1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 653 It’s not that the West cannot live without us, but that we cannot live without the West

"Your worries are unnecessary." Lincoln said with a bitter smile on his face, "It is only a matter of time before this plan is sent to the desks of Liang Yao and Davis."

Hundreds of congressmen have read the Anaconda plan, so leakage is inevitable.

But Lincoln was unable to do anything about it, even though Lincoln was very disgusted with the Civic Party led by Liang Yao and Fremont's monologue in California. But sometimes Lincoln also envied Liang Yao. He believed that with Liang Yao's character, if the West wanted to pass a strategic plan, Liang Yao would only pass it through his cabinet at most, and would not send it to their parliament for a vote. discussion, so there is no need to worry about leaks.

"What should we do with the arrested envoys from the South to Europe?" Nickel asked Lincoln for instructions.

"Take them into custody." Lincoln said after clearing his mind.

"Let our people step up their propaganda efforts in Europe. European countries led by Britain and France, especially Britain, have always liked to stand on the dry shore and criticize our barbaric slavery system in the United States, demanding that we abolish this inhumane system and embrace the civilized world. Hug?

Now we really want to sweep slavery into the dustbin of history. If they are really people from the civilized world they say, they should stand on our side, that is, on the side of civilization, instead of flirting with the group of slave owners in the south. "

Although the United States of America has not yet officially issued a bill to completely abolish slavery, after a complete break with the southern slave states, the abolition of slavery is already a certainty.

Since the founding of the United States, the United States has been criticized by European civilized countries, led by Britain, for retaining slavery. Now, those European civilized traders are flirting with the South and even have signs of providing assistance to the South. This made Lincoln extremely uncomfortable.

Lincoln knew very well that Britain, the first European countries to rise, was so concerned about the issue of slavery in the United States across the ocean. It had nothing to do with humanity and civilization, but because of political stance.

Take the United Kingdom as an example. The atrocities committed by the British against the people of South Asia and other colonies were even worse than those of the slave owners in the south. When the great famine occurred in South Asia and millions of people starved to death, Lincoln did not see those well-dressed and civilized gentlemen in the Palace of Westminster accusing the officials of the British and Indian authorities of not doing anything. Instead, they wantonly destroyed the food of Bengal. The boats were pulled out and sold.

"This move can only be aimed at the South, but there is no slaveholding in the West." After hearing the conversation between Lincoln and Nicholas, Secretary of State Seward, who was smoking in the corridor, came up.

Seward wanted to sever ties between the West and European countries, and did not want the West to gain support from European countries.

"Liang Yao has a good personal relationship with Napoleon III. Now Napoleon III is on his own expedition in Mexico. I have received definite news that the West is providing help for Napoleon III's expedition. I am worried that the West is getting too close to France. Napoleon III is an ambitious man. The monarch was interested in expanding the influence of the French Empire in America."

A French emperor helped them win the difficult war of independence more than eighty years ago. It is uncertain whether the French emperor more than eighty years later will also support a new country on the North American continent.

"Everything has its priorities, and right now the South has a higher priority than the West," Lincoln said.

"Liang Yao seems to have seen that we are not sincere in peace talks. According to the tip, he has already left for North Platte." Seward looked up at Lincoln.

"The second batch of mobilization troops has not yet formed combat effectiveness, and they are not yet a match for the Western Army." Lincoln pondered for a moment and said helplessly.

He had been to the west and observed Liang Yao's Western Army at close range. He was deeply impressed by the neat appearance, strict discipline and sophisticated weapons of the Western Army.

These mobilization troops hastily mobilized by the Federation without completing reorganization and training. Even if they have a numerical advantage over the Western Army, it will be difficult to defeat the Western Army.

"More than forty senators and representatives, headed by Aspinwall, jointly demanded that we take tough measures against the West." When Aspinwall and others were mentioned, Seward couldn't help but show disgust on his face. color.

"They asked us to take military action against the West as soon as possible. Even if the mobilized troops cannot go into battle immediately, we should at least take economic action to put pressure on the West, such as confiscating the Crystal Palace Mall, the West's representative asset in New York."

"Nonsense! Is the Crystal Palace purely an asset of the West? Van Dazer and William, the eldest son of the Vanderbilt family, also hold a large part of the shares of the Crystal Palace!" Lincoln said angrily, "Who doesn't know that the Astor family and the Western Consortium and the Those Dutch guys in New York have been grudges for a long time, and they want to avenge themselves. "

Naturally, the little tricks of Aspinwall and others could not be hidden from Lincoln. In the early years, the Astor family was squeezed out of California by Liang Yao and the Dutch upstarts in New York, and failed to get a share of the gold rush in the west. This is something everyone in America knows.

Lincoln was not stupid enough to be used as a weapon by Aspinwall and others.

During his tenure, Buchanan, his predecessor, was coerced by the old money in the Northeast to impose economic sanctions on the West, instigated anti-Chinese movements, and tried to obtain the sales rights of the West's chemical products, including kerosene, in the East.

But what's the result? Didn’t this sanction end sadly with the Eastern Conference’s defeat?

Western products have penetrated into every aspect of Eastern people's lives. If economic ties with the West are completely severed, the lower-class people will not have cheap and good kerosene to use, and middle-class families will not be able to buy reliable and reasonably priced Butterfly sewing machines and Puma bicycles. The Western locomotives purchased by the railway company and the subsequent maintenance services will become a problem. Various factories will use more expensive animal ointment to lubricate machinery, etc.

"If they can produce similar products of the same quality as the West, even if the quality is slightly inferior, why should we be economically controlled by the West." Seward looked like he was disappointed. "Successive governments have protected these people too well. Now they can't compete with their European counterparts, and they can't even compete with the West."

Seward worked as a legal adviser to the Atlantic Railway Company with Lincoln in his early years. He knew very well that once economic ties with the West were severed, the national economy and people's livelihood of the entire federation would be affected.

Ten years ago, the West could not do without the East. Times have changed. Now the situation is just the opposite. It is the East that cannot do without the West.

Lincoln's judgment was correct. Before the Anaconda Plan was approved, Liang Yao, who had just arrived in North Platte, had already received the text information of the Anaconda Plan.

These text information were translated by the staff of the telegraph office overnight after receiving the telegram. Although the image information was missing, the staff of the staff department worked hard to draw the relevant maps of the Anaconda Plan.

"Scott is really handsome and talented. If Scott were 20 or 30 years younger, he would be a very difficult opponent for us." After carefully reading the Anaconda Plan, Liang Yao commented generously.