In the back room of an inn next to the presidential palace in Philadelphia. Seward sat opposite each other with three yellow men with strange hats that covered most of their faces.

Seward, who had just become acting president, could not wait to enter the presidential palace before he resigned as secretary of state. But tonight, he disguised himself and brought only two cronies to the inn to secretly meet with three important people: Fan Ruzeng, the plenipotentiary envoy of the Chinese Emperor, Geronimo, the leader of the Apache tribe of the southern Indians, and Hongyun, the chief of the Indian Sioux tribe in the north.

Who would have thought that Seward, who had just been declared president of the American Federation, would secretly meet with the envoys of the enemy countries. Moreover, this special envoy of the Chinese Empire even brought two of the most influential tribal leaders in the north and south of the Indians to accompany him.

However, Xiward and Fan Ruzeng, who are extremely different in age, are like old friends, nodding to each other, saying hello, and they have a tacit understanding.

However, as soon as the two sides spoke, the atmosphere disappeared in an instant.

"Mr. Special Envoy, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you again lately! If there's anything to do, let's talk about it quickly. Seward's face was a little gloomy, and he was very wary of the Chinese young man in front of him, who seemed to be hiding in the darkness forever.

"Mr. Seward, don't do that, I'll be very sad if you say that!" Fan Ruzeng is not fluent in English, he tried his best to make himself speak more humorous, but obviously his English level is not enough, so not only is it quite difficult to speak, but even Seward is a little difficult to listen, Fan Ruzeng joked, and continued: "Isn't our recent cooperation very successful?" Why, Mr. Murphyseward thinks he's become president, and wants to kick away our friends who have helped you? ”

"No, no, no! That was not what I meant. Siward hurriedly spoke: "How come, whether it is the president or not, Mr. Special Envoy and I are good friends!" But now our two countries are still hostile countries, and we cannot meet each other. If someone finds out, all the previous efforts will be wasted. Mr. Special Envoy, we are not stupid people, so please tell us what you are here for. ”

Fan Ruzeng said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then let's open the skylight and say something." I have come with two Indian chiefs to negotiate with you an armistice and cooperation between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Transes. ”

Seward's face changed, and he joked, now what kind of guise of the United Kingdom of Hexi is the Chinese Empire, and the American Federation has become mortal enemies of the Chinese Empire, how can there be a truce? He just wanted to open his mouth to refuse, but Fan Ruzeng took the first step and said, "Don't be busy refusing first, listen to me." ”

"At present, you have just become the acting president, and you have not yet been able to integrate the federal cabinet and parliamentary forces, which may make it difficult for you to declare peace with our Chinese Empire. But after a while, it will be different. Fan Ruzeng revealed: "I shouldn't have revealed it to you, but who made us good friends." In the next month, our Army forces will move east of the Mississippi River to unite with the Confederate States to launch an attack on your country while the civil unrest in your country has not yet completely stabilized. The main forces of your country are all concentrated in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and other central and eastern fronts, while the main forces in the west have been annihilated and captured by our side in the Battle of Fort Dyers, leaving only Springfield, the capital of Illinois, with less than 20,000 troops, and the rest of the country are some local militia forces, which will certainly not be able to withstand the attack of our army. And your country's troops in the central and eastern parts will certainly not be able to rush to Springfield in time to reinforce them. ”

Seward's face changed drastically, only he understood in his heart that the little young Chinese in front of him was really a demon, and what he said must be his intention, not really to reveal any information or a simple warning.

But Seward still couldn't help but retort: "In terms of troops, even if what you said is true, but now that we have begun to transfer troops from several major states in the east to Illinois and Iowa and other places, as a friend, I advise your country, you should return your troops to Missouri west of the Mississippi River as soon as possible, otherwise, sooner or later, it will be wiped out like the original United Army of the West River." ”

"Mr. Seward, since you can't listen to me, I won't say anything more!" Fan Ruzeng shrugged helplessly, imitating the foreigner's style, "But I must warn you." The purpose of our Chinese Empire is not to invade your country, but to enable people of all races and nationalities to coexist peacefully on the American continent. Therefore, we do not want to fight to the death with you, it is not that we want to occupy the Hexi region, but that the Irish, Chinese, Indians, and even blacks living in this fast land want to have their own land and their own land to survive and reproduce.

If you in the American Federation want to expand your territory, you might as well turn your attention to the north. I have brought two Indian chiefs here this time to tell you that all the Indian tribes on the American continent have submitted to our Chinese Empire, and this continent originally belonged to them, and our Chinese Empire has the obligation to help them recover it. However, our Emperor Majesty, considering that you Americans also have your own soil for survival, and that you have lived in the northeastern part of North America for hundreds of years, thought of making peace with you, each with the Mississippi River as the boundary, without interfering with each other, and with or without trade.

Therefore, it is up to you whether you will meet each other in arms or as cooperative trading partners!

By the way, I almost forgot to tell you that the troops of the United Kingdom of Hexi will be heading north into the British North American colonies and attacking the British forces in the weakened British North American colonies. Has not your country always coveted the vast expanse of the British northern colonies? Now is a great opportunity. If it is not convenient for you to come forward directly, you can leave it to the Irish in your territory to deal with. ”

Seward was a little confused. The only thing he understood was that the Chinese Empire was still thinking about taking action against the British colonies in the north, and wanted to win himself over to send troops with him.

Indeed, the American Federation has always been obsessed with expansion, and many lawmakers have even been clamoring for troops to be sent to Ontario and Quebec in Canada to occupy the vast lands there. But because of the great difference in strength between the United States and Britain, and because of the beginning of the Civil War between the North and the South, the United States only occasionally calculated. I didn't expect that the Chinese Empire would dare to think like this!

But when Siward thought about it carefully, there was really nothing that the Chinese empire did not dare to do. After only a few years of development, they defeated the British more than once, wiped out the British expeditionary fleet, snatched the East Indies from the Dutch, snatched the Straits Settlements from the British, and even separated British India and Ireland from independence. There's really nothing they wouldn't dare. Now they are looking at the British colonies in North America. Should the American Commonwealth be considered?

Seward immediately dismissed his idea. Britain was too strong to have split the Confederate Confederate States of America to provoke.