New Ming Empire mixed in America

"How long do we have to keep sailing until we get to San Francisco?"

After the two people argued for a while, they both felt it was boring. After all, there was only a wooden board in the cabin between them, so they could hear each other even if they spoke louder.

"It will probably arrive tomorrow. What you see now is the west coast."

After Spencer finished speaking, he put down the intercom, walked out of the cabin and knocked on Antonio Meucci's cabin door.

"Stop staying in the cabin, you should come out to bask in the sunshine and try out my rifle by the way!"

During this months-long voyage, the two people went from strangers to familiarity, and finally turned into the strange friendship they have now.

At this time, Spencer was still a middle-class man with some assets, while Meucci was in a worse situation.

He spent a lot of money to treat his wife who was paralyzed in bed, and he also invested in his own coffin notebook to research his own talking machine.

To be honest, the appearance of this kind of telephone was an accident. In order to increase his income and improve his living environment, he began to conduct research on electrophysiology, which he was very interested in.

Soon after, he developed a method of treating diseases with electric shock, which made him famous in Havana. (You read that right, electric shock therapy...)

But one day in 1849, when he was preparing the equipment to treat his friend in another room, an unexpected miracle happened.

Through a wire connecting the two rooms, he clearly heard his friend's voice coming from the other room.

Later, he installed this communication system in his wife's bedroom and his studio to facilitate the two people to communicate. (This is a true incident)

"What's the use of that rifle of yours? It's too expensive. The Northern Federation won't buy it at $40 apiece."

"I heard that they are already planning to purchase a muzzle-loading rifle that costs 18 US dollars each. That is a huge order, tsk tsk..."

As soon as he came out, Meucci hit Spencer hard.

Both of them have a common pursuit, which is to make their designs recognized and widely disseminated.

To put it in human terms, two down-and-out inventors who have just been hit by reality join a group to keep warm. Moreover, their dreams are to make a lot of money with their inventions.

As for the nonsense about dreaming, you have to wait until you have a full meal. Chasing dreams on an empty stomach is not called chasing dreams, that is called chronic suicide. (You understand my hint, I’ll give it to you before I jump in.

crooked???)

After being ridiculed by Meucci, Spencer also sighed, and the back of him holding the rifle looked a lot more desolate.

"By the way, those Easterners came to me to build a weapons factory, but why are they looking for you? Are they interested in your special way of treating diseases?"

Raising the repeating rifle, Spencer pulled the trigger at the group of seabirds on the sea, and all seven bullets in the butt were fired in a short period of time.

"I guess they took a fancy to my communicator. Those idiots in New York will regret it in the future, huh!"

Meucci took the rifle and followed Spencer's example to vent his frustration to the seabird.

"I think if you could have published it in an English newspaper at that time, the spread would have been wider."

In response to Meucci's complaints, Spencer shrugged. To be honest, if he hadn't understood a little Italian, the two of them wouldn't have been able to hug each other for warmth.

The next day, before it was fully light, the passenger ship they were on suddenly started to whistle, and the whistle continued for a long time in greeting.

Many passengers who were awakened came from the cabin to the deck to see the situation.

Among these people are down-and-out university professors, frustrated chemists, and even some chemists who specialize in dye research...

These people are talents gathered through members of the Umbrella Youth League and the Lightning Gang.

These people on this passenger ship are just the first batch to arrive, and the talented people will come to the Xinming Empire one after another.

For example, a bankrupt businessman family named Nobel didn't want to come at first, but after tasting the iron fist of the Lightning Gang, the family was "happily" put on a passenger ship to the west coast.

Of course, they were not on Spencer's ship, and those people probably hadn't rounded Cape Horn in South America yet.

By the time Spencer and Meucci arrived on the deck, the vantage point on the ship's side was already crowded with sailors.

After struggling to squeeze to the front, the two people finally saw the culprit that kept them awake.

It was a huge fleet flying the Sanchen flag. At the front were two modified iron-clad warships, with two chimneys on the deck blowing out thick smoke.

Surrounded by a group of smaller merchant ships converted into armored gunboats.

In the middle is a troop transport ship that was converted from many large merchant ships. One of the largest merchant ships not only carried the Sanchen flag, but also a bright yellow dragon flag.

At the end of the fleet were two captured Northern Federation sailing battleships, with the Federal Stars and Stripes drooping below the bow image on the bow. At this time, the three-star flag of the New Ming Empire was hung on the mast.

These are not the most conspicuous ones. The most conspicuous ones are the merchant ships strung together by thick iron chains. On these merchant ships in the early morning sea, only the small 'captain's long light' on the deck is on.

Looking at this fleet, Spencer excitedly said to Meucci: "Look, that's the devil's fleet of the Emperor of the East!"

Pointing at the chain merchant ships passing by the passenger ships, Spencer's next words to Meuchkop were interrupted by his own gasp.

Facing the passenger ship, you can clearly see rows of corpses hanging on the side of the ship. Without exception, these people are all dressed as sailors.

Using a telescope on the deck, you can still see the half-burned-out lantern.

"Oh my God, the legend turns out to be true!"

"I heard that the souls of those sailors were extracted and became slaves in their fleet forever!"

"Look at the burning half on the deck... ugh..."

The sailors on the deck let out a burst of exclamations. During this time, they heard legends about the Eastern fleet in some ports.

At first, they just thought it was Peru deliberately making up an excuse to explain the failure of its navy.

Now it seems that this is actually a reality!

"I think... we should seriously consider coming to the Eastern lands to spread the glory of the Lord. Look at those innocent sailors who died tragically."

A missionary holding a cross looked at the sailors who died tragically in fear.

"May the souls of these innocent sailors break free from the shackles of the devil's fleet and ascend to heaven as soon as possible..."

Another missionary held a Bible and prayed for the sailors.

These missionaries were on a merchant ship traveling between Mexico and San Francisco. After setting off from Mexico, they followed the passenger ship transporting the talents.

Seeing this shocking scene at this time, these missionaries felt a sense of panic in their hearts.

Li Mingqi didn't care at all what other people thought. His purpose was to use this method to leave rumors about this incident on the American route facing the Pacific.

He even took some clear photos himself and submitted them to newspapers at all the ports he visited.

Let this matter spread further and further, and the more it spreads, the more evil it becomes.

"Long live Lord, that ship has the mark of Jinyiwei. Look at the lightning symbol in the lower right corner of the sail."

On the deck, Liu Erhe pointed out to Li Mingqi the merchant ship that transported the talents and the less conspicuous symbol on it.

"Then let them merge into the fleet. Anyway, they will arrive in San Francisco in one morning."

Li Mingqi also saw the sign Liu Erhe mentioned, so he gave instructions.

Putting away the telescope, Li Mingqi had some expectations for San Francisco, which he had been away from for almost half a year.

I don’t know how well Liu Youcai has built Sacramento, and whether the forts along the coast have been repaired.

After receiving the news that the communication ship was coming, the passenger ship carrying the talents began to accelerate, and soon passed through the armored gunboats cruising around the periphery and entered the middle of the fleet.

After seeing that the passenger ship successfully entered the fleet, the merchant ship carrying the missionaries also headed towards the interior of the fleet at the urging of the missionaries.

But after being fired at by the cruising iron-clad gunboats with rotating machine guns for a few rounds, they knew that the church flags hanging on their ships would not work with the Orientals.