For more than half an hour between the two conversations, Hermes constantly evaluated and reviewed the positioning and strength inferences of the Han State in South America.

In the temptation and confrontation between the two of you, the time slowly came to 12 o'clock in the middle of the night,

Glancing up at the hanging clock hanging on the wall, Hermes

He decided to put an end to the lengthy diplomatic game and expressed his attitude: "Han is a very important friend of the British Empire, and the Empire will not sit idly by and watch your country fall into trouble, and the Empire will not allow the Americans to repeatedly break through the bottom line of the Empire and interfere in the affairs of South America!"

I would like to ask you to convey to your Majesty the Emperor that the British Empire is firmly on your side, and that as long as the fleet of the Empire is still sailing on the waters of the Atlantic, it will never allow the Americans to launch a war of aggression against a sovereign country in South America without authorization! ”

"Thank you for your support and understanding, and if the British Empire had done justice, I suspect that the provocative behavior of the Americans would have been curtailed."

Tang Jingsong bowed slightly and thanked: "Our Han Kingdom has always regarded the British Empire as the most friendly and close cooperation country, in order to enhance the economic and political cooperation between the two countries, I personally believe that the friendly businessmen of the British Empire can regard the British Empire as another long-term investment destination." ”

In return for Britain's diplomatic support, Tang Jingsong reciprocated Li Dao in accordance with the cooperation conditions given by Li Mingyuan.

"Your Excellency's suggestion is really a good idea, your country is a new industrial country, various industrial construction needs a lot of capital and technical support, and the British Empire is the most mature country in the world, the empire's merchants have the world's most advanced technology and capital, if your country is willing to give more reasonable and preferential investment policies, I believe there will be many imperial businessmen, willing to bring technology and capital to invest in your country."

"Your Excellency, rest assured, as long as friendly businessmen of your country are willing to engage in industrial, commercial, and capital investment activities within the framework of abiding by the laws of the country, then the local side is willing to give the British Empire the same level of treatment as the German Empire.

"May I ask you, will all the restrictions imposed by your country on the British Empire on railways and steamship transportation be lifted?"

"Sorry, Mr. Minister, please understand that railway and sea-ship transportation is the economic lifeblood of the stability of local rule, and the local side will not give up the right to control it, but in return for the support of the British Empire, the local side will increase your country's maximum shareholding in the railway, steamship and other transportation industries to 16 percent, and in the next few decades of domestic infrastructure construction, the local side will also give priority to your country's capital as a priority object for absorption and cooperation."

"Well, I can understand what your country is doing."

Hermes made a regretful expression, and then continued to ask: "I would like to ask Your Excellency one more thing, is the chemical and rubber industries within the scope of the industrial industries open to friendly merchants of the Empire?" ”

"The three emerging branches of textile dyes, natural rubber, and soda ash will be partially open to friendly businessmen in your country, but you should also understand that in order to develop new chemical industries, the local side has spent nearly 20 years and spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to achieve certain results in some fields.

At present, the chemical industry has become one of the pillar industries in the local area, and if all the chemical branch industries are directly included in the scope of the industry open to friendly businessmen in your country, it will not be easy for us to explain to the local citizens and those scientific researchers who have made efforts. ”

"No, Your Excellency misunderstood me, as a diplomat of the Empire, I am well aware of the value of industrial technology, and I also have great respect for the efforts and dedication of your country's scientific researchers.

The empire has no plans to fully enter your country's local chemical industry, nor does it have any plans to compete with your country in the chemical industry. ”

Hermes explained in righteous words: "Your Excellency should also know that although your country and the German Empire have made remarkable achievements in the field of chemical industry, the development of the British Empire in the field of chemical industry has also made great progress, and in the development of the chemical field, the British Empire hopes to participate in the industrial development and construction of your country as a collaborator, rather than as a competitor, through unfair competition means, to gain market advantages." ”

On the surface, Hermes expressed that Britain wanted to expand the scope of economic cooperation with Han and find an alternative capital investment market for British businessmen to replace the Republic of Brazil, but on the other hand, through a kind reminder, Hermes also hinted that the German Empire used its identity and influence as a European power country to set up obstacles to the entry of Han chemical products by disgraceful means in the competition in the chemical field, and delayed the circulation and expansion of Han chemical products in the European market.

Hermes's words are not false, Han and Germany have both cooperation and competition, the two sides are linked because of interests, and because of interests, in the field of chemical industry, there is a certain competition.

After listening to Hermes's words, Tang Jingsong quickly realized the meaning of the other party's words, and then followed the other party's words and said: "The local side has never doubted the credibility of the British Empire, and we are also willing to come up with some emerging technologies to carry out technical exchanges and exchanges with your country, extraction, refining and other aspects of technology, for the development of your country's rubber industry, to make some efforts. ”

After more than 20 years of changes, rubber cultivation has expanded from South America to Southeast Asia, Africa and other regions.

Therefore, for the reality that the monopoly position of the rubber supply chain has been broken, the Han side is also more open, anyway, the Han side has been transformed from a simple rubber planting model, to a sustainable development model integrating rubber planting and rubber chemical industry development, and the Western powers planted rubber in the colony will not have much impact on the layout of the Han country in the field of rubber.

"Thanks to your help, I believe that with your country's technology and imperial capital, the cooperation between Han and the empire in the field of chemical industry will achieve significant economic benefits."