Nanyang Storm 1864

Chapter 365 Two Years Later

"Your Majesty, this is an urgent military intelligence report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It contains news from the front lines in Hawaii. I respectfully invite Your Majesty to review it."

"Oh……"

King Zheng Guohui of Chu took the telegram, read it carefully, and then laughed out loud, saying;

"Yes, yes, we dealt a heavy blow to the white mercenary forces that invaded the Hawaiian Islands, killing 1331, wounding 475, capturing 954, and capturing 16 large and small ships and countless supplies.

This time they hit a wall. The Americans must be embarrassed and it’s time for them to wake up.

Convey the king's will

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered the Chinese Embassy in the United States to lodge a solemn protest with the United States, hoping that the United States would explain the armed conflict and ensure that similar incidents would not occur.

Otherwise, Chu cannot guarantee the full opening of trans-Pacific routes to American merchants and should, when necessary, implement forceful measures to safeguard the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the motherland and protect its inviolable rights and interests.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Hawaii is a ripe fruit. After this battle, more than half of the military settlers on Niihau Island can be relocated to Oahu Island and the Big Island of Hawaii.

The trans-Pacific immigration route is being prepared in full swing, and the immigration fleet will set sail soon, heading for Honolulu, more than 8500 kilometers away.

The large immigration ship with the "Great Eastern" as its core has an amazing carrying capacity and a very high immigration efficiency.

The fear that King Zheng Guohui of Chu had towards the United States had long since disappeared after an in-depth analysis.

Although the United States had just opened the Pacific Railway across the east and west coasts of North America, it would be difficult to change the sparsely populated situation in the West within eight or ten years.

It was not until 1853 that the United States expanded its territory to the Pacific coast through the Mexican-American War Treaty. Soon thereafter, the unprecedentedly brutal Civil War broke out, leaving little time for the development of the West.

In 1865, after the American Civil War, the massacre of Indians by westward-moving white people reached its climax under the Homestead Act promulgated by President Lincoln, and many Indian villages became ghost towns overnight.

During this period
There are still many powerful Indian tribes in the West, with a total number of no less than 45. These Indian tribes are the number one target of the United States Federal Army, and countless battles have been launched for this purpose.

With the cooperation of local white militia, the U.S. Federal Army launched more than a thousand military operations of varying scales. By the 1890s, it had basically completed the plan to exterminate Indian tribes.

At the end of 1869

The United States had neither the desire nor the ability to launch a large-scale military expedition to the Hawaiian Islands. Not only was there widespread opposition in Congress, but the public was also filled with strong war-weariness.

The State of Chu used various channels to influence the reporting direction of American media. To publish a commentary article in influential media outlets such as The Washington Post and The New York Daily, one only had to pay $30.

Secretly inviting all the famous experts and scholars in the United States to stand up and strongly oppose the war only costs between US$150 and US$300, and the total cost is only a few thousand dollars.

However, it was able to form an overwhelming public opinion trend, which made those American white hardliners who were determined to expand their influence lose their way and forced them to stop.

A small test of the public opinion war, and it was so powerful!
September 12th, 2025

Three kerosene tankers escorted by the Chu State's ironclad ship "Hengshan" arrived safely in Manchester, England, carrying 6000 tons of kerosene at one time, which caused a huge shock throughout Europe.

The total amount of kerosene in this batch reached more than 3 barrels, which was worth 66 pounds in the European market. It instantly lowered the price of kerosene in the European market from 26 pounds per barrel to 22 pounds per barrel, creating a strong trade shock wave.

After consultations with the chambers of commerce of Britain, France, Prussia and other countries, the goods were finally distributed in a ratio of 5:3:2, and a consortium led by Lloyds Bank of the United Kingdom took over the entire batch.

The consortium includes large institutions such as BNP Paribas, Bank of Lyon, and Prussian Imperial Bank of Berlin, and has sufficient capital repayment capabilities.

According to rumors, the wholesale price of each barrel of kerosene shipped to Europe was only 15 pounds 14 shillings, about 78 US dollars, or 78 silver dollars.

Even if sold at a price of 20 to 22 pounds, these big conglomerates can still make a considerable profit.

After this

Powerful businessmen from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the three Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and other countries flocked to London and visited the Chu Embassy in London to discuss the possibility of developing mutually beneficial trade.

For a time, many Southeast Asian specialties from the Chu State, such as sugar cane, canned syrup, copper ingots, tobacco, coffee, cocoa, etc., also came into the sight of European traders and attracted great attention.

Many countries have placed large orders with traders. The demand for goods such as sugar, copper ingots, and tobacco in the international market is very strong, and they sell as much as they can.

After trial sales, bulk goods such as high-quality canned syrup, coffee and cocoa have received wide acclaim and won many orders.

Regarding the diplomatic dispute caused by the Hawaii issue, the United States and the State of Chu held multiple rounds of consultations lasting four and a half months, and finally signed the Treaty of Honolulu on February 4, 1870.

The Treaty of Honolulu stipulates that the Hawaiian Islands and the Pacific Islands are part of the sacred and inalienable territory of the Chu State. The United States has no objection to the sovereignty of the archipelago and the Pacific Islands and recognizes the scope of the Chu State's territorial rights and interests.

The Chu State will provide basic guarantees for open and equal Pacific routes and offer necessary support in maritime rescue, meteorological services, telegraph and mail, and other related areas.

mutually agreed;

The Chu State's civilian ports, including those on the Pacific islands and its mainland, will be fully and unimpededly open to U.S. civilian merchant ships, providing a series of conveniences such as port loading and unloading and supply.

The US civilian ports, including those on the east and west coasts, will be fully and unimpededly open to Chu civilian merchant ships, providing a series of conveniences such as port loading and unloading and supply.

Both sides give each other's overseas Chinese equal national treatment in overseas Chinese exchanges, studying abroad, doing business and other exchanges, and their basic rights such as doing business, buying property and getting married are protected by law.

Both sides agreed to arrange and implement the reciprocal trade negotiations in the commercial field as soon as possible to promote the growth of trans-Pacific trade and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results between the two countries.

At this point, the turmoil between Chu and the United States over the Hawaii issue subsided, and the two countries entered a period of steady growth in bilateral relations.

In South America
The Paraguayan War, which lasted for several years, was coming to an end.

On August 1869, 8, Lopez was defeated in the northeast of Asuncion. Paraguayan President Lopez and his partner, Mrs. Lynch, continued to fight in the northeast.
On February 1870, 2, the remnants of López's army were surrounded, but he refused to surrender and ordered the execution of his mother and sisters.

On March 3, Paraguayan President Lopez was captured by the Brazilian army. He shouted, "I will live and die with my motherland!" and was hacked to death. The war ended here.

After the Paraguayan War
Argentina and Brazil occupied Paraguay for a long time, brutally exploiting and oppressing it.

In addition, 5.5 square miles of Paraguayan territory were annexed.

After this devastating blow, Paraguay's population dropped from 53 to 22, of which less than 3 were men.

Paraguay also paid huge reparations to Brazil and Argentina. Of course, the Triple Alliance also paid a huge price, with more than 10 soldiers killed or wounded in the war, a heavy price to pay.

in Europe

On July 1870, 7, Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck issued a provocative "Ems Telegram" on the issue of succession to the Spanish throne, which greatly angered the French government.

On July 7, France declared war on Prussia, but after the war began, the French army suffered successive defeats.

On September 9, French Emperor Napoleon III personally led nearly 2 French troops to surrender in Sedan, which triggered a subversive change in the European situation with far-reaching consequences.

On September 9, a revolution broke out in Paris, and the French bourgeoisie established the Third French Republic, and the Second French Empire fell. However, the Prussian army continued to advance.

On January 1871, 1, King William I of Prussia was crowned emperor at the Palace of Versailles in France, establishing the German Empire and trampling upon the dignity of France. This was a significant event in history.

The French government requested an armistice. On February 2, Germany and France signed a preliminary peace treaty in Versailles, France. After several months of arduous negotiations, a formal peace treaty was signed in Frankfurt on May 26.

In Nanyang

September 1th, 2025

After more than five years of arduous construction by more than 5 workers, the unprecedentedly grand and magnificent Chu Palace was grandly inaugurated in Manila.

The regulations of the Chu State Palace are completely different from those of the Ming and Qing Dynasty palaces. It was built based on the remaining patterns of the central axis palace complex in Luoyang City during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and was improved.

The magnificent "Seven Heavenly Buildings" are presented one by one, corresponding to the seven constellations in the sky, from south to north:
Tianque, Tianjie, Tianmen (Yingtianmen), Tianjin (Tianjin Bridge), Tianshu, Tiangong (Mingtang), and Tiantang, all the palace buildings are strictly regulated and magnificent, demonstrating the extraordinary royal dignity.

these years
The Chu royal family had abundant financial resources and was willing to spend money on building the royal palace. Some of the palace building foundations used reinforced concrete structures, which greatly improved work efficiency and shortened the overall construction period.

The golden tiles on the top of the hall are 3.2-meter-long copper tile-shaped strips produced by casting and covered with gold foil. They are always shining and will not rot for thousands of years.

This 3.2-meter-long copper tile-shaped copper strip is tightly fastened and connected to the bottom through reserved rivet holes, interlocking left and right to form a very tight roof structure.

Even if a level 12 typhoon comes, it will not be able to move the mountain at all.

In order to solve the problem of the excessive weight of the palace roof, the palace's thick columns and beams are actually reinforced concrete structures with wooden boards on the outside. All the materials used are precious.

They are made of nothing but rosewood, huanghuali, ebony, agarwood and the like. The palace is decorated with carved beams and painted rafters inside and outside, and is extremely luxurious, producing an extraordinary effect.

The King of Chu and his family of several hundred people moved out of the Ganquan Palace where they had lived for several years and moved into an unprecedentedly magnificent royal palace. Everyone from top to bottom was extremely satisfied.

(End of this chapter)