The watermill was discharged overnight, the next day he was married to the nurse named 'Du Juanhua', and on the third day he led 200 elite Tonatyi soldiers south in a panic.

Turtledove originally wanted to persuade him to stay with Du Juanhua for a few more days, but was rejected by the waterwheel.

"I've compared, her thighs are thicker than my arms!"

Turtledove took out the blank piece of letter again and wrote a letter to Roczen in the south.

I didn't write anything more, I scribbled and couldn't wait.

"I think Charlie, wait!"

……

Located on the border between the Arkansas River and Santa Fe, Fort Bengt was the main transportation route between Missouri and New Mexico, and at least 30 percent of the trade between Western Indians and Eastern whites passed through it.

However, Fort Bentham was not an asset of the American Commonwealth, but was established by a Benter trading company, consisting of Fort William, Fort Charles, and Fort Cherland to form a strong military trading hub.

The Bengt Trading Company had a good eye and a fish to eat, and in addition to collecting tolls here, it also subleased it to the U.S. military.

By 1845, as trade between the east and west continued to expand, the Bent Trading Company had begun to build a new castle south of Bentburg and named it 'New Bentburg', but it was now a project that was temporarily unfinished due to financial problems.

New Bentburg was larger, could accommodate more people, and was closer to the Arkansas River, saving traders significant transportation costs.

What's more, the Benther Trading Company also obtained a loan through the military's connections, which is equivalent to the fact that the new Bentter Fort was built by the military at the expense of the Benther Trading Company.

Stephen Carney's expeditionary force was stationed at Old Fort Bent, across the river from New Fort Bent, connected by a bridge that had fallen into disrepair and was said to have been built by former Indians.

Andre Jr. and Stephen Carney's seventh meeting was chosen on this dangling bridge.

Stephen Carney is at the north end and Andre Jr. is at the south end.

New Bentburg, which had not yet been built, was temporarily used as a temporary base for the Indian Union negotiating team. However, it is already very lively, and many traders have chosen to trade in the new castle to avoid the increasingly high transaction tax in the old castle.

The talks were scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., but there was a little commotion before the talks began.

Little Andrei originally stepped on the bridge with one foot, but after seeing the negotiating table in the middle of the bridge, he turned around and left.

It was a while before someone came to talk to Stephen Carney's negotiators, saying that the table was not placed in the center of the bridge, and that it was closer to the north.

The two sides have been arguing over this issue for a long time, and Stephen Carney has also insisted on not giving in.

By 1 p.m., the Indians had sawed the table in half, moving one half of it 20 centimeters to the south, and the problem was perfectly solved.

The negotiating vice-envoys of the two sides were finally able to sit down at the table and exchange views.

But when the agreement was signed, there was another problem, the Americans did not recognize the agreement written in the Indian language, and the Indians did not recognize the agreement written in English, and the two sides again started a tug.

By 3 p.m., an agreement had finally been reached in both English and Indian languages.

Under the agreement, the U.S. forces and the Indian forces would achieve a ceasefire for at least six months, and the Indian forces would withdraw from the east of the Missouri River to the west bank; The Indians would return Denver and sell at least 30 tons of gold annually to the American Federation at $20 per ounce;

In compensation, the Commonwealth of America will designate a 'new reservation' to be defined for the Indians, and the United States will pledge to support the development of the Indians and provide a low-interest loan of $200,000 to the Union of Indians;

In addition to the 'ceasefire' and 'deal', the main content of the agreement also includes terms such as the United States sending technical personnel to the Indian Union to guide the development of the Indians, and the Indians can send students to the American Federation, but for the time being, they are only a general framework. Neither Stephen Carney nor Andre Jr. have been given such a high level of authority to concretely implement these provisions.

If the content of the agreement spreads, Andre Jr. will definitely be charged with 'betraying the country for glory', and Stephen Carney will definitely have a hard time, and he will be criticized for 'being weak and incompetent'.

In short, it's a lose-lose deal for Stephen Carney and Andre Jr.

But it's such a lose-lose agreement, and it can really make the two sit down and have a good chat.

The signing ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. -

However, at 6 p.m., Stephen Carney objected again: he wanted to change the place where he signed to Stephen Carney 'Your Excellency', not Stephen Carney 'General'!

The two sides continued to tug, and at 8 o'clock in the evening, an agreement was finally reached, and both parties signed the agreement to be addressed as 'Your Excellency' instead of their respective official names.

The wind was strong on the bridge, and the gas lamps were reflected in the sparkling water, rotting into a river full of stars.

A signing envoy came from the north, not Stephen Carney, but Robert Perkins;

There was also a signing envoy from the south, not little Andrei, but a blood wolf.

When the two met and shook hands, Robert Perkins put one hand in his coat pocket and stretched out the other to shake the blood wolf.

The blood wolf pulled out a black dagger from the back of his arm, stabbed directly into Robert Perkins's chest, and slashed downward, blood sprayed all over him, and even the heart, lungs, and intestines inside flowed to the ground.

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Robert Perkins' hands hung out of his coat pockets, and he still clutched a revolver tightly.

"Playing yin with Lao Tzu, you!"

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White Rock City wants to take Stephen Carney under the knife, but Stephen Carney is also thinking about preemptive strike!

It's been almost three months since Stephen Carney asked Washington for reinforcements, but Washington has only written to say "It's coming, it's coming, it's already recruiting......

Stephen Carney is just old, not stupid.

At this point, who still doesn't understand what Washington is doing!

The death of a Fremont was certainly a huge shock to him, but it was a good time for the coffee-drinking gentlemen in Washington to redistribute their interests.

Whether it is the Whig Party or the Democratic Party, the enemy's graves must be dug up, and the graves of their own people must be dug up. Why did Speaker Henry Cullei die at the critical moment when the impeachment of the president was initiated?

After knowing that there was no hope for reinforcements, Stephen Carney resolutely decided to strike first, taking advantage of the fact that White Rock City had newly captured California and the vast land in the south, and his foothold was not stable, and he needed to divide his troops to defend it, and sent an army to attack White Rock City!

His thoughts coincided with those of the turtledove.

It's like two opponents, talking and hugging cordially, while sliding a dagger out of their sleeves and stabbing each other's hearts fiercely.

- Unfortunately, one of them is still a step slower in the end!