Simon? Cameron resigned, and Kwan sat quietly in the box alone, the nineteenth-century train swaying rhythmically.

Although it was crossed over more than a hundred years later, this kind of coal and exhaling train was the first time to ride, and it was the same as those subordinates.

Guan Zhuofan smiled to himself.

The person I want to see today should be the most famous and largest person in the future who has met in the whole Shijie range since he crossed over.

Although he knew Abraham? Lincoln was also interested, but the meeting was offered by the other party and used the adjective: "Anyway."

Your Excellency the Marquis, please take the time to speak to Washington, D.C., and I will be waiting for you at the President's residence.

The president's residence, well, was the White House, but it wasn't called the White House at that time.

Guan Zhuofan closed his eyes.

What does this invitation mean?

Before Guan Zhuofan disembarked, an American boarded his ship as promised, and at that time the federal war ministers were already in place on the dock, and Guan Zhuofan hurried to talk to him while changing into Yan dresses with the help of Wan'er.

This man is the Sandos of the American Division.

Guan Zhuofan's race against time is not to ask about business matters, those things can be discussed later. What he wanted to know was the reaction of the US government and public opinion to the Matsue Army's visit to the United States.

Guan Zhuofan soon discovered that there was a world of difference between Chinese and American public opinion.

In China, the people of Xuanjun's visit to the United States were almost unfazed, and although the officialdom was shaken greatly, there were not many people who came out to speak out, whether for or against.

Guan Zhuofan knows. The reason for this is of course the support of the two houses and the king of the council. The people below didn't dare to speak when they heard the news. also has his own credit for spending a lot of money in the Yushitai and Hanlin Academy, but there are all the upright characters in the Hanzhan Kedao, and they may not be able to suppress and buy. It's just that even if they want to speak, they don't know where to start - they are confined to what they have seen and heard, and their eyes are dark at Shijie outside, how to say it? Say what?

But it's better this way, and it saves a lot of noise.

The United States is a completely different story.

The Chinese government agreed that the "Volunteers" would go to the United States to fight in the war and help the federal government put down the rebellion -- an event that caused a great sensation in the United States. Especially in the north, the government and the opposition, the government and the people, all walks of life, white, black, red and brown, are all boiling. All the newspapers and magazines reported the incident as the most important piece of news, and the attention paid more than any recent battle.

The president's approval ratings have soared, the Republican Party's popularity has soared, and all the polls point to an early election now. Lincoln would get a landslide victory.

"All the people who support the federal government are frowning when they talk about it." When Sandos said this, his own expression could also be said to be "eyebrows flying".

Sandos also said. Although the federal government did not recognize the Songjiang Corps as a "Chinese government army" on any official occasion, it repeatedly hinted that "this army is supported by the Chinese central government" and "is the most combat-ready force in China at present". There was even a time when Attorney General Edward? Betters openly stated that the Songjiang Corps was "sent by the Chinese government." Of course, when reporters flocked to ask for verification, he didn't admit that he had said such a thing.

The U.S. government's propaganda and use of the Songjiang Legion was not what Guan Zhuofan expected, because if it were, he would have done the same.

But such a big reaction from public opinion was somewhat surprising to him.

In this way, it is not surprising that the "welcome, warm welcome" on the docks.

Kwan looked out the window, and the scenery of nineteenth-century America quickly receded. Where is it now? Roughly speaking, it should be Philadelphia, the city that signed the Declaration of Independence, the capital of the United States before Washington was founded. Unfortunately, there was no time to visit this time.

Guan Zhuofan believes that the fundamental reason why the United States is so excited from top to bottom is that they need such support so much.

This support, first of all, is not military, but political.

The South pulled flags and set off cannons, which was obviously an out-and-out rebellion, but none of the Shijie countries said that they wanted to "safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the United States." On the contrary, the bosses of Britain and France, who are ostensibly neutral, are in fact inclined to the south. Britain, in particular, has given all kinds of support to the South openly and covertly, wishing that the United States would be split in two.

Economically, cotton in the American South was the main source of raw materials for the British textile industry, and if the South failed and slavery was abolished, the cotton plantation based on slave labor could be devastated, and then seriously affect the British textile industry.

At that time, the southern ports were blockaded by the Northern Army, and cotton could not be transported, and the factories in Britain were already complaining. There was also a group of people in the Confederacy who thought in the opposite direction, and in order to force the British to intervene in the American Civil War, resorted to strange tricks to add fuel to the fire, and took the initiative to burn their own stagnant cotton -- which could not be shipped anyway. Let your British people have no cotton, see if you can stand it! I can't stand it, it's all the North Yankees, hurry up and take care of it.

At the same time, the federal government's increase in import tariffs in order to protect and develop the manufacturing industry in the north also seriously affected the dumping of British industrial products in the North American market. If the situation develops, American industrial products will not only drive British goods out of the United States, but will also be more likely to compete with Britain within the scope of Shijie.

In terms of business alone, Britain has to support the south and suppress the north.

Not to mention politically. At that time, the British did not make a dead move, and their hearts softened to allow the thirteen states in North America to establish independence, and after that, this little brother had to make inches of progress, and he never stopped making trouble with the British. In 1812, the United States declared war on Britain and sent troops to seize the British colonies in Canada on the grounds that Britain was too busy with Napoleon to go to war with Napoleon.

This time the British were not polite, stormed into Washington, and set fire to the Capitol and the White House (which was not called the White House at that time).

When Guan Zhuofan and Cixi mentioned this matter, Cixi naturally thought of the British and French burning of the Old Summer Palace, in fact, the two things are indeed similar, and the Americans feel the same way, and when the Chinese army comes to help, they will also have the same hatred for the enemy.

In 1812, the war ended with the "restoration of the borders to the status quo ante", that is, the United States was forced to vomit out what it had eaten, but in fact it lost.

After this battle, the United States was honest in front of Britain for a long time. This time there was a rebellion in the south, and the north blockaded the southern ports, and they were afraid that Britain would draw a gourd in the same way, so they used this as an excuse to send troops to intervene.

As far as Britain is concerned, if the South becomes independent and the United States is weak, it will be difficult to pose a substantial threat to Britain's interests in North America.

Thus more than once, it was almost necessary to recognize the Confederate regime.

Shijie countries, one is none of their business; Second, of course, he had to see Boss Ying's face, so they all pretended to be deaf and dumb. Although the federal government is "enlightened", it has no "help".

In the midst of the storm, someone suddenly reached out to help, and the real charcoal in the snow became "more help", how can you not be surprised?

People of later generations will have some illusions about China's international status at that time, and most of them will imagine the image of being arbitrarily slaughtered by outsiders during the Eight-Nation Alliance. In fact, the tiger skin of the Qing Dynasty was not completely punctured until after the Sino-Japanese War. China in 1863, although it was defeated by Britain and France, but Britain and France were originally the first brother and the second brother at that time, and it was not so embarrassing to lose to them, and Russia and the United States, which were both foreign powers, were abused by them. Therefore, China is still treated as a great power with a certain weight, and the great powers have not lost their basic respect for China.

And the United States, a big country with an ancient civilization in the East, also instinctively has a good feeling based on a sense of mystery as a big country separated by an ocean.

Therefore, China's intention is not only timely, but also has considerable weight.

Nor can it have an impact on international public opinion.

The most direct manifestation of this, Sandos said, was that as soon as the news came out, the British Parliament immediately postponed a vote on a bill proposed by the pro-Confederate faction on the American Civil War.

As far as Britain's fundamental national interests are concerned, it is of course the best choice for the United States to divide into two, but Britain is by no means without sympathizers from the north of the United States, and this force is still quite large, otherwise the war that suppressed the thirteen states of North America would not have been unable to be fought back then.

The political elite had to consider the long-term interests of the country, but ordinary people mainly saw the cruelty of slavery, so the media was mostly sympathetic to the North. How can the British people feel embarrassed that the British people are embarrassed by the fact that China, which is regarded as a civilized and backward empire, supports the abolition of slavery, while the British Empire, which claims to be the leader of Shijie and the beacon of civilization, actually supports slavery?

In fact, as soon as the "Abolition Proclamation" came out, the end of the war was already faintly predestined.

Guan Zhuofan thought to himself, this bearded president really has two brushes.

*(To be continued......)