In fact, before Davis was elected president and before he became president, he had secretly sent Richard Lyons, the British minister to the United States of America, to ask Britain to move its embassy to the south, or at least to establish a British embassy in the south, to facilitate diplomatic and trade affairs with the Confederate states. However, Richard Lyons excused the uprising in Britain and India and the rebellion in Ireland at home, and so on, so he did not have time to deal with this matter for the time being, but hinted that he would support and appreciate the free trade policy of the Union States.

Davis sent someone directly to ask for help from London, but he didn't get any news yet. However, he already had a vague sense that Britain was not in the mood for an ambiguous attitude, and that it would immediately interfere in the affairs of the American Federation and the Union, as he expected.

Today's visit from France and China is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity.

Next, because Davis was not good at business and trade negotiations, he was actually a military man by heart, so he asked Vice President Stephens and Secretary of State Robert Tooms to negotiate with Walewski and Peng Yulin on behalf of the Union State. He, on the other hand, went with the Secretary of War to discuss his plans to expand the regular army of the Confederate States and form a Confederate navy.

Alexander Stephens was a staunch supporter of slavery, and he hated most of all the tariff protection system of the American Union, which was dominated by northerners, which caused the southern slave states to suffer huge trade losses.

Secretary of State Robert Tooms is a Georgia Democrat who served as a senator and representative in the federal government.

Stephens noted that Valewski did not seem to be leading the negotiations, but rather the Oriental named Peng Yulin.

The other party spoke: "Mr. Stephens, Mr. Robert, this time our Chinese Empire and the French Empire will jointly help your country solve the dilemma of diplomacy and trade. First, as major countries in the world, our two countries are willing to take the lead in recognizing the legitimacy of your country's independence and openly establishing diplomatic relations with you. Secondly, our two countries will support your independence and, if necessary, be willing to provide the sale of arms and ammunition, as well as loans to your country at low interest rates. Thirdly, in return for the above two points, you should ensure that more than 80 per cent of the agricultural products produced by your country are sold to us, such as cotton, rice, tobacco, sugar cane, and livestock, and 20 per cent of the agricultural products produced by your country should be reserved for them, taking into account the consistent trade habits of your country with Great Britain. As for the price, it must not exceed the average price of last year. In addition, the industrial goods to be procured by your country shall be given priority to those of our two countries over those of Great Britain under the same conditions, and shall not be less than fifty per cent of the total amount per annum. ”

Stephens looked embarrassed and turned to look at Secretary of State Robert Tooms. The first two points put forward by the other party are naturally very willing, but the third condition is too harsh. You must know that these agricultural products of the Union countries have always been supplied to Britain as raw materials, and except for Britain, no country in the world has such a great ability to swallow them. If you force it to swallow, the price will definitely be depressed in disguise. Moreover, the most important thing is that the main raw material of the textile industry such as cotton, the Union countries, as the main supplier of the United Kingdom, once unilaterally reduce the supply, it will inevitably cause a huge impact on the entire world cotton market, and the impact on the United Kingdom is even greater, if they cannot find a replacement cotton supply, it will lead to huge losses. Therefore, Britain must be very angry, which is difficult for the Allied Powers to accept, which has always hoped for British recognition and support.

Robert Tooms also had an ugly face. In fact, he is mainly responsible for this negotiation, after all, he is the secretary of state for coordinating foreign relations. He shared the same sentiment with President Davis and most of the other cabinet members in the hope of maintaining better relations with Britain and gaining British support, but recently I had heard that the situation in Britain was somewhat volatile, with rebellions in India and Ireland, and even unemployed workers' revolts on the island of Great Britain, so Britain had no time to look overseas, let alone the Union Powers.

Now it seems that the French and Chinese countries came this time to clearly take advantage of Britain's preoccupation with themselves, and on the condition of supporting the Confederate Powers, to meddle in the foreign affairs and trade affairs of the Confederate Powers, and to replace Britain's trade monopoly in the Confederate States of America.

Thinking of this, Robert Toombs had no choice but to say with an embarrassed face: "Sir, General Peng, we are very grateful for your support and help to our country. China is also looking forward to all-round cooperation with the French Empire and the Chinese Empire. However, our states have trade agreements with the Kingdom of Great Britain and cannot unilaterally tear them up. I propose that the British envoys be invited to join us in the negotiations on this matter, so that we can cooperate in trade. ”

Stephens also hurriedly agreed: "Yes, our states have long had agreements with the United Kingdom, and the two sides have maintained friendly trade for decades, and the agreement cannot be dissolved for a while. Unless they voluntarily quit. ”

Valewski's face was not good-looking, and he snorted coldly: "You have to think carefully, we are full of sincerity." Miss it, and see who else in the world is willing to stand up and recognize your country. ”

Hearing this unkind tone, Robert Tooms didn't know what to do for a while, and his head turned sharply and said: "Sir, if we don't call the shots, we will provide fifty percent to you, and the other fifty percent will be reserved for England." And 80% of the industrial products purchased are purchased from your country, etc., how about it? ”

Valewski's face softened slightly, and he looked at Peng Yulin, waiting for his opinion.

Peng Yulin laughed and said, "Since your country is in trouble, then it is good to follow your country's proportion!" Follow-up details can be negotiated. ”

The atmosphere on both sides suddenly eased a lot. Next, Robert Tooms said on the spot that he was ready to order 12 warships from France for the formation of the naval fleet of the Allied States, which had always been strong. There have been other muskets, artillery ammunition, etc., and there are many of them. Robert Tooms also ordered a large number of military uniforms and cotton cloths, as well as hardware products and lamp oil, etc., from Huaguo, and naturally, as a payment for the goods, as well as the order for warships, could only be temporarily paid on credit.

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In a luxury hotel in Montmery, Shi Zhenji and Peng Yulin met in a secret room.

"Subordinate Shi Zhenji has seen Commander Peng!" Shi Zhenji gave a military salute to Peng Yulin and said respectfully. This unruly and unruly wise general in the army, who has always only served his brother Shi Dakai and no one else, after conquering Mexico and establishing New Mexico Province, admired Peng Yulin's military command like an arm, and his brilliant combat strategy, and became convinced.

"General Shi is hard!" Peng Yulin also returned a military salute and stepped forward to pat Shi Zhenji's shoulder.

"Commander Peng, Shi has come to report to you that Texas has basically been controlled by Shi Zhengao, the elder brother of the last general." Shi Zhenji began to report, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud: "We used the saying that the Indians and the Chinese have been one family since ancient times, and successfully persuaded the chiefs and subordinates of the Shiroki tribe, and then took advantage of the mentality of those slave owners in Texas who wanted to break away from the Northern Union, so that the Shiroki tribe and those plantation owners united, and successfully got rid of Houston, the governor of Texas, who was finally united, and supported his stupid son as the governor and acted as a puppet. The two regiments we led, with a total of more than 2,000 people, were mixed into the Indian tribal soldiers, and not only controlled the Indian tribes, but also controlled the entire southeastern part of the plains and rich areas, and basically controlled the whole of Texas. ”

"Good!" Peng Yulin nodded, "More than 2,000 soldiers are a bit too little, try to treat those Indians better, treat them as real compatriots, maybe you don't have to coerce them, you can let them return to their hearts, form a local armed force among them, and strengthen themselves." Plus, send another 3,000 troops from New Mexico to the Texas border, and get ready for anything! ”

"Subordinates obey!" Shi Zhenji replied simply, and after a while, he asked as if with some hesitation: "Commander Peng, my subordinates don't understand that the purpose of selling goods to this alliance country is to make money, why do you want to let them owe them on credit and pay low interest?" It's too much for them to take advantage of. ”

Peng Yulin smiled: "Don't just look at the present. I negotiated with Vallewski in France to lend money to the southern Confederate states, and when they were hooked, and when they borrowed more and more, and when they could not repay them, I could use this as an excuse to force them to mortgage all Texas and Kansas and other regions in the name of repaying their debts. When the time comes, it's not up to us! ”

Peng Yulin said: "The south has not yet started to fight with the north, but it should be soon." The detailed work planted by the Secret Service Department should be moved in the near future. We'll just have to wait and see. Chen Bing on the Texas border, but only prepared just in case. Our ultimate goal is to connect the entire western region of the United States, to connect the province of New Mexico with the western region, and then even the Pacific Ocean will become the inland sea of our Chinese empire. Moreover, this will be an excellent breeding and living place for my Chinese sons and daughters. No matter how bad it is, at least complete the task assigned by His Majesty, so that a large-scale civil war breaks out between the north and the south and weakens its strength. It would be better to support the Confederate States of the United States to prevail and occupy the entire American Federation. ”

Shi Zhenji couldn't help but be excited by the grand blueprint described by Peng Yulin, and his heart was surging: how big the Pacific Ocean was, he knew in his heart, it was the distance that the Pacific Fleet sailed for dozens of days. And this Pacific Ocean is only the inland sea of the Chinese Empire, what kind of mind and vision Your Majesty should have.