The sun never sets in America

Chapter 3 Crisis and Opportunity

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"Come in!"

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"Dad, what did you call me for?" As soon as Liu Peng entered the study, he asked his father Liu Yan who was sitting behind the desk. His attitude was very respectful, without any trace of naughtiness, cynicism, or even rebellion that should be expected at this age.

The performance was elegant and very decent.

"Is the injury better?" Liu Yan looked up at Liu Peng, who was standing in front of him respectfully, and asked again the same question he had just asked at the dinner table.

"Dad, don't worry, I'm in good health and I'll be fine." Liu Peng confidently assured Liu Yan, even patting his not-so-strong chest and pretending to be a child.

"Haha..." Seeing Liu Peng, who had acted mature just now, turned into a child again, Liu Yan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Come, sit down!" After laughing, Liu Yan arranged for Liu Peng to sit on the chair opposite the desk.

Liu Peng sat on it very naturally, pretending to be familiar, and trying his best to behave like the original Liu Peng.

"I heard that you went to the observatory today?" Liu Yan took a sip of tea and asked Liu Peng casually, "How are you? What do you think of Liujiabao?" Liu Yan seemed careless, but in fact he was trying to teach. asked Liu Peng in a tone of voice.

"Prosperity and health!" Liu Peng replied to Liu Yan sternly, "But there are also dangers." Liu Peng's heart moved, and then he solemnly replied to his father Liu Yan.

"Oh?" When Liu Yan heard this, his originally calm expression turned into one of surprise. You know, Liu Peng was only 12 years old, how could he possibly see this, "I, Liu Jiabao, am a party in California. With power, no less than [-] residents, and more than [-] acres of fertile land, what is the danger?" Liu Yan pretended not to know, and asked Liu Peng, with a trace of expectation in his eyes.

"Although I, Liu Jiabao, am not the strongest in the Los Angeles area, but with my father's reputation, I can still be considered as a daredevil!" Liu Peng first boasted about Liu Yan, "But after all, we Chinese are the strongest in this America. Foreign households, not to mention the local Indians, but also the white-skinned Westerners, can they accommodate us?" Liu Peng asked Liu Yandao.

Hearing this, Liu Yan took a sip of tea and his face became a little solemn. What Liu Peng just said touched his heart.

That is, the safety of Liujiabao! !
After all, Liujiabao seems to be hot. It is a castle, farmland as far as the eye can see, a large area of ​​plantations, and a large number of people. No matter which country it is in, it is considered a powerful force.

But behind the seemingly glorious surface, there are countless hidden dangers.

Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just say that the white people seemed to have compromised with Liujiabao because of internal fighting and the Indian issue. However, once they freed up their hands, there was no guarantee that they would not make some perverse moves against Liujiabao, a Chinese force. thought.

After all, the little tax collected and the small gold mine currently developed cannot satisfy the greedy appetite of those guys.

"You are right. Our Liujiapu seems to be prosperous, but in fact it is a simmering fire..." Liu Yan sighed to Liu Peng, "Your father and I seem to be in the Liujiapu, but in fact we can barely support it. !" Liu Yan said to Liu Peng half-sighing and half-sadly.

"Father is the backbone of my Liu Family Fort. You must not say depressing words." Liu Peng quickly comforted Liu Yan, "If anything happens, my son can also share some of the burden." Liu Peng took the initiative to ask his father Liu Yan, with a look on his face. Revealing a solemn look.

"What's more, our Liujiabao now has an opportunity amid crisis. We might as well turn the crisis into an opportunity." Liu Peng then said to Liu Yan.

"Crisis, opportunity??" When Liu Yan heard this, he showed a puzzled expression and looked at Liu Peng, who looked a little unfamiliar across the way. "What is a crisis and what is an opportunity?" Liu Yan asked Liu Peng, There was curiosity in his eyes.

Today's Liu Peng did refresh his original understanding of Liu Peng.

He knows etiquette and speaks in a measured manner, and even his evaluation of the current situation in Liujiabao just now was extremely accurate.

Liu Yan always felt like he had enlightened after Liu Peng's defeat.

"What does father think of the United States?" Liu Peng did not answer the question just now, but asked Liu Yan instead.

"America?" Liu Yan heard Liu Peng ask about the United States and was confused for a while. He didn't know what it had to do with the United States. "Although I have never been to the United States, I also know that it is a big country in America. Even the British do not dare to provoke it easily, let alone Don't say it's Mexico." Although Liu Yan didn't know what Liu Peng meant by asking about the United States, he still told everything he knew.

"Yes, the United States is indeed a force that cannot be underestimated." Liu Peng nodded to his father Liu Yan in agreement, "Since the founding of the country, the territory of the United States has expanded from the original thirteen states in the east to today's border with Mexico. The situation." Liu Peng was very envious of the expansion of the United States. After all, if we look back at history, except for the early days of the Great Navigation, when countries like Spain and Portugal discovered the New World, no country has expanded more rapidly and more rapidly than the United States. It’s even easier. It’s like God’s blessing. Many territories can’t be described as picking up for free.

"Given the way the United States has been since the founding of the country, my father thinks he will let Mexico go?" Liu Peng asked his father Liu Yan, "What's more, my father doesn't know the current situation. In our California area, there are people from North America every day. Americans cannot even tolerate the Indian tribes who have fled from the Midwest. Even the real masters of the Americas, the Indians, can we Chinese be okay?" Liu Peng analyzed to Liu Yan the recent flight of Indians to the west caused by the United States' westward expansion. things and the impact on their Liujiabao.

"What do you mean?" Liu Yan already roughly understood what Liu Peng was going to say.

"We in Liujiapu in California cannot tolerate those Mexican white skinners. When Americans come in the future, we will not tolerate the United States." Liu Peng said about the worst possibility at present and in the future, "It is better to set up our own business!" Liu Peng After saying this, he looked at his father Liu Yan across from him, showing a hint of excitement and despair.

Time is really running out. The US-Mexican War in 1846 is getting closer and closer. By that time, can Liu Jiabao survive between the two forces?Liu Peng didn't believe it and didn't dare to vouch for it.

"Set up your own business?" After hearing this, Liu Yan's expression instantly became serious, and the eyes he looked at Liu Peng revealed a trace of nervousness, a trace of embarrassment, but more of an uneasiness.

After all, if he said that he would break away from the Mexican government and establish his own business, it was not that he had never thought about it.

But after thinking about it every time, I just let it go.

Because with the strength at that time and the situation where Liu Jiabao had just established itself, setting up his own business was simply seeking death.

Not to mention the white Mexicans, even the Indian tribes with their own ulterior motives would not be able to allow Liujiabao to establish itself so easily.

If Liu Yan hadn't been digging around and making good friends with the Indian tribes, Liujiabao wouldn't be as prosperous as it is today.

"Setting up your own business is no joke, you have to think twice before you act!!" Liu Yan warned Liu Peng earnestly, with a heavy expression on his face.

"Of course I know what my father is worried about." Liu Peng didn't care at all, but replied to Liu Yan with a smile, "There was no chance before. That was because God didn't give the chance. Now the opportunity has come!" Liu Peng said mysteriously to Liu Yan. Father Liu Yan said, his eyes flashing.

"Oh, an opportunity given by God?" Liu Yan was a little confused when he heard this, not knowing what Liu Peng was talking about.

"Father, have you forgotten those Indians expelled from the United States?" Liu Peng replied to Liu Yan with a smile, "They are our opportunity!" Liu Peng said to Liu Yan firmly, with a flash of light on his face. Excited look.

"You mean?" Liu Yan seemed to understand something when he heard his son's words, and asked Liu Peng tentatively.

"It's them!" Liu Peng nodded in response to what Liu Yan asked him just now, "After all, although our California province is large, our interests have been fixed. Outsiders want to get a share of the pie, not to mention those Mexican white-skinned people, including the native Indians. I won't agree." Liu Peng saw the current situation very clearly.

Now the Indians from the Midwest are quite honest, but when there are more and more people, it will be hard to say.

What's more, there are Americans.

"If the water is not mixed, how can we fish in Liujiabao!" Liu Peng continued to his father Liu Yan coldly, with no expression on his face.

Cold and cold! !

"Peng'er!" Looking at Liu Peng who was completely different from what he remembered, Liu Yan couldn't help but call out his name.

"You have indeed grown up." Liu Yan looked at Liu Peng and sighed.

"Since the opportunity comes to me, Liu Family Fort, how can I miss it?" Liu Yan's eyes gradually became firmer. "After all, if God doesn't take it, you will suffer the consequences. If you don't welcome it, you will suffer the consequences..." Liu Yan Yan said to Liu Peng with a firm tone.

"Peng'er!" Liu Yan called Liu Peng again.

"The child is here!" Liu Peng promised Liu Yan respectfully.

"In a few days, I will go to the Monte tribe, the largest local tribe, to propose marriage to you." Liu Yan suddenly talked about marriage to Liu Peng.

"Father?" Liu Peng looked at Liu Yan dumbfounded, wondering for a moment what his father meant by saying this at this time.

"My child obeys!" Liu Peng looked at his father Liu Yan's meaningful eyes and immediately understood something, and immediately agreed without any hesitation.

"Okay, okay!!" Liu Yan looked at Liu Peng who agreed to his marriage without any hesitation, and said three good words in a row.

"Peng'er, when doing big things, be bold and don't be indecisive." Liu Yan then warned Liu Peng, looking at Liu Peng with eyes full of relief.

"Dad, I understand." Liu Peng nodded to his father Liu Yan and agreed, "It depends on whether our Liujiabao can soar into the sky this time." Liu Peng's black eyes were full of Ambition and passion, as well as a hint of the future.

It's like the curtain of the era is about to slowly open.

Liu Peng firmly believes that the era that belongs to Liujiabao and belongs to him, Liu Peng, will eventually come.

This is also his mission in this era.

(End of this chapter)