On September 4, when war had just broken out, Yuan Ran sent a telegram from Uruguay. The shipyard has now built two Liberty ships, and buyers from Germany and England have come to the door. What is special is that this time the buyer is not a businessman but a political axe.

However, Li Guang's asking price is high, less than $1.6 million and will not be sold. The ambassadors and consuls of the two countries are still negotiating. Germany does not have a consulate in Uruguay, but it does have a consulate in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, across the river. The United Kingdom has a consulate in Uruguay.

Yuan Ran is well aware of the important surname of the propaganda, and has already spread the news that the two countries are going to buy the freedom wheel. The illegal fund-raising business presided over by Rapangamaliel is bound to develop further.

Li Guang was not worried at all that the merchant ships could not be sold, and when the Germans began to attack the merchant ships, then the British should be in a hurry. And whether it is the British or the Germans, it is true that the manufacturing capacity is strong, but the war waits for no one, and it must be a longing for ready-made freighters.

For this kind of business activity, Li Guang believes in Yuan Ran's ability, but for Li Guang, how much money he makes is not the most important thing, the most important thing should be to buy a man diesel engine.

In the past, Li Guang thought that the diesel engine was too easy, thinking that it was very easy to transform, but as he deepened, Li Guang found that it was extremely difficult to make a diesel engine with 2500 horsepower, and it was not a DIY job. Therefore, the direction of diesel engine research was adjusted in time, and all efforts were made to conquer small diesel engines. And the American diesel engine now Li Guang knows a lot, and there is still a slight gap in technology compared with the Germans. If it is civilian, Li Guang does not mind using American diesel engines, but in the military aspect, the slightest difference will have to pay the price of blood. Li Guang finally decided to buy a German diesel engine.

Li Guang signaled to Yuan Ran that if the Germans were willing to sell high-power diesel engines to themselves, the two ships could be cheaper, and tungsten sand could also be sold to Germany at a low price. It is necessary to combine these conditions and negotiate with Germany for only one purpose - to obtain high-power diesel engines.

The big news on the Uruguayan side is that there is a turmoil going on in Uruguay right now. Now the rumors about the guano business group Laplace are no longer rumors, but have evolved into reality.

Earlier, two guano transport ships were sunk, and Li Guang also helped to hide a little, after all, Li Guang had not completely escaped from the guano business group at that time. And this time the sinking of the four ships was originally done by the Baxia, how Li Guang was not clear, and the news was publicized at the first time.

In these months, Laplace Bank only withdrew money, did not save money, and its cash flow was disconnected. Although there are a lot of ships in the guano business group, it is difficult to turn them into cash. Moreover, such ships could only be used to transport guano or coal, and the Great War had just begun, and the British did not lack this for the time being.

And the guano business, because Li Guangping's price has risen by one dollar a ton, has reached more than twice the original. With the addition of shipping costs, it has become three dollars a ton when it arrives in Uruguay, and the increase in prices has clearly affected sales.

According to the sales price in Guangxi, this thing is quite easy to sell for about two dollars, but more than three dollars, although it is not unprofitable for farmers, it is not very attractive. Three dollars is the price of chicken ribs for farmers, and sales naturally cannot go up.

Alfredo, the current president of Uruguay. Baldomir and Laplace belong to the same faction, and is Laplace the biggest financial giant in Uruguay or Alfredo? Patron of Baldomir. At the beginning of the rumors, Laplace even encouraged the president of Uruguay to send in a navy to help him seize control of Nauru, but before Uruguay's old warship could reach Cape Hoen (the southernmost point of South America), a destroyer broke out and the fleet was forced to return. The repairs were still carried out at Li Guang's shipyard.

After realizing that Li Guang's voluntary withdrawal from the guano business group was a trap, Laplace did not fail to consider using force to annex Li Guang's shipyard. In these years, Uruguay is not a country with the rule of law, and although the plutocracy does not have a private army, it is not uncommon for them to collude with pirates.

However, the number of workers in Li Guang's shipyard now exceeds 1,400, including more than 400 Chinese, which is a force to be reckoned with. Laplace clearly knew that Li Guang had guns and cannons.

If he used force, Laplace would have difficulty finding a pirate force that could completely take over the shipyard for a while. And with the use of the Uruguayan Army, Laplace's influence cannot be done. And Dr. Larry is clearly on the side of Li Guang in the parliament.

In fact, Li Guang is not necessarily afraid of using the army, Uruguay has a complete navy, land and air force, but the total number is less than 3,000. The old warships and planes are not even as good as the current naval resistance forces. The only reconnaissance plane of the Navy's resistance force is the most advanced fighter for Uruguay. When Li Guang flew this fighter plane in the sky, Uruguayans came out to see the excitement abounded. Of the three transport planes purchased by Li Guang, one for commercial flights, several pilots from the Uruguayan Air Force were employed.

Uruguay's three battleships will be sunk by the Pixiu when they go to sea, and the battleships before the First World War were slow to death, and there was no electronic equipment such as sonar at all, so they could only be helpless against submarines.

Finance is the most dangerous industry, and when it is good, it is beautiful, but when something goes wrong, it is miserable. In just a few days, it quickly turned from a blockade of depositors to a protest.

Egged on by Captain Alfred and fueled by other bank competitors, there was a sudden surge of wind and signs of civil war. It is not uncommon for small South American countries to have coups d'état over this kind of thing.

Laplace is now in prison under the name of Protective Residential Surveillance, and all the ships of the guano business group are being gradually withdrawn to Uruguay. According to Dr. Larry's account, the Uruguayan political axe is now trying to control the situation. But one thing is most crucial, the political axe can't come up with tens of millions of dollars to fill the hole.

Guano Commercial Group now has nearly 50 ships worth $5 million, plus Laplace's own assets, the total value is around $10 million. For Laplace Bank, the total value of the collection and savings is about 15 million, and Laplace's foreign loans are also three to four million US dollars (Li Guang borrowed 2 million US dollars). According to the books, Laplace can make do with this money. And if you follow the market value of banks and guano business groups, not only can it be repaid, but it is more than enough. But there is only one problem, depositors are now asking for money, not companies.

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