11. Ask for minerals
"Back then, the Chinese sold you to our Chile, and we Chile gave you civil rights, so now you are all citizens of Chile." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoSo I think that all citizens of Chile should have an obligation to contribute to the country. And we have always valued you very much, and your country has abandoned you, and we are willing to accept you, so Chile should be your motherland. So, I guess in terms of dealing with Peruvians, we should be in this together, right? James asked.
Shi Sizhong scolded in his heart: "Do you treat us Chinese as citizens? Phew! If it weren't for the lack of troops in your army, and you needed us slaves who were once Taiping soldiers to be cannon fodder, would you give us the so-called civil rights status? If you didn't want us to be cannon fodder, you would treat us like this? In your bones, you just want to treat us as cannon fodder, and then let us stop the Peruvians. Most of Chile's saltpeter mines are also in the north, and we Chinese guard the saltpeter mines in the north and block the Peruvians. But you only give us no more than one percent of the mining share, so we will lose to my grandmother's family. You eat meat, and then let us who shed blood go and drink soup, and that is a great loss. ”
Shi Sizhong doesn't know what these Chileans think? They fooled the Chinese to be cannon fodder, and then gave some extremely rare benefits. However, the share of saltpeter minerals in northern Chile is not more than 1 percent, so the vast majority of them are still Chileans. The Chinese, on the other hand, have to fight the Peruvians to protect these saltpeter minerals, so the Chinese are actually cannon fodder. If it weren't for the stability of the international situation in recent years, so that the Chinese could live in peace, otherwise I don't know how many lives would have to be paid to protect these saltpeters!
Moreover, in fact, these Chileans do not regard these Chinese as their real citizens, and this citizen is only a "second-class citizen". For example, every time Chileans elect a president, they also intentionally or unintentionally ignore the voting rights of the Chinese, they do not come to collect the votes of Chinese citizens at all, and then just hold elections elsewhere. The votes of the Chinese in Iquique were also ignored intentionally or unintentionally, which means that the Chinese did not actually have the right to vote.
Of course, the Chinese themselves don't know how to fight for this right to vote, and they actually regard themselves as guests in their bones. Especially the older generation of those Chinese are even more attached to the motherland and do not regard Chile as the motherland, so they are not enthusiastic about the election of the president by Chileans, because they do not really regard themselves as citizens of Chile.
"Mayor James, I think we can revisit the division of those saltpeters and resources. I think we should be able to increase our Chinese mining rights in this saltpeter and copper mine from 1 percent in the past to 5 percent, which is an increase of 4 percent. Shi Sizhong said.
Shi Sizhong's idea is very simple, this Chile is a treasure land of feng shui! In the north of Chile, there is not only saltpeter, but saltpeter can be manufactured. An important material for gunpowder, and the only one in the world that can produce natural saltpeter is Chile. Chilean saltpeter once supplied the raw material for the production of gunpowder all over the world, so Chile's high-quality saltpeter is almost the envy of the whole world.
Chile has another abundant resource, and that is copper resources. Chile's copper ore resources accounted for about 30% of the world's annual mining in later generations, which is 30% of the world's total, and Chile is only a country with a population of more than 10 million and less than 20 million.
In later generations, many bullets in China were made of copper-clad steel, isn't this because China lacks copper and cannot use a large amount of copper as bullets? Except for the local tyrant of the Yankees, who can use all-copper bullets for soldiers? And all-copper bullets have many benefits, which Shi Sizhong understands very well. Shi Sizhong used to be an international salesman in later generations, worked as a salesman in many industries, and did a lot of work on the resale of mineral resources, so he knew the importance of these resources.
Shi Sizhong hopes to accumulate more copper ore and saltpeter in the past two years, and then accumulate more military supplies. Copper ore is able to make bullets as a resource reserve, while saltpeter is made. Gunpowder, this is an extremely important thing. So he wants these Chileans to spit out more resources for them to mine, to get more power to mine resources, so that they can all get more supplies as well.
Isn't it necessary to compete for resources when you return to China in the future? Whoever has more strategic resources will have greater hope of victory. The more resources that can be reserved, the greater the combat effectiveness in the future, this is for sure.
"You want to increase the number of mines? This is not good, didn't we make an agreement with you in the past? In the past, we agreed that you Chinese could not mine more than 1 percent of saltpeter and copper ore in the north, but your father-in-law agreed to this and signed the agreement in black and white. Now how do you go back on your word? James immediately said unhappily.
Of course, James didn't want to increase the ratio, because if there are more Chinese, there will be fewer others. In fact, they still use the Chinese as cannon fodder, hoping that through some scarce mineral resources, they will let them sell their lives, especially this one allows them to stop the invasion of the Peruvians, so this is very important. So of course they don't want to increase the proportion of Chinese people, this Chinese eats more cakes, then others are less? This is not up to James himself, he naturally has to protect his vested interests. If he dares to agree without authorization, then I am afraid that he will not dare to imagine the consequences.
However, Shi Sizhong is imperative to increase the ratio of saltpeter and copper ore, he is in great need of resource reserves, and self-heating cannot be given up so easily. Once you give up, then it will not be so easy to reserve resources, and this must be done as soon as possible.
"Mr. James, we want to increase the proportion of minerals, and there is a reason, this is a very huge benefit to you Chile!" Shi Sizhong began to talk nonsense.
"What? Good for us Chile? James asked in surprise, obviously he didn't know what this Shi Sizhong meant, so he asked curiously.