Alexander. Stephens finally arrived in New Orleans, where he met the Chinese liaison and used the Chinese radio communicator to contact Li Yongji in Smithland.

When Li Yongji personally and Vice President Alexander, with the help of translators from both sides, understood the true intentions of the other party through the words with the help of radio communicators, Li Yongji immediately made a decision, that is, to withdraw his troops and leave, and no longer watch from the sidelines in Smithland.

The reason why he had to leave immediately and not continue to stay in Smithland was, in the final analysis, that Li Yongji felt that it was useless to continue to stay here, because according to the development of this situation, the northern government would be able to resist the attack of the southern army and would not be easily exterminated by the southern government and the British and French forces.

On the other hand, the Northern Army did not have much strength to continue to wage war against the Southern Army, and the situation of confrontation between the two sides was about to form, in this case, it would only be a waste of time for him to continue to lead his troops to stay in Smithland.

Of course, this judgment is not all based on the vice president's low-voiced begging statement, but also on Lee Yong-gil's own intelligence support.

At the beginning, the Southern Army's surprise attack on Baltimore really made Li Yongji startled, and he even began to worry about whether the Northern Government could continue to resist, and whether there was no need for him to tear up the agreement he had just signed with the Northern Government and lead his troops eastward again in order to reap the benefits as soon as possible.

But after the intelligence came later, the Southern Army did not take Washington in one go, but continued to garrison Baltimore, and the two sides continued to resume the confrontation situation, Li Yongji knew that the Southern Army was out of play.

The reason is very simple, Li Yongji began to plan for the American Civil War early on, and with the help of the original business exchanges, spy points were set up in the capitals and important cities of the North and the South.

One of the characteristics of these spy points is that most of the people who operate outside the country secretly join the white Chinese nationality. Mainly the low-level British sailors who came to China in the first place, they had a white face, they could speak English, and they were very deceptive.

When collecting intelligence from the outside world, it is these white people who are usually relatively good-looking, ostensibly traders who once went to China to pan for gold successfully, and then came here to pan for gold, and then donated a certain amount of political money to certain political figures, and opened trading houses in the local area. It was easy to move around the local area and quickly break into the local social circle.

After that, these white people would go in and out of various balls, salons, bars, restaurants, and the like to gather some public information, and after collecting the information, they would immediately go back and tell their "Chinese entourage", and these "Chinese retinues" were the real people in charge of the spy point.

The "Chinese retinue" was not only responsible for the analysis of intelligence, but also for guarding and using radio communicators. I transmit the collected information at any time with a high-power radio communicator.

These radio communicators are high-power devices, often with very long antennas and travel quite long distances. In addition, there is a built-in self-destruct device, and any unauthorized dismantling will cause an explosion, destroying the device and killing and injuring the dismantling personnel. It is quite a good espionage material, and it is the same type as the high-power communicator set up in the Philippines and other places.

Since these spy points were set up as early as the end of 1860, and because these merchants had been law-abiding for so many years. The business is also quite formal and honest, making medicines, food and other materials, never touching weapons, slaves, crows. Pieces and stuff, so whether it's the spies themselves, or the trade houses they do, they are very popular in the local area, and they don't arouse any suspicion at all.

Over the years, although these intelligence points are all isolated, they have already built up a network of local relations, and there are more channels to obtain information, and in addition, they have a large-scale killer weapon such as radio communicators, and the timeliness of communication is far greater than that of the north and the south, which leads to the fact that in terms of information acquisition, Li Yongji, the aggressor, is more efficient and clear than the parties involved in the war between the north and the south.

For the sake of the security of the intelligence point, Li Yongji strictly forbade them to take the initiative to collect more sensitive information, and only allowed to collect information that was open to the public and could be obtained by the locals, but just like that, it was already quite powerful.

You must know that the current United States, whether it is the North or the South, is actually not so strict about the secrecy of intelligence, and at most they will conceal it in advance in terms of specific military operations, but if the action has already taken place, they often do not continue to conceal it, but are quickly disseminated by local newspapers and media.

Therefore, those intelligence officers don't really need to do much, they just need to read the newspaper on time every day to gather enough information.

In this way, when Jackson led his troops to raid Baltimore, and before he even sent troops to attack Washington, the intelligence agent hiding in the port of Baltimore transmitted the news in time, that is, Jackson attacked Baltimore on his side, and Li Yongji received the news over there.

After that, Li Yongji began to pay close attention to the war in the direction of Baltimore, concerned about the war situation between the north and the south, and after he found out that the federal army was chaotic at the beginning, it quickly stabilized, and combined with some information sent by the southern intelligence officers about the rapid rise of local prices and serious inflation, Li Yongji probably guessed something.

That's right, although Davis has never publicly stated the government's financial problems, and the intelligence agents sent by Li Yongji have no access to this information, but the prices in the market are a barometer, and if the change is obvious, something can still be analyzed.

Prices in Richmond are getting higher and higher, and they are so high that the middle class is complaining about it, indicating that inflation is getting worse, which in turn shows that their financial problems are quite serious. The serious inconsistencies between Lee and Stonewall Jackson's combat styles also indicate that the army lacks stamina, and it is likely that it is due to insufficient supplies that it is unable to launch an attack.

The so-called army has not moved, grain and grass go first, which shows that since the ancient cold weapon war, supply is the most important link in the army's marching operations, and after entering the gunpowder age, the importance of supply has been greatly strengthened, and there are even remarks that supply determines victory or defeat.

Both sides of the Civil War have gone into fire. Medicine. era, not spears and broadswords were used, but all kinds of modern fire. Gun. Fire. Cannon. Therefore, their supplies, in addition to the food they usually need, also have heat. Military. The bullet needed for the device. Medicine!

The Northern Army is okay, because it has been restricted, the weapons are self-sufficient, and most of the industries in the North are concentrated in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, so they have not suffered much damage, but because the war has expanded and strengthened, it can more or less maintain the needs of the war, but the Southern Army is not so good.

Confederate states in the South. Except for some agricultural product processing industries, there is basically no heavy industry, and it is unable to produce its own weapons. Utensil. Play. Medicine, 100% imported.

Among them, China is the largest importer of arms to the Allied Powers, and almost more than ninety percent of the weapons are imported from China, so it is about how much money the Allied Countries have procured and how much money they have spent. China is still relatively clear.

A rough calculation shows that in terms of arms procurement alone, the Allied countries have made a lot of blood, and then evaluate the financial revenues of the Allied countries. One conclusion can be drawn immediately, that is, the alliance has been unable to make ends meet year after year in purchasing arms and materials, and it belongs to spending money today and even the day after tomorrow. The financial problems are already quite serious.

Li Yongji believes that if it were not for the fact that the two sides are fighting now, it would be possible to return to peacetime. In the case of the Union government, it is likely that it will immediately become financially bankrupt.

This situation is very similar to the Nationalist Government during World War II in another time and space, when there were various difficulties during the Anti-Japanese War, and the finances were already facing bankruptcy, but they still survived because of the war.

However, after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ended, the unprecedentedly powerful Kuomintang army was quickly defeated by the Red Party army, which was far inferior to itself in all respects.

Later generations have made many comments about the defeat of the Kuomintang, such as what command is not good, blind command, serious corruption, and so on, but in fact, these are all false, because in that kind of decisive battle with millions of people, those problems can only be said to be small problems, or a weighted one, and the fundamental reason for the failure of the Kuomintang is still because of internal financial bankruptcy.

This is actually very easy to understand, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the country's economy has been greatly damaged, but because everyone is bent on the War of Resistance and is willing to endure all kinds of hardships, in this special situation of the National War of Resistance, even if the government has various financial problems, it can still survive.

But after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the people decided that the people didn't want to continue to live a hard life, and at this time you had to raise taxes and conscript troops to engage in a civil war, which was unpopular with the people, and everyone would oppose you.

To put it bluntly, this is a question of war economy and peace economy, the Nationalist Government controlled a lot of resources at that time, and there were many problems, if we can solve the internal problems first, don't rush to suppress the red, maybe the outcome will become another result.

But it's a pity that Jiang Gong was too anxious, his self-confidence was too inflated, he didn't understand economic issues, he thought he was very powerful and strong, and just after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, he didn't care that he was also poor, and he began to fight the civil war quickly, and finally after several military defeats, the financial problems broke out in full force, and finally destroyed the invincible Nationalist Government.

The financial problem, or economic problem, is not only a question of how much material is supplied, but also represents the will of the people, once the finances are not good, the government is short of materials, and begins to use coercive means to harvest the people's fat and ointment, the people will be detached, and in this case, any strong government will collapse.

Having said that, both the Union and the Federal Government are now under a war economy model, in which the daily needs of the people are suppressed to a minimum, and the amount of supplies obtained by the government is maximized.

At this time, whichever government is more efficient in governance, the people will be more able to resist pressure, and the people will be more able to resist pressure, and the war will last longer.

Therefore, the so-called patriotism, national heart, etc., are just a weighted option of war, and their role, if viewed in data, is equivalent to increasing the durability and staying power of the war.

Now it seems that the durability and staying power of the Union Government are obviously inferior to those of the Federal Government, and even Li Yongji has done his part, eating more than 700,000 Federal Army troops in a row, helping the Union Army stabilize the entire Western Front, and also bringing in the British and French to help the fist, so that the situation of the Union Government on the battlefield is incomparably good, but the Union Government is not angry, and it is soft first.

Li Yongji understands that the alliance government is like a dou who can't be helped, whether you help him or not, it doesn't matter whether you help him with your heart or not, he has to die by himself, whether he helps or not. The difference is only whether the other party dies earlier or later.

Think about it, during the Civil War in another time and space, although the Confederate States did not die until 1865, except for the beginning when he was awesome, he was basically pressed and beaten by the Northern Army in the middle and later periods, and was at an absolute disadvantage.

Then, among the absolute disadvantages, the so-called financial problems are not a problem, the national capital is dying, who has time to care about whether the government has money or not. Can you pay enough wages for everyone?

In other words, in the case of a "new country" like the Confederate States of America, which is composed of a coalition of local state governments and has greater local power than the central government, when the situation is dangerous, everyone will continue to unite and work hard against the Northern Army, but if the situation is better, their own internal contradictions will erupt, and all kinds of power and profit will be violated. I can't even make it hard to go anywhere.

Let's talk about the finances of the Allied Powers, in fact, the large-scale procurement of weapons from China is not the root cause of the financial collapse at all, because the GDP of the Allied Powers themselves is quite good compared to those arms purchases.

In the final analysis. The deterioration of the Union's finances was due to the inability of the central government to collect taxes on time and in quantity, because the local state governments had too much power and they were always evading taxes in different ways. But they are making money from the central government in different ways, but these people dominate the Congress of the Union State. Become the de facto owner of this country.

On the contrary, Davis, the president and CEO of the Union Nation, does not always speak well, and he does not have much say in the country's livelihood and financial issues, except for his military and diplomatic views.

The central government was unable to receive tax revenues from the lower state governments, but the huge spending was increasing, so the government had to print more money, and over time, inflation became more and more serious, and it was simply a matter of drinking water to quench its thirst.

There is no hope for such a government, even Li Yongji understands that the government led by Davis is clearly an unlucky guy with a top tank, that is, he is still at war, and everyone still needs him, once the war is over, he, the unlucky guy, will definitely bear all kinds of infamy and step down in the bankruptcy of the government's finances.

After that, the state governments will find a new agent and form a new government, and the new government will certainly implement a new economic policy and will not pay for the mistakes of the old government, and all these losses will naturally be borne by the whole ordinary people.

In other words, the Union was a slave state controlled by greedy and short-sighted big landlords and big capitalists, and if it weren't for Li Yongji's strong action, such a country would have been quickly wiped out by the Northern Army long ago, and it is doubtful how long it would survive if there were no rapid and effective internal reforms in the future.

However, this is not what Li Yongji is concerned about, Li Yongji's biggest purpose in sending troops to the Americas this time is to support the South, divide the United States into two countries, weaken the United States in advance, and gain more territory in the western part of North America by the way.

Today, the territory of western North America has been formally acquired by treaty, and although the Civil War has not yet ended, according to the current development, both the North and the South are unable to continue the offensive, and both sides are exhausted.

Therefore, the split of the United States into two countries is already a foregone conclusion, and the United States of America in the north and the Confederate States of America in the south are likely to become in a long-term hostile confrontation like North Korea and South Korea in another time and space.

In other words, Li Yongji's goal of sending troops to the Americas has been fully achieved, and the results are surprisingly good, and he only needs to withdraw his troops and return to New Orleans to show his sincerity in withdrawing troops, and then appeal to the North and the South to sit down and negotiate in New Orleans, and the matter of a truce between the North and the South is basically decided.

This is not something that Li Yongji took for granted, but it is very likely to happen, because he told the vice president of the Allied State that as long as the Allied countries agree to a truce with the federal government, China can provide them with a low-interest loan, otherwise everything will not be discussed.

It is conceivable that now the Union government is on the offensive side, but the federal government is on the defensive side, and Lincoln is already exhausted, if the South takes the initiative to stop the offensive and ask for a truce with the North, the success rate is more than ninety percent.

At that time, even if Lincoln still wants to go to war, the people under him will definitely not want to, of course, if Lincoln insists on going his own way, Li Yongji doesn't mind finding someone to assassinate him, it is actually not a difficult thing.

"Anyway, it's time for this trip to the United States to come to an end." Li Yongji looked at the blue sky and white clouds shining under the bright sun, felt the warm majesty, and said with a smile, "Summer is coming, it's time to go home, those clowns who jump up and down at home while I'm not there, it's time to liquidate." (To be continued......)