Daming 1805

Chapter 218 The Last War of the Old Era

Northern Yinzhou, French Canada, Buffalo, Buffalo.

After the armistice agreement was signed, the area north of the St. Lawrence River already belonged to Ming Dynasty.

The northeastern part of French Canada, already narrow, is getting even narrower here.

Between the Appalachians and the Great Lakes, this narrow corridor of lakeshore plains is like a chicken's neck.

Buffalo Buffalo is not in the belly of the chicken, but it is in the middle of this narrowest neck.

By controlling this place, the entry and exit of personnel and materials in French Canada can be guarded.

At the same time, it is convenient to carry out trade and exchanges with the British America in the south. It originally belonged to New York State in history.

So Napoleon finally left his headquarters here after a week of touring throughout Canada.

In the past few days, the only thing Napoleon has to do every day is to stare at the latest news in the newspaper.

"The earliest patented aircraft, with a speed of more than [-] kilometers per hour, and a continuous flight of more than two hours."

"Can circle a full circle over Paris..."

"Da Ming has already started to promote flying machines in an all-round way, and has started to operate airplane travel."

"It only takes two hours to reach a city within [-] kilometers, which is more than twice as fast as an airship..."

"Eight hundred kilometers, Detroit to New York is only [-] kilometers!"

"Four hundred kilometers per hour, a new era is coming."

After three days of deliberation, Napoleon finally made a decision:

"This war will be the last war of the old era. It must start and end before the arrival of the new era..."

Napoleon ordered his personal aide-de-camp:

"Notify the south and start acting immediately."

The adjutant was obviously taken aback:
"General, is now the best time!"

Napoleon's expression remained unchanged:
"In terms of our preparations, it's certainly not the best time, but the situation can't get any better, so now is the best time we can take advantage of."

The adjutant hesitated:

"But……"

Napoleon urged again:

"Go at once, this is an order."

The adjutant immediately stood at attention and saluted, and immediately went to convey Napoleon's order.

At the same time, in Norfolk Harbor, Virginia, the [-] Tianzhu slaves owned by Huang Xin, Gu Rui, and Lu Frey have all been sold out.

The harvest was even better than they had imagined, and the market for Tianzhu slaves far exceeded their expectations.

From the perspective of the Taixi people, the Tianzhu people belong to the Hu people, they are similar to them, and they are not "humanoid animals" like the Mo people.

Therefore, the market price was directly half higher than that of the Mexican slaves, and finally sold for five hundred silver notes each.

Especially the Tianzhu female slave, the most exquisite one, was auctioned for a price of [-] silver notes.

And some people asked for cooperation and asked them to continue to transport Tianzhu slaves.

The three of them shared the money for this time, and the boat was loaded with grain and cotton produced by the plantations in southern America, and was going to take it back to sell to the big food country, and then returned to Tianzhu to join the second batch of Tianzhu slaves.

In the building on the pier, the two watched their boat set sail through the window.

One sighed in relief.

"Finally left, otherwise I really couldn't bear it, even if you are a Daming person, you can't ignore the rules like this..."

"It's gone, but they are likely to come back. The profits of Tianzhu slaves are too high."

"If there is a second time, I will kill them directly..."

The other person didn't speak, and continued to watch Gu Rui and Lu Frey's boat leave.

At the same time, five other ships bearing the Ming flag docked at the pier.

Another slave trader, Cao Zhennan, led a group of sailors to meet him.

Soon after, batches of Tianzhu people began to disembark, also slaves to be sold, with a total number of more than 2.

A person in the window jumped up directly:

"These damn Daming people! They started selling Tianzhu people to the United States in droves!"

"People in Daming have always been like this. If there is any way to make money, they will rush up like sharks smelling blood.

"They can swarm up completely regardless of the consequences, and they are more simple, rude and unreasonable than Shuhu people.

"Because behind them stands the most powerful empire in the world, not a bereaved dog like Shuhuren..."

The other person directly picked up the rifle beside him in extreme anger.

The companion immediately pressed his arm:
"Assassinating them is not the solution, it will cause countless troubles, Daming is not something we can provoke.

"The fundamental solution is to pass a bill in the Kingdom Council to ban all slave imports.

"Mr. Jefferson has already submitted the bill, and the final vote is about to take place today, don't be impulsive at this time!"

Hearing about the bill, the man forcibly held back his impulse.

Meanwhile, in New York, at the makeshift parliamentary meeting place of the Kingdom of America.

In the presence of King Charlotte of the United States and Frederick Regent, two bills are being voted on.

A direct vote because both motions have strong opposition and strong support.

There is no way to reach a consensus on the opinions of all parties, and the two sides have quarreled several times.

The first was a bill submitted by John Adams of Massachusetts to completely abolish slavery in the United States.

After Frederick's announcement, John Adams himself was the first to raise his hand, but not many in favor.

Frederick asked people to do a rough count, and then directly announced that the motion would not pass.

John Adams had long anticipated this outcome, but bringing it up and putting it to a vote was a ritual.

Witness the formal rejection of the proposal by the Council of the Kingdom and the King.

After seeing the results now, John Adams said aloud:

"You will regret your selfishness!"

But there was no response around, and Frederick swiped Chen to announce that the vote would continue.

Bill submitted by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia prohibiting the importation of slaves of any kind.

Immediately after Frederick announced the start of voting, a large number of representatives raised their hands.

Frederick had it checked carefully and found that more than two-thirds of the delegates were in favor.

So it directly announced that the bill prohibiting the importation of slaves was passed.

This result is very strange. Most people support the prohibition of slave importation, but they also oppose the abolition of slavery.

Because of the slave import trade, the profitable merchants of the Ming Dynasty and the American merchants could not make money, which would instead lead to the outflow of gold.

At the same time, in the United States of this world, the north is partially occupied by Canada, and the industrial areas in the north are relatively small.

Planters and farmers from the South make up the vast majority of parliamentary representation.

Leading planter and rancher, operating a native breeding slave industry.

After prohibiting the importation of foreign slaves while continuing to maintain slavery, native plantations and farms can only use native-bred slaves.

The price of slaves would soar, and so would their fortunes.

The northern industrial states supported the abolition of slavery, but their numbers were relatively small, far fewer than during the Civil War in history.

Now a small amount of northern representation is very isolated.

Together with his niece Charlotte, Frederick signed and sealed the new bill, and the law came into effect.

Then Frederick announced impatiently:
"Okay, now, as the regent of the Kingdom of America, I announce that the first Congress of the United States is formally established, and all members will officially begin to perform their responsibilities three days later.

"I now declare that the interim parliament is dissolved."

Immediately after the meeting, Frederick took his niece Queen Charlotte to join his sister Amelia.

They changed into gorgeous costumes together, and sat in an open carriage specially prepared for them.

Beginning of the founding of the Kingdom of America, the succession of the king, and the celebration of the establishment of the Parliament.

This was the ceremony Frederick insisted on.

Prime Minister Monroe of the United States and Jefferson, Speaker of the United States of America, tried to persuade at first, but it was useless.

Little King Charlotte also wanted to attend, as did Regent Nene and Amelia.

Monroe could only mobilize manpower, and together with soldiers from the British mainland, try to protect the security of the country as much as possible.

After the king's carriage came to the streets of New York, Frederick found the surroundings a little deserted.

When I first arrived in New York with my sister and niece, New Yorkers lined the streets to welcome them.

Although there are many citizens around now, the atmosphere is not warm at all.

The reaction of the surrounding pedestrians looking at the convoy even made people feel a little indifferent.

Charlotte, who was originally very excited, quickly weakened:
"Uncle, aunt, do people here not welcome us? Did we do something wrong?"

Frederick laughed and said:
"We have done nothing wrong, everything is decided by Parliament.

"Members are their representatives, representing their wishes, and it is impossible not to welcome you.

"Even if they don't welcome you, Charlotte is still the King of America."

Charlotte didn't know what to say, and Amelia was slightly disturbed:

"Frederick, I always feel a little flustered, nothing will happen, or let's go back."

Frederick said carelessly:
"Don't worry about it, how aggrieved you are to run back now, at least walk around once."

In the rear convoy, Monroe looked at the surrounding situation and complained to Jefferson beside him:

"Prince Frederick is too reckless, we won the parliament, but New York is Yankee territory.

"The act of coming out to parade now is what the Ming people say, the act of rubbing salt in other people's wounds.

"We should get the capital to Richmond as soon as possible..."

Jefferson was relatively calm:

"What do you think the Yankees will do? What will they do? Drive out the Queen and Regent and declare independence?

"If it's still possible for us to become independent together, with the little strength in the north, are they capable of independence?"

Monroe was stunned for three seconds, and then said a whimsical idea:
"I'm afraid they're colluding with the French in the north..."

Jefferson was stunned when he heard this.

The current French Canada is part of the northern part of the United States in history, and it is also an area dominated by industry and mining.

French Canada was managed by France as its own country, and King Louis X of France announced in 1315 that anyone who set foot on the land of mainland France was a free man, so there was no slavery in French Canada.

French Canada also has the largest iron mine in Northern Yinzhou, and the coke needed by the steel industry comes from the northern part of the United States, from the Appalachian Mountains.

The resources of the two sides are complementary, both belong to the industrial zone, and the interests of the two sides converge.

With the addition of French Canada to the northern part of the United States, it will really be able to wrestle with the southern part of the United States.

And because of the Quebec teaching case last year, there was also a rift between French Canada and mainland France.

Now it is Napoleon who brings [-] French native troops to guard, and barely maintains the stability of French Canada.

Jefferson laughed dryly and said:
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. In this situation, as long as the French are not crazy, it is impossible for the French to take the initiative to fight the British."

Just as Jefferson finished speaking, there was a sudden burst of intensive gunfire outside.

Jefferson and Monroe subconsciously got down on the ground, making sure that no bullet hit their car, and then carefully turned their heads to look out.

The street was already in chaos, with people running and screaming for business, and the sound of frightened horses neighing one after another.

(End of this chapter)