Chapter 2806: Free lottery

The core content of the abolition plan issued by the Continental Congress can be summed up in one word-redemption.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Continental Congress is neither willing nor daring to touch the core interests of the slave-owners in the south. Under pressure from all parties, they have to actively abolish slavery. Black slaves were bought at high prices from slave owners.
However, the problem now is that the financial situation of the Continental Congress has been stretched, and the funds raised from the issuance of bonds are not enough to buy artillery, guns and ammunition. Where can I have the remaining money to redeem slaves?
In order to finance the redemption of black slaves in the army, the representatives of the Continental Congress held a meeting for another week. Finally, thanks to the ingenuity of the financial commissioner David Kaufman, he proposed a brainstorming plan.
According to this proposal, the Continental Congress will create a special "Committee to Promote the Abolition of Slavery," which will be responsible for issuing public welfare lotteries.
Most of the funds raised from selling lottery tickets will be used to promote the abolition of slavery in the New World, such as issuing posters and publications promoting the abolition of slavery, raising funds to redeem slaves and donating land.
This is the so-called "free lottery"!
When Qiao An read the report about the "Free Lottery" in the paper, he couldn't laugh or cry.
The kind of public welfare lottery proposed by Mr. Kaufman is indeed very creative, but trying to use this method to achieve the abolition of slavery... is too funny.
In fact, people know in their hearts that the "free lottery" is not reliable. It is just superficial work and cannot solve practical problems.
The delegates of the Continental Congress also knew well that the "free lottery" was indeed unreliable, and they also knew that others knew that their approach was unreliable, but they still pretended to do it as a reliable and serious thing. .
This group of self-deceiving bureaucrats has done a lot of superficial work, only to relieve the pressure from the public opinion and allies, and has no intention of eradicating the cancer of slavery.
After hearing and witnessing this dumbfounding farce, what else could Qiao An say except a sigh?
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In mid-May 1627, Isaac Hook led his troops to fall to the enemy, causing General Charles Gates and his Continental Army Southern Unit to be almost completely wiped out in the First World War in Prince Port.
The Feizhen army rested in Prince Port for more than a month. On June 23, 1627, Earl Winthrop set out from Prince Port with his troops directed at Leiden Port, the capital of Alfheim.
Compared with when they went south in early April, Earl Winthrop's army has grown a lot in these two months.
In addition to the 20,000 Fibonacci troops brought from the north, they also joined the cavalry division of General Hook, and the "Freedom Corps" composed of more than 5,000 liberated slaves, plus those from Kaludon Island. The hill giant mercenary group, the naval fleet patrolling south along the coast of Scimitar, has a total strength of more than 40,000. It can be described as strong and powerful!
This mighty army swept the colonial villages and towns on the east coast of Alfheim all the way from north to south. It was invincible and invincible!
In fact, due to the great disparity in power, most villages and towns did not have the courage to resist Feizhen’s invaders. The army surrendered as soon as they approached. As for the local hard-line revolutionaries, they dragged their families and fled early. I took refuge in the south.
The original destination of these exiles was Leiden, the capital of the Alfheim colony. However, when they entered the city, the streets were in chaos, and they were not prepared to defend the city!
The locals in Leiden were dragging their families and preparing to flee. Seeing the northern compatriots pouring into the city, they were dumbfounded and reminded them out of kindness.
"Friend, don't stop!"
"The city of Leiden will definitely not be able to hold it. Let's keep running south!"
"Brother! In such a big city, the capital of the south is dignified, why can't you insist that you can't hold it?"
"Hey! My friend, can Leiden be better than Midgard? Midgard can't be defended. Leiden will take the lead?!"
"Friends from other places, listen to me to be fair, let's say Leiden, including Prince Port, Freeport and Midgard in the north, unfortunately, we are on the verge of the Gulf!"
"We don’t have a navy in the port of Leiden. Facing the powerful Fijian Royal Fleet, we only have to surrender with the white flag. We don’t run now. When Fijian’s land and sea forces are siege of the city, the artillery shell hits the door of our house. It’s too late to run anymore!"
"Brother, after listening to your words, brother, I feel cool! We finally escaped from Prince Port to the city of Leiden, and now I can’t keep looking at the city of Leiden anymore, you say Where else can I escape?"
"My friend, brother, let me tell you a few truthful things. If you are not a staunch independent and have no enemies with the royalists, you will run away because of your sex! Just stay in the city and hurry up and embroider a fierce flag. , Wait for Real Fei’s artillery to open the city gate, hang the national flag on the window and welcome the king to enter the city and you’re done!"
"Brother, if the road of surrender was easy, we wouldn't have left the house and escaped from Prince Port!"
"To tell you the truth, there are four brothers in my family who joined the Continental Army, and I personally beat the kingly party master in the city and snatched their silver candlesticks and two cows. Now I am worried that the kingly party will catch me. Settle the old accounts, what do you think can be done?"
"Oh! That~~~ It's really hard to handle!"
"Brother, you light a pipe of cigarettes, and then you can help me and show my brother a way to survive!"
"Okay, okay, I'll show you a clear road! Friends, keep running south and try your luck in Delin Town."
"Delin Town? Can you settle down there?"
"The town of Delin is the most populous inland town in the south of Alfheim. Sooner or later it will become the last and most important stronghold of the Continental Army in the south. If Delin is also beaten down by Feizhen, the independence revolution will We are not far from failure, let's all be devoted to being the obedience of His Majesty George III!"
"Ah? Brother, you said that the town of Delin is the last hope of our Alfheimers. Is this town able to stop the Feizhen army?"
"Delin Town is located in the middle of the jungle, with mountains and rivers behind. Feizhen's strongest naval fleet can't get in. It can only rely on the army to push it. Considering the local complex terrain environment, the Continental Army may not lose if it really fights!"
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