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 neither wanted nor dared to touch the core interests of the southern slave-owning class. High prices were used to buy black slaves from slave owners.

However, the problem now is that the financial situation of the Continental Congress has been stretched. The funds raised by issuing bonds are not enough to buy cannons, guns and ammunition. How can there be any spare money to redeem black slaves?

In order to raise the cost of buying the black slaves who joined the army, the representatives of the Continental Congress held another week of meetings. Finally, thanks to the inspiration of Finance Commissioner David Kaufman, he proposed a plan that opened his mind.

According to this proposal, the Continental Congress would create, inter alia, a "Committee for the Promotion of Abolition of Slavery" to issue lotteries for the public good.

Most of the funds raised from selling lottery tickets will be used to promote the abolition of slavery in the New World, such as publishing posters and publications promoting abolition of slavery, raising funds to buy black slaves and donating land.

This is the so-called "free lottery"!

When Joan saw the report about the "Freedom Lottery" in the newspaper, he couldn't laugh or cry.

The public welfare lottery proposed by Mr. Kaufman is indeed very creative, but it is too ridiculous to try to use this method to achieve the abolition of slavery.

In fact, people know in their hearts that the "free lottery" is unreliable, it is just a superficial effort, and it cannot solve practical problems.

The representatives of the Continental Congress also knew 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 made enough superficial efforts to ease the pressure from the public opinion circle and allies, and had no intention of eradicating the cancer of slavery at all.

After hearing and witnessing this dumbfounding farce, what else could Joan say but a sigh?

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In mid-May 1627, Isaac Hook led his troops to defect to the enemy, causing General Charles Gates and his southern troops of the Continental Army to be almost wiped out in the First Battle of Port Prince.

Fizen's army rested in Port of Princes for more than a month. On June 23, 1627, Earl Winthrop led his troops to set off from Port of Prince. The soldiers pointed directly at Leiden Port, the capital of Alfheim.

Compared with when he went south in early April, Earl Winthrop's troops have grown a lot in these two months.

In addition to the 20,000 Fiji regular troops brought from the north, General Hooker's cavalry division and the "Free Corps" composed of more than 5,000 liberated black slaves were newly added. The hill giant mercenary regiment, the naval fleet patrolling south along the Scimitar Coast, has a total strength of more than 40,000 people.

This mighty army swept the colonial villages and towns on the east coast of Alfheim from north to south, and was invincible!

In fact, due to the huge disparity in strength, most of the villages and towns did not have the courage to resist the invaders of Feizhen at all. As soon as the army approached, they surrendered. He took refuge in the south.

The original destination of these exiles was Leiden City, the capital of the Alfheim colony. However, when they entered the city, the streets and alleys were in chaos, and they were not prepared to defend the city at all!

The locals of Leiden City were preparing to flee with their families. Seeing the northern compatriots pouring into the city, they couldn't help but remind them out of kindness.

"Friend, don't stop!"

"Leyton City will definitely not be able to hold on, let's continue running south!"

"Brother! Such a big city, the majestic capital of the south, why do you insist that you can't hold it?"

"Hey! Friends, can Leiden City be bigger than Midgard City? Even Midgard City can't hold it, so Leiden City can take the lead to defend it?!"

"Friends from other places, listen to my brother and let me tell you a fair word. The city of Leiden, including the cities of Prince Port, Freeport and Midgard in the north, is unlucky because it is near the bay!"

"We don't have a good navy in Leiden Port. Facing the mighty Fizen Royal Fleet, we can only raise the white flag and surrender. If we don't run away now, we will wait until the day when Fizen's naval and land forces unite to besiege the city. If you want to run again, it will be too late!"

"Brother, after hearing what you said, brother, my heart is so cold! We fled from Prince Port to Leiden City with great difficulty, and now we can't hold Leiden City anymore, what do you say? Where else can I escape?"

"Friend, brother, let me tell you two truths. If you are not a staunch independent, and you have not made enemies with the royalists, just run away! Just stay in the city and hurry up to embroider a Fiji national flag , Wait for Master Fei’s cannon to blast open the city gate, hang the national flag on the window, and welcome Wang Shi into the city, and it’s over!”

"Brother, if the road of surrender is feasible, we wouldn't have escaped from Port Prince without leaving our homes!"

"To tell you the truth, four brothers of my family joined the Continental Army, and I beat up the royalist master in the city with my own hands, and robbed his silver candlestick and two cows. Now I am so worried that the royalist party will arrest me Settle the old score, what do you think should be done?"

"Oh! Then~~~ it's really difficult!"

"Brother, let me light a pipe, please help me out, and show me a way to survive!"

"Okay, okay, I'll show you the way! Friends, keep running south and try your luck in Delin Town."

"Derlin Town? Will I be able to settle down there?"

"Delin Town is the most populous inland town in the south of our Alfheim. Sooner or later, it will become the last and most important stronghold of the Continental Army in the south. We are not far from failure, let's all be obedient citizens of His Majesty George III!"

"Ah? Brother, you said that the town of Derlin is the last hope of us people in Alfheim. Can this town stop the Feizhen army?"

"Delin Town is located in the hinterland of the jungle, surrounded by mountains and rivers. Feizhen's strongest naval fleet can't get in, so we can only rely on the army to force it. Considering the complicated terrain and environment in the area, the mainland army may not lose in a real fight!"

"It makes sense! It makes sense! Thank you, brother, let's go to Delin Town to try our luck!"

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