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John Churchill was speechless.
The moral integrity of these two New World exiles in front of me is probably zero, right? He had clearly betrayed the King of England and was planning to work as a slave for the Ming Dynasty and the Franks at the same time, yet he still had the audacity to submit a petition, and made the matter of treason and surrendering to the enemy seem very reasonable... The eloquent John Churchill was unable to refute.
Seeing that Churchill was speechless, Old Franklin and Old Adams began to wipe away tears of joy. While they were weeping, they told each other what they had heard about the upcoming Yin family-Aztec coalition. Churchill was informed of the incoming attack.
"Sir Governor, if there were 300,000 to 50,000 British soldiers in the twelve states of North America, our militiamen in the twelve states would definitely be willing to shed their blood. Even if the entire army is wiped out, they would still be loyal to the British King!"
"Yes, but now there are only three to four thousand British soldiers in the twelve states of North America, and the Yin family-Aztec coalition that is marching towards the Mississippi River probably has more than fifty thousand, and there are about seven or eight thousand more Family members, and driving millions of livestock! Obviously, they have made long-term plans to establish ranches and bases west of the Appalachian Mountains. Once they reach the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, inside the mountains The Indians would become Aztecs..."
"My Lord Governor, with the current power of the twelve states in North America, it is simply impossible to stop the Yin family-the Aztecs from advancing westward. If we don't want to wait for extinction, the only way is to ask for help from Louis the Great and at the same time ask for peace with the Ming Dynasty .Of course...our hearts will always belong to England! Please believe in us!"
At this time, Churchill did not know that the "Glorious Revolution" aimed at restricting the royal power and protecting the bourgeois government had just broken out in the United Kingdom (of course it cannot be called the Kowtow Revolution, that is what the James Party said), otherwise he would definitely mobilize troops to suppress North America. Twelve states rebelled. The James Kingdom has always taken a close look at the North American colonies. The administrative structure of the New England Dominion was established step by step after he came to power. From six states at the beginning, there are now twelve states!
Moreover, based on John Churchill's understanding of James II, this British king who was very stubborn in religion would not make concessions at all in terms of "kowtowing" and reparations... and the Protestant nobles and profiteers who controlled the Congress It is unlikely that they will pay a large sum of money to the king for military expenses so that the king they hate most can send troops to the New World to save this group of exiles who have exterminated the Indian race.
In this case, the more than 200,000 people and several thousand regular troops in the twelve states of New England alone could not withstand the powerful Yin Shang and Aztec coalition forces.
Therefore, only by suing for peace and asking for help from Louis the Great can the twelve states under the jurisdiction of the New England Dominion be saved... Of course, it is only possible!
It is also possible that the efforts of the exiles from the Twelve States were in vain, and in the end the Yin family and the Aztecs crossed the Appalachian Mountains and invaded the New England Dominion!
Churchill, who had only three to four thousand men at hand, considered left and right, and finally gave up the plan of suppression - with just a few people and a huge enemy in front of him, he should stop killing each other. If you have this strength, you should save it to deal with the Yin family and the Aztecs!
Thinking of this, Churchill took over the petition handed over by Old Franklin and Old Adams, and then said in an unquestionable tone: "I will send someone to forward your petition to His Majesty the King... In addition, Bunker Hill To the south, the Boston area, including Bunker Hill, will all be under the military control of the English Army! All residents of the New England Dominion living in Boston must obey the orders of the Governor's Palace, and any disobedience will be severely punished !”
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Churchill's plan was to first firmly control Boston, the largest city and port in the New England Dominion, and then wait and see how things developed.
If the Yin family-Aztec coalition stopped west of the Appalachian Mountains, they would no longer invade New England. Then England could regain suzerainty from Louis XIV through diplomacy. As for the Ming Dynasty royal family's role as the commander-in-chief of the autonomous region... it can be emptied out through political means. This position is probably held by someone remotely, and with a generous annuity every year, it should be able to handle it.
If the Yin family-Aztec army crossed the Appalachian Mountains... then the exiles in the New England Dominion would have to fight to defend their homeland. The British army only needs to hold on to Boston, waiting for the exiles to shed their last drop of blood, and then counterattack back with the European troops coming to help.
"As you command, Mr. Governor!"
"Okay, Mr. Governor, the Massachusetts militia will leave the Boston area immediately."
Old Franklin and Old Adams were all relieved - since Governor Churchill accepted their petition, then they were legally treason... Oh, this is not treason, but to defend the New England Dominion. necessary measures to be taken.
The fate of the twelve colonies in the United States now depends on whether Nicholas Roosevelt's trip to Elizabeth City and Randolph and Jefferson's trip to Versailles can succeed?
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Elisabeth City is the original Maria Elizabeth Colony, which was originally the private domain of Leopold's daughter Maria Elizabeth. Later, Louis the Great asked for this territory from Leopold's wife, Empress Therese, and transferred it to his cheap daughter Sophie Maskey - Sophie Maskey was a duchess, so of course she had to have a piece of it. A fiefdom, otherwise she, a duke, would always be a bit uninterested!
So Maria Elizabeth Colony changed its name, removed Maria, renamed Elizabeth City, and became the fiefdom of Sophie Maskey.
However, Sophie Masji and her husband Zhu Yimei have never been to Elizabeth City, and they have not paid much attention to this city that is very far away from Xinchaoge. This has given Elizabeth City room to develop freely. However, Zhu Yimei still moved over the ancestral Tianwang City model and turned Elizabeth City into a place where anyone can come and do all kinds of business, but they must abide by the rules.
The Caribbean Sea has become a mess in recent years. Not only are the Spanish, English, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Swedes and other European colonists fighting openly and secretly here, but there are also Yin Shang and Aztecs. These two "Native American" forces continue to expand their influence. In addition, there is a group of lawless Caribbean pirates who are also destroying, looting and burning on the Caribbean Sea.
The sea is a place where it is difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. Even the Aztecs and the Yin Shang, two countries with little naval power on this side of the Atlantic, can hire Caribbean pirates or provide pirates with stolen goods, refuge, and supplies. channel, gaining a certain influence at sea.
And Elizabeth City has become a very special existence in such an area where various forces come and go. In fact, before Leopold sent troops to occupy this area, there were already spontaneously formed towns and ports in this area. But it's not a good place, but a "pirate port", where Caribbean pirates rest, sell stolen goods, obtain supplies, and repair ships. Later, because Leopold sent the Spanish Royal Army to pass through, the pirates in the "Pirate Port" had to flee. So the "Pirate Port" remained deserted for a while until the Spanish evacuated three years ago and the Yin family took over. This place is prospering again!
And when Zhu Yimei and Montezuma won the Battle of Mexico City together, they also began to pay attention to the Caribbean Sea-it was the only way for Chinese goods transported by the Pacific galleon trade to be transported to Europe!
Although the rise of the Aztecs will inevitably interrupt the legal trade from the east coast of Mexico to Europe... there are many adventurers in the Caribbean in this era. As long as there is enough profit, there is no fear that no one will take risks and engage in smuggling.
Smuggling in the Caribbean is definitely beneficial to the development of the Yinjia Prairie (the Great Plains of Central North America) - because from the Pacific City (Acapulco) to Tampico and Veracruz on the Caribbean coast The distance is only about 1,200 miles, and there are quite good roads to get through. The goods from the Ming Dynasty take this route, and then get on the ship from Tampico and Veracruz to be transported to Elizabeth City. It is much more convenient than disembarking from Xinchaoge and taking the land route to the Yinjia Prairie. The transportation cost is also lower by an unknown amount!
So Zhu Yimei immediately realized the value of Elizabeth City. He immediately recruited a group of officials from the Spanish who surrendered to King Montezuma, and also recruited a group of officers and soldiers from the New Chaoge and the Ming Dynasty Navy's Eastern Fleet, and sent them together. Elizabeth City also transplanted all the family business models from Tianwang City to Elizabeth City. Turn Elizabeth City into a paradise for robbers where anyone can come and don't care about the past after coming, just follow the rules and live in peace.
In order to suppress this group of pirates, Zhu Yimei also asked Ce Ling Dunduobu to send the Yin family cavalry with revolvers in their belts to Elizabeth City to watch the scene... No matter how awesome you are in the Caribbean, this is the captain , that captain, you have to behave yourself when you get to Elizabeth City. No one will buy it, they will all be killed!
After establishing social order, Zhu Yimei invited Pacific Bank and Penglai Bank to open branches in Elizabeth City - the pirates' robbery proceeds must be kept in a reliable place! Otherwise, it wouldn't be a problem to bury the treasure on an unknown island in the Caribbean, and someone might dig it up!
In addition, Zhu Yimei also opened a "Boom" market in Elizabeth City... which specializes in selling ritual utensils (musical instruments) that are specialties of the Yin Shang Dynasty! There are long bombs, short bombs, hand bombs, step bombs, and rocket bombs. You can use them all, and you can use them all. There are not only "instruments", but also "medicines", ranging from the most basic granular black gunpowder to the military white sugar produced by the Ming Dynasty (sugar and medicine must be temporarily prepared), everything is available! Even if you have a particularly good relationship with Yin Shang, you can even buy explosive bombs and rockets equipped with trigger fuses!
And what a good place, of course, the smugglers and pirate captains of the New England Dominion must go - the Yin Shang's "blasters" are better than those in Western Europe... a 2,600-year-old brand Got it! Buying a few doors will give you an extra layer of insurance when going out to sea to rob.
If we can get a few more trigger fuses, we will have a ship-building treasure!
Therefore, Captain John Halsey, whose ancestors came from Germany and once worked for the Dutch merchant ship, has been a frequent visitor to Elizabeth City in the past two years. Moreover, he had met several times with the prefect of Elizabeth City, so he was considered someone who could establish a relationship.
Nicholas Roosevelt, who had always been close to the Halsey family, took Halsey's boat this time and arrived in Elizabeth City, which was immersed in celebration.
The festive atmosphere in Elizabeth City was brought about by a wedding - the wedding of Zhu Celing and Jennifer Montezuma, which was held in this prosperous port city that mixed Eastern and Western elements.
When Roosevelt and Halsey arrived, the wedding had just ended. Zhu Celing, Jennifer and his wife, Zhu Celing's third brother Zhu Yimei, sister-in-law Sophie Marquis and others had not yet left Elizabeth City - this prosperous city. Who doesn’t like cities?
Compared with here, although the territories of Shang Fang Kingdom and Yin Family Tribe are vast, most of them are too desolate. Even Xinchaoge, which has a larger population, is too "conservative" and does not have the vitality of Elizabeth City.
Zhu Yimei, Zhu Celing, Sophie Masji, and Jennifer were all from the "rich N generation" who grew up in big cities. They were not much different in age, so they naturally got along well with each other, so they decided to stay in Elizabeth City for a while. I didn't expect that this time...I was waiting for Roosevelt!
Although the four of them already knew that the New England Dominion was being united by the Ming Dynasty and the Aztecs to cause trouble because of the extermination of the Indians, they did not take it seriously. Even Jennifer Montezuma didn't take it seriously because she didn't think she was an Indian at all.
So when they heard that the envoys from New England were visiting, Zhu Yimei and Zhu Celing immediately invited Roosevelt and Halsey to the palace where they lived - which was actually a fortress left by the Spanish.
In the audience hall of the palace, Nicholas Roosevelt first bowed to the four people in front of him, then presented a gift list in the name of congratulating Zhu Celing and Jennifer on their wedding, and finally presented the invitation letter and resolution of the First Continental Congress. The document said solemnly in Latin: "His Royal Highness Yin Jiahan, our parliamentary representatives from the twelve states in North America recently held a Continental Congress in New York and decided to break away from British rule and establish a fully autonomous Dominion... .And we also elected you to be the Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of America!”
Zhu Celing's Latin was not good and he couldn't understand it very well, but he still nodded pretendingly: "Okay, okay, very good!"
But Zhu Yimei next to him was already stunned. He blurted out and asked directly in Latin: "What's going on? Why did you choose my brother to be the commander-in-chief?"
