There are only a handful of countries in South America, with Colombia and newly independent Guyana in the north, plus Peru, Brazil and La Plata, for a total of five. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Of these countries, Guyana is too weak and is actually more of a colony in the name of its own right, doing nothing. Colombia and Peru, on the other hand, are West Coast countries that are relatively independent of South American affairs. The only ones left are Brazil and La Plata.

The Republic of La Plata occupies Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile in another dimension, with the exception of the Atacama Desert. The center of the country is now concentrated on the banks of the Río de la Plata, mainly in the east-central part of Argentina and Uruguay.

At the time of the independence of the Republic of La Plata, the local Spanish immigration force was still very weak, and many nobles were driven out by the national revolution. After independence, the Republic of La Plata is also known as the country that receives the most immigrants in South America every year, and the main source of its immigrants is Datang. La Plata has a national population of about 1.2 million people, of which about 40% are Chinese immigrants. Many of these Chinese immigrants have lived in Datang for several years, have preliminary cultural knowledge, and are able to engage in some more complex work.

Many Tang people immigrated to La Plata to do business, and most of these people also retain Tang nationality. In addition, La Plata is an excellent animal husbandry area, and the immigration policy is relaxed, the land price is cheap, some Tang people can save some money to buy a large area of pasture in the local area, and then transport the meat and dairy products produced to Datang for sale.

Naturally, it is not excluded that Datang deliberately exported the population to La Plata. Slowly, there were many more Chinese faces in the government of La Plata, coupled with the influence of the Tang Dynasty, which made La Plata's policy affected by the Tang Dynasty.

However, the political core of La Plata is still dominated by Hispanic politicians, and the extraordinary achievements of La Plata since independence have made the people of La Plata very proud, making them appear condescending and arrogant in the face of their large but inaccomplished Brazilian neighbors.

With its animal husbandry and primary mining, La Plata has made the standard of living of its citizens enter the developed countries of this era, even better than some European countries. At this time, Brazil's domestic politics were not stable, and localism was on the rise, which led to a confrontation with the Brazilian central government. For La Plata, Brazil, while theoretically a country in the same camp, is a potentially threatening neighbor whose natural desire to weaken Brazil is its natural desire.

Recently, the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul has been in conflict with the central government over the issue of the state's fiscal and tax payments to the central government. Tila/Dentes took a tough stance this time, demanding that Rio Grande do Sul must provide a certain percentage of local revenues to the capital, and even sent warships and land forces to intimidate local forces in Rio Grande do Sul. The state of Rio Grande do Sul did not accept the Brazilian government, and continued to detain people from the capital, declaring that if Tila and Deentes continued to threaten them, the state government would consider independence from Brazil or even join La Plata.

Of course, even if it joins La Plata, Buenos Aires will not tolerate a local government acting on its own, but Buenos Aires still expressed great concern about the situation and called on the two sides to resolve the issue through negotiations and not to break out into a violent conflict. The Republic of La Plata sent a small number of its own troops, and an army of more than 1,000 men arrived on the border city of the Riviera, apparently as a sign of solidarity with the state of Surri.

At this juncture, the Great White Fleet, which was on a global voyage of Datang, came to Rio de Janeiro.

Lin Huansheng, commander of the Great White Fleet, and Ouyang Xuan, deputy minister-level attaché of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stood on the bridge of the battleship Mexico, looking at the port of Rio de Janeiro that was about to enter. Lin Huansheng turned his head and asked Ouyang Xuan, "Minister Ouyang, do you want to personally come forward on this trip to coordinate the contradictions between the central power of Brazil and the government of Nanli State?" ”

Ouyang Xuan didn't answer directly, but asked Lin Huansheng: "Commander Lin, if Nanli Prefecture and Rio really fall out, do you think Rio can take Nanli Prefecture by military means?" ”

Lin Huansheng thought for a moment and replied: "It can't be done, the Brazilian government has not been in a good situation in recent years, there is no money, and there is not much success in army construction, and the scale has not been expanded. At the beginning of the revolution, people were able to mobilize, but now everyone has to live a good life, and no one will serve as a soldier for the government without adequate remuneration. Even if Brazil were able to mobilize a few thousand men to attack the state of South Sali, I am afraid that it would not be effective, because a few thousand people would not be able to control the entire territory of South Sali. Brazil's navy is also not very powerful, and at most it bombards the coast, which could provoke greater local dissatisfaction with the Brazilian government. Nanzali can't beat Rio, but Rio can't help the local forces of the entire Nanzali. ”

Ouyang Xuan sighed: "The National Revolution has developed all over the world for so many years, and some have progressed smoothly and some have failed. Brazil is a case of failure, where everyone suffers together, but they can't develop together, and in the end, everyone has their own little abacus, and the upper side can't better unify their thinking and strengthen their organization, which eventually leads to a lot of local hills, power divisions, and government decrees are not enforced. ”

He paused, and then said: "However, it is not in the interests of our Datang to be in chaos in Brazil. Brazil is an internationalist country in any way, and a single defeat will have a negative impact on public opinion on our cause. And it also involves La Plata, and if the two countries are pinched, then there may be an even greater rift in the camp that we have painstakingly built. ”

Lin Huansheng nodded, but he was somewhat disappreciative in his heart. Although many countries have embraced internationalism, there is still a big question mark over how many true believers there are in these countries. Many people become members of the National Revolutionary Committee, which is nothing more than an identity. What they really believe in is strength and wealth, and it is enough to become a national revolution and be able to get the support of the Tang Dynasty.

There are more and more Kuomintang revolutionary parties in South America and Europe, and the contradictions between everyone in many aspects are somewhat irreconcilable. But in reality, everyone wants to get more and be stronger than the other. Therefore, it is inevitable that in the end, the loose internationalist camp alliance established by the Tang Dynasty will fall apart. (To be continued.) )