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The reason why the United States is eye-catching is that the international status of the United States is gradually improving, and compared with the United States, the degree of the United States is more serious in other South American countries, but people never pay attention to South American countries, and these countries are not even qualified to be used as talking points.

How much can $50,000 do?

In the United States, $50,000 could be used to buy a state-of-the-art Phantom sedan, two senators, or five representatives, or five governors.

If it were in Europe, $50,000 could be used to buy a small island, become a free king, and even gain the recognition of the overlord.

If it is in South America, $50,000 is enough to form a mercenary army, subvert a country, and buy an ambassador abroad, of course, it is more than enough, let alone sign a contract, even if it is treason.

A supplementary agreement similar to that requested by Li Mu is actually similar to treason.

Martinez Silva really couldn't resist the temptation of $50,000, and on the day he got the check, Martinez Silva signed the "Supplementary Agreement on the Panama Canal" with the outgoing US President Ulysses Grant.

It was also the last agreement signed during Ulysses Grant's tenure.

As Ulysses Grant expected, after the signing of the Supplementary Agreement, Martinez Silva was indeed reprimanded by the Colombian President, and the Colombian Congress passed a resolution at the same time refusing to recognize the validity of the Supplementary Agreement.

It doesn't matter if it is not passed, in fact, the impact has already been caused, and after the news of the Colombian Congress's disagreement with the "Supplementary Agreement" reached the United States, American public opinion was in an uproar, and the Senate announced that it had begun to consider the start of the Nicaragua Canal plan.

Leaving aside how the Colombians and the French view the US decision to consider launching the Nicaragua Canal, Nicaragua is very much in favor of the US decision, and the Nicaraguan president immediately decided that he will visit the United States at the end of April to discuss with US President Rutherford Hayes how to build the Nicaragua Canal.

As soon as the news came out, a few families were happy and some were sad, and the French were certainly anxious, and the Colombian government immediately fell into deep fear.

The canal has a strong irreplaceability, similar to the terrain of the American continent, considering the current shipping capacity, a canal is enough to change the situation of inconvenient transportation, whether it is the Panama Canal or the Nicaragua Canal, one is enough, two are pure waste, so if the Nicaragua Canal is the first to start, then the Panama Canal will not have the need to exist.

On March 15, Martínez Silva, who had been removed from his post by the Colombian government, was reinstated as the special envoy of the Colombian president, with full responsibility for negotiating with the U.S. government on the launch of the Panama Canal project.

"I had already packed my bags and booked a ticket back to Colombia, but I didn't expect it to be reactivated, and life is really amazing." At the welcome dinner specially held by Li Mu for Martinez Silva, Martinez Silva was full of emotion.

The Colombian government can also be regarded as aggrieved, although it knows that Martinez Silva played a dishonorable role in the process of signing the "Supplementary Agreement" with the US government, but it has no choice but to take Martinez Silva, and it also pinchs its nose to appoint Martinez Silva as the special presidential envoy, and the strength of the United States in the Americas is undoubtedly revealed in this matter.

"I told you a long time ago, don't worry, in fact, you can not return to Colombia at all, in New York, I can guarantee your safety, even anywhere in the United States." Li Mu knew the seriousness of the matter of Martinez Silva signing the "Supplementary Agreement" between the Colombian government and Ulysses Grant behind his back, so he had already prepared a way back for Martinez Silva.

With $50,000, the world is as big as Martinez Silva can get, and at this price level, even in New York, Martinez Silva can have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

Although the U.S. Senate nominally proposed to consider the Nicaragua Canal plan, in fact, Li Mu and the Panama Canal Company are still interested in the Panama Canal, so Li Mu is also in need of a Panamanian expert now, and Martinez Silva is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.

"No, no, no, I'm Colombian, I won't betray my country, although I signed an agreement with you that is not good for Panama, but in fact, in my opinion, only you, the U.S. government, are capable of building the Panama Canal, not French diplomats thousands of miles away, so I signed an agreement with you, and there is a difference between the two." Martinez Silva does not believe that he has made a mistake and is not prepared to stay in the United States as Li Mu asks.

It's normal for Martinez Silva to think this way, but many times people who are too egotistical make the mistake of doing what they think is right, regardless of what others think.

Although in the history that Li Mu knows, in fact, it is true that as Martinez Silva thought, the French are simply unable to build the Panama Canal, but the fact that Martinez Silva signed the "Supplementary Agreement" with Ulysses Grant behind the back of the Colombian government is in fact that Martinez Silva betrayed the trust of the Colombian government and did not align with the collective will of the Colombian government.

"Okay, okay, you're right, let's get back on track and talk about how we can give us the right to dig and use the Panama Canal, and we need to note that the right to use the Panama Canal is required for at least 100 years." Li Mu is not entangled with Martinez Silva in this matter, it is better to talk about something that everyone is interested in.

"100 years, that's too long, we won't accept such a request." Martinez Silva had a firm attitude and refused to follow Li Mu's rhythm.

The Panama Canal is a major project, the historical Panama Canal started construction in 1883 and opened to navigation in 1914, which lasted for 30 years.

If the Panama Canal Company takes over the Panama Canal, the time will certainly not drag on for so long, but maybe it will take more than ten years to repair, and if it is still the same as the last time, the United States only requires a 20-year period, then maybe the canal will not be repaired before the deadline is reached, and then it will be a moth, so it is better to solve all the problems at once now.

"30 years? How can it be... The Suez Canal has only been built for ten years, and the Panama Canal is much shorter than the Suez Canal, so it will not last ten years. Martínez Silva thinks Li Mu exaggerated the difficulty of building the Panama Canal.

The Suez Canal is 190 kilometers long, which is indeed much longer than the Panama Canal in terms of length, but the difficulty of the French to build the Suez Canal is not the same as the construction of the Panama Canal.

Strictly speaking, the Suez Canal was not built by the French.

According to historical records, it is likely that around 1800 BC, the pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty of Egypt, New Nusayt III, ordered the construction of a canal connecting the Red Sea and the Nile.

The canal was abandoned in the 13th century BC during the reign of Ramses II.

Since then, the rulers of Egypt have rebuilt the canal many times, and the canal has also undergone this cycle of building, improving and destroying again and again.

In modern times, after the defeat of Napoleon, France rebuilt the second colonial empire of France, at this time the French colonies in the Americas were occupied by Britain, and France was forced to expand eastward, so it was of great significance to France to open the Suez Canal, so the French rebuilt the canal on the basis of their predecessors.

Compared with the Suez Canal, which can be called an ancient relic, the Panama Canal is much younger, although there were people who wanted to build a canal connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, but it was never implemented, considering the topography of the Isthmus of Panama, the difficulty of building the Panama Canal is more than twice as high as that of the Suez Canal.

It was precisely because they underestimated the difficulty of building the Panama Canal that the French would have to make a mistake in the construction of the Panama Canal, which took 30 years to navigate.

“… See, this is the difficulty we are facing, the terrain is complicated, the transportation is inconvenient, the disease is rampant, the shortage of manpower, these problems need to be solved one by one, so 20 years is not even enough to complete the canal construction work, and it is not too much for us at the Panama Canal Company to ask for 100 years of usufruction. Li Mu also insisted that no one would give in easily.

"These problems do exist, but they have been gradually solved, such as the exploration of the Panama Canal, which was almost completed 40 years ago, and the transportation problem, we now also have the Panama Railway, as for the disease and manpower, there is no need to worry about this, our Colombian government has enough sincerity to build the Panama Canal, even with the strength of the whole country." Martinez Silva's case is just as strong.

"The previous exploration work has no meaning, it has to be redone, as for the Panama Railway, it is not under the control of our Panama Canal Company, if you want the Panama Railway to serve the canal wholeheartedly, then the acquisition of the Panama Railway must be completed first, which will again increase our costs, as for manpower and disease, Mr. Special Envoy, do you think that you Colombia alone can cast the canal?" Li Mu unceremoniously turned on the mockery mode, first destroying Martinez Silva's confidence, and then taking the opportunity to lower the price.

"If we could build the Panama Canal in our own right, I wouldn't be here... As for the preliminary exploration work, I hope that Mr. Ream will respect the lives that have been lost as a result. "Martinez Silva kept his mouth shut about the cost, and only chose what was good for him.

"You know, Mr. Special Envoy, that the Panama Canal cannot be built by Colombia alone, so it is necessary to have professionals stationed at the construction site, and how can the safety of these people be guaranteed? Of course, we must respect the lost lives, but respect does not mean accepting them all..."Li Mu took out a document prepared in advance and handed it to Martinez Silva, leaned back in his chair and said lightly: "This is an exploration report of our engineers from the Panama Canal Company, and the exploration results show that the sea level in the Pacific Ocean is 20 centimeters lower than that of the Caribbean Sea, so the originally designed sea-level canal cannot be realized at all. ”

This report was completely created by Li Mu according to his own memory, and has nothing to do with the engineers of the Panama Canal Company.

Now that the times have changed, it doesn't matter if you leak this news to the Colombians in advance, anyway, the strength of your Colombian government, even if they know this information, then they don't have the ability to design a new canal out.

"It's... How is that possible..."Martinez Silva could not accept such a result, but in the face of the facts, Martinez Silva also had nothing to say.

Martinez Silva knows very well that Li Mu cannot lie on this issue, and since Li Mu is now confident in taking out this report, then the conclusion must be conclusive.

If it is the same as what Li Mu wrote in the report, then the previous exploration work on the Isthmus of Panama is really as Li Mu said: worthless.

It's not worthless, at least the previous exploration has given a preliminary understanding of the topography of the Isthmus of Panama, which can save the Panama Canal Company a lot of trouble.

But there is no need to say this kind of thing to Martinez Silva, the mall is like a battlefield, no matter how good the relationship is at the wine table, it is useless, you must be able to pull down your face when you should be blind, and you must be able to get down when you should be pitted.

"Even so, 100 years is too long..."Although he had agreed with what Li Mu said in his heart, Martinez Silva still couldn't accept Li Mu's request.

"If it doesn't work in 100 years..."Li Mu frowned, looking extremely embarrassed, as if he had suffered a big loss: "... That's 99 years. ”

Martinez Silva's mood had just relaxed a little, and he immediately couldn't cry or laugh again.

What is the difference between years? This is not shopping mall pricing, do some tricks, implement the mantissa pricing method, which is more in line with people's psychological expectations and makes it easier for people to accept.

"I'm not done yet, if after the expiration, our Panama Canal Company is willing to continue to lease the Panama Canal, then your Colombian government cannot refuse the legitimate request of our Panama Company." Li Mu made up for it again, this is the rhythm of controlling the Panama Canal forever.

"Impossible, we will never accept such a request." Martinez Silva's head shook like a rattle, if Martinez Silva agreed to Li Mu's request, then Martinez Silva would be the same as Li Mu said, and he really didn't have to go back to Colombia.

If you go back, you will also be on the guillotine.

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