Although on the eve of entering the twentieth century, it successfully used the Cuban crisis to teach the Americans a profound lesson, but what was completely unexpected was that the defeat of the Cuban war finally led to its expected influence, but it also brought unexpected results.

As a result of the failure of diplomacy with China, William was finally induced? McKinlai ended his second term as president, but the original historical vice president, Theodore? Roosevelt, however, was unexpectedly elected to victory and embarked on the road to his first presidency because of his tough stance in the Spanish-American War and his determination to confront China's maritime power.

When the Anglo-Boer War began, the United States cautiously expressed their concerns, but did not hesitate to send their merchant fleet to the British, and just as the Anglo-Boer War entered a critical period, on April 22, the United States suddenly announced that the American Special Envoy Myers had reached an agreement with the Nicaraguan official to prepare for the American Canal Company to dig a Grand Canal across Lake Nicaragua and connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

For this news, Qin Kai naturally realized that the Americans were fighting against the Panama Canal, which was already under their control, and the Grand Canal of Nicaragua was longer than the Panama Canal in terms of digging length, but because the originally available waters of Nicaragua were very open, it was even better than the Panama Canal in terms of feasibility.

Now, with the U.S. government announcing its determination to intervene in Central America, several consortia in the New York bond market, due to the involvement of the New Canal Company, have begun to trumpet the benefits from the canal. Stocks and bonds are selling very well. Significant sums of money are said to have been raised. This also emboldens the U.S. government.

Originally, Britain, which was concerned about the interests of the Americas, liked to meddle in such matters, but now the Boer War has already made Salisbury's cabinet anxious, and there is no energy to negotiate with the Americans except to express concern, and Britain has also obtained the navigation rights promised by China earlier. Therefore, the Americans put forward this plan at this moment, and it was implemented almost without hindrance.

On April 30, U.S. Secretary of State John ? After the signing of an agreement with Nicaragua and a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony at the mouth of the Nicaragua River, the U.S. government once again announced the explosive news that once the canal is completed, Nicaragua will agree to the United States to obtain the military right to use the canal, which is the news for China, which is in full control of the Panama Canal. Apparently not good news, when the time comes. The U.S. East and West Coast fleets will be able to quickly assemble within 10 days without a detour through the Strait of Magellan.

On 1 May, the New York Daily published an article in the New York Journal of War in which Secretary of War Elisius Brown. Rhodes's article, in which the American veteran of the Cuban War strongly emphasized the importance of building a canal controlled by the United States, and stressed the importance of U.S. naval power to safeguard U.S. rights and interests.

This series of public opinion naturally greatly alleviated the opposition to the construction of the Grand Canal in the United States, and due to the aftermath of the earlier Sino-American naval war, the United States was full of expectations for the integration of the country's maritime forces. President Roosevelt apparently made full use of this power from the people to successfully ascend to the presidency without any victory, but the atmosphere in the president's office today is a little tense!

"Your Excellency the President, I have heard that the Michel consortium has refused to say a word on the deadline for the completion of the Nicaragua Canal, and wants the government to send troops in addition to interest-free loans to deal with the powerful rebels in the region, although I also think it is necessary, but it will be strongly resisted by the Democratic Party and affect our interests at home!" Home Secretary Alfred Hitchcock was holding the New York Times of the day to voice his opinion.

"It is impossible for the national army to invade a sovereign State for the sake of potential danger, especially since the Government of Nicaragua has signed a cooperation agreement with us, and if any form of military plan is implemented, it could affect the interests of the United States of America in Central America...... We have lost the support of many countries in South America and cannot afford to lose the interests of Central America at the great political risk! Secretary of War Rhodes immediately objected, and after more than a year, the American army had not recovered from the defeat in the Battle of Cuba.

As a high-level U.S. official personally involved in the negotiations with Nicaragua, Secretary Hitchcock obviously had enough say in the entire canal project, and it was under the direct authority of the president that he personally rushed to León to finalize the cooperation plan with Nicaraguan officials, but the whole process of the agreement was full of uncertainties, and the $500,000 bribe paid to Nicaraguan officials obviously played a great role.

However, for the Michel consortium, which is specifically responsible for this huge project, although it has received great support from the government, and several financial giants, including the Morgan consortium and the Harriman consortium, have made it clear that the domestic consortium that holds the capital will take this huge risk to operate the canal company in the form of a stake, but to run the complicated Nicaragua region, which may take 20 years, it is clear that a commitment from the current president alone will not be enough for the domestic consortium that holds the capital to bear this huge risk.

"Without the backing of the military, even if the Nicaragua Canal is completed, we will still not be able to control the canal and prepare for a rainy day, which is a risk that must be shouldered for the future interests of the United States!" Secretary of State William immediately stood in solidarity with Home Secretary Alfred Hitchcock, who was clearly aware of the risks but fully recognized the might of the military.

"The Nicaraguan government must provide the most direct assurances to the United States of America, and we must make a decision to even consider arming the Nicaraguan government forces, providing them with military training, or military training, but any failure of the United States interests may lead to a defeat of public opinion until the interests of the United States are finally confirmed!"

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Theodore? When the news of the U.S. meddling in the Nicaragua Canal reached Beijing, Qin Kai naturally understood how powerful this man named Roosevelt was, and in the words of Roosevelt's daughter, this was a determined pioneer who was "willing to be a groom at every wedding and a corpse at every funeral."

Therefore, as soon as he got the news, Qin Kai realized that the problems that might arise every week were that under the initiative of this powerful president, the American desire for the Nicaragua Canal would sweep away all obstacles and implement this plan.

"Who is in charge of the Panamanian detachment!" Qin Kai immediately turned his head sideways and asked Lu Han.

"Deng Shichang and Lin Yongsheng anchor in Esmeralda!" Lu Han replied, obviously he already had an idea. (To be continued......)