Although Augustus of the Roman Empire had offered to mediate the war between Britain and China, and had obtained the consent of the rulers of China and Britain, the flames of war throughout the United States were still raging. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ[.. Armistice negotiations are not the same as an immediate armistice! How could the Ming and Donghua, who had the upper hand on the battlefield, not take advantage of the current favorable situation to greatly expand the results of the war?

Of course, the Roman (Mexican) legions, having completed their mission, have quietly withdrawn from the battlefield and returned to the territory of the Kingdom of New France. Mathilde herself returned to Mexico City as a victor – an almost unsolicited act of war that was undoubtedly a lucrative venture for the Kingdom of Mexico.

After some bargaining with Napoleon IV, the Kingdom of Mexico was to exchange the land of the British-American Empire for Florida in New France. This state was once a Spanish colony, and there are still many Hispanics living there, and it is relatively easy to "digest" by the Kingdom of Mexico.

The opposite of the jubilant scene now in the capital of Mexico, which has once again won over the United States. New York, the capital of the United States, which is likely to be completely destroyed by another fiasco, is naturally cold and desolate at this time.

The lively scenes of several send-off of the American troops seemed to be right in front of us, and there were still slogans and mobilization pictures posted on the streets at that time, but they had faded slightly. But the news of the fiasco came one after another, and finally there was even news that they were ready to cede land and sue for peace! Enraged by the defeat and defeat at the front, the New York working class staged street protests, only to be met with brigades of British troops under martial law! All of them are heavily armed and patrol the streets of New York.

That's when everyone realized. The United States, once at its peak in the New World, will soon be history! The British Empire, which was also the vanquished, will soon be the master of more than 20 million Americans!

As if to remind the American people that they are going to die. The rationing system for the goods of the people in the large cities of the northeastern United States became extremely strict from the end of 1876. All sorts of meats have all but disappeared from the table of the average American. The supply of butter and bread is also woefully inadequate. There is no way to fill people's bellies - by American standards, of course.

While eating became a problem, two major crises of unemployment and dollar depreciation followed! American industry, which had flourished because of the war, has now fallen from the clouds because of the defeat of the war - the war has now reached the Great Lakes and the southwestern foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, and the iron ore mines of Minnesota and the coal mines of West Virginia have all ceased production! Agricultural products from the Central Great Plains and parts of the South are also unable to be shipped to the industrial cities of the Northeast United States. A large number of factories are unable to operate because they have lost steel, coal, cotton, and a variety of other raw materials.

At the gates of the factories where they were able to open, there were long queues of job-seekers, many of whom had fled the fallen Central Great Plains and the Great Lakes to big cities like New York and Philadelphia in the past two months. Most of them are women and the elderly, who have almost nothing and are willing to accept the minimum wage.

There are also many young girls who are willing to sell their bodies for a full meal. But few people are interested. Because in a big city like New York. The ratio of men to women is now completely out of balance. Most of the young men went to war, either killed or captured. Young American girls and pretty young American wives are in huge oversupply......

So the girls who wanted to sell their bodies to eat were eventually forced back to the factory or the door of the workhouse where the food was given to them, and they lined up in a long line with other desperate people under the watchful eye of British GIs carrying rifles. Wait for a job offer that may never come along or a small slice of bread that will sustain life.

But as soon as the grim-faced British GIs walked away from the people for a moment, men who were clearly not yet conscription age or were over age came out of nowhere and began to distribute leaflets. They also handed out leaflets and shouted slogans.

"America needs you!"

"America has reached its most dangerous time!"

"Please fight for the people of America!"

As for the leaflets, they were all about attacking the American bourgeoisie and British imperialism in power! The war was waged and defeated by them, and now they want to betray the interests of the American people to curry favor with the Chinese aggressors in exchange for a humiliating peace!

There were also leaflets exposing the plot of British imperialism to annex the United States and turn it back into a British colony! Oh. This is no longer a conspiracy, but a reality that is clearly placed in front of everyone! The British bayonets were already on the backbone of the Americans. Hundreds of thousands of British troops have marched into the cities of the northeastern United States, large and small, and have begun to impose military control! Isn't this a precursor to turning the United States into a colony?

After seeing these alarmist flyers, look at the reality in front of you. All kinds of discontent are flying in the streets and alleys of major cities in the northeastern United States.

"This war must be a British plot to destroy America! We Americans are so stupid to believe in the British ......"

"The English don't have a good thing, when we had a famine in Ireland and starved so many people to death, Queen Victoria only gave 1,000 pounds in relief, and even didn't allow the Turkish Sultan's grain ship to dock! They England are bent on starving us Irish! ”

"Now it's the turn of the Americans to starve! With such a small food ration, the British must have wanted to starve us...... Starve us all to death, and they will occupy the land forever! ”

"That's right, it must be like this! They sent our husbands and children to death on the battlefield, and then starved us to death, these English devils! ”

"Have you heard? The last North American war was actually instigated by the British behind the scenes! The current disasters in our United States are all caused by the British......"

"These demons! What are we going to do? Shall they let us all starve to death? ”

"Struggle! Fight with them! We have guns in our hands, and our American nation is a fighting nation, even the elderly, children, and women can fight! ”

"That's right! Fight with them! Drive them out of America, out of North America! ”

Henry. Bush's carriage traveled through Long Island and half of Manhattan in the hustle and bustle of New York City to attend an emergency meeting of the Army Command in New York's Central Park. The leaflets distributed by the American Workers' Association, and all sorts of rumours against Great Britain, were all known to the British-American Prime Minister! But nothing can be done. The defeat of the war is already a foregone conclusion.

Although Castis. Admiral Lee and William. Admiral Sherman was still desperately urging his troops to resist. However, it had little effect, and because the rear roads were copied, the troops on the front line fell into a predicament of isolation and helplessness, ammunition and supplies were exhausted, and morale was extremely low. Large numbers of troops were either surrounded or crushed at the touch of a button. The British army, which still had considerable combat effectiveness, refused to go to the front line, but stationed in large and medium-sized cities in the northeastern United States...... What the hell is the idea, even a fool can see it!

More to make Henry. Bush was outraged that the British had repeatedly refused to provide large loans to the United States to buy grain to maintain domestic supplies. The reason is that the British government is also facing a serious financial crisis, and there is no money to lend - well, Britain has spent a lot of money on the war in the past two years, and there is no money. But the Roman Empire was rich! Gold francs and silver pesos are now international hard currency! With British international credit, you can always borrow a lot of life-saving money, right? If we don't have enough to feed the more than one million or two million gun-wielding mobs gathered here in New York, who knows what will happen next!

"Mr. Prime Minister, there is now an influx of refugees into New York, most of whom have neither property nor jobs, and are only able to survive on a small handout!"

The first thing that was discussed at the Army Command had little to do with the ongoing war. General Tess, commander-in-chief of the British-American Imperial Army, said to Bush with an urgent report from the New York Garrison Command.

"It is estimated that New York's population will exceed 2 million in January next year! At least 1.5 million of them depend on government handouts, and 2 million pounds of flour are distributed every day, so the Army's warehouses will be at the bottom......

"Got it!" Bush said coldly, "The administration is raising funds for wheat imports. ”

Taysage shook his head, "Mr. Prime Minister, it's not just about wheat, it's about gun control!" Almost everyone in New York had a gun! This caused great difficulty in the security of New York, with robbers and thieves with guns in their hands...... Many British soldiers on official duty were shot and killed while they were hunting for thieves and maintaining law and order! ”

"So what to do?"

"There should be strict gun control!" Taysage frowned, "The guns of the people must be confiscated, otherwise there will be chaos." ”

Henry. Bush glanced at Tysphil coldly, was silent for a long time, and snorted: "Okay, then you can go and confiscate civilian guns." Isn't New York under martial law right now? The seizure of firearms does not require an order from parliament and a civil government, does it? ”

Tess breathed a sigh of relief, he had thought that Bush would oppose the seizure of civilian guns -- as far as he knew, Americans cared a lot about the power of guns. However, there is no way to collect the guns now, after all, there are less than 50,000 British troops stationed in New York City, and the number of Americans with guns is about to reach 2 million, and if these people are really instigated by the "anarchists", the 50,000 British troops stationed in the garrison will suffer heavy casualties. (To be continued.) )