Chapter 249 Voices of surrender abound
Sholin quickly reached an agreement with Calleman, and even signed a letter of intent to form an alliance. A team of the company's diplomats will return to France with Calleman, and after the French king has formally signed the agreement, they will choose a place in Paris to build the company's embassy in France. In this way, it means that the two sides have officially established diplomatic relations. Kaleman, the brother-in-law of the Dharma King, can still be sure of his words, and the chances of the Dharma King's opposition are very small. This alliance agreement, for the French, is still very good.
First of all, the company's secondary technology will be officially opened to the French. Of course it's not free, and it takes the French to pay enough to get it. The company's current first-level technology is already the technology after the third industrial revolution, and the second-level technology is also the technology after the second industrial revolution. It is only a short time after the first industrial revolution, and it would be nice to be able to digest some simple light industrial technologies with the ability of the French. In this regard, Xiao Lin does not suffer either.
Exchanging backward secondary technology for a huge amount of property and feeding back the company's primary technology industry can enable the company to complete the technological evolution of the 20th century at a faster pace. It is even of great help to companies to study the technology industry that has emerged in the 21st century. The company's science and technology have progressed, and the previous first-level technology has lagged behind, reduced to second-level technology, and Xiao Lin can take them out for money. It's a virtuous circle, and, in the long run, the French's own system of scientific and technological research and development will completely collapse.
You think, there is already an advanced scientific and technological information in front of you, not to mention the time spent on your own research and development, the cost is two or three times that of direct purchase, even if you are smart, you can't help the desire to buy directly. In this day and age, there are not so many far-sighted people who want to protect their own scientific research system. As long as the French are a little negligent and want to be a little lazy, it will be miserable, and they can only become vassals of the company in the future, relying on the company's breath to survive.
Kaleman didn't drag his feet either, and after discussing with Xiao Lin, he immediately began to prepare for the return voyage. The great nobles and merchants, who were unwilling to merge into the company, returned to France by ship. All the towns in the French colonies in North America began to be officially handed over to the Yanhuang Trading Company. Detachments of the company, taking over the defense from the surrendering French troops, moved into the town. The handover of the town went very smoothly, and there was no resistance from the French civilians who had been betrayed above.
Disabled by the company, the French no longer have the arrogant contempt for the company. Instead, they know that the company is something they need to look up to. Carrot followed Charlie's old path, excessively oppressing the colonial commoners, and also aroused popular anger. The good life of another French territory occupied by the company was spread by the smugglers, who had a faint desire to fall under the rule of the company for a long time. The military and civilian officials of the company who went to hand over did not disappoint them, and quickly calmed down the chaos that showed signs, and the subsidized relief food was distributed one by one, and production began to resume.
At this time, the underworld forces (gangsters, hooligans, etc.) who dared to come out and stab and some dissatisfied French soldiers were directly suppressed by the company with iron-blooded means. Dozens of dead bodies were hanged at the entrances and exits of the town, and it didn't take long for them to resign themselves to their fate. Calleman and others, after the last town was also handed over to the company, officially left the North American continent. All the ships of the colonies were conscripted, and the newly produced Hall M1819 muskets and heavy guns were transported from all over the country and sailed to the European mainland.
Around November 1723, the entire French colony of North America had completely fallen into the hands of the Yanhuang Trading Company. And the British, in fact, received the news at the beginning of September. However, the three brigades of the field division stared at them with a dead eye, and there were militia regiments that were constantly being formed behind them. They calculated in their hearts, but they really didn't dare to do it. The company's most mysterious guards and night owls appeared, and the tank battalion not only brought out thirty White Tiger Type 1 tanks, but also brought out five Type 59 tanks that could be operated in front of them.
Half of the heavy artillery regiment remained in the fishing port, and the rest were transported to the front along with 75mm caliber guns. Under the deterrence of this machine gun and artillery, they simply did not have the courage to attack. The three Earls of Linman had courage, but they couldn't defeat them with just the three of them. No matter what the other nobles say, they are unwilling to do anything with the company at this time. The voices of the hardliners are getting quieter, but the voices of the capitulators are getting louder and louder.
The French sold the colonies like this, and they really made a move to the British. Almost, I pulled their backbones out. Xiao Lin did not hide anything about the content of the transaction, 10,000 Hall rifles, 600 heavy-fist artillery, is already a huge force. There is actually a full set of manufacturing technologies for two weapons, and the three of Lin Man understand that it will be difficult to want local support in the future.
The French, having had these things, must have at once produced at full capacity, frantically arming their native army. The British privateers who used these weapons knew that they had an overwhelming advantage over any weapon developed and manufactured before the 18th century. The weapons developed and manufactured in recent years cannot pose any threat to them without borrowing from the company's technology. It is a reference, as long as it is not completely imitated, it will not be able to stop the pace of the army equipped with two weapons.
When the French army was armed, it became stronger, and the first one was sure to take the British. The two sides were originally feuding, and both believed that Europe could not tolerate the two world powers, and only by defeating the confrontation could they have the qualification to dominate Europe. At that time, the strength of the native troops to deal with the French was too late, how could they continue to send people to North America. Limman and the others wanted their fleet to intercept Kaleman and send them out into the ocean.
But how could Caleman not think that this could happen, he only brought three cruisers with him, but the other colonies also sent fleets. Especially when he learned that Shawlin was willing to sell technology, he almost called all the fleets of the nearest French colonies. Six hundred heavy punches were not wasted, and after proving that this kind of artillery was indeed excellent, they were all installed on the battleships of the fleet. This made the combat effectiveness of the entire fleet more than a notch. The Navy people still want to get their hands on Hall rifles, but Kaleman still holds them down, otherwise it would be strange if they don't go back to the Army and fight with the Navy.
The three of them did not have the status of a king's close vassals like Calleman, nor did they have the power to mobilize the fleets of other colonies. The three of them are not even governors, and they are also looked down upon by those governors, and people will not believe them when they say anything. In this way, he could only watch as Calleman returned to France with weapons and technical information. At most, they can only curse in their hearts that Kaleman will encounter a storm and wipe out the whole army.
In this case, the entire British North American colonies were surrounded by voices of surrender. The Báb, the Addams, the Pandeys, the Charles, and now the Igs, have set an excellent example for them. Babu, a lowly mercenary leader, surrendered early in the past, and is now the commander of the main field brigade, and it is not a problem for a brigade to beat them with 10,000 men. The Addams family and the Pandey family had a big hatred with the company at the beginning, and everyone thought that they would die if they were sent over, but they were actually alive and well.
It's not even alive, the two families, all the talented people have entered the company's military and political worlds, and they can't be said to be confidants, but at least three particularly outstanding people have entered the ranks of front-line officials. Not to mention the Charles family, the traitor who everyone in the colony hated at the beginning, now the head and heir of the family are the core of the company, holding great power. What they can't stand the most is that Igik, the damned slave leader, the original underground rat, who couldn't survive, has now become the commander of the company's navy, a commodore admiral.
These people can be said to be the existence that everyone disliked in the British North American colonies at the beginning, and now they can only look up to them. Since these people can become high-ranking officials of the company by virtue of their ability and gain power that they couldn't think of before, how can their self-proclaimed elites be lost to everyone. Everyone knows that only by taking refuge in a new empire and being a minister of the dragon can we reap greater benefits. In an old country like the United Kingdom, it is almost impossible for them, the colonial aristocracy, to squeeze into the top layer.
The three Earls of Limman still have the confidence to return to their homeland and start a career in other colonies, but those people below do not have this confidence. Taking the path of the company is easier for them. And the civilians are even more unlikely to leave North America, and they are not willing to leave here, and the company's high welfare and high treatment have long made them eager for it. It is also in their best interest to join the company. Rarely, the nobles and commoners actually agreed in their thoughts.
In this environment, the three of them can only report to the local area. It's a big deal, just like the French, sell the colony to the company, and leave what you want to go, and stay if you don't want to go. If you can exchange the same technology for the Hall M1819 musket and the heavy fist gun, then you can make a lot more profit elsewhere. The three of them, if they could, would still want to go back to British power. The three families are not weak, and with the private army in their hands, they can also create a career if they go to other places.
It's just that their plan didn't succeed, and the news passed over, and the local people were extremely angry. In reply, the native rebuked them for their weakness, demanded that they resist to the end, and said that the new governor had set out with 30,000 new reinforcements.