At that time, your coastal defense can only be a decoration."

"What should we do?"

"I have no choice but to recruit reserve troops first." Napoleon shook his head. He had no choice.

Even though he is a military god, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw.

Without soldiers, he, the military god, is nothing.

The purpose of following Murat to the Ukrainian front was to allow Murat to organize and train the reserve army to resist the Ming Dynasty's possible landing.

"We are also recruiting. The last time we mobilized, 500,000 people were already mobilized.

Now that we are still recruiting manpower, there will not be enough farmers and workers, and supplies to the front line will be delayed.

Also, the imperial finance does not support you in doing this.

We have already armed half a million people. If we arm so many more people, it will require a lot, a lot, a lot of money."

Murat's face turned a little blue.

All the main forces of the French army have been sent to the Ukrainian battlefield. In order to support this battle, France has also emptied its national treasury!

Although the Pope donated a large amount of materials and a lot of money, it was only a drop in the bucket in terms of the cost of sending troops.

If we arm another 500,000 people now, then... the French treasury may go bankrupt.

“That’s why I haven’t made up my mind yet.

But there are some things that you can't put off if you procrastinate.

The Ming Dynasty's attack will come sooner or later, most likely after they have dealt with the Arabs.

For us, there is still at least half a year.

Half a year is very tight.

You go and set up a rack first and recruit some outstanding officers.

As for funds and equipment, I plan to borrow money from the North American Territory.

By the way, the North American territory now has a new name."

"New name?" Murat's eyes widened.

"Thirteen territories in North America held a meeting in Philadelphia.

Then, the thirteen territories decided to form a federal government.

The name is the United States of America.

In short, America!"

"America? This name is a bit strange." Murat chewed on the name.

"Yeah! America.

The United States has just been founded, but its strength is already impressive.

They were continuously expanding to the west and confiscating a large amount of Indian land.

In Texas, the corn they grow is as vast as the ocean. The cattle and sheep they graze are like white clouds in the sky.

As for industry, they did not know what means to use to obtain a lot of machinery and equipment from the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, they also have many scholars.

Some of them came from Oxford and Cambridge, and they created a lot of things in the United States.

They helped design and install our power plants and telegraph equipment.

It can be said that they are the place in this world whose abilities are closest to those of Ming Dynasty.

I heard that they are already digging a canal. As long as the canal is built, supplies from the west can reach New York Harbor directly through the waterway.

Then take a boat to Europe!

The only thing they couldn't compare to the Ming Dynasty was their population and country size.

These all take time to accumulate.

The Ming Dynasty accumulated five thousand years!

I don't know how many years it will take the United States to accumulate.

That’s too far!

I am going to borrow money from the United States, but the loan is not money, but supplies.

Specifically, Americans provide us with food, various ores, weapons, ammunition, machinery, and everything else we need.

And the money needs to be repaid when we have money in the future.

As for the collateral, they are our small islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

I have calculated that thirty-one islands, including St. Lehenna, are mortgaged to the Americans.

Allow Americans to lease for a hundred years!

In this way, there will be no problem in recruiting the necessary supplies this time."

Murat was confused after hearing Napoleon's words: "Will they agree?"

Those small islands usually don’t produce much. No one takes those small islands seriously. Is the United States willing to want those small islands that don’t produce much?

Are they crazy or stupid?

"Actually, these islands are just fig leaves.

Everyone knows that these islands are not worth that much anyway.

The United States does not want the Ming Dynasty to defeat Europe. After all, in terms of religion and blood, they are closer to Europe.

In addition, the United States also hopes that Europe will hold back Ming Dynasty.

In this way, they can continue the arms business and obtain more benefits.

In other words, they actually want us to borrow money.

I sent Lucien to Washington, and the telegram sent back yesterday said that everything went smoothly.

He met with President Washington and persuaded Washington to agree to consider it.

I think they want to increase the price.

However, this matter is in line with the fundamental interests of the United States, so they will agree to it.

The only difference is how much France has paid for this matter.

You will start building the reserve army tomorrow, no matter what, we don't have much time left."

"Okay! Let's start tomorrow, no, tonight." Murat no longer cared about eating the can, drank the remaining wine in the glass, put on his hat and walked out.

Napoleon looked at the canned beef on the table, took a fork and dug out a large piece and stuffed it into his mouth.

"It tastes good, but I don't know if Daming will send some back."

"Arab!

If you want the Arabs to stop, what can you do?

Without dragging your Marines in the Middle East, how could my army have time to prepare."

Napoleon took another sip of Wuliangye, and now he found that he liked this white-eyed Daming wine.

In terms of taste, it is even better than Louis XIII.

As for the wine!

That thing is more suitable for women, or people who are half men and half women.

Men, you should still drink this stronger wine.

If it were not for the dispute over national interests, Napoleon would really like to become friends with Li Xiao. He would like to ask Li Xiao how he made Ming Dynasty rich.

He also wanted to follow in Li Xiao's footsteps and make France rich.

Napoleon was drinking at Fontainebleau, while the Battle of the Grand River was still raging.

Every time the French army took a step forward, they would encounter a tenacious counterattack by the Ming army.

Many times, a position needs to be fought for repeatedly.

Don't give up until the battlefield is full of corpses.
Chapter completed!