Good times are always short-lived, and after parting ways with Miss Sally, Lieutenant Fan Pengju reached out and stopped a public carriage and rode towards his station.

It is a two-horse railroad carriage that first appeared on the streets of London in 1807 and is now the main public transport in major cities such as Chang'an, Los Angeles, Seattle and Taoyuan.

In these large cities, private horseback riders are not allowed to enter for reasons of urban health and safety.

Cowboys from other places must store their horses in the suburban animal pens when they go to the city to run errands, pay a certain fee to be guarded, fed, and taken into the city by public carriages.

There are large signs on the front of the public carriages, showing where to where, and there are very vivid pictures, such as the spire of St. John's Cathedral and the Peking Opera mask of the Lesheng Theater, which looks clear at a glance.

Lieutenant Fan Pengju sat down on the west side of Danfengmen Street in Longshouyuan District, a place called Erliying and got off, which is only six or seven hundred meters away from the majestic Danfengmen, located on the side of Danfengmen Square, and is a prosperous place.

He walked into a large courtyard where guards stood guard, a camp of the Royal Janissaries, where soldiers in military uniforms came and went, and where single officers had dormitories, in a small two-story building with six rows in front and back.

When passing through the playground, the recruits who had just left the company were in training, and the shouts of killing were deafening, and they were very energetic.

These recruits were only assigned to the units after four months of intensive military training, and they had already been trained in both the queue and the white-knuckle assassination technique.

Lieutenant Fan Pengju's dormitory is on the first floor, which is a single room divided into two, with a desk and a pair of chairs in the outer room, which is a place to receive visitors and study on a regular basis, and the inner room is a bed, a bedside table and a large wooden closet.

Several sets of military uniforms were ironed without a single wrinkle, neatly hung in the closet, and the bedding on the bed was neatly folded, looking clean and tidy.

Fan Pengju had just opened the door when he was stopped by an enthusiastic voice; "Brother Pengju, you are back, a few brothers from the third battalion are going out for a drink, I heard that the Chaozhou Wild Vegetable House in Causeway Lane has received a new Galapagos tortoise, this is a rare delicacy, Captain Hu Hanbiao has already gone to make a reservation, you are in a hurry."

The one who spoke was Lieutenant Liu Shunli, the commander of the fifth company, who was also a friend of the single dormitory next door, and walked over with a smile on his face.

Fan Pengju was also quite surprised, and responded with a smile; "Then I'm in for a treat, I heard that the government is now legislating that it is strictly forbidden to hunt and slaughter Galapagos tortoises in the future.

"So while the regulations still allow, hurry up and try the turtle chops and delicious turtle liver, and you won't be able to eat it if you miss the time."

"Hahaha...... Come in and say, I have two very strong bottles of gin here, and I wiped them out together in the evening. ”

"Miss Sally gave it to you, right? The Earl's Court is all high-quality, so you must try it. ”

Lieutenant Liu Shunli smiled and walked into the dormitory with Fan Pengju, the two were comrades-in-arms of the same company, and they were very familiar with each other, and he picked up a boiling water bottle to make tea.

During the California Gold Rush

One of the most exotic species of wild animals that is on the table is a variety of giant turtles, the most famous of which is the Galapagos tortoise, which is known for its deliciousness.

Even in Chang'an, the Galapagos tortoise is a rare delicacy, as a Scottish captain once said; "Elephant tortoise liver tastes great, much better than any meat I've ever tasted, and it's a God-given delicacy."

Slaughtering a Galapagos tortoise is not an easy task and requires an experienced chef to make a wide variety of foods, pies, soups, stews and baked goods.

Galapagos tortoise steak is a famous dish in Chang'an, one turtle is enough for hundreds of people to eat, and the turtle shell is made into handicrafts, which has a high collection value.

The Galapagos tortoise is the largest tortoise in the world, with a body length of 1.2 meters, and the adult tortoise male is larger than the female, the adult male weighs about 580~650 pounds, while the female turtle is about 260~400 pounds, and the lifespan is up to 200 years.

After the Chinese in Chang'an City discovered that the Galapagos tortoise was extremely delicious, a variety of dazzling methods came into being, such as fried tortoise steak, stewed tortoise claws, spiced red braised tortoise meat, fried skirt, fried tortoise liver, etc., which became a trend for a while.

In just a few years

The number of Galapagos tortoises has rapidly decreased from about 13,000 to less than 1,000 today, and this has attracted the attention of the Chang'an city government, and the city council has proposed to strictly prohibit the hunting and consumption of sea turtles, especially the Galapagos tortoises.

"Brother Pengju, you are well-informed, I heard that the Americans over there in the Omaha Fortress are restless, and have sent a small force of more than a dozen people to cross the river several times to harass and conduct regional infiltration and reconnaissance, is there such a thing?" Lieutenant Liu Shunli took a sip of the teacup in his hand and asked with concern.

Lieutenant Fan Pengju spread his hands and replied with a wry smile; "You're embarrassing me, except for Xiu Mu on weekdays, we spend 9 out of 10 days together, and I can't know the news you don't know, and the eldest brother won't mention these things in the letter."

"That's just as well." Lieutenant Liu Shunli nodded in acceptance of this explanation, but said unwillingly; "Brother Pengju, I think this matter has no wind and no waves, the United States has never held back any good fart, the assassination plot we have foiled over the years, eight or nine out of ten cases involve the United States, it's really hateful! According to my idea, I went straight to the past and wiped out these old Americans. ”

"Brother Shunli, the United States is not Mexican, the national strength of the two is not the same, if it is really a border fight, and then trigger a full-scale war, the cruelty of the war will not be inferior to the Crimean War."

"Hmph, how can a soldier be afraid of war?" Lieutenant Liu Shunli snorted, with a yearning look in his eyes, and said; "Take your cousin General Fan as an example, if it weren't for his achievements in the Mexican War, the threshold from lieutenant to major would have taken at least ten years. If he hadn't shined in the Crimean War, he wouldn't have been promoted straight from lieutenant colonel to the rank of brigadier general, he doesn't seem to be a few years older than you, right? ”

"Well, 6 years older."

"That's right, although your cousin is 6 years older than you, he is already an important minister on the town side, with the rank of brigadier general, if there is no war, it is estimated that you and I will waste another 20 years, and we may not be able to reach the rank of colonel, let alone be promoted to the rank of brigadier general, there is no possibility at all."

Lieutenant Liu Shunli took another sip of tea in his arms, the burning ambition in his eyes could not be suppressed, and the young man was in full bloom, eager to make contributions and earn a share of the glory of being a wife and a child.

He and Fan Pengju are both scholars among immigrants, graduated from the Chang'an Lecture and Martial Arts Hall, and have undergone three years of rigorous officer education, and are grass-roots officers of quite high quality.

It's a pity that they came late, and missed several vigorous wars in the early days of the founding of the country, and the kingdom gave birth to a large number of military nobles who were feudal lords and generals, which was the easiest time to get ahead.

Further back, it became more and more difficult to promote the rank of nobility through military merit.

After the victory of the Tang-Mo War, the empire was divided into 4 viscounts and more than a dozen barons, and some were lifelong nobles from barons, which was a kind of noble title that did not have a fief and could not be hereditary.

Strictly speaking

In the British aristocratic system, from the baron did not belong to the nobility. But in the aristocratic system of the Tang Kingdom, from the baron to the lowest level of lifelong nobles.

In the Crimean War in Europe that followed, the fighting was so bloody and cruel, and the expeditionary force performed so well that the kingdom did not award a single viscount title, but only rewarded six barons and a group of barons according to military merits.

First, because this is a European war, its significance cannot be compared with the war of the kingdom's territorial expansion, the gold content is greatly inferior, whether the war is cruel or not, and how many people die is not the standard for judging the merits of the war.

The second is that the meritorious ministers who originally had a noble title in the army are not in the list of rewarding titles, and they are more rewarded with promotions and ranks, rather than rewarding a noble title.

Titles of nobility are not so cheap and do not change for life once obtained.

Unless there is an earth-shattering feat, the king may award another count or even a higher rank of great nobleman, but this is extremely rare.

Third, it is an indisputable fact that the standard for rewarding noble titles in the kingdom is getting higher and stricter.

Therefore, although Fan Pengju and Liu Shunli are both twenty-five or sixteen years old, they are still only lieutenants because they have no opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Their situation is not uncommon, but it is a very common battle in the army, and the young and enthusiastic young Zhuang soldiers are eager to fight, while the last batch of young and middle-aged soldiers who have just come out of the smoke of war are in full swing, and they are in good age, and they have invisibly suppressed the young officers.

The old United States is ready to move, and the royal military knows it, and this cannot be concealed at all.

It is a pity that His Majesty has always calmly suppressed the impulse of the army to start a war, always maintained a strategic definition, and was not confused by the old tricks of the United States, which has made many people anxious.

Counting since the Mexican-American War, North America has ushered in the sixth year of peace (referring to the Tang Kingdom), and the war in Crimea in Europe is so far away that there has been no fluctuation in the peaceful environment of the Tang Kingdom.

The Crimean War in Europe was a great supplement to the economy of the Tang Kingdom, but it was the regret of many soldiers.

His Majesty has become more and more willing to train new people over the years, and some young and middle-aged officers led by Major General Duan Debiao and Brigadier General Fan Pengfei rose to prominence in the Tang-Mo War and the Crimean War, when Liu Shunli had just landed in North America with an immigration ship......

"Don't think about those good things, don't you see? Today, the saint no longer has the bloody impulse of the early years, and is becoming more and more stable in major national affairs, requiring the army to work hard to improve its internal skills and fulfill the sacred mission of protecting the family and defending the country. Fan Pengju smiled helplessly, sat on the chair next to the desk with a teacup, took a leisurely sip, and continued in a slightly melancholy tone; You have to believe in fate! There are times in life when you have to have it, and there are times in life when you don't want it. ”

"Hmph, I don't believe that the United States can bear it, I, Liu Shunli, have already criticized the eight characters for those ghosts; The clown who jumps off the beam will one day make his debut. ”

"Hehehe, I hope so."

On September 16, 1856, the results of the U.S. presidential election were officially announced, and James Buchanan, the Democratic presidential candidate, defeated his opponent and was elected the 15th president of the United States.

The swearing-in ceremony of the new president will be held on the first Monday of March, and the Democratic Party will be jubilant in celebrating the election victory.

Philadelphia, USA

Signs and flags after the presidential campaign were everywhere on the streets, and Abraham Lincoln sat in the carriage with his top hat on, his face was always grim and expressionless, and he looked out the window of the car at the receding streetscape, as if thinking about something.

Not for a while

Abraham Lincoln withdrew his outward gaze and picked up the newspaper on his lap and flipped through it......

The Philadelphia Observer made a front-page headline about the Democratic presidential victory and called it "another great victory for American-style democracy."

James Buchanan, speaking to the crowd of more than 750 people present at a mass rally after his election victory, publicly declared; "In my eagerly awaited presidency, I will devote myself to the dream of the pioneers of the past to open up the Westward and pursue the ideas of freedom, democracy, and justice throughout the North American continent......"

Before taking office, James Buchanan exposed his naked aggressive intentions, what is a gifted mission?

In the interpretation of successive U.S. presidents, the so-called natural mission is to continue to open up to it until it reaches the West Coast, so that the United States has the advantages of two oceans and is invincible.

Advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended.

Maintaining the hegemony of the United States on the North American continent is a natural mission, and Americans firmly believe that God has given them the divine right to rule the North American continent, and then maintain the entire American continent, including North and South America and Central America, which is the "Monroe Doctrine".

The central policy of the "Monroe Doctrine" is that "America is the America of the Americans, that is, the America of America." ”

But with the rise of the Tang Kingdom, it has broken the old illusions of the United States again and again, slapped in the face again and again, and trampled the pride of the United States under his feet again and again and crushed into mud.

Over the past 10 years or so, the clamor of the "Monroe Doctrine" fanatics has rarely been heard in the United States, and they have become quite more honest.

Is it to give up?

This is absolutely impossible, and the "Monroe Doctrine" has been the cornerstone of the policy of successive US administrations, and how can it be so easily abandoned as a dream to be realized?

Abraham Lincoln ran for the fledgling Republican Party two years ago, and this time as the Republican Party's presidential candidate, he also ran for the presidency this time, and unsurprisingly lost.

But Abraham Lincoln was a man of great political ideals, and immediately after losing the election, he decided to run for the next presidential election and run for his dreams.

If history has not changed

Abraham Lincoln would become the 16th president of the United States, leading the North in the fight against the secession of the South, winning the American Civil War at the cost of great sacrifices and heavy casualties. In the end, Citigroup was unified, and the country was able to move towards a prosperous future, breaking out of the Americas to dominate the world......

"Sir, you've arrived."

"Oh, thank you flamenco, go back and please thank Mr. Dupont on my behalf, I will visit him again when I have the chance, we had a good conversation."

"Rest assured, I'll tell Mr. DuPont."

"Goodbye then!"

Abraham Lincoln raised his hand in a hat-off salute, then pushed open the carriage door and came down, his tall and lanky figure like a bamboo pole, standing by the carriage and waving as he watched the DuPont family carriage leave.

His eyes saw three men coming across the street, and Abraham Lincoln didn't care, turned around and tucked the newspaper under his arm, and walked towards the yard with an elongated special hand in his hand.

This is an apartment building, with a small courtyard at the entrance of the building, separated by a half-height iron fence gate, which is more decorative than practical.

Abraham Lincoln had just pushed open the iron door with his hand when he heard someone shouting behind him; "Hi, Abraham Lincoln."

Abraham Lincoln stopped when he heard this, turned around with his usual reserve, but saw a black hole pointed at his chest, only 3~4 meters away.

"Oh...... Oh my God! ”

......A series of crisp gunshots rang out, and the killer calmly poured out the 6 bullets in the revolver, knocking Abraham Lincoln's tall body back again and again, hitting the iron door and falling to the ground, the blood hole in his chest gurgling, and he immediately died with a whimper.

The killer immediately turned around and ran away, quickly disappearing into the streets......

The assassination that took place on the streets of Philadelphia immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding neighbors, and soon the police whistle sounded, and the Philadelphia police arrived at the scene.

Instead of being taken to the hospital, Lincoln was taken directly to the morgue, and when the police arrived, they found that he was dead and there was no need to waste any more effort.

The next day

The Philadelphia Observer's report on the assassination of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln Street in a small tofu block under page 6 caused a small stir.

Then, there is no then.

A little-known small party rubs off on the heat of the presidential election and elects an unknown candidate, and that's it.

Abraham Lincoln's reputation in the Kansas Civil War will need to be slowly simmered over the next few years, gradually propagated and established as a strong fighter.

Then, in the 16th presidential election of the United States four years later, he will be able to stand out and win the presidential election in one fell swoop......

At this time in time, everything is over before it has even begun, where can any waves be set off?

A few days later

In the presence of a dozen relatives and friends, a coffin was buried in the cemetery behind the church of St. Mary Jony, with the name of Abraham Lincoln engraved on the tombstone, summing up his life in one sentence; "This is a fighter in the Kansas Civil War."

Including the dozen or so relatives and friends who sent the funeral, they did not realize that they were buried the hope of the United States, the future of the United States and the dream of world hegemony......

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