Wild North America 1846

After finishing the weekly routine imperial meeting, after lunch, Emperor Li Cha took the beasts for a walk by the Seven Star Lake in the palace, enjoying the quiet and peaceful scenery.

Today's pet beasts are white-skinned, rich, and red. They have reached the 4th generation. They grew up in the deep palace since they were young, and they are more and more spiritual.

Emperor Li Cha walked by the beautiful lake for a while, when he stopped to look around, the huge Fa Cai obediently leaned forward and lay down on the grass, gently rubbing his huge head against Emperor Li Cha's leg.

The meaning is obvious;

Master, if you are tired from walking, just sit on me and have a rest!

Emperor Li Cha took advantage of the situation and sat down. The colorful white tiger known as the "Four Generations of White Skin" also lay down on his stomach, squinted his eyes and stretched his big head to Emperor Li Cha's hand, so that the master could easily scratch it.

If it weren't for the majestic animal skin and huge physique, people would mistakenly think that this pair of ligers are proper licking dogs.

Sitting leisurely by the Seven Star Lake, Emperor Li Cha could see the unfinished palace complex on the other side of the lake from here, and the work was temporarily suspended.

On the west side of the Qixing Lake, there are dozens of palaces in different shapes. The West Palace Palace Group is mainly composed of Han and Tang style palaces, as well as French, English, Baroque and Spanish style palaces. The architectural master's handwriting is extremely gorgeous.

The concubines of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty came from all over the world, with different skin colors and different religious beliefs, so there were also royal temples, Taoist temples, Protestant churches and Catholic churches in the palace.

Different from the Han and Tang-style palaces in the East Palace and Yishuier, the West Palace is an organic fusion of different architectural styles. The buildings located on the riverside are more similar to the Bund in Shanghai and have different buildings from different countries.

It's just more low-key and luxurious, and most of them are hidden in the lush forest, which looks patchwork.

The new palace requires a staggering number of new palaces and pavilions.It will take at least ten years of continuous construction to complete the general layout.

As for the final completion, it will take a long time.

Just like the Daming Palace, it has been under continuous construction for decades. Due to its large area and numerous palaces, it has not been completed yet.

With Emperor Li Cha's current lofty status, he has already looked down on these extraneous things.

However, as the dignity and glory of the Tang Empire, it reflects the grandeur of the royal family of a great country, and the imperial palace is too shabby to be built.

Sitting by the Seven Star Lake
At this moment, Emperor Li Cha's mind was not on the issue of the East Indies, but stared at the sparkling lake in a daze, without thinking about anything.

After living in the deep palace for decades, he was really tired of this kind of life.

The long-planned global trip was pushed back and forth due to the complicated state affairs and the pleas of the ministers. Wherever he went, he was surrounded by a group of people, and he had to disguise himself if he wanted to visit incognito.

He is like a dragon trapped in a deep pool, he has long wanted to soar into the sky and soar between heaven and earth.

So in the past two years, the imperial court has been right, he always let the crown prince attend, gaining experience in handling major state affairs.

do the math

Crown Prince Tang-Li Qian will be 50 next year. He has always acted in a prudent manner and has a dignified personality. In a few years, Emperor Li Cha will be able to abdicate early with peace of mind and become the overlord like a wild crane.

The biggest resistance still comes from a group of courtiers and the top powerful families of the empire.

Well, let's talk about it in a few years.

There were a few clear chirps of eagles not far away, and Emperor Li Cha turned his head to look. On the tall treetops, there were a few vigorous bald eagle figures soaring into the sky, and soon turned into small black spots.

Hehe, these wild little guys.

Unlike the pet animals in the palace, which are fed on a regular basis, these bald eagles are all foraging in the wild except for the occasional feeding by Emperor Richard.

These proud bald eagles can't even look at the food fed by others, let alone eat it.

After sitting by the lake for a while, Emperor Li Cha stood up and walked towards the harem.

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In April of the same year, Sir Alfred Milner, Prime Minister of the British Cape Colony, instructed the British expatriates in the Transvaal to write a letter of grievance to Queen Victoria, asking her to protect the interests of British subjects and to fight against the Boers. Make reasonable excuses.

In June, Milner and Kruger held their last talks in Bloemfontein over the protection of alien rights.While negotiating, the British side seized the time to dispatch troops from overseas to South Africa.

In this year, the Western world launched a large-scale movement of sympathy and solidarity with the Boer Republic.Numerous civic groups were formed in the Netherlands and Belgium, soliciting donations, publishing articles, establishing foundations, and donating wartime mobile hospitals and medical equipment to the Transvaal.

Thousands of volunteers from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, New Zealand, Russia, Ireland, Italy and Scandinavian countries have traveled across the ocean to the Transvaal, ready to fight side by side with the Boers.

With the United Kingdom gathering more and more troops, the Boers could no longer sit still and prepare for war while importing a large amount of military supplies.

The end of March
The Tang Empire once again dispatched troops, occupying the front line from Bali to East Timor in 11 days, and burning the flames of war to the gate of Java Island, which made the situation in the originally calm area suddenly tense.

The Governor's Office of the Netherlands East Indies sent a telegram for help, which flew to the Kingdom of the Netherlands like snowflakes.

At this time, when the old and new prime ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands were handing over, they were caught off guard, and chaos broke out from top to bottom.

Domestic calls for a quick solution to the East Indies issue immediately surged, overwhelming the Boer issue in South Africa for a while, and becoming the key international issue of the Dutch people's primary concern.

Families and sympathizers of the white prisoners of war launched a massive march, demanding that the royal government face up to the East Indies issue, rescue the white prisoners of war through armistice negotiations and international negotiations, and let the boys go home.

More than 5 white prisoners of war have put this small country in Western Europe under unimaginable pressure.

At the end of the 19th century in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the total population of Europe and overseas was only 510 million. The more than 5 white prisoners of war accounted for 1%, and they were all strong young and middle-aged white men.

The family and sympathizers behind them add up, and their influence is easily magnified by ten times. No one can ignore this powerful social force.

At this time, the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was in dire straits, because the British also came to the door.

The combination of these two incidents made the Kingdom government overwhelmed.

On October 1899, 10, the Transvaal government issued an ultimatum to the United Kingdom, demanding that the United Kingdom stop sending troops to South Africa, withdraw all troops that arrived in South Africa after June 9, and submit all disputes to diplomatic arbitration within 6 hours. reply.

On October 10, Chamberlain, Minister of the British Colonial Office, ordered Milner to reject the conditions put forward by the Boers.

At five o'clock in the afternoon on October 1899, 10, the Federal Assembly of the Republic of Transvaal and the Republic of the Orange Free State declared war on Britain, and the Second Boer War officially broke out.