Santa Catarina has a population of about 70,000, and after the outbreak of the war, some of the local white residents chose to leave Santa Catarina for fear of the Chinese Independence Army and went to the rear state of Paraná, where they fought for nearly a month, leaving less than 40,000 Brazilians in the area, and the rest of the population either left or entered the prisoner of war camps of the Chinese Independence Army.

Compared with the occupation of Rio Grande do Sul, the Chinese Independence Army (CAIA) suffered greater losses in the state of Santa Catarina, and the total casualties of the Chinese Independence Army reached 2,600 when the troops advancing north of Iguazu met the Brazilian garrison, of which 2,000 were killed or wounded by the local Brazilian army attacking the local area, and the remaining 600 were the number of soldiers killed and wounded by the local Brazilians in the skirmish.

In order to protect their land and property, a large number of young Brazilians formed small armed groups to attack the dispersed forces of the Chinese Independence Army, forcing the Chinese Independence Army to send a large number of troops to maintain law and order in the occupied areas.

Bidding farewell to Liu Pu and the other group of people who participated in the negotiations, Li Mingyuan devoted his energy to the encirclement and suppression of the local rebel forces.

Having experienced the experience of encircling and suppressing the guerrilla forces in Rio Grande do Sul, Li Mingyuan had a clear goal and purpose in the face of the resistance elements in Santa Catarina.

First of all, the leaders of the resistance were mainly the local large landlord class, and the Chinese Independence Army marched into Santa Catarina, and they were the ones who suffered the most damage, while the white people and landless Indians who participated in the battle were hired by the local large landowners to fight against the Chinese Independence Army.

For the local landlords who dare to resist, there is nothing to say to eliminate them and deprive them of all their land and property, as for the low-level Brazilians who have no oil and water, Li Mingyuan has already thought of a way to deal with them, pulling groups and beating them,

Those who took the initiative to report the rebels were pardoned and rewarded with land wealth, while Brazilians who chose to fight the Chinese Independence Army to the end were completely eliminated and intimidated by the ordinary inhabitants of the occupied territories.

With a big stick in one hand and a radish in the other, after eliminating several powerful rebel forces, Li Mingyuan stopped the policy of maliciously expelling the local residents, and then assured the remaining Brazilians that by reporting and exposing the rebels around you, your land wealth will not only be preserved, but also rewarded by the Chinese Independence Army.

After the revision of the new policy, although the local residents did not report the rebels on a large scale, the security environment in Santa Catarina has improved a lot, the land wealth of the local residents has been guaranteed, and the group of rebels has been executed, and most of them dare not risk their lives to help the rebels, and as time goes by, the rebels who have lost the support of the local residents have become more and more difficult, and the rebel forces have been surrounded and exterminated by the tightly encircled parts. Some half-hearted rebels voluntarily surrendered to the Chinese Independence Army, guiding the encirclement troops to find the rebels' hiding places and then hunt them out.

The encirclement and suppression operation, which lasted for more than 20 days, came to an end with the surrender of the last rebel forces, and the local residents, who had suffered from the turmoil and fear, gradually returned to normal life.

More than 20 days of security operations have eliminated and captured more than 2,000 local Brazilians related to the rebellion, of which half are Brazilians who are directly involved in the rebellion, and the rest are local residents who help the rebels.

It was not feasible to catch the rebels and then go directly to the concentration camps to work as in Rio Grande do Sul, because Brazil had spread the news through the British to protest against the suppression of ordinary residents by the Chinese Independence Army, and under the pressure of the Brazilians and the British, Li Mingyuan chose to compromise to a certain extent, not to equate the rebels with prisoners of war, but as punishment for participating in the rebellion, all their land was confiscated and they would be forcibly sent out of Santa Catarina.

Two thousand rebels were deported, the population of Santa Catarina was reduced again, the Indians and a small number of black slaves were swept away, and less than 30,000 white and white Indians remained, and the population of Santa Catarina fell to a very low level.

The forced eviction of the local population provoked a revolt from Brazilians in the area under its control and an outcry from the Brazilian Empire, but for Li Mingyuan, the cost was worth it, and only by expelling the majority of the locals could the Chinese occupy the majority and the Chinese Independence Army could firmly establish its ruling foundations.

After the complicated public security operations ended, the negotiation team represented by Liu Pu also returned from Brazil, bringing the negotiation agreement and news.

The negotiations were not all smooth sailing, and the representatives of the five parties bargained over the contents of the agreement one by one, and finally reached an agreement that was reluctantly accepted by all parties after half a month, of which there were eight agreements related to the Chinese Independence Army, which were as follows:

1 The Brazilian Empire agreed that the states of Rio Gro Sul and Santa Catarina would be owned by the Chinese Independence Army, and that the area south of Iguazugue would be controlled by the Chinese Independence Army.

2 Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina were merged to form the Principality of Rio Grande do Sul, which joined the Brazilian Empire as an inalienable sacred territory of the Brazilian Empire, and at the same time the Brazilian Empire did not interfere in the internal affairs of the Principality of Rio Gran do Sul and allowed the Principality of Rio Grande do Sul to be autonomous.

3. Release Brazilian soldiers captured in previous battles, within one month.

4. Stop the eviction of local whites, and let the whites decide whether to leave, if the local whites choose to leave, the Chinese Independence Army needs to pay compensation of not less than 50% of the converted value of the property according to the land property.

5 The Brazilian Empire lifted the blockade of the Chinese, and the Chinese Independence Army could purchase the goods and materials needed from Brazil.

6 The Chinese Independence Army pledged not to conclude military treaties with Paraguay, Peru, and Bolivia against Brazil.

7 The Chinese independent army returned ten sailing warships of the Brazilian Navy, twelve gunboats,

8. The five countries participating in the peace talks granted Britain the right of free navigation of rivers in the areas under their respective control, and granted British businessmen the right to do business with the most favorable favorability.

The territorial issue in the eight-article peace talks agreement was the core of Li Mingyuan's concern, and maintaining the territorial sovereignty of the two states and the actual control south of the Iguazu Valley just reached the bottom line of the peace talks, and the establishment of the Principality of Rio Grande do Sul, which was subordinate to the Brazilian Empire, although it did not achieve independence, the actual control of the two states was still in the hands of the Chinese Independence Army, and as for the restrictions imposed by the Brazilian Empire on the Chinese Independence Army in the name of national sovereignty, Li Mingyuan was not very worried, and the Chinese Independence Army continued to maintain sufficient combat effectiveness and deterrence. The Brazilian Empire naturally does not dare to act rashly, and it is not a problem to build an independent country, if the strength of its own independent army declines, the Brazilian side has an excuse to deal with the Chinese, so it does not care about another excuse.

After carefully reading all the contents of the agreement, Li Mingyuan smiled and said, "Brother Liu is tired of the turmoil, reached a peace agreement with the Brazilians, and made a great contribution to the Chinese Independence Army, I want to set up a banquet to treat Brother Liu well." ”

"The prince has a good reputation, and it is the brothers who have beaten the Brazilians to the pain, so they are willing to back down and compromise, otherwise it will not be of much use to rely on the next person."

Liu Pu's words were humble, but there was a look of satisfaction and happiness in his eyes.

After encouraging Liu Pu a few words, Li Mingyuan began to ask questions related to the peace talks.

"The Brazilian Empire sees itself as the hegemon of South America, and it is not easy for them to recognize the sovereignty of the Chinese Independence Army over the two southern states, right?"

"Indeed, the demand made by the representative of Brazil at the outset was that only Rio Gro Sul should be recognized as ours and that all other regions belong to Brazil.

The Brazilian refused to compromise on his face, and his subordinates naturally would not be polite to him, and immediately said at the negotiating table that the Chinese Independence Army would not give up an inch of the land it occupied, and if the Brazilians did not agree, the Chinese Independence Army would continue to advance, and the naval forces would also shell Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil. ”

"Negotiating, it's bargaining, our army's strength is temporarily superior, and it's not a waste to use our army's superiority to force Brazilians to bow their heads." Li Mingyuan nodded in agreement.

"Hehe, my subordinate also felt angry when he said this at the time." Liu Pu sneered, and then said, "The Brazilian representative listened to the words of his subordinates through the interpreter, and immediately threatened to launch a counteroffensive against our army, clamoring to drive the Chinese Independence Army out of Brazilian territory. Look at him with an angry look as if Brazil is the winner.

The representative of Brazil refused to relent, and on the basis of the agreement reached in advance with the representatives of Paraguay, Peru and Bolivia, he took a unified position and strongly rejected the conditions put forward by the Brazilians.

The Brazilian representatives did not have an advantage in the initial negotiations, and tried to break each one at halftime and privately negotiated with the representatives of the other three countries, but because Paraguay, Bolivia, and Peru also understood that this was not the time for division, they did not reach an agreement with the Brazilians privately. ”

None of the characters who can take charge of a country are stupid, and even if there are various contradictions between the four forces, they still need to unite in the face of a common enemy, Li Mingyuan understands this truth, and the three Peruvian countries are equally clear.

"After more than ten days of noisy negotiations at the negotiating table, no agreement was reached, and the British first intervened in Brazil, forcing Brazil to cancel the unreasonable demands, and then our side and Paraguay, Peru, and Bolivia also lowered their demands, and finally reached an agreement.

Peru and Bolivia gave up half of the occupied land to Brazil, while Paraguay retained the western part of Mato Grosso in exchange for Brazil providing Paraguay with some food supplies to alleviate the food shortage in Paraguay. ”

After introducing the content of the peace talks between the three countries and Brazil, Liu Pu took out a note from his body and said happily: "In order to obtain the two southern states and the area south of the Iguazu River, his subordinates have surrendered other occupied areas and prisoners and some warships to Brazil.

Our army has conceded a large number of benefits to promote the success of the peace talks, and it is impossible to only gain control of the land on the surface, and some agreements are signed in private, all on this piece of paper. ”

Li Mingyuan took the paper, quickly read the contents, and said, "We will not suffer a loss in exchanging sugar and grain for sail warships, as long as the ironclad ships are in our hands, maritime safety can be guaranteed." As for transporting Chinese laborers from Cuba in the name of Brazilians, is it inappropriate? ”

"Rest assured, although it is in the name of Brazilians to transport Chinese laborers, each transport ship will send our own people to monitor the whole process, and the exchange of prisoners of war and the transportation of Chinese laborers are carried out in batches, Brazilians transport a shipload of Chinese laborers, and we hand over a group of prisoners of war."

The Chinese Independence Army has settled down temporarily, but it is not easy to trade Chinese laborers directly with the Spanish colonies, so finding a third party as an intermediary is a last resort at this stage.

The Chinese Independence Army had a large number of prisoners of war, and the Brazilians hoped that the return of prisoners of war would increase Brazil's defense forces, and with the supervision of the Chinese soldiers on board, the safety of the Chinese workers could be guaranteed.