I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 720 The most cost-effective business

"It seems that my trip was in vain." Lord Grenville spread his hands and continued, "Then, let's discuss a business deal next?"

Hamilton sat up straight: "I'm listening carefully."

To be honest, the current relationship between the United States and Britain is not very good. Especially after Booker wreaked havoc in Georgia, American people's voices about "strengthening the US-France alliance" became louder and louder.

The British actually came to ask the United States to provide logistical assistance to the British army in Saint-Domingue.

Hamilton had made up his mind to reject whatever tricks the British Foreign Secretary tried.

Grenville coughed lightly and said: "Parliament has made a decision to sell all the colonies in the Caribbean to the United States."

"This is not..." Hamilton suddenly trembled, his eyes widened and said, "What did you say? A colony in the Caribbean?"

Grenville smiled and nodded: "Yes, all sold to the United States. From Jamaica to the Little Andres Islands."

Hamilton's breathing suddenly became rapid.

The United States has always coveted the Caribbean Sea at its doorstep, but it has been carved up by Britain, France, Spain and other major powers, and the United States can only watch helplessly.

And the British suddenly said that they would give the colonies here to the United States!

You know, Britain occupies the largest number of Caribbean colonies, more than half.

Hamilton quickly calmed down and asked: "You mentioned business before, but what about the price? I have to remind you that black riots are happening throughout the Caribbean, and there is no profit at all."

"The riots will eventually subside." Grenville said in a relaxed tone, "I believe that the United States will definitely have a way to deal with such an island so close."

Hamilton did not express his position, but he actually agreed with this sentence in his heart.

The cost of sending troops to the Caribbean islands is much lower than that of the United Kingdom. At the same time, nearby management is also extremely convenient.

But if someone tells him that the United States has not been able to deal with countries such as Cuba and the Bahamas until the 21st century, I don’t know how he will react.

"But I don't think Parliament is going to invest much in these ungovernable islands."

Grenville struggled with him again, seeming to give up the struggle: "Okay, okay, you are really good at bargaining.

“I’ll just tell the bottom line of the parliament.

"First of all, when a war breaks out in Europe, the United States must remain neutral and at least cannot attack Britain and Britain's allies."

Hamilton did not express his position, but raised his hand to signal: "Please continue."

"Second, the United States would recognize British assets in the Caribbean islands, if they had not been destroyed by the niggers. Of course, the British planters would pay taxes to the U.S. government.

"Finally, our country will receive the lowest price for sugar products produced in the Caribbean. This will last for 30 years."

"That's all?"

"That's all."

Hamilton thought for a moment, nodded and said: "I will submit a bill on this matter to Parliament."

"I hope you don't keep me waiting too long."

Hamilton remembered something again and asked: "What about the British Expeditionary Force in Saint-Domingue?"

Grenville sighed: "Marquis Cunningham will return to London in early November. So, you'd better be prepared before then."

The war in Santo Domingo shows no end in sight.

After spending more than 600,000 pounds here, the British government finally decided to "cut the flesh" to stop losses.

However, Grenville has obtained as much benefit as possible for Britain.

Especially the second thing he said.

If Americans were really capable of quelling black riots, many British plantations could be saved. This is tantamount to using the US military to safeguard British interests.

Of course, this depends on whether the United States has the strength.

At noon the next day, the U.S. Congress quickly made a decision to buy all the British colonies in the Caribbean for US$30,000. The two parties also signed the "Caribbean Agreement" to this end.

More than half a month later, the exhausted British Expeditionary Force evacuated Saint-Domingue by ship.

The Assembly of Saint-Domingue immediately left Mount Duarte and returned to Port-au-Prince, announcing with a high profile that this day would be the National Day of the Republic of Saint-Domingue.

When the news spread back to Europe, major countries such as Austria, Prussia, and Portugal successively recognized the regime of Saint-Domingue. At this time, sugar is as expensive as gold. Who doesn't want to buy some cheap sugar from Saint-Domingue?

But they didn't know yet that the island's sugar sales license had already been held by the crown prince of a certain country.

…

Southwest Russia.

Kharkiv.

Kosciuszko reined in his horse and looked at the vast plain behind him. The Russian Kursk Fortress, which was blackened by artillery fire, was almost invisible.

He crossed himself on his chest, feeling a burst of pain in his heart, and murmured in a low voice: "Warriors, may God bless you."

In order to conquer this strong fortress, the brave soldiers of the Third Division of the Royal Army under his command launched a fierce attack for three consecutive days and two nights without fear of life and death. They even used hand-held bags of sand to cover the first barrier with corpses and sand. A passage was filled in front.

Finally, at the cost of more than 2,000 casualties, they captured the Kursk Fortress.

In order not to slow down the march, more than a thousand wounded soldiers insisted on staying at the fortress and brought almost no food.

Dombrovsky looked at the direction of the commander's sight, came over and patted him on the back, sighed, and said: "The motherland will always be proud of them. And we have to keep moving forward."

Kosciuszko nodded, clamped his legs lightly on the horse's belly, and followed the marching queue.

He gathered his thoughts, looked at the endless oak trees around him, turned his head and whispered to Dombrowski: "How much food do we have left?"

"There is enough bread for three days." The latter also lowered his voice, "and the hay and oats are almost exhausted."

In a long-distance raid, the amount of supplies consumed by war horses will far exceed that of soldiers.

Kosciuszko frowned, and after a long time, he said with difficulty: "In the last resort, we can only kill the war horses."

Although cavalry is very important. On the plains of East Europe, infantry without cavalry cover can easily be "walked" to death by Cossacks.

But soon his troops only had war horses to eat.

It was still a month away from Crimea. Kosciuszko could not help but feel a surge of despair in his heart, but he suppressed it fiercely.

He tried hard not to think that the soldiers had suffered huge casualties and traveled hundreds of miles, but in the end they could only die silently in the dense forests of Kharkov.

More importantly, he and his army had not been able to change the situation in Poland.

He did not want to die like this!

He must not die like this!

Three days later.

The lonely Polish army was still walking through the dense forests.

A soldier from the baggage battalion stroked the skinny warhorse reluctantly and whispered sadly: "Old man, may you enjoy peace in heaven. I'm sorry..."

The whole army did not have breakfast this morning. According to the commander's order, more than a hundred horses here will be slaughtered as everyone's rations.

The officer of the baggage battalion sighed and gave the order to start slaughtering.

The soldiers silently drew out their sharp knives.

The warhorse didn't struggle much, perhaps because it was too hungry to have the strength, and just watched them quietly.

Just as the knife was about to stab, a dense trumpet sounded in front of the marching team.

That was the warning signal of the scout cavalry discovering the enemy.

Kosciuszko immediately ordered the troops to line up, and drove his horse to a relatively open high ground. Looking south with a telescope, he saw the sun shining on the east bank of the Seym River, which was a bit dazzling.

And the clothes of those drivers seemed to be Ottomans...