1825 My New Daming

Today's America is too far away from heaven and too close to Mexico!
When Zhuge Weidao took the battleship Hero and led his "Express Fleet" all the way south along the west coast of Mexico, he felt the power of Mexico for the first time!
Well, Mexico is actually quite strong in another timeline, and they are forced to choose America to build the Great Wall
But right now, the strength of Mexico is not based on showing off, but its real strength.Just looking at the endless coastlines of the Mexican Empire shows how strong it is.Now Mexico's coastline near the Pacific Ocean starts from the border of California and Oregon in the north, and reaches the border of Nicaragua, which belongs to the Mexican Empire, and Panama, which belongs to the Republic of Gran Colombia in the south. Not counting those twists and turns, it is just measured along the coastline. , is almost 6000 kilometers.

The territorial area of ​​the Mexican Empire reached 476.9 million square kilometers, only slightly smaller than the more than 500 million square kilometers of the United States next door.Although compared with the United States with its boundless Great Plains, Mexico's land is a bit rough and barren.But considering that the Mexican Empire has a population of less than 1000 million, the land is poor enough to support it.

However, the land in Mexico is not barren everywhere. There are also large plains in the northeast of the Mexican Empire, especially around the Gulf of Mexico (including Texas), which is quite fertile.Moreover, under the fertile land in that area, there is still a large amount of oil that is easy to extract!

In addition to the oil around the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico also has gold from California, brass from Arizona, and silver from Mexico. It is simply a country full of local tyrants.As long as the resources under the ground are developed, just buying, buying, and buying is enough for the unindustrialized America in the north to drink a pot.

When the Mexican Empire was just opened, the entire country was once in trouble because of the massive withdrawal of European capital and talents.Emperor Agustin, who had no money to pay his army, was almost overthrown by his army chiefs.

Fortunately, the Ming Empire's 6000 million "California loan" (conditional on Ming's development of California) and military aid arrived in time, helping Emperor Agustin stabilize the situation.Now with the mining of gold in California and the recovery of silver and gold mines in Mexico, Emperor Agustin is about to become a local tyrant.

In addition to having a mine at home, Mexico now has a strategic advantage that makes both Great Britain and Ming covetous—Nicaragua, which still belongs to Mexico, has a piece of land that is especially suitable for digging a canal connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean!
The two most popular canal plans connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean in history are the Nicaragua plan and the Panama plan. The Panama plan has a relatively short distance, while the Nicaragua plan has the two advantages of flat terrain and convenient transportation.

In fact, during the period of Spanish rule, a considerable part of the goods from the Pacific Ocean was transported to the Atlantic Ocean through the Leon Plain, the Two Lakes Basin and the San Juan Valley in Nicaragua.Therefore, the infrastructure in the area from the Layon Plain to the mouth of the San Juan River is relatively complete, and the degree of development is quite high.If the canal is to be excavated in Nicaragua, although the project volume will be larger, the living conditions and construction difficulty will be much smaller, so the cost will probably be lower.

If this canal can be completed within the next 10 years, it will be much easier for the fleet of the Ming Empire to enter the Atlantic Ocean.

Of course, even without this canal, relying on the rich natural resources of the Mexican Empire, it is possible to form a powerful naval fleet by itself.

In addition, the Mexican empire had a huge advantage that the United States did not have.That is, the Mexican Empire has a natural ally of the same language and species—the Republic of Gran Colombia.

The territory of this country includes Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, and Venezuela in later generations. These Latin American countries that lived in the shadow of the United States in later generations are now twisted into a unified by the legendary Latin American hero Simon Bolivar Gran Colombia, this Gran Colombia now has a territory of 242 million square kilometers, and it is also very hopeful that Peru and Bolivar (Bolivia), two countries that were also liberated by Bolivar, will be included in it.If Simon Bolivar's dream of nationhood finally comes true.Then the Americans will soon feel the pressure from Columbia!

For the purpose of containing the United States (the Zhuge family has always been hostile to the United States), Simon Bolivar's career has always been funded by the Ming Empire, so in Zhuge Weidao's trip to the Americas, Gran Colombia is also a focus. If Gran Colombia can support Startled, even if it doesn't join the Mexican Empire to fight against the Chosen America, at least it will adopt a biased neutrality, which is already very beneficial to the Mexican Empire and the Ming Empire.

When the "Express Fleet" of the Ming Dynasty approached the harbor of Acapulco, Zhuge Weidao stood on the bridge with distant eyes and thoughtful thoughts.

Guo Xiaobao just walked in from the outside in a hurry. Wang Wen went to the Naval Staff College for advanced studies a few days ago. Guo Xiaobao just finished his studies, so he was transferred by Zhuge Weidao to serve as the chief staff officer—these old partners got together again.

Seeing him coming, Zhuge Weidao asked with a smile, "Baozhi, your father is a well-known American expert, so he will accompany Emperor Agustin to the Port of Acapulco this time, right?"

Guo Xiaobao's father, named Zhiqian, is a professional diplomat. He once served as an attache, secretary, and counselor of the embassy in the United States, consul general in New Mexico City, ambassador to the United States, ambassador to Gran Colombia, ambassador to the Empire of Brazil, and now the ambassador to the Empire of Mexico. .In the early years, he met Washington, and later became very close to Simon Bolivar. I heard that they also worshiped Guan Erye together and became brothers with different surnames. Therefore, Guo Xiaobao met Bolivar and called him "Uncle Simon".

Guo Xiaobao smiled and handed over a telegram, saying: "Just received a telegram from the Consulate General in Acapulco, my father and Emperor Agustin arrived at the port of Acapulco yesterday. We deeply sympathize with the tragic experience and are willing to provide them with asylum."

Zhuge Weidao asked, "Baozhi, how is your talk with the Hawaiian queen?"

Guo Xiaobao said: "It's all settled, as long as we can give Kamehameha III a Marquis and give him an annuity of 10 silver dollars every year, then we can buy a house for the Kamehameha family in Mexico covering an area of ​​no less than 500 square meters." A large manor of square kilometers, and a one-time resettlement fee of 100 million silver dollars. She is willing to accept our arrangement and lead the entire Kamehameha family in exile in Mexico, never return to the Kingdom of Hawaii, and will recognize the Kingdom of Hawaii Resolution of the Interim Parliament."

"The asking price is not low." Zhuge Weidao smiled, "But it's still acceptable!"

Guo Xiaobao nodded: "Yes, it's also good to keep them. When the results of the National Conference of the Provisional Council of the Kingdom of Hawaii come out, fools will know that this black work is done by us. If we kill the Kamehameha family again, then It seems too unkind, and it will not help us win over those small country dignitaries in the future. Even Emperor Agustin will inevitably feel sad when the rabbit dies."

Zhuge Weidao nodded: "That's right, we can't scare His Majesty the Emperor, by the way, what is the international reaction to the Kingdom of Hawaii?"

Guo Xiaobao shook his head: "It's just a Pacific island country with hundreds of thousands of people. Not many people care about it. Oh, by the way, British Foreign Secretary Robert Peel and Navy Minister Viscount Palmerston have arrived in the United States for a visit."

Zhuge Weidao raised his head towards the northeast sky, thinking: "The territory of the United States, it seems that it will become one of the home grounds of the world war!"