Tianya, he might as well get a general understanding from Liu Dachuan first.

Liu Sheng chatted with Liu Dachuan and others for a long time until Hong Niang sent someone to inform them that dinner was ready, and the conversation ended.

"Dachuan, Minghe and the rest of you, please stay and have dinner with me."

Although they had dined with Liu Sheng many times before, things were different now. Liu Dachuan and others were quite moved that Liu Sheng invited them to dine in the palace.

They immediately expressed their gratitude together, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

During dinner, Liu Sheng chatted with a few people about their family affairs.

The guests and hosts had a great time at the dinner, and Liu Sheng let them go only around eight or nine in the evening.

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Liu Sheng rested in the palace for three days before he officially began his inspection of other prefectures and counties in Tianya Province.

However, during the few days of rest in the Chu Palace, Liu Sheng made many discoveries.

There are quite a lot of bicycles in the city, especially among young people, almost everyone rides a bicycle.

This is also related to the now well-developed cement official roads in the Laichu Prefecture - not to mention the city, even between Laichu and Luoxi, Hexi, Huaxi and other counties, there are more than one cement roads connecting them.

After bicycles, the second most common vehicles are horse-drawn carriages and two-wheeled rickshaws.

Then there are the light rail steam shuttles, which are considered rare today.

More than a decade ago, when Liu Sheng was about to abdicate, Dalai had already developed the steam car, but it had not yet been put to use - the steam car was large in size, and it was not easy to improve it to a practical level.

However, seven or eight years ago, steam cars finally appeared on the market.

Currently, there are mainly two types. One is the luxury steam car that is used as a vehicle or plaything by wealthy people such as dignitaries and wealthy businessmen.

This type of steam car is relatively small and can usually only seat two or three or four or five people.

The other type is the light rail steam bus that Liu Sheng saw in the city of Chuchu.

The vehicle body is relatively long, and one vehicle can carry dozens or even hundreds of people, traveling on light rail within and between cities.

As for trains, there are none in North America yet.

The main reason is that the cities in North America are far apart and can be connected by water transportation without the need for railways.

However, according to Liu Dachuan, the provincial government is already planning to build the first railway in Tianya...

It took Liu Sheng a month to complete his inspection of all the prefectures and counties in Tianya Province. He had a special feeling for this place, so he inspected each city and place one by one.

Among the four prefectures of Tianlai, Laichu Prefecture is not only the most populous but also the richest.

The industry is quite comprehensive, with agriculture and mining being the mainstays, and manufacturing ranking first among the four prefectures, even far ahead.

At the same time, it is the political, scientific research and educational center of Tianya Province, so it goes without saying that it is prosperous.

The second most populous province is Shangluo Prefecture, but its main industry is logging, followed by mining, and then agriculture and fisheries.

Therefore, in terms of prosperity, Shangluo Prefecture is not as good as Longyang Prefecture, which has the third largest population.

As for Jindian Prefecture, because it is far away from the Time and Space Gate and Caichu County, and was developed relatively late, it has the smallest population and the worst people's livelihood and economic development.

In terms of official administration, generally speaking, it is still in a relatively clear state.

Because there are still some foreign reclamation camps in the four prefectures, these camps still retain the vitality they had when Liu Sheng and others first arrived in North America to reclaim wasteland.

In addition, education in the four prefectures was well developed, and even primary and secondary education was popularized. Officials were basically selected through examinations, which naturally greatly reduced the speed of official corruption.

Of course, the supervision and inspection mechanism established at the beginning of the Ministry of Finance also played an indispensable role.

Seeing that there were no problems in North America, Liu Sheng returned to the Chu Palace to rest for a few days after his inspection. He then took Hongniang and others through the time-space gate and returned to Daxia...

"Father, what does grandpa look like?"

In the Fangshan Dongfu Villa in Tianmu Mountain, a little girl looked up and asked a middle-aged man in a dragon robe.

The man smiled and said, "Jiu'er, why are you in such a hurry? You will know when we meet later."

This man is naturally the current Yongxing Emperor of Dalai, Liu Rui.

The little girl was his ninth child, Liu Xiangjun.

Because Liu Xiangjun was smart and cute since she was very young, she was quite favored by Liu Rui, so he brought her to Tianmu Mountain to meet Liu Sheng, Hong Niangzi and others.

Liu Xiangjun is only seven years old. Although she is favored, she is very sensible.

Seeing that Liu Rui didn't say much, he waited patiently.

She just looked around occasionally - it was her first time to come to this mysterious villa, so she was very curious about the things inside.

It is said that there are many magical things upstairs. Unfortunately, even though she begged, Liu Rui refused to take her upstairs, saying that it would only be possible if her grandfather agreed.

Therefore, Liu Xiangjun was still looking forward to meeting the Emperor.

Although she had never met the Emperor, she had often heard of him - in Dalai, there were too many legends about Emperor Taizu, and there were even some adapted novels, vernacular novels, and dramas.