Zhu Mian let go of all his ambitions, and suddenly felt that he was really old, this night he actually had a dream when he was a child, dreaming of those old people in his hometown, I don't know how many are still alive now, he really wants to return to his hometown.

The next day on the dock he was invited to watch the army drill, this time Zhu Li was a little lucky, in the face of the emperor's army, he felt that he was really powerless to fight, just like Huang Qiu also said, the soldiers he saw yesterday were just ordinary soldiers, because 100,000 people were almost carved out of a mold, the movements were neat and uniform, and the momentum on his body was really angry, and that kind of awe-inspiring murderous aura was by no means something that could be trained by training.

With such an army, even if all his sons support him, Zhu Mian feels that he can't win.

After letting go of his ambition and thinking about the matter, he was faintly grateful to the unruly general, if he hadn't stopped him yesterday, maybe it would have been irretrievable by now. Although he didn't know whether the general meant it or the prince's instructions, he always helped himself once, and he wrote down this favor. If it is the meaning of the crown prince, it is even better, which shows that the royal family does not want to slaughter heroes, and in this way to protect themselves, compared to being a prince of peace after returning to China.

He has also noticed in recent years that the small life of Li Weikang, the king of Nanyue, is quite nourishing, and there are no restrictions on access in Beiping and the capital, and there are 150,000 yuan of money every year, which is not a light treatment, because the annual expenses of the emperor's house are 200,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to 10,000 taels of gold now.

These are the statutes of the First Prince. And Le Weikang's family is not short of this money, when he was the king of South Vietnam, although he did not have any real power in Vietnam, he bought a lot of barren land and found someone to reclaim it, and now there are 100,000 acres of fertile land in the Red River Delta area, and the emperor has not moved these fields.

There is no shortage of land in the Americas, and Zhu Lian is not an honest man, these people seek more personal interests. The American Company is a commercial company, and there is a board of directors on it, but the Zhu family holds most of the shares, and once the company's assets are liquidated, the Zhu family's assets will only be more. Moreover, Zhu Li has long privately occupied a large amount of gold mines and other assets through various projects, and the wharf, port, shipyard, and arsenal may not be able to be preserved, but it is still possible to keep the fields and minerals. Those gold mines were enough to ensure the glory and wealth of his Zhu family for several lifetimes.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that it was not a loss, after all, if there was no support from the emperor, where he had the current foundation, he might have been suppressed by the Qing army. The emperor did not give up, and vigorously supported him to open up in the Americas, and it was all for the emperor to open up, and the articles of association of the American company clearly stated that the emperor was the supreme owner of the land, not him Zhu Li.

After the connection, Zhu Lian honestly cooperated, and China's integration of the Americas was very smooth. The concessions of the American Company were withdrawn by the imperial court, and all public and private properties were liquidated by the Ministry of Households.

Zhu Lian competed for the official position of Governor of the Americas for Changfang, and Zhu Fuhai continued to replace Zhu Li as Governor of the Americas; This is the official position of the imperial court, and the real position is greater than that of the governor of Liangguang. It is no different from the governor of the country in terms of power, and of course the same as the governor of the country, he has no military power.

Changfang became the governor and led the provinces of the Americas, so the second strongest second room, one son became the governor of Jinshan Province and the other son became the governor of Gehe Province, and the total strength can still compete with the governor. The province of Mt. Kinzan, named after the city of Mt. Kinzan, encompasses Upper and Lower California, north to the Upper Sacramento River Mountains, and south to the Baja California Peninsula; The province of the Goe River was established from the former colony of the Columbia River Basin, and the Columbia River, a river named after the Americans, was officially renamed the more Chinese Ge River. Gehe Province is bounded by the Ge River, and from the Ge River to the south to the border of Jinshan Province, it is the jurisdiction of Gehe Province; To the north of the Ge River, they were all under the jurisdiction of the newly established Scarlet Province, and the governor was the son of Sanfang.

This method of dividing power according to strength is simply a division of spoils, but this is politics. Use administrative power in exchange for military power in their hands, and bloodshed in the province.

The weakest four and fifth rooms became the most frustrated. The choice of these two rooms is different, the fourth room chooses to attach to the big room and seeks a position through Zhu Fuhai, and the fifth room chooses to return to China with Zhu Hui, which is very big, because Zhu Li still has the king of the Americas on his head.

The integration of the local government was also smooth, Zhu Li deliberately set an example in the country, in addition to not daring to open the imperial examination, he built a number of schools, and used these schools to help him train officials. But there is always a feeling of unjustifiable in the hearts of these officials, most of the officials are down-and-out scholars in China, and it is naturally good to be officials, but there is always a knot of inferiority, now that the crown prince is here, according to the domestic grade, everyone has set a position, and the sense of frustration disappears immediately. Moreover, some scholars came to the Americas with the purpose of making a fortune after losing their careers, and now they have been recognized by different grades, and they are also told that it is possible to become officials in China, and they are immediately ecstatic, and it will be justified if they are transferred back to China.

Of course, Zhu Li's official government is still very rough, after all, it can't be compared with the domestic talent reserve, so with the crown prince, there are a large number of capable grassroots officials, all of whom were born in the formal imperial examination, after school training, after two or three years of training in the local government, the older ones are in their thirties, and the younger ones are in their twenties. Rather, it is a strong official who has already achieved political achievements in certain fields. But such officials are often in high spirits, holding back their strength to climb up, and when they are transferred to the Americas, it is easy to discourage their enterprising spirit and make them think that they have been exiled.

Therefore, the crown prince promised them that one year in the Americas, according to the domestic two years, normal officials are generally assessed every two years, called Dabi, and the assessment results are divided into upper, middle and lower grades, and they are here once a year, which means that the speed of promotion is twice that of China.

The staffing was already effective, coupled with the cooperation of the Zhu family, and the support of the officials selected by the Zhu family, the government agencies of the three provinces in the Americas were perfected in a short period of time, and it was only three months since the crown prince landed in the Americas.

As soon as these things were done, the Americans on the other side of the Americas arrived, and they sent a professional diplomatic team to negotiate with the crown prince.

After the conclusion of the Nanking Peace Conference, the US representatives failed to negotiate with the Chinese Government, and the Chinese Imperial Court told them that all American affairs had been handed over to the crown prince himself, and asked the Americans to personally negotiate with the crown prince in the Americas, and it was up to the crown prince to decide whether to make war or peace.

The American representatives immediately sent a message to China, asking them to form a team to negotiate with the crown prince on the west coast of the Americas, and told them to hurry up, because the crown prince brought 100,000 troops, which were 100,000 veterans of the battle against Britain and the Ottoman Empire on the battlefield in Crimea, and their combat effectiveness was quite strong.

The U.S. government did not dare to slack off, they were in great trouble now, Britain and Prussia had sent troops, troops had landed in the British colonies, recaptured Ottawa, and fought fiercely with Napoleon's empire in the vicinity of Quebec. Was it so easy for Prussia to send troops? The United States heard that the British had given Prussia very large benefits, and seemed to be preparing to transfer the territory of the French-speaking territories ruled by Napoleon to Prussia after the war.

Gone a Napoleon, came a militaristic Prussia, the Americans were worried. Napoleon stayed in Quebec for more than a year, and the French in the United States lost hundreds of thousands, and now that Prussia is coming, I am afraid that the Germans will have to lose a lot. This is an imminent question, and the long-term threat is what impact will the entry of Prussia, a great power of the German Empire, into North America affect the position of the United States.

Before that, the United States was undoubtedly the largest power in North America, at least in the eastern part of North America, and the British were very indifferent to the domination of Canada. If Prussia comes, how long will the United States, the number one power, hold its place? Moreover, Britain is still lobbying Austria, and the Austrians are also waiting, if they see the possibility of defeating Napoleon, it is difficult to guarantee that Austria will not come to get a piece of the pie, Austria is coming, will France sit idly by, if France also comes, then there will be three major European powers in the north of the United States, Britain, France and Prussia, and then the position of the United States will be even more embarrassing.

With the development of navigation technology, the Atlantic Ocean is no longer a natural hazard, and through the Atlantic, the east coast of the United States is even more convenient to connect with Europe than with their western regions, which means that the distance between the United States and Europe is closer than ever. The future will get closer and closer, and the introduction of too many European forces will be too dangerous for the United States in the long run.

So the policy of the Americans was to resolutely oppose the entry of European powers into the North American region. The British, however, did not think so, they had been oppressed by the United States in North America, and they were always worried that they would not be able to keep Canada, and that Britain would be able to share the pressure by introducing Prussia, a good thug. As for the French-speaking areas ceded to Prussia, they were already incompatible with the English territories and were full of rebellion, but now as soon as Napoleon came, they immediately took refuge in Napoleon, and Britain had lost patience to assimilate the French-speaking areas. When it comes to throwing the burden of the French-speaking Quarter, it doesn't matter whether it throws Prussia alone or several countries.

So now it is no longer a question of whether the United States will annex Canada, but whether the United States can guarantee its own geographical security, but the risk of war with the British Empire is too great, and there is a China behind it, and even the army has been sent. The United States does not dare to fight on both sides, and their core interests are in the eastern region, where the western region has great potential, while the eastern region has already been developed.

So the west gives in, and the east must hold on.

However, this concession cannot be made in accordance with China's demands, and there is no bottom line, and the land that the United States has developed must be in the hands of the Americans, and this is the bottom line of the United States.

They argued that the Lower Mississippi River delta, primarily Louisiana, must be placed under U.S. jurisdiction. Concessions can be made in the central region, with the two sides bordered by the Mississippi River. In the Northeast (Northeast America, Great Lakes location) the United States must be given a buffer.

Through intense negotiations, the Americans basically achieved their goal, they thought that they had won a diplomatic victory, preventing the 100,000 Chinese troops, and the 100,000 troops of the American Company from fully preparing offensive operations against the western part of the United States, but in fact they did not know that these troops were not aimed at the United States at all, but were there to ensure the reform of the county system in the Americas.

At the same time, the Americans also succeeded in reaching an agreement with China, and the two sides formed an alliance against Britain in North America, which is why this diplomatic achievement was regarded as a victory.