Time flies very quickly, in the blink of an eye, 1869 came, and at the beginning of the year, it was naturally winter, and I don't know why, the winter in the eastern United States was particularly cold, and Washington, which was not very far north, was the most affected.

"I want this padded coat! I just want it! ”

"Okay, 100 dollars!"

"Oh God! Why don't you grab it? ”

"This lady, if you don't buy it, just leave quickly, I'm sure many people will rush to get it!"

"You wicked! Nausea guy! You ......"

"$100?"

"To 100 dollars!"

"Give it to me!"

"Yes sir!"

"Oh God! What's wrong with the world? It's just a thicker cotton coat, and someone actually bought it for 100 dollars?! Oh my God! ”

The streets of Washington are now in chaos, and the merchants simply set up stalls in such places, and the woman just now did not get the cotton clothes she wanted, and was robbed of them by others, but it was 100 dollars, but the guy who bought the clothes actually said......

"I said you stupid woman, when has this been, $100 is a piece of! Now these dollars are not worth much at all, it is better to spend them sooner! ”

"Oh God!"

The woman also knew the situation at this time, the dollar was depreciating rapidly, and the green banknotes with the portrait of the current US Treasury Secretary Chase were becoming more and more unable to buy anything.

Not only cotton clothes, but now as long as it is a daily necessities, the price is soaring. The rise is unacceptable.

Just a few months ago. The price of a barrel of flour is still 15 dollars. Although this is much more expensive than the price of flour before the Civil War, it is still acceptable to the common people, but now, the price of a barrel of flour has reached 80 US dollars!

This price is said to be the price of the most difficult times in the South, and then the price of flour has fallen, and now it is the turn of the North, it should be said that especially in Washington, the common people here have to pay for such a price.

Why is Washington special?

"Sir. I can't say the same, the dollar is still useful somewhere else. The merchant who bought the clothes smiled and collected the money.

"Well, you guys who walk the streets can still use it." The guy who bought the clothes is gone.

Obviously, this person pointed out one thing, that is, prices have not soared so much elsewhere, but ......

"Sir." The woman, who had not been able to buy clothes, was in a hurry, and she asked the merchant, "Is there any place in the east where prices have not risen so much?" ”

Yes, that's a good question, it's a critical question.

"Ma'am, I would also like to know if there are any other places in the east where prices have risen a little less. Maybe New York is better, but I've heard it's not going to be easy there. As for the rest of the ...... I'm sorry, but you might as well cross the Appalachian Mountains, it's not bad there. ”

"You bastard! Are you bullying me as a woman? Don't you know when I don't? The current Appalachian Pass is occupied by those damn thugs! What a bullshit emperor that! Oh my God! Let that tyrant go to hell! ”

"This lady, if you want me to say, you might as well expect the emperor to come in! Hahaha...... When the time comes, you'll probably not need any cotton clothes. ”

“FUC-K-YOU！ You hell-damned bastard! ”

"Hahaha......"

This scene in the Washington neighborhood has actually revealed a lot of problems, and now the whole eastern part is not having a good time, and this is not good, mainly because the dollar is starting to lose value, but isn't the dollar the gold content stipulated by legislation?

Obviously, the current situation is a bit special, that is, there is a war, which may have caused the instability of the currency, and it can also be seen from this process of buying and selling, that is, the weather is now winter, and winter is coming, so people's cost of living will naturally increase, for cotton clothing, for coal, for food...... There will be an increase in the number of things, which will also cause prices to rise.

Of course, there is another point, that is, the railroad that crosses the Alabachian Mountains from the west was occupied by that empire, which is probably also a reason, but this is the east, the railway network is very dense, and Washington has many railroad intersections.

So, the current price rise is too exaggerated, right?

I'm afraid there are other reasons for this......

In the White House, Lincoln looked out the window at Washington, and he felt that he didn't know the city a little, which definitely had nothing to do with the recent heavy snowfall, because he hadn't seen snow before, although this year's one was bigger.

"Mr. President, have you thought about it?"

Lincoln's four old partners were there, and it was Secretary of the Treasury Chase who asked the question.

"What else do you want me to think about? Well? What else do you want me to do in this situation? Lincoln had no grace at this time, and this tall, thin old man had a depressed face.

"I'm sorry, I'm responsible for what happened before, but no one can know in advance the changes in the international market, and I'm just wrong in my prediction, that's all. And what we're doing now is the things of the moment, we're going to solve the problems of the moment, we need to adjust the budget, we need more money, we need to get the mint up and running! Because only enough currency will allow the present United States to tide over the difficulties! What Chase said was righteous, not at all embarrassed, not at all reviewing, but he just said it, and he was responsible before.

"Mr. Chase, we won't talk about your responsibility for now, but isn't this current practice adding fuel to the fire? Prices are already skyrocketing, but we still need to issue more banknotes, more government bonds? ”

It should be said that Lincoln was born as a lawyer, and he studied as a lawyer himself, and this guy has a strong self-learning ability, but there are still many twists and turns in these things for economic issues and currency issues, and this lawyer president is estimated to be unable to play through, but ......

Now it seems that everyone can see it. Currency should no longer be issued. You can't add more money to the market. But!

"Mr. President, there is no way, we still have to raise a large number of troops, we can only do this." These are the words of Attorney General Best.

And Secretary of War Cameron came out again, "Mr. President, you know, I actually don't like this old fellow Chase very much, of course. He didn't like me either. However, in the current situation, we have no choice but to listen to this old bastard. Yesterday, General Grant told me that Washington must now have another 100,000 volunteers, and without these troops, it will be very difficult for Washington to hold on. ”

"One hundred thousand?! And 100,000?! Lincoln was furious, "Now Washington has an army of 300,000, why do you need so many people?" ”

300,000?!

That's right, Grant wasn't in Atlanta before. He had 100,000 men at the time, and let Mead take half of them. Later, he was supplemented, and then he conquered Atlanta, which was very exciting, even though Grant immediately retreated from Atlanta, but this result still allowed Lincoln's cabinet to pass a bill, and he could be a wartime president.

Yes, there is no need to hold a general election, and all parts of the United States basically agree, because everyone is not stupid, and who would want to change a president at this time when the United States is at stake?

Whether Lincoln did a good job or a bad job, it was better for him to continue to be president, and on the whole, Lincoln did a good job, and if it weren't for that damn empire, the Civil War would have ended long ago.

However, you must know that Grant is withdrawing, in fact, this retreat is Grant's suggestion to Lincoln at that time, which is actually Grant's strategic plan.

To put it simply, his strategy is to shrink all his forces and then hold on to Washington!

Yes, every effort must be made to defend the capital of the United States.

From a military point of view, this strategy is naturally correct, as far as Grant's situation is concerned, not to mention a famous general like him, even any guy who has just graduated from a military academy knows that he has to bring the troops back, because staying in Atlanta is to suffer from the enemy.

And retreat, the only place that can be defended is Washington, this place is the capital of the United States, in fact, from the topography, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack.

To the west is the Appalachian Pass, to the west is the railroad from this side, to the east is Maryland but it is actually the seaside, and to the south is the Topomac River, which is the most important confluence of the eastern and central United States, so the Confederate army couldn't take this place before, because it was really difficult to fight.

What's more, during the previous civil war, a lot of fortifications were built here, which could come in handy. Lee is invading.

So, since it was so shrinking back, it was natural to bring back a large army, and almost all the elite troops of the United States came, and Grant retreated all the way, and collected a lot of troops, even the troops in Petersburg also returned.

It should be said that the current city of Washington has nearly 300,000 soldiers!

If the damned empire hadn't come out, then the United States would have won the civil war very quickly, and the 300,000 soldiers would have been scattered, but now, there is no way, when that empire comes, it will bring a big victory, and the Southern Army will be resurrected, Robert. This guy Li is quite good at winning more with less.

Judging from the overall strategic arrangement, Grant didn't do anything wrong, he did it right, but nothing.

This Washington is actually not big, there are 300,000 more people at this time, that is really a place to put down, and now the tents of the army are all set up in front of the White House, Lincoln just now is looking at this!

And these 300,000 people, in fact, is the root cause of the bad life in Washington now, because there are more people, then naturally everything is expensive, and there is another point, that is, the United States somehow, just before the issuance of a lot of dollars, that is, green paper, that is, national bonds, and these series of things have caused today's situation.

Now, Chase has to issue more Treasury bonds, that is, more dollars, so this ...... (To be continued......)

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