Dominate the Country

"Have you heard? The British came out to mediate."

"How can that work? The Americans haven't fixed it yet."

"That's right. Our imperial army is so powerful that we are magnanimous if we don't take the initiative to cause trouble to the Americans. These yellow-haired foreigners don't know what's good for them and dare to reach out to us first. If we don't teach them a lesson, the foreigners won't know how to write the word "death"!"

Just like his father Liang Zhaoxing, Liang Haiyang, who is only 22 years old, is a person who was born and raised in the new era. He has a deep contempt for foreigners in his bones. Chen Han is not the Qing Dynasty. Because of the strong national strength and repeated victories in foreign wars, the new generation of young people has endless pride and contempt for foreigners, rather than fear. Liang Haiyang didn't believe that the British hiding in Canada would dare to take the initiative to start a war with Chen Han.

These young people have never experienced the humiliating history of China in the original time and space for a hundred years, have never felt the era when the Chinese people were oppressed, and don’t know what "first-class foreigners" are. They have lived in the most powerful country on this planet since they were born. They are confident of the strength of the country behind them, and they don’t think that the British dare to reach out first.

Would Americans in the 21st century of the original time and space be afraid that Mexico would take the initiative to go to war with the United States?

Even if a war really breaks out, it will be our own army that will attack Britain first.

"We have a population of more than 300 million. The court can summon millions of well-trained troops at the command of the court, and we have tens of millions of reserve troops. How many foreigners are there? Can they be more than half of us together?" This is the confidence that Chinese education has been instilling in Chinese students since they were young.

At 2:30 in the afternoon, the last batch of customers also left, and Liang Zhaoxing's beef soup restaurant entered a cold period. His son Liang Haiyang and two hired workers began to clean up the chairs and keep them clean and tidy. Then it was time for them to eat.

Liang Zhaoxing, holding a bowl of wide noodles, sat alone at a table. There was only a little chopped green onion and a few spinach in the soup bowl, no meat, no other vegetables, and the soup for the noodles was ordinary clear soup instead of beef soup. For Liang Zhaoxing, who has entered middle age, he has long lost interest in beef. Now he prefers to eat light meals.

Across the table from him, two large basins of meat bones were placed on the table. There is never a shortage of meat bones in the beef soup shop, and the two employees who have been in the shop for less than a month are far from being tired of eating beef. However, the women of the two families - Liang Haiyang's mother and his wife, each had a bowl of clear soup noodles, a plate of boiled peanuts, and a plate of stir-fried bean curd with clear vegetables. Like Liang Zhaoxing and Liang Haiyang, they no longer eat beef and drink beef soup.

Liang Haiyang's younger brother also held a bowl of noodles, lying on the table while eating and flipping through the "The Complete Biography of Yue Fei" on the table. This thing was absolutely attractive in the past. Yue Fei is a hero particularly admired by the current emperor. Yue Fei's story has appeared more than once in primary and secondary school textbooks. At the same time, it is also a magic weapon that storytellers never get tired of telling in recent years, just like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin". When the Liang family's restaurant was doing well, they had a dedicated storyteller in their restaurant.

But now, it is difficult for Liang Chaoyang to hear the sound of the gavel. There are storytellers in America, and there are also famous actors and famous magicians, but how can they come to this ghost place in South Sault Ste. Marie now?

The economy and trade here seem to be prosperous, but it is not as good as some places on the West Coast, and it is not attractive to those entertainers. Moreover, in America now, what people are most interested in is war and contempt for the Americans across the street. If Liang Chaoyang could have a newspaper, he would not hold on to "The Complete Biography of Yue Fei".

Isn't South Sault Ste. Marie too remote?

This place doesn't even sell newspapers, let alone newspaper offices. Even if merchants bring in new issues of newspapers from the south, each issue will be delayed by ten days or half a month. The Mississippi River can directly connect the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, but it cannot connect to Tokyo and Hanjin. That is, each issue of the newspaper is delayed, and sometimes it is not available.

But this is South Sault Ste. Marie, a small town with less than a thousand people, and life in a small town has so many inconveniences.

At this time, Adam Lewis, who had just come out of the livestock market, walked towards the hotel where he was staying with a relaxed mood. The business was finally finalized. 100 cows and 100 horses will be ready to obey his call this afternoon, and then take the cargo ship he had booked long ago and transport them from Lake Huron to Sarnia. Although Lewis' destination in the transaction was Toronto.

But the price of these large livestock sold to Toronto is not as high as that offered by the Americans!

The Chinese army swept the entire northern part of South America and took away a large number of cattle and horses from the Spaniards. Even the Indians and Americans on the battlefield in North America had lost a lot of cattle and horses to Chen Han's army.

These large livestock could not be transported back to China from a long distance, so they could only be digested by America.

This happened more than once or twice. America had experienced this kind of internal digestion in the two previous wars between Chen Han and Spain.

Before the arrival of the "harvest season", the entire cattle and horse market would instantly drop in price. Before, a strong cow that cost thirty or forty yuan could now drop to twenty yuan. The price of ordinary horses that used to be in the hundreds of yuan range could drop by one-third. Many domestic immigrants benefited from this, and now the British have also joined in.

But Lewis had to go to the tax department at the checkpoint first to deal with the tariff issue.

More than a thousand British troops were stationed in North Sault Ste. Marie, which stimulated consumption in North Sault Ste. Marie to a certain extent. In addition, all the residents of South Sault Ste. Marie and some defeated American soldiers had fled to North Sault Ste. Marie. The defeated soldiers could be sent to Detroit by the British, but the residents were not included. Now there are some restaurants and hotels in North Sault Ste. Marie.

But cattle and horses can't be sold at a high price in North Sault Ste. Marie, which is too close to South Sault Ste. Marie.

Lewis paid the tax to the tax bureau and returned to his residence with a pass. In the afternoon, Lewis led his men to spend a whole afternoon to lock all the cattle and horses in the fence of the cargo ship, and then came to the dock of North Sault Ste. Marie, and then went to a restaurant he often came to for dinner.

No one knew that Lewis received a small note during the meal, and then Lewis, who was full of wine and food, reluctantly came to a place he was very reluctant to go.

Lake James, the leader of a British intelligence team, was waiting in a hotel room for a "white dove" he had released to fly back. Yes, this was Lewis's other identity, an identity that was not to be seen in public. He was a peripheral member of this intelligence team.

"How was the harvest, my friend?"

"Not bad. I can make a small profit after this business is over."

"Don't interrupt, Lewis, you should know what I'm asking."

"That's not good. As a carrier pigeon, I haven't brought back new news twice. If nothing unexpected happens, my friends over there have already suffered." Lewis spread his hands. The mastermind of his intelligence line was code-named "Albatross". Lewis's mission was only to use his identity as a businessman as a cover to receive news from the Albatross and bring it back to Lake James.

"Albatross hopes to withdraw as soon as possible. He is very scared now and is eager to leave that place. He thinks his identity may have been exposed and he may be arrested by the Chinese at any time." Even Lewis felt frightened after meeting Albatross. When he was active in South Sault Ste. Marie afterwards, he was always afraid that a Chinese secret police would suddenly jump out.

James cursed viciously. This was a mistake, a huge mistake. He should have been alerted after Lewis did not bring back intelligence last time. He should have immediately asked Albatross to withdraw quickly to North Sault Ste. Marie, instead of letting Albatross stay in the south and let Lewis meet Albatross at the risk of being exposed this time.

"Ok. I will arrange it immediately. If everything goes well, we will welcome Albatross together at Grove Restaurant at noon tomorrow." James is a British man who does shady work. After the Chinese intelligence system was widely known by Western countries, European countries such as Britain, France, Russia, Austria and Prussia also set up their own intelligence departments. This is a very formal intelligence department with government establishment. He represents the most formidable enemy in China today, but a Chinese word came out of his mouth very logically, and Lewis did not find it abrupt at all.

"The Chinese in South Sault Ste. Marie are very stable. Whether it is their garrison, police station or tax bureau, they are all working as usual. I can't see a trace of nervousness on their faces." Although he did not get the intelligence, it did not mean that Lewis had gained nothing.

"The price fluctuations of various materials are very small. Even the price of cattle and horses continued to fall by two percentage points." This means that at least in China now there is no large-scale gathering of materials. Of course, this may also be a trick made by the Chinese. After all, Lewis's footsteps only stopped in South Sault Ste. Marie.

After sending Lewis away, James immediately returned to the station. In the intelligence system of the British in North America, James is just a small shrimp. Although North Sault Ste. Marie is not a military stronghold, its external entry point is not only the small South Sault Ste. Marie. Here you can also pay close attention to the war in the Michigan Peninsula and the information of the US Great Lakes Fleet. In addition to infiltrating the Chinese from South Sault Ste. Marie, London is an important gathering point for the remnants of the Qing Dynasty, where many oriental faces can be found. James is only the head of an intelligence group in South Sault Ste. Marie. The British intelligence group in South Sault Ste. Marie is definitely not just James, but other things are in charge of other people.

The British intelligence station in North Sault Ste. Marie is much higher than James.

James now has to do his best to notify Albatross to retreat back to North Sault Ste. Marie as soon as possible. This matter does not need to be reported to the superiors for approval. The British are well aware of the procrastination and cumbersome style of their own officials, and have set up a special emergency mechanism in intelligence work.

Otherwise, the safety and gains and losses of an intelligence group are very important to the North Sault Ste. Marie intelligence station, but it is not guaranteed that the superiors will delay for a day or two.

For the British, the most important thing now is to get the approximate number of Chinese reinforcements that will arrive in the Great Lakes region. This will give the Americans a rough idea and prepare the reinforcements as soon as possible. This is also the most concerned thing for America now. The importance of South Sault Ste. Marie has been ranked second.

The Americans are now in a dilemma. They are really in big trouble. After the British mediation was rejected by China, the whole of Washington was in mourning. The Americans found that they were now in a battle that would bleed to the last drop of blood.

Now they are only calling for the assistance of the British Empire. They have been thinking about how to withstand the Chinese attack in future wars.

The Americans suffered heavy losses in the South. Georgia and Alabama have been completely occupied by the Chinese, and South Carolina has been occupied by more than half by the Chinese army. Although these three states are only a small and unimportant part of the current land of the United States, the most painful thing for the Americans is the loss of troops in defending Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina.

Washington was not afraid of the loss of land. The loss of manpower made Washington heartbroken.

When they fought the War of Independence with the British, Philadelphia [the seat of the Continental Congress] was captured by the British, but the Americans still persisted. Although the Americans may not be aware of the principle of "saving land and losing people, both people and land are lost; saving people and losing land, both people and land are gained", it does not prevent them from applying it in practice.