New Ming Empire mixed in America

When the ranch house began to burn, Eugene and Davis in the stable began to become restless as they thought.

"Davis, don't forget that we are all federal people. Why are you helping those Easterners deal with me?"

Listening to Eugene's shouts, Davis curled his lips.

Ever since he formed the 'Ming Xie Army' and began to participate in Li Mingqi's battle planning, he could hear similar statements almost every day.

"You are a big rancher and you have money, but do you know how we poor people live?"

Before Davis could speak, one of his men beside him shouted.

"My father worked very hard in the factory to keep us fed. In the end, the factory owner deducted half of our salary for that month."

"Do you know the reason why he used it?"

"That bastard said that my father didn't work for a full month, haha... He didn't get off work for a full month. The day my father died was at the end of the month. When he died, he still had half an hour before he could get off work... Ugh..."

After shouting a few words, the subordinate actually began to sob: "My mother... wu wu..."

He did not continue speaking, and no one present asked.

Everyone knows what it takes to raise several children with just one woman without a man in the family.

Not every place is like the 'Yihong Building' on the Dongfang Li construction site. Female employees need to have a physical examination, take a shower and have the right to rest.

The cultural differences between the East and the West make these people feel no psychological pressure at all about joining the Ming Xie Army.

They have no concept of a motherland, because they don't have a motherland in the first place. What's more, this is the New World in the eyes of Europeans.

At this time, Davis suddenly shouted: "Eugene, I want to know who is providing supplies to those volunteers!"

Hearing Davis' question, the stable fell silent.

Davis waited patiently for a few minutes, but there was still no response from the stable. His eyes turned cold and he made a gesture to the men beside him.

The men nodded, jumped off their horses and went to the locked cellar entrance next to the crystal. They smashed open the wooden bolts with several gun butts and lifted up the cover.

In the cellar where vegetables are stored, more than thirty women and children whose mouths are covered by them are hiding...

Soon, the cry of children and the sobbing of women sounded from the front of the stable.

"Davis, you bastard, women and children should not be involved in war!"

Eugene's voice was full of anger, and then the stable door was opened, and a dozen cowboys walked out.

Eugene walked at the front, and after throwing away the rifle in his hand, he said:

"I surrender, it's the people in San Jose who are helping those Eastern Californians. You know I need them to buy my cattle and sheep, so..."

Davis nodded, asked his men to let go of the hostages, and then said: "Those Easterners are buying cattle and sheep in large quantities. You can sell them to them at a very fair price. If you collect banknotes, the price will be even higher."

"But you have to leave here. This place is about to become a battlefield. Everyone wants to live well, so don't blame me!"

After speaking, Davis led his men and ran toward downtown San Francisco.

He wanted to report to Li Mingqi the news that people from San Jose were clearly involved.

It was only suspected before, but now it has been confirmed.

As for the evidence?

Ridiculous, those Easterners still need evidence?

The congressmen and sailors who were hanged in the port of San Francisco also had no evidence.

But as long as you are involved, no matter what reason you have, you will definitely have to pay a price for killing Dongfang Li's compatriots.

Davis knew Dongfang Li very well. His kindness was only shown to his compatriots, but the way he dealt with his enemies...

Thinking of the rear admiral who died in mysterious circumstances and the hanged San Francisco bigwigs, a chill ran down his back.

Soon, Li Mingqi got the news that San Jose was involved.

He was not surprised at all, because no matter what these white people did, he would not be surprised.

In fact, no matter whether San Jose helps the volunteers this time or not, he will not let them go.

No reason, it was just an early revenge for the "San Jose Purge" movement targeting Chinese people there in 1887.

In the next few weeks, the production of mines was in full swing. (I guess the above paragraph will not survive)

Among them, the most difficult float to produce has been solved by Li Mingqi. The "cage foam culture float" on a certain treasure is a very suitable thing.

In fact, mines are not difficult at all. During the Civil War in history, the southern warlord Li Shiqiang used mines to blow up the northern government's ironclad ship Cairo. (Cairo is shown in the picture)

Can you believe that people still use cables to control detonation?

In this era when soldiers still used muzzle-loading guns, there were cable-detonated mines.

When Li Mingqi saw this record in the Civil War materials he purchased, his eyes almost popped out of his head.

In fact, in 1729, Stephen Gray, the British leader, had discovered that copper wire could conduct electricity. This phenomenon was called electrical conduction.

Well, anyway, it is a fact that cables were used to detonate mines to blow up ironclad ships, and the mines used were similar to the large roadside firecrackers that the American army encountered in a certain country in later generations. (A simple drawing of a mine is shown in the picture)

San Francisco Bay is 104 kilometers long, 6.4-16 kilometers wide, and covers an area of ​​1,160 square kilometers. The average water depth in the port area is 30-35 meters. (Sponsored by Du Niang)

In fact, it is relatively easy to blockade this bay, as long as a few ironclad ships can complete it.

But since Li Mingqi now occupied San Francisco, several forts were built in cities around the bay.

Although the fort used only Napoleon field guns, it was still a very big threat to the New Ming Empire, which only had two old sailing battleships.

So now we can only use mines for a while. After the armored ships are modified, Li Mingqi will knock out these forts one by one and completely control the bay.

By the way, San Francisco's port district does not refer to a specific pier, but to a group of piers built along the bay.

At this time, a large section of the port area was once again blocked by the National Defense Forces.

The barbed wire fences that businessmen traveling to and from the port area are already very familiar with were installed section by section by free ‘white workers’ from the Xinming Empire (pictured)

Carriages began to gather along the gravel road towards the seaside.

Davis's "Ming Xiejun" also began to drive away the businessmen who stayed outside the barbed wire fence to watch the excitement.

The merchants hated these "Ming Xie Army" with gnashing of teeth, and the dock workers really looked at them with envy.

The beautiful uniforms and uniform weapons in their strict eyes, as well as the treatment that was spread through the gossip, all made these people jealous.

In fact, these were deliberately spread by Li Mingqi to prepare for the subsequent large-scale expansion of the 'Ming Xie Army'.

If you are a young soldier in the national defense, you should learn how to lead the British to form a servant army. When the time comes, you will select some young people with relatively high consciousness from Foxconn and join them as officers in the "Ming Xie Army".

From now on, the outer defense line can be handed over to the "Ming Xie Army" to garrison, and only a small number of national defense forces can be used for daily management.

This model has been very mature after Dai Ying's exploration, so Li Mingqi can use it with confidence.