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Chapter 575 Ah, Hawaii (third update, please subscribe)
"Under the mediation of the British Empire, the cloud of war has disappeared, and peace has returned to the world!"

Although the "Los Angeles Incident" in November 1871 has not really ended-according to the results of British mediation, the two parties will submit the matter to the "International Arbitration Court". Even in 11, there was an international arbitration court, and this year's The law enforcement officer is... the Tsar of the Russian Empire.

No matter what the final disposition is, for the Ming Empire, this expedition is still a big victory!
Whether it is the bombing of Los Angeles or the arrest of hundreds of suspects, they will be tried in Ming Dynasty and serve their sentences in Ming Dynasty prisons, even though the US Department of Justice has repeatedly protested and asked for international arbitration to intervene.

But so what?
Let's talk about it after you intervene!

For the Ming Empire, it's just a mouthful of anger!

From then on, no one dared to bully or discriminate against the Chinese again!
That is, after the incident, tens of thousands of overseas Chinese in San Francisco all joined the Ming nationality one after another. They cut off their braids and threw away their robes.

In the past, no matter where the Chinese were, they bowed their waists and did not dare to raise their heads to show others, but now no matter where they are, they can confidently raise their heads and chests out, and when someone asks who they are, they will be proud answer.

"I'm from Daming!"

What is the decision of people's support?

Sometimes people's support is determined based on interests.No matter what they think in their hearts, it is definitely more in their interest to be a member of the Ming Dynasty overseas than a member of the Qing Dynasty.

This is what people want!
In fact, all of this is due to their strength. The reason why they were not valued in the past was because the Treaty Qing Dynasty was too weak and too cowardly.

But Daming is different.Daming dared to shoot directly for his own people, more than once or twice.

What about the United States of America?
That's right, bomb when you need to, and hit when you need to hit.So what?
If you hit it, you hit it!

What else can America do?
No, I'm still cowardly.

Just when the overseas Chinese in the United States were elated, the task force that had completed its mission did not return to Linhai immediately, but sailed towards the Pacific Ocean, heading for Hawaii 4700 kilometers away.

The visit to Hawaii is actually to strengthen Ming's influence in Hawaii with the "power of victory".

How important is Hawaii?
No one knows better than Zhu Xianhai that in the age of sails, he was dispensable because Hawaii was not on the route, but after entering the age of steamships, the problem has changed.

For countries that carry out global trade and military deployment, because the Pacific Ocean is too vast, transoceanic voyages often need to replenish fresh water and food midway, the Hawaiian Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean have become an excellent supply and transit base.

For Daming, the importance of Hawaii is self-evident.It can form an "island chain" guarding the Pacific Ocean with the Aleutian Islands and the Success Islands in northern Papua New Guinea.By seizing this island chain, we can move forward to explore East Asia, and retreat to defend the sphere of influence in the Pacific Ocean.

"Whoever controls Hawaii controls the Pacific Ocean!"

Standing on the bridge of the "Union", Zhang Wenli looked at the vast sea and said.

"This time, I'm waiting to visit Hawaii, firstly to promote the prestige of our Ming Dynasty to them, and secondly, to increase immigration here for the future."

What future are you planning for?
Naturally, it will be annexed in the future!
This time Zhang Wenli came to Hawaii not only to sign the "Treaty of Friendship and Commerce" with the King of Hawaii, but also to sign the "Immigration Treaty". In a word, the purpose of signing so many treaties is to completely annex Hawaii in the future.

As for now, it's just the beginning of the strategy!

"The Americans must not be happy for us to intervene in Hawaii!"

Meng Qingen laughed.

"Do Americans... matter?"

Zhang Wenli's rhetorical question made the bridge full of laughter. If they had any scruples about the United States before, then now...the United States is not in their consideration at all. After all, this world is speak with strength.

The United States...at least at the moment their strength is not worth mentioning at all.

In this way, naturally there is no need to consider them.

"But it's not important. After all, the Americans have been operating here for many years. There are many American expatriates serving in the Hawaiian government, so their influence here far exceeds ours. After all, they have been operating here for many years. Part of the plantation belongs to them."

When talking about all this, Zhang Wenli knew that all this will pass soon, because his arrival is not just to establish an embassy here, and soon, banks such as HSBC in Daming will also come here, and they will be here. Branches are opened here to provide grants to expatriates to help them buy land here and expand their plantations.

With the comprehensive help of banks and the financial industry, it only takes a few years for overseas Chinese to become economically comparable to Americans.

In the end they will become a force to be reckoned with in this land, like the great planters in America.

A few days later, the arrival of the task force caused an unprecedented sensation in Hawaii. After all, before that, people here had already learned about the "Los Angeles incident" through passing merchant ships. Naturally, those American expatriates were full of enthusiasm for the fleet's visit. vigilance and hostility.

But this is not important, what is important is the welcome of overseas Chinese.

"Look, that's our warship!"

Sun Mei, who rushed to the port with fellow countrymen, looked at the warships in the harbor in surprise. This was the first time he had seen a Ming warship.

"It's really our warship, it looks the same as ours!"

look the same.Except those people are dressed as foreigners, and they don't have braids.

"What does it mean to look the same? We are one family. Haven't you heard that the foreign devils in Los Angeles bullied us? The Qing government didn't hear about the lives of the people. It was our Ming Dynasty who sent the fleet over and blew up Los Angeles. flat ground..."

Even in Honolulu, even among these immigrants working on the plantations, they have heard about Los Angeles, and even because of this, there are many people in the crowd, thinking whether to cut braid.

After all, braids are a thing of the Qing Dynasty, and it is more cost-effective for them to be subjects of the Ming Dynasty, at least foreigners dare not bully them!
When stepping on the warship, Sun Mei looked at the big warship from time to time. Although he could not speak official language, when he looked at the sailors, he felt a kind of peace of mind that he had never felt before. From what?
Of course, it was the sense of security brought by these warships. Being on the warships, looking at the thick barrels, he suddenly smirked. Naval guns, then say.
"With it, you don't have to worry about being angry with foreign devils anymore!"

Yes, with it, there is no need to be angry. For them in a foreign country, they have been wronged too much in the past, but now they don't have to swallow their anger like in the past.

"Isn't it just that the Yankees in Honolulu are all arrogant and superior to others? After all, it's because the American warships come here every three days. In the future, there will be our warships here."

"Yes, not only our warships, but also our warships have bombarded the American territory."

Mentioning this incident, everyone was beaming with joy.Of course, to say a thousand words and ten thousand, in the final analysis, from now on, they no longer have to be afraid of foreigners!

While the overseas Chinese were talking like this, at the port, some American expatriates in suits watched the three warships with complicated eyes.

That's what destroyed Los Angeles!

Now that they're in Hawaii, what do they want to do?
"Gentlemen, do you see that?"

Thurston, standing on the harbor beach, stared at the warships and said,

"If the United States does not have its own fleet, then we will definitely lose this land in the end!"

As the founder of the "Merger Club", Thurston has always been eager to incorporate this land into the United States, but now, the strong rise of Daming has made him feel an unprecedented crisis.

Although Britain and France have been trying to get their hands on Hawaii, their immigration here is very limited.

But the Chinese are different. There are nearly [-] Chinese laborers living here in Hawaii. In the past, they were just Chinese laborers and coolies, but now... there is a powerful empire behind these Chinese laborers!

Will the empire tolerate the annexation of Hawaii by the United States?
The answer is obvious, the reason why the Ming Fleet came here is to increase the land with them.

In this regard, these American plantation owners in Hawaii are naturally aware of the crisis.

"We have to go back home and convince Congress to expand the navy. If our navy can't stop their ambitions here, we will lose everything here soon."

In many cases, businessmen have even a sharper sense of smell than politicians.

In the next few days, Zhang Wenli, the special envoy of the Ming Empire, not only signed the "Treaty of Friendship and Commerce" and the "Immigration Treaty" with the King of Hawaii on behalf of the empire, but also specifically emphasized - respect for the territory and sovereignty of the Kingdom of Hawaii whole.

What is respect?

In fact, it is to tell others that we do not accept "change" in any other way.

Of course, when the time is right, the Ming Empire will still find some excuses to respect the sovereignty and integrity of the Kingdom of Hawaii in its own way.

For example, talking about elections and voting.In the end, the Ming Empire will definitely respect their decision-incorporate this land into the Ming Dynasty!
(End of this chapter)