The Brazilian government has now retreated to the southwestern state of Paraná, while troops are still fighting the Americans in the central states of Goiás, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo; The Brazilian government formed a last line of defense in Santa Catarina, vowing to fight the United States to the end. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Paraná accounts for a quarter of the country's cereal production, cotton, beans, corn and wheat production, soybean production is the second largest in the country, coffee and tobacco production is the fourth largest in the country, and sugar cane production is the fifth largest in the country.

The states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul are also important grain and livestock producing regions in Brazil.

Fortunately, several states in southwestern Brazil are agro-pastoral regions, otherwise it would be difficult to meet the basic needs of so many Brazilians and support the frontline operations.

Most of the immigrants from Santa Catarina came from Germany, and they were all good soldiers, and actively responded to the government's call to form a provincial self-defense volunteer army to resist the invasion of the United States; The German government secretly sent some military commanders to join in at the right time and sold them some army equipment, so that the combat effectiveness of several armies formed in Santa Catarina was very strong, relying on the favorable terrain and building several strong defensive lines to prevent the US army from invading the interior from the coastal areas.

Now several states on the Brazilian front line and several states on the southwest coast are located on the Brazilian plateau, and there are Mar Mountains along the coast, the mountains are close to the coast, forming large cliffs, and there is only a narrow flat land in the coastal area, and the Brazilians rely on favorable terrain to block, so that the United States can only occupy a few cities along the coast, and cannot afford to attack inland, or continue to go south, plus reinforcements from several countries of the alliance, so that the Brazilians can breathe.

In the state of São Paulo, the US military only occupied the coastal cities of São Paulo and Sanders, and even the neighboring Campinas were in the hands of the Brazilians, and the state government of the state of São Paulo moved to the city of Ribeirão Preto to continue organizing popular resistance.

Before going to Brazil, Foreign Minister Li Jingfa received a detailed report from intelligence officers, and based on their analysis of Brazil, he came to the conclusion that the Brazilian government wanted to exchange land for imperial military support, especially warships, and they hoped to defeat the American navy and blockade the coastal areas occupied by the United States, so that the Americans would lose foreign aid.

The southwest of Brazil is an agricultural and animal husbandry production area, which can ensure that there is a sufficient supply of grain, meat, etc., while the territory occupied by the United States was originally a cash crop production area, rich in coffee, sugar, and cocoa, etc., and it is difficult to completely transform it into a grain production area in a short period of time, and if its coastal areas are blocked, they can slowly drag the Americans to death.

After careful consideration, Foreign Minister Li Jingfa felt that this was a good opportunity for the empire, and now the Brazilian government was supported to a limited extent, so that they could defeat the American fleet, or form a confrontation with the American fleet, and the army could fight with confidence, so that the population of both sides could be greatly reduced, and when they reached a certain limit, the empire could come forward to clean up the mess and wipe them out, and the whole of South America would become the territory of the empire.

Foreign Minister Li Jing arrived in the city of Punta Grossa, the provisional capital of Brazil, with full confidence.

The city of Punta Grossa is located in the central plateau of Paraná, at an altitude of 975 meters, and is a railway and road hub throughout the state, about 100 kilometers east of the state capital Curitiba and only 200 kilometers from the port of Paranagua.

Brazilian President Alfonso Moreira Pena hosted a grand banquet to entertain Li Jingfa and his entourage, followed by intense negotiations with the Brazilian foreign minister and others.

The crux of the negotiations was how much aid Brazil could get for the lands it proposed, so the two sides did not budge, and Baron Río Blanco, Brazil's foreign minister, insisted on 300 million summer dollars.

Foreign Minister Li Jingfa believes that the land is vast and sparsely populated, it is a tropical rainforest area, there is no development, the transportation is backward, the environment is harsh, and it is completely worthless to the Han Kingdom, and the Han Kingdom can pay 100 million summer yuan to maintain the security and stability of South America, and it does not value those lands at all, and there is also a part of the land occupied by the United States, and the Han Kingdom cannot occupy those places at all. In fact, what he thought in his heart was that sooner or later it would become the territory of the empire, and there was no need to spend such a high price in exchange, hoping to add Mato Grosso to the scope of the exchange.

The Brazilian side directly rejected Foreign Minister Li Jingfa's request, and they will definitely not give up the western barrier of Brazil in Mato Grosso City, otherwise Brazil's rear will not be stable, how can we talk about continuing to fight with the Americans?

The negotiations were deadlocked for three days, but no progress was made, and Li Jingfa felt that it was not a way to continue the stalemate, so he suggested that the meeting be adjourned for two days, and everyone would consider it carefully before proceeding with the talks.

The news was reported to Zheng Qiang and Chen Yifeng of the Han Kingdom, the land of the two is secondary, the important thing is to make Brazil and Americans hate to fight, and after befriending Brazil, the Han Kingdom can take the opportunity to deal with Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, so that only Brazil and the United States are left in the entire South American region, which is convenient for the Han Kingdom to control these two countries.

So the two put forward a suggestion after summing up: first, the Han Kingdom can take over those territories, but it is not prepared to station troops, but only set up a forest police to patrol and maintain law and order, Brazil can withdraw all the residents there, and the Xia Empire can establish a huge Amazon nature reserve there as a buffer zone between the Han Kingdom and Brazil; Second, the Han Kingdom could replace the Xia Empire by signing a non-aggression pact with Brazil to establish good-neighborly and friendly diplomatic relations; Third, the Han Kingdom can support Brazil's 200 million Xia Yuan material aid, and can purchase military equipment, civilian products, industrial and mining equipment, etc. from the Han Kingdom and the Xia Empire, and after the aid funds are spent, they can continue to purchase related products from the Han Kingdom, or barter.

After the discussion, Brazil feels that the asking price of 300 million summer yuan is a relatively high price, and is also ready to appropriately reduce part of the price after the resumption of negotiations, as long as the Han Kingdom shows a certain sincerity and friendliness, Brazil will not be as strict as before, hoping to facilitate the transaction between the two sides and obtain the assistance of the Han Kingdom.

On the morning of July 18, the two sides began negotiations again, and this time the negotiations went very smoothly because both sides made certain concessions, and the "Treaty of Good Neighborliness, Friendship and Non-Aggression", "Agreement on the Exchange of the Amazon Basin", "Draft Material Procurement" and "Draft Establishment of the Amazon Nature Reserve" were signed, which enabled Brazil to obtain the funds they needed and made the Amazon basin a buffer zone between the two countries, and the relations between the two sides became more harmonious and harmonious.

Subsequently, Brazil, with the General Staff as the mainstay, set up a material procurement committee, and used the funds obtained from the transaction to purchase the materials needed from the Xia Empire and the Han Kingdom; The Procurement Committee sent personnel to return to Chang'an City with Ambassador Li Jingfa to negotiate with the Government Council and the General Staff of the Han Kingdom on the purchase of materials.