It was 18 years since the Ming Dynasty was restored.
AD 1810, late autumn in September.
In the peaceful Jiangbei Military Port, the autumn sun was shining brightly. The wind from the northwest blew all the black smoke, fine dust and other air pollutants from the south bank of the river back to the south.
But there was still a choking smell in the air.
On the wide surface of the Yangtze River, you can even see black undercurrents.
At this time, there were several giant ships moored in the military port.
The giant ship had no sail and was painted black.
Huge chimneys point to the sky.
The chimney at the front was emitting black smoke, and the two chimneys at the back were emitting steam.
The steam engine responsible for doing the work was already roaring.
Next to the combustion chamber in the cabin, workers were quickly adding fuel, burning the fuel in the combustion chamber white, and the temperature reached at least 1,500 degrees.
These are all preparations made before the voyage.
And on the shore.
The Great Ming Dynasty's sun and moon flag and the red-bottomed dragon flag were flying high.
This shows that at this moment, Zhu Daohua, the restored emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is in this military port.
"Bring these with you. I don't know if I can eat them when I get to North America."
Emperor Zhu looked helplessly at the scene of mother and son parting.
Shi Fei Shi Xianggu has begun to put on weight now, and she is getting older, so naturally she is not as charming as she was when she was young.
At this time, he was holding a young man who looked slightly similar to Emperor Zhu eighteen years ago with a slight cry in front of him and talking nonchalantly.
"Mom, I'm going to Jinzhou to be a prince, not to suffer. There's nothing I can't buy in Jinzhou."
The second son of the emperor, King Qin Zhu Yixin said with some helplessness.
The current Golden State is the most stable and prosperous territory of the Ming Dynasty in North America.
The population is more than three million.
And he is young and strong.
In every house, everyone has a gun.
If it is extreme mobilization.
It can draw an army of more than 500,000 people.
It can be said that it is the Optimus Prime of the Ming Dynasty on the west coast of North America.
To the south of the Golden State, there is the California Protectorate.
With the two Protectorate Palaces as the core, the Ming Dynasty expanded in North America for more than ten years, occupying more than three million square kilometers of land.
Among them, the Jinzhou Protectorate has been expanded
Now, based on the California Protectorate and the Golden State Protectorate, we have the foundation to expand to the central part of the continent.
And at this time.
Americans cannot sit still and wait for death.
They rallied their troops on the Missouri Plateau.
In the past ten years or so, the world pattern has basically formed a European alliance—to be precise, it is the basic pattern of the European-American alliance against the Great Ming Dynasty system.
The competition between the two sides in the Old Continent and Africa continues to be petty.
Ottoman Turkey, with the support of the Ming Empire, has been at war with Russia for more than ten years.
The two sides fought repeatedly in the Balkans and Caucasus.
but.
Such a war can only be regarded as a small-scale, low-intensity war.
Since the Jinshan Protectorate of the Ming Dynasty began to expand towards the Missouri area.
The cloud of war is hanging over the New World!
The United States in the New World is actually a European civilized country.
They also naturally became the front line against Chinese civilization in America.
It is different from the United States, which has historically pursued isolationism.
America in this era cannot be isolated.
Because in the west of the New World, immigrants from the Ming Dynasty are coming in a steady stream.
Moreover, the United States today is not the “equality melting pot of races” that later generations would claim to be.
Rather, it is a country where racism dominated by white Europeans is deeply rooted.
Facing the arrival of the people from East Asia China.
Naturally, they cannot open their hearts and say "Welcome to the melting pot of races in America."
The arrival of East Asians is to compete with them for living space!
at this point.
These white Europeans who immigrated to the United States from Europe know best.
so.
The United States has now given up its historical policy of focusing on naval development. The Great White Fleet will definitely not appear in this era.
Because they spent almost all their military expenditures on building a continental army.
And because the federal government has a continental army, the power of the U.S. federal government overwhelms state rights, making the United States in this era more like the United States after the Civil War.
The loose federation now became a little tighter under the threat of foreign enemies.
The United States, which already had a good industrial base, quickly developed a military industry second only to the Ming Empire.
They established a very strong and complete defense line on the Missouri Plateau, which was called the Missouri Line of Defense. ,
"This is the Great Wall of America!"
After this fortress, which was built with concrete and reached a length of more than 200 kilometers, was completed.
Thomas Jefferson, then the commander-in-chief of the United States, made this assessment.
In fact.
Facing this fortress built of concrete and equipped with a large number of artillery, it is convenient for rear-loading guns to shoot quickly.
The staff officers of the General Staff of the Ming Empire also had quite a headache.
It is believed that in order to break through such a fortress, at least millions of troops must be assembled, covered by intensive artillery bombardment, and only at the cost of a large number of casualties can the breakthrough be made.
However, these attack plans were rejected by Emperor Zhu.
Until the attack plan proposed by the second prince Zhu Yixin.
This made Emperor Zhu make up his mind to send Zhu Yixin, who was only 18 years old this year, to Jinzhou to join the feudal clan and lead the war against the United States.
"Although you have experience in leading troops in combat and have good grades in military school, this is all a small matter. The future war in North America is likely to be the largest battle in history! Leading troops in war must be extremely important. Just be cautious.”
Emperor Zhu said.
"I know, Dad."
Zhu Yixin nodded.
"Boy, take care of yourself all the way!"
Compared with the second prince who grew up in a school under military management and went to the military academy, he looked like a young officer with his straight figure.
Zhu Yichi, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, seems a little mellow.
Although his facial features still resemble those of Emperor Zhu, his figure has a bit of the genes of the fat men in the Lanfang Luo family.
"Brother, just watch it. White people think they have nothing to fear because they have the Great Wall, but we also have a secret weapon!!"
Zhu Yichi nodded, he also knew about the secret weapon.
Zhu Yichi, who is nineteen years old this year, is currently enrolled in Daohua University, but at the same time, he is also Emperor Zhu's secretary. He goes to school and works at the same time, but he really doesn't have a moment of leisure.
Honestly.
He was a little envious of Zhu Yixin.
When you go to Jinzhou, you really have a vast ocean to swim in.
Except Zhu Yixin.
In fact, many descendants of Ming Dynasty nobles will also go to Jinzhou together.
The North American continent will be divided into vassals such as Qin, Jin, Chu, Qi, Yan, Wu, and Yue.
The vassal states will continue to be divided.
The North American continent was not just divided up by Emperor Zhu’s family.
Instead, they will take it out and share it with Emperor Zhu’s restoration group!
Emperor Zhu was serious about engaging in Zhou-style enfeoffment. (End of chapter)
