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Now there is a proverb circulating throughout the Roman Western Empire: the failure of the United States is the success of Mexico!

And when this proverb began to become popular, this world war had not yet begun, and the United States at that time was not a defeat at all compared to now! So Mexico's success then will not be comparable to that of the present and the future.

As for the reason, it is actually very simple. In fact, Mexico in this era, like the United States, was basically vast and sparsely populated, and it could only be developed by relying on the inflow of population and capital from Europe. And the United States is the country of choice, and is certainly the first choice for European immigrants and capital. No matter how hard it tries, Mexico will only be able to succumb to the United States, attracting little European population and money, unless the United States fails. And now, the United States has really failed, and it is a big failure! Not only are European immigrants and capital making Mexico a preferred destination, but people and money from North and South America and the Principality of Texas are moving to Mexico.

It's unbelievable that Americans are now running in droves to Mexico...... According to later statistics, in the first quarter of 1877 alone, the population of the Kingdom of Mexico increased by 1.93 million, and the total population has reached 17 million! Among them, 850,000 white immigrants came from outside, and the merger with Florida brought another 1.05 million people.

And with the population arrived in Mexico, along with the capital that originally belonged to the British-American Empire and the Confederate States of America. This capital is not simply gold francs and silver pesos, which are only placed in banks to earn interest, but industrial capital that will be used to invest in various industries.

As a matter of fact. The massive inflow of American and European industrial capital into Mexico began during the last North American war. It has been going on for more than ten years now. The total amount of inflows has long exceeded 3 billion silver pesos! It brought great development to Mexico's industry, commerce and even agriculture - the achievements of the great empress Mathilde and Juárez, the wise prime minister, over the years. In fact, it is all based on the bad luck of the United States.

"The Mighty ...... of the Kingdom of Mexico Already to the point of daring against the Roman Empire? Napoleon IV was a little incredulous, but after thinking about it, he shook his head, "And how could the Mexicans follow Mathilde and Juan to do nonsense?" ”

The Marquis of Montauban shook his head, "Actually, it's not the Mexicans who follow His Majesty Caesar, but some Mexicans are bewitching His Majesty!" ”

"Bewitching Mathilde? Is it Juarez? Napoleon IV muttered in a low voice, "Damn the Indian monkeys!" ”

"Indian Monkey" is Juarez's nickname in Europe. From this nickname, you can see how the big names of the entire Roman Empire viewed him.

Seeing that Napoleon IV blamed Juárez for the growing estrangement of the Kingdom of Mexico, the Marquis de Montauban sighed in his heart: this Augustus was always too simple to think about the problem.

The Marquis of Montauban shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, if it's just a Juarez. His Majesty Mathilde would never want to hand over the Mexican throne to Juan. It was a class that really encouraged Mathilde to act in this way! ”

"A class?" Napoleon IV was stunned, "Is it an officer of the Western Roman army?" They probably think Juan is Napoleon the Great, right? ”

"Not just the officers, but also the big bourgeoisie of the Kingdom of Mexico! Figures such as the Banco Roma 200 family supported Juan to take over as king of Mexico. ”

"The bourgeoisie in Mexico? How is this possible? Napoleon IV shook his head and expressed disbelief. There is no news that Juan has anything to do with the Mexican bourgeoisie. ”

It is normal for Juan to have supporters in the Mexican army, and the military always admires the great military strategists. Juan's image in the Mexican army is certainly better than that of Henry, who suffered two defeats in three days in Brazil. Bonaparte is good. But the bourgeoisie...... Why do they support Juan?

"Juan really has little to do with the big bourgeoisie in Mexico, but he can bring benefits to these people who see money - to bring markets and resources to the whole of America!"

The Marquis de Montauban said this, and Napoleon IV was silent.

"According to the investigation of the Ministry of Finance of the Eastern Empire, over the past 20 years. Industrial production in Mexico has increased by at least 100 times! Its speed is much higher than that of any European country, and it can even be compared to the Ming Empire. ”

A second industrial revolution has taken place over the past 20 years. The Ming Empire, the German Empire, and the newly defeated United States all followed the east wind of the industrial revolution from the agricultural country to the industrial country in one fell swoop. The industrial structure of the Kingdom of Mexico has also undergone earth-shaking changes. From a "supplier of raw materials" that could only produce agricultural products and open mines to an industrial country capable of exporting industrial goods! Just like France and Italy, the core of the Roman Eastern Empire! Although the overall size of Mexican industry is not as large as that of Italy, the pace of development is very impressive.

If the population capital of the former United States (including Canada) and Europe continues to flow into Mexico as it does now, within 10 years, Mexico's population will exceed 30 million (of which 20 million are white)! The value of industrial production will certainly surpass that of Italy, and will even be close to the level of France.

At that point, the Kingdom of Mexico was no longer a follower of the Eastern Roman Empire but a competitor - why did the Mexicans share the markets and resources of South America with the Eastern Roman Empire? It's Mexico's backyard! What's that...... Latin America is the Latin America of Mexicans!

In fact, in the current market of the Roman Eastern Empire, Mexican textiles, hardware products, and rubber products have already posed a competition with products from France and Italy. Moreover, Mexico's textile mills and rubber mills competed with European merchants in New France and Central and South America for raw cotton and rubber materials.

And the competition between capitals has never minded the use of state power. In order to squeeze out European competitors from the Americas, Mexican capital naturally thought of establishing a dualistic Greater American empire led by Donghua and Mexico......

"Now that we've come to this, how do we deal with it?" Napoleon IV listened to the explanations of the Marquis de Montauban and finally arrived at the seriousness of the matter.

"Your Majesty, maybe we can strengthen cooperation with the Ming Empire instead of competing...... Cooperate in many places. The Marquis of Montauban said in a low voice, "In fact, the current international situation is very favorable to us and the Ming Empire, and our two countries should become defenders of the international order, not destroyers." ”

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At the same time, more than 10,000 kilometers away in the Daming Yingtian Hot Spring Palace, there is also a face-to-face teaching opportunity.

Zhu Heng, the king of Beihua, who was preparing to leave the Ming Dynasty and go to Beihua to take up his country, entered the palace early this morning to bid farewell to his majesty, and Zhu Jishi explained to his son how to develop the economy in Donghua and Beihua in the future.

"America's weakness stemmed from the Civil War, which was triggered by tariffs, and was in fact a conflict of economic interests between American industry and agriculture. I now fear that the same thing will happen between Daming and Donghua in the future. ”

There was a deep worry in Zhu Jishi's voice. If Zhu Guoxiong was afraid of Zhu Juan, then what he, a later traveler who had seen the hegemony of the United States, was worried about the fierce conflict between the American Empire, a Chinese, and the Ming Empire, a Chinese...... Just like the American Civil War!

Moreover, Zhu Jishi also believes that it is unlikely that Zhu Juan's ambition and Zhu Guoxiong's cautious eye caused the conflict...... After all, these two brothers are separated by the Pacific Ocean, even if they can't get used to each other, they will still be close to each other in face, and the current Ming Empire and the Donghua Kingdom have common interests economically. The Ming Dynasty needed Donghua's land to release the surplus population, the cotton, corn, wheat, and soybeans produced in Donghua's land, Donghua's gold, silver, and copper mines, and Donghua's oil in the future.

Donghua also needs the population, capital, industrial products and agricultural products market of the Ming Dynasty...... At least until the Donghua Kingdom completes industrialization, there will be no violent conflict between the two sides. The Ming Dynasty and Donghua are not absolute monarchies with the emperor and king having the final say, but constitutional states under the law of the two kings. The monarch and the government represent the interests of the people, and as long as both sides need each other's markets and resources, there will be no conflict.

But it is only a matter of time before Donghua, which occupies the chosen country, completes the industrial revolution and becomes an industrialized country like the Ming Dynasty!

"Heng'er, among all my children, you are the one who is the best at doing business, you really know how much power capital has, and you also know how to guide this power."

Zhu Jishi looked at his son and said lightly: "I didn't expect you to do anything in the military when I asked you to go to Beihua to contain Juan. In military matters, if you listen to Juan's arrangement, he will not cheat you. As for Beihua's internal affairs, it has its own cabinet council, so you don't have to worry about it. But no matter how Beihua develops, it can't catch up with Donghua! Not to mention anything else, the land in Donghua can feed at least 300 million people, and it is difficult for the land in Beihua to feed 100 million. ”

Zhu Jishi paused for a moment, and then said: "And your main task in the Americas is to establish, support, and control the consortium!" And what you want to establish and support is a trans-Greater China consortium that is conducive to the integration of Greater China, that is, the interests and investments of these consortiums should not be limited to the Americas, but should be the entire Greater China Empire! Only a consortium with interests throughout the empire will be a force to maintain the unity of Greater China.

Donghua's economy should be controlled by them! For those Donghua or New Japan consortia that had no interest in the rest of the Great China Empire, it was necessary to control their shares as much as possible, and then transform them into trans-Greater China conglomerates. For those local chaebols who are not willing to be controlled by us and do not want to become cross-Greater China conglomerates, we must use commercial means to eliminate them as much as possible! (To be continued.) )