Author: fish nest

Torres, the former governor of the Mexican state of Colima, came to San Francisco with excitement.

He was very grateful for his choice in the war. He did not rush into battle with the American army, but chose neutrality.

This choice and his pro-American attitude won him the position of governor of the American Territory of West Mexico.

He came to San Francisco today just to meet Liang Yao to express his duties.

The Western Mexico Territory includes the former Mexican states of Sinaloa (63,800 square kilometers), Narita (24,000 square kilometers), Guadalajara (78,600 square kilometers), Colima

Prefecture (05,000 square kilometers) is the land of four prefectures.

Torres also jumped from the governor of a small state to the governor of a territory with an area of ​​171,400 square kilometers and a population of more than one million.

When Torres came to San Francisco, the whole state of California was talking about the beheading of federal officials in the Bureau of Customs. Even the California Customs Director was not spared.

The United States and Mexico are neighboring countries, and they are now part of the territory of the United States. Torres still has a certain understanding of this neighboring country separated by a strip of water.

As the only federal agency of the federal government stationed in each state, the Bureau of Customs has considerable power and say. If the director of customs says beheading, behead it. Just thinking about it makes one's neck shiver.

Torres met with expectation and trepidation the rumored young American general who recommended him as the governor of the Western Mexico Territory.

"Are you Torres?"

Liang Yao looked up and down at this familiar, short, old Mexican man, but he looked energetic.

"Your Majesty General, we met at the Coal and Steel Alliance conference, and I even shook your hand." Torres said with a smile.

"I see, no wonder it looks familiar." Liang Yao ordered Carnegie to bring the letter of appointment sent to California by the federal government.

"Since I recommend you to the President and Congress as the Governor of the Western Mexico Territory, I and the United States have placed their trust in you and believe that you can serve as the Governor well."

The newly occupied land of Mexico, except for Baja California, which is connected to California, and the Baja California Sur peninsula were dismembered and included in California due to its geographical connection to California and sparse population, becoming part of California.

Sonora and Chihuahua, because they are adjacent to the Arizona Territory and the New Mexico Territory, were previously border states of Mexico, not the core states of Mexico, and are sparsely populated, making integration and assimilation less difficult, they were also included.

California.

The remaining Mexican-occupied territories further south were unified and merged into the Western Mexico Territory.

This is helpless and is also based on considerations of objective realistic conditions.

The Western Mexico region was not a border area of ​​Mexico before, but one of its core territories. The population of these places exceeded one million. Even if it were the size of the entire United States, it would be difficult to complete integration and assimilation in a short period of time.

Dividing Western Mexico into territorial territories, using Mexicans to govern Mexicans, and obtaining the mineral resources and markets needed for California's development from these places is currently the most cost-effective option.

"Without your recommendation, it's hard to say who will be the governor of the Western Mexico Territory in the end. Thank you for your trust." Torres took the letter of appointment with a smile and expressed his gratitude to Liang Yao.

"If you're being polite, I don't need to say it anymore. I've read your resume. Before this, you were only the governor of Colima. It's much more difficult to govern a large state than to govern a small state, especially when this large territory is still

It is a mixture of five different states.

Your Excellency the President and the Congress have also taken this into consideration and sent you two secretaries to assist you in your daily work." Liang Yao said calmly.

With such an important territory in Western Mexico, it was certainly impossible for him to completely hand it over to the Mexicans for self-government.

If the Mexicans were completely given autonomy, what would be the difference from before? Wouldn't Mexico's war be in vain?

It is still necessary to provide insurance to the territorial governor of Western Mexico.

If possible, Liang Yao wanted to set up a deputy position of territorial governor in the Western Mexico Territory. This position would be held by a Californian and share some of the powers of the territorial governor.

However, the United States did not have a deputy territorial governor, so Liang Yao could only do the next best thing and arrange two Californians as secretaries next to Torres.

"Two secretaries?" Torres was a little surprised by this arrangement. Of course, he was also a little dissatisfied.

The United States arranged two secretaries by his side. At best, they were assisting him in his work, and at worst, they were supervising him. This meant that his dream of becoming the emperor of the Western Mexican Territory was in vain.

"Yes." Liang Yao called the two secretaries in and met Torres face to face.

One is his third uncle Liang Shaoyu, and the other is William Hawke, who has been working as a spy in Mexico for a long time.

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In October 1856, a new type of weapon was being tested at the shooting range of the Sacramento Arsenal.

However, the protagonist of this test firing was not a product from the Sacramento Arsenal, but a product developed by another California arms company, Kony's Volcano Repeating Weapons Company.

The mayor of Sacramento, Sutter, is a veteran player in playing with firearms. After reading the instructions provided by Coney, he personally test-fired this repeating weapon called a lever gun.

"The parameters have no false standards, the effective range has exceeded 200 meters, and the rate of fire is faster than the Walter-type rifle produced by the Sacramento Arsenal."

Sutter spoke highly of the rapid-fire gun developed by the Volcano Repeating Arms Company, but he also pointed out the shortcomings of the gun.

"It's just that this weapon is inconvenient to shoot in the prone position and is not very suitable for the army. In addition, the unit price of 70 US dollars is too expensive. It can be used as a toy for us to play with. If it wants to become a standard weapon, unless your volcanic stone repeating weapon company can make this weapon

The unit price of guns has been reduced."

"This kind of gun was not originally developed for the army. Our customer is the newly formed cavalry regiment." Kony said very proudly.

"Compared with the previous batch of prototype guns, we have lowered the unit price by US$15, which is almost the price of a brand-new rifle. Moreover, this batch of new guns uses new ammunition developed by our Volcano Repeating Arms Company.

This ammunition is far superior to any previous ammunition in terms of reliability and convenience."

Infantry is not the target customer of Volcano Repeating Arms Company. As a rising star in the California arms industry, the executives of Volcano Repeating Weapons Company also know how difficult and difficult it is to compete with the semi-official arms company, Sacramento Arsenal, for Army infantry orders.

So the executives of the Volcano Repeating Weapons Company took a different approach and positioned the company's target customers as cavalry troops.

After all, in the United States, cavalry are treated better than infantry, and the unit budget of cavalry is higher than that of infantry. The cavalry who serve in the old cavalry regiments such as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Cavalry Regiments in the United States often have better personal financial conditions.

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As for the cavalry regiment just formed by the Western Brigade, there is no need to say more. The Western Brigade has a generous financial backer like Liang Yao.
Chapter completed!