Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 205 Conscience Buyer (Third Update, please subscribe)
The war is still going on, and everything has already begun. Cannons are fired one after another. Mortars, rifled guns, and smoothbore guns. resistance of the Federal Army.

Robert Lee on his horse stared at the north like this. Although his army had lost more than [-] people, he was still attacking north.

"It's not enough for us to drive Meade out of Gettysburg, we have to get to Washington!"

Again, Robert didn't know whether he was convincing others or himself.

"Merely smashing Meade's Army of the Potomac won't win us victory. The North has more workers and more people. When they reach their full strength, victory will be within their reach. Now, they have taken Vicksburg, if we can't take Washington, then what awaits us must be defeated, and if we work harder, we can force them to retreat..."

"But, can we occupy Washington? General, we have lost more than [-] people, and it will take at least a month to recover!"

Armitist's question made Robert shake his head.

"Can you defeat the Federation and occupy Washington?"

General Robert E. Lee said as if talking to himself.

"It doesn't matter at all. The important thing is that we have no other choice. The Army of the Potomac led by General Meade is Washington's last force. Meade's army has suffered heavy losses. Now there is no one who can defend Washington, of course, we lost a lot of troops, maybe we can't occupy Washington, but at least..."

Looking north, General Robert E. Lee said.

"It would be possible to put our supporters in Maryland on our side by attacking Washington, which would further increase our strength,"

After thinking about it, Robert Lee said again.

"What's more, no American will vote for a President who loses his capital! His term is almost up!"

"No American will vote for a defeated President!"

Robert Lee did not know the southern hemisphere thousands of miles away, and there was one man who made the same judgment as he.

"My lord, does it mean that the southerners really have no hope of winning the war?"

Qian Deshan said with some doubts.

"Then we have been busy for a long time, isn't it for nothing?"

Playing chess with the lord, Qian Deshan said.

"My lord, sometimes I really don't understand these things. It may be that I'm too dull. The United States is so far away from us. My lord, you are planning to plot against him and support the south. Why? This is secretly supporting the kingdom of heaven." , I understand, but what about the United States? What does it have to do with us?"

"Mu Zhai."

Sticking to sunspots, Zhu Xianhai smiled.

"The world today is no longer the world in the eyes of our ancestors. The earth is like this chessboard. If you want to have a place on this chessboard, you have to participate in this chess game. This chess game doesn't matter how far or near it is. Friends, there are only interests. Supporting the Confederacy is to hold back the rise of the United States. A strong United States is bound to be detrimental to our development. After all, the United States does not want us to rise. After we rise in South America, we will definitely have interests with them. Conflict, the current layout, is for potential conflict in the future."

For the long-term international strategic layout, the British crap stick is better at this matter, and they have been doing it for hundreds of years.It's a pity that on my side... I still don't know much about it, not because they understand, but because they don't understand the world at all.

And this is the reason why Zhu Xianhai sent Zuo Zongtang and others to study abroad. Before reusing them, let them have a clear understanding of the world. Only in this way can they understand how to play this game in this world.

"How can we allow others to snore on the side of the couch? A strong America is not in our interests, so we must seize the opportunity to weaken it. Unfortunately, the South is too weak..."

When the chess piece was dropped, Zhu Xianhai sighed.

"Even if General Lee won the Battle of Gettysburg, so what? It still hasn't fundamentally reversed the balance of power between the North and the South. The North has tens of millions of people and a large number of factories, but what does the South have? Relying on cotton ?There is not a factory for casting cannons in the whole South, and there are not many arsenals. The failure of the Confederacy is that the economy and comprehensive strength are not as good as those of the North, so it is doomed to fail. Even if Gettysburg wins, it will be delayed. Delay the process of failure, but in the end it will fail."

Listening to the lord's explanation, Qian Deshan said.

"Then we have done so many things, haven't we changed the overall situation?"

"No"

Zhu Xianhai shook his head and said.

"However, sometimes, the variable of the war is not because of the war itself, but politics. After Lee won the Battle of Gettysburg, he marched into Washington, which will deal an unprecedented blow to the morale of the North. If Washington loses , Endless wars and failures will further reduce the people's confidence in Lincoln and the war. Then Lincoln will definitely not be elected next year. After a new president is replaced, the war may end, and it will be in the form of peace talks. The United States There is a real possibility of a split."

After dropping the chess pieces, Zhu Xianhai said with a smile.

"And this is the purpose of our game of chess in the United States. We can not only earn a lot of money through material smuggling, but also divide the United States and further weaken potential opponents or enemies through material support to the South."

When he said these words, Zhu Xianhai seemed a little complacent. After all, he planned all of this himself. Standing on the shoulders of historical giants, his strategic layout is definitely no worse than the shit-stirring stick in Britain. It even far surpassed the United Kingdom. After all, in history, the layout of the British during the Civil War... ended in failure.

Of course, a key factor in Britain's failure was because Britain failed to end the game in person, and could only watch helplessly as the north blocked the south, leaving it on its own side?
Not only did they build a new type of "breakthrough ship" to specialize in trade with the south, but they also set up corresponding enterprises to carry out smuggling trade.

This is the real master!
"Unfortunately, our shipbuilding technology is a bit poor. Otherwise, if we support a few more warships in the south, the result may be very different!"

"My lord, don't we have an ironclad ship if we build it?"

Qian Deshan laughed.

"If it doesn't work, just sell them a few ships!"

Regarding this, Zhu Xianhai shook his head and said.

"Those ironclad ships, they don't look down on them, they just sell them to those who have never seen the world, just to earn some money."

It is possible to sell so many "fake and shoddy" ships at such a high price.He only has his own side, and of course this is also due to the buyer's strength.If there is no good buyer, such an ironclad ship will definitely not be sold.At least it can't be sold at such a high price.No wonder in another world, merchants from all over the world are willing to do business with me, Qing Dynasty, because this kind of silver is simply the silver delivered to your door.

It's a pity that such a conscientious buyer is the only one in the world.

(End of this chapter)