New Ming Empire mixed in America

Lin, who was far away in Washington, was sitting in the White House looking at documents on wounded and wounded soldiers.

Originally, his reputation in the Northern Federation increased a lot because he captured Fort Donelson.

But this reputation was completely lost in the battle that just took place on the banks of the Tennessee River.

Looking at the casualty figures in the report, Lin felt his heart bleed, not because too many soldiers had died, but because of the large pensions that were about to be paid.

The war has lasted for more than a year now. Relying on his political skills and the support of capitalists, Lin finally regained his disadvantage little by little.

Relying on the strong industrial capabilities of the North to widen the gap with the South, the balance of the war finally became a straight line.

"More than 20,000 people died in the battle. Why didn't that bastard Grant die on the battlefield?"

Lin's roar echoed in the room, causing the staff passing by the office door to slow down their steps for fear of being noticed by the general manager in the office.

The battle of Shiloh that just happened finally changed because of Li Mingqi's appearance.

The Southern Army, which was originally at a disadvantage in terms of weapons and equipment, now also uses brand-new front-loading guns and a small number of breech-loading guns produced by the Xinming Empire.

Even the artillery evened the numbers with the Northern Army, turning this Battle of Shiloh into a complete meat grinder.

The Northern Army alone suffered more than 20,000 killed and 30,000 wounded. Among them, the 40,000 defenders led by Grant were almost completely destroyed.

In the end, if it hadn't been for the successful arrival of Bill's three divisions of reinforcements, it's hard to say how many of Grant's soldiers would have been spared.

However, relying on its superior strength, the Northern Army failed to defeat the Southern Army and barely managed to repel the Southern Army at the cost of a lot of casualties.

The two sides are still in a confrontation, and I believe there will be an even more brutal fight in the future.

"New breech-loading rifle?" Looking at the words "breech-loading rifle" mentioned in the report, Lin turned to the introduction to this type of rifle.

When he saw that the reason for such large casualties was this new rifle and a large number of artillery, there was another roar in the office:

"Damn the Easterners! It turns out they have been delivering weapons to the rebels in the south! Those bastards deserve to go to hell!"

But roaring can't change the current situation.

Taking out the map, I looked at the west coast, which used to be the same color as the Northern Confederacy, but was now painted in bright yellow.

Thinking about the American manor owners that the Orientals had wiped out when they invaded Peru some time ago, Lin's head began to feel a dull pain.

During this period, some people in the Congress have been clamoring to show some shame to the Easterners, but they chose to ignore the fact that the fleet sent out last time was completely destroyed.

Sanctions on Easterners?

What kind of sanctions should be used? Are you using your mouth?

Lin was already very angry with those members of Congress who could only shout but could not give any practical suggestions.

However, seeing the telegram that Southern California was completely occupied by Easterners, Lin suddenly froze on the spot.

Although the North had some troubles with the Easterners over the warships, the Southern Alliance and the other side were not of the same mind.

It can be seen from the opponent's actions of attacking Southern California without hesitation that the relationship between the opponent and the Confederacy is not very strong.

Now as long as the Southern Confederacy's channels for obtaining weapons are cut off, the situation can once again benefit the North.

After walking a few steps back and forth in the office, Lin called his confidants and began to discuss how to deal with the Xinming Empire. Gu

Yes, Mr. Lin now has to hold his nose and admit the existence of the Xinming Empire.

Who told those Easterners to get in touch with Tsarist Russia now?

Huh? If you think about it this way, the Easterners, as the younger brothers of Tsarist Russia, are natural allies with the Northern Federation.

After discussing for a long time, Lin and his cabinet team members finally decided on one thing.

That is, the Xinming Empire is an important ally used by the Northern Federation to deal with the British.

And I heard that the Xinming Empire was very wealthy, and their crown coins were much better than the banknotes given by Dai Ying. They could not only be stored as reserves to print banknotes.

At the same time, it also allows him to take a breather under the pressure of those bankers.

As for your question about the Easterners occupying the west coast of the United States...

Lin said it didn't matter. Now that half of the United States has split away, what's left of the three melons and two dates?

So a passionate telegram was sent from Washington to Kansas, and then sent from Kansas to the New Ming Empire through the telegraph line in Texas.

Looking at the statement on the telegram that California and later Nevada would be assigned to the New Ming Empire, Li Mingqi sneered.

But when he saw someone named Lin assigned Texas to the Xinming Empire, the expression on Li Mingqi's face became wonderful.

This is really generous to others. I am afraid that Mr. Lin is treating him as a fool.

The Nevada area is too far to the east, so there is no point in assigning it to the Xin Ming Empire, but assigning Texas to the Xin Ming Empire would mean diverting trouble to the east.

Throwing the telegram aside, Li Mingqi would not rush to attack Texas just because of someone's verbal promise. At least he would have to wait until the railway was built.

After asking someone to inform Patton, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, to come to Jinling to meet the Holy Spirit, Li Mingqi walked towards the Royal Battleship Design Bureau.

For more than a month, Li Mingqi came here almost every day. If he had used this diligent attitude in the right direction, he would have been born by now.

That's right, two days ago Liu Youcai finally asked someone to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy family from the Qing Dynasty.

However, due to inaccurate information from both sides, things did not go very smoothly.

Daughters from wealthy families are not bad, but there are some differences at this age.

Because the mother of the daughter of a wealthy family was also kidnapped together! The daughter of that wealthy family was only two years old!

This made Liu Youcai not appear in front of Li Mingqi for half a month, and he was really embarrassed to see anyone.

As for the mother and daughter who were kidnapped, Li Mingqi didn't even see them and arranged for them to be given to Liu Erhe directly.

But today, Li Mingqi unexpectedly saw Liu Youcai, who had been avoiding him at the Royal Battleship Design Bureau.

Jin Yiwei was called in to ask Liu Youcai why he was here. After hearing this, Li Mingqi almost fainted from anger.

"Your Majesty, Liu Shoufu is here to inquire about the construction status of the immigration ship."

Jin Yiwei's words made Li Mingqi nod his head at first, feeling that although Lao Liu was a little unusual in giving him Queen Zhang Luo, the rest was still very reliable.

But Jin Yiwei's next words made his expression solidify.

"Liu Shoufu said that he would prepare a group of white laborers to go to Alaska to explore the construction site of the imperial tomb. I heard that there is a place there that is frozen all year round and is a natural construction site for the imperial tomb..."