Chapter 149 Request in the name of the president

"What were you doing just now?"

It scares people like this.

Angelo looked at Charlotte's pitiful appearance again and couldn't help asking. Speaking of which, he was not so willing to do so, but who told Charlotte to block his life? Although he did not have such a deep hatred with the Chinese as the other party, the Chinese might not be killed when they broke through Denver, or they might be able to find an opportunity to escape, but his family business is in Denver, and he finally became a member of parliament and gave up for the other person. He was never willing to give up. The friendship between him and Charlotte was not yet deep. However, after Charlotte was handed over to the Chinese by them, he was completely disappointed... Well, although he didn't know that it was called "sweetheart", the feeling of losing all hope was really terrifying, but it was all like this. The Chinese actually scared him so much, it was really...

"I fired a shot and killed someone, what's wrong?" Guo Jinzhang looked at him and asked back.

"Kill..." Isn't Charlotte still here? Angelo glanced at the ground again, without even a trace of blood.

"The bandit leader you brought." Guo Jinzhang glanced at him again and said.

"Dennis?" Matthew was stunned and asked afterwards.

"Anyway, there are only two people, Charlotte is still there, so naturally it's that guy," Guo Jinzhang's eyes stumbled on the three of them: "Did you bring the third one, why don't you hand over it?"

"No, we didn't bring a third person," Angelo waved his hand quickly. Somehow, he suddenly felt that Guo Jinzhang's eyes were a little scary. Wherever he saw, he felt a part of his body getting cold.

"That's right." Guo Jinzhang turned around again, put an arm on Chu Si's shoulder, "Second brother, are you happy?"

"It's much better." Chu Si breathed a sigh of relief and looked at him strangely, "No wonder you escaped from prison. You don't rush to escape, you have to take revenge even if you die. So it's so happy."

"People should live happily, otherwise they would be so fun to hold on all day long, don't you think so?" Guo Jinzhang smiled.

"I hope my brothers have spirits in heaven, so I can feel better." Chu Si put away his gun, put his hands together, and bowed to the sky.

"Our condition needs to be added one more." As Chu Si also bowed to the sky, Guo Jinzhang turned around and said to Angelo and the other two.

"Another?" Angelo squeezed his thick forehead, "Your conditions are already very harsh."

"This one is not harsh." Guo Jinzhang looked at him, glanced at Charlotte, who was still kneeling on the ground and was pale, and then pointed to the direction of the valley: "I want you Denver City to build a cemetery in this valley, erect a monument, and record the whole incident clearly for me. In addition, I want each of you on the monument, including this mayor, you, Councillor Angelo, and two captains... Anyway, it is all the sentences that all people related to this confess their crimes, and must also be engraved with autographs."

"This is impossible." Matthew shouted. He wanted to erect a cemetery for the Chinese on American land, a monument, and record his confession of his crimes... Even if the Americans didn't care much about their reputation in later generations, he felt unbearable.

"Is it possible that you are discussing things yourself, it has nothing to do with me, I just want to achieve the result." Guo Jinzhang said: "How is it? How are you discussing the previous few things?"

"I, we haven't discussed the result yet." Angelo took a deep breath and said.

"There is no result yet? Then go back to the city and go to discuss with your citizens, but remember, I can only give you one day." Guo Jinzhang said.

"The time is too short." Miller stepped forward and said, "You don't know what's going on in our United States. Without a week, these things are impossible to negotiate."

"One week?" Guo Jinzhang glanced at him, "Is it too long?"

"This is because you are right next to Denver and you may launch an attack at any time. Otherwise, your conditions will not be possible even if you discuss it in the council for several months." Angelo said with a wry smile.

"After all, you just want to delay time and wait for Washington to save you." Guo Jinzhang laughed again, "But I think you may be disappointed. With the current trends of the US government, how much time do you think we can have before they find it wrong? Moreover, even if they have discovered that more than a thousand army soldiers and more than 400 militia prisoners, and more than half of these militia are seriously injured, and people are dead every day. In addition, your city and tens of thousands of people may be attacked by us at any time. Do they have the courage to continue sending troops?"

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"So, a day is enough." Guo Jinzhang sneered again, "Go back and tell your people not to have any fantasies. Otherwise, we wouldn't mind using coercive means to fulfill our requirements...but, when that time really comes, I won't be as easy as I am now."

"You..." Since we left the city to meet, Guo Jinzhang has not said such a tough word. Now that he suddenly turned a blind eye, Angelo and the other two were really uncomfortable. Matthew opened his mouth to express his indomitableness, but he didn't know what to say. Guo Jinzhang was right. At this moment, the Chinese workers have a complete advantage. Even if all the citizens in Denver have the determination to die, they may not be able to save the city, let alone they cannot make those citizens firm.

"Fourth Brother." Guo Jinzhang ignored the three of them after saying that, but looked at Chu Si again.

"What?" Chu Si asked.

"Take out the transmitter from the captive camp and bring these three people back to Denver..."

"What do you want to do?" Miller asked strangely.

"Let him report your situation to his superiors," Guo Jinzhang glanced at him, with a few contempt in his eyes: "You don't think you represent the final negotiation with us, do you? If your governor is still there and has not participated in the massacre of Chinese workers, there may be a chance, but it is not possible now... You are just a few appetizers. The real negotiations, when we negotiate with Washington, you will have a chance, otherwise, what is waiting for you will not be a good future."

"Don't deceive us. The cable has been cut off by you long ago. How could you send a telegram? You just want to send a soldier to scare our citizens." Matthew snorted coldly.

"If you want to scare you, don't be like this. At most, you can tie those army prisoners into a string and walk around your city. It will definitely be much more effective than sending people alone. I send a radio officer to make Washington believe that the reinforcements they sent are finished. Only in this way can those great masters sit down and negotiate with us." Guo Jinzhang said.

"That cable..."

"I will pick you up. There are special personnel in the captive camp..." Guo Jinzhang said lightly.

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Very fast.

Although it is embarrassing to be captured by a group of Chinese who have always looked down upon, these Chinese and white people have too much hatred. You kill me, I kill you, and I can't tell you how much blood is. So, when the Chinese people ordered themselves to repair the cables, in order to contact the outside world, the prisoners who were arranged to reconnect the cables almost completed their work as fast as they were in their lives. The whole process did not even have a rest, which made the Chinese workers in charge of surveillance unable to help but drive the operation.

I made a little change to the white people: Can these guys be so hardworking?... In this way, in just half a day, Denver connected Washington through a telegram... In fact, there was already a hurry. However, although it was urgent, it was obvious that President Hayes in the Oval Office was still a little too optimistic. So, when he learned the latest situation, he was stunned for a long time. After a long time, he barely looked at Everett who had sent the news and stammered:

"...you, you mean, Denver, Denver..."

"Mr. President..." The Secretary of State looked so sad. He understood Hayes's shock and mood, because it was the same as when he received news from Denver... They were so unbelievable, but their rationality told them that Denver would never dare to joke about such things, and no one there had the courage to play with them. Therefore, everything said in the telegram is true, and it can't be true anymore, even more so than the diamond on the crown on the Queen of England's head!

"What should we do?"

Hayes almost collapsed on the chair, and his voice was almost inaudible. He still couldn't believe it... But just a few hundred Chinese workers were only thousands of in the sky, but such a few people left him, the president of the United States, with no way to do anything. Think about it again, there are only a few cities in Colorado and how many people are there? From Pueblo, to Colorado Prince, and then to Denver... If this state capital also falls, does that mean the fall of a state? Hundreds of Chinese have captured a state of the United States of America?

"I..." Averte opened his mouth, and he didn't know what to say. Fight? How to fight? Ninety percent of the more than 1,000 regular army sent were still in the hands of the other party, and the city of Denver could be captured by the other party at any time. More than 1,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of citizens were all the bargaining chips of the Chinese. If they had to continue fighting, then what should these people do? You know, the Chinese are not afraid to kill people. They just massacred more than 3,000 white militias a few days ago. This is not the case with reinforcements from various states that were killed outside Denver. If they get angry, who can guarantee that these people will not bring these tens of thousands of white people to be buried with them? At that time, even if they win, the American people will not let them go. Besides, the Chinese will stand there stupidly waiting for them to kill? Who can guarantee that the troops they sent again will not follow the mistakes they had before?

"What are the conditions for Chinese people?" Hayes raised his head, but still covered his face, revealing only his eyes.

“They demand compensation for one million dollars and three hundred thousand acres of land…”

"What else?" Hayes looked straight at his partner. One million dollars, and 300,000 acres of land, which sounded a lot, but this was nothing. If only these two items were just, he would rather add ten times. In that case, although the money might be a little difficult, the land... America now does not lack this thing at all. Not to mention three million acres, the discount to Pacific Railway Company was more than 50 million acres, which was larger than the entire Texas. However, he did not believe that those Chinese would be so short-sighted. They only used less than a thousand Chinese workers who had just put down their work to collapse the entire Colorado. The other party must have other requirements.

"Everything in the past was written off." Everett took a breath and said again.

“Is there any more?”

"Explanation of the cause and effect of things to the whole world."

"Sure enough." Hayes rubbed his face back and forth hard, "This is a group of smart Chinese people. They understand very well what they really need."

"What should we do?" Everte asked again.

"Absolutely can't agree." Hayes shook his head vigorously, "Even if I step down because of this, I will never agree to such conditions."

"..." Eiffel nodded silently. He knew why Hayes said that. Money and land were easy to say, but what about the others? Not to mention anything else, the corpses of more than 3,000 white militia floating on the Arkansas River by Pueblo were impossible for them to write down the past with the Chinese... That was more than 3,000 white people! For decades, except for the Civil War, all the wars carried out by the Americans rarely died, and occasionally hundreds of people died was a huge event. Now this matter is still circulating in some upper classes, but this does not mean that this matter can be forever ***. Because, even if Hayes ordered this to be put into practice, it did not mean that this matter would be forever ***.

The matter is top secret. Given his unpopularity in American politics, those guys who dislike him will definitely expose this matter immediately... At that time, the anger of the American people will overturn everything. What's more, the Chinese people want them to declare these things to the world... Don't ask how embarrassing the United States will make this happen. Isn't it like telling the whole world that the United States of America is not as powerful as it shows, and is it easy to bully? Look, but a thousand weak Chinese people beat them almost all of them in one state. What's there to be afraid of? Send someone to come!

"How is the situation in Denver now?" Hayes asked again.

"It's not good." Everett replied in a deep voice: "The citizens are all afraid, afraid that the Chinese will launch another attack... Their mayor has lost his leadership ability because of his participation in the murder of the governor and was captured by the Chinese during the negotiations."

"A bunch of dirty guys." Hayes' fist slammed his fist on the desk hatefully.

"..." Everett shut up again. As Secretary of State, he knew Hayes almost right. He could do anything for the public and private, and for the sake of national interests, but no matter what he did, especially in China, everything had to be done according to the rules. Moreover, Hayes also particularly hates those things that are petty, tricks, and secret transactions... It's like Congress submitting a bill. If the members of Congress want to entrap anything, he would rather veto them all than give the other party a little chance. However, what happened in Denver has violated Hayes' principle more than once. Now it's even more amazing. The mayor actually murdered the governor... Is this something a politician can do?

"Does the Chinese have a limited time?" Hayes asked Everte after taking a few deep breaths.

"Tomorrow." Everett said in a deep voice: "At the latest tomorrow, the Chinese will reply!"

"Tomorrow..." Hayes wanted to smile bitterly, but his face was hard and he couldn't laugh at all. Tomorrow, what answer could he give tomorrow? If it was just money and land, how much would he have to be? Not to mention the land, how much would he have to be? At worst, he would go to Congress. For the sake of more than a thousand hostages and tens of thousands of American citizens in Denver, he could even get it printed. However, the Chinese not only wanted money and land, but also wanted to "write it out" and "disclose it to the whole world". One round of writing... The Chinese have killed thousands of white people and destroyed several cities. Who dares to write it out with them? Disclose the cause and effect of the matter to the whole world? That's even more unthinkable.

"Do you want to inform Congress and hold an emergency meeting?" Everet asked softly. The US president has a lot of power, but it has been greatly restricted in many aspects. The conditions raised by the Chinese are not something that Hayes alone can make a decision.

"...Don't do this for now," Hayes stood up with difficulty on the armrest of the chair. "I need to communicate with some people first and make preparations. Otherwise, something big will definitely happen."

"Who are you going to summon first?" Everte asked.

"I'll talk about this later," Hayes sighed, "Go and send me a telegram to Denver first, and use my name to... to those Chinese!"

"You..." Everte was stunned.

"Tell those Chinese, just say, I, Rutherford.b. Hayes, in the name of the President of the United States of America, ask them to give us a little more time, and say that the White House is urgently discussing the conditions they have put forward..." Hayes said softly.

"Really... do you really want to say that?" Everett asked, trembling with his lips.

"What can I do if I don't do this?" Hayes's stiff face shook, "It takes time to communicate with those people, and they are not people who can easily convince them."

"But this is helping you!" Everet almost yelled out.

"Do you think they care about the lives of people in a remote state?" Hayes glanced at him, "They only have interests in their eyes. For the sake of their interests, they can even bury the United States of America!"

"I know you're right, but this time they won't... What benefits can they get from such things? You're about to step down, what can you give them? Besides, this is not your fault at all. What can they do?" Everet asked one after another.

"I can't think of it now, but I'd rather think about things in the worst direction." Hayes sighed, "Go, my friend!... By the way, tell Ramsey, let the War Department mobilize more troops to gather in Colorado, but remember: don't get close to Denver!"

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Chapter completed!