In the dead of night, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce.

The light in the study room of the palace was still on, and Emperor Richard was in good spirits, and he was not tired at all.

After sketching out a colonial vision for the next 10 years, Richard was also thrilled by the blueprint for his dream empire, and in the tumultuous era of the 19th century, opportunity belonged to those who were prepared.

The British Empire expanded its colonies from 22 million square kilometers to 28.5 million square kilometers by the end of 1863.

It won't take long

With the current rapid expansion momentum of the British Empire, it is expected to reach the peak of 33 million square kilometers of colonies in the near future, and achieve the glorious cause of the empire on which the sun never sets.

In order to strengthen the security of the colonies in the Indian subcontinent, the British are successively launching the second Anglo-Burmese War, the second Anglo-Argentine War, annexing Sri Lanka, and even planning to occupy Tibet to create a security flank for the colonies of the Indian subcontinent.

The French, on the other hand, bared their fangs and marched into Indochina, which they had long been thinking about.

The first French forces to enter Indochina were Jesuit monks who, in addition to preaching, closely followed the political changes in Vietnam.

As early as 1780, when the war between the Nguyen dynasty in the south of Vietnam and the Tay Son dynasty in the north intensified, the French Catholic priest Patrick saw an opportunity to persuade the French government to organize a "volunteer army" to enter Vietnam to help the founding emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty, Nguyen Phuc Anh, to compete for the country's rivers and mountains, on the condition that after the victory, the Nguyen Dynasty ceded Da Nang and Koon Kun Island to France.

Soon after, however, the French Revolution took place, and although French "volunteers" went to Vietnam to join the war, it did not have much effect, and the Nguyen Dynasty refused to cede territory to France after successfully destroying the Tay Son Dynasty.

But since France has already taken a fancy to the territory of Indochina, it is natural that it will not give up.

In 1858, Vice Admiral Charles Genoyinli, who had participated in the Crimean War and the Second Opium War, led 3,000 French troops and 300 Filipino troops provided by the Spanish colonial authorities to occupy Da Nang, Vietnam, at the behest of the French Emperor Napoleon III.

A few months later, due to a plague epidemic among the army, Lieutenant General Charles Jenoyinli withdrew his army from Da Nang, but then occupied Saigon in southern Vietnam.

In 1862, the Vietnamese government was forced to agree to cede to France the provinces of Bien Hoa, Gia Dinh and Dinh Thiang, as well as several other ports in the southern Cochinchina region. In 1863, Cambodia was also incorporated into the French colony.

At this point, the colony of the French Indochina Peninsula had begun to take shape, and France officially declared Cochinchina as French territory, and planned to set up the Saigon Governor's Office to directly rule the region, and began the white immigration program.

The French were ambitious in Indochina, planning to annex Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, invade Thailand, invade the Friendship Pass to the north, and even plan to include Guangxi and Guangdong to create a large Indochina colony.

If people don't have dreams, what is the difference between them and salted fish?

Today's world is a colonial era in which we are vigorously advancing, and it is also an era in which the theory of imperialist power cannons is in full swing.

This is the reason for the inner rejection of American (Northern) democracy by the feudal dynasties of Europe.

Richard greedily recovered from the Luzon Islands and the East Indies, and then wandered back to the Spanish colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico in Central America for a long time.

If history has not changed

In 1868, Cuba would fight for the first war of independence, and the Cuban people's war for freedom and independence was ruthlessly suppressed by the Spanish colonizers and ended in defeat.

In a brutal civil war

Cuba's total population of more than 1.5 million people was lost by nearly 20%, and after the war, there were only more than 1.2 million people, and the struggle against the colonizers fell into a low ebb.

At that time

It should be the best time for the Tang Empire to intervene, on the one hand, the Spanish royal family who sent tens of thousands of troops to carry out bloody suppression was greatly damaged, and on the other hand, the local people in Cuba have become soft-footed crabs, which is a good time to take advantage of the fire.

The Spaniards ran to Central America to use guns and cannons, and asked the Tang Empire, the overlord of the Americas?

This alone is an irrefutable grave sin.

If you want to add sin, why should you do it?

Richard has regarded the whole of America as the backyard of the Tang Empire, and while forcing the countries of the Americas to open their markets, he has lost no time in infiltrating economic and financial forces, influencing the local political situation, and competing for influence with Britain and France.

All things considered

Li realized that the period from 1870 to 1871 was the right time to blow the clarion call for the fourth large-scale colonial expansion of the Tang Empire.

Before that

Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, the three small Carami of Central America, can be swallowed in one bite, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat, the total population of these three small countries together is less than 720,000, and the international influence is minimal.

Guatemala has more than 100,000 square kilometers, Honduras 110,000 square kilometers, and Nicaragua 140,000 square kilometers, all of which are just one province, and the three add up to 350,000 square kilometers.

The Tang Empire had infiltrated these three small Central American countries for several years, and the Chinese basically controlled the shipping, industry, and financial fields of the major cities, and had a considerable economic base in the region.

In line with the principle of ripening one, picking one.

The empire is preparing to lead and plan the coups in Guatemala and Nicaragua in the near future, and then promote the joining of the Tang Empire through the newly inaugurated pro-Tang Empire government, which will be included in the bag without blood.

The rise of the dignified Tang Empire, if it does not destroy more than a dozen countries, wouldn't it be a big loss of face?

these years

By leveling the three small Karamites of Central America, the empire's territory could continue to extend from the Strait Province and Zhennan Province to the south, breaking through the barrier between Panama and Costa Rica, and connecting the overseas territories as a whole.

Taking the train south from Chang'an City, you can go directly to Panama City, which is exciting to think about!

And in the north

Chinese immigrants dominate the social groups in British British Columbia, Alberta and the Yukon Territory, and if the regional democratic merger protocol implemented by the Temple government in the United Kingdom is followed, the local Chinese immigrants are undoubtedly inclined to merge with the Tang Empire.

In fact, the Tang Empire did not deliberately immigrate to the above areas, but the Chinese population in Vancouver spilled over a little and occupied the mainstream of British Columbia, with a total population of about 17,000 people, 13,600 of whom were of Chinese descent.

Alberta has a total population of more than 7,600 people, of which about 4,970 are of Chinese descent.

The total population of Yukon is more than 5,500 people, and there are more than 4,000 ethnic Chinese.

In the above three British Canadian colonial provinces, the Chinese population occupies the absolute majority, because these three provinces border the northern provinces of the Tang Empire, and there is no clear border.

The Tang Empire did not defend the northern border, because the border between the Tang Empire and British Canada was too long, and most of them were in the alpine zone, so it was not easy to garrison, so they simply let it go and left it alone.

The British Canadian colonies did not even have an army, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was the main force in maintaining border security, and because of its small numbers, it could only maintain border security in the densely populated Great Lakes region of eastern Canada, and the rest was basically laissez-faire.

In terms of land

The British are more generous than the Tang Empire, as long as you have the ability to desperately occupy it, no one cares about you as much as you want to circle the ranch.

Therefore, it still attracts many Chinese immigrants who have a deep love for the land, brave the cold of Canada and cross the border to develop, and live in the local area.

If you really want to talk about it, the British are even more responsible.

The British Temple government has not relented on the issue of democratic self-determination of the British Canadian provinces, and its vigorous promotion of the merger of the provinces of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into a federation and become the parliament of the British Dominion has been strongly opposed by the province of Quebec.

On this issue

London adopted two diametrically opposed criteria, one favouring the merger of the provinces of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into a single Canadian federation and pushing for a push to suppress Franco-Canadian opposition.

The other strictly restricts the democratic self-determination of the remote northwestern provinces, fearing that if they vote to join the Tang Empire, wouldn't that be making wedding clothes for others?

As a matter of fact

British politicians do not pay much attention to the northwestern provinces of Canada, although the area is vast, but the natural conditions are too poor, the climate is cold and remote, not a habitable area for human beings, many British suggested simply selling to the Tang Empire.

Of course, this kind of cold and unlivable area cannot be sold at a price, at most, according to the standard of Alaska, it is only one or two million yuan at the top.

Not to mention, this kind of rhetoric is really marketable in the UK.

Many Britons feel that since they can't keep it, it is better to sell it for some money, and anyway, no British people are willing to move to that kind of cold area to live, and they can't develop it for another 100 or 200 years.

It is not known whether this kind of rhetoric is secretly fueled by the Tang Empire, but in a poll by The Times, 56% of Londoners approve of it, which also affects the attitude of high-level politicians.

Most of these ordinary Londoners don't know how big the northwestern provinces of British Canada are. What's the name? I don't care about this extremely remote cold area, I just think that instead of cheapening the Tang Empire for nothing, it is better to sell it for some money.

If the democratic referendums in the colonial provinces were to be carried out, it would almost certainly be lost.

Richard thought for a moment in his heart, feeling that the current situation was very good, and he was inexplicably excited for a while, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.

He strode over to the window and pushed it open, a silent call coming out of his mouth.

Immediately, three black shadows appeared in the bright night sky, and they quickly approached from the air, only to see Richard's figure disappear in an instant, appearing on the back of one of the black shadows.

The bald sea dart that took over Richard sank significantly, and then flapped its wings and flew high with Richard, who was sitting cross-legged on the back of the wither, and flew into the air, and the other two bald sea darts followed closely and quickly turned into three small black dots.

The bald sea dwarfs carefully raised by Richard were huge in size, and they were mutated by the tube of blood he released, and they could reach nearly 5 meters with their wings spread, and they were extremely handsome and could carry him straight into the sky.

Richard's Vermilion Bird bloodline has incredible mysterious powers, especially for the mutation of birds, as long as a small tube is released, a little bit of contamination and feeding in the meat strips every day can promote the mutation of the bald sea wither.

Considering not to be too shocking, Richard only fed a small tube of Vermilion Bird blood to the bald sea wither, otherwise it was possible that the mutation would be more vigorous and huge.

The chill was high in the sky, and Richard sat firmly on the back of the bald sea, his sharp eyes scanning the metropolis of Chicago at night, and he could see the few horse-drawn carriages traveling at night on the streets of kerosene street lamps.

Keep going

The sparkling waters of Lake Michigan are as endless as the ocean, and the islands in the lake loom in the moonlight.

Richard's excited hands were spread, his clothes fluttering in the wind, feeling the thrill of flying at breakneck speed in the air.

Not far apart

The other two bald sea dwarfs fluttering their wings and follow closely, since taking the Vermilion Bird bloodline, these bald sea darts have the same mind as Richard, and their wisdom has also increased a lot, almost equivalent to a human 4~5-year-old child.

With just one thought, you can communicate smoothly.

"Ah......h

Richard, who was in high spirits, let out a long roar, and suddenly his figure flickered and landed on the back of another bald sea dive, flying like a fairy at a rapid speed over the vast Lake Michigan.

Just over 40 minutes

Carried by the relay of these three bald sea eagles, Richard had crossed more than 130 kilometers of vast lakes to reach the top of a steep mountain in the South Bend region.

Standing here and looking around, the vast state of mind that saw the mountains made him laugh out loud again, laughing so heartily and without scruples.

In his mind, he has been planning a trip to Europe to see and experience with his own eyes what European society is like in today's era.

But before that

It seems that it is urgent to clean up all the dissent and noise in the Tang Empire, and to establish an imperial propaganda department to unify public opinion and cultural orientation.

The murmur of the sour milk literati caused confusion in society, which was quite harmful to the empire, and it was important that a strong cultural authority would play a leading role in this area and build public consensus.

The trip to Europe, which Richard had planned more than ten years ago, was delayed again and again due to the strong opposition of the ministers and the delay of various things.

Now that the domestic situation is prosperous and stable, and the political and military economy is stable, it is really a good time to visit!

If the time is set in March ~ April next year, no more than May at the latest, it should be a more suitable choice.

The safety issue that Admiral Liu Wu has been concerned about is not the point in Richard's opinion, there are very few people in this world who can hurt him, not to mention that the royal family also has a stand-in that mimics the emperor's vividness, and some premonition of dangerous activities can make the stand-in come forward.

Richard's mysterious premonition was very effective, and although this trip to Europe had twists and turns, it was by no means life-threatening, so it can be said that it was wonderful.

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