At the end of the ceremony, the huge colored balls hanging on the bow of the ship suddenly bloomed, and thousands of colored silk ribbons were hung down, igniting the celebratory atmosphere of the ceremony.

The military band played the light and happy song "Picking Betel Nuts", which was popular among the people, and the people who participated in the ceremony danced to the beat, and the generals and senior officials of various countries who participated in the ceremony raised their champagne in their hands to congratulate the successful completion of this grand ceremony.

Sir Li Jianyang, who has the rank of Brigadier General of the British Army on his shoulder, stands with Carlson, the British Ambassador to the Republic of Virginia, and MacDonald-Keynes, President of the Republic of Virginia, and politely greeted each other with champagne glasses.

"Congratulations, young Brigadier General! As a British soldier whose ancestral home is from the Ocean Kingdom, he must be very proud to see this moment, compared to those Qing people who wear melon skin hats and braids, the performance of the Ocean Kingdom is amazing. "President Macdonald-Keynes is of standard English descent, speaking with arrogance and a characteristic yin and yang freak.

Sir Li Jianyang raised his champagne glass and toasted slowly, before replying; "Thank you for reminding me where I'm from, Mr. President, and the Virginia farmer should be glad that you jumped up in time to hug the thighs of the Ocean Kingdom, and I think it was a wise decision, Mr. President."

His authentic London accent is full of British arrogance, and he learns vividly.

His words amounted to a riposte to President MacDonald-Keynes as it was; A small third-rate country that looks up to people's noses, really treats itself as a dish, will the master eat your dipping sauce?

Sure enough, Li Jianyang also learned badly, and he belonged to the attributes of the British;

Fighting with the sky and the earth is boring, and fighting with people is endless.

"Politics is an area you are not good at, Mr. Brigadier General. For Virginia, independence under British rule was a choice, defending its interests in the Civil War, and another in the Wool War. You see...... Life is full of surprises. ”

"I respect and admire your and the Virginians' choice, but that doesn't mean I agree with Mr. President's assessment of the Ocean Kingdom, and lo and behold, he threw me a dog bone with no meat on it."

"This is indeed quite a snarky comment, Your Excellency, and I remind you not to forget that before the leather boots of Allied soldiers set foot on this land, Virginia was one of the richest regions in the world, and we need no mercy."

"See, that's where our differences come from." Li Jianyang shrugged his shoulders helplessly, this is very British and very London, but it is really very annoying.

He paused and continued; "Two bad money and get carried away, Mr. Theodore-Roosevelt should not have made the mistake of the Virginians, and it is with compassion that Britain and the other allies have come to your aid, not pity."

Why do I need the sympathy of a ghost?

President McDonald-Keynes's face froze, and as he was about to retort, Ambassador Carlson chuckled and interrupted, saying; "Two respectable gentlemen, I don't think it's a good time to talk about this topic today, don't forget that the protagonists are the generals of the expeditionary force, and the venerable Marshal Lee, and it seems more appropriate that we put aside our small differences and express our blessings first."

Macdonald-Keynes held his breath in his heart, but endured it considering the big picture, echoed; "You're right, Mr. Carlson, what do you think...... Your Excellency, Brigadier General? ”

"Always at your fingertips." Li Jianyang said very insincerely.

So the three polite gentlemen took the champagne glasses in their hands and walked towards the place where the generals had gathered, a little further apart, thinking that the three of them had just had a close and pleasant conversation, and that they were on a very good relationship.

In fact, this is the bad habit of London's high society.

The bad habit of chatting about the weather for half an hour and then exchanging greetings with guns and sticks, full of alienation and arrogance under the polite exterior, was also carried to the warmth of Virginia, where it became popular among the local upper class.

The reason for this

Whether in the United States, the Republic of California, or the Republic of Virginia, only 11% of the total number of immigrants is of British descent (specifically England, Scotland, and Ireland) who firmly control the discourse of high society, have the core power in politics, and have unquestionable control over the political and economic spheres.

It was a nearly closed coterie that could accommodate only a small number of descendants of immigrants from Northwest Europe who were close to the British, such as Belgium and the Netherlands, and completely closed to Italian, French, and German descent, and even more so to the Chinese.

Don't think that being white is hello, me, everyone, in the North American continent's immigration ecology, the majority of the population of Germans, as well as French, Italian, Mexican and Spanish immigrants, it is difficult to enter the upper class, let alone control the highest power, and this situation was not alleviated until after World War II.

As the most populous and largest single immigrant ethnic group in North America, among the 27 presidents since the founding of the United States, none of the presidents has German ancestry, let alone presidents of Italian, Mexican and Spanish immigrant descent, which is very revealing.

Among the 27 presidents of the United States so far

There are 19 presidents of British origin, 6 presidents of Irish origin, and 2 presidents of Dutch origin.

Theodore Roosevelt was also Dutch-American, but his parents immigrated to the United States from Ireland, where they had lived for generations, and were technically Dutch-speaking Irish.

Peeling off the coat of advocating freedom, democracy and justice, you can find a lot of different and interesting things.

If German immigrants, who make up 24 percent of the population in North America, are strict and introverted, mainly workers and white small ranchers in the Great Lakes region, then what about the French immigrants who account for 7.3 percent of the total population and have always been troublesome, free and rights-fighting?

And what about the Italians?

The same is true in the Republic of Virginia, where big capitalists, big farmers, big entrepreneurs, and a small group of white British elites in law and journalism firmly dominate the political arena.

So who is the other half?

It was the Chinese from the Ocean Empire who crossed the river, and the Chinese led by a large number of financiers and factory owners landed in the country, and their power expanded rapidly in just over a year, attracting many Chinese from other states to seek development here, and there were some new immigrants, so that the Chinese population increased rapidly.

For its part, the Republic of Virginia was politically dependent on Britain and militarily on the Ocean Kingdom, so it joined the British Commonwealth as a member state, but did not join the Pacific Alliance.

That being said, the British, who were in power, could not stop the expansion of the Chinese in power.

During the garrison of the Ocean Empire, any political glass ceiling was window paper that could be broken at the slightest poke, and he could not prevent the Chinese from becoming police chiefs, entering the state legislature, forming political parties to enter the political arena, and defending ethnic interests.

On the West Coast of California, Chinese Americans have become mayors, city councilors, generals, police chiefs, prosecutors, and judges, and their forces have been inflated like balloons.

The country's financial industry was quickly swept away by strong institutions such as Huitong Bank, Shangri-La Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Huiyuan Bank, Pacific Bank, Hongshan Bank, Huidatong Bank and other powerful institutions from the Ocean Kingdom.

And in the Northern Federation, uh...... Forget it, not to mention, I am afraid that only the president of the Northern Federation is a white-skinned egg man, and other fields have been completely controlled by Chinese Americans, covering politics, economy, finance, military, and industrial and agricultural production.

Just like after a plague of locusts, there is nothing left.

Therefore, both the British and the President of the Republic of Virginia, MacDonald Keynes, are highly vigilant against the forces of Chinese Americans, and are in a contradictory state of mind that wants to take advantage of them and has scruples.

When the three of them came to the general's circle, Li Jianyang was obviously very popular, and after the simple greeting between President Macdonald-Keynes and Ambassador Carlson, there was no speech.

The generals are all born in martial arts, even if they have a higher education, but they have developed a straightforward temper when they stay with Qiu Ba every day, and they have added a sense of arrogance after sweeping North America, and they are too lazy to perfunctory those they don't like.

"Jianyang, if you want to talk about it, you have to call me uncle, I was your majesty's personal guard with your father back then, and we used to be on duty together for several years."

"Hahaha...... Jianyang is the leader of the younger generation, good, very good. ”

"You kid is so bold, you dare to rush into Detroit with 3,000 people, you are worthy of the seed of the leader of Somali mercenaries, dare to think and dare to take risks, you can be regarded as outstanding among the new generation of talents in the empire."

"I heard that you vomited during the Russo-Japanese War, is there such a thing?"

"Jianyang, are you happy to do it on the British's side? If you can't do it, come back, so many uncles are here...... Can it still make you suffer? ”

These generals are all veterans of military qualifications, a large group of uncles in their fifties to their sixties, Brigadier General Wu Shixun, who is less than forty years old, can only be regarded as juniors, and Major General Wu Baoli is 43 years old, because Li Yong, the viscount of Humen, once served as a personal guard officer, and is familiar with most people, and they are indeed elders.

After Li Jianyang passed, he could only keep making gifts, and was surrounded by a group of generals in the middle You ask a question, he says a word, he feels a different kind of strong care, and his heart is warm.

"Thank you uncles for your care, Jianyang is still successful in the British, mainly because there are still some businesses in the family to take care of in Europe, and there are no things on the table, but I can't withdraw for a while, and I am deeply ashamed."