Tomorrow is 515, the anniversary of the starting point, and the day with the most benefits. In addition to the gift bag and school bag, this time's "515 Red Envelope Flip" must be seen, how can there be a reason not to grab the red envelope, set the alarm clock high~

White House.

"General Grant, what do you think about this? What do you think of Guo Ye? ”

Lincoln asked lightly.

Grant's expression froze for a moment, and he replied in a deep voice: "Mr. President, in my opinion, why do we insist on starting this civil war? Even if the Southern Confederacy did not take the initiative to provoke, we would have launched it, why? And not because of the problem of slaves? Life, liberty, and dignity are given by God to everyone, and none of us has the right to abuse slaves wantonly, let alone free laborers. If we keep saying that we want to emancipate slaves, and there are slaves and the abuse of foreign laborers in the controlled areas of the North, and even in the whole of America, I think it is a shame for us, at least I think! ”

Lincoln nodded and sighed, "Why don't I think so in my heart?" Moreover, promoting the emancipation of slaves is the trend of the times and the inevitable choice for the development of human civilization, but we are not only facing slave owners, but also the natural contempt and hostility of Caucasian people for colored people......

Grant nodded silently, what Mr. President said was true, some people were willing to support the emancipation movement, but when it came to their own interests. But there is dodging and dodging. Shilly-shally. What's more, they have directly joined the camp of the opponents!

Grant said helplessly: "Mr. President, let's take a step at a time, you also said that emancipating slaves is the general trend, there will always be before, our ideals will be realized, but." The matter in Richmond, we must solve it quickly, Colt and McMullen's telegram, you have also read, if this matter causes Guo Ye to fall into trouble with us, or even let him fall to the Confederate government, it will bring us immeasurable consequences......"

Lincoln then asked, "Then what do you think of Guo Ye?" ”

Grant hesitated for a moment and replied, "I have to say that Guo Ye is a genius general, and his military talent. I'm afraid it can be compared with Napoleon back then, as we all know. The Qing army is not vulnerable at all, but in his hands, in just two or three years, he has built an army that can stand out from the crowd, and this alone can show how remarkable his military talent is, and if it can fully join our camp and assist me in commanding this war, I think we will have a much better chance of victory. ”

"So you say, if we pull it into American nationality and make him an American, what do you think? After all, talent is rare......"

Lincoln's mind is really shrewd, and when Guo Ye made such a big move, he was still thinking about digging out the corners of the Qing Kingdom and making Guo Ye an American! It's really the true character of a hero.

Grant shook his head with a wry smile and replied, "Mr. President, if you can pull him into American citizenship, then I am willing to give him the position of commander-in-chief!" However, this is impossible, whether it is Colt or Hua Ruohan, he has mentioned Guo Ye to me more than once, this guy is an out-and-out nationalist, for the interests of his family and country, he can make any sacrifices, his short-term personality determines his narrow national view, he will never join the American nationality......"

Lincoln also smiled bitterly, if he is a genius in science and technology, as long as he comes up with enough benefits, he can lure him to the United States, but for an iron-blooded general and a politician, this is absolutely impossible, and there is no interest that can induce them to give up their national interests!

Grant continued: "Let's not talk about the rest, now that Guo Ye has made a request, he wants the two of us to rush to Richmond for a meeting with him, presumably he already has further plans in mind." ”

"Both of us going to Richmond?"

Lincoln frowned, the two most important people in the entire federal government went to Richmond together, so what about Washington? Moreover, Guo Ye is only a special envoy of the Qing State after all, and it is really a bit off the frame to compare the emperor of the Qing State and let himself, the president of the United States, go to Richmond for a meeting!

Grant smiled bitterly: "Mr. President, now that Guo Ye is completely on the moral standing, what else can we do?" And he still has one of the most powerful troops in the whole of America, and even the army that can influence the direction of the entire war, you say, do we still have a choice? For the sake of the victory of the civil war and the reunification of the country, I think that this trip to Richmond is inevitable, and perhaps, if we go through it together, we will have unexpected effects......"

Lincoln's eyes lit up, yes, Grant's words reminded him, maybe this is really the case, a president, a commander-in-chief, going to Richmond, this can satisfy the greatest vanity in Guo Ye's heart, this is a great honor, maybe it can be further supported by Guo Ye more firmly.

Grant continued: "Moreover, now we are with a knife on our necks, Mr. President, now that Guo Ye is even going to fall to the Confederate and send the occupation of Richmond to the Southern government, we have no choice, in case Guo Ye really changes face, then the price we pay ......"

Lincoln's heart sank, and he immediately smiled: "Grant, you are too worried, Guo Ye is a smart man, this is just a way for him to put pressure on me, to the Confederate government?" What can the Confederate government in the South give him? The Confederate government did not have the developed industry he wanted, nor did it have the huge amount of financial capital he wanted, and the worst thing was that the slave owners in the south were even more unlikely to give freedom to the Chinese workers in the future. Then he has only one way to go by cooperating with us! ”

Grant's heart was shocked, the president deserves to be the president, he sees it far-reaching than himself, but he didn't see this step.

Lincoln continued: "However, this time, Guo Ye's face, it seems that the two of us must give it, at least in this way to eliminate the mustard between the two sides, so that we can get Guo Ye's greatest help, but I heard that Colt's arms company still has half of his shares, and he has a huge say in the arms company, so we can't help but have a good relationship with him......"

PS.5.15 "Starting Point" is raining red envelopes! Starting at 12 noon, grab a round every hour, and a large wave of 515 red envelopes depends on luck. You all go and grab it, and the starting coins you grabbed continue to subscribe to my chapters! (To be continued.) )