"There can be no hesitation, and an ultimatum should be issued to the United States immediately to withdraw them from the war zone!"

On this issue, Li Zhangtong, who is more politically soft, has shown a resolute attitude.

The crown prince supported his attitude: "Just do it!" ”

Other ministers feared the consequences of triggering the United States into the war.

Li Zhangtong explained: "The United States took advantage of the fire to rob, and it is unlikely that it will participate in the war. Even if the United States enters the war, our public opinion can now support us in fighting a war against the great powers of the Americas. ”

Due to the problem of public opinion, the attitude of the Chinese towards the United States has changed sharply, and after the United States sent troops to occupy Canadian land, the call for declaration of war became even louder.

Even if there is a war, China will now have an absolute advantage. After the population of China's North American territory reached 60 million, it grew slowly, because the land had been largely divided up by yeoman farmers, large landowners, and agricultural companies, and in the last two decades the increase was mainly free laborers attracted by high wages, mainly miners and workers and merchants, but it also slowly increased to 70 million.

Due to the impact of the civil war, population growth in the United States has completely stagnated, and the natural population growth in recent years has basically reached the pre-war level, making up for the more than one million people who died in the war.

After the end of the war 30 years ago, China and Britain drew a boundary in Canada, and Britain also lost the motivation to forcibly settle land, and the population of British North America was only 9 million, which was higher than in history, because the population of the entire Canadian region in this era did not exceed 3 million, but in this era, there were 9 million in British North America, and there were 5 million people in independent Quebec, totaling 14 million, which is five times that of history. On the one hand, the Napoleonic family's rule over Quebec attracted a large number of French, and even many French Americans moved to Quebec; On the other hand, before the territory was demarcated, all countries actively immigrated to Canada, and the British exiled millions of prisoners alone.

It is precisely because of these population bases that the British have been able to hold on to the present, but that's all, the Chinese army is facing mainly Canada's vast territory and backward transportation difficulties, and it is difficult for the British army to stop the Chinese army on the battlefield.

In North America, however, China has not yet carried out large-scale mobilization, and it is mainly the standing government troops and the main forces transferred from China to fight.

Once mobilized, a population of 70 million would be enough to arm an army of four or five million, and even if the United States entered the war, a United States with only the north would be defeated.

I believe that the Southern Union countries, which have gradually come out of the crisis, will be very interested in reunifying the United States, although it is divided into two countries, but the political system, the legal system, almost all the systems are similar, and the call for reunification is in both the North and the South, and after nearly ten years of separation, it is the northerners who are unwilling to reunify, and with the widespread bankruptcy of slavery in the South, the number of free blacks has reached four million, accounting for half of the entire number of blacks, and the South has been caricatured as a black country under the rule of a white elite.

The racists in the North are increasingly unable to accept the existence of blacks, especially after the Civil War, when millions of blacks poured into the North and began to live with these white masters, they excluded blacks, blacks could not survive, and as a result, law and order was chaotic, and they attributed this to the fact that blacks were an inferior race, and at the same time set off a black panic in the North. Several states in New England, the northernmost and most developed region, have even introduced laws prohibiting blacks from entering their territories. Once the South is unified, it means that there will be nearly 10 million more blacks in the United States, and how many of these people will run to the North is unacceptable to ordinary people.

The South doesn't matter, it has long been accustomed to the existence of blacks, even if the number of black freedmen is close to half, the other half of the blacks, those who live on the plantations, are gradually getting rid of slavery, on the one hand, there are cultural factors, the voice of abolitionists is getting louder and louder, on the other hand, there are economic factors, the entire slave plantation has begun to go bankrupt, slave labor has lost its living space, and it cannot compete with free farms, so some slave owners leave a few service black slaves, Some of the unskilled blacks signed off on their release.

For the South, unifying the North meant an increase in industrial power and an increase in the proportion of the population that was white.

Therefore, once the Northern Federation goes to war with China, the Southern Union will definitely take China's side and start a war with the North.

In this context, the Chinese ambassador to the United States issued an ultimatum to the US government, expressing three attitudes.

First, China does not recognize land purchases between Britain and the United States; Second, since China and Britain were at war, British North America was now a battlefield, and the Chinese army would strike at any armed forces that appeared here against the advance of the opposing army; Third, the United States is required to withdraw its troops from York (Toronto) and other places within 24 hours, otherwise China will be regarded as hostile acts, including but not limited to military action.

This ultimatum is quite reserved, because it does not directly mention the issue of declaring war, only that it will strike at the incoming US troops, but once there is a battle between the two sides, the war is not far off.

As Li Zhangtong thought, the Americans really just took advantage of the fire to rob and take advantage of the fire, but they were unwilling to burn their hands, but they could not give up easily, they spent a lot of money, although 100 million US dollars can be regarded as free aid to Britain, but it is also good to be able to exchange for something.

So the U.S. offered that they could withdraw their troops from the northern shore of the Great Lakes, but hoped that the Chinese army would not cross the Ottawa River.

The United States is very thoughtful in this proposal, and this can be regarded as expressing their bottom line to China, after all, the Chinese ambassador has given the United States an ultimatum, and the Americans do not dare to hide any purpose. The Chinese army was no more than the Ottawa River, which meant that the Americans were planning to seize British territory east of the Ottawa River, and as for the vast western part of Canada, they were ready to give it up.

The attitude of the United States was transmitted back to China, the crown prince was a little annoyed with the Americans, after the declaration of war on Britain, Canada and India had been written into the account book of his rule by the crown prince, and the Americans drew it plainly, and wanted to take a sum of money from his account book with 100 million US dollars, if the money was given to the crown prince, it was not impossible to consider, the key was that the United States gave this money to Britain, let Britain fight China, but took away the land of China, which is difficult for the crown prince to accept emotionally.

But Li Zhangtong suggested accepting the Americans' request.

He presented three reasons at the cabinet meeting, the Kingdom of Quebec, the St. Lawrence River and the British Navy!