On the night of July 23, 1879, several mysterious men crossed the Brazilian side of the line and sailed down the Paraná River to Guaira, where the Paraguayan troops were stationed.

The mysterious men showed the Guairah defenders evidence that could identify them, and that night, the commander of the Guairah defenders did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent a company of troops to escort several mysterious men by land to the capital Asunción.

At midnight the next day, the door of the palace of the Kingdom of Paraguay was slowly opened, and the new marquis of the kingdom, Istigali, walked into the palace with a middle-aged white man.

"Your Majesty, this is General Mamores, deputy commander of the garrison of the Imperial Military Police of the Brazilian Empire, General Mamores has important information about the Brazilian Empire and needs to report to you personally."

After Istigali finished speaking, he took a step back and motioned for Mameres to take the initiative to speak.

"Your Majesty, the Brazilian Empire is almost over, His Majesty Pedro II insisted on promulgating the abolition decree, which led to a great rebellion of blacks and black legions, the soldiers within the empire and the freedmen of all classes who originally supported His Majesty were very disappointed, and now the farmers in the capitals of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and other places have abandoned their loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor, and General de odoro da Fonseca of Victoria has organized an officer corps to prepare for a coup d'état by the troops;

The Republicans, in conjunction with General Floriano Araujo Pesciotto, planned to seize command of the troops in the state of São Paulo and lead the troops of the State of São Paulo to march into Rio de Janeiro and seize control of the country;

Antonio. The priests of Gonza Yero rallied the faithful in the north-central region of the empire and openly declared that His Majesty Pedro II was the reincarnation of the devil and would fight the imperial government to the end. …………”

The situation in Brazil has deteriorated more than López Jr. expected,

The emancipation of black slaves, the rebellion of the Black Legion, and the stalemate in the Second War against the Han State......

Pedro II's repeated political and military mistakes consumed the legacy accumulated since Brazil's independence, and also pushed the white peasantry, farmer, and aristocracy, the cornerstone of the imperial government's existence, into its own opposition.

Garcia, Duke Frobert, a few generals and nobles who were centered in the Brazilian royal family were deposed and idle by Pedro II, and the deployment of a group of generals García was instigated by young officers to form the Knights of Brasilia, and then changed their allegiance to Princess Isabella, the daughter of Pedro II. It is better to put the power in the hands of young officers, who will support Princess Isabella to be crowned Empress of the Brazilian Empire, and save the collapse of the empire again.

By analyzing the information provided by Mamores, the keen López Jr. sensed that Pedro II's reign had come to an end, and that an opportunity he had been waiting for for more than a decade had finally arrived.

"General Mamores, you are a smart man, and in the future you will be proud of your choice today."

Little López had an excited smile on his face, he tied his hands, stared at the huge map hanging on the wall, and said feverishly, "I have long known that it is a serious mistake to let the prince of Portugal, a small European country, rule Brazil.

Pedro II is a stupid and cowardly waste, he does not deserve to wear the crown of the Brazilian Empire, only I, the heir of the meaning of Emperor Napoleon, the king of the Kingdom of Paraguay, the supreme leader of the white people of Latin America, am qualified to wear the crown of the Brazilian Empire, capable of defeating all barbarians who vainly seek to seize the territory of the whites! ”

Before the start of the Paraguayan War, López Jr. looked down on Pedro II, who admired European democracy, and he once said that "democracy is the trick of politicians playing with the common people, there has never been real democracy, the common people are the sheep on the grassland, as long as they follow the instructions of the supreme head of state, the sheep can survive, the living needs of the common people can be satisfied, if the power is handed over to the common people, they will only make a mess of the country like Pedro, a fool." ”

Hearing firsthand about the deplorable state of the Brazilian Empire, López Jr. was even more contemptuous of Pedro II.

"The Brazilian Empire was destroyed at Pedro's hands, and his fat pig-like head could come up with a stupid way to free black slaves. The black slaves were a bunch of uncivilized savages, they were covered in viruses, and whoever came into contact with them would get the disease, how could Pedro give them the same equal status as the white people!

Even a pig as an emperor can't think of the idea of giving equal status to black slaves! ”

"His Majesty Pedro II was deceived by the British, who thought that as long as he did what the British wanted, the British would always support him."

When López Jr. was told about his contempt for Pedro II, Mamores explained out loud.

"Only Pedro, that fool, would believe the nonsense of the British.

The British had promised to guarantee Argentina's national security, but the result was not that the Han people destroyed the country. ”

"The words of the British cannot be believed, when His Majesty refused the request of the British for navigation in the domestic river valley, the British instigated Brazil and Argentina to attack us, if it were not for His Majesty to lead the whole people of Paraguay to resist, I am afraid that Paraguay will end up in the same fate as Brazil."

Istigali was a die-hard confidant of López Jr., who was captured for his defeat in the Paraguayan War, making him hostile to the British, who were behind the Paraguayan War.

"Didn't the British often say that Argentina and the western steppes of North America grazed their cattle and sheep, and Peru brought its silver?

Now that Peru and the British have fallen out, and the Han troops have occupied Argentina, where are the British going to find their cattle, sheep and silver! ”

Although Istigali's words are full of schadenfreude about what happened to the British, the uncontrolled Peru and Han countries, which caused huge losses to British investment assets in South America, were the main factors that led Britain to come to the front of the stage from behind the scenes and directly intervene in the chaotic wars of South American countries by force.

Since the mid-19th century, Britain has a surplus of capital, and local business owners have invested their surplus capital in overseas markets, and India, North America, the United States, South America, Argentina, Peru, Brazil and other countries have received a large amount of British capital imports.

After the end of the Civil War, the rapid development of domestic industry in the United States, the North American market was replaced by American goods, at this time, the British textile industry was in urgent need of wool textile raw materials, so the British capital that was squeezed out of the American market re-chose Argentina as a substitute for wool textile raw materials, and a large amount of capital poured into the La Plata area, especially

Buenos Aires, in the heart of the Pampas, is surrounded by cattle and sheep within two to three hundred kilometers.

In addition to agriculture and animal husbandry, the British were keen to invest in the construction of railways.

In 1870, the Central Railway, which started in Rosario and connected Córdoba to the southwest, was completed and opened to traffic, and in the following years, the Central Railway was extended to the northeast, connecting important cities such as Buenos Aires and La Plata with the Central Railway.

In 1870, Argentina's national railway was only 740 kilometers, and in 1879, the Han occupied Argentina, and the length of Argentina's railway reached 2,000 kilometers.

The fast and convenient Argentine railway line cheapened the Han State, and the British Expeditionary Fleet landed ashore and the end of the Argentine War and the Han State transferred troops back to the border areas of Brazil.

British investment in sectors such as livestock farming and railway construction in Argentina accounts for about one-fifth of its total investment in South America.

As soon as the Han occupied Argentina, it controlled the various industries belonging to the British capital, among which heavy industrial enterprises such as the Railway Construction Bureau, iron and steel smelters, and machinery processing factories were handed over to the key supervision of the Wehrmacht.

Light industries such as cattle and sheep pastures and wool textile factories were handed over to the Ministry of Commerce after government officials had completed asset counts, and finally, together with the confiscated heavy industrial factories, as one of the bargaining chips with the British government.

Looking down on Pedro II in his heart is one thing, involving the war of mobilizing tens of thousands of troops, and after being excited, López Jr. quickly entered the state of a military madman.

"Marquis of Istigali, send someone to contact the Han side, the main force of the kingdom is ready, within half a month, the Paraguayan troops will launch an attack from Mato Grosso do Sul to the Brazilian state of São Paulo, hoping that the Han will abide by the Four-Power Alliance Treaty, go out of Santa Catarina to attack the Brazilian defenders, and the two armies will work closely together to defeat the Brazilian Imperial Army."

"Your Majesty, will the Han troops stand still? After all, during the Argentine War, the Kingdom troops did not cooperate with the Han State to launch an attack on Brazil? ”

"The collapse of the Brazilian Empire is imminent, and the Han people will not miss the opportunity to tear off a piece of fat from the Brazilian Empire, don't worry, with my understanding of the King of the Han Kingdom, he will definitely send troops!"

"But the annexation of Argentina by the Han State, their strength has increased several times, and if they are allowed to snatch a piece of meat from the Brazilian Empire, will it pose a threat to the kingdom?"

"The Han Kingdom has now become the biggest threat to the kingdom, but the main goal at the moment is to unite Brazil, as long as we snatch the crown of the Brazilian Empire from the hands of Pedro II, and gather the strength of the two major powers of the Kingdom of Paraguay and the Brazilian Empire, we will be able to surpass the Han Kingdom in our hands, and then it will be the time to break with the Han Kingdom."