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Chapter 243

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Article 3 agreement was reached.

The U.S. government agreed to hand over Columbia and Alaska to members of the Red Corps, and recognized that the Red Corps was the dominant position of these two states and had legislative, administrative, judicial and other rights over the two states. At the same time, in order to avoid confusion between Columbia and Washington, the two sides negotiated to formally name the Columbia Region Washington State. Because the last syllable in Washington's English pronunciation is particularly similar to the pronunciation of "Tang", Guo Jinzhang gave the state a Chinese name, Tang State. This naming was approved by the representative of the US government and became one of the official names of Washington State. In the future, all names of Washington State by Chinese names were Tang State. With the example of this Tang State, Guo Jinzhang continued to help and named Alaska Han State.

According to the agreement, after the Red Corps entered Tangzhou, in order to prevent unnecessary conflicts of force, they would set up military stations at the Central Pacific Railway and the two Pacific Railways under construction, respectively, for a period of five years.

It can be said that the third agreement actually became the first agreement in the history of the United States to cede territory. But beyond the expectations of the signatories, the Americans did not seem to have much objection to the Red Corps occupying Washington and Alaska, but were extremely dissatisfied with the establishment of the military station. But thinking about it, Alaska is an enclave, although it is huge, even larger than Texas, the largest area in the United States. However, its location is too northerly, and most areas are covered with snow all year round, and it is basically worthless except for fur. And that little fur may interest Americans adjacent to Canada? Does Canada not produce this thing? So, when Secretary of State William Seward in 1867, he paid 2 cents per acre, that is, the total price.

When the enclave was acquired at $7.2 million, almost all Americans criticized the deal, and many even ridiculed Alaska as "Seward's ice box" and "Seward's foolish behavior". On October 18, 1867, the American Stars and Stripes flew in Alaska for the first time, but in the following years, the federal government did not care much about this latest territory. It was only four years ago, in 1877 that a tax agency was established there, which was in charge of about 500,000 square miles of land in Alaska and about 40,000 residents. Therefore, the Americans did not care about such a piece of land. On the contrary, many people gloated and wanted to see the Chinese being frozen into ice.

In addition, Washington State, that is, Tang State, had already been in fact occupied by the Red Corps. When Grant and Longst led their troops to suppress Seattle, the white people here had almost gone, and the area was located in the northwest corner of the United States, with few residents, and naturally not many people would care about it... Even if they care, thinking about the current situation will make it understand. After all, besides Washington State in the northwest corner, which land is more suitable for Chinese people to live in? This is not a group of ordinary people, nor is it easy to bully Indians. This is a group of thugs who have fought big battles. If they are not placed in the corner, they will probably eat people if they are placed in other places.

What's more, although it was handed over to the Red Corps to enter, the Red Corps had already joined the United States of America, which was still considered the United States territory... Although it was not very comfortable, it could be said. In this world, it is normal to cede land after defeat and cede land. A large part of the American territory was obtained through war? Now that the Chinese have won, they are naturally qualified to demand this. Doing so is better than allowing those guys to build a country independently in the west. Furthermore, the United States is a freely migrant country, and the Chinese occupy those two states, but it is hard to say who the two states belong to in the future and who has the final say. Because in this land, white people are the vast majority, and the Chinese can only maintain their military power for a period of time, and they will still listen to the white people. Even if they don't fight, they can squeeze the Chinese out of the dominant layer of these two states by just votes.

Therefore, although the Americans care about the issue of land, they do not pay much attention to it. They are quite dissatisfied with the fact that the transportation route to the west is strangled by the Chinese. But by the way, the situation is stronger than that of people, and Washington is now occupied by the Chinese. It is reasonable to use a few military stations to "exchange" it, and they have not suffered a big loss.

Of course, many of the above contents are guided by American newspapers and radio stations... This is not how much these media like to stand on the side of the government and think about problems, nor is they like to talk about justice. In fact, they are also forced. Guo Jinzhang asked for a trial of all the media that guided American citizens to fight against China. In his words, he almost blamed all the responsibility for the anti-China and the Chinese workers' uprising on these guys... With the current political and military situation, he still

With the American people's sentiment, if this case is handed over to the court, it will be a sure thing. At that time, just compensation for the losses of the Chinese workers will be enough for these media and their behind-the-scenes boss to lose everything. Maybe it will also cause the anger of the audience, lose the other party's trust, go bankrupt, etc.... Therefore, honestly following the negotiating representatives of both sides, guiding the public opinion of the American people toward the agreement that has been reached is the best choice for these media at this time.

However, the US delegation led by Chesert Arthur was not, they were actually fooled by Guo Jinzhang.

"Alaska, beautiful gold, silver, oil...not to mention Idaho and Utah, except for Texas and California, I will not exchange any state you give to me."

After the agreement was reached, Guo Jinzhang kept laughing proudly. He got what he wanted most. In fact, even if the Americans only gave him Alaska, he would not object. No, Alaska is indeed far away, but it does not mean that he cannot live. Moreover, it is far away from the United States. He only needs to mine gold, then go south along the Pacific Ocean and occupy Hawaii... All of this, the Americans can only stare at the moment. If they still want to advance westward, they must first look at the face of the Red Corps.

"It's not even more than Tangzhou. You can treat it as a bridgehead... Anyway, you have to deal with the Americans in the future and make money from them. It's much more convenient to have this outpost." Guo Jinzhang said to this secretly.

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The third agreement took a day to complete. This was quite fast compared to other international negotiations, which was comparable to the Rockets, but it took the longest time in this negotiation. In order to arrange the media to guide public opinion and convince the angry congressmen and government officials, Brian and others also consumed considerable energy. However, before they recovered, another round of negotiations began. They also understood at this time that Guo Jinzhang had been deliberately consuming their energy, so they firmly resisted the negotiation arrangements, and Guo Jinzhang, who had achieved the main purpose, let them re-arrange it. As a result...the agreement was still reached as soon as possible. In other words, Chesert, Arthur and others did not change Guo Jinzhang's arrangements, but instead accelerated the progress. This was in line with Guo Jinzhang's idea, so soon, in a few days, they reached several more agreements.

Among them, Article 4 is related to compensation, which is equivalent to the supplementary agreement of Article 3. However, Article 3 is land, and Article 4 is related to money... According to the agreement, the US government will provide $45.67 million in compensation to the Red Corps, and the Red Corps is also forced to hand over a sum of money to the states passing along the way under the pressure of the government, thinking that the compensation will be paid to the states. The total amount of this compensation is $32.12 million... In other words, the US government still has to provide $13.55 million in compensation to the Red Corps. Except for part of the cash payment, most of this money will be paid in kind and in factories.

The US government must build two thermal power plants, a steel plant, an arsenal, a cement plant, and a chemical plant for Tangzhou within three years. Each plant also has specific requirements for the size of each plant. In addition to these, Article 4 also provides extremely solemn provisions: the states that receive red corps compensation funds do not include California and Colorado, because these two states are the two most severely anti-Chinese states. The Red corps' offensive and destruction are only self-defense and there is no reason to compensate them. In addition, the compensation ends here, and from then on, both parties will no longer authorize any compensation or other cases involved in this war.

Article 5: The United States completely abolished the "Anti-Chinese Act" and apologized to the Red Corps and all Chinese for the passage and implementation of the bill, as well as the previous anti-Chinese incidents.

Sixth, all states will thoroughly investigate all anti-Chinese incidents, make judgments in accordance with the law, and compensate corresponding injured Chinese individuals to make up for the negligence of the state governments and judicial departments. In addition, all states must also promise not to dismiss China and prohibit all publicity about anti-Chinese. Whether it is newspapers, radio stations, or other media, promoting anti-Chinese is illegal and should be punished.

Seventh, Tangzhou and Hanzhou officially joined the American Federation and became the 39th and 40th states to join the Federation, but the two states do not enjoy the rights of two senators in each state. In exchange, before the two states enjoy the rights of senators, Tangzhou and Hanzhou will implement Chinese autonomy, and the legislation, judicial and administrative powers of the two states will belong to the Red Corps, that is, the Chinese. Without violating the Constitution of the United States of America, the Red Corps has the right to build systems including administrative and judicial.

Eighth, Tangzhou and Hanzhou have a high degree of diplomatic autonomy and have the right to declare war on regimes or forces other than the United States of America in the name of this state. The United States of America shall not interfere in this and shall not bear corresponding responsibilities.

Ninth, after the treaty is reached, the two sides will have a standstill. The US government must mobilize sufficient transportation forces to transport the Red Corps to Seattle in batches. Only when all the main forces of the Red Corps located in Georgia return to Seattle will the Red Corps advance team release all captured personnel and withdraw them to Tang State. Moreover, the US government must ensure that in the next five years, no more than one thousand troops will be sent into Nevada, California and Oregon without the permission of the Tang State government.

Tenth, if both parties feel inappropriate about this treaty, they may agree to supplement or modify the treaty separately.

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The negotiations ended in a week. The fourth compensation in Article 4 satisfies all states except California and Colorado. Except for Oregon, which suffered severe damage, the other states were just taken as a road by the Red Corps and basically suffered no losses. However, each state can ask for millions of dollars in compensation from the government, which is naturally extremely willing, especially in the southern states.

In addition to Article 4, Article 8 gives Tangzhou and Hanzhou a high degree of diplomatic autonomy, which surprised many people. The declaration of war is a very serious and sacred right. A country can only have one voice, while Tangzhou and Hanzhou have the right to declare war on the outside, which is obviously beyond the scope of the power of a local government. However, after the surprise, the Americans did not express much opinions on this matter. According to the British Times, "The Chinese are actually an independent kingdom, and a declaration of war is counted? The treaty stipulates that the US government does not have to bear responsibility for the declaration of war between Tangzhou and Hanzhou. If that is the case, they may wish that the Chinese people would declare war on whom they should quickly. Because after the declaration of war, there will be war, as long as the Chinese people have unfavorable situation, the situation of the Chinese people is unfavorable.

, or if there is an opportunity, they can raise an army to take back the land... In addition, they also have the opportunity to use the power of the independent declaration of war in Tangzhou and Hanzhou to achieve some goals. Anyway, the government does not need to bear the responsibility. As long as it is used properly, the Chinese will become the sharpest and most useful sword in their hands... And apart from these possibilities, the independent declaration of war on the outside world, and the other rights obtained by the Red Corps will also become the most favorable excuse for the United States of America to revise the convention. When they are fully prepared, it may be the time to revoke this right by revising the convention, or even take back Tangzhou and Hanzhou.... The war between the Chinese and the US government is inevitable, which is certain. This peace talks are just the beginning of the next war."

It can be said that the Times exposed the dissatisfaction of Western countries, especially the major European powers, with the final result of this Chinese uprising in the United States: Seeing such a good opportunity and such a rare opportunity to re-enter the American continent, it was lost because of such a peace talk. It would be fine for the Chinese, but they didn't want to fight and wanted to live a good life, but the Americans would be so vigilant, and would rather promise the Chinese people that they would breathe a sigh of relief first... This is obviously guarding against them.

"The United States is developing too fast, and their geographical advantages are too obvious. If they can hinder their development, it will only benefit the kingdom without any harm... It's a pity that such a good opportunity." It is said that British Prime Minister Gladstone described the war this way with his subordinates, but he did not give up. "As long as the Chinese are still in the United States, there is still a chance to let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs contact them, find ways to strengthen their strength, and make the Americans fear their growth... As long as this continues, I will not take a few years to conflict again. At that time, we will see another war, perhaps, it will be a war."

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"The possibility of war is not high. Because the people in my US government are all rational people, and this war is just an uprising, an uprising that occurred due to the oppression of certain racists... I, after this incident, the American people will learn from the lessons, and it should be unlikely that war will break out again due to racial oppression."

The negotiations ended. In order to show sincerity, the Red Corps released U.S. government officials first, including Chessert Arthur, James Brian and others. Guo Jinzhang did this to make it easier for them to handle government affairs and implement the treaty. In order to prevent accidents, members of Congress were still detained on Capitol Hill, which lasted until all the main forces of the Red Corps in Georgia were withdrawn from Tangzhou. Before all work began, the two sides of the negotiations had to hold a press conference, but unfortunately, Guo Jinzhang

His reason for refusing to participate was that almost all American media had published propaganda about anti-China propaganda, and their position was very problematic, and the reports were also lacking fairness. Therefore, he ignored these people and would stay on Capitol Hill until the withdrawal mission was completed. However, no matter he refused, some people found him through various ways. Just like the one in front of him now, he actually abandoned Samuel Randall's wife found his temporary office, saying that she wanted to talk to him and demanded to be released in advance, but in fact it was for the sake of interviews.

"You can hear that you don't want war to break out again, but can you guarantee that the Red Corps will not have war with the US government again?" No jumping. Susanna is not pretty and not young anymore. She is already forty years old this year. Only at this age can she abandon a party leader's wife and break in... But she doesn't think the behavior is bad. She just wants the news, the most explosive and freshest news.

"I can't guarantee it. Because, the only one who can guarantee this is the US government. As long as the US government no longer encourages and oppresses us, we will not be stupid enough to challenge a giant." Guo Jinzhang looked helpless. He just asked someone to get the woman away, but the other party lay on the ground and rolled around. The soldiers in the advance team could do it, but they had no choice but to meet such a shrew. If you don't know, everyone hasn't seen her for many years. Although this woman is a little older, she is still a person after all. A group of people who kill and set fire without blinking can't take action... In a way, in order to avoid the influence, he had to accept the visit, but the visit was limited to three minutes.

"Then do you think the US government will attack you?" Susanna asked again.

"That's a question for the US government." Guo Jinzhang replied.

"If war starts again, do you think the US government can win?" Don't skip the words.

“That’s a problem with the U.S. government.”

"What are you going to be a U.S. citizen?"

"You can ask the US government."

"Guo..."

"Okay, here." Guo Jinzhang suddenly stood up, "Madam, I'll go to the bathroom..."

"Guo..."

Susanna didn't stop her, and Guo Jinzhang escaped with her urine. Thinking about it, no one wants to stay with her for too long.

...

"Whoever lets people in will come in next time, I will move the toilet for me." Guo Jinzhang's destination of urination was in Li Asheng's office. As soon as he entered the door, he ordered angrily.

"I understand." Li Asheng smiled and poured him a glass of water. Guo Jinzhang was very unhappy. He was there at the time. When he saw the woman making trouble, his first reaction was to beat people, because they dealt with those women who made trouble in their hometown like this, but he quickly realized that he was a foreigner, a reporter, and he heard that he was still a famous reporter... So in the end, he left the trouble to Guo Jinzhang very unfaithfully and ran away first.

"Do you have any contact?" Guo Jinzhang took a sip of water and continued to ask.

"I've contacted it, Joni has done it, I've got it." Li Asheng replied.

"Okay hahahaha..."

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