The demarcation map that Chu Baicha took out almost immediately aroused the opposition of a delegate to the Continental Congress. The Continental Congress at this time was somewhat similar www.biquge.info the Senate of the United States of America, in that the members were elected from each week, not on the basis of a specific population.

The objection was raised by the representative of the Georgian colony, Lyman. Howl, a former physician by profession, and like many members of the Continental Congress, these delegates were not career politicians, had legitimate jobs of their own, and generally enjoyed prestige in their places of residence. Naturally, the prestige of a life-saving doctor and a trouble-solving lawyer is more likely to be accomplished, which is not difficult to explain why these two professions have since become the most sought-after high-paying and high-status professions in American society, and at the same time become high-probability professions produced by politicians.

Hal grabbed the boundary survey map in his hand and spoke loudly: "Honorable envoy of the Tang Dynasty, I have objections to this demarcation, this map gives South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and other colonies to continue to expand westward, but we in Georgia are completely confined to it, which is unfair to Georgia." ”

As soon as his voice fell, next to the representative of South Carolina, Thomas Murphy. Lynch said: "Mr. Hal, please note that it is unlikely that we will expand westward in South Carolina, but I don't think it's something to complain about, take your Georgia, for example, the population is only about twenty or thirty thousand, and it is concentrated in the area near South Carolina, and a large area of land in the south and west is uninhabited, and there are a large number of Indians near the Appalachian Mountains on the west side. Georgia doesn't have the strength to drive them all away. So the demarcation of the border did not harm the interests of Georgia. Isn't it? ”

Hancock, chairman of the Continental Congress, said: "There is no point in discussing this part of the land west of the 1763 Proclamation Line to the Mississippi River until we have fully fought for independence, and I believe that no state has the ability to drive out the British alone, and that it is the sphere of influence of the Indians, and that private colonization may be disputed." Mr. Hal, I believe that the Tang Republic has no ill will or restraint towards Georgia, and that Georgia's development would obviously be beneficial if it could win the help of its friends in the Tang Kingdom. ”

When Hal saw that the other delegates at the Continental Congress had no intention of speaking for him. Because this is not the interest of their colony, and in essence, as Lynch, the representative of South Carolina, said, most of the delegates do not think that Georgia's interests are damaged, but that Georgia is asking for something other than theirs, and naturally will not support it.

After all, the doctor Hal is not a professional politician, in fact, after the war, the representative of Georgia resigned after serving as governor of Georgia for only one year to continue to practice medicine, and his mind is not at all on the path of politics, arguing is not his strong point, and Georgia is indeed not capable of touching the land of the Indians in the west. So Hal had to keep his mouth shut, expressing his acquiescence to the survey.

In fact, almost all the delegates to the Continental Congress will be somewhat dissatisfied with Datang's attempt to seize 440,000 square kilometers of land. But they had no choice, the Tang Dynasty had the ability to seize this land, and the Tang Dynasty also "mercifully" helped them drive out the British and end the colonial rule that was not conducive to the development of the colony. Therefore, the deputies are very realistic, they can't avoid Datang's existence in the south from now on, so it is better to simply admit it in exchange for Datang to invest more strength to support them.

Chu Bai saw that the Continental Conference seemed to have chosen to compromise, and the corners of his mouth rose up, feeling very satisfied. This was actually expected, and the Continental Congress had no choice.

Adams and Jefferson experienced something else in this survey map, to talk about the topography and hydrology of the North American continent, they themselves did not know much, where there are rivers, how long, where they are going, the direction and altitude of the mountains, the habitat of the Indians, maybe the British still have some concepts, but there is relatively little information on the side of the Continental Congress.

But the boundary survey map thrown by Chu Bai made Adams feel the pressure, the Tang people lived on the west coast of the mainland, but they knew the situation of the entire North American continent very well, and the accuracy of this boundary survey map was dozens of times that of the map that the Continental Congress now mastered. They didn't know that accurate maps belonged to the welfare of travel, and they could only take it for granted that the Tang people had already explored the North American continent, so they could grasp so much precious information. This can't help but make people even more worried, but they have nothing to do except admit the occupation of the Tang Dynasty.

After some detailed deliberations, the Continental Congress finally signed a secret treaty with the Tang Republic, under which the United States would recognize the Tang Dynasty's sovereignty over the entire area east of the Mississippi River, south of the Tennessee River, and the Florida Peninsula, and at the same time, the Tang Dynasty would also recognize the United States' control over the area south of the Great Lakes, west of the Appalachian Mountains, and east of the Mississippi River.

What is more tragic is that Britain, as the current owner of these two regions, did not even know about it, and a large area of land was premeditated and annexed by two countries with malicious intentions towards her.

Chu Bai signed his name on the secret treaty, which was an important "Philadelphia Agreement" in later history, which legally divided the sovereignty of the land on the East Coast, and also became an important document for later Americans to spurn the perfidy of the Tang people. So far, however, both countries have been very happy with the agreement.

Chu Bai can be regarded as having completed his biggest diplomatic mission to the United States this time, and the next step is to see the expeditionary force fight with real swords and guns to seize the 440,000 square kilometers of land. Chu Bai's main task next would be to coordinate the relationship between the Tang Expeditionary Force and the Continental Congress, and to obtain the necessary conditions and assistance for the various operations of the expeditionary force.

That is, a week after Chu Bai signed the "Philadelphia Agreement", the Datang Navy cruiser Yangwei and the frigate Li Wenzhong escorted the army units of the Datang Expeditionary Force to approach the Florida city of Pensacola on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico.

Liu Fangwu, commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, was engrossed in the first battle he commanded as the supreme commander since he changed his identity and became a soldier of the Tang Dynasty. As the capital of British West Florida, Pensacola has a large number of British garrisons, and the 16th Infantry Regiment of the British Army is the main force here, with a total number of about 2,000 people, which is equivalent to the number of the Tang Expeditionary Force.

It's just that according to the combat power algorithm of the Datang Ministry of Defense, even if there are fortifications such as fortresses and an approximate number of people, the British army is still only a fraction of the combat power of the expeditionary force. (To be continued.) )