San Francisco, California......

In an area populated by Chinese, there is a small two-story building that looks very ordinary, with a sign that reads "Crane House", but it is not for bird sales. A few women in kimono suits with heavy makeup wandered around the doorway, shouting at passers-by when they saw them. It was clearly a brothel. But unlike in the past, since the start of the American Civil War, the brothel's business has suddenly become lighter.

Although the flames of war have not yet broken out here in California, the shape is extremely tense. Utah, to the west of the state, has declared neutrality and has conscripted tens of thousands of militiamen! The Mexican Empire, south of California, has declared war on the United States of America, and the U.S. and Mexican armies on the border are already tense and ready to break out at any time. But threats from Mexico or Utah aren't the main reason for the sluggish brothels in San Francisco. What really makes these Japanese prostitutes idle is the opposition between local white and Chinese in California!

This state on the Pacific coast, since it became part of the United States, has been facing the problem of a serious "yellow-white conflict". The Chinese people have been coming across the ocean, and they have long outnumbered the whites. And they also have the Ming Empire, one of the three major powers in the world, backed by them. Although the whites of California have always wanted to expel all the Chinese, the threat of Daming has always made them dare not take action. And the Chinese in California are not unarmed, under the influence of the "heavenly warriors" who arrived here in the early years, they are also armed with guns! They also have their own gang organizations, religious groups, and even political parties, the California Chinese Association.

When the southern states of the United States broke away from the Union, the Chinese community in California also heard the wind and petitioned and marched on the one hand. demand that California recognize the citizenship rights of the Chinese; On the one hand, the organization of the armed forces has also begun to intensify. Nearly 3oooo Chinese militia was organized. Ready for armed struggle!

Now all the gold mines here in San Francisco have also stopped mining. The miners either joined the militia or took refuge in Chinese or white strongholds. The atmosphere in San Francisco, which was originally a mixed city of Chinese and foreigners, was even more tense to the extreme. Both Chinese and whites set up barricades in their neighborhoods, and armed militias practiced daily. In such an atmosphere, the business of brothels naturally became lighter. Today, the first floor of this brothel is not a single guest, but in a room upstairs in this small two-story building, there are some people who are having a very important meeting.

"Mr. Yang. Our Ming Empire has no territorial claims to California and Utah, as well as to the entire western United States...... Although this land is vast and rich, it is too far away from the Ming Dynasty. Even if we now turn this land into a dependency of the Ming Empire, at some point in the future, it will definitely break away from the mother country and become independent, just like the United States, Mexico, and those colonies in South America. And we don't want to have a colony in North America for a short time, we just want to find a land where the country's overpopulation can live and work. This is all that our Ming Empire requires of North America.

Moreover, the Kingdom of California, which will be formed, will not expel the whites here. Their property and lives were secured, and in fact the country was part of the Mexican Empire, ruled by the Bonaparte dynasty, and the Duke of Bonaparte of the Mexican Empire would be the king. He himself was a half-white half-Chinese-mixed race. ”

The man who was speaking was Wu Chunqiu, the Ming ambassador to the Confederate States of America and the Empire of Mexico, and the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was 1o days ago. Maria. When the Clementina cruise ship docked in San Francisco to refuel and water, she quietly disembarked. He was listened to by a tall, handsome white man dressed in a black suit, the style often worn by American clergy, and it was Brigham Young, the leader of the Mormon Church. At this moment of extreme tension, it is extremely unusual for the de facto leader of Utah to leave his hometown of Salt Lake City and sneak into San Francisco, where he meets with the envoys of the Ming Empire in a Japanese brothel.

"So what do we Mormons get?" Yang Baihan looked at Wu Chunqiu with a deep gaze, "From the Ming Empire or from the Kingdom of California." ”

"Mormonism, with appropriate modifications to Chinese traditions, can become the state religion of the Kingdom of California!" Wu Chunqiu prescribed, "And you yourself can become the archbishop of the Kingdom of California." ”

The conditions are good, at least for the Mormons. From a quasi-cult to a state religion! Yang Baihan was silent for a while, and looked at Wu Chunqiu quietly: "So, what do you want Mormons and Utah to do?" ”

Wu Chunqiu shook his head, "I don't need anything at the moment, I just need to wait quietly, and wait until the Mexican army occupies California, and then join the Kingdom of California." I guess that's not too difficult for you, right? ”

"Mexicans? Are you sure they can make it to California? Yang Baihan's brows furrowed, and he looked at Wu Chunqiu hesitantly.

"Of course," Wu Chunqiu nodded with certainty, "they'll be coming soon!" I promise! ”

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"Onboard! Mexico, onboard! Empress, onboard ......"

The shouts of the Mexican army were already ringing on the outskirts of San Diego, the southernmost part of California. To fend off the Mexican invasion, California's federal and state militias deployed their main forces here, digging trenches along the U.S.-Mexico border, setting up deer, horse barricades and barbed wire. Nearly 18ooo officers and men were ready to crush the vulnerable Mexicans - because the telegraph line to the east had been cut off, they did not know much about the appearance of the "Mexican army" in the central United States, and they were still looking at people with old eyes!

At least Henry, who personally commanded the troops to deploy here. Wei Jie. Major General Halek was confident in this - the Mexicans were his old adversaries, and during the Mexican-American War, he commanded troops on the Pacific coast, which time did he not win a great victory? And at that time, there was no theory of the current set of "Defensive Omnipotence", there was no barbed wire and rifled guns, and of course there was no shouting "Onboard!" "Onboard!" of Mexicans......

These Mexicans had come in yesterday afternoon, about 2oooo people, but they had dug some fortifications in a so-so way, and today they were in a hurry to attack, as rough as before. However, the artillery fire was quite fierce, and dozens of cannons that I don't know what they bombarded for half an hour, and the old and beautiful people who were squatting in the pit were all disgraced. It's a lot of money, but now the bombardment is finally over.

"Onboard...... Is it Spanish? "Major General Halek's position was of course very close to the front line, so he could clearly hear the shouts of the Mexican troops, and he also saw the little gray Mexicans...... It's really short, how can such a little bit beat his own American GIs?

"Major General, this ...... It doesn't seem to be Spanish, but probably the language of the Indians, right? A Hispanic California militia colonel next to him replied in a low voice.

"Indians? Why is it so short? Looks like a child. Major General Halek said with some sympathy. It seems that the Indians must have suffered under the brutal rule of Empress Mathilde, right? ”

"Looks weak! was completely sacrificed as cannon fodder. Immediately, there were officers around Halek who asked for battle, "How about letting our men fight back?" The enemy is only fifteen or six hundred, and we can crush them with one regiment! ”

"Major General, let's strike and teach these Mexicans a hard lesson!"

"Yes, let's go to Mexico City in one go and capture Empress Mathilde!"

Fight Mexicans, who is not gearing up? Although it is said that it is "defensive omnipotence" now, it is too much to hide in the pit and let a scumbag army like Mexico attack, right? Halek was right, and nodded and let one of his California militia regiments rush forward in a swaggering formation. And then...... 2o minutes later, he came back with a fiasco! (To be continued!)

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