I, Zhu Houzhao, join the US imperialist chat group

Chapter 235 Zhu Houzhao: I will personally lead the American Civil War! Empress Dowager Cixi declares war on eleven countries! Everyone is shocked!
[Tang Xizong Li Xuan: Not really? Roosevelt, why do you and Cleveland look down on us? We are a big country after all! I even want to send an army to help Lincoln fight! ]

Zhu Houzhao knew the process of this group mission clearly, and he even wanted to take the new army to the Lincoln battlefield for training.

Unexpectedly, he was despised by Cleveland and Roosevelt.

[American Founder Washington: You can't be a drag, right? Roosevelt, Cleveland, I admit that you had powerful weapons like Gatling or Maxim at that time, but the army and military supplies of the Jackson era can also help, right? ]

【American Xuanzong Jackson: I reserve my opinion.】

The unintentional arrogance displayed by Roosevelt and Cleveland still made several presidents uncomfortable.

[American Li Zong Grant: How should I put this? Several presidents, I seem to have said last time that the arrival of hot weapons has changed the concept of war. The war in your eyes, even the war of national destruction, is actually outdated in terms of civil war. Roosevelt and Cleveland don't really mean to look down on you. ]

[For a war of this magnitude, even if you could send troops, they would just line up and shoot us... just like the early days of our civil war.]

【Meishezu Lincoln: Yes, that's right... Grant is right. It's not that I look down on you, but the concept of war has been upgraded. If you continue to treat this civil war with the previous concept of war, you will suffer.】

Lincoln also followed suit and gave gentle consolation, clearly feeling the disagreement.

[Metaizong Jefferson: Group leader, I want to ask. Whether it is my group mission or Lincoln's group mission, in what form will the group members help us? I remember you seemed to have said that there is a function of sending troops across time and space, but it requires 10,000 points to open it. ]

[Can we have a trans-dimensional army sent to help with a group mission like this? ]

At this moment, Jefferson suddenly thought of the specific form of carrying out group tasks, and also thought of the delivery function of the super-time air force that had been discussed before, so he couldn't help but ask Zhu Houzhao directly.

[Meishezong Roosevelt: Trans-dimensional military deployment requires 10,000 points? ]

Roosevelt was apparently not educated on this feature.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Roosevelt, that's what President Jefferson meant! We can spend 500 points, or President Lincoln can pay 5000 points, to get the help of our time-travel air force, which can send to troops at a time to help President Lincoln across time and space.]

Cleveland explained immediately.

[Meishezong Roosevelt: Ah, this... The group mission is only worth 2,000 points, and we have to spend 10,000? It would be better to just give President Lincoln a red envelope and some bullets! ]

Roosevelt did a quick calculation and decided that this deal was not feasible.

[Supreme Group Master: Okay! Let me explain the rules for participating in this group task: After the group task is released, because it is a task for the chat group, group members can choose items or troops to participate in the task. This way of participating in the group task does not require additional points. For example, Roosevelt, if you want to send an army to participate in Lincoln's Civil War battlefield, you can do it. ]

[Supreme Group Master: This group mission is limited. Each time and space can send a thousand troops to participate! As for military supplies, there is no limit! But each time you give Lincoln military supplies, you need to consume fifty points, and you can invest 500 units of military supplies. ]

[Therefore, for this group mission, you can consider sending troops or sending supplies! After the mission is completed, rewards will be distributed according to the contribution of each time and space to this mission! ]

[Jefferson's mission is the same! ]

Zhu Houzhao immediately announced the specific process for completing the group tasks.

[Emperor Jefferson: Each time and space can send a team of 8 people to participate in the Lincoln War? So, we now have a total of time and space, including His Majesty the Sixteenth, Washington, me, Jackson, Grant, Cleveland, Roosevelt, and His Majesty Lee. A total of troops can be deployed? ]

[Mei Lizong Grant: 8 troops... To be honest, they are just enough for me to fight a war. ]

[Meishezong Roosevelt: Grant, you can't calculate like this! Suppose the 1,000-man army in our time and space is equipped with 1,000 Maxim machine guns! For you, it would be a thousand more heavy firepower points out of thin air! At least it can stop the charge of 50,000 enemy troops! ]

Roosevelt immediately corrected Grant's misconception.

【Mei Lizong Grant: Roosevelt, you know, I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about His Majesty Louis XVI and his men. Their 1,000 men can come and learn advanced tactical concepts. It's difficult to really help... Besides, this kind of super-time and space army should not listen to our unified command and dispatch, right?】

[American Xuanzong Jackson: If that's the case! I want to go to the civil war to see it myself... Of course I won't give you the command! ]

Jackson immediately understood the limitations of this kind of help.

[American Grandmaster Washington: So... after the 10,000 points of super-time and space army fee is waived? Group leader, can we personally lead a thousand troops and participate in the war in a few decades? Although, we may not be able to help? But we can take this opportunity to learn the advanced war concepts mentioned by Grant and witness the future war situation with our own eyes? ]

Washington was suddenly moved.

[Supreme Group Master: Yes, that's what I mean! The Trans-Time and Space Army only has one chance in the group mission! If you want to help, choose the elite soldiers! ]

Zhu Houzhao gave a positive answer. Previously he was troubled by the fact that he could not go to America in person.

Now that this group task has been activated, he can also lead the army to America to join the war in person!

Compared to personally leading the army to fight the Mongols, this time leading the army across time and space is obviously much more interesting.

【Meishezong Roosevelt: Okay, I understand completely! This group mission is really interesting... For us, it is a crushing war, but for President Lincoln before... The chat group wants to help His Majesty the Sixteenth to train his troops and see the world, right?】

Roosevelt made a class representative summary in one go.

[American Lizong Grant: This method does seem interesting! I am looking forward to President Jackson and President Washington seeing the cruelty of the Civil War in person! Haha... it's good for learning too! ]

[Mercius Lincoln: Several presidents personally visited the scene of the Civil War... This scene is a little hard for me to imagine. ]

[Louis XVI: In other words... I can take the 15-year-old Napoleon to meet the Napoleon who was about 30 or 40 years old during the Jefferson era, right? ]

Louis XVI also understood the mode of such a group mission better, and suddenly thought of a magical picture.

When this idea came out, the group members were even more shocked.

【Meishezu Lincoln: It seems very likely! 】

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Can there be two Napoleons in one time and space? ]

[Meilizong Grant: Such a scene is hard to imagine! ]

The fantasies in the group seemed a bit metaphysical, so much so that the group became quiet.

【Meishezong Roosevelt: Phew... Let's think about this situation later. I feel that this group mission requires us to prepare and plan carefully, and it should not be decided in this chat.】

[So, group leader... should we start this group task now, or wait until this chat is over...]

[However...according to the progress of President Lincoln and President Jefferson, I think it may take some time?]

Roosevelt finally came to his senses and stopped thinking unrealistically about things that had not yet happened.

[Mei Yingzong Cleveland: Yes! It seems that this will take some time to happen. This time, the chat should not start the group task immediately, right? ]

[Also, there are some real situations that cannot be solved... For example, we only have two or three hours of chat time every month. If we really go to help... will we still have to chat? ]

This reminder also made the president in the group come back to his senses.

[Supreme group leader: The group task will be started after this chat! As for the actual method and time of completing the group task, please wait for the group leader to notify you.]

Zhu Houzhao once again gave a clear answer.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Is the chat mode going to change? 】

Cleveland realized decisively that since the chat group truth was accidentally exposed last time, the chat group's test team has also accelerated. I don't know if this is a good thing.

【Meishezong Roosevelt: Well, it feels like... this shock is even greater than when I joined the chat group. Let's digest this first. Let's continue chatting...】

[It's President Grant's turn next, right?] [President Grant, you can talk about something light now...]

Roosevelt quickly came to his senses and continued to moderate the conversation.

[Meilizong Grant: Well... although I am a little shocked that the chat group has such a magical function... but, it is magical enough, isn't it? ]

[My month... I am still in the Qing Empire in the East. After I expressed my desire to get to know this country, the officials in the East showed great enthusiasm. During this month, they took me to visit their scenic spots and historical sites, and also let me visit the steel mills, shipyards, etc. that they were preparing...]

[Then after I expressed my desire to learn about their Eastern history, especially the history of the Tang Dynasty... they even found someone to teach me... In short, they were very enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that I felt a little uncomfortable... their purpose was too strong.]

Grant also briefly talked about his experience in the Qing Empire this month.

[As for the current international news: Japan invaded the Ryukyu Islands, renamed it Okinawa, and sentenced the last Ryukyu King Sho Tai to exile in Tokyo... I have no other channels to learn about it. ]

The president in the group had nothing to comment on this.

Because most people don't know much about the Qing Empire.

[Tang Xizong Li Xuan: Grant, don't you consider asking for some of their supplies? Don't they have any gifts for you? ]

Zhu Houzhao was curious about Grant's other life.

[American Lizong Grant: Some people did send me gold, but I didn't accept it. As for supplies, I represent the President of the United States, so it's not right to accept them.]

[Tang Xizong Li Xuan: I see... Then I also want to know about the lives of ordinary people. How are our people living under the rule of the Qing Empire? Are there any uprisings...]

Zhu Houzhao really didn't want to see any good in the Qing Dynasty. He even wanted to issue some tasks and let Grant support the Han people to overthrow the Qing Empire.

[Meilizong Grant: Rebellion? I haven't heard them talk about it... But, Your Majesty, do you really want to hear it? I feel... your Eastern people, especially the ordinary people, live very numbly, even mediocre. But those officials... have a pretty good standard of living, basically drinking and eating meat every day and visiting prostitutes... On the contrary, some people have to starve to death...]

Grant naturally didn't feel deeply about this and could only say some superficial things.

[Tang Xizong Li Xuan: Well, the rich have wine and meat, but the poor freeze to death on the streets! It's the same, all the same...]

Zhu Houzhao didn't know what to say. There were many such cases in the Ming Dynasty.

[Tang Xizong Li Xuan: Then I have another question. From the perspective of an outsider, how many years do you think the Qing Empire can last? How many years have they been established?]

Zhu Houzhao really wanted to know how long this guy could last.

[Meilizong Grant: I can’t feel that. I feel that you officials are also trying to see the outside world and make some changes. Most of the officials I have come into contact with are sober... but I always feel that they are still afraid of your empress dowager... At present, the real person in power in the Qing Empire is not the emperor, but a woman, the emperor’s mother...]

[In her, I feel a little bit of Queen Victoria's power...]

[But I feel that she is not as good as Queen Victoria...]

[Moreover, your officials told me that they have been in the Pass for almost 235 years... In fact, they are vaguely worried about the Queen Mother taking power. Of course, they dare not say it out loud, so I guessed it...]

A woman in power? A queen mother in power?
Yo!
This is actually good news for Zhu Houzhao!
Two hundred and thirty-five years, it should be almost dead!

Zhu Houzhao was somewhat delighted.

[Messenger Roosevelt: Um... Grant, the woman you are talking about is the Empress Dowager of the Qing Empire! She is far inferior to Queen Victoria! But in some ways, she is more courageous than Queen Victoria... You can't tell what era you are in now, but I want to tell you that in the future, she will do something earth-shattering! ]

[On June 1900, 6, she will declare war on Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria-Hungary and the United States in the name of their emperor! Almost against the whole world! ]

Zhu Houzhao was surprised by more than that. Grant compared Cixi to Victoria, which made Roosevelt very upset and he immediately exposed Cixi's bravery.

[Tang Xizong Li Xuan: Huh? Declare war on eleven countries in the world? ]

[Louis XVI: Ah... The Qing Empire also declared war on France? Does His Majesty Qianlong know about this? We, France, did not provoke them! ]

[American British Cleveland: No way? Roosevelt... who gave her the courage to declare war on Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Germany... and us? Isn't their compensation enough? Isn't their failure enough? ]

Cleveland was shocked.

[Mei Lizong Grant: This... is so fierce? This woman is so fierce? That official Li also told me that she was going to meet me...]

Grant was shocked.

Declare war on eleven countries?
Xu Yunmiao was frightened.

[Tang Xizong Li Xuan: What was the result? Win or lose? ]

Zhu Houzhao reacted quickly and was actually looking forward to this ending!

Such a remarkable woman has never appeared in history!

Even Wu Zetian was not as good as her.

[Mei Yingzong Cleveland: Your Majesty Lee... Is there any need to tell me? I know the result without Roosevelt telling me! She must have lost! She really knows nothing about the power of the whole world! She couldn't even beat the tiny country of Japan last year... and she still wants to beat everyone...]

Cleveland reacted and gave an immediate affirmative answer.

[Meishezong Roosevelt: Haha, just as President Cleveland said... we lost! We lost miserably! The Eight-Nation Alliance rushed into your capital... occupied your capital, and your empress dowager and emperor once again abandoned the capital and fled...]

【And the result of the war...】

[The Qing Empire paid a total of 4.5 million taels of silver to various countries, with customs duties, salt taxes and regular customs duties as collateral, to be repaid in 39 years, with an annual interest rate of 4%, and a total of 9.8 million taels of principal and interest! ]

[Then he "apologized" to Germany and Japan. He sent princes and ministers to Germany and Japan to express his "regrets" and built a stone memorial archway at the place where German Minister Clemens von Ketteler was killed...]

Zhu Houzhao finally tasted the humiliation at this moment.

[Tang Xizong Li Xuan: What!? Compensation of 450 million taels of silver... and personally come to apologize? The capital has been occupied!? She is not sure of victory, why would she declare war on you? Who gave her the courage! This is simply a great shame! ]

Zhu Houzhao could no longer sit still and looked at Roosevelt's revelations in the chat group in disbelief.

He could never have imagined that there would be such a wonderful woman!
This move was so impressive that it made his scalp tingle!

[Louis XVI: Ah, this... this, she is so brave! Is the Qing Empire so rich? So much silver...]

[American Emperor Washington: This... this is incredible! Is this considered a major victory for America? ]

【Emperor Jefferson: Why are they like this? 】

[American Emperor Jackson: I was shocked just now. I thought the Eastern Empire declared war with hundreds of thousands of troops in anger. Who would have thought that they would be beaten so badly just because they were angry? ]

【Meishezu Lincoln: This is indeed a little unbelievable...】

[Mei Lizong Grant: I, I am now even looking forward to meeting such a woman. I want to see with my own eyes what she is like...]

At this moment, all the presidents in the chat group expressed surprise.

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)