In April 1860, there were reports on the survival of black slaves, which appeared in large numbers in newspapers.

In May 1860, President Abraham Lincoln ordered the northern states to carry out armament rearmament.

In July 1860, President Abraham strongly condemned the secession of the southern states.

On July 14, 1860, the first train full of soldiers traveled along the railway to the southbound end.

On August 5, 1860, Kentucky, in the name of state supremacy, announced its withdrawal from the Union of the United States and formed the Kentucky Confederation government.

On September 10, 1860, the Confederacy of the United States was established, and all states that still had slavery and plantation economies joined the Confederate.

On September 13, 1860, President Abraham delivered a speech of exhortation in Washington.

On October 1, 1860, in the midst of the season of mass harvest in the southern states, the first battle began.

The forces of both the North and the South were concentrated in the eastern theater, and the Southern Army, which had just concluded the Mexican-American War and achieved a great victory, was led by Robert Lee.

After comparing the various forces of the two sides, he decided to replace defense with offense and concentrate his forces for a war of annihilation.

Although the industrial capacity of the North is stronger, it is the fourth largest industrial body in the world, but weapons need people to produce and weapons to use, as long as the main force of the North is annihilated, a treaty can be signed to temporarily suspend the war.

The harvest season is over, in exchange for a large amount of pounds, the purchase of the most advanced weapons, the entry of the winter season of relative agricultural slack, and the war with the North.

At this time, in the north, although the mobilization of the media, the people's enthusiasm for fighting was not weak, and a large number of young and strong laborers joined the army.

The total number of troops in the north far exceeds that of the troops in the south.

However, compared with its analogue, the North has two fatal weaknesses in the quality of the army.

1. The recruits have not fought before.

Second, the commander-in-chief of the army has never fought either.

Therefore, although there were many people, there was a long queue along the railway line.

Therefore, as long as it encounters a southern force that has just ended the Mexican-American War and won the victory, it will lose at the first time.

Defeat after defeat made the people in the north gradually become war-weary.

Although, the media and the government are still telling about the benefits of national reunification.

However, for the general population.

The advantage of reunification is later, and now their families, if they go out, can't come back, but there is no way to solve it.

At the beginning of December 1860, President Abraham Lincoln gave a new speech.

The theme of the speech was "Emancipation of the Black Slaves."

The title of the speech was, "The Emancipation of the Black Slaves."

"'From the first day of January 1861, all those who are enslaved for possession by others within any state where the people thereof are still rebelling against the United States, or in a specified part of a state, shall be liberated forever thereafter, and the executive branch of the government of the United States, including the authorities of the navy and army, shall recognize and guarantee the liberty of these persons, and shall not do anything to suppress them when they or any of them make any effort for their own liberty.

The executive branch of the Government shall, on the first day of the first month of the aforesaid month, declare by proclamation that the people of those states or parts of those states are at that time rebelling against the United States, if any, and that on that date the fact that any state or its people are elected by a majority of the legitimate electors to the Congress of the United States, and there is no strong evidence to the contrary, shall be that there is no conclusive evidence of resistance to the United States by that state or its people'.

Wherefore now, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, have been entrusted with the authority of Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in times of armed rebellion against the authorities of the Government of the United States, and as an appropriate and necessary strategic measure for the suppression of the said rebellion, hereby on January 1, 1863, for a period of one hundred days from the date of the first time foregoing, I declare publicly for this purpose that those now opposing the United States are:

Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the counties of St. Bernard, Praquamin, Jephesun, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Assenxiang, Yasenpuhin, Deribaune, Lavalsh, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (excluding the forty-eight counties of West Virginia, and Berkeley, Akonmac, Northumbton, Elizabeth, York, Princess Ann, Norfolk and other counties, including Norfolk and Portsmouth), are now in their status before this proclamation is maintained.

For the foregoing end, I have used my authority to formally command and proclaim the eternal liberty of all those who are slaves in the aforementioned states, and in the aforementioned areas of certain states, now and in the future, and that the Government of the United States, including the authorities of the Navy and Army, shall recognize and maintain the liberty of the aforesaid persons.

I now command those who have been declared free not to commit any offence except in necessity of self-defence, and I advise them that, whenever possible, they should work faithfully for a reasonable wage.

I further declare, under appropriate conditions, that these persons may take part in the military service of the United States, by stationing batteries, positions, garrisons, and other areas, and serving on warships of all kinds.

I sincerely believe that this act is a just act, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, and in accordance with military necessity. I pray for the prudent judgment of mankind and the grace of God Almighty.

As proof of this, I hereby sign and affix the seal of the United States.

Washington, D.C., December 5, 1860

85th anniversary of the independence of the United States.

Abraham Lincoln"

At the same time, the religious circles in the North also stood up one after another, using passages from the Bible to explain the necessity and justice of emancipating black slaves.

Although, when the Emancipation Proclamation spread to some of the Northern troops, it caused a mutiny.

However, the vast majority of the northern troops have strengthened their convictions because they are "doing what is right."

On the other hand, the repeated failures have also summed up the experience of the north's mistakes.

Although they still lose battles from time to time, the south is not as comfortable as it was at the beginning.

Moreover, the Red Cross came to save the lives and help the wounded, which gave the soldiers the courage to fight desperately.

Of course, the steady flow of weapons from the rear is also their confidence.

Since the beginning of the Civil War, the Claydon Group's wealth on paper has been inflated like a balloon by a man with a lung capacity of 10 million.

Why wealth on paper?

Because, the federal treasury, at all, simply does not have that much money to pay for all kinds of war materials provided by the Claydon group.

From weapons to food, to medical equipment, and even cola drinks and the war version of Monopoly for entertainment.

Almost 60 percent of the war material supply was directly or indirectly controlled by the Claydon consortium.

It is not for nothing that there are organizations with similar production capacities as the Claydon Group.

However, for a variety of reasons, these organizations are not fully producing.

Of course, the main reason is that it is uncertain whether the federal government in the north will actually win.

If it fails, when there is no way to settle in cash, every commodity traded now is a loss.

Even, depending on the form of the war, they bet on the Union government in the North and the Confederate government in the South.

As far as they are concerned, whether the South wins the war or the North wins, they are still capitalists.

In fact......

Most people have a misconception about the plantation economy in the South.

I think that the plantation economy is the pure primary industry - agriculture.

But in fact, plantation owners, like all feudal landlords, made the most money by means of finance.

In times of natural disasters, large plantations are more risk-tolerant and can take out loans to small plantations that are on the verge of bankruptcy.

As for the harvest years, the grain could not be sold at a high price, and the small plantations still had to borrow money.

Even, the slave trade had a strong financial component.

For example, trading slaves in futures.

A large cruise ship, carrying 400 slaves, departed from Africa and had to travel for more than four months before it could return to the American continent.

Originally, every captain had to take a lot of risks.

And now, even before their ships reach Africa, the shadow of the slaves is not seen.

They could already sell the ownership of all the slaves on this ship.

For others, it's good to trade directly on this one certificate of ownership.

As for how many slaves were still alive, how many males and how many females returned to the Americas, it didn't matter to the captain.

It doesn't matter to everyone who has ever had the voucher, the only thing that has a relationship is the last person to hold the voucher.

The advantage of this is that the money flows.

In fact, the funds in the market do not refer to the total amount of funds in the market, but to the amount of funds in circulation in a unit of time, multiplied by the quantity.

The flow of money means that money can be produced.

The big planters in the South were not unaware that industry, as a secondary industry, was far more profitable than the primary industry.

But while opening a factory is more profitable than opening a plantation.

However, is it profitable to make money?

No, no.

They don't want to embrace the industrial system, and it's not that the plantation economy is sacrosanct.

Rather, the federal government of the United States is in the north, and factories in the north opened earlier.

If, too, the South industrializes, there is no doubt that the financial center will shift to the North.

Once the financial center shifts to the north, they will not be able to make money so easily.

They can easily make money now, mainly because they are both referees and contestants.

Once the power of the referee is handed over, they are meat on the chopping block.

Even, to a certain extent, the financial industry in the south is more developed than the financial industry centered on Wall Street in the north.

Because, the financial industry in the south is highly in line with the United Kingdom.

Although, with such a high degree of convergence, it will definitely be cut leeks.

However, the people who cut the leeks are not the big planters, but the small and medium-sized planters.

Even, they were cut off and bankrupt, which is what the big plantation owners want to see.

Why?

The reason is simple, only if they are short of money, they can borrow money, right?

Only when they borrow money, and they have no way to repay it, will they use their property to pay off their debts, right?

A plantation that was originally worth $100,000 may only sell for $50,000 or even $30,000.

And how many years of cotton can be earned?

However, although the plantations in the south have a contradiction between large plantation owners and small and medium-sized plantation owners.

Even, this contradiction is on the verge of exploding.

However, at this time, the North actually declared war on the South.

All of a sudden, the main contradiction changed from the contradiction between large planters and small and medium-sized planters to the contradiction between the south and the north.

And when the Emancipation Proclamation came out, all the plantation owners in the South could no longer forgive the North.

Because the issuance of the "Emancipation Proclamation" means that once the North really wins, the property that once belonged to them will be "free".

And this freedom will greatly reduce their capital ownership.

Although finance is the easiest to make money, the financial meat grinder also needs to have an initial force if it wants to turn.

And U.S. Federal President Abraham Lincoln, and his Republican Party, are undermining the financial foundations of the South.

Those financial industry bigwigs in the south who have thought of this know that there must be high-ranking people on the Republican side.

And the so-called masters must be those jackals on Wall Street!

In fact, the initiator of all this is Doug Claydon, a man that Wall Street also hates.

Because, the existence of Doug Claydon, and the existence of Bank of America and Claydon Investment Bank, greatly reduced Wall Street's hegemony in the northern financial industry.

And the size of power means the size of profit.

You know, why all the best financial talents in the North, as well as financial banks, want to work on Wall Street. Even if the cost of land rent there is as high as death.

It's because of all the power used here.

Even if you're just a small bank with a small name, as long as you open it on Wall Street, you will be respected by outsiders.

However, Doug Claydon, using a bank bill exchange system based on Black Hawk Bank, integrated with the exception of Bank of America.

He also used Claydon Investment Bank to attract a lot of attention.

The results of the investment, including a series of industries such as the Coke Factory and the General's Steak, are all proving the strength and vision of Claydon Investment Bank.

If such a powerful force settles on Wall Street, Wall Street will definitely welcome it.

Although, they would prefer to welcome it in its place.

However, when Bank of America and Claydon Investment Bank do not live on Wall Street for a day, the damage to Wall Street authority is greater.

Clearly, Doug Claydon would prefer to start anew rather than blend in with Wall Street.