Chapter 593: The Big Problem Raised by the Little Pirate

When Goxinga was making a big show in East Asia, the other fronts of North Manchurian were not idle. The gods of the South Seas are concentrating their efforts to assist Cezana in opening up New Guinea, striving to complete the defense concept of the Goxinga South Ocean island chain as soon as possible, and at the same time build a springboard against Australia. Hatan and Mu Shun created an Eastern Commercial Republic in the United States, which not only allowed the original Indians to occupy the three states along the Pacific, but also helped them establish their own country.

However, whether it is South China or North America, both sides are places to spend money, although the territory has been expanded, but it has also caused great difficulties to the finances of North Manchuria. At present, the only front that can make North Manchuria profitable is the world that Ma San has opened up in South America. Ma San still started with arms in South America, but Ma San was backed by the strong industrial strength of North Manchuria, took advantage of the good opportunity of the unreasonable industrial structure of Central and South American countries, and created his own business empire in Central and South America in just a few years.

Ma San's joint non-staple food firm has now controlled the economic lifeline of several countries, including Brazil, and has become the emperor of Central and South American countries. Not only are the military industrial systems of Central and South American countries in his hands, but even the mining, sugar refining, and chemical industries are all under Ma San's control. Now Ma San not only does not need the North Manchurian government to make up for him, but he can also make up a large amount of funds from the North Manchurian government every quarter. When the Rothschild family was engaged in an economic war in North Manchuria, Ma San sent 100 tons of gold to Changchun in one go.

Guoxing Aat approved several obsolete warships to give Ma Sanzhuang a façade, and Ma San also relied on his strong financial resources to expand his guard to a terrifying scale. At present, the armed forces in Ma San's hands are not comparable to the regular army in Manchuria for the time being, and they are not enough to fight against South American powers such as Argentina and Chile, but it is enough to bully South American children. But just when Ma Sanzhi was complacent, his cargo fleet had an accident, and Ma San originally wanted to deal with this small problem, but it turned out to be even more troublesome.

At this time, the Panama Canal had not yet been completed, so Ma San's fleet transported minerals from Brazil and other Atlantic countries back to North Manchuria, and still had to detour through the southernmost Cape Horn. However, it is more convenient to transport things from North Manchuria, and they can be unloaded at the shore of the Pacific Rim countries, after all, the things that come from North Manchuria are much less than those that are transported immediately. Some of the busiest routes end in the United States of Colombia, as the focus of the Masan-based development is on Central America and Brazil. The cargo fleet that had an accident this time had a problem off the coast of Colombia. Seven cargo ships loaded with light industrial products such as foodstuffs, clothes and hats, and hand tools from North Manchuria, encountered pirates in the waters near Panama and were robbed clean.

Ma San, who is also strong and strong, didn't take this trivial matter seriously at first. The Caribbean Sea has been a place where pirates have been entrenched since ancient times, and Ma San has long been accustomed to being robbed occasionally. Therefore, Ma San did not report the situation to Changchun, and directly sent his own fleet, ready to catch these blind little thieves back, so that they knew that Ma Sanye's things could not be moved.

Things went well in the early stage, Ma San threw a bait by the way, and lured these pirates out, and then naturally Ma San's warship besieged the pirate ship. Although they all used wooden warships, the pirates who still used breech guns naturally couldn't kill the warships replaced in Manchuria, and they were beaten to the ground at the slightest contact. But the pirates know the terrain! Taking advantage of their familiarity with the hydrological situation in the nearby seas, they found that the signs were not right and immediately ran away. Although the pirates failed to escape the pursuit of the three fleets, they at least escaped the disaster of killing and fled to Panama in one go, and then hid in the port of Panama and did not dare to come out.

The pirates went ashore one after another to pretend to be safe and kind, and of course Ma San, who had lost his things, did not do it, and it was not appropriate to break into Colombian territory too hard. Therefore, Ma San sent a note to the Colombian government in the name of the United Food Firm, asking the Colombian government to assist him in catching the pirates. The Colombian government agreed very happily, but Ma San waited for more than a month and did not wait for the following, so Ma San, who attaches great importance to efficiency, is very dissatisfied.

"Go back and tell your president that this is my ultimatum, that he will be given three days to hand over the pirates, or I will personally march into Panama and get those scum out with my own hands. And as a punishment for the government of your country, I and the non-staple food company will withdraw its investment in your country, your factories will be closed, the railways will be suspended, the workers will have no jobs, and the farmers will not be able to sell their harvests. The impatient Ma San habitually threatened the small countries of the Americas, but he underestimated the strength of Colombia.

The United States of Colombia was originally called the Republic of Gran Colombia, a South American military power that defeated the colonizers by itself, and although Venezuela and Ecuador later separated, Colombia is still a South American power. Although because of the struggle for power between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, civil wars are frequent, and the political situation has been unstable for a long time. But in recent years, the Liberal Party has been in power, and the country's strength is steadily recovering. The Liberal Party has carried out many reforms in recent years, such as the abolition of slavery and government, the abolition of clerical privileges, the confiscation of church property, the enactment of a constitution that provides for the separation of church and state, and the proclamation of freedom of belief, speech, and the press.

The current president of Colombia, José Santos Gutiérrez Pletto, is also a tough man from a military background, and naturally he will not be afraid of the threat of a businessman. José, who had fought a civil war for twenty years from 1841 onwards, had a good understanding of the war, and he did not think that Ma San's armed caravan could defeat his regular army. But Ma San's threat to withdraw funds, Jose is really a little worried.

Colombia's industry is not very good, coupled with years of civil war, the country's strength has been greatly depleted, giving Ma San an opportunity. In recent years, Ma San has become the largest landlord and capitalist in Colombia, and nearly sixty percent of Colombia's industry is in the hands of Ma San. Not to mention that Ma San withdrew everything, but Ma San's industry was shut down, and Colombia's economy had to collapse, so Jose must not let Ma San take away the wealth of the Colombian people. Ma San's mines are all Colombian, Ma San's factories are Colombian people, and everything Ma San has in Colombia is bought by plundering the blood and sweat of the Colombian people, so Jose must leave all this wealth in Colombia.

"It is the obligation of the Colombian Government to be wanted for pirates, but the Colombian Government will never accept threats of any kind. If your company's armed merchant vessels enter Colombian territorial waters, they will be considered aggression against Colombia, and the Colombian army will destroy all aggressors. At the same time, in view of the many illegal acts of your company in Colombia, the Colombian government has decided to confiscate all the properties of your company in Colombia and take all the mines, factories and plantations under your company's name under the state of Colombia! José resolutely responded to Ma San's unreasonable demands, and at the same time confiscated all the property of the United Foods Company in Colombia in accordance with their routine of confiscating church property.

Ma San is still fighting for the Colombian government's toughness, and Colombia can be robbed. One percent of the people are hungry, and 99 percent of the people are hungry, and it is inevitable that these one percent will become the public enemies of the whole people. The few Manchurians from outside, through some means that the Colombians did not understand very well, turned all the wealth of the Colombians into theirs in a very short time, and then rode on the heads of the Colombian people to make a fortune, and the Colombians had long wanted to clean them up. Now that there is a clear order from the government, the Colombians are not at all concerned, they are looting the properties of the United Food Companies, they are robbing the plantations of the Food Companies, and they want to take back everything they have been robbed of.

If there is robbery, there will be resistance, not to mention that North Manchurian has been cultivating a martial atmosphere since the founding of the state, and the plantation workers began to rob, and the bosses of course picked up guns and began to defend themselves. After seeing the blood, the robbery of the Colombians turned into smashing, looting, and burning, and finally evolved into rape and massacre of the Chinese. If they were faced with the docile Qing people, their adultery, plunder, and massacre might go a little smoother, and they could also achieve great results. But they were unlucky against the aggressive Manchurians, all of whom had received military training, and although they suffered greatly in the face of an overwhelmingly superior enemy, the Colombian thugs did not take much advantage.

As the spokesperson of North Manchuria's interests in South America, Ma San is not busy catching pirates or protecting his property, his first task is to evacuate overseas Chinese. But Colombia has fallen into a national carnival, and even the police and army have joined in the massacre, and Ma San's guards are unable to cover up the 10,000 people. Ma San could only ask for help from the American escort detachment of the North Sea Fleet, and ask Bian Changdi's regular army to pull him along.

After the casual pass, we will definitely have to settle accounts with the José government, but at the moment, no one wants to make things too big. Therefore, after Bian Changdi brought people over, he only approached several important ports in Colombia in a deterrent manner, and sent several companies of marines to land and evacuate overseas Chinese. However, the results were not optimistic, and the expatriates were withdrawn, but the marines were stopped by the Colombian regular army, and more than 70 people were lost before they reluctantly retreated to the ship.

poked out such a big basket, Ma Sanke didn't dare to make his own assertions anymore, so he could only report the cause and effect of the matter back to Changchun as it was, waiting for the cabinet to make a decision.