Isaac Roosevelt wore the uniform of a Dongyi translator and returned to his home next to New York Bay with a gloomy face.
Father James Roosevelt couldn't help but smile when he saw his son's appearance:
“Oh, my child, this dress is so spirited, and His Highness Prince Dashi’s design is really amazing.
"Even if His Royal Highness is not a noble, this design will definitely become popular."
Isaac looked at the clothes on his body and he was indeed quite satisfied with it, but this identity made him feel complicated.
James put his arm around his son's shoulders and asked with a smile:
"Why didn't you talk? What made you change your mind?"
Isaac briefly recounted what happened at the certificate issuance ceremony:
"I feel like a coward now..."
The smile on James's face still remains undiminished:
"You made the right choice, it was for our family and our clan, my Isaac grew up.
“In Ming Dynasty society, government officials had a much higher status than businessmen.
“And the imperial examination was the only way to enter the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.
“If our family is completely excluded from the imperial examinations by the Ming Dynasty, we will forever lose the opportunity to enter the upper class.
“For the future of our family, we need someone to work in the Dongyi Kingdom’s court.
"He will be the foundation of our family's stability and prosperity..."
Isaac grimaced and said nothing.
He just understood what his father meant and knew the serious consequences of being "blackballed" by Da Ming, so he changed his mind.
When James was thinking about how to comfort his son, there was a dull sound outside the window.
Both father and son lowered their heads subconsciously.
James took his son and squatted under the window:
"Don't get up, I'll go take a look..."
James came to the window and looked around through the window.
The dull sound sounded again, and James determined that it was the sound of cannon firing, but it should be farther away.
James picked up the telescope on the window and looked to where the sound came from, but it was blocked by buildings and the coastline.
However, after a little calculation, James judged that the sound of the cannon was located at least ten kilometers away.
Most likely in Lower New York Bay, or even in the Atlantic Ocean outside the entrance to Lower New York Bay.
New York Bay actually has two layers: inner and outer.
The inner layer is the bay between Long Island, Manhattan Island, Staten Island, and Hudson County, New Jersey, also known as Upper New York Bay.
The outer layer is south of the entrance to Upper New York Bay, the bay between the south coast of Long Island and the New Jersey coast in the south, also known as Lower New York Bay.
James was able to type based on the sounds that the shelling and possible fighting took place on the sea.
"It is very likely that the British and French forces are attacking Staten Island or New Jersey..."
James was basically relieved and told his son to stand up:
"Don't be nervous, we are Dongyi people who belong to the Ming Dynasty now, we are not Americans or British.
"No matter Britain, France, the United States, or Canada, they would never dare to let artillery shells fall on Ming Dynasty's land..."
Isaac was also a little lucky:
"We are from the Ming Dynasty now, so we don't have to worry about the invasion of war..."
James swallowed:
"If Chang Island had not been assigned to the Ming Dynasty, the place where the British and French forces were attacking at this time would have been Chang Island, or even Brooklyn where we are located. The shells might have fallen directly in our yard..."
Meanwhile, residents living in the far south of Long Island have seen the battlefield through their windows.
A fleet flying the flags of Britain and France forced its way into Lower New York Bay and was exchanging fire with the shore artillery on Staten Island.
Staten Island belongs to the state of New York. In later generations, it was a borough of New York City. It is still an independent county.
Staten Island and Long Island serve as entrance barriers to Upper New York Bay.
Now, all the explosions and shelling are happening on the side near Staten Island.
Another fleet flying the flag of the Ming Dynasty has also been inserted into the bay entrance near Chang Island to patrol, apparently to be wary of the British and French fleet approaching Chang Island.
While the fleet on the sea was bombarding the coast and suppressing the shore artillery, a large number of small landing ships were washing up on the beach, apparently preparing to land and seize Staten Island.
The brutality of the landing battle was no less brutal than the positional battle.
But the most special thing about this battle is that it has an audience.
Staten Island is only 1.5 kilometers from the nearest point on Long Island.
Because it guards the entrance to Upper New York Bay, there is a military base at the closest place.
A large number of artillery pieces were located across the bay, firing toward the sea to the southeast.
Among the British and French fleets, the one closest to Long Island is only five or six kilometers away.
Residents of the southwest corner of Long Island could see the battlefield without even using binoculars.
If you use a telescope, you can even see the muzzle storm of the battleship and the people on the landing craft rushing to the beach.
After the fighting broke out on the coast, word spread quickly.
The residents of Lin County gradually figured out what was going on, and knew that the sound of artillery fire in the south was the British and French forces attacking the United States.
Lin County residents have mixed feelings at this time.
Because they were all Americans a few months ago.
As James Roosevelt said, if Long Island had not been returned to the Ming Dynasty, his own home might have been bombarded now.
Several congressmen from New York and New Jersey who had originally not wanted to stay in Dongyi as translators began to rejoice at their decision.
The land of Ming Dynasty is the safest place, and those who work for Ming Dynasty are the safest.
While the Dongyi Kingdom was preparing for the imperial examination, reorganizing the militia, and re-registering household registrations and assets, other countries were not idle either.
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The main naval and army forces of the British and British coalition forces arrived at Yinzhou one after another.
The war between Britain and France to "quell the rebellion" had begun.
The armies of the two countries divided into two groups and attacked northward from Virginia and Tennessee on both sides of the Appalachian Mountains.
But in the past few months, Napoleon and Adams were also building defensive lines and mobilizing troops.
The British and French armies on both sides of the Appalachian Mountains were firmly blocked under the defensive line.
The armies of the two countries launched several consecutive attacks, but failed to achieve substantial results.
It is foreseeable that the Army will fall into a war of attrition again.
On the contrary, the navy has achieved certain results.
The navies of the United States and Canada were originally a small number of British and French escort fleets, not the main fleet.
They also do not have the ability to build capital ships and large-scale fleets on their own.
Therefore, after the main fleets of Britain and France arrived, they quickly took control of the sea in the northeastern part of Yinzhou.
A small number of naval ships from the United States and Canada were either damaged or sunk, or they were hiding in ports and did not dare to go out.
The Navy then imposed a comprehensive containment and embargo on the United States and Canada.
The external maritime connections between the two countries were completely severed.
Since it was difficult for the army to achieve results and the navy had an absolute advantage, Britain and France decided to try a sea landing.
Seize Staten Island at the entrance to New York Bay, and then further attack Manhattan.
Nelson and Wellesley planned the battle and informed the Ming Dynasty of their purpose before carrying it out.
Staten Island is too close to Long Island, which is owned by Daming, and is only separated by a bay less than two kilometers away.
In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles, Daming must be informed in advance.
So the Ming Dynasty's garrison fleet appeared on the sea to monitor the British and French forces landing in the United States.
On the other side, Ming's army also stood behind and on the sides of the British and French forces, watching the British and French forces attack the American position.
The Ming Dynasty helped Britain and France hold on to the defense line originally agreed upon, and handed it over to the main force of the British and French coalition forces that arrived one after another.
Then the Ming Dynasty began to take over the Mississippi area on the east bank of the lower reaches of the Honey River from the British.
This was part of the reward that Zhu Jingyuan had agreed with Britain and France to deliver to Ming Dynasty.
Mississippi is a typical southern agricultural state in the United States and a famous cotton production base.
The total area is 120,000 square kilometers and the total population is less than one million, more than half of whom are Mexican slaves.
According to Zhu Jingyuan's plan, the population of the land that Ming Dynasty received in Beiyinzhou was to be sent to Dongyi Kingdom.
When Zhu Jingyuan originally asked for the Dongyi Peninsula and Changdao, he wanted it in the name of resettling the Taixi people in the receiving area.
Zhu Jingyuan also really planned to send them there.
First send it to the uninhabited land on Changdao and Dongyi Peninsula to open up wasteland, and then find a way to send it back to Taixi and Mozhou.
The fertile land of Mississippi must be emptied of its Taysi and Mexican populations.
Only the Ming immigrants control and use these lands, and those lands truly belong to the Ming Dynasty.
However, because the local residents are very scattered, the number of immigrants in Ming Dynasty is relatively limited.
Therefore, it is impossible for the locals to send them all away in one go.
Accepting the final decision of the command, with the entry of Ming immigrants, the original residents were gradually sent away.
When Ming immigrants took over a village or a farm, they also sent away the original owners and slaves of the village and farm.
Of course, according to Ming Dynasty's practice of receiving land, local residents cannot retain or take away all assets.
Traveling from Mississippi to the Dongyi Kingdom is a move within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and you are allowed to carry assets worth ten thousand silver coins.
For the local Thai-Spanish immigrants, the most important asset was the Mexican slaves.
After evaluating the current market price of Mexican slaves, the command stipulated that each Taixi can take away a maximum of thirty-two slaves.
The excess will be seized by the takeover forces and then sold to Americans in other areas.
