Wild North America 1846

Chapter 663 Six Years Later
Time flies like a shuttle, and 6 years have passed in a blink of an eye.

After the 1885 New Year's Court Meeting, all the courtiers were excitedly discussing the upcoming 40th anniversary celebration of the Holy Emperor's ascension to the throne next year, and then left the Ming court one after another, came to Danfengmen Square and left by car.

After 39 years of rapid development, Chang'an, the imperial capital, is now the second largest city in the world with a population of 317 million, and firmly ranked as the largest city in America. It is famous for its urban architectural landscape and prosperous economy.

Datang Empire is a country leading the second wave of industrialization revolution, especially known for cutting-edge chemical and electrification technologies, and enjoys a high reputation in the world.

The imperial capital Chang'an and Los Angeles, Chicago, Taoyuan, Salem, Seattle, Detroit and other large industrial cities with a population of one million, together with more small and medium-sized cities, have formed the most complete industrial system in the world today, ranking first in output among more than 170 industrial categories First.

If coupled with the strong agricultural and animal husbandry production capacity, the Tang Empire can be said to be an economic top student with excellent character and learning. Its industry, agriculture, animal husbandry, and foreign trade are all in line, all of which are among the world's advanced ranks.

Six years in the blink of an eye
The Tang Empire has been speeding along the road of economic development, and has thrown off half of the second-ranked United Kingdom. The economic aggregate is about 1.36 times that of the United Kingdom, that is, the sum of the economic aggregate of the United Kingdom and France.

If we talk about the changes in the past 6 years, the biggest one is the little-known Germany.

After the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, the economy of the German Empire skyrocketed with the help of huge franc indemnities. Since then, it has made rapid progress on the road to industrialization, and its industrial economic growth rate has ranked first in the world for 14 consecutive years.

As early as 1870, Germany's economic aggregate surpassed that of France and ranked third in the world. Now it is approaching the United Kingdom with great strides. In 1884, it had reached more than [-]% of the British economic aggregate. It is obviously another economic top student.

From 1870, Germany's economic size was about one-third of that of the United Kingdom. By 1884, Germany's economic aggregate had doubled and a half, reaching more than 7% of the British economic aggregate, showing a momentum of rapid catch-up.

In the past 6 years, many major events have happened in the world.

On September 1883, 9, the Pacific Railway, which runs through the entire North American continent, was finally officially completed. Its total length is 16 kilometers.

This railway is also known as the Century Railway Project. Together with the Nicaragua Canal, it was shortlisted as the second of the top ten historical projects of the empire and will be recorded in history forever.

Since the launch of the South American desert expedition in 1862, it has lasted 22 years, and the total population of the Andean Governor's Palace has grown to more than 460 million, and it has finally come to fruition.

On January 1884, 1, His Majesty the Emperor issued an edict to create 11 new imperial provinces in the former Andean Governor's Mansion, and Tempesta is the southernmost province of the empire.

These 11 imperial provinces were transferred from the jurisdiction of the former colonial ministry to the direct administration of the imperial government. They have since cast off their colonial status and become part of the official territory of the empire.

The colonial institution of the Andean Governor's Palace was abolished and became a historical term.

In 1884, the French colonial army occupied the Kingdom of Cambodia and launched a war against the Qing Dynasty, and the Sino-French War broke out.

The Manchu Qing army bravely defeated the French invaders and defended the southern half of the Qing Dynasty, which made the French taste the taste of failure.

The official "World Daily" of Datang Empire commented on this;

The French, with their rotten teeth and unbelievably good appetite, suffered an ignominious defeat at the hands of the most populous Qing Empire, which presumably gave them a little sobriety.

This kind of sarcasm, full of sarcasm, became popular in Europe in an instant, and it made the British and Germans laugh out loud.

As soon as this sharp sarcasm was mentioned, everyone laughed and slapped their thighs. "French with rotten teeth" became a hot phrase in European high society, and the group cheered for a while.

The bitter ridicule of the Tang Empire made the French angry, but facing the strong Tang Empire on the other side of the Atlantic, they were just helpless and furious.

After the news of the defeat of the French army spread to Paris, the French Parliament voted 306 to 149 without hesitation to reject the additional military expenditure proposal. Prime Minister Jules Ferry was forced to take the blame and resign. The rotten eggs and melon skins left in a carriage in a state of embarrassment.

Unreconciled France immediately proposed;

Adding 5000 million francs to the French army stationed in the Indochina Peninsula, domestic public opinion is full of voices to declare war on the Qing Dynasty, and the French, stimulated by high patriotism, can't sit still at all.

At this time, the old and treacherous British came out again, and London issued a statement;
France's irresponsible expansion of the war has aroused deep concern in London. After consultation with the Tang government's senior officials, it is believed that this reckless invasion should be brought to an end, so that the situation in East Asia can be restored to peace and stability.

In a word, stop hitting.

France is a veteran poker player on the world poker table, and he disappeared after a glance. This is his cleverness.

Back in 1853, Tsar Nicholas I confidently said to the British envoy: "Don't threaten me, I still have allies in Prussia and Austria to rely on."

The results of it?
Tsarist Russia was besieged and beaten by Britain, France, Tango and the Kingdom of Sardinia.A good brother and ally, Emperor Joseph of Austria, was busy marrying Princess Sissi, but Prussia pretended not to see it.

Tsar Nicholas I was severely beaten by the cruel international reality, and finally died of exhaustion...

This is a smart move by the Frenchman. He can't afford to offend this pair of Yingtang.

When it comes to France, one has to mention the Triple Alliance.

After the Franco-Prussian War, Germany and France had an indissoluble enmity, which was really endless.

German Prime Minister Bismarck was worried about French retaliation, so he adopted an alliance policy to encircle France, which led to the formation of the "Three Emperors Alliance" between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia.

But later, Tsarist Russia had a conflict of interests with the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Balkan Peninsula, and finally a war broke out. In the "Berlin Treaty" in which the powers participated, they were almost deprived of most of the fruits of victory.

This left a deep gap in Tsarist Russia's heart, and Russia did not want Germany to become stronger, which made the Three Emperors Alliance only in name.

Tsarist Russia can't help but ask itself;

The Three Emperors Alliance allowed Germany to have two allies, Austria to have one and a half allies, and Tsarist Russia only had half an ally. What is the value of such an alliance?
When a European war really breaks out, no one knows what choice Tsarist Russia will make?

In the final U.S. presidential election held in September 1881, the Liberal Party presidential candidate, former President Zhang Zongliang, relied on a narrow advantage of 9 electoral votes to defeat his opponent and run for re-election.

This presidential election has been wildly attacked by Republicans and Democrats, who believe that there are many unfair shady scenes, but the results of the election cannot be changed.

When France invaded Tunisia from Algeria in 1881 and made it a protectorate of its own, it made the Kingdom of Italy almost mad with envy.

Italy had long coveted Tunisia, but suffered from insufficient strength and could not fight against France alone. After thinking twice, it turned to Germany and Austria, the German brothers.

German Prime Minister Bismarck was keenly aware of the opportunity of the alliance, so after negotiations, on May 1882, 5, Germany, Austria, and Italy signed an alliance treaty in Vienna, which was the Triple Alliance.

The Three Emperors Alliance and the Triple Alliance existed at the same time. It was German Prime Minister Bismarck who put two iron chains around France's neck to limit its military expansion in the European continent and double insurance for Germany's security.

On January 1885, 1, Fusang, which invaded the Korean peninsula, signed the Treaty of Seoul with the Kingdom of Korea, and North Korea became a dual colony of the Qing Dynasty and Fusang.

The Fusang people originally participated in the Jiashen coup, but were defeated by the Qing army stationed in North Korea, and their colonial ambitions suffered a serious setback.

Afterwards, Fusang asked North Korea for apology, punishment, and compensation on the pretext of "the embassy was burned" and "the overseas Chinese were killed." He sent Foreign Minister Kaoru Inoue as an ambassador to North Korea and forced North Korea to sign the "Seoul Treaty."

The treaty not only enabled Fusang to restore the loss in the Jiashen coup, but also pushed the aggressive forces further into North Korea.

And this broke out the sharp conflict between Qing and Japan, and planted the seeds of hatred.

From March 1885, 3, the 15th World Expo will be grandly held in Los Angeles. This will be the largest, most grand, and most diverse world exposition in history.

At this expo, many factories and enterprises of the Tang Empire launched innumerable new inventions, the world's first motorcycle, the world's first pickup truck, the world's first wireless transmitter invented by Mr. Zheng Zongshen, an advanced Industrial machine, a single 1-horsepower marine triple-expansion steam turbine, a new steam locomotive, a full range of industrial generators, a wide range of chemical products, etc.

Los Angeles National Heavy Machinery Plant No. [-] even moved the production and assembly workshop of the "Fukang" brand gasoline-powered car directly to the Expo site to show visitors how to produce a family car.

At the exhibition site

An old man with a white beard and a tall and tall middle-aged man is enjoying the visit, surrounded by a circle of people in different clothes, intentionally or unintentionally separating the two from other visitors.

The tall and straight woman is the emperor Li Cha in disguise. His current majesty is completely restrained, concealed, and he wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his face, looking gentle.

Beside him is the current Prime Minister Chen Cailiang, who also made a disguise, wearing a bowler hat on his head, and a thick wool plaid scarf covering half of his face, making it difficult for outsiders to see his true face.

The two watched and chatted, but the topic they talked about had nothing to do with the car assembly workshop on site.

"My lord, the northern separatist independence movement instigated by the British is still difficult to eradicate despite repeated heavy blows from the government. On the contrary, it has become more and more influential. President Zhang Zongliang is deeply worried about this!"

"What the people want, no one wants to move forward with heavy debts. The heavy tax policy implemented by the United States is undoubtedly the first among the major powers of the world. Natural malaise."

"Sir, our country has never been like this!"

"This is because our country has always been on the road to victory, and then expanded after victory, and then won after expansion. The industrial and agricultural economies have risen step by step, which has covered up internal contradictions and divisions in the immigrant country, bridged racial differences, and conflicts have not always exploded. That's all. The most important thing... is that we have a mainstream ethnic group mainly of Chinese descent, which is the ballast of society."

"The master has great insight, and the old servant admires it. It's just that the leaky big ship of the United States can't be covered, and the momentum of independence and division is getting worse. What should I do?"

"What are you panicking about? The French are the only ones who suffer the most from the Yankees' independence. Over the years, they have concentrated on immigration to places such as Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in the north, which has greatly changed the local population structure. Seeing that it is not long before 1887, We are not in a hurry now, it is the French who are in a hurry."

"Then...Master, we won't really withdraw our troops by then, will we?"

"If we want to withdraw our troops, the French will cry and tell us not to go, and the French will definitely send more troops to North America."

"This...Master, after all, North America is our home field. How can we allow the French to send troops in? Liu Xianjun's doctrine emphasizes that the Americas belong to the Americans. Doesn't it look good on the face of the empire?"

"Hehehe... This is called caring and chaos!" Li Cha chuckled, walked to a car assembly site, watched the workers skillfully assembling car components, stood aside and watched, but said in his mouth ;

"We really don't want world powers to interfere in American affairs, but in fact we can't. In South America there are Dutch Suriname, Britain, France, and Belgian Guiana, in North America there is British Canada, and European powers have more or less garrisons.

It's just that the distance is far away, and everyone's feelings are not deep.

It is impossible to completely eradicate the garrison of foreign powers throughout the Americas, even in another 100 years.

Because the Americas are not a whole, but a big family consisting of 16 countries (note, the American South is divided into five, plus Canada), each country has its own independent thinking, how to stop it?

The gist of Ryu Hyun-kun doctrine is
There is a huge difference in keeping the initiative in the American issue, rather than excluding all the world powers from the Americas.

Just like the current US problem, the UK spends more than 200 million pounds a year.With the Carolina Republic and Canada as two fulcrums, it accommodated a large number of independent civil rights activists who split the United States, and tried their best to separate the North.

The purpose of the British is to use this to weaken and attack Tang and France, because we also have bank loans of up to 3 million Tang yuan in the above-mentioned countries.

Oh... By the way, are there still so many of them now? "

"My lord, there haven't been so many for a long time. In the past few years, the major imperial consortiums have been restricting the issuance of loans to the United States. After recovering the principal and interest of 100 million loans, they basically issued another 40 million. The total amount of existing loans is about 2.4 million Tang yuan. Or so. On the contrary, the franc loan has increased again.”

"Hehe... The usury kingdom remembers to eat but not to fight. Remember, an internal policy will be issued later, the existing loan balance will only be collected and not loaned, and the financial risk exposure will be minimized as much as possible, and the total loan amount will be reduced to less than 2 million Tang yuan. , relying on innate convenience can still recover most of it.”

"Uh... the old servant understands."

"Take precautions before they happen."

Speaking of here
Li Cha looked at the skilled assembly of the auto workers, but said in his mouth;

"As far as playing tricks are concerned, the Frenchman is no match for the British anyway, and this time I'm afraid there will be another big fall.

but i guess

Before 1887, the British were not fully sure that they would not launch a full-scale movement to split the United States because they were afraid of our existence.

There must be two prerequisites for the British guy to do it;

The first is that the Anglo-Saxons win the next presidential election, a condition that will probably be met this year.

Having suffered losses in two consecutive presidential elections, the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States are now keeping their eyes on the election ballot box, and the British have also sent election monitoring committees to prevent us from getting caught.

With all kinds of unfavorable conditions, it is impossible to think of "changing the civet cat for the prince" this year. The new Liberal Party's presidential candidate Chen Huichuan is also unable to do his best, and losing the election is a high probability event.

The second condition is that the "North American Post-war Treaty" expires, and the war indemnity is paid in full, which eliminates the excuse of our Datang Empire to intervene in American affairs again.

When these two prerequisites are fully met, the Briton dares to do it.

After all, he is the hegemon of the world, so he acts somewhat recklessly. "

Li Cha explained something for the British guy with a calm expression, somewhat helpless.

The invasion of the Tang Empire is indeed powerful, but the British Empire is not weak either!
After experiencing the glory of the Victorian period, now at the end of Victorian rule, the British Empire has shown signs of faltering. The economic development has been sluggish for more than ten consecutive years, and the total economic growth has been hovering around 1%, with weak stamina.

But after all, it has hundreds of years of profound accumulation, has a vast colony of more than 3000 million square kilometers, has the strong confidence that "the British Empire will not fail if India's blood is not shed", has the world's invincible Royal Navy, and has European power. With all the countries that follow, London can indeed be unscrupulous.

There is another bad news this year;

That is, after seven years of reintegration of the Liberal Party, William Cecil, the former Colonial Minister, led the Liberal Party through the prime ministerial election this year. Unsurprisingly, he will win the final election.

If all goes well, the new British Prime Minister will take office on June 1885, 6. This is an old opponent.

If many people forget, then remind me;
During Lord William Ewart Gladstone's tenure as Prime Minister, this person served as an important Minister of the Colonial Department. He was a far-sighted political veteran. More than ten years ago, he came up with many bad ideas in order to limit the Tang Empire.

But Li Cha is not afraid of him at all, because the Tang Empire is no longer what it was more than ten years ago. The population of the empire is as high as 1.21 million, and Chinese residents firmly account for 86.4%. It is a scene of prosperity and development from inside to outside.

The swallowed new colonies of Colombia, as well as Cuba, Luzon Islands, Zhongzhou Province, and Fuyuan Province have been roughly digested, forming a basic social structure dominated by Chinese, and becoming one of the overseas provinces of the empire.

It is estimated that by the end of this century, these overseas provinces temporarily subordinate to the Colonial Ministry will be completely reborn, so that they will truly be included in the ranks of the empire's local territory and achieve long-term strategic goals.

With such a strong foundation, even if you face the British Empire directly, you will not be afraid at all.

Conversely, the British Empire did not fear the Tang State at all, because although the Tang State was powerful, it was impossible to deploy such power to Europe to change the situation in Europe.

As long as the British Royal Navy does not allow it, the vast Atlantic Ocean is a forbidden area.

(End of this chapter)