Four-five-zero they said, can it be transferred to us?

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In the Chinese Imperial Embassy in the United States, Ouyang Geng held the newspaper and looked at the headline on it, with a hint of pride floating in the corner of his eyes.

How many years?

Soon after graduating from Yale University with Zhan Tianyou, he returned to San Francisco with the help of his cousin and worked in the local Qing Consulate General in the United States.

Who would have expected that after taking over for a year, the land of China had changed, and Li Mo, who had just occupied the northeast, had just occupied the northeast, and Li Mo, who had been the overlord of the soil for less than two years, swept north of the Yangtze River like a comet, and the scalp-numbing execution in Beijing made the Manchu Qing completely cut off its roots.

At that time, he even planned to resign as consul general, but he didn't expect Liang Dunyan and Tang Shaoyi to come together, invite him to stay in office, and reveal his heart to him for the first time, informing them of what they saw.

For the ambassador of a weak country who lives in the United States, has to accept white eyes all day long, and is restricted by a ** bill, he can understand the bitterness of the Chinese better than ordinary people.

After wandering in reality and dreams for a long time, he finally made up his mind and took the opportunity to return to China to report on his work to meet with Prime Minister Li Mo and Prime Minister Li Enfu, patiently listened to their outlines and explanations on the future of the country, and finally agreed to stay.

If nothing else, it is for Li Mo's grandeur and ability to accurately grasp the country and the future, since he started in Hawaii, he has almost never missed a thing, which is so rare.

As the eyes and ears of the country and the image representative of the nation, Ouyang Geng quickly cut off his braids and returned to San Francisco, from the minister of the Qing Dynasty to the United States, he became the ambassador of the Chinese empire to the United States, and the consulate also moved from San Francisco to the heart of the United States, Washington.

As a long-term Chinese ambassador overseas, he can clearly feel the changes brought about by the country's prosperity in recent years, especially when the navy completely annihilated the Russian fleet, recovered the lost territory in Siberia in one fell swoop, and signed the "Treaty of Philadelphia" with Russia, he received a phone call from the President of the United States for the first time, congratulating him and China

It has never been the case for a president of a country who once regarded the Chinese as pigs and dogs, who were accustomed to contempt, ridicule, and scolding, and who even still retained the Chinese Exclusion Act, to call the Chinese ambassador to congratulate him

Now, every time he gets in the car and sees the two small red and gold dragon flags on the front of the car, he can't help but feel excited

As a long-time diplomat in the United States, he is well aware of how big the differences exist between China and the United States, and although some Americans have called for the cancellation of the Chinese Exclusion Act, in fact, most US congressmen are still unwilling to face up to reality.

They are still vainly trying to forcibly open up the Chinese market, and they are still trying to compete with China for maritime supremacy in the Pacific Ocean by digging a canal to open up the maritime links between the east and west of the United States.

Although he knows how powerful the United States is, and how terrible it is for this country to erupt, he still supports His Majesty the Emperor's decision, even if he still has concerns in his heart, but he is an imperial diplomat, and he must always stand unconditionally on the position of the Emperor and the motherland, otherwise he will become the same as the Colombian ambassador to the United States who was driven out of the motherland by the Colombian people on the grounds of mental illness

And in the past few days, perhaps it has been a difficult moment since he became ambassador, the domestic news is very clear, he will not take the initiative to start a war with the United States, but he must curb the development momentum of the United States, but the problem is that Ji Weishan's visit to South America has indeed caused great concern to the United States. 【 I want: super fast update 】

The soldiers canceled the holiday, the navy was on standby, the West Coast was in chaos, and the United States at this moment was like a hornet's nest that had been stabbed by someone.

He does not doubt the strategy of limiting the United States, and is even willing to see it done, because the geographical environment of the United States is the best among all the European and American powers, the convenient transportation on the Atlantic Ocean allows them to be closely linked with Europe, the huge territory is surrounded by no land threat, the huge export market of South America, and the advantage of self-sufficient resources, coupled with the active economy, makes the country more and more powerful.

But the problem is that the strong capital generated by the sparse population is bound to find a direction for investment, and the huge amount of industrial goods is also in urgent need of market expansion, and it is not something that can be changed by one person

Therefore, the United States proposed many years ago that all countries should "open their doors"

Europe is already too crowded, the fire and smell of Britain and Germany can be smelled across the Atlantic, and Europe is already mostly industrialized, and Europe will not be able to accommodate so many goods in the next ten years.

Africa is a huge market, but it is a traditional colony of Europe, and if the United States wants to intervene, it will have to exacerbate the turmoil in the Atlantic, and maybe an Atlantic war

Originally, Asia was a good market, but the rise of China has led to a great decline in the power of the United States in the East, and at present, the United States can only control Japan, but Japan has been in turmoil for a long time, and the economic erosion has not improved, and it cannot digest so many goods.

Although China is still one of the main sales places of American goods, but as the domestic national industry began to rise, the market share is constantly being squeezed, especially daily necessities, after the victory parade of the emperor's miracle pen, the concept of "using domestic products and strengthening national defense" has been put forward by anyone, so that the people who have gradually awakened the wisdom of the people have been more or less affected.

Even the key heavy industry, the United States exports to China are also declining rapidly, although the northern heavy industry is mainly military industry, but the four shipyards and more than a dozen machinery factories and iron and steel plants under the jurisdiction of Jiangnan Heavy Industry have been put into operation one after another, so that the domestic shipping companies have withdrawn orders to the country, within a year last year, the US shipbuilding and machinery enterprises received orders from China directly fell by half, and this trend is still declining.

This forces the United States to strengthen its control over South America and strive to make it a big market dominated by the United States as soon as possible, but there is a big problem here, that is, the South American countries on the Atlantic coast, in addition to Colombia, whether it is Brazil or Argentina, are still dominated by Europe, and the competition is already fierce.

Therefore, he urgently wanted to open up the Panama Canal and strive to completely control the South American market on the Pacific coast as soon as possible, but who would have thought that now the emperor suddenly decided to intervene and use a fake expedition to force Ecuador to open the market door, and then took the opportunity to provoke military competition in South America with old warships, and successfully opened the Peruvian market.

Chile was originally a traditional friendly country, and then Colombia and the United States have long been jealous because of the Panama Canal, a Nicaragua Grand Canal digging rights, suddenly made China and Colombia together, he can be sure that the remaining four old warships will be sent to them by the emperor.

This is the emperor's last far-sightedness, which can be called great, and it is also a classic method of using a big stick to pry open the market, when China suffered during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but now it has been exchanged for South America, Ji Weishan's coercion and talent for performance have also accelerated this progress, taking advantage of the fact that the United States has not slowed down, and almost smashed out a future market with warships at a price of nothing

Moreover, it also took advantage of the right to dig the Colón Islands and the Nicaragua Canal, and pinched the key points of the United States at once

If another large and wide canal appears on the side of the huge Panama Canal, and the access to the sea is blocked by unknown friends and enemies, then it is better to simply abolish the canal.

But the problem is that if the United States gives up, then the emperor will inevitably give up the Nicaragua Canal, so that the east and west coasts of the United States will still have to detour through South America, and its control over the Pacific Ocean will continue to decline.

The United States should be anxious, this is like a bear lying on its stomach in North China in those days, and there were still a few knives stuck in its belly in the predicament, and the problem is that the United States is unbearable, except for the war in Cuba, the United States military strength has not been greatly tempered, and compared with the domestic army, the United States is at least five years behind.

What the emperor wants is these five years

At present, China has the world's largest land resources and the world's largest human resources, and even if they are farmers, as long as they tell them about their advanced planting experience, the output is amazing

What's more, the domestic industry has already started, and the emperor has worked hard to maintain a small national heavy industry group that is not lost to Europe and the United States, and at the same time, he has also continuously strengthened the support of private industrial forces.

There is no shortage of resources, no shortage of manpower, and there is no wreak havoc after sweeping the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the bottom of the world's third-largest economy is still preserved, coupled with its own huge market that does not need to be exported, which means that the domestic economy will double or even double within five years

As soon as the emperor waved his hand, the entire American continent was in turmoil, how could such a means be done by ordinary people

"America Needs More Battleships" This is the bold black eye-catching target on the front page of the newspaper that made him smile, although the title is a little shocking, but the content is the truth, when Britain and France and other countries began to equip or develop battleships, the United States still only had five old battleships in San Diego in the Pacific, and the Battle of Sibilu has completely proved how vulnerable these old guys are

Ouyang Geng narrowed his eyes and put down the newspaper.

Now that it has been completed, it is estimated that the neighbor next door in the Atlantic Ocean will not be able to fight the two at the moment, so there will not be any mediator this time, and it will depend on how the United States chooses

Now may be the time to give the US Secretary of State a call.

Ouyang Geng, who was in charge, had just picked up the phone and was about to send a signal to the United States, when a knock on the door suddenly sounded, and the young diplomatic counselor handed over a small note.

"Mr. Ambassador, I think you should take a look at this right away."

After receiving the note, Ouyang Geng's hand holding the telephone suddenly stopped in mid-air.

"Ette, I want to know, if there is a war, how much time will you need to prepare, how sure will you be sure?"

In the spacious office of the White House, President Fairbanks is pale, and his energy is rapidly disappearing from the hours and nights, and even affecting his response.

Almost all the dignitaries of the current government arrived around him, and when everyone turned their attention to the admiralty secretary who was being questioned, they saw a look of frustration.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty." The Admiralty Chief shook his head.

"How is this possible" several ministers were surprised at the same time, could it be that the US Navy, which already had more than twenty battleships, would lose to a pure nouveau riche?

The Secretary of the Navy spread his hands and explained, "Yes, I have twenty-two battleships, and there are four more in the dockyard, but please don't forget what kind of warships they are. ”

"If you don't know, then I have a simple statistic, twenty-two battleships with 88 12-inch capital naval guns, but the Chinese have 38 naval guns just four Jilin-class battleships, and four Dalian-class first-class armored cruisers also have 36 10-inch naval guns, and this is not counting their six Duke-class."

"In fact, among the twenty-two battleships in my possession, I can't even find a model comparable to the Duke class, let alone others."

"Don't forget, to get from New York to San Francisco, we need to go around all of South America, even if we leave immediately, we need at least a year to prepare, and the Chinese have just shown us how to defeat the ability of the long-distance fleet, relying on the Honolulu base, they can let us repeat the same mistakes? What's more, they also have the world's rich experience in the combat of steel battleships, and these valuable experiences will greatly enhance the naval capabilities of the Chinese, and our country. ”

The minister's words silenced everyone, and at this time they found that the proud economy of the United States does not mean that it is strong, and even the Chinese, who have checked themselves several times, have sharpened their teeth through a series of bites and fights, and when these people look up from a long series of numbers and find that they are far behind.

"Your Majesty, maybe we should communicate with the Chinese and Li Mo to see if there is any other way." The minister suggested.

"Something else?" Fairbanks smiled bitterly, what else can be done now? Could it be that Li Mo would take the initiative to give up such a good situation and give up the right to dig the Grand Canal in Nicaragua?

Just as he was about to speak, a hurried footsteps came from outside, and Secretary of State John Hay rushed into the room: "Your Majesty, the Chinese visiting fleet has arrived in Brazil, they have just said that they will arrive in Cuba in half a month to visit, and they have also transferred four capital ships from the southwest Pacific and have arrived in Honolulu."

"Damn"

Fairbanks slammed his desk, Panama was going to Cuba before it was resolved, what the hell are these damn monkeys going to do

The repeated stimulation made him completely lose his cool, and roared angrily: "Dear Secretary of the Navy, do you want me to tell you what to do?" ”

"No, I know how to change it" The Secretary of the Navy stood up with a swipe and said firmly: "Although I am not in favor of going to war, I will do my best to prevent them from entering Cuba, I just want to know if I am authorized to use force first"

"No, you can't use force first, the council will definitely not be willing to go to war" Fairbanks finally calmed down and shook his head.

"Then I know what to do."

With the Secretary of the Navy leaving, the atmosphere in the office suddenly cooled again, but at this moment, the secretary rushed in again and interrupted everyone.

"Your Majesty, the Chinese ambassador has called, and he wants to talk to you personally." The confidential secretary pointed to the telephone on the table: "It's on Line Three." ”

"The Chinese ambassador? What does he want to do? ”

Under the gaze of everyone, Fairbanks slowly picked up the phone and exchanged greetings, and his face suddenly froze. This strange move also made everyone hold their breath, is it a provocation? Is it a compromise? Still, go to war

Half a ring, as the voice on the phone faded, Fairbanks put down the phone and said the second sentence after picking up the phone.

"They said they could transfer the right to dig the Nicaragua Canal to us"

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