November 1833.

When Zhuge Weidao led his Atlantic Fleet to show off on the European coastline for more than half a year, he once again crossed the Atlantic and returned to the island of Cuba, where the Atlantic Fleet's home port is. This island does not have the same horoscope as the United States of America, and is destined to become an American.

The island, a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, has kicked off a round of major infrastructure construction.

Although peace seems to be coming soon, the top leaders of the Ming Dynasty are still quite sober at this time - what is about to begin is not a real era of peace, but a long-term war preparation period lasting twenty to thirty years.

This is because the Ming Dynasty only defeated its enemies in a world war and achieved an incomplete victory, and did not really establish effective rule around the world. If it is easier to understand, it is the Ming Dynasty in the Pacific Ocean.

It has gained prestige outside the region and is feared by all countries, but has not yet established an effective management system.

National prestige that makes foreign countries fearful can be achieved through war, but effective management of the entire world requires long-term management and construction.

This is just like the ancient Chinese emperors who could conquer the world immediately, but could not rule the world immediately.

To fight, a few years may be enough. But to govern, it will take decades to build, operate and infiltrate step by step.

Before Ming's global governance is completed, those powerful countries that were defeated by Ming, or were forced to bow to Ming's majesty but were not effectively controlled by Ming, will still have the opportunity to counterattack and break Ming's authority.

Ming Dynasty cannot slack off and must seize the time to complete its global governance layout so that it can defend its authority in the future when it encounters challenges from powerful countries that refuse to admit defeat.

The first step in Ming Dynasty's global governance is, of course, to establish an effective global military projection capability. The focus is to project a large amount of military power in the Atlantic region. To achieve this goal, it must be in Cuba, Asia

Military bases that can station armies and fleets and deploy long-range aviation (not yet, but they will definitely exist in twenty years) will be established in the Zore Archipelago, the Gulf of Texas and other areas.

Among them, the focus of construction is the bases and various infrastructures on the island of Cuba, where the Atlantic Fleet's home port is located!

Tens of thousands of Japanese laborers and Ming Dynasty naval engineers have been transferred from the Nicaragua Grand Canal construction site to Cuba one after another, starting another round of large-scale construction. The military port, airport, docks, turrets, bunkers, and military camps at Guantanamo Bay,

Oil depots, ammunition depots, various repair shops, garrison divisions, admiral military divisions, etc., roads and railways connecting Guantánamo Bay and Havana, as well as airports, small military ports, submarine bases, and various places on the island of Cuba.

Construction has already started on the military base to protect Havana, the capital of Cuba, and the Havana Admiralty of the Atlantic Fleet.

In addition, in order to serve the Ming army base on the island of Cuba and the Cuban people, large-scale military and civilian dual-use port facilities, power grids and power stations, gas pipelines, oil depots and refineries (used to store and refine Texas oil) and other facilities have also begun.

Planning and preparation are underway.

While war preparation projects were being launched one after another on the island of Cuba, peace negotiations between Ming Dynasty, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Florida, the Dominion of Texas (affiliated to the Mexican Empire) and the United States of America were also held in Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba.

The Prince's Fort base outside (which is now the temporary residence of the Havana Admiral of the Ming Navy's Atlantic Fleet) continued to advance.

Although the Americans have accepted the price proposed by the Ming Dynasty in principle, they are not surrendering unconditionally after all, so the missions on both sides still have to fight for every detail.

After several months of bargaining, at the end of November, a treaty that could be signed was finally placed in front of General Zhuge Weidao, who had just moved into the Prince's Fort base.

"The compensation figure of 8.88 billion silver dollars is quite auspicious, but it is 1.12 billion less than our initial asking price!"

While Zhuge Weidao was flipping through a thick stack of treaty texts, he was still asking questions to Lin Zexu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of the negotiations. This Lin Dazhong came to Cuba after attending the coronation ceremonies of Zhu Xiu and Victoria.

, negotiated with US Secretary of State Louis McClain for almost five months at Fort Prince, and finally reached an agreement.

Hearing Zhuge Weidao's question, Lin Dazhongtang smiled and replied: "We and the Japanese should get no less than one tael of silver. And the Americans pay in installments, and the unpaid portion must be calculated as a percentage every year.

Five-fifths of the interest. This concession of 1.12 billion was given by the Mexican Emperor Agustin I. He didn’t want to delay it any longer, and he couldn’t afford it!”

At this point, Lin Zexu's tone became a little solemn: "The Mexican Empire is currently unstable. The native white people who supported Agustin I suffered too many losses in the war. If this continues, the situation in Mexico may not be stable. So.

He would rather take less money and end the war as soon as possible. However, he did not give up the 1.12 billion in vain. In exchange for giving up most of his demands for compensation, the Americans must limit the total size of their army to no more than 10

Ten thousand.

In addition, the Indian reservations west of the Mississippi River must be completely demilitarized! And the entire state of Louisiana must also be demilitarized. The U.S. Army and Navy are not allowed to enter. However, this part of the state located west of the Mississippi River still allows white people to enter, and it is not counted among the Indians.

Within the protected area.”

"100,000 troops, the African Military Zone west of the Mississippi River." Zhuge Weidao muttered and thought: This condition sounds very familiar! I wonder if it was tailor-made for an American mustache?

"What's more!" Lin Zexu added, "In order to further weaken the economic foundation of the United States, Agustin I also demanded that the United States completely abolish slavery and send all liberated black slaves who were unwilling to become American citizens to Florida.

The Republic of Florida will be resettled and a certain amount of resettlement fees will be paid. In this way, the Republic of Florida will become a free black-Indian republic, and it is expected that millions of black people will live there!

This country will become another pawn of the Mexican Empire to contain the United States. As long as the African Military Zone west of the Mississippi River, the Black-Indian Republic of Florida, and the Japanese Dominion of Texas exist, the Mexican Empire will be able to complete most of the tasks of containing the United States.

The task of the Atlantic Fleet is much easier.

In addition, Agustin I also proposed that in the future, the Mexican Empire will focus on building the strongest standing army in the Americas, and our Atlantic Fleet will be completely responsible for maritime defense. What do you think?"

The strongest army in America is also here

"Is there another Agustin line of defense?" Zhuge Weidao asked again.

Lin Zexu smiled and nodded: "Yes! Daozi, your news is quite good. Emperor Agustin just told me two weeks ago that he wanted to build a 1,200-kilometer long border on the border between Texas and the United States.

Defense line. The defense line will be composed of barbed wire, trenches, fixed fortresses, field roads and other facilities. In front of the defense line is the African Military Zone west of the Mississippi River. So it is foolproof!

How about it? Can this treaty be signed?"
Chapter completed!