1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 629 The Pattern Opens

"It is an honor to see you again."

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Le Goff took off his hat and bowed to Liang Yao. He did not call Liang Yao the president or the governor.

"Please sit down." Liang Yao made a gesture of invitation, signaling Le Goff to sit down. "Has the Consul conveyed to His Majesty Napoleon III the intention of our country to establish formal diplomatic relations with the French Empire?"

"I have conveyed to His Majesty Napoleon III the intention of your country to establish diplomatic relations with France." Le Goff said after sitting down, "This matter is of great importance. It is not that I intentionally delay and whet your appetite, but such a big matter is not something that a small consul like me can decide. I personally hope that France can establish diplomatic relations with your country, which will also be of great benefit to my future."

"Then I wish you a promotion in advance. If the Republic of America and the French Empire establish formal diplomatic relations, you are the only choice to be the ambassador to our country. At that time, I will definitely come to congratulate you in person." Liang Yao raised his glass and clinked glasses with Le Goff, saying.

Le Goff hesitated for a moment, but still took a sip of the red wine in the goblet, then licked his lips and said, "Our country hopes that the Vietnamese authorities can open Da Nang and establish a mutually beneficial free trade relationship with us. However, the Vietnamese court misunderstood the good intentions of our French country, resulting in many conflicts between the two sides. The Vietnamese authorities have repeatedly requested the suzerain Qing Dynasty to mediate on this matter. The Qing Dynasty also sent a diplomatic note to pressure our country on this matter.

I know that your uncle, Governor Liang, has a great influence in the Qing Dynasty court. If you can convey our goodwill to Governor Liang, clarify the misunderstanding, and no longer obstruct and interfere in the opening of ports and trade between our country and Vietnam. I think this will be of great benefit to your country and our country to establish diplomatic relations."

Sure enough, Sarawak alone cannot satisfy the appetite of the French Empire.

The French authorities have long intended to interfere in the affairs of Southeast Asia, but the good places in Southeast Asia have basically been divided up by the two old colonial powers, Britain and the Netherlands. France can only look to the Indochina Peninsula and the vassal states of the Qing Dynasty.

"It's a small matter." Liang Yao shook his head and said, "It's just that your country is too narrow-minded."

If Vietnam can be generous and sell a favor to France, this deal is still very cost-effective. Although Vietnam is small and poor, it is not a high-quality market, but mosquito meat is still meat.

"Ah?" Le Goff was very surprised. He thought Liang Yao would shirk responsibility, and the best result would be that he would shirk responsibility and then reluctantly agree. He didn't expect Liang Yao's attitude to be so straightforward.

Compared with his own shy attitude, Le Goff actually felt a little ashamed.

"Da Nang is too small. Not only Da Nang but also Saigon needs to be opened for trade." Liang Yao said, "If the Nguyen court does not agree, I can let my uncle in Nagasaki lead the fleet and General Tromeran to persuade them to open the port."

"So that's the case. Your Excellency is a man of great vision, haha." Le Goff said happily, "I will definitely convey your sincerity to His Majesty."

"Thank you very much." Liang Yao smiled, "I think there are many areas for our two countries to cooperate."

The meeting with Le Goff had just ended, and the presidential secretary Zeiss sent a secret telegram that had just arrived.

This secret telegram was sent by Chen Lisong in Kansas City. Its content was that Kansas garrison commander Longstreet would change the flag soon and hand over all the military forts and fortresses in Kansas to the hands of the Confederacy.

Liang Yao and Longstreet had met once. Longstreet was in charge of logistics during the Second Mexican-American War. Later, he was transferred to Kansas to take charge of Kansas to prevent the local civil war situation in Kansas from getting out of control.

Longstreet is from Edford County, North Carolina. He lives in the South and has a hometown sentiment for the South. Most of his troops are from the South.

It is reasonable for Longstreet to embrace the South.

After several reinforcements, the federal government has more than 3,000 troops stationed in major military forts in Kansas.

Although more than 3,000 people are not many, you have to know that neither the North nor the South has officially started to mobilize for conscription. The federal government has only more than 17,000 standing troops on paper, and most of these standing troops are still scattered near the Indian boundary in the border areas.

This is why most of the troops transferred to Baltimore by the Federal Government War Department are militias, and there are few regular troops. The federal government does not have many mobile regular troops that can be mobilized.

Longstreet led his troops to the South, which means that the more than 17,000 standing troops that the federal government can directly control will be reduced to more than 14,000. This is undoubtedly a great news for Liang Yao.

Liang Yao continued to read the second half of the secret telegram. The content of the second half was that Lieutenant Colonel Cullen under Longstreet was an abolitionist and did not want to follow Longstreet to pledge allegiance to the Confederacy. At the same time, Lieutenant Colonel Cullen did not want to be an enemy of his old boss Longstreet. It is possible to strive to let Lieutenant Colonel Cullen lead his troops to the west.

Chen Lisong asked Liang Yao in the call whether to continue to contact Lieutenant Colonel Cullen and win him over.

Liang Yao hurried back to his office and found the defense map of Kansas.

He was previously a major senior general of the federal government, and he had the main garrison maps of the federal army in various places.

Soon, Liang Yao found Cullen's station. Cullen led six companies to station in Fort Manhattan, west of Kansas City.

The location of Fort Manhattan is extremely critical. If Liang Yao can control Fort Manhattan, Mason's federal army stationed at Fort Kearny will face the dilemma of being attacked from both sides by the North Platte Fort Group and Fort Manhattan.

At the same time, Fort Manhattan stands on the Kansas Plain. As long as it is not surrounded, it can threaten the logistics supply route of Mason's federal army at any time.

Liang Yao was overjoyed and ordered Chen Lisong, Kruger and Lieutenant Colonel Cullen, who were in charge of North Platte, to contact and win over Cullen.

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The news that the three states on the West Coast jointly accused the Lincoln government of violating the constitution, questioned election fraud, and announced the establishment of the American Republic quickly spread throughout North America through the developed telegraph network.

The Richmond authorities were ecstatic when they learned of the news. If the West entered the game to disrupt the situation, it meant that the Northern Federation would face military threats from the South and the West at the same time. This would greatly weaken the threat of the Northern Federation to the Southern Confederacy and would be a major benefit to the Southern Confederacy.

Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, expressed support for the three states on the west coast for their just actions in defending the Constitution and immediately recognized the American Republic.

On February 20, 1861, the Texas authorities officially announced their withdrawal from the Union, established the Republic of Texas, and quickly established diplomatic relations with the Confederate States of America and the American Republic.

So far, except for Kentucky and Missouri, which were still wavering and had not yet decided on their affiliation, the camps of the remaining states had been clear.