"You, what did you say?" First Sea Secretary Thomas. Sir Trowbridge stood up excitedly, looked at Huck and shouted, "Huck, say it again! ”

His agitation was certainly understandable.

The Japanese immigrants in Texas were all brought over by the Ming Dynasty, in order to help the Mexican Empire defend the border, hold the treasure land of Texas, and at the same time contain the further growth of the United States, and let the struggle between the United States and Mexico in Texas continue, so as to prevent the United States from moving westward and threatening the expansion of the Ming on the west coast of North America.

And the Americans in Texas, of course, are all backed by the US government. Objective...... For the sake of the Texas land, of course. Although the United States already occupies millions of square kilometers of fertile land, with a population of only 20 million, it is not needed that much, and large tracts of fertile land in the country are barren. But who is too little to have good land? And Texas is on the lips of the United States, and it also belongs to Mexico, a potential adversary of the United States - Mexico is also a big country! The territory area is also several million square kilometers larger, that is, there are a little less white skins.

But just because the population is small now doesn't mean it won't grow in the future!

As long as the Mexican Empire has enough good land, Texas, for example, is a very good, very large territory, flat, fertile, with plenty of rain, a warm climate, and a long coastline and inland waterways. This territory should be placed in Europe, and it can fit the entire population of France! If it were placed in East Asia, the population of both Japan would be able to live.

If the Americans don't snatch Texas now, there will be millions of immigrants from East Asia or Europe in the future, and Mexico will be strong!

So the conflict that is happening in Texas now is actually the fuse of the battle of national fortunes between the United States and Mexico, two American countries.

And Daming happens to be an American country - Daming also occupies a large territory in the northwest corner of the Americas, although most of that territory has a cold climate, the habitable part is small, so the population is not large. But Daming has always taken it seriously, and is also looking to expand into Oregon and California.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Ming to sit idly by and watch the United States grow step by step, swallow all the good land of Mexico, and finally threaten its domination on the west coast of North America. Therefore, once the conflict in Texas escalates, the Ming will inevitably be involved.

This matter is a big toss, it is the second battlefield of the West's resistance to the Ming Dynasty!

Huck also knew how significant this matter was, so he smiled and said to the First Sea Lord: "Sir, here's the thing, with the support of the Ming Dynasty and Mexico, a large number of Japanese immigrants have moved into Texas in the past two years, and the number has exceeded 20,000. This has put white immigrants from the United States into Texas at risk, and the Mexican government, fearful of the massive entry of American expatriates into Texas, issued a decree last year banning American expatriates from entering Texas. This angered the Americans in Texas, so late last year, Austin and Houston, the leaders of the American immigrants in Texas, joined forces with the local Indians to warn the Japanese immigrants to get out of Texas immediately. But it was rejected by the Japanese immigrants, so Sam. Houston led a white-Indian coalition army of several thousand men to march to Texas City, a Japanese settlement. As a result, he was ambushed under the city of Texas and suffered heavy casualties! Now the U.S. government is ready to intervene under the pretext of killing expatriates and asking us for help. ”

"Prime Minister," said Foreign Secretary Robert Brown. Peel immediately gave his opinion, "The responsibility for this matter lies entirely with the Mexican authorities, who colluded with the Ming Empire and Japan in an attempt to betray Texas, and also closed the border and banned American nationals from entering...... This is an encroachment on the United States and the entire Western world, and it cannot be allowed! So we should resolutely support the United States! ”

This foreign secretary of the British Empire is really level! The Mexican authorities banned the entry of the Americans who entered the country illegally for fear of their independence in Texas, and at the same time brought in some Japanese immigrants to counter the threat of the Americans, which turned into an invasion of the United States and the entire West...... It would be right to co-authorize the Mexican Empire to give Texas to the United States for nothing.

Hearing this crooked reasoning, the Duke of Wellington's brows tightened, "That Emperor Agustin seems to have two 'heroic and heroic guard packages' three years ago, and now they have all arrived?" ”

"Last year came," said Viscount Palmerston, Lord of the Navy, "or Emperor Augustin would not have dared to prohibit Americans from entering the country illegally!" ”

The Duke of Wellington snapped his fingers and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the two packages are two hero-level, two hero-level, four hero-level, and six-guard level...... A total of 14 cutting-edge ships, right? Also, the Confederacy of Gran Colombia in South America and the Mexican Empire also have an alliance, right? Can the navies of these two countries be dealt with by the US Navy on its own? ”

"Yes!" "The Americans, with our help, also built the United States-class battleships...... This class of battleships is actually a weakened version of the Victory class, with exactly the same firepower and armor as the Victory class, but the speed is 3 knots slower, and only 18 knots without strong pressure ventilation. But the United States already has 5 completed United States-class ships, which is enough to deal with the 2 Hero-class and 2 Hero-class ships of the Mexican Emperor. As for Gran Colombia...... Since Bolívar's death, the country has lost its dreams, and only a large number of people are left fighting for power there, and they don't know when it will be divided. So Gran Colombia will not go with Mexico against the United States at all, they will only remain neutral. ”

"Good!" The Duke of Wellington nodded and said with a smile, "So that the Americans can win with confidence...... As long as the Americans defeat the Mexicans, the Ming will definitely get involved! And the North American battlefield is too far away from the Ming mainland, and the price of the Ming Dynasty's forcible intervention must be very huge! If they don't intervene, then the Americans, after defeating Mexico, will swallow Texas, California and Oregon together and become an intercontinental country with two oceans, and will also share the Pacific Ocean with the Ming Dynasty. Presumably this is unacceptable to Daming!

So Ming - there will be a war in the United States! ”

His gaze swept across both sides of the conference table, taking in a gloating face, "Gentlemen, although the British Empire is facing unprecedented difficulties, we should still express our unwavering support to the United States!" I hope that all members of the Cabinet can support my decision! ”

......

Beijing, directly under the Xishan airfield of naval aviation.

A Flying Dragon Type III passenger airship slowly lowered, and then the hatch of the airship was opened, the gangway was lowered, and Zhuge Weidao and his secretary and adjutant Yu Ziqi came out of the airship cabin one after the other.

It was his original housekeeper who greeted Zhuge Weidao at the airport, and recently with the support of Zhuge Weidao, he was elected as the political official Dao Yude under the promotion of his uncle Yu Quan - in addition to the eight major families, there are several political parties controlled by the family and the Xungui family. Among them, the political party manipulated by several major families such as the Zhuge family, the Yu family, the Guo family, and the Zhendong Wang Zhang family is called the Fairness Party!

Just listen to the name and know it's fair!

This fair party was founded by King Zhuge Wuzhong, and it has always been the largest party in the parliamentary and political conference with the purpose of maintaining the "ancestral system" of equal fields, limited fields, and equality. With the support of this fair party, when Zhuge Weidao stops being a general, he can retire to become a civilian scholar (the army and navy are active officers), and he can even become a prime minister!

Zhuge Weidao saw Yu De coming to pick him up, so he arched his hand and smiled: "Xiaoqian, I heard that you have been elected as a political officer, and now you have a bright future!" ”

"Isn't it all thanks to you?" Yu De also arched his hand, "If you didn't take me to the Jin Kingdom to gild, I wouldn't have been able to write and become famous, and I wouldn't have run a newspaper later...... I don't have that little bit of fame, and my uncle won't recognize me if he wants to promote me! ”

Zhuge nodded for the road: "It's all your own people...... By the way, how do you get to the airport today? Does the council not meet? ”

Yu Dedao: "Daozi, don't you know? Something is wrong with Texas! We can't make it to war with the United States again...... It's a two-front battle! ”