Wild North America 1846

"We welcome His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to Massawa, and we will congratulate King Pingxi. The whole city is full of joy and encouragement, and we are running to tell each other." Colonel Liu Daqing, the commander-in-chief of the construction, was obviously much thinner than before, and dressed in neat clothes The military uniform looked smarter and more capable, leading the crowd to come forward and salute respectfully.

The glorious victory achieved by the expeditionary force was reported back to the empire, ushering in the joy of the entire empire. This is a great joy that has shaken all levels of the empire's society in recent years.It boosted the great power of the empire, greatly condensed the confidence of the subjects of the empire, and further stimulated patriotic enthusiasm and the national consciousness of the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Li Cha was overjoyed and issued an imperial decree, conferring on the eleventh son of the emperor, Tang Li Xin, the Prince of Pingxi, bestowing festivals, and conferring two viscounts and 10 barons on meritorious officials in the expeditionary army. There are rewards.

Now His Royal Highness Tang-Li Xin is the Prince of Pingxi, the Duke of Colorado, and is the second son of the imperial family to be conferred the title of Prince, second only to the Crown Prince Qin Wang His Royal Highness Tang-Li Gan.

Tang-His Highness Li Xin can be said to be in good spirits on happy occasions, and he waved his hands with a smile and said; "His Majesty the Holy Emperor has not actually granted the golden seal of the king, so don't overstep it, hehehe... Congratulations and rejoicing!"

Speaking of this
His Highness Tang-Li Xin could no longer maintain the aloof expression like the breeze blowing on his face. The joy from his heart made his whole body glow. When he came to the pier, he greeted the onlookers frequently, and his affinity infected a large number of people present.

According to the procedure of the celebration, His Royal Highness Tang-Li Xin led the crowd to set up an incense table facing the east, offered three sacrifices, and burned incense candles to worship the God of Heaven, Earth and Sea...

After finishing these, he took out a white silk letter with a serious expression to everyone, and said in a loud voice; "The sacred decree is hereby..."

The Tang Empire canceled the kneeling ceremony, and there was no need to set up a special incense table to receive the order, and many red tapes were cancelled.

According to the ancient etiquette of the Han and Tang Dynasties, everyone bowed to the ground and replied respectfully; "I will accept the order;"

His Highness Tang-Li Xin held the imperial decree and announced loudly;
"Following the heavens, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial edict said;

Today, the situation is chaotic, and the Egyptians make troubles and humiliate the subjects of the empire, what can be tolerated, what can't be tolerated!

The imperial army marched thousands of miles across the ocean, pacified the evil and promoted the prestige of our country, and displayed the majestic and inviolable emperor's authority, majestic and majestic!
The expeditionary force opened up a new colonial area in Eritrea and became the vassal of the Tang Empire.Set up Yunzhongcheng and Massawa two cities to open up territories and spread the glory of imperial civilization.

The native subjects of the empire congratulated him, which is indeed the glory of the entire Tang Dynasty.

The imperial edict established a new overseas province:
Province in the cloud.

The provincial capital is set as Cloud City.

The place name of Massawa could not reflect the great power of the empire, so it was changed to Fubo City.

Go far to the foreign land of thousands of miles of waves, establish unworldly feats, spread the splendid civilization of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and be a strong man.

Appreciate this! "

"Your servants will accept the imperial decree, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Everyone responded in unison.

Only then did they get up and congratulate each other with smiles all over their faces. The atmosphere in the canopy became lively for a while, and everyone had unconcealable smiles of joy on their faces.

Everyone present has a share in this great honor.

The deafening sound of firecrackers sounded again, gongs and drums blared, and the great boys tried their best to perform dragon and lion dances, and the subjects of the empire also waved colorful flags to participate in it.

At this moment, the atmosphere of celebration reached its climax.

The old place name Massawa has since become history. Fubo City, Fubo Port, born on the coast of the Red Sea, will surely become a dazzling red sea pearl city in the future.

The Tang Empire newly established "Yunzhong Province" in Eritrea, which means that the empire formally incorporated this overseas province into its territory, and it was under the direct jurisdiction of the Colonial Department. Its administrative status is the same as that of Hawaii Province, Beihai Province, and the provinces under the jurisdiction of the South American Andean Governor's Mansion. Unanimously, they are all an inalienable part of the sacred territory of the Tang Empire.

after the ceremony
His Highness Tang Li Xin and his party, under the escort of cavalry, took a "Navajo" brand black car to stay in the newly built manor in the urban area of ​​Fubo City (Masawa) and will participate in a series of welcome banquets that will follow. Press do not mention.

Fubo City (Masawa) has rapidly developed into a population of nearly 4 in just a few months (note, this statistic includes Chinese immigrants, Arab women, and military families, excluding local garrisons, hard labor Convicts and black slaves) is an emerging port city with a bright future for development.

Cloud City, which is located on the plateau, is also developing rapidly. On the one hand, it is important to enslave local black and Arab laborers and draw blood from Yemen to feed back the new colonial areas.

A large number of imported Arab women actually formed tens of millions of new families, forming a relatively stable basic social structure, which is extremely conducive to cultural transmission and population reproduction.

On the other hand, Chinese immigrants brought advanced farming knowledge, cultural development and new commercial circulation channels, such as a series of factories and port trade, which injected vitality into the new colonial area.

Due to the long-term adherence to the sea ban policy by the ancient Ethiopian Empire, the development of the Eritrea region along the Red Sea is extremely backward.Basically in a semi-primitive tribal state, relying on hunting animals and picking melons and fruits for a living, with little knowledge of farming.

The Great Tang Empire aggressively invaded this area, and the Ethiopian Empire, which was located on the plateau, had no news about it until Yunzhong Province was established.

Facing the invasion of the Eastern Empire, the Ethiopian Empire seemed helpless.

Why is this so?

In 1867, the Ethiopian Empire had just endured the havoc caused by a British expedition. Emperor Theodoros II fought fiercely with the British expeditionary force when he led his army to guard the fortress and castle of Magdala.

At that time, the shells of the British Expeditionary Force were fierce. When Theodoros II was moving stones with several soldiers to block the first gate of the castle, a shell exploded nearby, killing Duke Engida.

Seeing that the enemy's artillery fire was fierce and unstoppable, and the first gate of the fortress was about to be breached by the British, the desperate Emperor of Ethiopia pulled out the pistol presented by Queen Victoria, put the barrel in his mouth, and pulled the trigger to kill himself. One shot to the head.

It all started simply because Theodoros II wrote a famous letter to Queen Victoria in 1863 asking for British help in the war against Muslims in Egypt and Turkey.

The British Foreign Office forgot to reply, making Theodoros furious.

On New Year's Day 1864, British adviser Cameron was ordered to be chained up, along with another diplomat and 58 Europeans.

Theodore II declared that the men would be held hostage and would not be released until he received a letter from England, which sparked British outrage.

In 1866, Lassam, an Iraqi who served for the British Foreign Office, brought a reply from Britain, and Theodoros, who was satisfied, released the hostages.

However, not long after, Theodoros II, who felt cheated, ordered Cameron and other Europeans, who had just been freed, to be taken back to prison, and wrote to Queen Victoria, asking her to send a group of skilled craftsmen and various All kinds of new machinery, including bullet-making machines, were exchanged for the freedom of these people.

Faced with blackmail, Britain naturally could not accept such humiliation, so it dispatched General Napier, who had ruthlessly suppressed the Indian rebellion, to lead an expedition to Abyssinia.

A war against the Ethiopian Empire's dimensionality reduction expedition broke out.

As early as 570 A.D., the ancient Axum dynasty was established here, an ancient indigenous dynasty that lasted for nearly a thousand years.

After several regime changes until the 17th century, Ethiopia showed the scene before the decline of the Byzantine Empire. The Abyssinian court fell into corruption and long-term political turmoil. The nobles were addicted to pleasure and intrigue, and the imperial power changed frequently.

At this stage, the status of dukes, governors and tribal leaders in Mingda Province rose.

By the first half of the 19th century, the Abyssinian Empire had disintegrated into a series of independent or semi-independent kingdoms, and the title "King of Kings" had become as dignified and empty as the Holy Roman Emperor, no longer available The ability to dominate the world.

And the term "Ethiopia", like "Germany" before Bismarck or "Italy" before Garibaldi and Mazzini, became a purely geographical term.

After the death of Emperor Theodorus II, Abyssinia once again fell into an era of feudal strife.

With the guns, ammunition and military supplies donated by the British Napier expedition before returning home, Prince Casa of Tigray ascended to the throne with strong military strength and was crowned as Johannes IV in the ancient city of Axum.

Known as the "Wandering Emperor of Abyssinia", he didn't even have a capital, but took his "mobile court" to command battles everywhere, trying his best to unify the Ethiopian plateau.

On the Ethiopian plateau today, princes and dukes rule one side, and it is a state of scattered sand.

The most important feudal separatist kingdoms are the Tigray Kingdom in the north and the Shaoa Kingdom in the south. In addition, several important provinces such as Gojam, Wolo, and Simeon are also completely independent, and they do not listen to the greetings of Emperor Johannes IV at all. , not to mention seeing the pilgrimage.

In such a messy state, the wandering dynasty of Ethiopia could not even form a unified opinion. How could they unanimously fight against the invaders who were armed to the teeth by the Tang Empire?

these years
The separatist rulers in various parts of Ethiopia counted one by one. After being severely beaten by the British, they had a serious psychological shadow on the expeditionary troops who came across the ocean. If they can't shake their legs, they are considered strong.

Work together to deal with the Expeditionary Army of the Tang Empire?
No one has made such stupid suggestions, most of them are how to appease these powerful foreign invaders?Can the boundary between the two parties be determined by treaty?

I would rather cede some more land, and I would be thankful for not intruding on each other.

coincidentally
Emperor Johannes IV also had the same idea, but he had spent a long time with the British Expeditionary Force and had a relatively close and harmonious relationship with each other, so he had more ideas...

For example, can you hire some Datang Musketeers to join the Ethiopian Royal Army?

The purpose is naturally to attack the separatist warlords and rebel kingdoms, and deal with them one by one. Western guns are extremely sharp, and the native kingdoms are almost irresistible.

The number of people is about 500~1000. If there are more, it is estimated that the Ethiopian Dynasty will go bankrupt and cannot spend so much money to hire Orientals.

Of course, if you want land, it's easy to say.

Emperor Johannes IV had no clear concept of national boundaries, did not mind being paid for conquered rebel kingdom lands, and had no obsession with remote territories.

The core area of ​​the Abyssinian dynasty is still on the Ethiopian plateau. As for the coastal Eritrea region, he is eager to reach a formal border treaty with the Tang Empire.

That... well water does not violate river water.