473: Immigration conditions
Brazil is the largest country of immigrants in the world, including immigrants from Asia, Europe and Africa, and all but a few million indigenous people in the country are immigrants, more than half of the total number of indigenous people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In addition, Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, ranking in South America, adjacent to Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Suriname and French Guiana, with a coastline of 7,400 kilometers.
World war will eventually break out, and the Chinese Empire will inevitably become the opponent of many powers, this is inevitable, unless the Chinese Empire gives up the plan to rise and willingly becomes an eagle dog at the feet of the powers, otherwise it must face these problems.
Therefore, it is actually a little late to lay out Brazil now, perhaps in the early stage of the war, the layout in Brazil will not have much impact on the Chinese Empire, and Wang Sirui does not have the luxury of being able to let this layout play a role at the beginning of the war, but only to be able to play its due role at the end of the war.
Going north can directly attack French Guiana, and at the same time can also attack Venezuela, for the famous oil power in the future, Wang Sirui has great expectations, and even Wang Sirui himself has some faint doubts, is he suffering from voluntary collection syndrome? Always can't help but want to take all the resources into your own hands?
Well, resources or something is just one of the considerations, immigrating to Brazil is more to control the Panama Canal, snatching it from the Americans by peaceful means, this is almost impossible, because at this time the United States has taken the management of the canal from Panama, and it is still permanent, the Panama Canal is actually a country China, everything is what the Americans say.
Once China and the United States are at odds, then Wang Sirui will certainly not give up the Panama Canal, a good excuse, and once this canal is taken, it means that all warships on the east coast of the United States will not be able to enter the Pacific Ocean from here, they can only pass through Europe, and then pass through the Suez Canal, through the Strait of Malacca, and circle most of the earth to reach Asia.
Taking the canal is basically equivalent to putting a lock on the neck of the Americans, and the Americans can be strangled at any time, although this is only a long-term plan, whether it is exercised or not depends on the changes in the next war situation.
"Your Excellency Santos, in principle, we agree to your country's invitation and conditions, but we cannot guarantee that the people of the empire will agree to live in your country. I think you're well aware that the Empire has just taken over a large area of land in the north, and we have to mobilize a large number of people to live there. Early the next morning, Wang Shizhen summoned the Brazilian envoy Santos at the Prime Minister's Office and conveyed the views of the Chinese Empire to the other party.
Originally, the Brazilian side did not intend to re-invite China, because ten years ago, they rejected the invitation of Brazil and left a very bad impression on the Brazilians.
However, in recent years, the effect of immigration in Brazil has not been obvious, and there is still a lack of a large number of laborers in the country, and large areas of land are barren, which is a headache for the Brazilian government. Coupled with the fact that the Chinese Empire overthrew the Manchus, and their emperor seemed to be more strategic than the rulers of the previous dynasties, it was actually beneficial for them to emigrate to Brazil.
It was based on this situation that the Brazilian side sent an envoy from Santoste to the Chinese Empire again, and formally extended a second invitation to the Chinese Empire to emigrate.
Although in the international arena, the European and American powers are blockading the Chinese Empire, but the Brazilians don't care about this, after the immigrants have passed, they are Brazilians, they can only be said to be from China, they have no connection with China, no matter how much the European and American powers hate the Chinese Empire, they can't make a big deal about this matter, besides, Brazil didn't invite them? It was their own people who didn't want to come, or the government simply refused.
Wang Shizhen's words, Santos heard it very clearly, agreed in principle, in fact, it was agreed, no matter how much he said later, it was just a prevarication, a diplomatic rhetoric, in order to fight for more welfare benefits for them.
Although there is still no breakthrough in the negotiations on the surface, Santos is still relieved, at least, this time the Chinese Empire did not directly refuse, but to open the window for negotiations, which is obviously good news for Brazil.
And with the diligence of the Chinese, if it really immigrates a million peasants and workers, leaving aside other aspects for the time being, the Brazilian government will definitely meet all their demands, and what are the requirements of the Chinese? Is there anything else besides land? In fact, Brazil has already divided five areas for this group of Chinese immigrants, and if all 1 million people emigrate, then it will ensure that each person can own no less than 30 acres of land.
This is only Brazil's own estimate, if the Chinese have a greater appetite, the Brazilian government does not mind giving them more land, anyway, these cultivated grain will also be sold to Brazil, then the Brazilian government can buy grain at a low price in the form of land shares, and this million Chinese farmers, as long as there is enough land, the Brazilian government is giving them snacks, at least half of the Brazilians can supply the grain problem.
China's peasants are known for their ability to farm, and their experience in cultivating land for thousands of years far exceeds that of other countries, and if it were not for the large population and the political instability in the country, perhaps there would never be a starvation death in this part of China.
"Your Excellency, please believe in our sincerity, in order to dispel the doubts of the people of your country, the Brazilian government has prepared five areas, and guaranteed that each person can get no less than twenty acres of land, if the immigrants feel that these lands are still not enough, then it does not matter, as long as you can manage it at the same time, then the Brazilian government will give you more land in the form of land shares, and the price is that the grain produced by the excess part of the land will be sold to the Brazilian government at half price. Three of them are in São Paulo, which are geographically excellent, ideal for farming and easily accessible, and the remaining two, one in Brasilia and one in El Salvador, where they can go out to fish.
In addition, the Brazilian government also plans to build railways to these five areas in the next ten years, which will be extremely convenient for life and trade in the future, of course, in the first year of immigration, the Brazilian government will take care of their food, clothing, housing and transportation, and help them build houses until food is produced. Santos chattered about the policy treatment given by Brazil, which is definitely much better than that of immigrants from other countries.
In fact, there is another reason why Brazilians are obsessed with Chinese immigrants: so far, immigration from other countries has not brought about a significant change in Brazil.
European immigrants are used to living the life of an uncle, they just want to change to a more stable environment to live, Africans are too lazy, and have little agricultural experience, so the combination of the two, it has formed a European-based, immigrant way to obtain a large amount of land, and then hire African immigrants to work, they sit back and enjoy the results, which makes the Brazilian government very dissatisfied, so it will think of Chinese immigrants again.
And the most direct fuse, naturally, is those Chinese who immigrated to Nanyang, before immigration, what the hell were those places in Nanyang? Looking at the present, wherever there are Chinese, it must be a place with developed economy, agriculture, and trade.
Brazil is a country of immigrants, so they don't have so many local ideas, they just want to make their lives better, no matter what nationality you are, as long as you have Brazilian nationality and are willing to contribute to the country, then they are willing to accept you.
"Your country's conditions are indeed good, but there is a clear deviation from our national policy, unless your country can agree to a few conditions of our country, otherwise, this matter is not negotiable." Wang Shizhen nodded extremely regretfully, then sighed again, and made an illusion that he wanted to promote this immigration, but he couldn't do anything about it.
"Your Excellency, please speak, if it doesn't violate Brazilian principles, I think we can still talk." Santos nodded, although he knew Wang Shizhen's purpose, he could only passively wait for him to take the initiative to speak.
"In fact, there is no difference in the overall direction, but the conditions of your country cannot reassure His Majesty the Emperor, and I think Your Excellency also knows that His Majesty the Emperor cares about all the people, and most of the time, His Majesty would rather suffer some grievances than see the people suffer. Therefore, His Majesty personally put forward several conditions, first, immigrants can also join Brazilian nationality, but they will not give up Chinese nationality, Chinese have always been rooted for thousands of years, so, in addition to this group of immigrants, their descendants in the future, when they are born, enjoy the nationality of the Chinese Empire, this point, the Brazilian side must recognize, but we will be responsible for this matter, and then we need to set up an office in various places to count these newborns for reporting.
The number of second immigrants is three million, and our country has the right to propose resettlement, if our country feels that it is not suitable for living or farming, it can directly deny it. Third, the empire needed to send 200,000 troops to protect these civilians militarily, but the Brazilian government was still responsible for the usual security and management. Wang Shizhen put forward the conditions of the Chinese Empire, except for the third one, which Santos found a little unacceptable, the first two can be discussed, but the number of immigrants of three million is still beyond their expectations.
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