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Chapter 79 Air Force

"Yi Nan, why are you here?" Zhao Sixi hadn't seen Yi Nan for a while.

This half-grown Fuso boy has changed a lot in the past two years.

Although he is still not tall and looks thin and small, his body is much stronger.

Because the mounted police often go to the ranch to pick up horses, what Yi Man likes to do most is hang out with the mounted police.

A man learned horsemanship from these mounted policemen and learned shooting from them.

Now this skinny Fuso boy is already proficient in riding and shooting.

Si Xi had long noticed that this young man, who was usually silent, actually longed to become stronger deep down in his heart.

Maybe it’s because I was bullied with my younger sister since I was a child, so I feel insecure.

He was wearing a black cotton coat and holding a maroon horse in his hand.

His short stature can barely reach the height of a horse's back.

"Master, I'm coming back... to see my sister."

A man hesitated when he spoke, not because he didn't speak Chinese well, but because he was lying.

Zhao Sixi did not expose him on the spot.

"Okay, let's go home together."

Zhao Sixi's home is not far from the city hall.

It's only a few steps to walk back.

Zhao Sixi walked in front, and a man led the horse and followed behind with his head lowered. The two walked in tandem, slowly.

"Fourth brother!"

"Hello, Mayor Zhao!"



From time to time, people greeted Zhao Sixi on the road.

The people living in the inner city are old people who built the city. First come, first served is a reasonable thing in itself.

Moreover, the first batch of immigrants became rich first, so they were eligible to live in the inner city.

"Yi Nan, our New Zhengzhou City will soon expand its militia recruitment, and the mounted police force will also be doubled." Zhao Sixi said seemingly casually.

"Really? Master, that's great." A man seemed to have heard the news he had been looking forward to for a long time.

"Master, I..." A man just plucked up the courage to speak out his request.

Zhao Sixi interrupted him with a smile: "Let's talk about it when we get home."

After returning home, Mrs. Jiang personally came to take over her husband's coat.

One sister was taking care of Zhao Xiaobao, who was over one year old. She was so excited that her brother was back.

"I came back on time today." Ms. Jiang said with a smile, "Huh? Why did a man come back with you?"

"Don't I miss my wife and children? Every day after get off work, I feel like returning home." Zhao Sixi joked, regardless of the Fusang brother and sister beside him.

"Yi Nan, now that I'm home, I can tell you what you asked me for just now."

"Master." A man suddenly knelt on the ground.

"Hey, get up and talk. There's no need to be so formal."

"Master, a man wants to join the army. Please ask the master for permission."

According to the rules, long-term workers must obtain the permission of the family head to join the army.

Because he was originally a labor force, joining the army meant that there was one less labor force in the family.

A man also felt that he had failed his family head by joining the army.

That's why I hesitated and couldn't speak.

"I don't object to you joining the army. After all, you are fighting for our New Zhengzhou City. But you have to know that if you join the army, you will really go to the battlefield and be prepared to sacrifice at any time. But are you ready?"

"Yes, head of the family, one man is not afraid of death, and one man hopes to be a true warrior."

Which Fuso boy doesn’t have a samurai dream?

When the little girl heard that her brother was going to join the army, she had no objection. She had listened to her brother's advice since she was a child.

"My brother is going to join the army in the future. Will he not have time to see my sister?" the little girl asked pitifully with her big eyes flashing.

"That's not true. Your brother is going to be a soldier in our New Zhengzhou. He will still live here, but he can't go out of the military camp casually." Zhao Sixi smiled and comforted the little girl.

"Okay, it's time to have dinner. Let's chat at the table. One man will also stay and eat together." At this time, Mrs. Jiang spoke.





Everyone feels that the war in Northern Amelia is about to begin.

At this time, the northern states were fantasizing about maintaining the unity of the Union through compromise.

Because the northern bourgeoisie had inextricable economic ties with the south, although they opposed slavery, they were unwilling to resolve this issue through war.

They were worried that contracts would not be fulfilled and debts would not be paid off after the war broke out.

Regarding the separatist activities in the southern states, outgoing President Buchanan even adopted a resigned attitude.

This made the North's preparations before the outbreak of war very confusing and gave the South an opportunity to take advantage of it.

A large amount of money and military supplies flowed into the South, and a large number of military personnel left the federal army to serve the Confederacy.

Incoming President Abraham was aware of this problem.

But he was not too worried about the rebellion in the south.

He knew very well how far the gap between the southern states and the Union was.

By then, perhaps in just a few months, he will be able to quell the secession in the South.

Although he has not yet taken office, he is still trying to stabilize the southern states through his speeches.

Now he is also very conflicted and wants to retain the southern states through compromise.

But the southern states seemed determined to secede from the Union, and the big house of America was about to fall.

Just like what Abraham said in his famous speech "A House Divided Apart" when he was running for the Illinois Senate in 1858.

He said at the time: "If we can first understand our situation and trends, then we can better judge what we should do and how to do it. Since the beginning of the implementation of a project with publicly announced goals and full of

This is now the fifth year since the policy of the Promise of Confidence."

"This policy was intended to end the unrest caused by the slavery issue. However, in the process of implementing this policy, the unrest not only did not stop, but intensified."

"In my opinion, the turmoil will not stop until the crisis comes and is over. A house that is divided cannot stand. I believe that this government cannot remain half-slave and half-free forever.

I don't expect the Union to dissolve, I don't expect the house to fall apart, but I do expect it to stop being divided."

"It will either become one thing entirely or it will become something else entirely."

“Either the opponents of slavery checked its further extension and convinced the public that it was in the process of final destruction; or the supporters of slavery pushed it forward until it was established in all the states—whether

Old states or new states, north or south—until they are equally legal."

At that time, he publicly called for solving the slavery problem as soon as possible. However, his solution at this time was only to restrict slavery rather than completely eradicate it. This was not because he had changed his original intention, but as a mature politician, he adopted a gradual approach.

strategy of struggle.

The same is true now. Abraham is still restricting slavery and does not say that he will abolish this system.

He even said in public that slaves were the legal property of slave owners and the federal government would protect them in accordance with the Constitution.

This actually goes against his true intentions.

You know, Abraham's political idol was Thomas Jefferson.

The reason why he regarded Jefferson as his idol was because his poor background made him very sympathetic to Jefferson's idea of ​​focusing on the welfare of the whole society.

He often quoted Jefferson's famous saying: "We believe that there is a truth in the world that all men are created equal, and that God has endowed everyone with indisputable equal rights: the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to the pursuit of happiness, etc.

, In order to protect these rights, people established a government, and the government can only exercise its powers with the permission of the people."

At the same time, Jefferson's idea of ​​abolition was also very popular with him. Jefferson once said: "The relationship between slave owners and slaves is always the peak of the storm: here is crazy tyranny and tyranny, and over there is surrender that gives up dignity. Those who

The national leadership group that allows this situation to exist, allows half of its citizens to trample on the power of the other half of its citizens, and completely destroys them without any ethics or morals, should be cursed!

In addition, this situation will destroy the prosperity that trade and enterprise bring to our economy.

As long as a person owns even a slave, he will never be willing to bend down and work in hot weather. Whoever breaks the laws of nature will get retribution.

For the sake of our entire country, I say this loud and clear, whenever we think of black people, let us think of the equal rights God has given to human beings!

These famous quotes were often spoken by Abraham.

But now, no matter how Lincoln explains it, the southern states don't buy it.

The news of Lincoln's victory in the presidential election broke the peace in the South.

For a long time, Southerners have been clamoring: "As long as a Republican who is friends with blacks is elected as president, we will secede from the Union."

Southern slave owners began to secretly plot secession, among which the governor of South Carolina was the most aggressive.

He reached an agreement with several other Southern state governors through secret letters not to accept Republican leadership. Four days after the election, the South Carolina senator left the capital.

On December 20, 1860, slaveholders in South Carolina held a convention and declared that "the existing union between South Carolina and the other states under the name of the United States of America is hereby dissolved."

After this incident, Buchanan, still sitting in the White House, did nothing.

Abraham, who had not officially taken over, could only watch.

He also has to worry about forming his own political team.

There is a trend in American politics that a politician who comes to power must seek positions for friends who have supported him, otherwise he will not receive support from all walks of life.

This was a phenomenon that occurred when the civil service admissions system was imperfect at that time.

This situation still exists in contemporary America. After the president comes to power, he often appoints people who have helped him during the campaign as leaders in various aspects.

Abraham was a responsible man, and he was unwilling to recommend some unqualified civil servants to the country, even though some of them were his very good friends, even though this was a trend at the time, and even though it might affect his re-election.

"Mr. President, Mr. John Boyd is here again." The secretary walked into Abraham's room and reported.

Abraham frowned. What number is this today?

He is very busy now, and it is not that easy for the president of a country.

Recently, he has been studying autobiographies written by some former presidents.

Trying to figure out how to be a good president.

Mr. John Boyd gave him a lot of help during the election campaign.

But he knew that this gentleman had a personality defect and was not suitable to be a government official.

He doesn't think that by becoming president, he can use his government position to repay his friends.

"Kennedy, ask Dr. Henry to tell the guests that I may have smallpox and am under observation. It is not convenient to see guests for the next few days."

Abraham said to his newly appointed presidential secretary, Kennedy.

Kennedy is the surname of this secretary, and the family with this surname is a large family in America.

A very strange thing is that more than a hundred years later, a man named Kennedy became president, and his secretary was named Lincoln.

The endings of these two presidents are also very similar.

"President, isn't this good?" Kennedy knew that the president was a man of high moral standards.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t stay in such a cheap hotel.

"It doesn't matter. It's just a white lie. I don't want to cause trouble to others because of my attitude. They are all my good friends."

Kennedy knew he could not convince the president.



At the same time, Xinjing has begun its annual celebration of the New Year.

Dong Shuheng took his family to watch the gala.

During the past few days at the end of the year, he either attended celebrations or went to various units to express his condolences.

Visiting relatives and friends is the main theme during the Spring Festival.

As soon as the Spring Festival ended, Dong Shuheng entered a busy working state.

He first went to the airship base in Xishan.

The first batch of "Kunpeng" type-1 airships officially entered service.

Dong Shuheng watched the take-off and landing demonstration of the airship from the viewing platform.

The most important thing is that this time the airship flew with live ammunition. One of the links was a bomb-dropping demonstration.

Next to Dong Shuheng was a young officer wearing a blue military uniform.

What he carried on his shoulders was a rank of colonel.

This man's name is Liu Pengfei, and he is one of the first batch of hot-air balloon pilots in the Renaissance Army.

The Renaissance Army had its own hot air balloon for a long time.

It was originally used to observe the enemy's situation on the battlefield, or to correct the firing parameters of artillery.

Liu Pengfei was among the first soldiers to fly to the sky in a hot air balloon.

At that time, he was still a refugee boy who had just joined the army.

Let him get on the hot air balloon just because he is not afraid of heights.

Liu Pengfei's hometown is in the Dabie Mountains, and their village was originally on a cliff.

Liu Pengfei has been climbing up and down the mountains since he was a child. Liu Pengfei is not naturally afraid of heights.

He fell in love with the feeling the first time he took a hot air balloon to the sky.

In 56 AD, the Renaissance Army attacked a mountain city of the Qing Army.

Because the terrain is so dangerous, it cannot be conquered even with artillery.

It was Liu Pengfei, the captain of the hot air balloon squadron at that time, who came up with a bold idea.

He had people put some cannonballs with extended fuses on the hot air balloon.

Then, after checking the wind direction, he took a soldier and untied the cable from the hot air balloon.

The hot air balloon flew just above the city.

He dropped the bomb based on his instinct.

Although the results were not many, they greatly frightened the Manchu and Qing defenders in the city.

This ultimately led to the surrender of the city's defenders.

It was this battle that made Liu Pengfei famous. Dong Shuheng personally gave him the name Pengfei.

The original name Liu Erdan has become history. Now everyone only knows Liu Pengfei, but not Liu Erdan.


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