The British expedition withdrew to Brazil for more than a month to repair, from Gordon down, every British soldier became a big idler with nothing to do, ordinary British soldiers received the salary issued by the London government, went to Rio de Janeiro to buy drunk, and the street shops and taverns with bleak business had a noisy and flashy atmosphere because of the entry of new customers.

The authority for the operational command of the expeditionary force was handed over to the British minister, and the training arrangements for the ordinary soldiers were also entrusted to the deputy, and Gordon did not have to hurry back to the barracks station, and walked around the city of Rio de Janeiro alone.

In the center of the Imperial Forum is a huge statue of the Emperor Pedro I, which was built to commemorate the country's contribution to the country's independence when Brazil first gained independence from Portuguese colonial rule.

Usually, many Brazilians who enter the Imperial Plaza to visit will inevitably look up at the landmark buildings in the square, but when Gordon walked near the statue, he saw a group of protesting students, standing under the statue and giving a passionate and indignant speech.

The bureaucracy and aristocracy of the empire were corrupt and incompetent, the foreign wars were repeatedly defeated, and the empire was in crisis, and the high-ranking government officials only knew how to echo the views of the Europeans, arbitrarily depriving the native white people of their land wealth, emancipating the black slaves who were originally private property into free people, and forcing the native white landlords to sell the land inherited from their ancestors at a low price to the new immigrants and the free blacks......

The students who gave the speech criticized and refuted the policies promulgated by Pedro II since he came to power, and the white Brazilian natives who gathered around him applauded without fear of causing trouble.

More and more Brazilians gathered near the statue, and the increasingly fierce words and deeds of the students finally provoked the Brazilian police patrolling and surveillance, first loudly warning the crowd of onlookers and students to stop the demonstration, and quickly dispersed, and after receiving no effective response, the police leader ran out of patience, waved the stick in his hand and hit one of the most noisy students in the stomach, and the other police officers saw the leader and shot, and also stepped forward to expel the crowd.

Gordon is accustomed to what is happening in front of him, under the reform advocated by Pedro II, Brazil's political wind is more wild than that of Britain and France, the members of the British and two houses of parliament are politically discordant, at most they are spitting wildly, the London police are facing demonstrations, and the workers fighting for labor rights are only expelled in the face of demonstrations, and the demonstrations in Brazil often have police and demonstrator deaths, and there are not a few riots and separatist movements caused by demonstrations.

After stopping near the statue for more than half an hour, when the crowd of demonstrators was dispersed, Gordon also turned his head and prepared to walk back.

"Sir, Your Excellency, I would like to invite you to the embassy for important business."

Gordon walked out of the Imperial Plaza and was confronted by an embassy staff member.

"Are the boys causing trouble in town?"

British soldiers staying in Rio de Janeiro inevitably had something beyond friendship with some married wives, and in the past month, more than 40 similar incidents occurred in the barracks, so Gordon's first reaction was that another young man did not control his exuberant energy, accidentally misfired, and the relationship with the Brazilian wives was broken by others.

"No, the soldiers have been in the city very much lately, and they haven't caused trouble at will."

The young British embassy official sat in a carriage and explained, "The envoy to the peace talks sent by the Han has just arrived at the embassy, and Mr. Minister invites you to come to the embassy district to participate in the negotiations with the Han people. ”

……

At the British Legation in Brazil, Hu Yaki and several Han diplomats sat in the hall and waited for more than an hour before they met the British Minister Auston.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, the Han Kingdom and the British Empire are thousands of miles apart, and the outbreak of the Argentine War was only an unfortunate accident, and Your Majesty sincerely hopes that friendship with the British Empire will be restored, and that the differences and misunderstandings between the two countries on the Argentine war issue will be discussed frankly and frankly, and a compromise and armistice acceptable to each other will be reached."

"No, sir, South America is a calm and peaceful continent, it is only after you Chinese come to South America that wars and conflicts continue to break out between countries, and the wars are provoked by you in advance, the heroic young men of the British Empire, who came to South America from far away Europe, are to rescue the white Americans who have been invaded and humiliated by you, if you really realize the disaster brought to the people of the two countries by the invasion of Argentina and Uruguay, then Your Majesty should immediately order the troops under his command to leave the illegally occupied land, Return Argentina and Uruguay to their original owners. ”

"The military discipline of the Han army is strict, during the Argentine War, our army strictly abided by the belligerent responsibilities between civilized countries, and has never coerced and oppressed the ordinary people of Argentina and Uruguay, if Your Excellency the Minister does not believe it, you can go to the territory of the Han Kingdom to experience it for yourself, His Majesty the King of Han is magnanimous and magnanimous, and treats the Chinese, whites, and Indians in the country equally, and will not treat the white people differently because of their different skin colors from the Chinese, and His Excellency the Minister's accusations are completely false."

Hu Yaqi righteously refuted the British minister's point of view, and continued: "The Han army has committed no offense against the people of Argentina and Uruguay, no matter how the outside world frames the Han army, the determination of the Han army to defend its territory will not change, and the people of Argentina and Uruguay have voluntarily joined the Han state and become naturalized Han nationals, as long as they are within the territory of the Han state, they can choose their favorite area as their place of residence according to their own wishes, and similarly, the Chinese in the Han can also choose to move to other areas to live."

So you should be clear that there are not only white residents in Argentina and Uruguay now, but also the Chinese people who moved there a few months ago, and whether Argentina and Uruguay are willing to accept Han rule depends not only on the white people, but also on the millions of Chinese people in the local area. ”

"Stop your brutal barbarism at once, or the fleet of the British Empire will cost you dearly!"

Hu Yaqi's tough reply annoyed the British minister, who shouted, "Orientals, you inadequate Orientals, the cannons of the British Empire will make you give up your ridiculous greed!" ”

"Your Excellency, please don't be angry, the Han State does not have the idea of making enemies of the British, all we have to do is to defend the fruits of the bloody sacrifice of the Han army under the present circumstances.

The British Empire is the most powerful empire in the world, and we have no doubt that you can send 10,000, 20,000, 100,000 troops to fight in South America again, if you wish, but may I ask you, Your Excellency, is there any tangible benefit to the British Empire in doing so? ”

"In order to maintain peace in South America and to rebathe the Christians of Argentina and Uruguay in the glory of the Lord, the British Empire is willing to send an expeditionary force to fight any enemy!"

The British minister said proudly, holding his neck high.

"I don't deny that your answer sounds very exciting, but today is no longer the time of the Crusades, and it is really irrational for your government to distinguish between enemies and friends according to the distance of skin color, religious beliefs, and cultural differences, because the Argentines are similar in skin color and culture to the British, and your country helped the Argentines to attack Han in the war.

The Argentine War is over, and your country has paid the price of thousands of casualties in the battle more than a month ago, if your country continues to send reinforcements to interfere in the merger of Argentina and Han, how much more do you think it will cost to defeat the Wehrmacht, which has more than 500,000 reserves? ”…………

In the face of the aggressive posture of the British, Hu Yaqi did not respond with humility or arrogance, which showed that the Han State was unwilling to get into a long-term war dispute with the British, and also countered the war blackmail of the British to send reinforcements again, showing the war potential and the firm belief in protracted war on the Han side.