New Ming Empire mixed in America

In the next half month, the docks in San Francisco were forcibly taken over by the Ninth Infantry Regiment, and all war supplies destined for Los Angeles were stopped.

And after Joseph dealt with the white gloves of several consortiums under pressure from the state assembly, the 9th Infantry Regiment finally collected all the supplies it needed.

When Joseph led the fully equipped army towards Santa Barbara, Li Mingqi was still inspecting the Long Beach Fort that had just been completed.

"Li... Head of State, I don't understand why it is necessary to install an inverted bowl-shaped cover for the fort. This will make it difficult for the gunpowder smoke to escape."

The engineer with monocular eyes followed Li Mingqi and looked at the National Defense Force soldiers not far away who were inspecting the fort with sledgehammers. He asked Li Mingqi his questions.

"If the smoke cannot dissipate, then find a way to make it dissipate. But I will never allow my soldiers to fight without protection."

Pointing to a step that was cracked by a hammer, Li Mingqi turned around and explained to the fat acting mayor who was following him:

"Tell the construction company responsible for this location that their bonus is gone."

The fat acting mayor...oh no, he is now the mayor of the naturalized town of Los Angeles.

I saw him holding a small notebook and making a cross on the back of this construction company.

"President Li, you don't have to be so harsh. This is the inside of the fort. Under the protection of the oval outer wall, it is safe."

The engineer's eyes narrowed. The person in charge of that position was his company, and he would have to say a few words to help.

"No, I think a rigorous work attitude is the most important code a company should abide by."

He talked a lot about chicken soup during this period, and when Li Mingqi opened his mouth, he was greeted by the familiar smell of chicken soup.

"Do you know why your United States' products are now unable to compete with Britain's internationally?"

Li Mingqi tapped his feet on the cracked steps that had been smashed by the soldiers just now, and Li Mingqi continued:

"It's because of your irresponsible attitude. Just look at the rifles you produce. The British have invented the Whitworth rifle with an effective range of 800 meters."

"And you are still producing backward Enfield rifles, not to mention the revolvers produced by the Colt family. What can you do with that poor range? Maybe the stone thrown by the old lady is farther than it."

Li Mingqi continued to speak harshly. Looking at the engineer's red face, he classified it as shame and anger.

The engineer, who was so angry that his face turned red and his neck thickened, did not continue to debate whether his company should be punished.

Instead, he began to refute Li Mingqi’s theory that the industry of the United States is useless.

"Director Li, although our imitation of the Enfield rifle is somewhat backward, it is still unique compared to its large-scale equipment in the army."

"As for the Whitworth rifle you're talking about? I'm sorry, but I haven't heard of any commendable advantages about it."

"Also, I think the revolver is the most advanced defense weapon in the United States and even the world. It has unparalleled continuous shooting capabilities..."

Li Mingqi curled his lips as he listened to the engineer's point-by-point rebuttal.

Now he can question the Whitworth rifle as much as he wants. When more and more government officers are killed by snipers over time, he will surely know the name of this rifle.

While they were arguing about these topics that had nothing to do with the project, the fat mayor of Guihua Town had quickly drawn a series of crosses in his notebook.

Then he handed the notebook to the engineer who was arguing with Li Mingqi about the performance of DuPont's gunpowder.

The fat mayor looked at the other party and signed his name as expected without even looking at it, and then continued to argue with Li Mingqi.

Holding the notebook, the fat mayor quickly disappeared inside the fort. Taking the notebook with him, he found the manager of the other company, and then demanded that the other company's ship that was about to go to sea be impounded on the grounds that the quality of the project was unqualified.

But when the National Defense Force soldiers who had received Li Mingqi's orders slowly rushed to the dock, the fleet had already set sail as expected.

"Is it worth it?" In prison, Li Mingqi looked at the tied up San Francisco Bank representative Roderick and asked regretfully.

And Roderick's weak voice was squeezed out bit by bit from his lowered throat:

"They will... give my family a lot of money, huh... and... they will also send my children to... Europe, huh~ Europe to study... I think it's worth it!"

Li Mingqi was not surprised at all when he heard Rodrick's answer, but he still asked again:

"Do you really believe in their credibility? You know they just violated the contract between us. Are you still sure they will do what they promised you?"

This time, Roderick raised his head slightly, stared at Li Mingqi's face from the scattered hair, and said:

"Haha...because...because I am white, and you are just a yellow person..."

'Bang…'

Li Mingqi hated this rhetoric the most in his life, so he personally gave the other party a lift.

What our ancestors said about people who are not from our race is very reasonable.

So when Li Mingqi saw someone in the future licking his whites, he could only shake his head. He had nothing to say to such idiots.

You don’t even care what color you are, wake up, even if you soak yourself in bleaching powder for a lifetime, people will still think you are an inferior person!

The reason why Li Mingqi arrested Roderick this time was very simple. That was that the aluminum stored in the Los Angeles vault had been secretly repackaged.

Taking advantage of their status, these people exchanged silver with "similar" appearance for the aluminum in the vault, causing Li Mingqi "heavy losses."

After walking out of the prison, Li Mingqi walked towards the National Defense Forces camp responsible for the security of the dock area. The main camp of the National Defense Forces, which Sun Laifu was personally responsible for, was stationed there.

After Sun Laifu saw Li Mingqi, he asked unwillingly:

"Long live Lord, are you really going to let those bastards go?"

Li Mingqi smiled and nodded, answering as he walked:

"Of course we have to let them go. If we don't let them go, those people won't be able to print money with peace of mind."

While they were talking, the two of them had arrived at the branch established by the Royal Academy of Sciences here.

Today's Royal Academy has been divided into two major categories. One is the Weapons Research Institute headed by Zhang Yu and composed of blacksmiths, carpenters, and masons.

Another category is the temporary branches in front of Li Mingqi, which are composed of craftsmen who mostly have printing experience and can make paper.

He took Sun Laifu into the factory building, which was hidden in the middle by a military camp.

This factory uses a steam generator modified from hydroelectric power generation equipment.

More than a dozen color printing machines of different models are installed in a separate area of ​​the factory.

A dozen experienced master craftsmen, holding dictionaries in one hand and operating instructions in the other, learned how to use these printing machines bit by bit within a few months.

He also used various printing materials provided by Li Mingqi to try to imitate the United States banknotes of this period.

The progress at the beginning was very slow, well... in fact, it can be said that there was no progress at all...

Later, Li Mingqi found a shop that made props and banknotes and asked if they could make them.

At first, the merchant directly rejected Li Mingqi's customization attempt, and also advised Li Mingqi not to do anything illegal.

Later, after Li Mingqi sent the other party an 1860 United States banknote, the merchant agreed to Li Mingqi's request.

In fact, if the anti-counterfeiting technology of United States banknotes in this era is placed in later generations, it will be rounded off to almost nothing.

The U.S. dollar bills of this period had not yet mixed red and blue fibers into the pulp during papermaking.

If counterfeiting such banknotes could be illegal, merchants would probably be the first to not believe it.

In the eyes of merchants, things that were similar to banknotes as bar atmosphere props were quickly copied.

But because it was too exquisite, Li Mingqi had to give up the idea of ​​placing an order directly, and just purchased some materials from the boss to produce it himself.

After such a long period of exploration, the Royal Academy has been able to imitate nearly 10% of the United States banknotes.

But it is still better than the current United States banknotes, both in terms of materials and fine printing.

But this level is enough. If you try it now and ask ordinary American residents to tell the difference, they probably won’t be able to tell the difference.

The U.S. government rarely minted one-dollar coins at this time, so the Spanish silver dollar had been one of the main currencies in circulation in the United States before the Civil War.

Most U.S. officials and private banks use Spanish silver dollars as reserves, and most Americans exchange banknotes for Spanish silver dollars.

But on the West Coast, the aluminum crown coin is now the favorite coin...

Even if Li Mingqi now allows these real banknotes, which are better than real United States banknotes, to circulate into society, ordinary people will not be harmed.

PS: Dear readers, it’s okay to keep reading, but can you come back on Tuesday and Wednesday to catch up on reading, because the reading rate in these two days is related to the subsequent recommendation of this book.

Please help me, all you shit shovelers...