Chapter 208 Too far from heaven, too close to Mexico (please subscribe, please vote)

The United States today is too far from paradise and too close to Mexico!

When Zhuge Weidao rode the battleship Hero and led his "Express Fleet" all the way south along the west coast of Mexico, he felt the power of Mexico for the first time!

Well, Mexico was actually quite strong in another timeline, forcing the United States to build the Great Wall.

But the current power of Mexico is not just a show-off, but a power in the true sense. Just look at the long and endless coastlines of the Mexican Empire to know how strong it is. Now Mexico is close to the Pacific Ocean

The coastline on one side starts from the border line of California and Oregon in the north, and reaches the border line of Nicaragua, which belongs to the Mexican Empire, and Panama, which belongs to the Republic of Colombia, in the south. Not counting the twists and turns, just casually measuring along the coastline, it is almost 6,000

kilometer.

The territory of the Mexican Empire reached 4.769 million square kilometers, which is only slightly smaller than the more than 5 million square kilometers of the United States next door. Although compared with the United States, which has endless great plains, the land of Mexico seems a bit small.

It was rugged and barren. But considering that the Mexican Empire had a population of less than 10 million, the land was barren enough to support it.

However, the land in Mexico is not barren everywhere. There are also large plains in the northeastern part of the Mexican Empire, especially around the Gulf of Mexico (including Texas), which are quite fertile. And underneath the fertile land in that area, there are still a lot of minerals that are easy to exploit.

oil!

In addition to the oil around the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico also owns gold from California, brass from Arizona, and silver from Mexico itself. It is simply a country full of wealthy people. As long as the resources under the ground are developed, just buying and buying will be enough.

It’s enough to drink a cup of America in the north, which has not yet completed industrialization.

When the Mexican Empire first opened, the entire country was in trouble due to the massive withdrawal of European capital and talents. Emperor Agustín, who had no money to pay the military, was almost overthrown by his military leaders.

Fortunately, the Ming Empire's 60 million "California Loan" (conditional on the Ming's development of California) and military assistance arrived in time, helping Emperor Agustin stabilize the situation. Now with the mining of gold in California and local silver mines in Mexico, gold mines

After the restoration, Emperor Agustín was about to become a rich man.

In addition to having mines at home, Mexico now has a strategic advantage that makes Britain and Ming Dynasty covetous - there is a piece of land in Nicaragua that still belongs to Mexico that is particularly suitable for digging a canal connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans!

The two most popular canal plans in history to connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans are the Nicaragua plan and the Panama plan. The Panama plan has a relatively short distance, while the Nicaragua plan has the two major advantages of flat terrain and convenient transportation.

In fact, during the Spanish rule, a considerable part of the goods from the Pacific were transported to the Atlantic through the Leon Plain, the Two Lakes Basin and the San Juan Valley in Nicaragua. Therefore, the basis of the area from the Leon Plain to the mouth of the San Juan River was

The facilities are relatively complete and the level of development is quite high. If we start digging a canal here in Nicaragua, although the project volume will be larger, the living conditions and construction difficulty will be much smaller, so the cost will probably be lower.

If this canal can be completed within the next 10 years, it will be much easier for the Ming Empire's fleet to enter the Atlantic Ocean.

Of course, even without this canal, with the rich natural resources of the Mexican Empire, a powerful naval fleet could be formed on its own.

In addition, the Mexican Empire has a huge advantage that the United States does not have. That is, the Mexican Empire has a natural ally with the same culture and species - the Republic of Gran Colombia.

The territory of this country included later Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, and Venezuela. These Latin American countries, which have all lived in the shadow of the United States in later generations, are now twisted into a unified country by the legendary Latin American hero Simon Bolivar.

Gran Colombia, this Gran Colombia now has a territory of 2.42 million square kilometers, and is also very hopeful to include Peru and Bolivar (Bolivia), two countries that were also liberated by Bolivar. If Simon Bolivar

The dream of founding a country finally comes true. Then Americans will soon feel the pressure of being proud of Colombia!

For the purpose of containing the United States (the Zhuge family has always been hostile to the United States), Simon Bolivar's career has been funded by the Ming Empire, so during Zhuge Weidao's trip to the Americas, Gran Colombia is also a focus. If Gran Colombia can support

Shockingly, even if it does not fight with the Mexican Empire against the Chosen United States, it will at least adopt a biased neutrality, which is already very beneficial to the Mexican Empire and the Ming Empire.

When the Ming Dynasty's "Express Fleet" approached the harbor of Acapulco, Zhuge Weidao stood on the bridge, his eyes distant and thoughtful.

Guo Xiaobao happened to walk in from the outside in a hurry. Wang Wen went to the Naval Staff College for further studies a few days ago. Guo Xiaobao happened to have completed his studies, so he was transferred to his side by Zhuge Weidao as the chief staff officer - the old partners got together again.

When Zhuge Weidao saw him coming, he smiled and asked, "Baozhi, your father is a well-known American expert. You should accompany Emperor Agustin to the port of Acapulco, right?"

Guo Xiaobao’s father, named Qian, is a professional diplomat. He once served as attaché, secretary, counselor, consul general of the embassy in New Mexico City, ambassador to the United States, ambassador to Gran Colombia, ambassador to the Empire of Brazil, and now ambassador to the Empire of Mexico.

In his early years, he met Washington, and later became very familiar with Simon Bolivar. I heard that they even worshiped Mr. Guan together and became brothers with different surnames, so Guo Xiaobao had to call him "Uncle Simon" when he met Bolivar later.

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Guo Xiaobao smiled and handed over a telegram and said: "I just received a telegram from the Consulate General in Acapulco. My father and Emperor Agustin arrived at the Port of Acapulco yesterday. The Mexican Emperor expressed his gratitude to the Queen Mother and King of Hawaii.

We deeply sympathize with the tragic situation and are willing to provide them with shelter."

Zhuge Weidao asked: "Baozhi, how was your conversation with the Queen Mother of Hawaii?"

Guo Xiaobao said: "It's all settled. As long as we can make Kamehameha III a marquis and give him an annuity of 100,000 silver dollars every year, we can also buy a building for the Kamehameha family in Mexico with an area of ​​no less than 500 acres.

square kilometers of large estates, and a one-time resettlement fee of 1 million silver dollars. She is willing to accept our arrangement, lead the entire Kamehameha family into exile in Mexico, never return to the Kingdom of Hawaii, and will also recognize the Kingdom of Hawaii

Resolution of the Provisional Parliament.”

"The asking price is not low." Zhuge Weidao smiled, "But it's still acceptable!"

Guo Xiaobao nodded: "Yes, it is good to keep them. When the results of the Hawaii Kingdom's interim parliament's national affairs meeting come out, fools will know that we did this dirty work. If we kill the Kamehameha clan again, then

It seems too unkind and will not help us win over those powerful people from small countries in the future. Even Emperor Agustín will inevitably feel the sadness of the rabbit dying and the fox dying."

Zhuge Weidao nodded: "That's right. We can't scare His Majesty the Emperor. What's the international reaction to the Kingdom of Hawaii?"

Guo Xiaobao shook his head: "It's just a Pacific island country with hundreds of thousands of people. Not many people care. Oh, by the way, British Foreign Secretary Robert Peel and Lord of the Admiralty Lord Palmerston have arrived in the United States for a visit a few days ago."

Zhuge Weidao raised his head towards the northeastern sky and thought: "It seems that the territory of the United States will become one of the main venues for world war!"
Chapter completed!