Chapter 56: War and Peace

The young people of America are the future of this country! No amount of fifteen dollars could reverse their resolve.

No matter how the fifteen dollars are presented with facts - this has become a sign of his cowardice. After the last 6 years of construction, there has been an unprecedented 'boom' on the land of America.

- The young officers remember that when they were young, they could not find even an iron weapon at home, and their greatest pleasure was to take a relatively straight stick to deal with the artemisia grass on both sides of the road; Now he can run through the moor with muskets and long knives in full armor, and run from the morning of sunrise to the dusk of sunset!

- The young officers remember when they were young, hid in their bosoms or in a haystack by their parents, telling them to run when they saw a white man, and to kneel down and beg for mercy if they couldn't run; Now they can chase the lone cowboy in the wasteland, watching them run wolf and cry suddenly, and after they can't escape, they can only kneel down and cry for mercy!

- The young officers remember that when they were young, they were never taught language and writing, and they did not understand what civilization and pride were, but now they can blurt out 'the great America', the Aztec and Mayan civilizations are familiar to them, and the feat of their ancestors conquering the Bering Strait has been interpreted to the stage of mythology!

The blood and tears of the past three hundred years have finally turned into hatred after six years of recuperation, and they can't wait to pour out the fire of revenge!

Thinking twice is the behavior of the old men, and looking ahead is a coward's excuse!

The young frogs, after accumulating a little strength, were more radical than the old frogs who had to fight back in a desperate situation.

Now they are fighting to get a shot at themselves, and they are all going to stab the enemy in the body! …… Fifteen dollars is a little tired.

He's only in his 30s, but the hair on his head is almost half white, and if it weren't for the sumac sap that dyed his hair black, he would have looked like a frog's grandfather.

But the color of the hair can be changed, and the exhaustion of the body cannot be disguised. The average life expectancy of an American is less than 40 years, and if this law is followed, fifteen dollars at this time is already considered an old man.

When the day was coming to an end, he could only reluctantly announce that the discussion could only be over.

The young officers clamored for a reluctant end to the meeting, in which they clearly had the upper hand, and as Fifteen Dollar left the room through the side door with the beavers and the others, there were all sorts of 'cowards,' 'fools,' and 'old things in the dead place'.

If only one or two mid-level officers said this, maybe he would have been ruthless enough to deal with them, but almost all the young officers were standing opposite him, and he couldn't do anything about it!

In a way, the young Americans love the country more than they do, because sooner or later the country will be theirs.

It's just that war is never something that can be started just by being hot-headed! …… The mainstream newspapers are silent, but the tabloids are all over the place.

Flyers were even posted on the exterior walls of the executive hall saying they were going to cross the Mississippi River. Occasionally, at night in White Rock, there is a singing of 'Conquest of America'.

But Ikaruga remained silent—he supported the fifteen-dollar argument, but he couldn't stand against almost all Americans.

Reason is one thing, stance is another. Silence is already the greatest support he can do for fifteen dollars and other old-fashioned factions!

It is against this background that the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and other countries have issued a 'Note on Maintaining Peace and Stability on the North American Continent' to the United Arab Emirates.

No one is stupid, and everyone can see that the hearts of the Americans are ready to stir when the Eastern Federation is divided at this time.

The Anglo-French forces were fighting in Crimea and Russia, but this did not prevent them from joining hands in intervening in the situation in the Americas, urging America to restrain its troops and not to interfere in the 'internal affairs' of the American Commonwealth.

Even Mexico and Texas in the south have expressed concern about White Rock's moves—they are happy to see America and America confront, but they absolutely do not want to see one annex the other.

New Mexico's Geronimo euphemistically stated that he was willing to send troops to help Turtledove destroy Pueblo's rebels, but hoped that Turtledove would exercise restraint and not arouse hatred of the entire white world against the world of colours—and he was also afraid of setting himself on fire!

Everything is as expected by fifteen dollars and others, and the whole world expects America to exercise restraint! ——A month later, even the Qing Kingdom on the other side of the Pacific Ocean sent a belated edict, saying that although America is far away in the ocean, the whole world is not the king's land, and the Qing Emperor is compassionate and hopes that the king of America will not use swords and soldiers to cause misery!

——The emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom, although he was abused by foreigners thousands of times, but at this time the Americans who were trying to find a sense of existence all over the world, but still had a sense of superiority in the Celestial Empire, along with the edict there was also a picture of 'You Chun', the eunuch who passed the decree said that the emperor was sympathetic to the Americans who had been away from home for 20,000 years, so he gave this calligraphy and painting to comfort the Americans' homesickness.

——The turtledove laughed and laughed with the edict and calligraphy and painting, and could only deeply feel that the world of the 19th century, this monstrous change, not to mention the American country that rose out of thin air, is the middle earth with deep roots, and it is also at a loss in this great change, and it is lost!

…… Turtledove's silence remained until early July 1852, when a front-page opinion piece entitled 'The Peacemaker' appeared on the front page of the White Rock Daily, claiming that peace on the North American continent had not come easily, and calling on all parties involved, whether white, black, or American, to work together to cherish this hard-won peace.

At the same time, in this commentary, he called on the militants in the country to use their brains more and not to be swept away by blood and hatred, so that the North American continent became a hunting ground and amusement park for the European powers.

No one can say who the 'peacemaker' is, but it is clear that there is a close relationship with the turtledove.

Britain, France, Russia, and other countries expressed their appreciation for this, and even the north and south sides in the east rarely said that the turtledove was a rare far-sighted 'good man' among the Indians, and Zachary Taylor even proposed to award the turtledove a peace medal.

This is the first time that a turtledove has been praised by them! In the same month, the Chicago Arsenal on the south bank of Lake Michigan received the largest arms order since the establishment of the factory, requiring the delivery of a regiment of 12-pounder field guns to the Northern Virginia Corps by the end of the year, with a gold payment and a 20% advance payment.