593. Independence Movement
What is Justice? For the vast majority of the population, what everyone is saying is justice.
For a small number of beneficiaries, whoever gives more money is just.
As for the very few people who are at the very top, who guide and direct everything, there is no justice at all. Or - I am justice.
The mood of the whole New York City was mobilized, and as the culprit, as the British aristocratic lord who wanted to rob the working people of their happy life, Aaron was tied up and pushed to the edge of the pillar in the center of the square.
People have been bewitched by the pie I have drawn, to build their own country, to let the laborers own their own land forever, to be truly in charge of their own affairs, to be in charge of their own decisions - what a good future, if I were one of the people standing in the crowd, I would believe in all this.
After all, people have a herd mentality, just like pyramid schemes, just like insurance, knowing that there are full of illusions and lies, but when the people around them are shouting slogans, whether it is "swear to work hard for 100 days and become a real billionaire", or "fight for freedom", in fact, the meaning is the same.
As for the sacrifice where there is war, and death where there is war, who cares about those little things under such fanaticism?
For people in peace, war, death, these words are so far away that even those who have just returned to peace from the flames of war will quickly forget the original suffering.
Whenever I talk about these, I even have a trace of romantic feelings in my heart.
As everyone knows, all followers are nothing more than resources in the eyes of the higher-ups - resources for war, and they are existences that can be deployed with the will of the higher-ups, which is the saddest thing.
Soon, the fanatical crowd found a large number of low-quality teas, low-quality tobacco, and all kinds of other low-quality goods from the warehouses of the Aaron Chamber of Commerce, and their packaging was labeled with the best local products!
"See? They are going to ruin our trade fundamentally! Let's sink and go back to the hell where we were taxed fifty percent! This is absolutely unacceptable! ”
In the crowd, the inner line that had been planted shouted loudly, and the emotions of the people were further aroused, almost in a state of fanaticism!
"These damn fakes have gotten our wealth and ruined our reputation, and they all deserve hell! Together with their owners! ”
Another inside line continues to lead the rhythm, I have to say, this kind of inferior means to treat the group is really good, the people in the fanaticism will not judge the right and wrong at all, in just two back and forth, the people's emotions have been incited to the peak!
They shouted and roared, and without anyone driving them, they spontaneously ran to the warehouse, carried all the bags of fake and shoddy products in the Alun Chamber of Commerce, and strode to the sea!
"Pull all this garbage and feed it to the fish!" Such a shout was heard in the ears, and the people in the city only felt that it was indescribably pleasing to the ears!
They lined up the goods found in the Arlen Chamber of Commerce in the treasury on the beach, ready to wait for the order, and then all threw themselves into the icy sea!
I don't know who took out the British flag and piled it on the beach with the fake and shoddy products, obviously trying to sink these flags into the deep sea with the garbage!
So far, we have succeeded in stirring up the deepest impulse in the hearts of the people, and we only need to push it one further, and it is war!
I stood on top of the mountains of goods on the beach, raising my arms and shouting!
"Citizens! Workers! In front of us are cruel exploiters who want to drain our last fortune and make us their blood-sucking slaves for the rest of our lives! Would you like to? ”
"I don't want to!"
"Will you give up our hard-earned homeland and go back to the past and try to earn ten gold coins, but give at least five or six of them to the lives of the nobles?"
"I don't want to!"
"Rise up and fight, build your own homeland, let the laborers have the final say, and in order to reach this day, we will definitely face bloodshed and even sacrifice! But for the sake of each of our children and grandchildren to live in an equal and tolerant environment, would you like that? ”
"Yes! Willing! Willing! ”
The emotions of the people were burned to the highest point, and I pointed to the goods under my feet and shouted, "Show your sincerity!" Take your courage! Fight against power, for freedom and independence, let's start now! ”
"Roar!" People shouted and rushed at my feet, knowing that they contained fakes that could destroy the environment in which we operated, and that they could be as destructive as last night's burning!
The angry crowd lifted bags of English tea into bags, pulled them to the sea, and angrily threw them far into the sea!
After throwing all the tea and goods into the sea, the angry crowd rushed into the factories of the British, and smashed everything they could see, and if they couldn't get rid of it, they burned it all!
This battle, later known as the New York Tea Party, is not the same as the Boston Tea Party in the original history, but its effect is similar.
After destroying the British industry in New York, our troops began to assemble and push all the way in the direction of Virginia in the south, and pointed straight to the British base in New Continent!
In the process, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and Germany all remained neutral, but in fact they gave unlimited covert support to our actions!
There is no other reason than that Britain's growing strength in recent years has begun to have a crushing effect on other countries.
In the eyes of these countries, as long as it is a channel that can weaken the UK, whatever it is, they should support it.
What's more, I have privately reached an agreement with each of them from the very beginning that I want to build North America into a permanent neutral zone, a free trade zone, that transcends the concept of a state and does not participate in the competition for supremacy, and provides a fair and win-win trade environment for all friendly countries.
Such a promise was undoubtedly fascinating and unbelievable in the brutal Age of Ocean Discovery. So when it all started, they worked with me with a try-out attitude – and of course, the Netherlands and France did so as strategic allies.
But once everything was on track, these countries got a taste of trade, and they began to believe in my promise and were confident that it would really continue!
So despite my call for independent statehood, the vast majority of these countries remain positive and supportive.
If the new continent is in the hands of the British, it will be a deep suppression of everyone. And to let this huge land stand on its own and become the antithesis of Britain, then even if this land is still not under its control, it is better than a capital enemy, isn't it?
Driven by this thinking, our nation-building movement became more and more in full swing, and soon swept over most of the territory of the East Coast of the United States in the previous life!
According to the calculations of the previous life, we have already occupied the territory of thirteen states of the United States!
I don't know if it's a coincidence, but history is so strikingly similar.
And the British soon came to their senses and began to launch a fierce attack on us.
Their fleets are rushing towards our shoreline like locusts, and we have sent out our long-hidden secret weapon!
Steam-powered battleships! Yes, on the basis of the previous technology, we have realized the practice and application of steam power on warships.
Such a technological revolution has well carried a warship with a larger displacement and a larger voyage!
And the reform of artillery has entered the category of second-generation technology, which is not only faster to load, but also has a larger caliber and more power!
With the blessing of such a technological generational difference, our fleet almost swept away the invading British fleet relying on the fortifications of the coastline!
What makes them even more desperate is that relying on the help of many countries, we know the strategy and tactics of the British well, and every attack can attack the enemy's vital points, and every surprise attack of the British is in front of the powerful united front!
However, even so, the battle was fought for more than two years and nearly three years, and it was not until July 1598 that the intensity of the war slowly decreased and gradually calmed down.
Because Britain can't bear it! At the same time as the new continent was fighting against us, the countries of the European continent began to cooperate, openly and covertly exerting pressure on the British, greatly reducing the living space of the British.
His other colonies were also under constant attack by us - in Africa, for example, during these three years, Rodriguez and Cristina played in strict accordance with my requirements, completely without paying any money, dragging the British to death on this land, and not a single copper plate could be taken away.
In the South Seas, he did not regret leading the reformed fleet to guard the gates, so that the British could not penetrate into the South Seas at a step, let alone the Far East.
In the Indian Ocean, Wooding's Chamber of Commerce has a very good function of internal and external cooperation - although according to my plan, he does not directly clash with the British, but with our mutual cooperation, the British have completely lost the market in the Indian Ocean and cannot penetrate at all!
Under such an all-out wrestling, the British were constrained by the narrowness of their own territory and felt more and more powerless!
It was not until 1599 that the British finally switched from offensive to defensive, sending us a signal of compromise!
Under such circumstances, I, Sun Qilan, as the supreme commander of the Independent War, issued the Declaration of Independence to the whole world!
I announce to the world that the United States of America is officially established!
The flag took the Stars and Stripes, on which thirteen stars were embroidered, and the rest of the places were empty.
When someone asked me why I didn't fill all the blanks, I pointed to the west and proudly said, "We only have thirteen states at the moment, but one day, we will take over the entire North American continent!" At that point, I want my successor to fill it up! ”
At the same time, the Constitution of the United States of America was adopted and it became a federal state!
This Constitution is a complete copy of the previous American Constitution, and I believe that everything can go back to the way it was, because I don't want the world to change because of me, and I can't predict whether it's right or not.
The only difference is that I added this sentence at the end of the Constitution -
"No one, at any time, for any reason, shall be the enemy of the China of the East!"