Of course, Santos's so-called discussion with the People's Council is just a formality, he is the leader of the Mexican People's Party, and 90 percent of the People's Council, which was renamed from the former Mexican Congress, are members of the People's Party.

Besides, granting the People's Bank of China the exclusive right to issue notes in Mexico is not a bad thing for Mexicans, Emperor Yang's wealth and military strength ensure the credibility of the People's Bank, and handing over his hard-earned silver to this bank for safekeeping is more assured than handing it over to any bank, other banks may go bankrupt, but the People's Bank will not, which also ensures that no matter what kind of turmoil occurs in Mexico's political situation in the future, their wealth will not be affected.

Of course, there is another point that the vast majority of Mexican people will not think of, which means that no matter how turbulent the political situation in Mexico is in the future, the people who rule this country will not be able to escape Emperor Yang's Five Finger Mountain.

After obtaining the right to issue notes from Mexico, the Mexican branch of the People's Bank of China immediately provided a large loan to the Mexican government, and then this loan was directly transferred to the head office of the People's Bank of China, of course, it was just a simple telegram, and then the money was transferred to the account of the Chinese Ministry of Finance. In addition to this, two Princess-class armored cruisers also sailed from China to Mexico on Lend-Lease.

Because Mexico can almost say that there is no navy, the Chinese naval officers and sailors on these warships are also directly retired, and then in the way of being hired by the Mexican government, all of them have changed into Mexican naval uniforms, of course, there is no need to publicize such a deal, so when this huge fleet suddenly appeared in the port of Acapulco in western Mexico, the Americans were taken aback.

By this time their great retreat from the port of Tampico had been completed. While most of the U.S. troops were shipped to Texas and then surrendered their weapons to the Confederate forces and boarded the train back to the United States, nearly 30,000 rearguard troops still had to surrender to Mexican troops, and the Americans lost almost 50,000 in the retreat.

As for former Mexican President Dias, at this time, he could only take a few cronies and family members to hide in the United States to do public service.

Although they knew that there was no result, the Americans protested to China in righteous words, but Zhang Quan's reply to the American minister in China was very simple, the United States and Mexico did not declare war. So no matter what weapons China sells to the Mexicans, it does not violate the Neutrality Act, whether it is army weapons or navy warships, it is legal. As for what you said about the Díaz government's accusation that we are financing the rebels, I'm sorry, we no longer recognize the Díaz government, and the People's Party government in Santos is the legitimate government of Mexico, and we don't need to think about this ridiculous accusation, and any dealings we have with the Mexican government have nothing to do with the United States, and we are not obliged to report to the United States.

What has nothing to do with the United States. The weapons you sold them were used to fight us, okay? The American minister cried out in his heart with grief and indignation, and of course the shout was a shout, and he also knew that the Americans were not in a position to accuse China at all, and that they had indeed not declared war with Mexico. If you want to declare war, you must first recognize the Santos government, and the US government does not recognize this government at all, so how can there be a declaration of war? Since there is no declaration of war, there is no question of China's arms sales violating the neutrality law.

Of course, the Americans also know that protests will not have any effect. There is no need to guess what Santos bought the warship for, and the US troops who had just withdrawn to the country immediately became armed again. At the same time, six new armored cruisers of the U.S. Navy in the Atlantic Ocean were transferred to Miami, where they built a large military port, where two new cruisers and six destroyers are currently stationed, a total of eight 4,000-ton armored cruisers, which are the main force of the current U.S. Navy.

The U.S. Navy, which was once the maritime hegemon of the Americas, was originally about to take shape at this time, and now can only rely on these eight medium-sized cruisers to barely maintain their maritime dignity, the Paris Peace Treaty, war reparations, and the Mexican-American War are like shackles on this country, and the dismal economy, domestic ethnic conflicts, labor problems, and centrifugal tendencies in various states are like a quagmire that wraps the pace of American development.

Now the United States, the naval strength is not even as good as Brazil, and it can only be reduced to a comparison with Chile and Argentina, you must know that even the capital ships of the Brazilian Navy have been replaced with two Princess-class armored cruisers, and even two perfect battleships have been ordered in China.

However, the Mexicans will not wait for the U.S. Navy to come all the way from the far east to reinforce it, their navy is nothing more than a Chinese navy in a different vest, and it does not need any training at all, and on the fourth day of arrival, one of the most elite army divisions of the Mexican army was directly loaded on the landing ship, and then the huge fleet of the mighty fleet went north to expedition to California.

This news made the US military in California immediately feel like a big enemy, especially the garrisons in Los Angeles and San Diego, and even began to deploy defenses on the coast, and the US Pacific Fleet stationed in San Diego was lined up outside the port to meet the invaders. It should be said that the strength of the Americans in this area is still very strong, because the San Francisco Chinese Autonomous Region has always maintained two divisions of the National Guard, and maybe one day it will be killed from the city, so the Americans have greatly strengthened the strength of the California Army. There are currently five divisions of nearly 80,000 troops guarding the area, three around San Francisco, two in San Diego and Los Angeles, and Tijuana in Mexico.

But it's a pity that an old mercenary like Santos has a very flexible mind, he knows very well the cost of attacking San Diego or Los Angeles, and the landing force that he can use at a time is nothing more than a division, he doesn't expect his subordinates to have the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Army, a division can open a breakthrough, and then hold the ground and wait for the next batch of landing troops to arrive for reinforcements, so he took a more prudent approach.

While the U.S. military was nervously staring at the coast of California, waiting for the Mexicans to come to the door, their guests went straight into the Gulf of California, and then inexplicably landed on the Yuma Desert coast at the mouth of the Colorado River.

Santos is a smart man, he knows very well that Emperor Yang will not be able to give him California as well, and his own attack on California is just to give His Majesty the Emperor an excuse to send troops to the United States and then occupy California, and all he can get is Arizona and New Mexico, so he has no need to waste his people on the battlefield of attacking San Diego and Los Angeles. There are tens of thousands of American troops there, and there are a large number of strong fortresses, even if they can be defeated, I am afraid that it will take 30,000 or 40,000 lives to fill them, and so far Mexico has lost nearly 200,000 people for this war, not counting civilian casualties.

Since the only places you can get are Arizona and New Mexico, it's better to attack only those places.

After the Mexican army landed in the Yuma Desert in a state of jaw-dropping, they did something even more jaw-dropping to the outside world, and they began to build railroads in the Yuma Desert, and under the protection of the fleet, the landing ships frequently traveled between Puerto Vallarta and the landing site, transporting shiploads of road-building materials and railroad workers to the ground, and even built an improvised dock out of wood, from which the railroad began to be built along the edge of the desert in the direction of the Hira Valley, seventy kilometers to the northwest.

In this hard desert, which is as flat as a mirror and has no obstacles, it is too simple to build a simple light rail railway, and it doesn't even need any land-based rails, and the work is done by laying sleepers and loading the rails, and hundreds of road construction workers, under the protection of a division of troops, take the train with all the provisions, including fresh water, to repair while walking, advancing several kilometers a day, and at their speed it will take less than a month to repair the Hira Valley, as long as they reach this valley, then the Mexican army can say that fish swim into the river, Along this valley they could kill all the way east to Phoenix and then continue east into New Mexico.

"Madamn, this kid is smart!" Emperor Yang was amused by Santos's actions, he really didn't expect this guy to be so smart now, and actually came up with this kind of step-by-step recruitment, which not only avoided attacking San Diego, which was heavily armed, but also forced the American army into an extremely embarrassing situation. They can only watch Santos stretch the railroad at a rate of several kilometers a day, and the American troops who have been reinforced from the east will never be able to catch up with Santos before they build the railroad to the Hira Valley, and those American troops who have just fled back from Mexico have been severely injured, and it is probably impossible to rearm them and restore their fighting spirit in a month or two.

As long as they run to the Yuma Desert to attack, the landing ship here guarantees that another division will be pulled to directly attack San Diego, not to mention that the brain will let the donkey kick before they will run into the desert to fight! The Mexicans can load food and water directly onto the train from the landing ship, what about the US military? Even if you send cavalry, you have to eat and drink.

"Ma, this trick is really high!" As soon as he thought of the blank expressions of the American troops now, Emperor Yang had a feeling of wanting to laugh. (To be continued......)