After a year of civil war, the federal government paid more than 200,000 casualties, and the cruel casualties made the soldiers feel war-weary.

This was just a civil war, not an invasion by foreign enemies. The agitated patriotism had long been exhausted in the blood and fire.

Not only the western states that have not completed the recruitment task, but also the core states of the federal government, are facing difficulties in recruitment.

So far, the total federal government's total strength has exceeded 1.1 million, but it is still not enough.

The battle states or federal states near the battlefield will give priority to ensuring their own safety. It is difficult to coordinate and cooperate on the battlefield, and it is difficult to play the role of military strength advantage.

These problems are unsolvable problems. Officials in each state are elected. If the safety of the state cannot be guaranteed, voters will be able to let them get out.

From a big perspective, people who are not yelling slogans without any pain. When it comes to their own interests, whether it is capitalists, politicians, or the people, they all choose the most beneficial approach to themselves.

Secretary of State Saffar hurriedly broke into the president's office and said, "His Excellency the President, something is not good.

Illinois sent another telegram for help, claiming that if the federal government did not send reinforcements, they would withdraw from the war."

Exit the war? Don’t doubt that the federal states dare to be so willful. In order not to turn their homes into ruins, you can surrender, let alone just withdraw from the war?

Anyway, this is a civil war, and there is no way to kill them. As long as Illinois announces its withdrawal from the war, the South will no longer attack them.

But in this way, the federal government will be over. Now, as long as there is a leader, it is likely to form a chain reaction.

It is right for capitalists to want markets and cheap raw materials, but the prerequisite is not to put themselves in. If their own industries are on the front line and the enemies are invading, then it is not a bad idea to compromise.

You can't just accompany your family business for the benefit of the class, right? It's impossible for the federal government to replenish these losses.

After hearing this news, Lincoln was so angry that he threw out the documents in his hand and cursed: "These gangsters actually threatened us!"

Then it was a pity that he had to accept the threat.

Maryland and Ohio almost all fell, Indiana was left with only one-third of Kansas. If Illinois withdrew from the war, the manpower advantage of the northern government would no longer exist and would strategically fall into a passive state.

After a moment of silence, Lincoln slowly spoke, "I decided to implement the Homestead Law immediately to win over the people who are eager to obtain land."

Secretary of State Safar said in a cold tone: "Are you sure you have already thought about it, not a moment of impulse? If you take this step, you will never look back."

Lincoln said firmly: "It has come to this point. If I can't win this war, I'm afraid my ending will be even worse!

Since that's the case, why not take a gamble? Apart from implementing the Homestead Law, I can't think of any other way to solve the problem of insufficient troops.

Just look at the Austrians. In just one year, they fooled us away more than 200,000 immigrants, almost catching up with the number of immigrants we immigrated from Europe in a year.

Of course, we can't do anything bad, leaving them a back door, so as not to get anxious."

Secretary of State Safar nodded. He and Lincoln were already tied together, and no one could escape if they were unlucky. Of course, he was not the president, so he was the only one who was the one who had a hatred.

Forced by the need of war, Lincoln issued the Homestead Law on May 1, 1862, and the dilemma of insufficient troops in the northern government was resolved.

The House Land Law stipulates that: "A citizen of the United States who is a head of a family or over 21 years old who has never participated in the rebellion can register to receive a total of no more than 160 acres (1 acre = 0.40 hectares) of residential land after taking the oath to obtain land for the purpose of reclaiming land and paying a fee of USD 10.

The registrant can obtain a land license and become the owner of the residential land if he lives on the residential land for 5 years.

The Homelands Act also provides a compensation clause that if the registrant applies for priority purchase, it can be purchased after 6 months at a price of USD 1.25 per acre."

The previous content is mainly to win over the people who want to obtain land. Although it is not stated explicitly, this is also a copy of the land of military merit.

To be loyal to the federal government, you must serve in the military. This also includes the meaning of the people of the southern states. It is very simple to prove that they have not betrayed the federal government, just go to the battlefield to fight the rebels.

The federal government's approach to using land to buy people to fight on the battlefield is undoubtedly a harm to the interests of the land price interest groups.

The subsequent compensation clause is the back door left for them. However, due to the time and the amount of land registered by each person, the difficulty of operation has increased.

The "Houseland Law", which was known as the turning point in history, has a natural effect. The recruitment points that were originally beyond the reach of everyone, are now lined up again.

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Compared with the shortcomings in the army, the results achieved by the federal government in the navy are much greater. Of course, the area controlled by the Confederate government now has hundreds of ports, and with the naval strength of the federal government, it is naturally impossible to block it.

However, they still did a great job. About 10% of the ships leading to the Confederate government were caught in 1861.

Don’t think that this number is small. In fact, it is not easy to achieve this with the strength of the US Navy.

The Royal Navy, which was pulled aside, often appeared and often transported cotton, and the British fleet was staring at the Federal Navy not far away.

The problem is that you can win if you fight or not, but you can't fight at all. Britain, France, Olympiad has reached an agreement on interfering in the American Civil War, and once a war begins, you will fight four.

What the countries are short of now is an excuse to convince civil war. Under this background, it is already very difficult for the Federal Navy to achieve such achievements.

In order to break the blockade, the Southern Government also formed a navy. Because of the huge gap in the number of warships between the two sides, the Southern Government secretly built ironclad ships. At this time, the Northern Government was also building ironclad ships.

In March 1862, the navies of the north and the south fought desperately in Hampton, kicking off the ironclad war.

Unfortunately, the Americans' naval artillery technology was not very good. The Southern Army's "Merrimack" fired against the Northern Army's "Monet", and both sides achieved any results.

Against this backdrop, the Austrian Ocean Fleet visited the Confederate Government at the end of May 1862.

Earl Hummel and President Jefferson Davis had friendly exchanges and reached an agreement on strengthening bilateral trade cooperation, mainly labor export services.

On June 7, 1862, the two signed the "Labor Introduction Treaty", which stipulates that in the next ten years, the Confederate government will introduce three million workers from the Austrian colonies, and the Southern government will bear all immigration costs and pay the Alipay 60 Alipay per person.

There is no doubt that this is a big business. The prerequisite is that the Southern government can only fulfill the treaty if it wins this war.

In order to win over Austria, the southern government also invested a lot.

This is decided by the fist. Don’t look at the Austrian Ocean Fleet with only more than 70 warships, but there are five ironclad ships here, which is the most powerful fleet on the East Coast.

Earl Hummel proposed: "His Excellency President, I think you need a strong navy to suppress the fleet of the Northern government and ensure the smooth flow of overseas trade."

Hummel is not the first to promote warships. All the major naval powers in Europe have sold warships to the southern government, and the Confederate government has ordered a lot, but unfortunately, far-reaching water cannot quench near thirst.

Jefferson Davis replied in a lack of interest: "Yes, Lord Earl, we have ordered a lot of warships in Europe, but they cannot arrive in a short time."

Earl Hummel smiled and said, "Your Excellency the President, you need to be in stock, and ordering warships is too slow. The battlefield changes thousands of times, and time is life.

If the upper hand is your country's navy now, then this war may be over. As long as you block the overseas trade of the states in New England, the northern government will have to compromise."

President Jefferson Davis's eyes lit up. He heard the implication of Earl Hummel, and asked incrediblely: "Do your country intend to sell this fleet?"

Earl Hummel replied affirmatively: "Under normal circumstances, we will not sell active equipment, but exceptions can be made to friends."

After a little thought, President Jefferson Davis said cautiously: "Hissus Earl, you offer the offer, we will not let our friends suffer a loss!"

There is no way, even though he knows he will be slaughtered, he has to propose it. No matter how expensive the price is, the ships intercepted by the northern government will not suffer much loss.

On the surface, these ship losses are capitalists, but in fact, these losses are borne by the southern government. The blockade of the northern government has raised prices in southern states and restricted commodity exports.

The most typical example is that in order to ensure sufficient speed and escape the pursuit of the northern navy, merchant ships have to leave a large number of empty warehouses. When encountering the northern navy, they often have to throw the cargo on the ship into the sea to reduce the weight to increase the speed.

Earl Hummel quoted: "      46 million ASUS, Ocean Fleet is packaged for sale, with ammunition that can carry out the Third World War. We provide free training services."

This is a sky-high price, with 46 million ASUSs equivalent to 23 million pounds. If you just calculate the cost of building a ship, you can build a Royal Navy.

Of course, £23 million is definitely not enough to buy a Royal Navy, even if it doubles, it is not enough. Building a Royal Navy from scratch is not enough, £100 million is not enough.

The Royal Navy relies on not only warships, but also a series of supporting facilities, a huge industrial chain, and well-trained soldiers.

These are not available to the Southern government, nor are they available to the Northern government. Before the outbreak of the Civil War, the number of US Navy was only 10,000, and the Southern government's navy was only composed of retired personnel and merchant sailors.

It can be said that the quality of naval officers and soldiers from both the north and the south is one of the best in the world, but they are just counting backwards.

Jefferson Davis thought for a while and said, "Your Excellency Earl, your offer is too high. Otherwise, we will hire the ocean liner to fight. As long as we suppress the Northern Navy in the port, we will pay a commission of 46 million Syrian shields."

Hummel shook his head. He didn't dare to take on such a business. Don't think that it's very easy to suppress the Northern Navy in the short term, but in fact, the major shipyards of the Northern Government are laying dumplings. The later the Northern Fleet will be larger.

If the Southern government cannot win this war within one year, the strength comparison between the two sides will change. Even if it depends on the number of people, the Northern government will gain an advantage.

If you hope to eliminate the enemy in naval battles, don’t dream. Can’t you win if you can’t win? After entering the port, if you have the cover of the shore artillery, you will be helpless.

Unless the Southern government is willing to hand over the army to Austrian command, there is still some hope. At worst, it will be possible to land in Canada and prick the Great Lakes area.

I guess the British don't mind being blind once. Anyway, John is thick-skinned and can act like a scoundrel.

"Sorry, we are neutral and cannot participate in the war."

Jefferson Davis was only about to roll his eyes. Which neutral country is so popular to sell arms? You have done everything you can and cannot do except not go to the battlefield in person.

Just think about these complaints, but it will be too sad to say them. No matter what, the Austrians still support them and are considered half of their ally.

"     25 million ASCH, you can get at least twice the profit at this price."

This is estimated by Jefferson Davis based on the ex-factory price of the Southern Shipyard, which defaults to the capitalist's profits and adds ocean-going expenses.

Hummel calculated and said, "Your Excellency the President, if you are doing business, the price cannot be negotiated during the normal period, but now it is an extraordinary period. There is no profit of more than twice, even if it is a loss-making transaction."

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On July 1, 1862, Austria signed a military purchase agreement with Nicaragua, and the Vienna government sold the ocean fleet to the Nicaraguan government for 38 million Syrians.

When the news came, the Americas were in an uproar, and many people were surprised. Nicaragua had the money to buy the Ocean Fleet?

Before everyone could come back to their senses, on July 5, 1862, the Nicaraguan government transferred the giant fleet to the Southern Government at the same price.

Of course, the result of the fact that Earl Hummel agreed to accept half of the bonds. In order to bind Austria, the southern government also tried its best.

The news has not reached Vienna yet, but Austrian shipyards are already busy.

The old ones don’t go to the new ones. Since we want to sell warships, Franz cannot make the Austrian Navy have no warships available, so we naturally have to build new ones.

In the future, if we want to interfere with the American Civil War, we still need the navy, and overseas colonization is also inseparable from the navy. It is estimated that when the news of the transaction is sent back to Europe, new warships will be about to enter service.
Chapter completed!