November 1833.

When Zhuge Weidao led his Atlantic fleet to show off its might on the coastline of Europe for more than half a year, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean again and returned to Cuba Island, where the Atlantic Fleet's home port is located. This island, which is at odds with the United States of America and destined to become a thorn in the side of the Americans, has kicked off a round of large-scale infrastructure construction.

Although peace seemed to be about to be achieved, the top leaders of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty were quite sober at this time - what was about to begin was not a real era of peace, but a period of long-term preparation for war that lasted for twenty or thirty years.

This is because the Great Ming Dynasty only defeated the enemy in a world war and achieved incomplete victories, and did not really establish effective rule around the world. To put it in layman's terms, it is that the Ming Dynasty has gained prestige outside the Pacific region, scaring all countries, but has not yet established an effective management system.

The prestige of a country that is feared by foreign countries can be brought out through war, but the effective management of the entire world can only be formed through long-term management and construction.

This is like the ancient Chinese emperors could immediately conquer the world, but they could not rule the world immediately.

Hit, a few years may be enough. However, governance will take decades to carry out construction, operation, and infiltration step by step.

Before the completion of the construction of the global governance of the Ming Dynasty, those powerful countries that had been defeated by the Ming Dynasty, or were only forced to bow to the Ming Dynasty by the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, but were not effectively controlled by the Ming Dynasty, still had the opportunity to rise up and break the authority of the Ming Dynasty.

And the Ming side must not slack off, and must seize the time to complete its own global governance layout, so that in the future, when it is challenged by those powerful countries that do not admit defeat and do not accept control, they can defend their authority.

The first step in the global governance of the Ming Dynasty is, of course, to establish an effective global military projection capability. And the focus is on projecting a large amount of military power in the Atlantic region. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to set up military bases in Cuba, the Azores, the Gulf of Texas, and other regions that can garrison large armies and fleets, and that can deploy long-range aviation (not yet, but there will be one in 20 years).

Among them, the focus of construction is on the bases and various infrastructure facilities on the island of Cuba, where the home port of the Atlantic Fleet is located!

Tens of thousands of Japanese laborers and Ming naval engineers have been transferred from the construction site of the Grand Canal in Nicaragua to Cuba one after another, and another round of large-scale construction has begun. The construction of the military port, airport, dockyard, turret, bunker, barracks, oil depot, ammunition depot, various repair shops, town guard divisions, admiral military divisions, and so on, the roads and railways connecting Guantánamo Bay and Havana, as well as airports, small military ports, and submarine bases throughout the island of Cuba, as well as the military base defending the Cuban capital Havana and the Admiral of Havana, the Atlantic Fleet, have all started construction.

In addition, in order to serve the Ming military base on the island of Cuba and the Cuban people, large-scale dual-use port facilities, power grids and power stations, gas pipelines, oil depots and oil refineries (used to store and refine Texas oil) and other facilities have also begun to be planned and prepared to start.

While preparations for war began on the island of Cuba, peace negotiations between the Ming Dynasty, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Florida, the Dominion of Texas (part of the Mexican Empire) and the United States of America were also continuing at the Fort Prince's base outside Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba (which is now the temporary residence of the Admiral of Havana of the Atlantic Fleet of the Ming Navy).

Although the Americans had accepted the asking price proposed by the Ming side in principle, they did not surrender unconditionally after all, so in terms of specific details, the missions on both sides still had to fight for every inch.

After months of bargaining, by the end of November, a treaty that could be signed was finally placed in front of General Zhuge Weidao, who had just moved into the base of Prince's Fort.

"An indemnity of 8,880,000,000 silver dollars...... This figure is quite auspicious, but it is 1.12 billion less than our initial asking price! ”

Zhuge Weidao looked through the thick pile of treaty texts, and at the same time asked Lin Zexu, the foreign ministry in charge of negotiations, who came to Cuba after attending the coronation of Zhu Xiyou and Victoria. McClain talked for almost five months, and now an agreement has finally been reached.

Hearing Zhuge Weidao's question, this Lin Dazhongtang replied with a smile: "We and Japan will not lose a tael of silver...... Moreover, Americans pay in installments, and the unpaid part has to be calculated with interest of 5% per year. The concession of 1.12 billion was given by the Mexican Emperor Agustín I. He didn't want to put it off any longer, and he couldn't afford it! ”

Speaking of this, Lin Zexu's tone was already a little solemn: "Now the Mexican Empire is unstable...... The native-born whites who supported Agustin I suffered too much in the war, and if they continue like this, they may not be able to stabilize the situation in Mexico. So he was willing to take less money and end the war as soon as possible. But he didn't give up the 1.12 billion ...... for nothing In exchange for waiving most of his claims for reparations, the Americans had to limit the total size of their army to no more than 100,000.

In addition, Indian reservations west of the Mississippi River must be completely demilitarized! And the entire state of Louisiana must also be demilitarized...... The U.S. Army and Navy are not allowed to be stationed. However, the state, which is located west of the Mississippi River, is still open to whites and is not counted as an Indian reservation. ”

"100,000 troops, the ...... of the West African Military Zone on the Mississippi River" Zhuge said while thinking: This condition is very familiar! I don't know if it's tailor-made for a certain American mustache?

"And whatever!" Lin Zexu added, "In order to further weaken the economic foundation of the United States, Agustin I also demanded that the United States completely abolish slavery...... In addition, all black slaves who were unwilling to become American citizens after liberation were sent to the Republic of Florida for resettlement, and a certain resettlement fee was paid. In this way, the Republic of Florida would be transformed into a free black-Indian republic, and millions of blacks were expected to live there!

This country will become another pawn of the Mexican Empire to contain the United States...... As long as there is a military zone west of the Mississippi River, the Afro-Indian Republic of Florida, and the Japanese Dominion of Texas. The Mexican Empire will be able to accomplish most of the tasks of containing the United States, and the tasks of the Atlantic Fleet will be much easier in the future.

In addition, Agustín I also proposed that in the future, the Mexican Empire should focus on building the strongest standing army in the Americas, and that the defense of the sea would be entirely under the responsibility of our Atlantic Fleet...... Daozi, what do you think? ”

The strongest army in the Americas is also ......

"Is there another Agustin Line?" Zhuge asked again for the Tao.

Lin Zexu smiled and nodded: "Yes!" Daozi, your message is quite good...... Emperor Agustin told me only two weeks ago that he wanted to build a 1,200-kilometer line of defense on the border between Texas and the United States. The line will consist of barbed wire, trenches, fixed forts, field roads, etc...... Ahead of the line of defense there is also the military zone west of the Mississippi River. So it's foolproof!

What do you think? Can this treaty be signed? ”

"Sign it!" Zhuge nodded for Dao, "If you sign it, you can have peace in the world for at least 20 years...... It's a big deal to fight another World War II in 20 years! ”