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Chapter 449 The Kansas Civil War

Speaking of matters in North America, Dong Shuheng rarely saw a report sent back by Yangtze Security.

Because of the long distance to the local area, the Yangtze River Security in America has not sent back any news for a long time.

This report is related to a civil war that is breaking out in Kansas.

Just in the first half of this year, a small-scale civil war broke out in the newly expanded territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

This small-scale civil war is not famous in American history, but it can be regarded as the warm-up of the Civil War.

It was this small-scale civil war that caused bloodshed between the North and the South. The contradiction between them quickly intensified and became a never-ending situation that required a war.

After the 19th century, the territory of the United States expanded rapidly. In the Kansas-Nebraska region west of the Missouri River, an increasing number of people went to colonize and demanded the establishment of new states.

This area is north of 36°30′ N. According to the provisions of the Missouri Compromise (1820), it should join the Union as a free state.

However, slave owners, relying on their advantages in the government and the Senate, tried to expand plantations and animal husbandry in this area and advocated the implementation of slavery.

Because the Kansas area is the Great Plains area of ​​central America. Later Dong Shuheng knew from TV that it was the Great Plains area.

Historically, this was the habitat of Indians and American bison. White people first came to this place to hunt bison and obtain bison hides.

When they got there, they not only killed all the bison, but also all the Indians there, like a swarm of locusts.

On January 23, 1854, Democratic leader Stephen Douglas, chairman of the Senate Territory Committee, submitted the Kansas-Nebraska Act to the Senate, declaring the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 invalid.

The implementation of slavery should not be subject to any geographical restrictions; the decision of what system to implement in newly developed areas should be left to local residents or their representatives, which is the so-called "principle of civilian sovereignty."

This bill caused a four-month-long debate across the country, but was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The bill stipulates that the Kansas Territory extends to the south of 40° north latitude (Kansas and most of Colorado), Nebra.

The Territory of Scotland includes the area between the Missouri River and Canada at 40° northwest latitude.

According to the provisions of this bill, the expansion of slavery was no longer subject to geographical restrictions and continued to push to the north, accelerating the differentiation within the bourgeoisie.

Those who opposed the bill formed the American Republican Party in July 1854. The contradiction between capitalism and slavery further intensified, leading to the Kansas Civil War.

The war between the two sides began to break out among the people.

After the bill was passed, southern plantation slave owners poured into Kansas with weapons. They manipulated local votes and forcibly established slavery.

The vast majority of people in the North also spontaneously entered Kansas and formed a separate anti-slavery regime. In May 1856, plantation slave owners first attacked the free immigrants and provoked an armed conflict.

After the second half of the year, the conflict between the two sides evolved into a war.

Two state capitals appeared in the Kansas area.

President Pierce was more pro-slavery.

However, the Federation did not send troops to intervene.

The current U.S. federal standing army has less than 10,000 troops. If it were not for a foreign invasion, it would not be deployed at all.

Since the Mexican War, the Union has become more dependent on state conscripts.

Because relying on the militia of each state, the United States defeated 70,000 Mexican regular troops.

This is also the reason why the United States has not had a decent regular army for more than half a century.

At the beginning, the slave slave forces in the south did gain a certain advantage by striking first.

But because Kansas is closer to the northern states.

Soon the liberals mobilized a large number of reinforcements.

Of course, these reinforcements are not armies, they are just gunmen, or militias, hired by liberals from various northern free states.

After these people arrived, they fought in a scattered manner.

Working in small groups, they rode horses and sneaked around. They were invisible and attacked the slave plantations behind Kansas.

This caused slave owners to suffer huge losses.

The Zunfaction troops originally attacking in the front had to withdraw to protect the plantations.

This caused their forces to be too spread out, and the liberals in the north turned from defense to offense. The balance of the war once again shifted to the side of the liberals.

At this time, a southern slave owner named White found Yangtze Security in Los Angeles.

This group of Chinese mercenaries in California has already become somewhat famous in the South.

Because the route they usually take is from Los Angeles to the port city on the Gulf of Mexico in the eastern southern state.

From the perspective of the scope of activities, Yangtze Security has closer business relationships with the southern states of the United States.

At this time, the Panama Canal has not yet opened. To transport goods from the west coast to Europe, you must first take the goods to the eastern port along the land route.

However, this line has to pass through the Indian-controlled area in southern Kansas. If you go to Texas, you will encounter a large number of bandits.

Both the desert areas in the west and the great plains in the central part are now vast and uninhabited lands.

It can be said that this is a road full of dangers. However, Yangtze Security has never lost a single cargo on this route.

This group of mercenaries are not afraid of death in order to fulfill their contracts. Although most of them have Chinese faces, they are extremely skilled in combat.

Facing a group of bandits attacking on horseback, their troops could line up and shoot at each other.

Those bully American bandits have never seen such a caravan escort.

In the past, the caravan guards they encountered only dared to hide behind the carriages and shoot.

These people did not evade the siege at all. They even dared to exchange their lives with these bandits at close range.

This fearless fighting method earned this mercenary the title of "Devil Mercenary".

As long as they see a caravan guarded by yellow people, the bandits will usually stay away.

Yangtze Security's reputation in the southern United States has gradually grown.

"Zhang, someone asked us to go to Kansas to help them hunt down northern gangsters. What do you think?" Wall asked Zhang Guangshun in a castle in a valley.

A valley on the outskirts of Los Angeles was bought a year ago. This immediately eased the financial constraints of the city of Los Angeles.

After these people bought this valley, they started construction here. The project was very large and required a lot of labor.

The Los Angeles government specifically approved them to recruit Chinese workers.

After taking over, a large number of laborers were bought by this company and sent to work in the valley.

Because the Los Angeles government has turned on the street lights, no one cares how many workers the company has brought here.

At this time, a white German named Hua'er came into everyone's sight.

He is the boss of this company called Changjiang Security.

Under Hua'er's money offensive, he soon entered the upper class society in Los Angeles.

Next, California introduced a law allowing Chinese who have paid off their debts to obtain citizenship there.

Dong Shuheng has done a lot of work for this bill from the beginning. Of course, this is related to the increasing power controlled by the Chinese in California.

Bai Qiwen has been in San Francisco for a long time, and he has become an important political figure in San Francisco.

Coupled with Dong Shuheng's lobbying in Washington, California's restrictions on Chinese people were finally lifted.

However, it is still stipulated that the Chinese must first discharge their debts, but now most of the Chinese have been bought out by Bai Qiwen's company.

It couldn't be easier to get them to discharge their debts.

As soon as this decree was promulgated, Wall immediately canceled all the debts of these Chinese workers.

At this time, everyone discovered that more than 20,000 Chinese citizens suddenly appeared next to them.

Now according to the new law, these people have obtained citizenship, which means they all have votes.

Good guy, Los Angeles now has a permanent population of less than 20,000 people.

These people are all employees of Wall. According to local laws, Wall is likely to be the mayor in the next election.

Of course, there are also people who want to attack these Chinese and drive them away. In the past, these local families brought California from Mexico to the United States.

That is, the states in the United States have greater power. The current states in the United States are more like a union republic, and their power is much greater than that of the states in later generations.

In every major city in California, these large families control the local politics, economy and military, and are out-and-out local emperors.

The West at this time was just like what we saw in the movies when we were children.

In the desolation, gun-toting cowboys were riding horses and wandering outside. If they disagreed, they would draw their guns at each other.

If anyone finds prey here, he can quickly call out a gang.

Those small town taverns located in the desert and grasslands are full of drunken thugs.

After Wall entered the political arena, he also encountered difficulties from many people.

They even sent people to assassinate Wall, but Wall was more brutal than them.

Yangtze Security also maintains this special operations team, which is equipped with the latest preparations of the Renaissance Army. Due to the need for confidentiality, this team will not usually appear in front of others.

They will only perform some difficult assassination or raid missions.

Under the operation of this team, the local families in Los Angeles who were targeting Wall or Yangtze Security disappeared in an instant.

This forced the Los Angeles City Council to hold early elections.

For the first time in this election, Chinese legislators became the majority in Los Angeles.

After California joined the United States, it also learned from their system. This system is very friendly to the Chinese who now make up the majority of the local population.

Wall was promoted to the mayor's seat. Los Angeles gradually became the territory of Yangtze River Security.

With this condition, it became even more convenient for Chinese people to enter Los Angeles. Suddenly, a large number of Chinese shops appeared all over the city.

There are Chinese people everywhere on the streets. In the past, these people lived in the suburbs and would not enter the city.

There is also a Chinese consulate here. The actual function of this consulate is to manage the Chinese here.

However, although Yangtze Security basically controls Los Angeles, Zhang Guangshun still sits in the valley.

This is still the base camp and training center of Yangtze Security.

According to the custom here, Zhang Guangshun called this place the Yangtze River Fort.

The interior of Yangtze Fort is very huge, and now it has living facilities that can provide living facilities for more than 20,000 people.

There are also several simulation training grounds. There is even a small arsenal here, which produces rifled guns, revolvers, and grenades.

These are commonly used equipment by Yangtze Security in America.

Someone may ask, does the U.S. federal government not care about the Chinese influence in Los Angeles so much?

It's only 1855, and the United States has just taken over the Southwest from Mexico.

Their control here is still very weak. The major cities are still controlled by the big families in Mexico, and they have only officially joined the federation.

The Federation only stationed a small number of troops in some strategic locations.

Stationed in southern California is the Fourth Regiment of the U.S. Army Light Cavalry. There are only more than a thousand people in total, but the area they have to defend is too big.

The entire southwest border must be defended by this regiment.

A large family in Los Angeles once asked this army for help, but there was no response from them.

The U.S. military has a very small number to begin with, and they will not interfere in local internal strife at all.

At least Wall, who is in charge now, is still a white man.

"Is it what the newspapers said about the war between southern slaveholders and northern liberals in Kansas?" Zhang Guangshun asked in a seemingly ordinary office in Yangtze Fort.

Zhang Guangshun is usually calm and low-key, but everyone within Yangtze Security is very convinced of him.

Under his management, promotions, rewards and punishments within Changjiang Security are very fair. Everyone knows that Manager Zhang is the talker of Changjiang Security.

Of course, as a commander, Wall is highly respected by everyone in the company.

"Yes, Zhang, I think this is a long time. Didn't the president ask us to try our best to cooperate with the southerners?"

"Well, you are right, but now we don't know what the war between the two sides is like or how big it is." Zhang Guangshun said.

"Oh, Zhang, I happened to know some local conditions. Now those slave owners are on the defensive, because the liberals in the north have hired a large number of mercenaries, and these people are running around attacking the old plantations in the south." Hua

I had been paying attention to the war in Kansas for a long time, and he obviously saw an opportunity in it.

"Every time these northern liberals conquered a place, they would free the black slaves there. You must know that these black slaves are the most important property of these people." Wall continued.

"So, these southerners would think of hiring us. It's not just our team that went to Kansas this time, the gangs from Texas were also invited there. They are following our example."

"Believe me, the current Kansas area must be very interesting. Because we can fight freely there without any restrictions."

Wall is a fighting maniac. For more than a year, Yangtze Security has been focusing on development here in Los Angeles. There is no decent battle to fight at all, and it has already crushed him.

"Okay, we will send a thousand people there in the early stage. If we go to fight there, we must equip all the team members with war horses. If you are so eager, you should lead the team. But you are the mayor of Los Angeles now.

Can I leave at will?" Zhang Guangshun said.

"Zhang, this mayor is so boring. Don't worry, I will take care of things. Los Angeles only needs a police station and a tax bureau. And you'd better find a new mayor next year."

After Wall became mayor, the first thing he did was to replace both the police station and the tax bureau with Chinese. These were the only two armed departments in the city.

"Okay, be careful when you get to Kansas, we never fight..." Zhang Guangshun was about to give a few words of advice.

Hua Er snatched the conversation away: "Don't fight a losing battle, haha, I understand that, Zhang, I am a professional in fighting."

ps: The Civil War is coming in Kansas, is the Civil War still far away? Yangtze Security does not know whether it can trigger the Civil War to break out in advance, readers. Double Eleven has just passed, and I know everyone is in a tight situation, I am just asking for votes! No rewards.

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