Winter in the Great Plains of North America is coming soon. Since we are now in the cold Little Ice Age, the cold that ravages the Great Plains and eastern North New Zealand every winter is more terrifying than later generations... dozens of degrees below zero The world of ice and snow is no joke!
Therefore, before the spring of the 27th year of Hongxing came, the three brothers Zhu Hehao, Zhu Hekun, and Zhu Hezhen could only watch and watch. The most they could do was to sell their quotas for "gold mining with the team" - there were 10,000 quotas to be sold. Going out is not easy!
After all, in California, Boston, Washington, the United States and other places, new gold mines will appear from time to time, and they are all buried very shallowly and are very easy to pan out - this shows that Canada, Poland, China, etc. , The gold mines in the four states of the United States are far from exhausted.
Since the gold resources at home have not been exhausted, naturally not many people are willing to go all the way to the Mississippi River to find gold.
Of course, 10,000 places can still be sold... After all, the gold mines currently being developed in Canada, Poland, China, and the United States are already "overcrowded." Moreover, there has always been a saying in gold mining that "those who come first eat the meat, and those who come later eat the soup". That is to say, the first batch of gold diggers to arrive at the gold mine and start digging for gold can often make a windfall! And when others have panned out all the easy-to-find gold, the belated gold diggers will only be able to find a little bit of gold slag.
Therefore, a freshly minted large-scale gold mine is still very attractive to gold diggers, and it is still possible to fool 10,000 people.
However, this winter, paying 200 silver coins to go panning for gold in the Mississippi River is not the only attractive investment project in front of the nobles and common people of the United States of New Zealand... The big project of invading the Kingdom of New Spain is also before them. in front of.
Moreover, this project has more attractive returns than gold and silver... Caucasian and Indo-European mixed-race girls are more attractive to many single gold diggers who have found gold, have no plans to return to their country, and have no wives. The Mississippi Gold Mine is much better.
After solving my wife's problem, I can find a piece of land in four states in Canada, Poland, China, and the United States to open a farm or ranch. This life will be considered complete.
Therefore, by November and December of the 26th year of Hongxing's reign, this large-scale project to enter Mexico, led by King Jiaqing, had raised sufficient military expenditures and recruited tens of thousands of "rebels."
However, if there is no news from Mexico City with such vigorous preparations for the invasion, then Don Juan Jose will be too imbecile.
Therefore, news of the Kingdom of New Spain's comprehensive preparations for war also reached Angel Castle City in December of the 26th year.
"From the very beginning, we should not have pinned our hopes on the thugs in the United States of New Zealand who only know how to steal money and women! The future of the Jiaqing Kingdom still needs samurai like us from Japan!"
The speaker was a ferocious-looking young warrior with a shaggy beard. His face is still tanned. I don’t know if he is born like this or because he sunbathed too much on the beach at Fort Angel?
The person who listened to him was Princess Shimazu Noyoshi. She did not wear the court dress of Princess Ming Dynasty for formal occasions. Instead, she wore a clean dark kimono with the dragon pattern symbolizing King Jiaqing. I sat on my knees in the Main Maru of Angel Castle, holding my knees and listening quietly.
"After the victory at Golden Gate Bay, we should immediately go south. We can definitely catch Don Juan Jose off guard. But they kept delaying it. In the blink of an eye, it was the 27th year of Hongxing... New Spain must be doing its best to We have been preparing for the war, and the opportunity to win easily is being lost bit by bit."
Shimazu Noyoshi's face was gloomy, and he just nodded stiffly: "Yenjiu, King Jiaqing and I also knew that we had to fight quickly after the victory in Kinmen Bay, but King Hezhu was not enthusiastic about expanding southward, so we... .”
"We don't need the cooperation of the King of the United States at all! Maybe he doesn't want us to grow beside the bed of the United States at all. Because after we capture the Valley of Mexico, we will definitely grow rapidly there...perhaps in just a few generations , the army from Mexico will..."
"Enku, shut up!" Shimazu Nokichi shouted angrily, "If your words are known to the King of United States, the end of the Shimazu family may not be far away!"
The young samurai named "Enku", whose surname is Shimazu, is the current head of the Shimazu family and the right minister of the Kaki Kingdom.
He is the direct grandson of Shimazu Mitsuhisa and the nephew of Shimazu Noyoshi. His father Takazuna died young, so he became the head of the Shimazu family after his grandfather Mitsuhisa lived in seclusion.
After reprimanding his nephew Enku, Shimazu Noyoshi explained to Masaki Hoshina, who was worshiped as Zuo minister: "Zuofu, my nephew is young and energetic. He likes to talk nonsense and cannot take it seriously."
Hoshina Masaki smiled slightly: "Actually, what you said makes sense. We can capture a lot of land in New Spain without the help of the United States."
"But how are we going to march?" Shimazu Noyoshi asked, "We don't have a navy... The navies of the United States and the Ming Dynasty are not under our control. Do you plan to let the Gyeongju warriors board merchant ships without escort? Going south under certain circumstances?”
"Of course not." Masaki Hoshina said, "France, the Netherlands, and Spain still have some navies on the Pacific side."
"Isn't that enough?" Shimazu Noyoshi gritted his teeth slightly, "I'd better go to Washington City to plead with the King of the United States... If he doesn't agree to dispatch the navy, I will Commit seppuku outside the white house!”
"Your Highness! No!"
"Your Highness, you can't do this..."
"No!"
When the important ministers of the Kagying Kingdom in Honmaru heard that their princess was going to commit seppuku, they all started shouting. Only the left minister, Masaki Hoshina, smiled and said nothing.
"Zofu," Shimazu Noyoshi asked, "what do you think of this plan?"
"This is nonsense!" Masaki Hoshina shook his head and said, "In the whole world, there is only one person in the world who can make His Highness commit seppuku! Will Your Highness allow you to commit seppuku?"
Shimazu Noyoshi shook his head, "Then what else can we do now?"
"We can go by land!" Masaki Hoshina said.
"What?"
"By land?"
"How is it possible...it's more than 2,000 miles away!"
"And there is also the Sonora Desert. How will our army get through?"
Dissent was immediately raised.
Shimazu Noyoshi looked at Masaki Hoshina, who smiled and said: "The Sonora Desert is not impassable, especially in winter... It rains in that desert every winter, and everything recovers after the rain. , still very energetic.
In addition, starting from San Diego and crossing the Sonora Desert to reach relatively humid areas that can be cultivated is only 1800-2000 miles. If the army can travel 60 miles a day, it can be completed in a month. If we start taking action now, we can capture Xizhou in the first month of next year, which will be much better than our hurried efforts in Angel Castle. "
Shimazu Noyoshi frowned, "You mean, the army going south also carries two months' worth of food? It must weigh dozens of kilograms. Can it be carried?"
"You don't have to carry so many rations." Masaki Hoshina smiled and shook his head, "35 days of food is enough... 30 days of marching and 5 days of decisive battles. After victory, we can seize the enemy's food, and we march along the coast. If we need to seize a port, we can get enough supplies from the Gyeongju Peninsula."
This plan sounded a bit risky at first sight!
"Is the risk too great?"
"Yes! What if we can't finish the 30 days?"
"What if the enemy refuses to fight us decisively?"
Some of the ministers present at the meeting must have raised different opinions.
"Don't think about what might happen!" Masaki Hoshina said with a smile, "But work hard to achieve the plan. Besides, our cost is still quite high... because it is not impossible to travel 2,000 miles overland across the desert. We arrived, but it must have completely exceeded Don Juan Jose’s expectations. In fact, it was us who attacked Mexico secretly. Therefore, the probability of success of my plan is extremely high! Please support us, Your Royal Highness!”
