Wild North America 1846

Chapter 308

The British made a mistake in making a decision for a while. When negotiating the Oregon demarcation issue, they agreed to the request of the Datang Kingdom to demarcate the boundary in the Vancouver area and turned north, giving Vancouver and the Vancouver Island across the strait to the Datang Kingdom.

Regardless of whether there are other factors in the London decision-making, now London is suffering the backlash of the original decision-making mistakes, and almost regrets it.

But a done deal, the status quo cannot be changed.

Because the British Canadian colony is located in the north, it is in the latitude of the northern alpine, and the central and northern parts are already located in the Arctic Circle. It is an alpine permafrost zone, covered with ice and snow all the year round, which is extremely unsuitable for human survival.

Therefore, most of the important towns in the British Canadian colonies are located in the south and north of the five Great Lakes of the United States. Most of the population is concentrated in the eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean, which was developed earlier, accounting for more than 5%.

In the vast, cold and desolate west of the British Canadian colony, there are only dozens of small towns dotted here and there, with as many as a few hundred people, and as few as dozens of people, and there are often hundreds of thousands of miles of uninhabited people.

Vancouver is the most suitable place to build a colonial city in western Canada. Even in the next 160 years, it will still be the top three metropolises in Canada, and its economic status is extremely important.

The climate is much stronger than that of the colder north.

This embarrassing situation has led to the fact that the provincial capital of British Columbia can only be located in Port Mellon. Port Mellon is a fishing town adjacent to the north of Vancouver. It has about 370 residents from Ireland and Scotland. There is a family in the town Sawmill and a bakery, the economy is mainly based on fishing.

Port Melen faces Vancouver across the Strait of Georgia. The two places are separated by a river that flows into the strait. It is very convenient to communicate with each other.

Neither the Tang Kingdom nor the United Kingdom had troops stationed at the border, nor did they have border officials to manage them. People from the two countries were allowed to come and go freely without restrictions, and there were no border taxes.

After the discovery of gold deposits in Vancouver's Fraser Valley, Port Mellon was almost empty, from children in their teens to old fishermen in their 10s and 60s, as long as they could move, all white people flocked to pan for gold. This situation is common in other sparsely populated villages and towns in western Canada.

Vancouver's population explosion increasingly mirrors the desolation of western Canada, which worries the Brits.

London, England
Prime Minister's Residence, 11 Downing Street

Lord Henry John Temple, who was sworn in as Prime Minister on June 6, spoke of the current chaos in North America in his first cabinet meeting.

Prime Minister Temple publicly expressed his displeasure with his predecessor, saying;
"The Canadian colony needs to further consolidate its ruling foundation, rather than allow it to be fragmented. This is an extremely dangerous signal, and gentlemen should be vigilant.

Here, I don't want to blame the previous prime ministers, who dug a big hole for London in the Oregon border issue because of their carelessness.

Today's Vancouver belongs to the Tang Kingdom. After the discovery of gold mines in the area, the population rapidly expanded from more than 6 to more than 20. In fact, it formed a threat to the western part of the British Canadian colony.

The situation in British Columbia, the westernmost province of British Canada, is not optimistic. This important province facing the Pacific Ocean has a coastline of 8800 kilometers and an area of ​​more than 94 square kilometers. The total population is only less than 6900 people, scattered in a dozen coastal and inland provinces in the small town.

The Vancouver Gold Rush has depopulated the western provinces of Canada, and the colonial achievements have been returned to decades ago..."

Listening to the prime minister's rhetoric on stage, some cabinet ministers whispered, some yawned in a daze, apparently not interested in the exaggerated threat of these prime ministers.

It is well known that Prime Minister Lord Henry John Temple is an avowed white supremacist.

Since the rise of the Tang Kingdom in North America, he has been advocating various threats and being extremely hostile to the Orientals, which has almost become his distinctive political label.

Mr. Prime Minister’s hostile attitude is not only aimed at Orientals, but everyone except Anglo-Saxon whites, including Southern Europeans and Spaniards. Of course, the Ottoman Empire, the common enemy of the Western world, is indispensable. Prime Minister Temple is a British political A representative of the hardliners, whose influence is quite powerful.

raise the angle of view

In 1859, Britain was in the middle of the reign of Queen Victoria, and it was an era of rapid expansion of global colonization. The scope of the colony would expand from the current 2200 million square kilometers to 3200 million square kilometers in the late Victorian period, laying the foundation for the last glory of the empire on which the sun never sets.

The current second Opium War in Asia and the second war of conquest of Afghanistan that Britain is about to embark on are all manifestations of this global colonial expansion strategy, which is generally supported by the British people. Prime Minister Temple represents the political power of the United Kingdom Mainstream faction, very aggressive.

But when it comes to the threat of the Tang Kingdom?

The British cabinet ministers present just smiled, not taking it seriously in their hearts.

For posterity, this is tantamount to saying to Yankees;

France is trying to invade Florida.

Anyone with a little sense would not believe it, it's too ridiculous, it's so fucking ridiculous.

Datang Kingdom is an ally and younger brother of the United Kingdom. The annual trade volume between the two countries is as high as tens of millions of pounds, and the personnel and economic ties are extremely close. Datang Kingdom has a large number of vested interests in the British Isles, including business and political circles. Maintain bilateral relations.

Datang Kingdom will risk the complete breakdown of the relationship between the two countries, abandon all this and invade the western part of Canada. Is this something that a normal person can do?
As proud as the British are, they are as paranoid.

The cabinet ministers present here are all mature politicians with their own views on world affairs, and they will not change because of Prime Minister Temple's vigorous exaggeration.

Prime Minister Temple, who was standing on the stage to give a speech, spent a long time trying, but failed to arouse the attention of the cabinet ministers to the Canadian issue. This made him very dissatisfied, and he knocked on the table vigorously and said;
"Gentlemen, we must pay close attention to this serious issue. We cannot allow a wild horse to threaten Canada. We must face up to Tang's ambitions. Your slack is a crime."

"I don't think so, Mr Prime Minister, there are many major issues facing this cabinet, perhaps we should talk about the Royal Navy's repeated plan to abolish the large-scale sailing warships, which is crucial to maintaining the global influence of the British Empire. "The Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Heinkel, said unceremoniously.

Lord Heinkel's words resonated strongly with the other cabinet ministers, they are really tired of Lord Temple's chatter, shouldn't there be some more interesting issues to discuss in this very meaningful first cabinet meeting ?

"Secondly, the French Emperor Napoleon III's army united with the Sardinian Kingdom has a total of more than 17 people. Since March, it has launched many fierce battles with the Austro-Hungarian army under the personal command of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph. The situation in Europe has changed dramatically. , such an important question of war and peace in Europe, is it not worth our while to discuss it?"

"Secondly, I don't know if Mr. Prime Minister is biased against "Charlie the Devil". From the perspective of the vital interests of the British Empire, we should focus on Europe, the Balkans, and Bulgaria."

"Secondly, I think the Near East and Egypt are more important than that desolate, icy world."

"Secondly, don't forget the Indian subcontinent, the core of our colony, which is the most shining jewel in Queen Victoria's crown. The French are expanding wildly in the Indochina Peninsula. Britain should turn more attention to the Governor's Palace."

"Secondly, the current cabinet can indeed keep an eye on the Canadian colonies, but I don't think it is necessary to take any measures. Unless the Tang Dynasty takes actual military invasion actions, it will be a waste of everyone's time."

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A group of cabinet ministers spoke one after another, without leaving any face to the Prime Minister, Lord Henry John Temple, and almost unanimously opposed his "Datang Threat Theory", which made Prime Minister Temple look bad.

There is no way, public anger is hard to commit.

Although Prime Minister Temple is the leader of the party, it does not mean that he can promise everything in the ruling party. These cabinet ministers are all powerful figures in the party. They have their own policy propositions on important issues and will not follow them blindly.

Resignation is common when political disagreements arise.

This is not to say that the Tang Kingdom has significant influence on a number of cabinet ministers, but that the current important issues facing the London government are complex, especially the reform of the Royal Navy, the current second Italian War of Independence in Europe and the Balkans and Bulgaria Problems, all looming.

Which issue is not more important than Canada?
They are dissatisfied with Prime Minister Temple's rambling here, digressing to talk about the threat of invasion to the Canadian colonies?

Put the cart before the horse, okay?

The first cabinet meeting turned into a farce. Prime Minister Temple was so embarrassed by the offensive remarks of all the cabinet ministers that he was booed and had to hastily end this important meeting.

At the beginning of taking office, he played a stuffy gun.

Good things don't go out, bad things spread far and wide. Prime Minister Temple's cabinet debut ended in frustration. Related news soon appeared in the newspapers and became a joke for the people of the British Isles after dinner.

Among the 1 British people, not one knows that Vancouver is there, and the influence is too low.

The news spread to the Tang Kingdom, but it aroused the great attention of King Richard, he knew;

After Prime Minister Henry John Temple took office, the relationship between Britain and Tang Dynasty will face a severe test. This is not a person who is willing to retreat easily. For more than 10 years, he has been biting the Tang Kingdom like a mad dog and never tired of it.

Li Cha also felt a headache for such a big man in London.

(End of this chapter)