Australian Storm 1876 - Chapter 1075

Chapter 1075 Inventory of the new top ten cities

end of March

The bad news came that Duke He Fang, the marshal of the Imperial Royal Navy who had been in bed for a long time, died of illness at the age of 74.

Emperor Li Fushou heard the bad news, and his eyes were filled with sadness. He ordered to drive back to the palace immediately, and the next day he led a group of ministers to visit Marshal He Fang’s mansion to pay homage.

After returning to the palace, Li Fushou’s mood was still uneasy for a long time.

It has been 41 years since I visited the Brisbane Wharf. Looking back at the past, many of the founding fathers who accompanied me all the way through hardships and entrepreneurship have been separated from each other, and most of them are very old.

The rivers and mountains are picturesque, and the new generation replaces the old.

Li Fushou came to the window and overlooked the towering urban buildings of the endless Red River Valley metropolis.

This world’s largest metropolis has a population of more than 7.2 million, and has built underground railway facilities with a spider web structure. Metro Lines 8, 9 and 10 are under construction, which will form the first red river valley. 4 subway loop lines, and extensions to the south and west.

After the completion of the   , the entire Red River Valley metropolis will have a 434-kilometer subway line, capable of carrying 6.5 million daily travel needs, becoming a major artery supporting the transportation demand of the entire metropolis.

The viaduct on the ground spans the north and the south. After the completion of the first ring road and the north-south elevated line, the second ring road is under construction. These advanced transportation facilities make the Red River Valley present the grandeur of a modern metropolis.

Every time he sees this, Li Fushou’s heart throbs, and his pride is born from this.

The economy of the empire has been developing steadily and vigorously. At the moment when the population historically exceeded the 100 million mark, the national economy and urban construction have reached a new level.

The most notable sign of    is that compared with 1910, the six-year stride-forward development has achieved fruitful results in urban construction. By the end of 1916, the number of metropolises with a population of more than one million in the Empire increased from seven to 13.

Six years ago, the ranking of cities with a population of one million was as follows (statistical caliber in 1910);

The first-ranked Red River Valley, with a population of 5.5 million.

The second-ranked city, Songjiang, has a population of 1.86 million.

The third-ranked city, Brisbane, has a population of 1.47 million.

The fourth-ranked city, Beilun, has a population of 1.3897 million.

The fifth-ranked city, Qingdao, has a population of 1.1921 million.

The sixth-ranked city is Samarinda, with a population of 1.118 million.

The seventh-ranked city is Seoul, with a population of 1.034 million.

Six years have passed, and the number of cities with a population of one million has increased from 7 to 13. This reflects the further acceleration of the industrial modernization process of the Empire, the large-scale cities, and the obvious centralization effect. A number of leading cities with a population of one million have emerged in various overseas states. Become the protagonist of regional economic development.

Take inventory;

Red River Valley still ranks high as the world’s largest city. The population has grown from more than 5.5 million to 7.21 million. It has grown into a world-class political, financial, economic and trade, technology and education metropolis, an unparalleled dazzling pearl in the southern hemisphere, and its status is unshakable.

The second-ranked Songjiang City has a population of 2.7754 million, which has grown rapidly from 1.86 million, and the city’s volume is getting bigger and bigger.

With the help of the historic opportunity of the World War, Songjiang City has developed rapidly. Its industrial categories are complete, its technical level is high, and its production capacity is strong. It has formed a heavy industry city cluster with Songjiang City as the core, and its technical level and production capacity are ranked first in the world. , far exceeding the Great Lakes region of the United States.

Especially in the fields of automobiles, metallurgy, large complete sets of equipment, electronic appliances, mechanical machine tools, etc., with world-class advanced production capacity, a large number of world-class large enterprises have emerged, becoming the backbone of the imperial industry.

The position of    has changed. Beilun surpassed Brisbane with a population of 2.366 million and ranked third.

As a leading city in the “Beilun-Sydney” economic circle, Beilun has performed extremely dazzlingly in the face of the historic opportunity of the World War. Its shipbuilding industry, iron and steel smelting, wool textiles, and weaponry and equipment manufacturing industries have all developed by leaps and bounds.

After the completion of the Sydney Bay Bridge, the two cities are closely linked, promote each other, and rely on each other, resulting in a benign interaction of 1+1>2, making “Beilun— The “Sydney Economic Circle” has grown into the second industrial growth engine of the Empire, providing a steady stream of strong impetus for economic development.

The fourth position has also changed. Qingdao has grown rapidly from 1,192,100 to 2,077,000, making it the fourth largest city in the empire.

Qingdao is also the light of great industrial development. Its tracked agricultural machinery, semi-tracked military vehicles, power machinery, coal, phosphate ore and food anti-corrosion additives are all ranked first in the world, giving full play to its resource advantages. to the extreme.

The coal output in Qingdao alone is as high as 146 million tons, accounting for more than 40% of the coal output of the empire. The salt chemical industry developed by relying on phosphate mines accounts for more than 90% of the world’s food trade anticorrosion and nutritional additives.

As a traditional big city in the empire, Brisbane was squeezed from the third place to the fifth place in the 16-year new statistics, which was very disappointing.

Its population has grown from 1.47 million to 1.892 million, not far from the 2 million mark.

Brisbane is the largest trading port and world-class shipping city in the empire. It is also the cultural, educational, medical and scientific center of northern Australia. It is famous for its beautiful environment and the Gold Coast.

In the competition with the industrial cities of the Empire, Brisbane is undoubtedly inherently disadvantaged, but it is a very charming big city with picturesque landscapes, attracting many high-end talents to settle here.

Ranked 6th is Samarinda, the most dazzling city in Borneo, and its resident population has grown rapidly from 1.118 million to 1.736 million, which has the momentum of catching up with Brisbane.

Samarinda and its surrounding Balikpapan area is a famous chemical city in the empire. Relying on the advantages of the oil field, the annual oil production here has increased from 140 million barrels in 10 years to 230 million barrels, making it the largest petrochemical industry in the world. factory.

The gasoline, diesel, kerosene, lubricating oil, polyester, plastic, chemical fiber and other various chemical products produced here sell well at home and abroad, and are currently the most in-demand military materials in the world.

In particular, the plastic gas masks produced here ranked first on the list of military supplies, and millions of Allied troops were looking forward to it. This is the only life-saving magic weapon to defend against the German gas war.

Ranked 7th is Seoul City, an important town in Mozambique. Its total urban population has increased from 1.034 million to 1.677 million. It is the largest city in Africa. It is most famous for its light industry dominated by cotton textiles, and has developed chemical products for daily use. Deep processing of food, dried fruit, light and heavy industries dominated by shipping and shipbuilding are the important bases of grain and light industrial products exported by the Empire to Europe.

This emerging African star city has already surpassed Johannesburg in South Africa, Pretoria, Egypt and Morocco in North Africa, and has become the top metropolis in Africa.

and another city of Qiqu with a population of one million add radiance to each other and become the shining twin cities in Mozambique.

After a lapse of 6 years, we have re-counted the million-population metropolis in the early stage of the empire, which can be clearly seen;

The scale of major cities has expanded to varying degrees, especially with the rapid growth of industrial cities. The three industrial cities of Songjiang, Beilun and Qingdao have passed the 2 million population mark successively, becoming a new one in the empire’s million-population metropolis. pole.

in Imperial Cities Ranking

The Red River Valley Metropolis ranks first in the world with a huge population of 7.2 million. It is also a maverick level among the empire’s million-population metropolis, ranking among the top ranks, and no one can be tied with it.

Songjiang, Beilun and Qingdao, three major industrial cities with populations exceeding 2 million, all rank among the top ten cities in the world, ranking seventh, ninth and tenth respectively.

According to the statistics at the end of 2016;

The top ten cities in the world are the first-ranked Red River Valley with a population of 7.2 million. Second-placed London has a population of 7.11 million. New York ranked third, with a total population of 6.92 million. Berlin, which ranks fourth, has a population of 3.72 million.

Chicago ranked fifth with a population of 3.07 million. Tokyo, ranked sixth, has a population of 2.873 million. Songjiang ranked seventh with a population of 2.7754 million, and Paris ranked eighth with a population of 2.525 million. Beilun, ranked ninth, has a population of 2.366 million. Qingdao ranked tenth with a population of 2.077 million.

Some other world famous cities such as Philadelphia, Osaka, Vienna, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Istanbul, St. Petersburg, all ranked outside the top ten cities in the world.

Among the top ten cities in the world, Ocean Empire ranks fourth out of ten. From another aspect, it reflects the prosperous and developed urban economic strength of the world’s largest economy, with a high degree of industrialization, a high urbanization ratio, and a world-class industrial strength.

Some other world famous cities such as Philadelphia, Osaka, Vienna, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Istanbul, St. Petersburg, all ranked outside the top ten cities in the world.

In the ranking of imperial cities, in addition to the traditional seven cities with a population of one million, some new faces have also appeared. The ranking of cities from 8th to 20th can clearly see that a large group of emerging industrial cities have grown rapidly and become A beautiful landscape.

The eighth place is Qiqu City. The urban population has nearly doubled from 868,000 to 1.632 million. It is the new industrial city with the fastest growth momentum and the highest growth rate among all large cities with a population of one million. From the original tenth, across two places to eighth.

Qiqu City has extremely rich high-quality coal, iron, aluminum, copper, zinc and other mineral resources, has convenient shipping advantages, and has the unique advantage of developing heavy industry.

With the thirst for industrial materials in the world war, the industrial economy of Qiqu City has made 5 major steps in 6 years. Its annual steel output has exceeded 2 million tons, 3 million tons, 5 million tons, 8 million tons and The 10 million tons mark has become the third heavy industry base in the empire that can reach an annual output of more than 10 million tons of steel.

The explosive industrial development of Qiqu City is inseparable from the spillover investment of imperial capital. With the injection of large sums of money, a series of export-oriented industries based in southern Africa have been established, mainly for export to Europe.

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