New Ming Empire mixed in America

After the large forces of the National Defense Force defeated the defenders surrounding Fort Victoria, the battle triggered by diplomacy came to an end.

The garrison officer gave up his last resistance in despair and led the garrison in the castle to lay down their weapons.

"I have never seen a diplomat like your country. He is simply a lunatic!"

The officer still looked in disbelief before he was led to the gallows.

"Your soldiers are also madmen, they are all madmen! You should not appear in the world, hell is your destination, you..."

As Chen Hong flipped the switch, the already somewhat incoherent officer shut his mouth forever.

"How is it? How does it feel to be a diplomat for the first time?"

Song He stood in the port area under martial law and watched as those who participated in the conspiracy were put on nooses one by one.

"I don't know, according to those people, I'm not a competent diplomat."

After Chen Hong stepped off the gallows where he had just hanged the garrison officer, his expression was a little confused.

"It doesn't matter, these people are talking about their diplomats, and you are a diplomat of the Xinming Empire. If you are captured by these people, then I will look down on you!"

Song He punched Chen Hong on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"I was not involved in this incident. Really, I am just a clerk of the Hudson's Bay Company. The arms of these companies are not under my control."

Wilbur Douglas, who was lucky enough not to be killed by the grenade, felt aggrieved and didn't know who to talk to.

If he had participated in this plan, he would not have appeared in the meeting, let alone use the name of the company to put pressure on those people.

But now it's too late to say anything. The company's armed personnel are involved, and his position has become a reminder.

The National Defense Forces don't care whether he was involved or not. The fact is that armed personnel from his company attacked the National Defense Forces and participated in the house arrest of a country's diplomats.

As the company's top local leader, he certainly could not escape responsibility. So he was also sent to the gallows.

"I don't think this Gulf Company will cause trouble to the Xinming Empire, but their existence is a bit too deformed."

Chen Hong looked at the limp Wilbur struggling on the gallows and said something with emotion.

"If this kind of company appeared in the Xinming Empire, His Majesty would probably hang more people."

After Song He learned about the size of this company, he felt a little emotional. The territory occupied by one company was comparable to that of a superpower, which he couldn't even imagine.

Since then, Victoria Freeport has become a vassal port of the New Ming Empire, and since it is very close to Alaska, it is destined to be an important military port in the future.

At this time, Li Mingqi has already begun to return to Jinling with the Imperial Guards, and Wang Chuan's second brigade will continue to advance towards the Oregon area.

On the one hand, it was to completely wipe out those Canadian servants, and on the other hand, it was to take revenge on Oregon for participating in the invasion of the Xinming Empire with the British expeditionary force.

Within the next month, there was no more fighting in the Xinming Empire.

The 1st and 3rd brigades also gradually took control of the New Mexico area with the assistance of the Ming Alliance Army.

Although it is only a nominal control, it is an indisputable fact that the Xinming Empire has actually included the New Mexico region within its domain.

Railroads throughout New Mexico also began to be built, and many businessmen from Texas participated.

Anyone who sees the generous rewards will be excited, and after this railway is built, it will also benefit Texas, so both parties are very concerned about the construction of this railway.

Li Mingqi's purpose in paying attention to this railway was to extend his hand to the east, while Texas wanted to find another outlet for the Confederacy.

Now the eastern Gulf of Mexico has been blockaded by Northern Federal warships, and the Southern Alliance is in embarrassment at this time. Valley

Moreover, the plan to rely on cotton to threaten the British and Nasans also went bankrupt due to problems in Egypt and India.

After losing external support, the Southern Alliance actually fell into passivity.

At this time, the Northern Federation has mobilized more than one million people, and this number will further increase in the future.

Were it not for Robert Lee's bravery, Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, would have been occupied by the Union Army.

But Robert Lee seemed to be cheating. After rescuing the capital Richmond, he actually counterattacked to the northern capital Washington.

Until now, Washington and the surrounding areas are still at war.

"Homestead Law?" As soon as Li Mingqi returned to Jinling, he began to sort out all the information collected in the recent period.

When he saw the Homestead Law promulgated by the Northern Federation, his face darkened.

Because the Homestead Act stipulates that starting from January 1, 1863, any northern American citizen who is over 21 years old, or a foreigner who meets the naturalization requirements and applies to become a northern American citizen.

For free or by paying a US$10 registration fee, you can receive up to 160 acres of western state-owned land as an allotment.

And after 5 years of farming, or if you live on the homestead for half a year within 5 years and pay a fee of US$1.25 per acre, the land you receive will belong to you.

What is this? This is a naked failure to take the Xinming Empire into account!

Open the map and take a look. The west is now the territory of the Xinming Empire. Someone Lin is drifting away.

"Send a telegram to Texas and ask them to help the Xinming Empire announce to the outside world that the west is the inherent territory of the Xinming Empire. No person or force has the right to distribute the land of the Xinming Empire to others!"

Li Mingqi was so angry that he exploded. He looked at the time when this homestead law was passed and found that it was actually May.

What kind of behavior is this? This is because someone from Lin defied the Xinming Empire a few months ago, and now the Xinming Empire is fighting back. Isn't this a loss of face?

But now Li Mingqi doesn't have many countermeasures. At this time, the Xinming Empire has offended too many countries.

Needless to say, the Xinming Empire fought its way through this area on the west coast of South America.

Needless to say, Dai Ying had just wiped out the opponent's expeditionary force in America, and now the two countries are still declaring war on each other.

As for Europe, which is relatively friendly to the Xin Ming Empire for the time being, except for the short-sighted Netherlands who followed suit and declared war on the Xin Ming Empire, the Netherlands only dispatched a warship to deal with the problem.

Putting aside the information about the Homestead Law, Li Mingqi was a little scratched by the next piece of urgent information in his hand.

Because the above is the news that Tsarist Russian diplomats have arrived again, and they have also brought new business.

The intelligence stated that Tsarist Russia not only wanted to sell shipbuilding workers to the Xin Ming Empire, but now also came to ask if the Xin Ming Empire needed labor in other fields.

It would be even better if the Xinming Empire needed serfs. Tsarist Russia had countless serfs that could be sold.

Li Mingqi was stunned when he saw the word serf.

He only realized now that although the Tsarist Russian government was forced to abolish serfdom in 1861 due to the failure of the Crimean War.

However, the remnants of serfdom continued to survive and were not completely eliminated until the October Revolution in 1917.

So now Tsarist Russia wants to sell the restless elements in the country who are constantly launching revolutions to the New Ming Empire.

After thinking for a long time, Li Mingqi resisted the temptation to use these serfs to build his own railway.

Because the number of troops in the Xinming Empire is still too small, if these Tsarist Russian serfs cause something to happen after they come over, the National Defense Forces will face great pressure.

This matter can be pushed back a little. As for the next cooperation plan proposed by Tsarist Russian diplomats, Li Mingqi is very interested.