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The terrible news came one after another in August 1698.

First of all, the Versailles Conference of Great Powers is about to be held. The imperial envoys of the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia arrived in Frank successively. Guo Youde, the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty, also delivered a speech in front of the Ming embassy in Versailles, expressing his resolute opposition to the white colonists of the twelve states in North America. Extinction!

Secondly, the smugglers who went to trade in Elizabeth City, a coastal commercial port in Texas, brought back the prince of Ming Dynasty. Zhu Celing, the Khan King of the Yin Family Khan, was about to marry the Aztec Princess Jennifer Montezuma... The marriage of the royal family, in the eyes of the exiles in the twelve states of North America, is simply a sign before the end of the world!

They had been worried that the powerful Yin Family Khan would join forces with the Aztecs, but now they are not joining forces, but marrying!

And the third message was even more frightening—this news came from Elizabeth City, and it said that the Yin Family Khan, who had always been wandering around in Texas, actually divided one-third of the troops and began to march towards the Mississippi River. The Twelve States are coming to perish!

Feeling that the catastrophe was imminent, the dignitaries of the twelve North American states finally couldn't bear it anymore and decided to hold a Continental Congress in September 1698 to decide the future and destiny of the twelve states!

Chapter 936 Governor Churchill, we are all loyal to Great Britain!

September 1698, 9, New York, Manhattan Island.

Because of the need to avoid Boston, the center of British rule in the New England Dominion, the venue for the first Continental Congress in history was chosen in a bastion built by the Dutch on Manhattan Island.

And in order to deceive others, Old Washington, Old Franklin, Old Adams, Old Jefferson, and Old Roosevelt who were in charge of convening this meeting also came up with a very timely title-investigating the number and current situation of Indians in the Twelve States!

At the same time, in order to prevent Indian bandits from the twelve states from causing damage, they also mobilized thousands of New York militias in advance, set up several temporary forts on Manhattan Island, and blocked the docks entering and leaving Manhattan Island.The whole of Manhattan was heavily guarded, as if facing an enemy.

Although the outside of the fort was quiet, the meeting room at this moment was very noisy—this group of American grandpas and grandfathers are no different than those of the fathers of America. Most of them are the first generation of exiles who came from England. , Relying on black hands and cruel hands, taking advantage of the European colonization of the New World to make a fortune, each of them became a robber upstart.Because most of them erupted by beating, smashing, looting and burning, and they were not very decent people at first, and they didn't have much education.So, the first Continental Congress was held like a gathering of righteousness in Liangshan.It is not a round table conference, but a dozen or twenty chairs are placed in a large hall, and the meeting can be held.

Old Washington, old Franklin, and old Adams presided over the meeting, so three chairs were placed in the middle of the venue. Washington was wearing a purple robe and a wig and sat in the middle.Franklin is on the right, and Adams is sitting on the left. They are also dressed in general, with purple robes and wigs. They all look alike.

On both sides of the hall, there are two rows of chairs, six on one side. The representatives of the twelve states, headed by old Roosevelt and old Jefferson, sit on both sides, and they are also dressed in rich clothes and wigs... It really looks like they are going to do something big.

However, although this group of people were well-dressed, the order of the venue was a bit chaotic, and there were no rules for discussing matters.It seems that no one takes the three leading brothers Old Washington, Old Adams, and Old Franklin seriously. They all talk about whatever comes to mind, making the conference hall as noisy as a duck pond.

"The army of the Yin family and the Aztecs is coming soon! But where are the reinforcements from the British?"

"Where is there any reinforcements? You don't know yet, do you? The British governor Churchill is deploying defenses and stockpiling food in Boston and Lexington... It seems that he is preparing to retreat to the coastal areas of northeast New England!"

"I heard that those British guys are planning to levy castle taxes in the twelve states, so they come to build a fort line along the Appalachian Mountains... At least dozens of bastions will be built!"

"I heard that our militiamen from the New World will be sent to guard the front-line bastions, and the British will hide in the rear forts to supervise the battle!"

"It's disgusting! How can we make money if this continues? How can we take care of our family?"

"The Brits treat us as consumables...but we are so few, how can we beat the Aztecs and the Yin family?"

"So we have to grasp our own destiny!"

"Our own destiny? What to do?"

"No protection, no allegiance! No protection, no taxes!"

"But... if England is not willing to protect us, who else can protect us?"

As soon as this question came out, there was silence in the conference hall.England is the father of the United States, and the father doesn't love the United States anymore, and the United States... is going to end!

"Gentlemen!" Old Washington said at this time. The old man is over 60 this year, but his voice is still loud and sounds extremely intimidating, "We should first protect ourselves...every adult white person in twelve states, male or female , should learn to use flintlock guns. To protect ourselves, our families and property, we first rely on the guns in our hands!"

Obviously, Old Washington is a staunch supporter of the "Gun Bill"!His family has more guns than people (black slaves are of course not counted as people), and the average person has two guns. This is the American spirit... In fact, all colonialism that "excludes" or "suppresses" the aborigines follows this pattern!

"Besides the guns," said old Adams again, "we can rely on each other, and the people of the settlements should unite, build forts that will protect us, stockpile food and ammunition, and no matter who comes, we can rely on ourselves forts, guns, and neighborhood solidarity to resist."

This is community self-government... They broke into the homes of the Indians in groups and declared where they belonged. Several families or some religious groups joined together to kill the Indians together, robbed the land and wealth together, and fought back the Indians together. counterattack.

This is how the first twelve North American states were captured!

This approach is roughly equivalent to "a small country with few people" (a country is not necessarily a country), and it is no problem to deal with the backward and scattered Indians, but facing the Yin family and the Aztecs who have formed a powerful country, that is not a problem. It's not enough to look at.

At this time, they will organize stronger governments to unite everyone-big governments in history have often appeared in areas that need to withstand great external threats and natural disasters.

The small government in the history of the United States has been able to maintain until the world war, mainly because there are no strong enemies around.Even the British Empire is just beating Americans like their sons. Burning the White House looks scary, but it’s actually just a sign... If you really want to kill, you should be genocide!After all, everyone is white and English-speaking, so we can't be too harsh.

But now the [-] states in North America are facing the Yin family, the Aztecs... They are going to kill them!

If they really let them hit the Appalachian Mountains, it will be the extinction of America!

Old Franklin also spoke at this time, "Obviously, we now need a strong colonial self-government that represents the interests of all white people in the twelve states and can unite us to fight together!

Because only such a government has the ability to organize a powerful army and build castles that can resist powerful enemies on all the promontories of the Appalachian Mountains... Only then can it be able to establish a complete set of fire and fire warning systems, Forced mobilization was immediately implemented at the beginning of the invasion.

However, given that our strength is too weak, and the enemy is too strong...so we also need flexible enough diplomatic means, and we must have wisdom so that we can seek the space for survival between the two great powers in the world.We must have guns in our hands, but we must be flexible enough, otherwise we will definitely get into extinction! "

After Franklin finished speaking, the local leader here in New York, the Dutch-born old Roosevelt, took up the topic: "Gentlemen, our twelve states in North America are the Atlantic shield of Western Christian civilization... If we really face being traded, The risk of the Yin family and Aztecs being wiped out, then the Frankish Empire on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean will definitely not sit idly by. But that is not our luck, but our disaster. When the war is over, no matter who wins? We... will cease to exist! So we must do everything possible to avoid war."

"Nicholas," someone asked at this moment, "what can we do? Are we going to kneel down to the Aztecs and beg for mercy?"

Old Roosevelt smiled wryly: "Of course we have to kneel...but not to the Aztecs, but to the Ming Emperor and the Frank Emperor! Although they are all tyrants, it is impossible for us to let them bleed now. If we resist stubbornly, the end can only be self-destruction. Maybe we can make them suffer a little before they perish, but this will not change the end of our demise."

"But how do we kneel to both sides at the same time?"

The old Roosevelt said: "I think we can... First, we should break away from the Kingdom of England."

"Are we going to be independent?"

"No, no," Roosevelt shook his head. "Actually, we can't be truly independent. It's impossible. We have less than 30 people, which is too small."

"So what are we going to do when we leave the UK?"

"We... can express our surrender to the Frankish Empire and become an autonomous dominion under the Empire." Roosevelt said, "But at the same time, we can elect a hereditary commander from the Ming imperial family!"

"What? While surrendering to Frank, at the same time electing a great commander of the Ming imperial family... Is this possible?"

"Yes, will we incur the hostility of Ming and Frank?"

"Nicholas, how can we convince Frank and Daming to accept us?"

"And England! How should Churchill, the governor of England, deal with it?"

The old Roosevelt's two-footed plan is indeed a bit difficult to operate...but it is also the best plan he and old Washington, old Adams, and old Franklin have come up with.

The old Roosevelt said: "Gentlemen, I know this is a very difficult plan, but it is the best plan that allows us to survive and multiply in this rich land... I think that the Ming Empire and the Frankish Empire are not the same. I don’t want to have a full-scale conflict, otherwise there will be no conference of nations. Since neither of them wants to fight, it will not really turn our twelve-state territory into a fuse that ignites a war. As long as they don’t want to If they fight, then the plan we propose can make them both feel victorious. As long as both Da Ming and Frank feel victorious, what can England do?"

He paused, and then said: "This plan allows us to retain the greatest autonomy... as long as we are given another 100 years, when the dawn of the 19th century begins to shine on the land of North America, our twelve states in North America will become one A region of millions of people, only then will our children and grandchildren be able to build a great country!"

Old Washington took up Roosevelt's topic at this time, and said loudly: "I suggest that the Continental Congress vote on Nicholas Roosevelt's proposal... I, John Washington of Virginia, vote for it!"

"I, Franklin of Massachusetts agree!"

"I, Adams of Massachusetts . . . agree!"

The first vote in the Continental Congress has begun!There is no idealistic constitution, no rhetorical document, just a hard way to survive.The situation before these American grandpas and grandpas is much more difficult than that faced by their descendants.At the time of American independence in 1776, the country had a population of approximately 250 million people.However, the population of the twelve North American states today is not even a fraction of 250 million, only 27... It can be said that the current United States is a premature United States, and it is simply not capable of surviving independently in the midst of the great powers.What Manifest Destiny is, that is something I dare not even think about.

Survival is the most important thing!

And to survive, to survive in the cracks, the United States must have an extremely soft body. It is not only Daming and Frank who have to kneel...England also has to kneel, don't look back England sent 2 to [-] people Counterinsurgency, this premature America can't hold on.

Therefore, as soon as the first Continental Congress ended, the delegates divided into several groups, all the way across the ocean to Europe to challenge Louis the Great, begging Louis the Great to accept the little brother of America; all the way to Texas, to kowtow to Zhu Celing, the Khan of the Yin Family ; And all the way, I went straight to Boston to ask Governor Churchill for forgiveness-the younger brothers are not trying to betray the British, but are loving the British!Of course, some representatives went back to the states to rectify their troops and prepare for war!

Kowtow to beg for mercy and prepare the army for war, both hands must be tough!

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"Reverse! Reverse! You are rebelling!"

Looking at the "petition for treason" respectfully handed in by old Franklin and old Jefferson, John Churchill, who was about to defend the northeast corner of the colony after the Aztecs called, almost vomited blood.

These exiles from the New World are really lawless, and they want to rebel!Moreover, he even wanted to seek refuge with Daming and Frank at the same time... Isn't this a good idea?

"No, no, no, we are not rebels! We are all lovers of Great Britain."

"We are British, and we will always be His Majesty's subjects...England's interests and garrisons in the Twelve-State Colonies remain the same, His Majesty's property can be protected, and we can also carve out large territories in Massachusetts and New York. as the direct domain of the King of England.

As soon as our population is large enough to free us from the oppression of Frank and Ming, we will immediately return to the embrace of England without hesitation! "

"Yes, Your Excellency, each of us is unwilling to leave Great Britain, but the situation forces us to pretend to be separated from British rule...but our hearts will always belong to England!"

"Yes, if we don't do something, England will lose the entire Twelve States Colony, and there will never be a possibility of taking it back!"

Chapter 937 We held a meeting and elected you as the commander of the United States!

John Churchill was speechless.

The integrity of these two New World exiles is probably equal to zero, right?He has obviously betrayed the King of England, and is planning to serve as slaves to Ming and Frank at the same time, but he still has the cheek to hand in some petitions, and he still makes a lot of sense about treason and defection to the enemy... How can someone be so eloquent? Debating John Churchill could not refute.

Seeing that Churchill was speechless, old Franklin and old Adams began to wipe their tears happily. While the two were crying, they talked about the Yin family that they had heard from hearsay—the Aztec coalition forces were about to come. News of the invasion reached Churchill.

"Master Governor, if there are [-] to [-] British soldiers in the twelve states of North America, the militiamen in our twelve states will definitely be willing to shed their blood, and even if the entire army is wiped out, they must serve the King of England!"

"Yes, but now there are only three to four thousand British troops in the twelve North American states, and the Yin family-Aztec coalition army that is marching towards the Mississippi River probably has more than [-] troops, and there are about [-] to [-] troops in addition. The family members are still driving millions of cattle! Obviously, they have made long-term plans to establish ranches and bases west of the Appalachian Mountains. Once they reach the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, inside the mountains Indians would become Aztecs..."

"Your Excellency, with the current power of the twelve North American states, it is absolutely impossible to stop the Yin family - the Aztecs from advancing eastward. If we don't want to wait for extinction, the only way is to ask for help from Emperor Louis, and at the same time ask for peace from Daming .Of course... Our hearts will always belong to England! Please believe us!"

At this time, Churchill didn't know that the "Glorious Revolution" aimed at restricting royal power and protecting the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie had just erupted in Britain. Two states rebelled.This country of James has always kept a close eye on the North American colonies, and the administration of the New England Dominion was established step by step after he came to power.From the six states at the beginning, there are now twelve states!

Moreover, based on John Churchill's understanding of James II, this religiously stubborn British king would never make concessions in terms of "kowtow" and compensation... and the Protestant nobles and profiteers who control the Congress are not big A large sum of money may be paid to the king as military expenses, so that the king they hate the most will send troops to the New World to save this group of exiles who exterminated the Indian race.

Under such circumstances, the population of more than 20 and thousands of regular troops in the twelve states of New England alone could not resist the powerful coalition forces of Yin Shang and Aztec.

Therefore, only by seeking peace and asking for help from Louis the Great can the twelve states under the jurisdiction of the New England Dominion be saved... Of course, it is only possible!

It is also possible that the efforts of those exiles from the Twelve States were in vain. In the end, the Yin family and the Aztecs crossed the Appalachian Mountains and invaded the New England Dominion!

Churchill, who had only three or 4000 people on hand, calculated left and right, and finally gave up the plan to suppress it-only such a small number of people, and there is still a big enemy, so stop killing each other.If you have this strength, save it to deal with the Yin family and the Aztecs!

Thinking of this, Churchill took over the petition handed over by old Franklin and old Adams, and then said in an unquestionable tone: "I will send someone to forward your petition to His Majesty the King... In addition, south of Bunker Hill, including The Boston area, including Bunker Hill, will be under the military control of the English Army! All residents of the New England Dominion living in Boston must obey the orders of the Governor’s Office, and those who disobey will be severely punished!”

Churchill's plan was to firmly control Boston, the largest city and port in the Dominion of New England, and then wait and see the development of the situation.

If the Yin family-Aztec coalition forces stopped west of the Appalachian Mountains, they would no longer invade New England.Then England could take back suzerainty from Louis XIV through diplomacy.As for the Great Commander of the Dominion held by the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty... Just use political means to make it empty.Most of this position is also taken by someone from afar, and a generous annuity every year should be able to handle it.

If the Yin-Aztec forces cross the Appalachian Mountains...then the exiles of the New England Dominion will have to work hard to defend their homeland.The British army only needs to hold Boston, wait for the exiles to shed their last drop of blood, and then counterattack back with the European troops who came to help.

"Yes, Mr. Governor!"

"Okay, Mr. Governor, the Massachusetts militia will leave the Boston area immediately."

Both old Franklin and old Adams breathed a sigh of relief—since this Governor Churchill accepted their petition, they were legally treasonous... oh, this is not treason, but a necessary measure taken to defend the New England Dominion .

Now the fate of the twelve American colonies depends on whether Nicholas Roosevelt's trip to Elizabeth City and Randolph and Jefferson's trip to Versailles can be successful?

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Elizabeth City is the original Maria Elizabeth Colony, which was originally the private domain of Leopold's daughter Maria Elizabeth.Later, Emperor Louis claimed this territory from Leopold's wife, Queen Therese, and handed it over to his cheap daughter Sophie Masquee - Sophie Masquee is the duchess, of course she must have a piece of land The fiefdom, otherwise she, the duke, would be almost meaningless!

So Maria Elizabeth Colony changed its name, took away Maria, renamed Elizabeth City, and became the fiefdom of Sophie Masiji.

However, Sophie Masiji and her husband Zhu Yimei had never been to Elizabeth City, and they did not pay much attention to this city, which is very far away from Xinchaoge. This gave Elizabeth City room to develop freely.However, Zhu Yimei still moved over the ancestral Tianwang City model, turning Elizabeth City into a place where anyone can come and do any business, but they must abide by the rules when they come.

Around the Caribbean Sea, it has been a mess these years. Not only the Spanish, English, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Swedes and other European colonists are fighting openly and secretly here, but also wealthy merchants, Aztecs, etc. These two "Native American" forces are constantly expanding their influence.In addition, there is also a group of lawless Caribbean pirates who are also smashing, smashing, looting and burning in the Caribbean Sea.

The sea is another place where it is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. Even the Aztecs and Yin Shang, two countries without much naval power on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, can hire Caribbean pirates or provide pirates with sales, refuge, and supplies. channels to gain some influence at sea.

And Elizabeth City has become a very special existence in such an area where various forces come and go.In fact, before Leopold sent troops to occupy here, there were already spontaneously formed towns and ports in this area.But it's not a good place, but a "pirate port", a place where Caribbean pirates rest, sell stolen goods, obtain supplies, and repair ships.Later, because Leopold sent the Spanish Royal Army to drive through, the pirates in the "pirate port" had to run away.So the "Pirate Port" was deserted for a while, until the Spaniards withdrew three years ago and the Yin family took over.It's thriving here again!

And when Zhu Yimei and Montezuma won the Battle of Mexico City together, they also began to pay attention to the Caribbean Sea - it is the only way for Chinese goods transported by the Pacific galleon trade to Europe!

Although the rise of the Aztecs will inevitably interrupt the legal trade from the east coast of Mexico to Europe... But in this era, there are many adventurers in the Caribbean Sea. As long as there are enough profits, no one is afraid that no one will take risks and engage in smuggling.

And smuggling in the Caribbean Sea is definitely beneficial to the development of the Yin Family Prairie (the Great Plains in Central North America)—because from the Pacific King City (Acapulco) to Tampico and Veracruz on the Caribbean Sea, The distance is only about [-] miles, and there are still quite good roads to pass.It is much more convenient for the goods from Ming Dynasty to take this route, and then ship from Tampico and Veracruz to Elizabeth City than go ashore from Xinchaoge to Yinjia Prairie by land, and the transportation cost is much lower!

So Zhu Yimei immediately realized the value of Elizabeth City. He immediately recruited a group of officials from the Spaniards who surrendered to King Montezuma, and recruited a group of officers and soldiers from the Xinchaoge and the Ming Navy's Eastern Fleet, and sent them to Elizabeth City also transplanted all the models of the family business Tianwang City to Elizabeth City.Turn Elizabeth City into a paradise for robbers who can come to anyone, and don't ask about the past after coming, as long as they obey the rules, they can live in peace.

In order to calm down these pirates, Zhu Yimei also asked Celing Dunduobu to send Yin family cavalry with revolvers in their belts to watch the scene in Elizabeth City... No matter how awesome you are in the Caribbean Sea, it’s this captain, that captain’s , When you arrive in Elizabeth City, you have to act like a good person.No one will buy it, they will all be killed!

After the social order was settled, Zhu Yimei invited Pacific Bank and Penglai Bank to open branches in Elizabeth City—there must be a reliable place for the pirates to store their robbery proceeds!Otherwise, it would not be a problem to always bury the treasure on an unnamed island in the Caribbean Sea, maybe someone would dig it up!

In addition, Zhu Yimei also opened a "boom" market in Elizabeth City... Boom, which specializes in selling ritual utensils (musical instruments) that are special products of Yin merchants!There are long bombs, short bombs, hand bombs, step bombs, rocket bombs, you can have everything you want, and you should bomb.There are not only "vessels", but also "medicine", from the most basic granular black gunpowder to military white sugar produced by Daming (sugar medicine has to be prepared temporarily), everything is available!Even as long as the relationship with the rich and merchants is particularly good, you can even buy explosive bombs and rockets equipped with trigger fuzes!

And how a good place is of course the smugglers and pirate captains in the New England Dominion must go to - the "bombers" of the wealthy merchants are better than those in Western Europe...the old brand of 600 years!If you buy a few doors, you will have an extra layer of insurance when you go to sea to rob.

If you can get a few more trigger fuzes, it can be regarded as the treasure of the ship!

So Captain John Halsey, whose ancestors are from Germany and who once worked for a Dutch merchant ship, has been a frequent visitor to Elizabeth City in the past two years.Moreover, he has also met the prefect of Elizabeth City a few times, so he can be regarded as a good relationship.

Nicholas Roosevelt, who has always been very close to the Halsey family, took Halsey's boat this time and arrived in Elizabeth City, which was immersed in joy.

The festive atmosphere in Elizabeth City was brought about by a wedding—the wedding of Zhu Celing and Jennifer Montezuma was held in this bustling port city that mixed Eastern and Western elements.

When Roosevelt and Halsey arrived, the wedding had just ended, and Zhu Celing, Jennifer and his wife, as well as Zhu Celing's third brother Zhu Yimei, sister-in-law Sophie Maggies and others had not left Elizabeth City - this prosperous city. Who doesn't like a city?

Compared with here, although the territory of Shang Fangguo and Yin Family Division is vast, most of the places are too desolate.Even Xinchaoge, which has a larger population, is too "conservative" and lacks the vitality of Elizabeth City.

Zhu Yimei, Zhu Celing, Sophie Masji, and Jennifer are all "rich N-generation" who grew up in big cities. They are not much different in age, so they get along better, so they just stay in Elizabeth City for a longer time.I didn't expect to live here... unexpectedly Roosevelt came!

Although the four of them already knew that the New England Dominion was being co-founded by Ming and Aztec for exterminating the Indians, they didn't take it seriously.Not even Jennifer Montezuma took it seriously because she didn't feel Indian at all.

So when they heard that the envoys from New England were visiting, Zhu Yimei and Zhu Celing immediately invited Roosevelt and Halsey to the palace where they lived—in fact, it was a bastion left by the Spaniards.

In the audience hall of the royal palace, Nicholas Roosevelt first bowed to the four people in front of him, then presented a gift list in the name of congratulating Zhu Celing and Jennifer on their wedding, and finally presented the invitation letter and resolution of the first continental conference The document said solemnly in Latin: "Honorable Your Highness Yin Jiahan, representatives of our twelve states in North America recently held a Continental Congress in New York and decided to break away from British rule and establish a fully autonomous dominion...and we also Elect you as the Great Commander of the Dominion of America!"