Ever since mankind entered industrial civilization, there has been

The phrase "30 years of the army, 100 years of the navy". I don't know who first proposed it, but the original meaning is actually that it takes at least 30 years for an army soldier to grow up and then pass training; The navy, on the other hand, needs at least 100 years from the time the trees are planted, before it can be used as a qualified timber to build ships.

After the beginning of the Age of Discovery, the age of the army was generally around 30 years old, and the ships of the navy were at least 100 years old according to timber.

After entering the 19th century, the meaning of this sentence gradually began to evolve, and all the sea power countries reached a consensus, that is, the construction of the navy is a long-term and high-consumption project, and without the ability to burn money for decades, do not want to have a qualified navy.

This is not a matter of personal will, nor is it something that can be achieved by buying and buying pants. As a rising star like Prussia, the army is quite remarkable, but without the accumulation of time, it also cannot pull a strong naval fleet out.

Once an old power, such as the Netherlands and Spain, has a declining economy and runs out of money to burn, the navy will also weaken.

For example, the Qing Dynasty in the Far East, even if the family has a strong foundation and money to burn, even if it buys a 'No. 1 in the Far East' in the future, it will still sink and lose in the end.

It has only been more than three years since the founding of the United States, and it is simply a joke to talk about the 'navy'. In the past three years, Britain, the United States, Russia, France, Germany and Austria have taken turns to sell warships, and the French are even more willing to package and sell his high-tech steamships, and the turtledove is unmoved.

America was quite poor, that is, under the chieftaincy system, it was possible to use labor for free, without spending money, otherwise any few projects of the Planning Commission would have bankrupted the country.

Buy a warship...... Turtledove didn't even think about it. The development of America is deformed, and this point has always been clearly understood by the turtledove.

Not only economically, but also militarily deformed. But at the end of the day, there is still no money, so it has to be so!

The Admiralty of America is probably the only military department in the world that can make money without spending money.

America's Navy Chief, and probably the only one, is not a military commander with a combat mission, but a profitable KPI.

…… Tsarist Russia had a pathological greed for land and wealth. Not to mention that at this time America and Russia were still nominal allies, even if they were nothing, they would not shout out the price of '100 million rubles'.

At this time, the ratio of rubles to dollars was about 1:5, which means that according to the gold content, 1 ruble is equal to about 5 US dollars.

It should be noted that in the original history, the exchange ratio between the ruble and the US dollar at this time was about 1:2, but at this time, due to the emergence of an American in the western part of North America, the development of the United States was greatly restricted, and correspondingly, the US dollar could no longer maintain such a high gold content.

The United States is still strong, it is still developing at a high speed, it is still an unrivaled presence on this continent, but, judging by the memories of previous lives, it has been weakened by at least half of it.

It is intuitive to have the impression that Detroit's steel mills produce about 10,000 tons of steel a year, while in previous lives, this figure should have been around 20,000 tons.

Alaska is a treasure trove, and the turtledove certainly knows it. But 100 million rubles is also impossible. It's equivalent to 50 million taels of silver, and Tsarist Russia really wants to do this, this is the rhythm of forcing the turtledove to conquer St. Petersburg in person!

Thanks to the fact that Ikaruga used the navy's military funds to support the intelligence agencies, one month later, Ikaruga finally figured out the origin of this farce.

This turned out to be the Americans playing tricks again! …… For the Commonwealth of America, the independence of the Indians was a pain in his face.

Although for the time being he did not admit his defeat, believing that the war was not over, in fact, it had lost the western part of the country, which it considered to be in its pocket.

Indirectly, it also lost its access to the Pacific Ocean. I have to admit that even with the Missouri River as the dividing line, the vast area and resources in the east are still the foundation of a regional power.

If it develops well, it may not be able to become a world power in the future. But for the United States, which once came close to dominating North America, the pain of gaining and losing is simply painful for politicians in the White House.

Even in 1847, the Whigs and Democrats reached a rare agreement to end the long strife in Congress, remove James Polk, and bring Zachary Taylor to power.

After all, Zachary Taylor, who once shone in the early days of the Mexican-American War, is undoubtedly the best candidate for the position of president of the United States.

As soon as Zachary Taylor came to power, he launched a westward crusade, but the situation in the world happened to change, and the European powers unanimously adopted a policy of intervention, forcing the American army to stop.

As soon as the fighter plane was lost, there was no further fighting. By the time the U.S. army wanted to go west again, the army had already been dispersed, and the chiefs of the troops everywhere quickly found their own pleasure, and there was some lack of interest in assembling to go west again - Andre Jr. and Sturgeon and Smoked Fish were saddened by the corruption and degeneration of their own army, but by the standards of the American Union Army on the other side of the river, the soldiers of America were all Puritans of Puritans!

In addition, Zachary Taylor was involved in economic problems, and his will to launch the Second Western Expedition was not resolute, and the great cause of the American Western Expedition was delayed.

Anyway, the west is there, and sooner or later the Indians will die. The members of Congress generally think like this: save another sum of money, stock up another wave of soldiers, and then go west!

Along the Missouri River, the two sides tacitly confronted each other, and the wind and waves were calm. However, under such a calm surface, the United States has been making small moves.

He even wanted to pull the Indians in the west to sign a "Law of the Sea", indicating that although the two sides were hostile, they wanted to allow each other's ships to sail freely in each other's waters.

After being rejected, he turned around and signed such agreements with Mexico and Texas. Fortunately, the Gulf of Mexico is regarded by France to death, otherwise, America would really be blockaded as an island country.

Just last year, the Secretary of State of the United States of America, John Clayton, visited Russia, and during the talks, he gave the Tsar an idea: "Anyway, Alaska's broken land is of no use for birds, you might as well sell it!" The Tsar's face was fierce: "What do you say?" I'm an ally with America! Isn't selling Alaska to you the same as pitting America? ”

"You misunderstood me!" Secretary of State John Dryton said, "I mean, you sell Alaska to Turtledove!" The Tsar asked, puzzled, "Can't a poor man like America afford it?" Secretary of State John Callton laughed: "Let him smash the pot and sell iron to buy it!" He is building railways and opening coal mines, it can't be without money, right? If he complains to you, you can say to him, 'Sell it to America,' and he will have to buy it if he doesn't buy it." The Tsar pondered.

…… The main reason why the US Secretary of State came to Europe at this time was that the 'Eastern Question' in Europe was evolving towards war.

Although the United States does not want to get involved, it is necessary to see which way the wind is blowing. Not long ago, the French Emperor sent the Marquis de Lavaletti to Constantinople to demand that the Turkish court explicitly recognize France's right to protect most of the churches in the Holy Land.

This is a clear violation of the Kuchuk-Kainaji Pact, according to which the Orthodox Church has more immunity and privileges than the Catholic Church!

If the Turkish Sultan does not make a good choice, the tsar will have to take measures. He estimated in his mind that if things went uncontrollable, he might have to spend 50 million rubles to get justice.