The town hall, where the members of the decision-making committee had once again gathered, and the appearance of the Spanish ships forced the people to put aside their work to discuss this important issue. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoPaiknam also attended the meeting as a person who spoke with Pérez in steel. He is now basically a member of the committee who is not a member of the committee, and although he does not have the right to vote, he influences the decision-making of the decision-making committee.

Zhao Daling held his big teacup and said leisurely: "Let's talk about this matter, the outside world started contact earlier than we imagined, this time the Spanish expedition ship arrived at our colony and even attacked, which shows that this world is full of unfriendly to us, conflicts are happening all the time, how to deal with all this, you need to work together." ”

Zheng He has made up all kinds of knowledge since this time, from the modern people's geographical knowledge, industrial base, political and historical trends, although he can not be regarded as proficient, but also has some understanding, he said: "Although Spain is one of the colonial powers at this time, the last empire on which the sun never sets, but its strength has begun to decline, and it has suffered defeats in Europe. With Spain's national strength, it is impossible to raise tens of thousands of elite troops, cross the entire Atlantic, and then bypass the Strait of Magellan in South America, sail to the west coast of North America to attack us, our geographical position is actually unique, and we do not face any serious direct threat, so even if one or two Spanish ships come to us, there is nothing to fear. ”

Liu Tian was even more of a strong spirit of revolutionary optimism, he said with a smile: "Even if the king of Spain named Carlos III sent 35,000 Spanish soldiers, it was nothing more than a live target lined up to be shot. As for the Spanish navy, hehe, not to mention that the naval power of Spain is no longer comparable to that of the British Royal Navy, even in the era of the Invincible Armada, it is not worth mentioning to us. We have the ability to quickly arm ships with firepower, protection, and speed far beyond the sail warships of this era, plus the White Shark, which is almost invincible at sea, and the final outcome of many Spanish warships is indistinguishable, and they will all become sawdust and debris. ”

At this time, he didn't like to talk much, but when he spoke, he always didn't talk shockingly, and when the colony was still busy building, Captain Deng Xiyi, who began to plan to build a world-class navy, said: "The threat of force from Spain and even other European countries has not been a problem for us from the beginning, just as Commissar Zheng and Political Commissar Liu said, we have the advantages of geographical location and military science and technology, which makes it possible for no modern power to form a fatal blow to us under the current conditions." But that doesn't mean we don't take it seriously. On the contrary, how to position ourselves and how to integrate and participate in the world is what we really need to discuss. ”

All the people in this room are more intelligent people, and no one would say that it is easy and easy to live by closing off the tiny Los Angeles colony from contact with the outside world. Even if their generation can live without incident, their descendants will have to come into contact with the outside world as the times progress. And the stronger Western powers are likely to be able to pose a threat to the Los Angeles colony.

Moreover, many people here have a lot of ambitions, and it is definitely tempting to make a career and leave a name in history. The Los Angeles colony has technology ahead of its time, a deeper understanding of the planet's resources and knowledge, and a sense of history. These are all huge advantages of the colony points, and it is not a problem to make good use of them, even with today's 130,000 people, to create an incomparably powerful empire.

Zhao Daling bowed his head lightly and said: "We have been in this time and space for a while, and now we can be regarded as having come into contact with the world other than Los Angeles, first of all, what is the origin of those of us who suddenly appeared in this land, and how should we call ourselves?" ”

Yao Weichun muttered: "I think that no matter what we say, what we say is from the future, or from other time and space, it must be undesirable. It is true that we have great strength to protect us, but it is not necessarily shared equally among each of our ordinary people. First, the knowledge and technology we possess can become the object of coveting by others, and if each of us may have some very useful knowledge, then our citizens abroad are too dangerous! In addition, the identity of a visitor from another time and space, on the one hand, may be difficult to be trusted by the people of this era, causing more trouble, and on the other hand, it may also cause a sense of alienation. It has brought difficulties to our communication and activities with other peoples. ”

Xue Yue immediately expressed his disagreement: "Our own superior technology, even if we don't say that we are from a different time and space, will also arouse the covetousness of other countries, and those people in Western countries, the faces of our Orientals, a sense of alienation is inevitable, and even they themselves have a sense of alienation." ”

His words are a bit nonsense and more real, everyone will not take it too seriously, the great eunuch of the Ming Dynasty Wang Jinghong said: "If the name is not right, it is not good, we are of Chinese Miao descent, this kind of thing is easy to verify, yellow skin and black hair, speaking Chinese and writing square characters, so I can only be from the Central Plains." I think it can be claimed that we are the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, who have been living in exile overseas, and now we have discovered the American continent and are convenient for settling here. ”

Liu Tian raised his eyebrows and said, "What does Commissar Wang mean, let's pull up the banner of the Ming Dynasty and directly call ourselves Mingren?" ”

Zheng He also said: "Why not? ”

Obviously, Zheng He and Wang Jinghong have selfish intentions, they have completely bid farewell to their homeland, but they have a deep attachment to their homeland, so it is also a beautiful thing to establish a new Ming Dynasty here, and even turn around to be able to counterattack Taqing and achieve a disguised restoration.

Bai Nan said: "It's okay to say that we are the remnants of the previous generation, but do we really want to set up an emperor?" I believe that this is somewhat unacceptable for most of our compatriots. ”

Bai Nan dared to say this, because he clearly knew that his Uncle Zhao, who was the leader of the colony, definitely had no intention of being an emperor, and he had a close relationship with Zhao Daling, so if he said this kind of thing, it would not anger Zhao Daling.

Liu Fangwu also said: "That's right, we have passed the stage of the family world, and now we should be a republic, I propose to establish a republic, even if we are called the remnants of the previous generation, we do not necessarily have to establish an imperial system, this is a political regression." ”

Zheng He and Wang Jinghong glanced at the situation, Bai Nan, Deng Xiyi, Liu Tian and other military figures obviously did not support the imperial system, while Yao Weichun, Liang Zhenhai and others did not express their position, but they were obviously not interested in the imperial system. Zhao Daling also did not show any interest in the title of emperor. Zheng He and Wang Jinghong actually didn't want Zhao Daling to be the emperor, after all, his surname was Zhao, maybe if they were chosen, they would find someone surnamed Zhu who was closest to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty among the 130,000 people. But obviously, no one can accept this kind of move, and Zhao Daling is unlikely to be willing to give up power to a guy who has no head and no brains, just because his surname is Zhu.

After a simple round of voting, the 9 members of the decision-making committee voted 7:2 to finally determine that the colony will implement a republican system, but in fact, it is the current system, and the decision-making committee will coordinate the various government affairs of the entire colony, and Zhao Daling, as the chairman of the committee, will lead the decision-making committee.

Zhao Daling said: "Then, since the political system has been determined, we have officially embarked on the road of nation-building, and we want to establish a modern country in the Los Angeles colony, first of all, we need a country name." ”

Zheng He's mention of the restoration of the Ming Dynasty has obviously been denied, and at this time he was also interested, and did not mention the word Ming again, but sat there without saying a word.

Then the decision committee began to name the operation, and the original names, such as the Republic of China, the People's Republic, and the like, were not mentioned again. Some people proposed to call it China America, but Zhao Daling opposed it, believing that the United States would soon be established, and everyone had no intention of becoming an American, a beacon of democracy, and a capitalist who dominated the world. Then some people suggested that it would be better to call it Donghua, North America is in the east of the homeland, and everyone is a Chinese people, so Donghua is more appropriate.

There were more than a dozen names of all kinds, but none of them were particularly satisfied, some liked this, some liked that, and they couldn't reach a unity.

At this time, Xue Yue suddenly said: "The place where we built the city, there are also Chinese struggles in other time and space, they have established their own lives in foreign countries, and the place where they live is called Chinatown, so overseas Chinese, also known as Tang people, why don't we follow the old wisdom and call this new country the Tang Republic." ”

The Han and Tang dynasties and the prosperous Tang Dynasty are all a page in Chinese history, and they are also the times when countless people are haunted by dreams and stirred hearts.

Zhao Daling decided: "Since this is the case, then let's call it Datang!" ”

A country that rose to prominence at the end of the 18th century and will remain an inescapable word on the planet for centuries to come, achieving centuries of hegemony and world leadership, has established its name in such a small room.