"What? Ambassador Wu, you say my father is recruiting black people smuggled into Mexico as soldiers? ”

In a very private room in a mansion in New York, USA,.

"Yes,, Admiral Denaf has already recruited at least 2ooooo black mercenaries." Wu Chunqiu was also surprised that he could meet Zhu Jishi's imperial concubine in New York, before meeting Maria.

"2oooo people?" Maria frowned, the coffee cup in her hand turned slightly, and suddenly burst into laughter, "It seems that someone is playing the same idea as our Emperor Xià." ”

"Mother, the person you are talking about is the emperor of France?" Wu Chunqiu asked tentatively.

In fact, he had already repeatedly analyzed this issue on the way back to the United States. Empress Mathilde and several of her Mexican ministers were a little afraid of the United States at all, and their eyes were all on Guatemala, and if the United Kingdom of Central America was just to attack Guatemala, the strength of the Mexican Foreign Legion was now sufficient. This army originally had 1oooo European mercenaries, and its combat effectiveness was very impressive, and last year 5ooo Japanese mercenaries were added, and these 15ooo people were enough to clean up Guatemala, not to mention that Mexico itself still has at least 5oooo 6 troops. Why bother recruiting black mercenaries now?

"Who else but him?" Maria looked at Wu Chunqiu, nodded, and suddenly smiled. "Ambassador Wu. You are the most knowledgeable Chinese official I have ever met who knows the world. The most international vision, it seems that the emperor really knows how to put you in the United States and makes good use of it. ”

Hearing Maria say words praising herself, Wu Chunqiu somehow suddenly felt a warm current rise in his heart. He can also be regarded as a former minister of Long, and in the early years, he also lobbied Lin Zexu and Li Hongzhang, which can be regarded as a hero, and he also became a squire early. It's a pity that he was sent to Europe and the United States by Emperor Zhu for many years. This official position has never been promoted, and many of those qualifications in the country who are not as old as him and whose merits are not as great as him are all become scholars and governors, and they have climbed to his head! It's true or false to say that you are not wronged, and now that you have these words from the imperial concubine, it seems that the day of hard work is not far away.

Thinking of this, Wu Chunqiu smiled hard: "Niangniang, the minister doesn't have any great skills, but he has dealt with foreigners a lot." I've been in a foreign country for a long time, and I've got a little more eyesight. Actually, in the end. The minister's ability is still insufficient, otherwise there would be no need for you to come to the United States in person. ”

This last sentence seems to be a bit sour.? actually went to the United States under a pseudonym to set a trap to deal with the United States. This incident itself is a denial of the ability of Wu Chunqiu, a diplomat stationed in the United States!

Maria smiled apologetically, "Ambassador Wu, I came to the United States by myself, but I didn't get the emperor's will, otherwise I wouldn't have used a pseudonym." In fact...... What I am doing now is not what a diplomat can do, but what a spy does. In this regard, Daming has a natural shortcoming, which cannot be made up for in the short term. ”

This shortcoming, of course, is skin color. Maria's white skin and noble temperament and manners cultivated over the years made her easily integrate into the American high society, although there were no emperors and nobles in the United States in this era, but the American high society was obsessed with and envious of the European aristocracy. I don't know how many diamond kings in politics and business want to be close to her.

If you change the face of the East, it will only make people a thief! Words of sympathy for the Negro, from the lips of a wealthy noblewoman of Polish and German descent, would have given the impression that she had a sense of justice and compassion. If it were an Oriental woman or man, Lao Mei would definitely suspect that their spy of Emperor Zhu was here to undermine the stability and unity of the United States!

After listening to Maria's explanation, Wu Chunqiu's little knot naturally went. Naturally, the conversation between the two turned back to diplomacy with the United States and Mexico.

Maria laughed: "Since Napoleon III is also on the move, then there will be no more than the recruitment of black mercenaries. He will also use the internal strength of the United States to intensify the contradictions between the North and the South. In addition, the British Viscount Palmerston has always regarded the industrial potential of the United States as a serious threat, and I think he will also try to push for the division of the United States. So this time we have a great chance of success, and the Ming Embassy, in this very delicate period, it is best to keep a low profile. ”

Now, everything that needs to be done has been done, just waiting for the melon to ripen, and the embassy needs to keep a low profile at this time.

At the same time, England, inside Windsor Castle.

A pale and slender finger tapped at the location of the American Emperor on the map. And then it pressed heavily on the northeastern part of the United States. This is a beautifully printed one-millionths map of the United States. It was roughly outlined in three parts with red and blue pencils, yes, the United States was divided into three parts, on the map, of course......

On this map, the best parts of the Northeast of the United States, including New York and the Great Lakes and the Northwest of the United States, are outlined with a blue line, and the name "British Dominion of the United States" is prominently written in red! The southern part of the United States, mainly the southeast, including Washington, D.C., was also outlined by the blue line, and the name "United States" was also indicated in red letters. In the western part of the United States, including California and the newly formed state of Utah, as well as Arizona and New Mexico, they were all drawn together, and the words "owned by the Greater Mexican Empire" were also inscribed in scarlet.

Clearly, this map shows a huge conspiracy to carve up the United States! The British Viscount Palmerston, who brought this map to Windsor Castle, was standing in a large and luxurious office at this time, looking at the British Matchmaker Albert, who was already a little bald and no longer handsome, and carefully looked at the map of the United States for a long time. After a while, Albert sighed: "...... The British Dominion of the United States is really too desirable......" Viscount Palmerston nodded, and said lightly: "As His Highness said, this is the most ideal outcome that the Empire will strive for in this possible American Civil War, and it is also the only way to maintain the hegemony of the Empire for a long time, if we can get the population, resources and industry of the northern United States." Then, neither the Ming Empire, nor the French Empire, nor the unified Germany and the revived Russia, can shake our superiority. In the conceivable future, the hegemony of the empire is also unshakable. Otherwise...... After our generation, the British Empire will no longer be able to dominate the world! ”

His voice was very affirmative. And Prince Albert took a deep breath: "Yes, the rise of the Ming Empire is too fast and fierce, and in the blink of an eye, it is like a Mongol Empire in the era of industrialization!" And in Europe, Napoleon III had resurrected his uncle's French Empire, put his cousin on the throne of the Empress of Mexico, and turned Napoleon's Empire into a transatlantic world empire...... The current British Empire no longer has enough strength to suppress both empires at the same time, and the relationship between Napoleon III and the Emperor of China is so close! Regaining the lost colony may be the only way to maintain imperial hegemony. "But, Mr. Viscount, what can we do to make this map a reality?" ”

"Capital, the power of capital will help us achieve this!" Viscount Palmerston said confidently, "As long as the North of the United States loses the war, they will lose the market of the South of the United States, lose the gold of the West, and lose the dominant position in the New Big 6, if the industrial capital of the North of the United States still wants to grow, then it can only return to the bosom of the British Empire, and only in this way can they use the capital, power and vast colonies of Britain to show themselves." (To be continued......)

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