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Chapter 533 The British Want to Support My Daming to Death (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
1871, April 3.

On this day, according to the Earl of Granville, the British Colonial Secretary - this is a sad day when the Union Jack was lowered from the colony for the first time.

It's okay, in the future, in the future, they will get used to it all.Now it is just the beginning, no matter what it is, it has to go from unfamiliar to proficient.

Practice these things in advance, no problem.

On this day, in Vancouver, the capital of the British Columbia colony, in the Governor's Mansion in the center of this city with a population of less than [-] people, a Mizi flag was slowly lowered, and then a sun and moon The Tonghui flag rose slowly.

"From now on, this colony and the people here will be handed over to you! I hope you can treat everyone well!"

Facing the slightly sad words of former Governor Henders, Liang Baitao, the governor of the "North Sea Governor's District" who had just been transferred from Alaska, said with a smile,

"Please rest assured that each of them will be treated equally! I mean true equality!"

The reason why the transfer of the British Columbia colony has not been completed until now is, in the final analysis, because there are more than [-] European residents in this colony, half of them are from the United States, and nearly [-] are from the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom has put forward additional conditions for the rights and interests of those people, such as maintaining the tradition of self-government and legal customs.Although an agreement was eventually reached, the negotiations were not easy.

The reason why Liang Baitao talked about equality is because there are more than 7000 Chinese living in this colony!

They all came here during the gold rush in the Fraser Valley - in 1858, someone in the Boston Beach area in the middle reaches of the Fraser Valley reported that a large gold mine had been discovered, and a ship transported 800 ounces of gold to the Mint in San Francisco, California.Back then, there were even rumors that "gold was lying on the bottom of rivers and streams, as big as pebbles", which led to a large number of Chinese who were excluded from the gold panning in California, and went northward in search of new gold panning opportunities.That gold rush attracted an influx of more than 25000 gold diggers. By the time of its heyday in 1863, there were 3000 local gold pans, mining nearly 400 million yuan of gold.But this gold rush lasted only a few years. Although Buckwei is still the largest local gold rush town with a population of more than 1 people, the annual gold mining is less than a quarter of that at its peak. After leaving there, the remaining people are barely making ends meet, and Chinese account for 6% of them.

However, they have never been treated fairly. Chinese gold diggers have always been blackmailed and blackmailed by the police and officials.

This is why Liang Baitao deliberately emphasized "equality". In fact, equal treatment is also the core of the negotiation between the two parties.

This is already the biggest concession, after all, they have never done anything fair here in the past.Not to mention equal treatment!

"God bless them!"

When he said these words, Henders deliberately glanced at some American businessmen not far away. The expressions of those American businessmen were different. Although they were not representatives sent by the US government, it was certain that the The United States was hostile to the purchase of British Columbia. When London made the decision to sell the British Columbia colony, the colonial parliament passed a vote. Some people had advocated merging with the United States, but their votes could not influence London’s decision at all. .

And what is the official attitude of the United States?The most hostile to Ming's acquisition of this land is the Americans.

"Although the United States has no intention of obtaining the British Columbia colony, the United States firmly opposes Britain's sale of this place to the Ming Empire."

This was a protest made through the ambassador to the UK after the United States learned of the news.But their protests were ignored by any country at all.As far as Britain is concerned, the hostility shown by the United States towards Ming Dynasty is exactly what they are eager to see.

A few hours later, looking at Vancouver going away from the boat, no, it should be the North Sea Province, Henders said to himself.

"The most frustrated people today should be the Americans! But isn't this exactly London's intention?"

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"Your Majesty, I believe that in order to avoid intensifying the conflict with the United States due to Beihai Province, we should try our best to ease the relationship with the United States through some measures. Otherwise, we will let London's conspiracy come true!"

As the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zhu Guozhong, although he is not Chinese, but his identity is extremely special - he is Elizabeth's younger brother, and he once visited European and American countries with Zuo Zongtang as the deputy head of the delegation. They all know it very well, which is why Zhu Xianhai chose him as the foreign minister.

In addition to being Elizabeth's brother, there is another reason that Zhu Xianhai hoped that by appointing him as foreign minister, he would show the world that Ming is a multi-ethnic country and that all ethnic groups are treated equally.

But this kid is also interesting. When he was naturalized three years ago, he found someone to name himself. When he heard that his identity was called "National Uncle" in China, he deliberately found a very famous country in history. Uncle's name, so the Ming Dynasty's uncle Zhu Guozhong was freshly released.

"Never mind any London plots!"

Facing Zhu Zong's reminder, Zhu Xianhai said directly,

"Their conspiracy seems to be to provoke conflict between us and the United States, but in fact, their biggest conspiracy is not just that. The reason why they sold British Columbia to us is essentially to disperse Our national strength, what is the biggest problem for Ming Dynasty at present? It is underpopulation, a few million people are scattered in the north and south of the American continent, which leads to the dispersion of our power. In the past, we only had Alaska in North America. That The place is a big freezer, and we certainly wouldn't invest too much military force in protecting Alaska, but after British Columbia sold it to us, everything changed!"

He took out a cigar from the cigar case and handed it to Zhu Guozhong. Zhu Xianhai lit one himself, and said.

"We're going to send immigrants there, we're going to reclaim the land, we're going to build factories, and the more we invest, the more worthwhile the place is to defend, and that means we won't tolerate any threat to its security, the U.S. !"

Zhu Xianhai took a puff of his cigar, exhaled the smoke, and said with a sneer.

"The United States is the biggest security risk in the North Sea. After all, there are many Americans living there. Didn't they still clamor to incorporate British Columbia into the United States? The United States' ambitions there are obvious. We are preventing In the United States, confrontation is inevitable. When we confront the United States in North America, we will also confront Brazil in South America. We must confront two major powers at the same time! This is the plan of the United Kingdom. He wants to By selling the colonies, we are plunged into North-South confrontation,"

"Your Majesty, in this way, the treaty we signed with France is useless, and we simply have no extra energy to invest in other places!"

There was a trace of worry in Zuo Zongtang's tone.Compared with previous dynasties, the land of the current Ming Dynasty is too scattered.Not to mention from the North Pole to the South Pole.From Africa to the Pacific Ocean, there are territories of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, those places are all colonies, but in Zuo Zhongtang's view, since the flag of Ming Dynasty has been raised in those places, they are the land of Ming Dynasty.

Compared with such a vast land, the population of daimyo is too small.

"It's not just that there is no extra power, Daming may even be exhausted! Compared to the vastness of the land, the population of Daming is limited. With the current population, it is simply impossible to maintain such a huge land."

Zhu Xianhai's emotion made Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but say.

"In order to deal with us and support us to death, these British people are... really willing to spend their money."

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