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Chapter 333: The Free State and the Attitudes of the Powers

"How is the situation in Europe now?" asked Ding Yiyu, the visiting Caribbean Shipping Company president at the East Coast Embassy in New Beijing. He had been in the mouth of the Mobile River for a long time and had to receive local information once every few months. In terms of his well-informedness, he was not even as good as Kang Youdao, ambassador to the Free State. After all, he had regular diplomatic letters here.

Sitting on Ding Yiyu, the two of them were the East Coast Ambassador Kang Youdao, and Captain Tian Xing, the leader of the East Coast Aiding Free State. They were the highest officials in the civil and military aspects of the vassal state of the East Coast Republic of China. Of course, perhaps we cannot forget the ideological leader, Liang Gang, the national teacher of the Free State (Liang Xiangjian's third son), the powerful faction of the Free State, Liang Zan (the second son of the Liang family), and Liang Qiangdong (the fourth son of the Liang family), who controlled a considerable number of foreign trade channels of the Free State and had a huge commercial influence. The three brothers of the Liang family have been rooted in the Free State for many years, and have also intervened in the East Coast and controlled this important piece of North American servant country.

The total number of such a team is about 100, scattered in the two only cities of Xinjing and Fengtian, which are the only cities in the Free State. Helping them train troops, police, and guide their diplomatic, trade and other affairs is the "melodder" and "steering wheel" of this country. Although the Free State Xinjing Royal Court also has considerable real power.

In addition to installing a large number of people in the Free State - although they are all East Coast people and serve the East Coast government, they actually helped the development of the Free State, so they are not particularly rejected - East Coast people have been trying to influence nearby Indian indigenous peoples, such as the Choctaws, Nazizs, Mobiles, etc., to better expand their sphere of influence. Unfortunately, in addition to the first dozen Indians who returned from studying abroad (more than half of them died due to illness and other reasons in the middle), the number of people sent by the stubborn and ignorant Indian tribes later was much less, and they were intermittent. Except for the normal trade with the East Coast people, they seemed to care about everything else.

And later, as the black population in the Free State gradually increased and its power gradually increased, they began to move towards the wider world around them, which greatly violated the interests of these Indian indigenous peoples, so conflict was inevitable. At the beginning of the conflict, Air Canada, the spokesperson of the East Coast Republic in the Caribbean River Basin, was still balancing the left and right, and focused on regulating conflicts with the Indians and the Black Eight Banners. Later, the facts proved that this method was very failed, which made it impossible for them to be unkind inside and outside, and both sides had opinions about them.

After learning about this situation, the local executive committee immediately issued the latest order to Air Canada, requiring them to adjust their policies and choose a position to take sides in this conflict. In fact, the intention of this instruction is already very clear, which is to allow Air Canada to support the more obedient, trade volume, and use it more easily in the conflict, so that they can gain greater advantages in the battle against the Indians.

After the order was issued, Air Canada immediately took action. A large number of armor, spears, sabers, bows and arrows, saddles, horses, muskets and artillery (old equipment used by militia training) were continuously transported to Xinjing Port through ships, greatly enhancing the combat effectiveness of the Free State. In addition, some East Coast officers who once brought these Black Eight Banners warriors in the Far East and South Africa were also sent over one after another, and the old superiors led the old subordinates again, which improved the tactical level of the Free State. In this two-pronged approach, the Indians' arrogance was immediately suffocated, and they were not united within them, so they were quickly defeated by the Free State, which was able to concentrate their strength to fight. A large amount of land was taken away by the Black Eight Banners to sign an armistice agreement to get more breathing opportunities.

After defeating the Indian tribes, these tribes lived in swamp plains near Xinjing Harbor in the Middle Ages, among which the Choctaws and the Naziz people in the upper Mississippi River were the most damaged, and the Mobiles suffered minor losses. Recently, people were sent to establish a new town near the original site of Naziz City, in the United States, to show their conquest of this place.

This new town was also named by Ding Yiyu, president of Air Canada, who has a very naming hobby. He said: "Rehe", another city name with a very spoof. Of course, the officers and soldiers of the Black Eight Banners of the Free State did not understand the meaning - they called the Mississippi River "Mo River", but Shangguan of the Eastern Kingdom actually named "Rehe", which killed many of their already pitiful brain cells. In the end, the Ming and Qing dynasties exiled to the Free State made a far-fetched approach, that is, it was very hot here, so it was quite appropriate to name Rehe.

After the establishment of Rehe City, the Mo family royal family distributed it to the old banner owner of the Black Eight Banners. In the former South Africa, he followed General Mo Dashan to fight south and north. Anyway, when he fought against the Indians here, his headquarters made the greatest efforts and the most casualties. After the war, with the joint intervention of the East Coast ambassador and the officer advisory group, Mo Dashan, who was over 50 years old, obtained this land without any suspense, and from then on, he could pass on the descendants of the future generations.

By the way, with the joint efforts of those Oriental Masters and Air Canada representatives, the current political system naturally turned to the development of the feudal system of the Communist Party, which was actually in line with their national conditions. Because in the era of the Black Eight Banners in South Africa, each banner and division had considerable independence. At that time, the commanders of the South African garrison troops also paid great attention to the division of the Black Eight Banners so that they could not join forces and better serve the interests of the East Coast.

This political and military system has come to this day, and coupled with the mixture of many foreign cultures, a four-dimensional monster has developed in the free state: the Mo family of Xinjing directly led the Xinjing City and the nearby territories, which is the largest area, the most fertile land, the largest population, and of course the richest force. At the same time, it is also the agent appointed by the Emperor of the East Coast. It has a solid status, is transcendent and unshakable. The princes from all directions must bear various taxes, labor and military obligations to him.

Fengtian City was the city that was later built. At that time, the three brothers of the Liang family made great efforts. The fourth brother paid money and the third brother sent troops to seize land from the Indians. The second brother was noble and moved to the upper class. Therefore, Liang Zan, a mixed-race man from the yellow and black, was enthroned as the commander of the Cavalry and Infantry Army of Fengtian City (the hundreds of soldiers were his own, which was a favorable task for the Mo family in the Xinjing). Now he has been further enthroned as Fengtian Jiedushi, and nearly 3,000 military and civilians in charge of Fengtian City and the nearby areas. In fact, it is only a small piece on the bank of the river. The territory of the Indians is rashly explored. With such a humble strength in Fengtian City, it is probably a loss.

Fengtian City is so deserted. Mo Dashan, who had just been crowned as the governor of Rehe, was naturally even more poor. It is basically impossible for his Rehe City to develop into a prosperous place with a strong military and prosperous trade like Xinjing. In a short period of time, it is even impossible for him to develop his territory into the size of Liangzan's Fengtian City (a circle of mixed civil and industrial structures) to the size of Liangzan's Fengtian City (a circle of small city walls with mixed structures). After all, there are brothers who have invested heavily. What's the case with you, a black old man in your fifties? Could it be that you have to take a boat to the capital of the east coast to meet the old commanders Mo Ming, Liu Ang and others and cry, and then ask for some assistance? Obviously it is impossible!

This time, the East Coast people were dispatched to the French colonial islands in the Caribbean. The soldiers of the Free State were recruited in large quantities. After bargaining, nearly a thousand soldiers were recruited. Then they were transported by Air Canada ships to French Santo Domingo to assist in the defense in order to help Lieutenant Zheng Dalin staying there to stabilize the situation. After all, it was the largest colony of the French in the Caribbean. If there was no more troops to defend, it would be impossible to stabilize. You should know that there were still many pirates around, and many of them were closely related to the French. You must be careful.

However, after drawing a thousand capable Black Eight Banners warriors to Cape France, the country of Free State became a little empty. Unfortunately, I don’t know what the nearby Indians have been experiencing in recent days and have begun to attack the territory of Free State again.

Being caught off guard, Xinjing, Fengtian and Rehe towns suffered losses of varying degrees, especially Xinjing City, which has a large population (more than 8,000), suffered the greatest losses. More than 500 free state citizens who were farming outside and grazing were beaten to death, injured or captured, and countless cattle and sheep were robbed. Even the crop fields were destroyed, and the losses were extremely heavy.

The losses of Fengtian and Rehe were slightly lighter because their population was small, and the total was only more than 4,000 people. The proportion of soldiers was relatively high, and they were not drawn by Air Canada, and it was not the focus of Indian attacks. Therefore, they escaped by chance. However, the continuous losses of personnel were about 200, which was quite painful for Liang Zan and Mo Dashan.

After suffering such great losses, Free State naturally had to ask for help from "East Coast Dad"! Now, Air Canada CEO Ding Yiyu, who received the news, also boarded a small brisk sailing ship from Mobile Trading Station to Xinjing Port, and then met with the Mo royal family and others to comfort them, and promised a batch of supplies and equipment. He also said that the Indians who were searched for later on Huaiyuan Island would also be sold to Free State (exchange food, meat and fruits and vegetables to reduce the pressure on the local transportation of supplies to Huaiyuan Island) to supplement their lost population, which suppressed the matter a little.

Kang You, the ambassador of the East Coast to the Free State, and Tian Xing, the leader of the officers' regiment, had met with Mo in Xinjing and provided some help within his ability. After all, they didn't want this son emperor to be destroyed by the Indians so soon. Wouldn't the East Coast be a big joke around the Caribbean? Especially Captain Tian Xing, who was born as an intelligence officer of the military police, brought the officers' counselors to the Xinjing and the temporary convening of more than a thousand soldiers (almost swept away the young and middle-aged people, and agricultural production could only be supported by the elderly, weak, women and children) to provide tactical guidance to allow them to deal with the Indians more targetedly. Fortunately, this wave of Indian raids was mainly plundering and not killing many people. Therefore, after working for a while and finding an inability to take advantage of it, they slowly retreated, which made the Free State feel relieved.

The people of the East Coast were obviously relieved when the Indians retreated. After all, it was their cause to draw elite troops from the Free State to go to the French Santo Domingo. If the three towns of Xinjing, Fengtian and Rehe suffered heavy damage (in fact, the losses are no longer light now), they would have to bear certain responsibilities. It would be best if the Indians retreated, and everyone was at peace, so they would get together to chat about the situation in Europe thousands of miles away.

They seem to think that the messy situation in the Caribbean is about to end, it depends on how Europe is doing, especially the attitudes of other countries except Spain and France, such as United Provinces, Austria, England, Sweden and other countries. Well, perhaps there are consortiums and banking groups of Italian states such as RNY, which are now increasingly wealthy and powerful. They are now indirectly involved in this war by lending to the Kingdom of Spain.

"It's still the same bird like before." The answer to Ambassador Kang Youdao was Captain Tian Xing, a man who had a close relationship with Air Canada (his wife is one of the shareholders of Air Canada) has also paid close attention to the situation in Europe recently. Therefore, after hearing Ding Yiyu's question, he immediately said: "France and Spain are still fighting to death on land. Brussels, the last city of the Southern Netherlands, also surrendered. Francheconte, Lorraine, Strasbourg, and Luxembourg were captured one by one by one by the French army. Even in the Pyrenees in the south, the French army defeated the Spaniards and occupied some towns. It can be said that on land, the French have no opponents, and now their military peaks have faintly contacted the Drente region under the rule of United Province and the former Duchy of Brabant. Even if they are allies with the French, the gentlemen of United Province should have no sleep."

"The situation at sea is not optimistic." The next answer was Kang Youdao, Ambassador of the East Coast to Free State, and he heard him say: "The Spanish Mediterranean Fleet was defeated by the French Eastern Fleet. The Spanish temporary task force of our Navy had to draw some ships to the Mediterranean to help the Spanish stabilize the situation (of course, it was not without the intention of plundering the French, because the Mediterranean coast had not been snatched...), but in this way, the blockade of the west and north coast of France was difficult to sustain. What we can ensure at present is mainly the safety of our merchant ship routes. As for the task of blocking the French coast, it is indeed close to failure, but it doesn't matter."
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