Chapter 302: , Unintentionally cut willow

Then, the technicians were transferred to the two countries to conduct basic inspections and factory selection. Of course, this is not a short-term thing. Whether it is Dongluo or Luluo, the administrative efficiency is not high, especially for the sick man of Sia, the administrative efficiency is absolutely low enough to die a sloth.
But these two contracts are a signal, a signal of an upgrade of the European arms. Just after the news came out that the Bonaparte Arsenal and Russia and Turkey successively signed the transfer of a part of the technology and helped them build a new arsenal, the whole of Europe moved.
Both Joseph and Napoleon thought that Austria would be the first person who could not sit still and move. Because in the Balkans, the contradictions between Shenluo, Tungluo, and Luluo were so great, it is logically impossible for Austria to watch that. The two guys broke the balance of power.
However, to their surprise, the first person to come to the door turned out to be an American.
In fact, the Americans came here not to talk about the factory, but to talk about the "special interests" of the United States in "New Orleans."
The representative sent by the Americans was their Foreign Secretary Robert Livedon, who was also the first US Foreign Secretary. From this candidate, we can see that the Americans value his mission.
New Orleans is at the mouth of the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River is the third largest river in the world in terms of drainage area. Many territories and territories of the United States are located next to this river or its tributaries.
The Mississippi River flows through the area with fertile soil and is a good agricultural area. At this time, the US industry had not yet started very much, and the economy was still mainly an agricultural country. The Mississippi River Basin is the most important agricultural region in the United States.
The agriculture of the United States is different from the agriculture of a large eastern country. The agriculture of a large eastern country has always been for the purpose of feeding itself, but the agriculture of the United States has been for the purpose of making money from the beginning. Fertile and vast land allows the United States to produce far more food than it needs, and the most important use of this food is to export it for money.
In this era when there is no train, there are only two ways to transport goods from the mainland. One is to rely on inland waterway shipping, and the other is to rely on heavy-duty carriages. It's just that the latter basically only applies to things with a smaller quantity and a higher unit price. Basically, the transportation of food can only rely on inland waterway navigation.
The Mississippi River is a very suitable river for navigation. Its main stream can be sailed from the mouth of the river to Minneapolis, and the channel is 3,400 kilometers long. In addition to the main stream, there are about 50 tributaries that can be navigable. The length of the channel with a water depth of more than 2.7 meters is 9,700 kilometers. Using the water system of the Mississippi River, in theory, it is very easy and very cheap to transport agricultural products to the beach, ship them to Shanghai, and sell them to Europe to make money.
However, the Mississippi River was not completely controlled by the Americans. A long section of the river and the most critical entrance to the sea were in Louisiana. As for the entrance to the sea, it is New Orleans.
During the Spanish rule of Louisiana, the Americans took advantage of Spain's decline and signed the "Pinkney Treaty" with the Spanish, thus obtaining the right to navigate the entire Mississippi River and use the port facilities of New Orleans.
To be honest, the "Pinkney Treaty" is not fair to Spain, because the toll paid by the Americans is completely symbolic, and these rights are almost in vain.
But now, the "Pinkney Treaty" is about to expire, and the owner of Louisiana is replaced by France, the situation is different. The French are much stronger than the Spaniards. Like the Mississippi River, New Orleans is controlled by the French. For the United States, it's like a certain part has been caught in the hands of others.
At the beginning, the Americans hoped that by instigating and supporting the independence of Santo Domingo, the French would lose a key fulcrum in the Americas, and then they would find a way to solve this problem.
In the original history, Robert Livetton came to France after Napoleon’s expeditionary force suffered a decisive defeat in Santo Domingo, and made the proposal to the French to buy New Orleans. After the loss of Santo Domingo’s fulcrum, coupled with the tense situation in Europe, a war could happen at any time. Napoleon had to accept the American’s advice and even sold the entire Louisiana to a low price. American. (In fact, if you sell New Orleans, Louisiana will not be able to sustain it after losing its outlet.)
But now, the French have basically solved the problem through negotiations with Dusan Louvidour, and the "Free Trade" has shown amazing combat effectiveness in the battles during this period. In two battles, it was eliminated. Up to a third of the U.S. Navy. Therefore, the Americans don’t even mention the suggestion of buying New Orleans. Now the Americans come here to talk about how to continue to let Americans use the channel of the Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans.
This kind of thing is not difficult to talk about. Although France has begun to operate immigration activities to North America, and has also sent some Europeans to North America, it is far from the time to turn face with the Americans. North America is an important market for European industrial products, especially French industrial products. It can't live with anyone or money.
Conversely, the Americans actually don't want to turn their faces with the French. On the one hand, it is because of pressure from the United Kingdom. On the other hand, it is also because of offending France, it is difficult for American agricultural products to enter the European market.
Therefore, whether in the original history or in this time and space, although the US Navy and the French Navy have played out their minds in the Caribbean Sea, the two sides have never declared war, and the merchant ships of both sides can still be peaceful. They went to the other’s port to do business, and even watched the two navies fight.
In this time and space, even the "Free Trade" destroyed the "U.S." super cruiser in the waters near New Orleans. People in New Orleans, whether they were French, Spanish, or Americans, witnessed this with their own eyes. Everything, then, and what should everyone continue to do, the American merchant ships still go in and out of New Orleans.
Therefore, it is not difficult for Americans to continue to obtain the right to use waterways and ports, but it will be difficult for Americans to have almost unlimited restrictions like the Spanish rule. But since the plan in Santo Domingo has failed at least temporarily, the result at sea is not favorable to the United States. Although the "Free Trade" has left the Americas, the huge shadow she left on the young US Navy is not so easy to disperse. So we can only talk about the deal honestly.
In addition to the right to navigate the Mississippi River and the right to use the port of New Orleans, Robert Levitton also had a task to purchase steel artillery from France.
When the French held the Pakistan Fair, the Americans also saw the steel front-mounted rifled gun displayed by the French. However, because it was too expensive, and the United States also had its own artillery companies, if large quantities of such artillery were purchased, it would harm the interests of domestic producers. Therefore, the Americans did not buy large quantities of such artillery at the time, but rather the British. The same, I only purchased a few doors in a small amount, and then shipped them back for testing, and let my arsenal try to see if I could copy them.
However, the most difficult things in reverse development in the world are generally these two, the same process and the same material. In the process of copying the French steel cannons, the British mainly encountered the second problem, the first problem, for the British, the problem is not particularly big. However, the technical level of the Americans is not comparable to that of the British. Therefore, Americans have encountered both of these two problems, and there is currently no solution.
Fortunately, there were no steel cannons here in North America, and everyone didn't have any good things in their hands. Therefore, the Americans didn't feel too much pressure to change their bronze cannons to steel cannons. Although various tests have proved that the performance of the steel gun, both in accuracy and power, far exceeds that of the bronze gun.
But this situation quickly changed. First, the "Free Trade" used a steel cannon to hang the "US" and "Congress" from a safe distance. One of the conclusions drawn by the Americans for this battle is that there is no steel cannon. In the future naval battles, it will be similar to no cannon~EbookFREE.me~ Then the French army in Louisiana also began to equip steel cannons. Of course, this is not the most damnable situation. The most damnable situation is that even Canadians have begun to equip steel cannons. Even some time ago, in a conflict with the Dakota Indians, the Americans also seized one. It may have been developed by the British with a 1.5-inch caliber light steel cannon (the French refused to make weapons of this caliber since they invented the metric unit). This gun can even be carried by two people, and two horses can pull it away, but the range and power of the shells it fires far exceeds the American 6-pound and 8-pound guns. .
So Robert Livetton came to France to order more steel artillery from France. Although the domestic arsenal is very dissatisfied with this, the situation is pressing.
However, as soon as he arrived in the United States, Robert Livetton discovered that the French were actually willing to sell companies that could produce such artillery. This is really... Robert Livetton calculated the two major problems. The material problem is still unsolvable, but at least the process problem is not a problem!
Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the domestic arsenal can continue to live by introducing such technology, and he can also get more support.
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