When the colonies declared their independence and raised an army to rebel against the native government of Briton, the so-called government of the American Republic was still very financially strained, despite various funding. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This is mainly due to two reasons.

One of the reasons is, of course, the informality of the grass platform of the so-called continental parliament of the republic.

Although these guys are wearing tuxedos and wigs, they are actually completely novices in governing the country.

Nor were their policies appropriate, or even that they were a formal State, because their colonial states were financially independent.

In addition, the foundation of this so-called republic is very thin, so it is natural that the finances are tight.

Another reason is that they want to pretend to be forced.

Although the real reason for their riots, uprisings, independence or anything is definitely not. But at least one of the slogans they propagated was the expropriation of the native government of Briton. That is, to collect taxes.

So in order to make themselves appear righteous, to make themselves the messenger of justice, the friend of justice, the embodiment of justice or something, they made a strange measure, but if you think about it carefully, it can be regarded as a natural measure, that is, no taxes.

Yes, the American Republic, which has been established for almost two years, is a government without any taxes......

But in William's opinion, this is not something to make a fuss about.

The slogan of every mob leader who wants to be in power.

In the previous life, in the late Ming Dynasty, not far from the history of this republic, Li Zicheng, the leader of the rogue who had done a lot, made a similar slogan. Eat his mother, drink his mother, open the gate of the city to meet the king, and when the king comes, he will not pay food.

The so-called "payment of grain" is the payment of taxes in kind, because China was in an agricultural civilization at that time, so agricultural taxes were almost the first of the tax burden. Therefore, "paying grain" and "paying taxes" are basically synonymous. In other words, their slogan is basically no tax.

In other words, whether it is the American fathers of the New World, or the rogue leaders of the late Ming Dynasty, or the third-rate literati or something, there is basically no difference in the slogans they use to fool the toiling masses. The so-called crows in the world are as dark as they are, and there is nothing new under the sun, which is pretty much what it means.

That's it, there are no taxes, the foundation is thin, and those deputies and gentlemen who participate in the parliament absolutely do not have the feelings of breaking their homes and serving the country, and it is impossible to take out all their thousands of family wealth as military expenses - just kidding, they came to be officials, and they became parliamentarians to make a fortune, who would pay money for feelings or something?

So, in the early days of the uprising, the Continental Army's finances were very tight. In addition to being able to rely on fundraising and issuing bonds to barely support, you can only rely on the soldiers of the Continental Army to carry forward the style of hard work and simplicity.

And in the middle of the war, after showing his strength, life in the Continental Army was much better.

In order to make trouble for their old enemy Briton and weaken the opponent's power, the Visigoths and the alchemists' continental alliance were very excited, and the entire ship of supplies and a large amount of money were imported into the Continental Army.

It was during this period, to be precise, that before October last year, before William and his White Army did not join the war, the Continental Army had a very prosperous life. Whether it's military salaries, or supplies, it's very good.

However, all this resource ended with the "end" of the war.

The supply of the Continental Army was cut off at once. The good days have officially come to an end, and it is time to return to the previous embarrassment, unable to eat, and need to carry forward the spirit of hard work and simplicity.

The question is,

I can't carry it forward.

It is easy to go from simplicity to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to simplicity. The soldiers of the Continental Army, who are accustomed to having a lot of fish and meat with the support of others and receiving high salaries, can no longer go back to the era when they could not eat enough.

No matter how hard you try, you can't go back.

That's it. This is also one of the reasons why the soldiers of the Continental Army are demoralized and desert a lot. Mr. George, as well as the state representatives in the Continental Congress, were torn apart by this.

But none of them stood up and said, "Since this is the case, everyone should use their own family money as military pay." ”

You can't even talk about it.

Because private property is sacrosanct, it is the most important and important manifestation of the freedom and glory of the great republics.

It was because of the local government's tax revenue that they "plundered" the interests of the "common people" in the colony, so they were angry and exposed. In such a situation, how can they condone the government to do the same thing again?

Therefore, it is necessary to continue to carry forward the spirit of hard work and simplicity. desperately propagated their righteousness and brainwashed the soldiers of the Continental Army.

In June 1750, the year of bad news, the Continental Army alone performed more than forty patriotic opera performances in the main force under the command of Mr. George.

Mr. George hoped that in this way, he could inspire patriotism among the soldiers.

It's just that now it seems that this tactic worked very badly. Although the people of this era had few entertainment projects, they were not bombarded with information by various media in later generations, so they were all very simple.

In general, guys like this are easy to brainwash.

In an era when the media was not developed enough and the amount of information received by people was insufficient, it was only natural that this doctrine and that doctrine were popular.

It's just that there should be a limit to what you can do. Doing things within this limit will result in a natural result, but if you exceed that limit, it will be too much.

Therefore, the soldiers who watched the patriotic drama more than 40 times in one breath are more or less tired of it. They have somewhat figured out that the high-level and upper-level guys are trying to trick them into being cannon fodder.

As a result, the morale of the army became even more depressed, and the number of deserters became more.

That's it, August. William and Victoria's army marched inland in three separate directions.

The Northern Route Army, led by Victoria and her staff, numbered more than 20,000 men, was to advance from north to south in the direction of Saratoga with the help of the Iroquois.

Another Briton army, numbering more than 10,000 men, formed the Standard Corps, which was to search for the Continental Army's guerrillas in the southern Pennsylvania region. At the same time, the passage of the Continental Army to the south was blocked.

Finally, there was the Middle Route Army, led by William himself.

The main army, consisting of the White Legion and a large number of Breton elites, will advance inland from the coastal areas. Their goal was to join Victoria's Northern Route Army at Saratoga.

An army of more than 60,000 men marched inland in this way. According to William's estimates, the war will be largely available by October of this year. By the way, hang the street lamps of Mr. George, as well as his close comrades.

"So, it's finally coming to an end. William, who rode his horse and walked at the front of the army with the cavalry company of the White Legion, thought to himself.

"It was planned to take two or three years to finish this. But now, it seems that it took less than a year. Sure enough......"

After thinking of this, William reluctantly ended his inner monologue.

Although it is only an inner monologue, no one can hear it. But it's still a little embarrassing to praise yourself like this. William thought to himself, and then smiled reservedly.

"Your Highness. "It was at this time that a scout cavalry rushed in front of him. William took a look, and the other party was one of the more promising Cherokees he had seen. Bobcat, stone cone. The son of the chieftain of the Lynx tribe. At the same time, he was also one of the commanders of their Scout Cavalry squad.

The Cherokee non-commissioned officer was dressed in a full military uniform, with tight breeches and a boat-shaped hat. In addition, there are armed belts with cowhide corsets, and short-barreled handcuffs and sabers in holsters.

Suffice it to say, if you don't look at your face, then no guy will see that he is an Indian. Even the face is the same. In order to make himself look fairer, this guy washes his face very seriously every day. And keep yourself as protected from the sun and rain as possible.

In this case, this guy's facial skin is no longer as black and red as most Indians. Instead, they are more inclined to the yellowish-white skin of the yellow race.

In addition to this, it is worth mentioning that his outfit is very "clean". This "clean" was mainly compared to other Cherokee soldiers who joined the colonial army.

Although they also accepted the modern standard of military uniform, they still wanted to show their own characteristics to some extent.

They like to put feathers in their hats, and they like to hang some innocuous amulets, or voodoo dolls. In addition to that, they keep the tattoos on their faces, and even those who don't have tattoos get some temporary tattoos.

All in all, they want to maintain their independence and want to make themselves stand out.

But the bobcat is different. Lynx had no of these, no feathers, amulets, voodoo dolls, or tattoos.

That's one of the reasons why William admires this guy.

Although he had never said anything like this, he could feel it by feeling, and he was very, very, very fond of everything he had received about "civilization", and tried his best to become a truly civilized person.

It is precisely for these reasons that William hopes to set this Bobcat sergeant as a model, so he cultivates him a lot. If Sergeant Lynx works hard enough, in the future, he can even find himself a good position in the Russian Army and even in the Russian Royal Government.

Of course, Sergeant Lynx wasn't the only one in William's entrainment. The Cherokee, who can be the epitome of the poster, has double digits. There will definitely be more after that. Whether Sergeant Lynx will be able to get that far, no one knows.