"His Majesty, the Emperor of the American Empire, I, the Minister of the Navy in the South, will give you a special invitation..."

McLaury, the Secretary of the Navy of the Confederacy of the United States, came from afar, but after asking for Emperor Li Mengyang in New York, he humbly handed a post.:.../

Invitation? What kind of invitation is it?

...

It was November 25, 1869, and it was the fourth Thursday of November, but unfortunately, there was no festive atmosphere in the whole United States now.

Thanksgiving? What the hell is this?

It is clear that all Americans will answer this way, and if you explain it to them again, Thanksgiving is to thank the Indians who gave white food to Mayflower, which will definitely attract loud ridicule.

There are also such festivals? It's so fucking hypocritical! How many Indians have we killed? We are so grateful to them? Hahaha...

The above things happened in the mind of the Emperor of the New Tang Empire in the United States. Of course, he didn't really ask, but this must have happened. There is no Thanksgiving at all now, and everyone doesn't have to be so hypocritical to thank the Indians. It would be nice if those white people didn't ask for trouble with the Indians.

So today, why does His Majesty Li Mengyang think about this? Could it be because of time?

It’s really not. This day is a reason, but the main reason is that the Emperor Li Mengyang has nothing to do now!

Why is this? Isn’t the emperor Li Mengyang very busy now? He has taken so much territory, various government affairs, and a market economy. Don’t he, the emperor, do you have to do all these?

That’s right, just talk about the market economy theory. No one knows it now. Li Mengyang can’t watch it, but now he really can’t watch it, or there is no way to work because he, the emperor, is on the ship now!

Yes! It's on the San Francisco!

There is no radio these days. Although His Majesty the Emperor proposed this thing and now there is theoretical support. It seems that Faraday mentioned it, but this thing is not that easy to make.

Li Mengyang naturally couldn't handle any government affairs. He could only look at the scenery on the boat...

"Your Majesty! Williamsburg is here!"

Samuel DuPont, the Imperial Rear Admiral, basically doesn't leave this giant steel ship now. He really likes it very much.

"Your Majesty, I'm not going down." Of course, Erikson, the old drunkard, was also on the boat, and he also liked it tightly. When the boat was just built, the old drunkard poured a lot of fine wine. In order to celebrate, he almost died of drunkenness.

"Okay. Be careful not to drink too much." For Erikson, the emperor Li Mengyang is still very generous. After all, he is an old man who started with him. Moreover, this old guy is really very unique. In addition...

This is Williamsburg, which is only twenty miles from Richmond, the capital of the Confederate Confederacy!

Why did the emperor Li Mengyang come to the Confederacy? Is it said that the south is going to surrender?

Let's surrender, there is no one yet. Isn't Li Mengyang just here to discuss this matter this time? The invitation from the previous one.

You can't tell the invitation sent by McLaury, the Secretary of Navy. It's quite formal, but the content in this invitation is interesting.

The Confederate government wants to invite Li Mengyang, the American Emperor, to Richmond to negotiate a peace agreement...

Simply put, this is the content, but everyone knows it. As the saying goes, there is no good banquet, and there is no good meeting. Although the south and the empire seem to be in peace on the surface, are they going to make something happen?

You should know that the south is independent because of the abolition of slavery, while the empire. Li Mengyang issued the "Declaration of Equality", which is a huge conflict, that is to say, it is very dangerous!

Go or not?!

The invitation has been read by the senior officials of the Natural Empire, so everyone naturally has to discuss the question of whether to go or not. As a result, most senior officials suggest that you should not go, Your Majesty the Emperor.

Simply put, there is danger and there is no need for this. Our empire is now full of momentum, and the United States has been beaten to death. What is the Southern?

That's right, if the Southerners don't agree to surrender, just fight one. What can we do? Will our empire be afraid?

It should be said that for this invitation, Li Mengyang immediately thought of one thing, that is, re-qing negotiations!

It’s a bit like it, but at that time, Bullock Jiang was a great man. He sent a telegram to invite the whole country and created a great momentum, which means, ‘If you don’t come, you will destroy peace’… But it’s a pity!

Yes, Li Mengyang decided that he was going to the south to negotiate!

Once this decision was made, it goes without saying that most of the officials of the empire opposed it, but Li Mengyang insisted on his own opinion.

Why are you so persistent?

There are two main points. The first point is very easy, and Li Mengyang will not tell it. Although some people know it, of course it is because of Eleanor.

Eleanor is now in the south, she is from the south. If the Empire fights with the South, how can Li Mengyang face Eleanor?

Moreover, when the two parted in Washington, Li Mengyang swore to the sky that they would bring peace to the south.

Well, this is a personal reason. It seems that Li Mengyang loves beauty but not the country anymore, but it is not.

This is the second point. The empire actually has a lot of "investment" in the south.

Well, the origin of these investments is quite suspicious, but from a legal perspective, they are all from the empire. So what if the war between the two sides starts and the Southerners refuse to admit it all at once?

So, no matter from which perspective, the Empire and the Confederacy can solve problems in a peaceful way, which is the best, and it is definitely in the interests of all parties.

After explaining these principles, of course, it is mainly the "investment" of the empire. Naturally, it convinced the empire officials, and then this question comes. How did Li Mengyang, the emperor, go?

I will go after you send an invitation? Then don’t I seem to have a low status?

That's right, everyone has to talk about the conditions and talk about each other's conditions, but the message is now very slow. The telegram between the Empire and the South has not yet been communicated. In the past, at least everyone had to maintain a state of never-ending relationship on the surface. So, this is November, which is quite a bit slow.

But there is a certain amount of operational space here. The key is where His Majesty the Emperor goes!

Richmond?

This is the capital of the south. How dangerous it is there, can you go?

So we have to find a relatively neutral place. Of course, it is impossible to be this side of the empire, that is, the original territory of the United States, because this seems to be lacking in sincerity. So after discussing for a long time, we finally settled in the place of Williamsburg.

Williamsburg. This place is also very famous. In the early days of the American Civil War, there was a Peninsula Battle in 1862. This was Robert Lee's highlight moment. In this battle, he drove McClellan away. As for the war, it was naturally constant. However, now the United Zha is gone, and Williamsburg belongs to a military station in the eastern part of the Peninsula.

The San Francisco entered from Norfolk military port and drove west carefully for more than an hour, and it was almost done. The reason for choosing this place was that His Majesty the Emperor gave a reason.

"My boat is too big, and I can't get in further west. The James River channel is too narrow!"

For this reason. When I first came to the south, the decision-making team in the south felt a little puzzled, and even absurd, but...

"O my God!"

"This thing in front of you, this, this..."

"Who can tell me? Am I right?"

"How could there be such a monster?"

The harbor of Williamsburg is quite average. The San Francisco cannot stop in the harbor at all and can only break down outside. Fortunately, the water marks nearby have data on the United States. Dalgren has fought a war here before, otherwise, the San Francisco is in danger of being stranded.

But despite this, when this imperial steel beast appeared in front of the Southern Dicks, they were deeply shocked!

"..." Robert Lee, the supreme military commander in the south, was naturally in Williamsburg. He was an important member of the negotiations. Fortunately, he was extremely steady at ordinary times, otherwise he would have been inexplicably shocked like others.

But it's really scary!

"Father! This battleship, this is simply..." George Washington Castice Lee, as Robert Lee's eldest son, was also an important official of the Southern government at this time, so naturally he came together. When he came, then the President of the South, Jefferson Davis, naturally came too.

"Lee, my old friend, it seems that our idea is right." President Davis turned a blind eye to his adjutant's performance. He cared more about Robert Lee's opinion.

"I hope peace will come to Dixie as soon as possible." Robert Lee said this. Obviously, he was somewhat grateful that his daughter was in love with the emperor, so we would probably not have to fight.

At this moment, a small steel warship sailed to the dock, and then a loud military roar rang!

"The Emperor of the New Tang Empire in America! Great home! Great strategist! Great military strategist! Great scientist! Great composer! Great painter! Great poet!... as dazzling as the sun! As kind as friends, Clint. Meng Yang. Lee I! Coming to Virginia! all-hail-lee!"

I only heard one person shouting on the bow of the boat, and then...

“all-hail-lee!”

All the emperors on the small ironclad ship saluted and shouted, maybe they were not many, but their momentum was extremely majestic!

Just as he was so loud, a young man wearing a luxurious black military uniform and embroidered with a golden dragon walked down the steel escalator! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!