New Ming Empire mixed in America

Although Mr. Stanford agreed to lobby Congress to pay attention to Los Angeles, he did not agree to send a cavalry regiment to suppress the Orientals.

Just kidding, the value of that Oriental hasn't been squeezed out yet, and the dollars in the Bank of San Francisco haven't been printed yet.

How could he risk being targeted by the entire California consortium to suppress the Orientals?

No one can guarantee that sending troops at this time will disrupt their plan to issue US dollars.

These dollars were prepared by him for the railway company that was about to be established. If something went wrong, he probably wouldn't even be able to find a way to cry.

So the safest way is to... wait!

Wait until everything is ready and wait until he wins next year's gubernatorial election.

By that time, all the credit will belong to him, to the greatest California Governor Leland Stanford!

After sending Ted away, Stanford and Mr. Hughes discussed the upcoming railway company for a whole afternoon.

There is no way, who made this guy named Hughes give too much.

Just when Sacramento began to hatch a conspiracy against Li Mingqi.

San Francisco newspapers also began to publicize the news that an Eastern emperor had appeared in Los Angeles.

San Franciscans, who originally had a special affection for the word emperor because of His Majesty Norton I, spent money to buy it.

George Fitch, the editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Evening News who made a lot of money, shouted long live His Majesty the East.

Although for a small California, it is incredible that two figures like Norton I and the Emperor of the East appeared at the same time.

But people still put Los Angeles' Oriental Emperor on the headlines of San Francisco's gossip circles.

And it was this gossip that made some Army officers in San Francisco who had presented the British Marshal's uniform to His Majesty Norton I very happy.

All the soldiers were quickly gathered in the San Francisco Fortress. More than 800 neatly dressed young men made the officers of the fort look proud.

"Just yesterday, maybe you have heard about the Eastern Emperor in Los Angeles."

Looking at the soldiers who were trying hard to hold back their smiles, the officer's face became serious.

"Do you think this is a funny joke? Or do you think this is a trivial matter?"

"You are all wrong. This was a serious act of rebellion. Those Easterners came to our land, and the hospitable people of California took pity on them and gave them a piece of land."

"But now, these shameless Easterners have stolen the land that belongs to California and are enslaving the people of California."

"Today, in the name of the commander of the 9th Infantry Regiment, I declare that the entire regiment has entered a state of emergency war."

"Some of you will go to Santa Barbara to join the National Guard there and head to Los Angeles."

"You have to teach those Easterners a lesson! Let them know who has the final say on the West Coast!"

The commander of the 9th Infantry Regiment, who was working hard to mobilize the soldiers, clenched his fist heavily and looked high-spirited.

During this time, the entire West Coast army began to gather towards Kansas, leaving only the 9th Infantry Regiment in San Francisco.

You must know that the wages of the troops participating in the war are different from those of the troops stationed there. And because they are stationed in their hometown, they cannot carry out certain 'normal military activities'.

So all the officers of the 9th Infantry Regiment held their breath.

Well now, an emperor has popped up in Los Angeles. What is this? This is military exploits!

Although there are few regular soldiers, there are still many volunteer troops stranded near San Francisco.

These volunteers, composed of Irishmen who joined the army to make a living, had to stay in San Francisco because of the lack of officers to lead them.

Now it happened that the Ninth Infantry Regiment took advantage of it and temporarily took over these volunteer units.

And soon a mixed force of more than 1,300 people was formed.

Joseph, the commander of the 9th Infantry Regiment, will personally lead part of this unit to Los Angeles to suppress the riots of the Orientals.

(I haven’t been able to find out who was the commander of the 9th Infantry Regiment for a long time, so I made up a name. If anyone knows about it, please leave a message and let me know.)

He could swear that this was definitely a normal military operation, and he was definitely not jealous of the huge wealth of the Easterners.

Let alone those aluminum ingots from Los Angeles!

But in war, no one can guarantee that there will not be some accidents.

For example, the Orientals fled with all the aluminum ingots.

Another example is that the Orientals set fire to the vault where aluminum ingots were stored, causing more than half of the aluminum to disappear in the fire.

The worst result was that although the Easterners' attempt to burn down the treasury was stopped by the soldiers in time, a small number of aluminum ingots were still lost in the chaos.

So fighting is about getting rich (crossed out)... fighting is about fighting for the good of the United States!

After Joseph dismissed the soldiers, he took all the officers to his tent for a meeting.

There are ten companies in the Ninth Infantry Regiment, so who will go to this battle and who will not have to be decided in advance.

In the tent, a company commander looked at Joseph seriously and asked:

"Sir, are we really going to fight the Orientals in Los Angeles?"

"Of course, do you have any comments?"

Joseph stood in front of a table covered with a map of Los Angeles. After hearing the question, he looked at the company commander in surprise.

"I'm not questioning your decision, sir, but now we are facing a very serious problem."

The company commander continued hesitantly: "Sir, as far as I know, most of the gunpowder in our infantry regiment has been sold to Los Angeles..."

Suddenly hearing the bad news, Joseph almost doubted his ears.

"You mean our gunpowder?"

"Yes sir!"

After receiving a positive reply, Joseph lost interest in the meeting and quickly sent someone to notify the quartermaster to come and explain.

By the time the fat quartermaster came to Joseph, the top officer of the 9th Infantry Regiment's face had turned black.

Just now he had someone make a count and found that all the gunpowder and bullets in the Ninth Infantry Regiment were less than a quarter of the usual amount.

This simply refreshed Joseph’s outlook!

At a time when a large-scale war was likely to break out between the North and the South, the gunpowder reserves of his Ninth Infantry Regiment were even less than during peacetime!

If he knew about the Three Kingdoms... he would definitely curse out that famous saying that has nothing to do with the Three Kingdoms: 'Niang Xipi!'

"Can you tell me where our gunpowder went?"

Pointing to the empty warehouse, Joseph roared at the quartermaster.

"Our soldiers are about to go to war for the benefit of the United States, but there are no bullets in the warehouse! What do you want me to tell those boys?"

"Did you tell them that all the gunpowder was eaten by rats?"

"Sir, the gunpowder has been sold to Los Angeles..."

The quartermaster who was sprayed with saliva shrugged his shoulders, his face showing no trace of panic after the corruption was discovered, and continued:

"The gunpowder sold has been reported and belongs to the normal consumption category. And you will get the most crown coins from selling them, sir!"

"Now we are short of gunpowder, actually because the California government has not allocated us the share we deserve."

"Since last month, the supplies arriving have begun to decrease. The response from those congressmen was that all supplies have been sent to the troops heading to Kansas."

"But as far as I know, those armies are not as good as ours. When they set out on the road, except for the supplies carried by the soldiers, they had no logistics at all except food..."

Quartermaster Balabala said after a pause, causing Joseph to take a breath of shock and say:

"In other words, not only are we being squeezed out of the profit-making team in Los Angeles by those congressmen and consortiums, but even our supplies have been resold to the Orientals in Los Angeles?"

The quartermaster nodded and said: "Yes, sir, not only that, even the volunteer troops don't have supplies..."

The quartermaster knew exactly why Joseph wanted to attack Los Angeles.

That is because some time ago, the financial group and legislators suddenly changed their minds on the expansion of the National Guard due to the issue of banknotes by the Bank of San Francisco.

Joseph, the top military commander in San Francisco, was so angry that he almost overturned the table.

But things are different now. After California's troops went to Kansas, Joseph, who was originally dispensable, now became almost the most powerful military governor in California.

Life is so full of drama, Joseph looked towards the direction of downtown San Francisco with a gloomy face...