Chapter 274: The politics that wants to break away from Canada

Brian and Aslan did not expect Li Asheng to suddenly mention the experience of Chinese workers in Canada, but they were not too surprised by this. Diplomacy, no matter how many dirty transactions there are in secret, they always have to be open and come up with one or several reasons to speak. Isn’t the Red Corps sending troops to Canada this time just for those persecuted Chinese workers? They tacitly ignored this issue, but in fact they wanted to dig a pit for the Red Corps and even the Chinese people in Tangzhou... All those who are concerned about the current incident think that Tangzhou actually sent troops to Canada for land and for interests, not for morality.

It can be said that as long as Li Asheng doesn't mention it, they will definitely not raise the experience of the Chinese workers. However, they also thought about what to do if Li Asheng mentioned this issue...

"We will compensate those Chinese workers, but this is not the reason for your invasion of Canada." Aslan said first.

"How to compensate?" Li Asheng asked directly.

"Canadian political workers will come forward to admit their mistakes in their work, admit that they have insufficient supervision of the entire Pacific Railway project, which has caused that guy to persecute workers from China..."

"Sir Consul, I think Canada's problem should not be just a mistake in work or inadequate supervision, right?" Brian hurriedly interrupted Aslan's words. He was not a rookie. Aslan's admission of Canada's mistake in work was all on the head of the railway contractor. But who is the contractor? Anderon Anddonk, American nationality! Although this does not mean anything, doing a mistake does not mean that the entire country is guilty. But the problem is that everyone will associate it, from Canadian Chinese workers to the former Chinese workers... and in the end they will definitely put the problem on the head of the United States. If this continues, the Red Corps attacking Canada will be a mistake, and their real target should be the United States... The fact that this British leader in Seattle is extremely insidious.

"As far as I know, hiring workers in China was discussed by Andrdongke and MacDonald. I don't believe that MacDonald knew nothing about the Chinese workers' experience. But he was silent about it... Is this a mistake? Or ignore it?" The former Secretary of State was very rude.

"It must be a mistake." Aslan's face did not change, "because the Canadian Prime Minister could not pay attention to the living conditions of a migrant worker. His work was very busy. Moreover, the places where Chinese workers worked were mostly in the wild and in the deep mountains. Do you think their experience would easily be transmitted to the Canadian Prime Minister's ears through those uninhabited places? Especially when the contractor deliberately concealed it."

"We don't want to argue about who is right and who is wrong." Li Asheng looked at the two of them coldly, "We just want to know: How should we compensate these Chinese workers?"

"...Whoever does what he does is responsible. He is the Chinese worker persecuted by the contractor, so he should be responsible for it." Aslan replied.

"Just that's it?" Li Asheng glanced at him.

"What else do you want to do? Blame a country for an illegal businessman?" Aslan asked back.

"What's wrong with this?" Li Asheng seemed very surprised. "Is it too little for you to blame a country for one person or a group of people? Because of the "Aaro" incident and the "Xilin Lesson Plan", Britain and France launched the Second Opium War, occupied Beijing and burned the Old Summer Palace. It is the capital of China, and the value of the Old Summer Palace is even more immeasurable... And we are just advancing to a remote area in western Canada. Is this also wrong?"

"This..." Why is it the Old Summer Palace again? Aslan's head was a little big. He still remembered the deep resentment of the other party for the Second Opium War when he sold weapons to Guo Jinzhang. In the Old Summer Palace, that guy dared to offer a price of 100 billion taels of silver without a discount. However, he didn't care at that time, because Guo Jinzhang was just an uprising army, or the leader of the riot, and could not threaten the British Empire at all... But now that guy has already started to deal with the members of the Commonwealth. Not only that, he actually talked about the Second Opium War... He really wanted to say that it was all in the past.

There is no need to mention it again. But the problem is that Li Asheng will definitely not listen. Moreover, when the Second Opium War was launched, the excuses for Britain and France were indeed the "Arrow Incident" and the "Marlin Lesson Plan". In comparison, the persecution encountered by Canadian Chinese workers was obviously much more serious than the British and French in these two incidents... Since they could use those two incidents as excuses to invade China and attack their capital, then the Red Corps naturally has a reason to attack Canada. Not to mention taking down your British Columbia, it would be reasonable to attack Toronto.

"Does the Red Corps belong to Washington State?" Brian suddenly asked Li Asheng.

"Do I need to answer this question?" Li Asheng looked at him and asked back.

"Since the Red Corps belongs to the armed forces of Washington State, let's not only belong to the militia or the regular army... what qualifications does it have to launch a war for a group of Chinese people? You must know that Washington State is a territory of the United States, and the politics here is also a local politics in the United States." Brian said in a deep voice.

"That's right. You are Americans. What reason do you have to invade Canada because of a group of Chinese? This is a matter between us and the Chinese." Although I don't understand why Brian suddenly changed to help him, Aslan naturally would not give up this opportunity.

"Look at what you are asking..." Li Asheng grinned, revealing two big front teeth that were half yellow and white. "We sent troops, of course, because there are members of Washington State among the persecuted Chinese workers in Canada..."

"You are lying!"

Brian and Aslan shouted almost at the same time.

"Lying?" Li Asheng was furious, "I need to lie? Tell you that 60,000 Chinese workers rescued in the Fraser Valley are members of Washington State... 60,000, thousands of people! I lie? Do I need to lie like this?"

"Several thousand people?"

Aslan felt a little confused. If Li Asheng said there were only a few people, then he could be sure that the other party was deliberately disturbing the matter. After all, the Chinese workers are now in the hands of the Chinese. If they insist on saying that there are their people among them, then no one can do it. But thousands of people... this problem is a big deal. No matter how awesome the Tangzhou government is, it is impossible to divide thousands of people into his own jurisdiction at one time, right? He is the Consul General in Seattle, so he naturally knows that all the local residents are immigrants from China. Because of the immigration issue, the Chinese are tying up with the American government. Americans are afraid that the population of Tangzhou will become more and more difficult to control, while the Chinese are trying hard to recruit immigrants from China, fearing that there will be fewer people... A few thousand people can be spared by the US Immigration Bureau?

"Governor Li, don't you think your behavior is too much?" Aslan was frightened by Li Asheng's big opening, but Brian immediately understood the whole story and his face suddenly became gloomy. Of course, he could tell what Li Asheng said was of use. Thousands of Tangzhou residents, that is, thousands of "American citizens"... The fact that so many people were persecuted in Canada, use the consistent code of conduct of the great powers when facing weak countries, whether it is Tangzhou, or also

Or American politics have reasons to fight Canada, even if it is launched, it is enough. But after all, he is different from Aslan. Although Aslan is the British Consul General in Seattle, that guy is concerned about the economy and politics of Tangzhou, as well as the development of military aspects, and immigration issues. That guy is probably not clear about it. In fact, there are not many people who can figure out the immigration policy between Tangzhou politics and the American politics in the United States now. Because there are not many people in the United States.

The policies are completely different. It can be said that so far, the entire Tangzhou, who have actually registered names on the US nationality archives, have only a few dozen people... This violates the Treaty of Washington signed by the Red Corps and the US political fu, so this is a secret. A secret that only the US president, former secretary of state, and some relevant officials know. They did this in order to one day prepare for the reason to bomb the Chinese from the US territory.

...Aren't you all Americans? Of course there is no reason to stay in the United States. The government has the right to expel you, right? And the reason why they can do this is due to the immigration policy implemented by the United States today. The United States is vast and sparsely populated, and it needs to attract population from the world, especially for European immigration. The policy formulated by the American government is "free immigration": when you come and settle down, we admit that you are an American. Of course, there are still some details here, but it has nothing to do with it.

Brian has always kept this secret. But he didn't expect Washington State to develop so fast... In just over two years, he has begun to extend his tentacles to the whole United States. Look at what kind of partners the countryside has found: Standard Oil, DuPont, Mellon and Son Bank, Morgan Trading, Carnegie Steel... All of them are large consortiums and companies with monopoly or monopoly potential. Due to his relationship in the two houses of Congress, he also knows that these large consortiums or large companies with cooperative relationships with the Chinese are almost "moving" to Capitol Hill!

Obviously, it's unlikely that they'll drive away those yellow-skinned guys.

Therefore, the matter of preparing to make things difficult for the other party in terms of nationality was ruined before it even started. He was not going to mention it again. Because re-raising this matter will only cause trouble for himself, and the Chinese may not realize the problem in this regard. If there is a chance, they may be able to deal with them again with this reason. In order not to arouse the Chinese's vigilance, they still seriously instructed the people from the Immigration Bureau to chat with the other party.

But now Brian knows that he is wrong. Although the Chinese may not know the secret, they obviously found the problem. And these people are using the loopholes to increase their population... Thousands of Washington residents who are persecuted in Canada are a sufficient reason to put pressure on Canada and the Commonwealth, and can even promote his action to expand territory for the United States. But the question is, once this opening is opened, will the population of Washington State soar like a flood with a gate opened? There are hundreds of millions of Chinese people on the other side of the Pacific, even if only a small number of immigrants come here, it will be enough to turn the entire western United States into a yellow ocean. Then, what if he annexes all of Canada? Isn't it still providing residence areas for those Chinese?

"We're too much? What are we too much?" Facing Brian's black face, Li Asheng looked innocent, but his face could not be concealed. According to the Treaty of Washington, all the soldiers of the Red Corps and the Chinese who settled in Seattle at that time automatically became citizens of the United States of America without voluntarily. But more than two years have passed, the American government has not asked them for any list or household registration... There must be a ghost in this. But after discovering the problem, he and the others did not take this seriously at all... It's just right if you don't come and take it, we're just taking advantage of it.

The aircraft increases the population. As for the future, if you have the ability to drive us away, we will naturally have to leave. But if you don’t have that ability, is this problem still a problem? And if we have strong power, then this problem is the reason for me to get angry in the future... However, he did not expect that this "problem" would be used so soon. Canadians hired Chinese workers, simply as coolies and slaves, and they had never even created a roster. Therefore, they directly turned thousands of people into residents of Tangzhou, and everything was well documented... This became an iron proof. A iron proof that morally ironed people!

"you……"

Your excessiveness is deliberately exploiting the loopholes in the treaty to increase your strength! Can Bryan say that? Obviously not. Is there any mistake in enhancing his strength? He is not a fool. What's more, the Washington government that first violated the treaty... If this matter was revealed when they had defeated the Chinese, then he and Chessert and Arthur were far-sighted, but in this situation, it was purely aroused! Don't say that by expanding territory to clean up shame, can he be the senator again? But what else can he do if he doesn't become a senator?

"What are you... talking about? Isn't the problem of those people true?" Brian and Li Asheng were both like this. It would be abnormal if Aslan felt that there was no ghost. He didn't really believe that thousands of Chinese workers were residents of Tangzhou, and now he is even more certain.

"I can show you the information." Li Asheng's expression remained unchanged. "They are all residents of Tangzhou, Tieti Tangzhou, and the earliest Chinese residents who settled in Seattle."

"...Mr. Brian?" You were helping me just now. There must be a reason for this. It's just for yourself. I'll help me and say a few more words? Aslan looked at Brian again.

"If there is information, I think... it should be true." Brian sighed. For the sake of the senator and for the current work, he cannot reveal his secrets. However, the formal registration of Chinese people in Tangzhou should be put on the agenda. Even if it will rebound to a certain extent, the number of these guys can no longer be allowed to grow unlimitedly.

"I need to tell London this situation!" Brian also insisted, that means that the American politics will insist... Aslan has no choice but to persecute thousands of citizens of the other party. Even though he knew it was fake, as long as he could not find evidence to prove it, the problem would still be serious. He could not decide, so he had to hand it over to London.

"Yes. But it's best not to be too long... Because if British Columbia politics make a decision first, it will be useless for us to talk about anything." Li Asheng smiled.

“…”

British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Victoria City.

Andrey Charles Alante greeted the Chinese guard guarding outside the door, pushed open the office door, and then walked in so briskly...

"Mr. Guo, when will you make a formal decision?" Guo Jinzhang sat in the office. Alante seemed to have not regarded himself as an outsider, and asked him as soon as he came in.

"What's wrong? Are you anxious?" Looking at the British Columbia governor, Guo Jinzhang smiled bitterly.

The situation was really unexpected and made him laugh and cry. Because, contrary to what many people expected outside, after being occupied by the Red Corps, the citizens of Victoria and even British Columbia did not feel much disgusted with them, the group of "invaders". On the contrary, everyone got along very well. What he didn't expect most was that after being occupied, before he could express anything, these British Columbia officials had already begun to discuss the matter of leaving Canada and incorporating them into the United States.

Is it strange?

It's indeed a bit strange. But soon he won't be surprised.

British Columbia is large, but it was even larger in the past. The territory of the United States, including Oregon and the current Tang Dynasty, used to be the territory of British Columbia. However, later, British Columbia officials handed over a lot of land to the US government for management because of their large area and poor management... This generation of management was never allowed to go back. Therefore, British Columbia finally moved its capital from north to south and to Victoria, located at the southernmost end of Vancouver Island. Of course, this is not the case.

It doesn't seem to matter if the officials in British Columbia are so proactive in discussing how to leave one country and join another country. But the problem is that British Columbia has only been around for about 13 years since joining Canada. Even after joining Canada, this province has been hovering for a long time to join Canada or the United States... It was not until McDonald decided to build a Pacific Railway that the people in British Columbia finally calmed down. And that time has not been around for less than five years!

Of course, the question of time and the lack of belonging are just the second.

The reason why these officials are so positive is actually the trigger of the Yukon region's active incorporation into Alaska.

Although the distance is not very close, British Columbia's political fu is still relatively familiar with the area they are close to... Alante and the others know that the Yukon region was not forced by the force of the Alaska National Guard, but had long wanted to incorporate it into the other party. Why? Development! Wealth!

More than a year ago, Alaska Governor Chu Si promised the Yukon that as long as they incorporated into Alaska, Alaska State Government would increase resource development in the Yukon region and build a railway from north to south, directly to Tangzhou. The Yukon region has been considering this matter, and not long ago, the Enron Energy Company established by Tangzhou State Government and others discovered a large coal mine in the Yukon region... So, after putting forward the additional requirements of a thermal power station and a city power grid, Yukon immediately agreed to Chu Si's request. As for the entry of the Alaska National Guard, it is not so much an invasion, but rather a protection required by the Yukon region under the current tension.

Yukon's performance and benefits directly led to the British Columbia political decision: as long as there are enough interests, what's the point of joining the United States? As a result, this made Guo Jinzhang embarrassed.
Chapter completed!