However, when the U.S. Senate was so filled with grief and anger that it urgently passed the California sale bill, and sent their explanation of the mine incident to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhang Quan regretfully told Conger that the Chinese Congress believed that the price was too high.
Well, California is not worth 300 million US dollars, it is worth 200 million US dollars at most.
"Most places in California are worthless wastelands and high mountains and dense forests. The only thing that can bring benefits to China is oil, but the oil fields are in the hands of your businessmen. In this case, it is obvious that three hundred million yuan is
It's extremely unreasonable, at most 200 million yuan. As for your country's explanation of the torpedo incident, it's hard to convince anyone. The anchor mine outside the San Diego Naval Port fell off and drifted to the sea. Isn't this too incredible?" Zhang Quan shouted.
Said proudly.
Damn it, how incredible can it be compared to an armored cruiser being hit by two mines and still being unscathed? Conger cursed in his heart, of course he also knew that this was the Chinese's revenge for the Senate's obstruction last time. Since
In this case, he has no interest in getting involved. He should transfer this new offer back to China and give those senators a headache!
The U.S. Senate is also very depressed about the new price offered by the Chinese. If the previous price of 300 million yuan was still reluctant, then the current price of 200 million yuan is considered bullying, but they also know that they have brought it upon themselves.
If I had known this earlier, I should not have listened to the British's instigation. Now I have really shot myself in the foot.
Of course, even if they are bullying, they dare not refuse this number. At this time, the coalition's huge fleet has been dispersed to major ports on the east coast. Once the United States refuses again, the next thing it will definitely do is hit the head with artillery shells. There is no way in the face of power.
What's the point? Bullying you is to give you face. If you are shameless, you can only wait to be beaten.
After a difficult meeting, the U.S. Senate still held its nose and agreed to the price, and then China and the United States signed an agreement in Washington. The U.S. government sold California to China for 200 million yuan, and with this
After the agreement was signed, the California Republican Army, which had been vigorously engaged in, disappeared in an instant. More than 100,000 troops went back to their homes to find their mothers. As for the losses suffered by the Americans during their anti-government movement, it can only be said that they deserved bad luck.
With the signing of this agreement, most of the already small number of American immigrants in California left their homes in a hurry. Although they were reluctant to leave, no one could bear this kind of tossing every now and then. They were all exhausted mentally and physically by the war.
As for the U.S. troops originally in California, they will cross the Rocky Mountains and enter Nevada by train in batches, and their naval fleet will return to the Atlantic Ocean under the escort of the Chinese navy. From then on, the U.S. Pacific Fleet has come to an end forever.
Although they still have two ports in Portland and Seattle that can berth warships, it is obvious that it no longer makes sense to continue to maintain a naval fleet in the Pacific, and it is extremely unwise. Lying next to a tiger
The Americans are very aware of this fact. They simply canceled the establishment of the Pacific Fleet and left a group of torpedo boats in Portland and Seattle to embarrass themselves.
Forget it, use this humiliating choice to tell Emperor Yang that they have completely withdrawn from the battle for hegemony in the Pacific.
"Immigration. In the next ten years, at least five million people will immigrate to California. You must understand what China's biggest advantage is in the world. It is not the military, not the industry, but the population. We have a population of 400 million, accounting for 10% of the world's total.
A quarter of the population, but do we account for a quarter of the land? No, far from it, so our country is still very crowded, and we must immigrate abroad, on a large scale, my goal
It is to retain only 300 million people in the country and immigrate the rest. We must ensure that wherever our army goes, our immigrants will follow.
Especially those remote areas with less land and more people and underdeveloped economy. Don't let them always stick to their barren mountains and mountains. Encourage them to go out and go to our new territories. There are many opportunities to make money there, especially California. Or we should
Change its name. Isn't it still called Jinzhou? Just change it to Jinzhou Province. This name makes people drool. You might as well make it up when promoting it, even if it is said that there is gold everywhere, everyone who is willing to go there will
If you send it for free and are willing to stay there, there will be an additional reward of free agricultural tools. The land in California is the most suitable for planting. Aren’t domestic textile manufacturers always complaining about the lack of raw materials? You can grow as much cotton as you want there.”
Yang Feng ambitiously announced his immigration plan to his cabinet ministers. Five million immigrants are not many. California or the current Jinzhou Province in China has a population of more than 40 million in modern times, and it is also the most important place in the United States.
In agricultural areas, it is easy to feed a population of five million. The immigration of these five million people is equivalent to tearing a hole in the North American continent. In the future, the torrent of Chinese people will gradually submerge this continent.
"For these Chinese who immigrate abroad, we must encourage them to have children. The country will provide subsidies for having children. The more children they have, the more subsidies they will have. We must understand that fertility is also a weapon, and it is also an extremely powerful weapon. However, we do not encourage them to have children.
Of course, we cannot prohibit intermarriage among foreign races. Children born to intermarriages with foreign races will not be subsidized.
At the same time, these immigrants to the new territory must cultivate their martial spirit. Every adult, including women, must undergo military training. The state will provide them with free weapons and ammunition, improve the militia organization, and do not give them too many restrictions. They can even
Properly encourage them to use bullets to expand their own interests. If something happens, we will stand up for them. Even if we don't care, we must stand up for them. What is the army for? Isn't that what the army does! All the traditional virtues of the Chinese people have to be respected.
Put them aside, what we need is aggression.
Of course, this cannot be done internally. The Chinese who have immigrated must strictly abide by the law. There is only one way to deal with shooting among our own compatriots, shoot them!
In addition, a large number of troops will be stationed in Jinzhou Province, and the San Francisco Military District will be established. At least five divisions of the army will be stationed. If the troops are insufficient, the army can be expanded. The navy will set up the East Pacific Fleet. The Wuyi and Tianshan can stay there until the U.S.-Mexico War.
After the end, the two Princess-class ships leased by the Mexicans will also join the fleet. In addition, don't there be steel plants and shipyards in San Francisco? Get them here, and if the American boss doesn't sell, you can do it. The method can make Situ Meitang and the others
Play freely and build warships there."
The San Francisco Union Steel Shipyard was actually bankrupt at this time. This shipyard, which could have built battleships, not only suffered heavy losses in the last war, but also suffered a large loss of workers, and could not sustain itself without orders from the U.S. Navy. Since the war,
It has been abandoned since the end, and there is no need to use any special means to take over.
Just as Emperor Yang was spitting at the cabinet ministers at the cabinet meeting, the Americans and Mexicans also restarted peace talks in San Juan. As for the war clouds on the west coast of the Atlantic at this time, they had long followed the Sino-US Washington
The signing of the agreement disappeared, the Confederate and Spanish armies were lifted from the state of war, the fleets of the four-nation coalition also returned to their respective military ports, and no mine incident occurred.
As for the Chinese getting California, apart from the loss of the British and the lamentation of the French, other countries did not have much impact. In fact, in the last war, China did not directly occupy California in the end, which is very surprising.
I was surprised, and it makes sense to take it now.
As for the peace talks between the United States and Mexico, there are no major twists and turns. The United States, eager to get out of the war, has no intention of continuing to entangle on the New Mexico issue, which is of little value. After the Mexicans gave up their demands for Nevada and war reparations
, the two sides finally signed a peace treaty, and the United States exchanged the states of Arizona and New Mexico for the peace they dreamed of.
Signed almost at the same time as this peace treaty, there was also the Sino-US Friendship Treaty. As Americans expected, in this treaty, Emperor Yang reiterated his friendship with the United States in writing, although most of them were high-sounding.
Empty words, but at least they gave Americans enough psychological comfort. At the same time, the Chinese government even sent an invitation to U.S. President Bryan to visit China at an appropriate time. At the same time, it was also preparing to carry out a series of friendly exchange activities, such as in Europe.
The Royal Performing Arts Troupe visited the United States to perform.
This friendship treaty suddenly opened up the skies in North America. Countless Americans listened to Emperor Yang's affectionate voice on the radio with excitement and looked forward to the future of the United States. Many cities even celebrated with spontaneous fireworks to celebrate a new year.
The beginning of a new era.
But at this time, the whole world also knew the cause of this war.
Because Gulf Oil and Louisiana Petroleum jointly announced that they will jointly invest in the construction of an onshore oil pipeline from Shreveport, Louisiana, to Los Angeles.
"Twenty-five hundred kilometers of large oil pipelines with a diameter of one meter, with the help of countless pumping stations along the way, will continuously transport crude oil produced from the two major oil fields of East Texas and Shreveport to Los Angeles.
Port, where it is then loaded onto oil tankers destined for Asia, becoming a powerful driving force for Chinese industry."
At the press conference, the general manager of Gulf Oil Company said reservedly. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!