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Lincoln's proposal for peace was, of course, mercilessly rejected, but his true purpose was partially achieved. The big bigwigs in the economic circles have expressed their willingness to continue to support the government and fight the war. Until complete victory.

To tell the truth, Scrooge really wanted the war to continue, and only then could more weapons be sold. But it is clear that the government is now running out of economic terms. If it drags on, I'm afraid they won't be able to afford much. And, because of the collapse of the South, it was impossible for the federal government to place any more large-scale orders. The end of the war was already inevitable.

Since the business of buying weapons cannot continue to grow, so can other opportunities. The South is rich in resources, as well as a large amount of land that is ownerless or about to be ownerless. Especially the land near the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi is full of precious oil underneath! If you don't grab these things, you're ashamed of yourself.

"Lincoln owes me so much money, if he can't come up with a plan to divide the spoils that satisfies me, I will immediately let him go!" Scrooge thought viciously.

After the meeting, President Lincoln deliberately kept Scrooge behind. Discuss with him the future reconstruction of the South.

"After the war, the reconstruction of the South must not be a simple reconstruction, which will only bring danger to the United States, and the reconstruction of the South must take the North as a template and rebuild the South in the same way as the North." Scrooge said, "The Southern model of exhibition is pathological, and the plantation model of ** can only produce a barbaric slavery system." This sick pattern must be corrected, and the light of equality and freedom must shine into every corner of the South. So, after the war, we had to force the South to abandon the plantation-based economy. For this reason, after the war, heavy taxes should be levied on plantations. This was used as a means to nationalize the land, which was then used to house more immigrants and dilute the proportion of diehards in the South. At the same time, some supportive policies were adopted for new economic methods such as factories employing free labor, which were emerging in the South. "In this way, in a few years, the economy of the South will be completely integrated with that of the North, and no one will make any of the splits." ”

Lincoln understood that Scrooge was asking him for a price, and since Scrooge was so strong in his support of the war, he was bound to get a large piece of the pie in the post-war distribution. That's fair and reasonable, right?

"And what role do you intend to play in the reconstruction of the South, Mr. Scrooge?" Lincoln asked.

Scrooge knew it was time for his previous investments to bear fruit. He hastened to say, "I'm more interested in Mississippi." There is a future there by the Gulf of Mexico. Scrooge said.

"We intend to conduct a large-scale operation on the Western Front, to be able to get help from the Navy, in Mississippi. However, the damage caused by the war may be very large, and it will be up to Mr. MacDonald to bother to rebuild. Lincoln simply gave Scrooge a verdict.

"That's what I'm supposed to do." Scrooch replied holding back the joy in his heart.

Coming out of Lincoln's place, Scrooge was just about to get into the carriage and go to the hotel. I saw General Grant and General Sherman standing there with two guards.

"General Grant, General Sherman, are you waiting for the public carriage here?" Scrooge walked over and asked.

"No, we're waiting for you, Mr. MacDonald." General Grant replied, "There are some military issues that we would like to discuss with you. ”

"Military problems?" Scrooge was surprised.

"Yes." "I discussed some tactical issues with Colonel Robson -- well, soon to be a brigadier general," Grant said. He told me that many of the ideas actually originated from you, Mr. MacDonald. So, there are some things we want to talk to you about. ”

"Oh, where do you live?" Scrooge said, "Or I'll let my carriage take you back, and we can talk in the carriage." ”

"Ah, we're going to the train station. It won't bother you too much. Sherman said.

"It's okay! Let's get in the car. Scrooge said.

Scrooge and Grant Sherman got into the first carriage, while their guards got into the second.

In the car, Scrooge wanted to instill in them the theory that they could destroy the enemy's blood-forming ability to destroy the enemy. "If we can completely destroy the plantations in the South, then the South will lose the basis to support its fighting, so that we don't need to kill too many enemies to bring them to their knees. So that we can get more of our boys, and likewise more of the South's boys alive to go back to their parents. Moreover, once these plantations were destroyed, the foundation of the south, which would be rebuilt in the future, would be completely different. In this way, the source of a possible future rebellion is eliminated. There will be a genuine, lasting peace and a genuine brotherhood between the North and the South. Therefore, for the sake of the United States, in order for the tragedy not to be repeated, and even only for the sake of the future well-being of the people of the South, it was necessary to take advantage of the opportunity of war to completely destroy the plantation economy. ”

"I don't think there's anything wrong with killing more Southerners. Some guys have granite in their heads, and it's easiest to kill. Isn't it easier to kill them all and then replace them with new immigrants? Sherman was clearly unconvinced by Scrooge's claim to "get more soldiers back to their parents."

"Killing the Southerners more will also make our own lads die more." Grant retorted.

Sherman didn't directly object, but it was clear that he didn't accept Grant's claims.

"In addition, the striking power of the army is in fact directly proportional to the degree of its action. Genghis Khan's army was able to almost conquer the whole of Eurasia6, and a large part of it relied on their athletic ability. One of the main reasons why trench warfare is beneficial to the defender is that trench warfare restricts the attacker's ability to maneuver on the battlefield. And to deal with trench warfare, it is very important to improve the mobility of the army. Because it is impossible for the enemy to fill all places with trenches. For example, if our troops can march long and fast, they will be able to bypass the enemy's defenses, attack their rear, force them to leave their fortifications, and fight us at our predetermined location. Scrooge again talked about how to deal with trench warfare.

"But how do you solve the logistics? Are there examples of such battles in history? Grant asked.

"That's a big problem." Scrooge sighed and said, "If only we could have a vehicle that could run like a train without rails." Historically, apart from Genghis Khan and his descendants, I can't think of anyone else who has played such a battle without rear support. Genghis Khan was able to do that because he was a barbarian and could replenish his army by plundering. He robbed all the farms along the way, took away everything he could take away, burned down everything he couldn't, and even filled up people's wells, and he ate the chickens and pigs they raised on the spot, and drove away their cattle and sheep, so that he could march all the way and eat them all the way, and the horses raised by others could be used to pull their supplies. They're like a swarm of locusts -- and we're all civilized, we can't do anything like that. "So this kind of warfare can only wait for future technological advances." Well, perhaps, along the coastline, with the support of the Navy, this can be done. ”

After Scrooge said this, he glanced at General Sherman, intentionally or unintentionally, and he saw that General Sherman was contemplative, and a hint of a wolf-like smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"We brought enough food and ammunition, prepared enough wagons, prepared more than half of the horses on the road, went out of the Mississippi River, penetrated Georgia, reached the coast, and then we could continue the battle with the support of the navy." Grant said as he pulled out a map from the inside pocket of his military uniform that was about to be turned over.

"Look, that's it, and then ......," Grant said, spreading the map out on his lap and pointing.

"I think we can first increase the pressure in the east, hold back the main force of the Confederate army, and then let an army ascend here, Mississippi, and then advance along the Gulf of Mexico, destroy the local plantations along the way, attract the rest of the Confederate army to move to Mississippi, and then cut back from Georgia to the south. In this way, the feasibility of this plan is higher. Scrooge added.

Scrooge had this idea for a purpose, if no one went over and burned down the Mississippi plantations on the Gulf Coast, how could Scrooge get these treasured lands at the cheapest price in the future? Of course, the doctrine of burning and killing and robbing the light was not devised by Scott, he only mentioned Temujin who had done so before, and he mentioned him without any hint of anything other than to express his opposition to this kind of barbarism. If some guys don't grow up and learn from bloody people like Temujin, it is definitely his own problem, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Scrooge. The hands of our saint Scrooge do not need any golden basin at all, much less the waters of the entire Atlantic, and at all times he is white and fragrant.

Seeing off Grant and Sherman, Scrooge returned to the hotel for a night's rest, and the next morning, hurried back to Cleveland, because in a few days, an extremely important and epoch-making reality was about to take place here. This is really wireless communication.