New Ming Empire mixed in America

"Long live my lord, please listen to my advice, the battlefield is blind..."

Liu Youcai grabbed the reins of Li Mingqi's horse with his hands and gave him earnest advice, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor would give up the idea of ​​driving the emperor to conquer in person.

"Old Liu, do we, Old Li's family, think we can conquer the world immediately?"

Seeing Liu Youcai nodded hesitantly, Li Mingqi continued:

"For the sake of the country, my father was able to personally take risks and fight to the death against the puppet army. He suffered more than thirty injuries, but his body is still as tall as a pine tree!"

"In order to make the people of the empire live a good life, Lao Liu, you can say that you have worked hard!"

"Even Cui Jianguo, Duke of Wei, went on a mission to foreigners so that the empire could go further and still hasn't returned. I feel sad in my heart!"

His Majesty the Emperor pretended to wipe away tears but actually applied some essential oil on his eyes. His expression in the camera was really undistorted.

But it is this reality that in the hearts of the people of the empire in later generations, His Majesty Li Mingqi can be said to be the most down-to-earth and most popular emperor of the New Ming Empire!

"Your Majesty, it has been recorded. Do you need any advice?"

A young student wearing glasses took the camera off his shoulder and walked to Li Mingqi to wait for further instructions.

And there is a work badge hanging around his neck, which reads: 'Historian of the New Ming Empire-Zhao Zhen'

After Li Mingqi looked through the viewfinder, he felt that there was no problem, so he waved his hand and said:

"Zhao Zhen, you have to remember that you are a historian and you must record history fairly. It is your task to record the royal family's daily life truthfully, so you must never do this again in the future."

Li Mingqi kept a serious face for about twenty seconds, then turned back and said to the Empire News reporter on the other side:

"Cut out the paragraph just now and keep it. When you save more, you can make it into a documentary to leave evidence for future generations of those who are sophisticated."

After giving instructions to the two of them, Li Mingqi had time to comfort Liu Youcai and said:

"Don't worry, Old Liu, I won't go to the battlefield in person. This is the first battle that will overwhelm the empire, and I really can't worry about it!"

Liu Youcai was about to nod, but he always felt that something was wrong.

By the time he realized that Long Live the Lord's words had already been used during the last battle between the National Defense Force and the foreign army, it was already too late to stop him. Li Mingqi had already ridden towards the Long Beach Pier.

At this time, all the ships of the empire were parked on the pier, including three large clipper ships brought back by young Wilson, and next to them there was a royal clipper ship, the "Flybird", which was one level smaller.

There were also two Spanish warships with their guns dismantled, and several paddle steamers 'requisitioned' from white merchants.

According to the Umbrella Youth's reconnaissance during this period, no trace of a battleship was found on the west coast, let alone an ironclad like the USS Virginia.

There are only some offshore patrol ships converted from small steamships. These patrol ships were temporarily modified to block the trade between San Francisco and the New Ming Empire.

In front of the two Spanish warships of the Xinming Empire that had been modified with steam power, their threat level plummeted.

What's more, the Xinming Empire is not planning to storm the fortress near the port of San Francisco. This time, it will land at the safe location closest to San Francisco.

Then the National Defense Force soldiers will move toward San Francisco along the already planned route.

In this way, the shortcoming of the New Ming Empire's navy, which is almost non-existent, can be circumvented to the greatest extent.

In the past month, the Jin Yiwei and the Umbrella Youth League have not been idle. Not only have they scouted the march route, they have even found the place where the Empire's citizens were being held.

It was an abandoned shipyard not too far from the port. It used to be a shipyard run by Mexicans, but it had been burned to a wreck during the war that year.

The open space is now used as a special prison for Chinese people. We plan to send these people to Mr. Stanford's railway company after the war with the New Ming Empire is over.

On the way to San Francisco, the fleet hung the bear star flag representing California to prevent cities along the way from notifying San Francisco by telegram.

One day later, the Xinming Empire's fleet approached their first stop - Santa Barbara.

This city, which is very close to Yingtian Mansion of the Xinming Empire, can be said to have played a huge role in the development of the Xinming Empire.

Here, Li Mingqi met with those martyrs who were determined to break away from California and establish their own Republic of Southern California.

The reason why these members of the Southern California Assembly, most of whom were farmers, asked to see Li Mingqi was that they hoped to reach a trade agreement with the Xinming Empire.

For example, the Xinming Empire purchased their agricultural products, while they imported some industrial products from the Xinming Empire, such as pots and pans and other daily necessities.

It's best to hope that Li Mingqi can sell them some of the herbicides used by the Xinming Empire when they opened up wasteland.

Li Mingqi graciously agreed to all these requests, and even recommended a horse-drawn harvester to these people in addition to herbicides.

This is the first mechanical tool independently developed (referenced) by the Xinming Empire. Although there are still many problems that have not been solved, for these farmers, it is already an artifact.

After discussing business matters, the two sides started a friendly conversation on the issue of Southern California's independence.

Li Mingqi's attitude is: OK, OK, I support everything you say!

In fact, in Li Mingqi's mind, this area along the west coast had already been planned by him into cities in the Xinming Empire.

So Li Mingqi will agree with whatever these people say now.

But when the number of people in the empire increases in the future...in order to ensure the territorial integrity of the Xinming Empire, we have to take back these territories that have belonged to the Xinming Empire since ancient times.

No need to be surprised, now that the Yin people have joined the Xinming Empire, then the land where the Yin people lived before is the territory of the Xinming Empire since ancient times, right?

After being delayed for half a day, the Xinming Empire's fleet continued to move towards San Francisco.

"Long live my lord, Captain Song He reported that two steam merchant ships were spotted ahead. Are we pretending not to see them or..."

On board the Flying Bird, Liu Erhe reported the unexpected situation to Li Mingqi.

Now, if outsiders look carefully, they will find that there is an antenna swinging in the wind on the mast of all ships in the Xinming Empire.

It was a marine wireless base station temporarily modified from a walkie-talkie repeater.

The Xinming Empire has now basically achieved wireless communication within a few kilometers of the sea. If there are communication ships specially modified with relay stations, the wireless communication distance can be increased.

"Send a signal to the other party and ask them to stop the ship for inspection. If the other party doesn't listen, let Wang Chuan's heavy artillery regiment practice how to aim at sea."

After Li Mingqi finished speaking, Liu Erhe immediately conveyed His Majesty the Emperor's decree to every ship in the fleet.

After receiving the reply, Song He asked the flag bearer to signal to the other party to stop the ship for inspection.

After the flag bearer repeated this five times in a row, something that no one expected happened, the other party actually raised a skull and crossbones flag.

Song He couldn't help but wipe the lens of the telescope with his hand. He looked at the opposite side again to confirm that he had seen correctly. A skull and crossbones flag was indeed raised on the bow of the other side's ship...