In just a year and a half, the combined population of Mexico and Texas has soared to about 2.3 million.

In the Civil War, the Dixie people took the initiative to prepare for war and provoke the Civil War because they found that it was impossible to defeat the Yankees economically if they dragged on, and the Yankee were in control of the federal government, and a few decrees could lock them up.

And this time, it was the Yankees who found themselves in a loose system that could not have developed a highly unified Texas and Mexico regions.

Therefore, it is necessary to strike first, and defeat Tom Smith's American Empire before Tom becomes a giant that they can't challenge at all, and can only look forward to it.

The history of mankind is the history of involution,

When a Europeanized army appeared on the American continent, and it was also the army of the hostile forces of the old Yankee government

This situation forced the old Yankee government of the former American hegemon, to make changes to its own militia system.

First of all, the first point is the change of Yang Jilao's own military system.

It is impossible for the militia-based army system to allow Youngster to have an iron-blooded army that can fight tough battles and confront European armies.

Elder Yankee is going to start raising a standing army and use a professional army to fight Tom Smith's army.

Thus, on June 27, 1868, the old Yankee government once again carried out a large-scale reform of the military system after the large-scale signing of the military reform law after the 1812 American-British War.

The "Plan for the Construction of Professional Military Schools in the United States" and the "Reform of Military Spending in the United States" were signed into various laws to bring the American military closer to the European army.

At the same time as the signing of the military-related decrees, Yang also signed a large number of laws on tariff adjustments and suppression of state power.

Forced by Tom's sword of Damocles, the top of the Yankee old state government was forced to cede part of the state power.

They also understood that it was impossible to defeat Texas without a strong man breaking his wrist, even if Texas had a population of only two million, and Yankee had a population of 20 million.

According to Elder Yankee's plan, Elder Yankee will spend two to three years rearming and fighting Tom Smith in a decisive battle in a few years.

Elder Yankee firmly believes that Texas and Mexico cannot become a force that the old Yankee government cannot fight against in two or three years.

In this way, because of the influence of Tom's little butterfly, the United States began the next stage of the professionalization of the military fifty years ahead of schedule - learning the European system.

Historically, it was not until the beginning of the 20th century, under the pressure of World War I, that the United States carried out large-scale military reform.

Tom's arrival made Elder Yankee feel the pressure in advance.

Then two or three years is the golden time for Tom Smith's development.

Yankee is old to reorganize the army for war, Europe is always paralyzed by the marriage channel, and Tom Smith ushered in a golden period of development,

Let's take a look at the current state of Texas and Mexico.

Texas now has a population of about 1.5 million, and in Mexico, the area controlled by Tom the Great has a population of about 800,000.

The demographic composition is:

120,000 native white Texans and 50,000 native blacks,

130,000 white men from the Dixie area who came to Texas,

280,000 blacks transported from the Dixie area,

80,000 Germans,

The above population is basically in the Texas area,

370,000 Irish, 190,000 in the Texas area, 180,000 in the Mexico region,

770,000 East Asian-American employees, 200,000 in Texas, 500,000 in Mexico,

250,000 Middle Eastern slaves, 200,000 in Texas, 50,000 in Mexico,

270,000 Eastern European slaves, 200,000 in Texas, 70,000 in Mexico,

In addition, after Tom took control of Texas, the population of people smuggled into Texas and Mexico by European countries totaled 50,000

Around.

A total of 2.37 million people, including 1.54 million in the Texas region and 8.83 million in the Mexico region,

Indians are not counted.

As for the fact that these people are engaged in basically only two occupations, the industrial population and the agricultural population, there is no other population.

In modern terms, there is no tertiary industry in Texas and Mexico.

In the tertiary industry, the most important is the service industry.

Look at the current situation of employees and miners in Texas and Mexico — working eighteen hours a day and barely paying enough food stamps.

Is it possible for a tertiary sector to develop in such a region? Is there a service industry possible?

With such working conditions and salaries, can employees and miners still have anything to spend?

Even the development of a small service industry in Texas and Mexico would tarnish Tom Smith's rule.

Tom also likes to check in Texas and Mexico from time to time to see if there is a service industry, and when he sees it, Tom reflects on why people there have the money and time to enjoy it.

Tom has a motto:

"As long as there is any service industry under my rule, it means that my rule is a failure."

"I actually let so many excellent laborers serve others."

"In my American Empire, everybody should be in production!"

"Do work that is of real value, not a service industry worker who earns work that relies on service and pleasing others."

"The American Empire doesn't need a tertiary industry!"

"An absolutely industrialized agricultural country exists!"

"Except, of course, for serving me."

In the American Empire, the maid butler serving the Smith family was probably the largest service in Texas and Mexico.

Within the American Empire, the industrial population was concentrated in Texas, while the agricultural population was widely divided in all areas suitable for cultivation in Texas and Mexico.

The industrial population of Texas is primarily responsible for the construction of infrastructure and a variety of industrial production within Texas.

Texas is a material-poor region, oil has no potential for development, and coal is lignite with low calorific value, so Tom's home base is mainly industrial.

The main jobs of the industrial population in Mexico are infrastructure and the mining of various minerals.

Northern Mexico is rich in mineral resources, and now Tom has an outlet to the Pacific Ocean, and he can continue to smuggle people from Galeries Lafayette.

In the territory of the American Empire, the biggest way out for hundreds of thousands of employees is mining.

The mining region of northern Mexico, where thousands of people die every day, is the best place for Dichao's employees.

Tom's greatest care for the local employees is the "Miner's Song" that Tom wrote specifically for them.