Wild North America 1846

Daming Palace, Qinzheng Palace.

"Oh, there is such a thing?"

Li Cha asked angrily and amusedly, and took a sip of the tea cup, obviously not paying attention.

Today is another routine meeting with the cabinet. Prime Minister Lord Gu Yan said this as a joke. Two cavalrymen threatened Prince Fushimi and Toshimichi Okubo to kneel down in the street with guns. The two went back after being humiliated. Crying with my head in my arms, shouting "This is a national humiliation"...

Ahem, how fragile!

A kind of cabinet officials in front of the imperial court covered their mouths and laughed secretly. No one sympathized with those Fusang people, and no one paid attention to them. They are just a backward island country.

At this time, Lord Juan Carlos, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, stood up and said something fair; "Your Majesty, according to the international diplomatic etiquette, it is true that people should not be humiliated. After knowing the identity of the other party, they must be escorted to the barracks. The interrogation seems to be a little bit out of line."

"I've done it. Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs send staff to give condolences. In addition, those Japanese samurai dared to show their swords in the street, and they were not wronged when they were shot to death. These two responsible cavalry should be rewarded, so that's it."

Li Cha waved his hand to finalize the matter. Naturally, no one objected to this kind of protection, and the whole matter was overturned.

As for how much shadow it left in the hearts of Fusang people, no one paid attention at all.

Closer to home

The central topic of today's imperial meeting is that the domestic side will take the current booming economic development driven by the war as an opportunity to focus on promoting the upsurge of economic construction.

The core focuses on iron and steel industry, petrochemical industry, chemical fertilizer industry, national railway road and bridge infrastructure construction, and urban construction, and strives to reach a higher level.

In foreign countries, it is mainly the Civil War between the North and the South in the United States, and new trends have emerged...

From February 1858, 9
The North of the United States launched a large-scale general offensive on the eastern and western fronts at the same time. The commander of the Northern Army, George McClellan, led 37 federal troops to invade Virginia on the eastern battlefield, hoping to hit Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy.

From mid-September to early October

On the eastern battlefield, wars were raging, with great battles and bloody battles one after another. The commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, General Lee, and his subordinates led 23.6 troops to fight against each other and fight tenaciously.

Especially in the battle of Manassas, General "Stonewall" Jackson led his troops to hold their ground and beat the crowd with a few, and won a decisive victory, leaving the Northern Army with corpses all over the mountains and plains to retreat in embarrassment.

In the Blue Ridge area to the east, the Union's attempt to intercept the Confederate flank failed because it was not as fast as the Confederates.

General Lee, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, evacuated the troops in the Nanling area vigilantly, avoided the tragic fate of being dumped, successfully slipped to the south bank of the Volker River, and established a new sniper front.

The Confederates successfully slipped away, and the Northern Army could not hit them any further, but at least they regained the initiative and could strike again at any time.

but overall
The general attack launched by the Northern Army was a failure. The strategic goals that were intended to be achieved before the war suffered repeated setbacks. Except for the loss of soldiers and generals, no substantial progress was made. More than 3.4 soldiers died in vain, and more than 5.5 were injured.

Finally, the President of the United States, James Buchanan, was extremely disappointed that he had not won a decisive victory for a long time, so he lost his patience and decided to replace General George McClellan, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army, and appointed Ambrose Iver Rhett Burnside acted as Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Army.

At this point, the general attack launched by the US Northern Army in the autumn of 1858 came to an end, and the Southern Army successfully maintained the Eastern Front.

Regarding the changes in the commander-in-chief and senior management of the Northern Army, General Lee, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, said it was a pity because he "knows McClellan very well" and worried that "Mr. People I don't know well", "Facing the unknown, it always makes people feel uneasy."

Regardless of General Robert Lee's high-level Versailles for the time being, in fact, the status quo of the eastern battlefield determines that [-] enemies will be killed and [-] will be self-defeated. The situation of the Southern Army is not optimistic.

During the three-week tide-like general offensive launched by the Northern Army, the total number of casualties of the Southern Army reached 8.7, of which 2.47 were killed and 6.24 were injured. Various military equipment and materials were severely depleted and urgently needed to be replenished.

What is fought is money, what is fought is people, and what is fought is resources.

"Your Majesty, the South has proposed a new round of emergency war loans with a total amount of 1.8 million yuan. It is planned to be repaid in 15 years. The syndicate has proposed a 13.5% interest rate and hopes to use all the land in Texas as a guarantee. This matter is under discussion." Economic Minister Viscount Chen Cailiang reported.

In the second year of the brutal civil war, the Tang Kingdom granted more and more loans to the American South, with larger amounts, higher interest rates, and more and more collateral.

The war loan depends on the risk. If the American South misses Richmond in this battle, the loan interest will not be 13.5%, but may suddenly increase to 18% or even 20%.

The truth is simple

If the southern United States loses the war, the syndicate formed by Datang Kingdom may lose everything. Then this huge risk must be reflected in the interest rate. This is a high-risk investment, which naturally requires high income to make up for it.

To date
The powerful syndicate of Datang Kingdom has already provided six rounds of financing for South America, with a total loan amount of 2.6 million Tang yuan, more than 9% of which is paid in goods, and only [-]% is in cash.

As for the goods shipped to the south, the price surge caused by the war caused the supplies that the old South got to shrink greatly.

For example, explosives have increased by 350%, cans have increased by 170%, finished military uniforms have increased by 230%, and civilian supplies such as pots and pans have also doubled in price. This is the huge profit of exclusive trading.

Because the Northern Fleet blocked the major seaports in the south, a total of 276 merchant ships have been seized. The south has almost cut off trade with Europe, and the Datang Kingdom has become the only supplier.

In this case, how could the unscrupulous capitalist not raise the price?How could it be possible not to rake in war money?

some of

The powerful syndicates are indispensable to fuel the flames, because many public goods are purchased by them in person, and the price is of course determined by the bank.

Of the total loan of 2.6 million Tang Yuan, it would be nice to be able to get the original value of 7600-8000 million yuan of goods, thank God.

Now the South always borrows money desperately like a gambler with red eyes. Anyway, some of them are not stingy with debts, and they want to win this civil war even if they are desperate.

Once you lose, everything is over.

"Lend it to them, and I won't be afraid of the old Nanfang's repudiation." Li Cha made a decisive decision with one word.

The old people in the South had already mortgaged Monterey, Kansas, and customs revenue from the South. They also wanted to mortgage Tijuana, but Datang Kingdom rejected it.

The Tang Kingdom answered very clearly that Tijuana was already in its pocket, and it did not participate in the United States of the Confederacy itself, and had nothing to do with the old South.

In the end, as a last resort, the old man in the South could only take out Texas as a mortgage, but he couldn't take out Virginia as a mortgage, right?
Now the old people in the South are waiting for the rice to cook. To put it bluntly, the South of the United States is a large rural area with no industrial production capacity at all. It depends on the blood transfusion of the Tang Kingdom to gain the upper hand on the battlefield.

Once the life-saving blood transfusion is stopped, the game is over.

The northern part of the United States is different. Although its degree of industrialization is not as deep as that of the Tang Kingdom, most of the war supplies can be produced by itself to supply war needs.

Although the uniforms of the northern army were greatly lacking, the volunteer militiamen who wore all kinds of strange clothes could still fight, but they just looked messy like beggars, nothing else.

"What about Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America? What did he say?" Richard asked.

This question was thrown to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lord Juan Carlos. This originally elegant Mexican nobleman now had frost on his temples, and his old look could not be concealed.

Hearing His Majesty's question, Lord Juan Carlos hurriedly stood up and bowed his hands, and replied clearly;
"Show Your Majesty;
President Jefferson Davis and the southern political leaders still have a tough attitude today. They can win and lose the war, but they cannot become traitors accused by thousands of people, so they do not agree with the alliance conditions proposed by our country.

On this point, the southern elders insisted.

President Jefferson Davis said privately;
The southern government can recognize the northern territories occupied by the Tang Kingdom. In fact, the north and the south are now two countries. It is not difficult to obtain official recognition from the southern United States, and there are no insurmountable obstacles.

But not Monterey, because Monterey is part of the Southern Territories.

Although this is a territory taken from Mexico, there is no doubt that it now belongs to the Confederate States of America, and this is the biggest problem. "

"The poor are just pants, and they're so stubborn." Li Cha also pinched his brows in distress, because there was nothing he could do with these stubborn southerners.

Turning faces is definitely not possible. Datang Kingdom also pointed to making war fortune from the old men in the south, but also relying on them to stand in the front and hurt each other with the old men in the north, and try their best to weaken the war strength and economic background of the north as much as possible.

long term future
The southern regime supported by the Tang Kingdom must exist for a long time. The two sides have a natural foundation of allies, so the foundation of mutual trust between the two sides cannot be destroyed, and the gains outweigh the losses.

The problem was that Richard really wanted Monterey, the former Mexican region adjacent to southern Texas, with 470 kilometers of Gulf Coast and several good ports.

This is based on geographical reasons. This is a natural treasure land for the Kingdom of Tang to export to Europe, and it is also the foundation of the Kingdom of Tang's two-ocean strategy.

Strictly speaking, Datang Kingdom has no ports along the Gulf of Mexico so far.

The Port of Veraque Bruce on the Gulf of Mexico, La Antigua and Medellin are all cities on the Gulf of Mexico and have nothing to do with the Tang Kingdom, but are just free ports and special trade zones seized through the "Jinling Treaty".

In case people stop using it one day, it's all nonsense.

Therefore, Richard really wants Monterey State, otherwise there is not even a foothold in the Gulf of Mexico, which is close to the Atlantic Ocean, so why talk about a two-ocean strategy?