"That day, we left Saltwater ......"

Salt Water Port, as a city, was almost unknown to the Chinese people three years ago, and even among the domestic timber guilds, people had only heard of a large lumber company in North America that specialized in hardwoods such as oak...... There is no more understanding, after all, except for oak, which is a special material for shipbuilding, other fir wood, pine wood and other kinds of wood can be solved through the Yalu River, Binhai or Nanyang closer, and there is no need to import pine and fir from North America.

Naturally, people don't know that much about it, and certainly don't need to know about it. But three years ago, with the news newspapers about the battles in North America, especially the best-selling "Over the Mountains" describing the 167th Division's expedition to Canada, people first learned about this small city on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, and of course the wealth of the North American colonies.

But what brought the North American colonies into the world's attention was that after the war, in order to settle retired soldiers, a large-scale grant of land, every soldier who was willing to go to the North American colonies could get 1,200 acres of land and a resettlement loan of 300 yuan free of charge, compared with the generosity of the North American colonies, the soldiers went to the Oceania colonies but only 500 acres, and Africa only 400 acres. As a result, in just two years, the North American colonies attracted more than 300,000 ex-military personnel to settle down, and tens of millions of military personnel settled there.

And until now, in Saltwater, there are migrant ships coming here every day, but unlike other colonial immigrants, they come to Saltwater, not to immigrate here, but to have a way from Saltwater to another place.

"They're here to go to America!"

Looking at the immigrants from China waiting to enter the colony in the customs inspection, and looking at the faces full of eagerness, Sun Nanlin looked at Liu Guohua who had just come from China next to him and said.

"To the United States? Why? ”

Liu Guohua asked with some surprise, in his opinion, since these people came to the colony, they must have come to settle in the colony, not to the United States.

"Because in the United States, they only need to spend five dollars, which is five Chinese dollars, to get 160 acres of land, which is ...... Well, 960 acres of land, only 5 yuan! ”

Even as an officer, when Sun Nanlin mentioned this sentence, there was a taste of envy and jealousy in his tone, which seemed to be very enviable for him, after all, just because they only needed to spend 5 yuan to get so much land.

"What, you mean, that's true? When they go to the United States, can they really get a thousand acres of land? ”

Thinking of seeing the news when he was in China, Liu Guohua said in disbelief.

"Not so much, but it's almost ......"

Looking at those people whose eyes were full of longing for their future life, Sun Nanlin couldn't help but sigh.

"Many of them would go bankrupt and buy a ticket to the United States, and then they would buy a wagon or an ox cart at Salt Water, and they would march all the way east along the dangerous road in the mountains, and finally, they would enter the United States and establish their estates there......"

Suddenly, Sun Nanlin looked back at Liu Guohua and asked.

"Do you know what is the best business in Salt Water?"

His question made Liu Guohua hesitate for a moment, and then said.

"Carriage?"

"No, it's a gun! Because they will encounter all kinds of possible dangers on the way to immigration, the biggest danger is the Red Fan, that is, the Indians, in the past two years, 1 out of every 50 immigrants will be killed by the Red Fan, and their farms will also be attacked by the Indians......"

"Red fan? Native American? I remember mentioning in the newspapers that they hadn't basically been purged? ”

The North American colonies can be said to be merciless to the red fan, and have never had the slightest mercy because of the similar skin color, as long as there is a red fan attack on the immigrants, the army, the defense force will launch a bloody revenge, that kind of revenge has even been far beyond the scope of civilized countries, but the effect is extremely significant.

No one will sympathize with the natives, the core of colonial rule is "to be merciful to the natives, that is, to be cruel to the immigrants of their own country", as a country, the Chinese Empire is not responsible for those barbarians, has neither power nor obligation.

"That's in Canada, and there are still a lot of red fans in the United States, they will attack migrant convoys, kill men, rape women, take children as their slaves, and we have intelligence that there are at least more than 700 Chinese slaves in indigenous tribes like the Sioux, but ......"

Frowning in distress, Sun Nanlin said in a painful tone.

"We don't have the power to rescue them, because it's the United States, and our diaspora is being killed by savages, and our children are being enslaved by savages, but because it's another country, we can only watch it happen, so ......"

Pointing at those immigrants, Sun Nanlin said angrily.

"We have to teach them to shoot, to teach them to defend themselves, and for them, when they get out on that road, the only thing they can rely on is the revolver,"

As a soldier, he could not accept that the expatriates had been attacked, killed, and even taken into slavery in the United States, but he could not do anything about it, because those people had been naturalized as Americans, and from the moment they were naturalized, China no longer had a reason to protect them, at least in the name of protecting the diaspora.

Although it is a domestic policy to encourage immigration to the United States, immigrants have no choice but to naturalize in order to obtain land. But in any case, after all, they are his compatriots, and their veins are still flowing with the blood of the Chinese.

This sense of powerlessness made Sun Nanlin only feel the pain in his heart. As a soldier, he could only watch as thousands of his compatriots were killed by savages and children were taken into slavery. This kind of pain can only be experienced by military personnel.

The company commander's words made Liu Guohua ask in surprise

"What? How so, the government? What is the government doing? And the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? What is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs doing? ”

What is the government doing? When Liu Guohua made this question, thousands of kilometers away in Washington, D.C., in the Oval Office of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, facing Lincoln, he said in a serious and unquestionable tone.

"No country will accept the slaughter of its own people and do nothing, perhaps, they have been naturalized as Americans, but we must see that the fact that the United States government is powerless to protect them cannot be changed, according to the official data we have obtained from your country, in the past two years, the indigenous people of the west have launched more than 7,386 attacks on Chinese immigrants, resulting in more than 5,423 deaths, 12,141 injuries, and no less than 700 children being taken into slavery. How does the U.S. government protect them? Is this the protection that the U.S. government promises? ”

Facing Lincoln's gaze, Chen Lanbin did not immediately say his ultimate goal, but only protested to him, this is the first time he protested, he can't remember how many times, but almost every time, these Americans will always use the so-called "internal affairs" as an excuse, but now, this excuse is useless.

"Mr. Ambassador, Chinese immigrants have been attacked, white immigrants have also been attacked, the Red Fan has not discriminated against immigrants because of their skin color, we regret what happened to Chinese immigrants, but as we all know, this kind of attack has been happening continuously since North America first came into contact with the civilized world, in fact, the conflict between indigenous peoples and immigrants has never stopped, and your North American territories, don't this kind of things happen from time to time? For the natives, the land belonged to them, so they saw the settlers as invaders, of course, which was unacceptable, but the natives did not see it that way, and the attacks naturally took place......"

Lincoln explained with some helplessness that he was used to this kind of protest, that he had adapted to it, and that nothing seemed to be going on.

"How is the U.S. government going to handle this?"

Again, Chen Lanbin asked directly.

"We will send more mounted police to the western region......"

As always, there was no change in the answer, it was just a coping, and for Lincoln he was used to it.

"Two years ago, when the first attack happened, the answer I got was to send more mounted police!"

Looking at Lincoln, Chen Lanbin said bluntly.

"But what we're seeing is that in the west, your country's mounted police have not been able to stop the indigenous attacks on migrants!"

"Mr. Ambassador, you must know that the west is too vast for us to deploy mounted police everywhere!"

Lincoln's answer was that the number of mounted police was limited compared to the vastness of the West, and although he did send additional mounted police, the number was still very limited.

"Mr. President!"

In the face of Lincoln's answer, he said with a serious expression.

"How did we react to the first Red Fan Native attack on immigrants in the North American possessions? Our response, which is what any good government should do, is to do everything in its power to protect our taxpayers, and in just a year and a half, most of the North American territories have signed treaties and vowed never to attack our immigrants again! ”

You've almost turned the red fan there into history......

Siward, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but complain in his heart that it was common to see in American newspapers that the Chinese were chasing Hongfan, and their army could even pursue an indigenous tribe to the North Pole, and then execute all the adult men, apparently they were all participants in the attack.

When those tribes realized the decisiveness of the Chinese, no one dared to challenge them, so when the Chinese made them swear, almost no one would refuse, because everyone knew the price of refusal, and they even took the initiative to send their children to migrant settlements to be educated.

"But what we're seeing is that the U.S. hasn't been able to address the Indigenous threat to immigrants until now, and what is the reason for that? To be sure, Washington has never cared about his taxpayers, and compared to the constant killing of immigrants from the West, what we see is that your country uses a large number of troops to invade an independent country, and you would rather use your own army to invade a member of the civilized world than protect our immigrants, and now they are taxpayers of your country! Mr. President! ”

Lincoln was immediately aware of the crisis, especially when linking the attack from the West with the South, to which Seward responded almost immediately.

"Mr. Ambassador, please pay attention to the fact that the South is not an independent country, they are rebels in the United States!"

"Your Excellency, I would like to remind you of the fact that the Confederate States of America are diplomatic allies of the Chinese Empire!"

In the face of Xiward's reminder, Chen Lanbin said in an affirmative tone.

"We believe that the invasion of the Confederate States of America by the United States of America has seriously threatened world peace, and we have been calling for peace for two years, but what we need to see is that now your invasion of the Confederate States of America has not stopped because of our appeal, but has launched an invasion against the Confederate States of America in this calendar!"

Is this a strong argument? Of course not!

In Chen Lanbin's view, this is basically to show the United States China's attitude, China has spent two years to tell the Americans - for the sake of world peace, we hope that you will solve the problem through negotiations, but you do not take China's warning seriously at all, and now, since this is the case, then do not blame China for maintaining world peace.

"Your Excellency, what do you mean? Whether you are for the safety of the immigrants in the west or for the rebels in the south, we have always been opposed to your country's recognition of the rebels in the south, and our attitude is clear, the so-called "Confederate States of America" is an illegal regime composed of a group of rebels, and we will never recognize their legitimacy......"

When Lincoln tried to show the attitude of the U.S. government in a righteous and stern manner as in the past, Chen Lanbin met his gaze and said.

"Your Excellency, but this does not take the meaning of your country as a shift, as far as the recognition of your country by France during the War of Independence was not diverted by the will of Great Britain, and now the Confederate States of America are not only recognized by the Chinese Empire, but also by the French Empire, the Russian Empire, the British Empire and other European countries, they are internationally recognized independent countries!"

Having affirmed the legitimacy of the "Confederate States of America", he continued.

"For the past two years, we have been calling on the United States of America and the Confederate States of America to negotiate a settlement between the two countries, but it is regrettable that your country has been invading the Confederate States of America by force, and in order to encourage your country to turn its attention to where it is more needed, the Chinese Empire has decided to send peacekeeping troops to the Confederate States of America! At the same time, we will invite other European countries to form a peacekeeping force to resolve the current civil war in the United States......"

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