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"His Royal Highness López, Rio Gran do Sul is willing to deploy 20,000 troops in the border area of the state of Santa Catarina to help countries share the military pressure of the Brazilian Empire."

The main enemies of the Brazilian Empire are Rio Gran do Sul and Paraguay, and Peru and Bolivia are unwilling to contribute more troops to cooperate with López Jr.'s coordinated defense strategy.

Little López's face was a little better, and he gently nodded to Li Mingyuan to express his gratitude, and then asked Adolfo and Pedro: "How large are Peru and Bolivia able to maintain on the border?" ”

"Fourteen thousand."

"Seventeen thousand."

Adolphus and Pedro looked at each other and said one after another.

"Well, a total of 51,000 troops are stationed on the border of the three countries, and Paraguay alone maintains 40,000 troops in the border area.

The four countries deployed a force of more than 80,000 troops near the border with Brazil, and although it did not reach the size that López Jr. originally requested, the regular army of more than 80,000 men was able to meet the size of the defense against Brazil.

"I agree." Li Mingyuan nodded and said with a smile, "I think that the strengthening of cooperation between the four countries should not be limited to the military aspect, and in the economic aspect, the four countries should also establish closer relations." ”

"What do you recommend?"

Reaching an agreement on the most important part of the four-nation alliance on military coordination and cooperation, López Jr. was much more relaxed and showed a cooperative attitude towards Li Mingyuan's question.

"His Royal Highness López's proposal to deploy troops in the border area is very much in line with the current situation, and the fundamental reason why countries, including Rio Grande do Sul, are unwilling to deploy a sufficient number of troops to defend against Brazilians is financial difficulties, if the four countries are in good financial condition, not to mention the deployment of troops on the border to defend Brazil, it is very likely that the four countries will jointly conduct a preventive offensive operation against the Brazilian army, so I think that the four countries should also start to develop their domestic economies while developing their military strength, Only when the domestic economic situation improves, can we have greater confidence in the face of the Brazilian threat. ”

"His Majesty's idea is good, but Bolivia is not like your country, Paraguay and Peru, which have rich mineral resources and advantageous geographical locations, but it is difficult to develop the economy."

The Bolivian president frowned.

"The domestic situation of each country is different, and the development of the domestic economy cannot be completed overnight."

Li Mingyuan first nodded, agreed with Adolfo's statement, and then turned around, "However, Peru, Bolivia, and Rio Grande do Sul all have a large area of ports to the sea, and Paraguay can also connect the sea through the Paraná River. ”

The Rio Gran do Sul shipping company made a lot of money from its trade in the Far East, but in order to guard against the Manchu government, its fleet was generally hidden behind the scenes, trading as a foreign company with mainland merchants controlled by the Manchu government.

Although this form of trade reduced the vigilance of the Manchu government and reduced the risk of exposure to the Wehrmacht, it also increased the trade cost of the fleet and the difficulty of obtaining Chinese immigrants.

"You should be aware that the Chinese in Rio Grande do Sul used to work in South America as indentured laborers, and those ships that undertook the transportation of Chinese laborers could earn more than twice as much profit each time they traveled to and from the Far East and the Americas, and that if the ships carried goods on their voyage to the Far East, they would be more profitable on a single voyage.

Ocean shipping is now the most profitable industry, the United States, Britain, France, the Netherlands and other Western countries are vigorously developing shipping trade, although the geographical location of our four countries is far away from the Far East, compared with European countries. However, as long as the four countries join forces to form an ocean shipping company, they will be able to reap the benefits of the current trade situation, and the domestic economic environment of each country can also be improved. ”

"Does ocean shipping really have such a high profit ratio?"

After listening to Li Mingyuan's words, Bolivian President Adolfo, who has the weakest economic strength in the country, said with a light in his eyes.

"If ocean shipping is unprofitable, why are businessmen from the United States, the Netherlands, and other countries willing to travel thousands of miles to transport Chinese laborers from the Far East to South America?"

Li Mingyuan asked rhetorically.

"Although there are many Chinese workers in Peru, the ships that transport Chinese workers are all merchant ships from Britain and the United States, and now it seems that they should have made a lot of profits by transporting Chinese workers."

The Peruvian president nodded subconsciously, and after finishing speaking, he felt a little inappropriate, and explained, "After your ministry left Peru, the government has rarely recruited Chinese workers from the Far East, and I hope your Excellency will not misunderstand." ”

"Peru is rich in mineral resources, and it is natural to hire Chinese laborers, but when your country recruits Chinese workers again, don't be too harsh, otherwise it will be difficult to prevent another uprising of Chinese workers."

When Li Mingyuan arrived in Peru, he took almost all the Chinese workers in Peru away, and there was a shortage of more than 100,000 Chinese workers, and the labor gap in the mines and plantations throughout Peru was very huge.

Without labor, mines and plantations could not extract resources and harvest crops, and the big merchants who controlled the mines and plantations could not get much-needed economic benefits, so the merchants who had just been sacked by the Chinese army united to put pressure on Peruvian President Pedro to allow the merchants to continue to hire Chinese laborers. Therefore, in the past two years, the number of Chinese workers in Peru has reached tens of thousands, but realizing the strong combat effectiveness of the Chinese troops led by Li Mingyuan, Pedro revised the labor agreement of Chinese workers, improved the treatment of Chinese workers, and ensured the personal safety of Chinese workers to a certain extent.

Li Mingyuan's half-warning and half-suggestion words were naturally uncomfortable in Pedro's ears, but now it is different from the past, after leaving Peru, the Chinese troops not only did not completely annihilate as he expected, but defeated the Brazilian army and expanded their own strength.

Before the strength of the Chinese troops grew, the Peruvian army was not their opponent, and now after the tempering of the war, the well-armed Chinese troops are not the existence that Pedro is willing to provoke, therefore, although he was unhappy in his heart, Pedro did not show it, and said with a flat expression on his face, "The Peruvian government will sign a labor agreement with the Chinese workers in accordance with the principle of fairness, and after the two-year labor agreement period, the Peruvian government will contact the Qing government to repatriate the laborers to the Qing country." ”

"If the Qing government is unwilling to accept the repatriated Chinese workers after the labor agreement is completed, how can your government solve the problem of stranded Chinese workers?"

"This ...... Presumably, the Qing government will not give up its own people, right? Pedro already had the answer in his heart, and he couldn't help but say it.

"Hehe, the Manchu court didn't treat Chinese workers as their own family!"

Li Mingyuan laughed at himself, thinking that he could not prevent Peru from bringing in Chinese workers, and suggested from another angle: "The stranding of Chinese workers in your country may cause dissatisfaction among some people in your country, I don't think it is as good as this, after the establishment of the United Shipping Company of the four countries, the shipping company will be responsible for the introduction of Chinese workers, and after the Chinese workers complete the two-year labor agreement in your country, Rio Gran do Sul be responsible for transporting the stranded Chinese laborers, what do you think of my suggestion?" ”

"The Peruvian government is willing to work with Rio Gran do Sul to complete the repatriation of stranded Chinese workers, but how to solve the cost of repatriation of Chinese workers?"

"The Embassy of Rio Grande do Sul in Peru will be fully responsible for the repatriation of Chinese workers, and all costs in the repatriation process will be borne by Rio Gran do Sul, and your country will not pay a single silver coin."

Li Mingyuan generously bore the costs of repatriating Chinese workers, and at the same time put forward a series of requirements, such as Peru and Rio Grande do Sul being jointly responsible for recruiting Chinese workers from the mainland, the Chinese workers' embassy in Peru in Peru is responsible for managing the affairs of Chinese workers during their stay in Peru, and the expenses for medical treatment and living expenses of Chinese workers during their labor period are jointly responsible for Rio Grande do Sul and Peru.

Li Mingyuan's request was generally beneficial to the Peruvian government, and Pedro agreed on behalf of the Peruvian government after thinking about it for a while.

After the two sides reached a consensus, Li Mingyuan planned to wait until a period of time to expand the scope of cooperation to the United States, Canada, Australia and other places.

The trend of Chinese exclusion in the United States has not weakened with the migration of a large number of Chinese to Rio Grande do Sul, because of the excrement outlet for Rio Grande do Sul to receive Chinese laborers, the US government has intensified its efforts to recruit Chinese laborers from the mainland, and the position of Chinese laborers who were originally accepted by Rio Grande do Sul has been replaced by newly arrived Chinese laborers.

Due to Australia's isolation in Oceania and the limited number of whites, Australia is more afraid of the introduction of diluted white proportions by Asian races such as Chinese, so compared with the United States in 1882 when the "Chinese Exclusion Answer" was officially passed, Victoria, Australia enacted a law to restrict Chinese workers in 1855, and Chinese workers have a low social status in the local area, and their situation is even more difficult than in the United States.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, although Canada did not formulate a formal anti-Chinese policy, it imposed a poll tax on the Chinese and abolished the political rights of the Chinese in government administration, and with the announcement of the implementation of the "Chinese Exclusion Act" in the United States and Australia, the Canadian government followed suit and promulgated the Canadian version of the "Chinese Exclusion Act" in 1923, officially closing the channel for Chinese immigrants to Canada.

The Chinese are the first nation in the world to be legally prohibited from immigrating, the United States and Canada were forced to repeal the "Chinese Exclusion Act" under international pressure in the fifties of the twentieth century, and Australia did not abolish the White Australia policy against the Chinese until 1972.

In the 21st century, the South Korean countries in the peninsula region still practiced discriminatory policies against the Chinese, and in South Korea, the Chinese and the Korean Chinese were restricted from engaging in real estate, appearance, and other industries, and the Chinese were forbidden to own land in South Korea, and the Chinese were not allowed to hold positions in the government, the military, and large enterprises. On the other hand, South Koreans are not restricted on the mainland, and South Korean culture is sought after by many young people on the mainland, which is incomprehensible in the eyes of other countries.

Although the discriminatory policies of the United States, Australia and other countries against the Chinese have led to the poor living environment of overseas Chinese, they have also brought convenience to Li Mingyuan to implement the immigration plan and speed up the immigration of Chinese.

Pressurized water wells can be used to obtain water more conveniently with the help of rubber water pipes, which is of great benefit to the domestic agricultural development of the three countries, and the rubber soled cloth shoes are wear-resistant and comfortable, which can meet the requirements of the troops in the field for long-distance combat and protect the feet of the prince from wear and tear.

Li Mingyuan's products were immediately loved by the heads of state of the three countries, because considering that the governments of the three countries were not financially well-off, Li Mingyuan allowed the countries to barter and exchange domestic minerals, crops, livestock, and other products with Rio Gran do Sul at the same price.

Seeing the benefits of Li Mingyuan's products, the representatives of the three countries quickly reached an agreement to jointly set up a shipping company, and according to López Jr.'s proposal, they took rubber-soled cloth shoes and pressurized water wells as the special commodities of the shipping company, and relied on ocean-going ships to transport them to the Far East and the South Seas for sale.