North of New Orleans Port.
Elcano glanced through his telescope at his soldiers and the Indians "playing out their act," then turned to his aide and said, "We still need to send people to carefully confirm that there are no American militia in the buffer zone."
Yesterday afternoon, he had already received the report: Wayne's troops had been disbanded.
Thus, the crisis in New Orleans was basically resolved.
However, Elcano's brows did not relax.
He knew the Louisiana Colony had not truly achieved security.
As long as the American Government continued westward expansion, sooner or later he would be facing the pressure from American militia again.
He couldn't help but sigh.
There were simply too many Americans; it was estimated that by next year, the American population east of the Mississippi River would exceed 300,000.
This enabled them to easily recruit large numbers of soldiers.
Meanwhile, Madrid's investment in Louisiana was extremely stingy.
