Wild North America 1846

Chapter 320 The signing of the covenant, social shock.

Listening to the report of the Prime Minister Lord Gu Yan on the southern alliance negotiations, although there are some unsatisfactory places, but it has generally met the expectations, and the alliance can be formally signed.

Li Cha was also very decisive. Tomorrow happened to be February 2, which was a pretty good day, so he decided to set it on this day.

After Prime Minister Lord Gu Yan left, Li Cha returned to Dongnei Tai Chi Hall to rest. After lunch, he still had to work for a while.

Li Cha strolled towards the inner study room, and two huge colorful white tigers followed closely behind him. After Li Cha entered the inner study room, the two colorful white tigers lay lazily on the corridor, as if they were the inner palace guards on duty. General guard.

In the inner study
Li Cha looked at the large hand-painted map of North America with his hands behind his back for a while. It was a military map with quite detailed descriptions.

The deployment of military forces of all parties in the North American Civil War is very clearly marked. Every day, a full-time secretary moves stickers of different colors on the map based on the latest military intelligence.

watch for a while
Li Cha walked to the comfortable sofa and sat down, tapping his fingers lightly on the surface of his legs, considering the current international situation.

in his premonition;
A storm is brewing from world powers such as Britain and France, and will soon affect the three parties in the North American War. The Tang Kingdom will bear the brunt and will bear the greatest pressure.

The white populist in London was quite at odds with me. He was the foreign minister many years ago.

Not long after he came to power, he promoted the "British North America Act", leading London's policy to turn around from supporting the Confederate States of the United States to supporting the Northern United States, and playing up the threat of the Tang Dynasty in the cabinet and parliament. It's really enough!
This time, the Datang Kingdom brazenly launched a war against the United States of America under the pretext of the "wilderness conflict incident".

But there was no way around it. The Yankees were planning to assassinate the king every few months, and taking the opportunity to go crazy was the best excuse for war.

However, since the Kingdom of Tang used this as an excuse to send troops to Tijuana State and included this long and narrow peninsula bordering the Pacific Ocean coastline with a length of more than 1300 kilometers.

After suffering a big loss, the Yankees really withered and got scared, and never dared to make any big noises again.

This made it difficult for the Tang Kingdom to find an excuse to start a war, and the situation of the American Civil War between the North and the South deteriorated sharply.

As long as the Vicksburg fortress is conquered, the next step is to march to New Orleans...

Along the way, Sherman's army implemented a brutal "scorched earth policy" to attack the war potential of the Confederate Army.Although the method is very cruel, it has to be said that the effect is outstanding.

If it is really allowed to fight all the way to New Orleans on the southern coast, the inland towns in the American Union will basically be burned to the ground and burned to nothing.

in the original history

In the fourth year of the Civil War, the Southern Army was obviously out of support, and the reserve force was exhausted. Basically, all adult men who could be mobilized went to the battlefield.The lack of military control between urban and rural areas led to the escape of a large number of black slaves, leaving the countryside barren.

The "Emancipation Proclamation" issued by President James Buchanan had a huge impact on the entire North American society, and its influence was extremely far-reaching. It became a beacon for black slaves to pursue freedom.

Countless black slaves fled to the north, with a total number of nearly one million.

Only 23 black soldiers joined the Northern Army (18 in the original history). While greatly enhancing the strength of the Northern Army, it weakened the Southern war potential in disguise and is destroying the social structure of the entire South.

from any angle

The Tang Kingdom cannot allow the birth of a powerful and unified beautiful country, nor can it just watch the Northern Federation win the war, which hurts the fundamental interests of the Tang Kingdom.

Forget it, what should come has to come, so let this bad wind blowing from Europe be more violent!
Li Cha was mainly worried about the Tang Kingdom's trade line with Europe. If the British were to do something bad, they would definitely suffer a great impact and deal a major blow to the kingdom's economic development.

After all, the Royal Navy of the British Empire is the overlord of the world's oceans, and its absolute leading strength advantage will not be challenged before the First World War, until the rise of the High Seas Fleet of the European German Empire...

In today's era, the world order is absolutely dominated by white people. In a corner of North America, the newly-emerged Datang Kingdom is an out-and-out alien, and it is easy for the white world to be targeted.

Therefore, the Tang Kingdom must be cautious in its words and deeds. Richard hastily made a decision on the covenant with the South, and there are also considerations in this regard. This will make the Datang Kingdom's all-out war operations logical and make up for the weakness of the hasty war.

With the alliance treaty in hand, you have an extra big umbrella to protect you from the wind and rain.

No... and the Prime Minister, Lord Henry John Temple, would have to be artificially troubled to keep him busy.

Thought of here
Richard immediately went to sit behind the royal case and began to write a letter to Prince Albert. Now that Queen Victoria was expecting to give birth at Windsor Castle, Prince Albert would definitely be by his side, and it would be useful to let him blow the pillow.

There are also several other British high-society aristocrats. Richard will agree with them, mainly to express his strong dissatisfaction with the cabinet led by the current British Prime Minister Lord Henry John Temple. Come up with something.

These top British aristocrats are all vested interests who have good relations with the Tang Kingdom. Some are shareholders of the American River Gold Mine, some are shareholders of oil companies, and some hold shares in Red Oak Bank for a long time, enjoying huge dividends every year.

At times like this, you have to do your best both emotionally and rationally.

Afterwards, Richard also arranged for the nobles of the kingdom to have close contact with the British side, and mobilized some British celebrities, academic leaders, and well-known politicians to come forward to express their opinions against the current North American policy and question the decision of Downing Street, thus setting off a storm of public opinion.

The current prime minister, Lord Henry John Temple, is not the popular British pound. There are many doubters about the North American policy change led by him. There are many opponents in the House of Commons and the House of Lords, including the influential British Textile trade union.

75% of the raw materials of the entire British textile industry come from the southern United States. Instead of supporting such an important cotton producing area, London supports the northern United States, which competes with the United Kingdom for the world industrial product market. It is unreasonable from any point of view.

Li Cha now wants to mobilize all the opponents of Prime Minister Temple to form a large enough voice of public opinion and create a big trouble for him.

Nov. 1860, 2

The Tang Kingdom and the Confederate States of America formally signed an alliance treaty at the Daming Palace in Chang'an. The treaty will last for 30 years. After the expiration of the term, the two parties will automatically renew the contract for 30 years without objection, and so on.

The content of the treaty is nothing more than a series of clauses such as mutual military assistance, close economic exchanges, granting most favorable tariffs to each other, strengthening cultural, academic and other close cooperation in some other fields, and strengthening communication in the diplomatic field.

This is a normal military covenant between the two countries. It does not contain unequal clauses such as the Tang Kingdom stationing troops in the Confederate States of America, setting up free trade ports and concessions, and giving the other party super-national treatment. It reflects the fair exchange of equal status between the two parties.

After the North American War, all the troops of the Tang Kingdom should be withdrawn to maintain the independence and sovereign integrity of the Confederate States of America.

The formal signing of the alliance treaty has been widely reported by the public and has aroused heated discussions. Most of the people have a positive view on this, while a small number of fanatical Datang populists expressed dissatisfaction.

They thought: "Your Majesty the King has a wide range of benevolence at home and abroad, and the barbarians are all obedient. How can the small alliance countries be comparable? It really messes up the upper and lower ranks."

Datang Kingdom's "Los Angeles Times" published an editorial with "The Alliance of the Two Countries Establishing a New Pattern in North America" ​​as the headline on the front page;

This is an important document that aims to establish a new pattern in North America for the next 30 years or even longer. It is conducive to ending the turmoil in North America and maintaining the long-term peace and stability of North America. It has far-reaching significance...

Regardless of these reports, after the news of the alliance was spread, it was like a heavy bomb dropped into the water, which caused a huge shock in the society of the United States of America (Northern), which caused the stock market on Wall Street to plummet, and public opinion was wailing...

The headline on the front page of the "New York Times" is "Doomsday Comes, Does the United States Government Have a Future?" The bold and black headline expresses an extremely pessimistic view of the future.

The headline on the front page of the "Philadelphia Observer" is "The South and the Tang Kingdom have concluded a military alliance, and the victory in the war is extremely slim." Lose again.

The good war situation achieved before was completely lost, and instead faced with the great danger of being surrounded by the metropolis of Chicago, he openly declared that "Devil King Richard" led his "Hell Legion to kill again..."

All kinds of pessimistic remarks caused great panic among the people. In the eastern and central cities of the north, a large number of people with their families flocked to the port cities of Baltimore, New York and Boston on the east coast, trying to take a boat from here Go to sea to escape the waves of war.

Wealthy American families want to return to Europe, while some Americans are planning to go to the South or Central and South America to develop in the Tang Kingdom.

Inflation has become unbearably high. Since the news of the alliance between the Tang Kingdom and the Confederacy, the original 9000% super-high inflation has reached a staggering level of 15%, and a large number of factories have closed down. , the residents lost their jobs, and their lives fell into difficulties.

If you continue to stay, people will not be able to survive.

A large number of Americans from the Northeast crossed the border with their families and entered Canadian cities such as Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. There was an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians on the road, as if they were fleeing.

Over the years, the fear of the Tang Kingdom's iron hooves has not disappeared, but has been lurking in people's hearts and slowly fermenting. As news of one after another disastrous defeat in the battlefield came, at a certain point in time, the public's emotions suddenly burst out, and there appeared This is like a doomsday scenario.

(End of this chapter)