Soon after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tang Shaoyi had already boarded a ship to Chile, and he took a group of government officials and a small number of businessmen to discuss cooperation with Chile.

Intelligence is located in southwestern South America, in the western foothills of the Andes. It is bordered by Argentina to the east, Peru and Bolivia to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Antarctica to the south. In the Guano War of 1879-1883, Chile won the support of the United Kingdom, defeated Peru and Bolivia in one fell swoop, and seized the saltpeter and guano production areas in the north. However, Chile is not very harmonious with the surrounding countries, whether it is Brazil and Argentina in the east, or Peru and Bolivia in the north, they all have enmity with Chile. Due to the natural Andes Mountains and a fairly strong navy, Chile has not been taken out by other countries.

In 1891, naval officer J. Monte seized power by starting a civil war. After that, the landlord class united to enter and exit Chile with the government of the Congress, also known as the Republican Congress, and the president of Chile at this time was Ramón Barros Lucco.

Chile is very rich in minerals, the world's largest reserves of copper, accounting for about 40% of the world, the vast majority of Chilean copper mines are concentrated in the porphyry copper-molybdenum gold mineralization belt in the central and northern parts of Chile, extending more than 2,000 kilometers from north to south, from the north border along the Andean Plateau mountain range to the south of the central Santiago coast mountain range, and then eastward to close to the Argentine border. In addition, the reserves of molybdenum, rhenium, selenium and tellurium, which are associated with copper, are very abundant and occupy an important position in the world.

Chile is also rich in gold, silver and iron ores, and most of these minerals are concentrated and distributed, although some mining difficulties can prevent China from enclosing land in Chile.

Tang Shaoyi's trip not only wanted to carry out economic cooperation, but also to win over Chile, the market and resources in South America are very coveted by Qin Yu, but Chile is now the British sphere of influence, and it is difficult to open the gap, so Qin Yu specially asked him to bring a gift to the Chilean president.

The steamer is constantly sailing in the Pacific Ocean, and this time the envoy Tang Shaoyi and a group of foreign ministry personnel who can speak Spanish will set up a new diplomatic embassy in Chile, and Hu Weide will be the diplomatic ambassador of the Chinese Empire to Chile, and he will be fully responsible for the affairs of the Chinese Empire in Chile.

The news that the Chinese Empire sent people to Chile was also transmitted back to China by the Chilean ambassador to China for the first time, and China had just sent people to Germany and the United States when it was founded, and Chile was the third country sent by the Chinese Empire, which had to make Chilean President Barros pay attention to them, and also held a meeting to discuss.

The meeting was attended by President Barros, Secretary of the Treasury Bartlet, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Belk, Secretary of the Army Clare, Secretary of the Navy Calvin and Secretary of Mines Derick.

President Barros said very cautiously: "What is the intention of the Chinese Empire to come to our country now, our relationship with China has not yet been the third country they have sent envoys, and Britain and France have not been there?" ”

Minister of the Navy Calvin slowly analyzed: "Your Excellency, the Huaxia Empire should not have any intentions, after all, we are too far apart, the tanks and new warships of the Huaxia Empire are very good, we have to fight for it."

With tanks and new warships, we can dominate South America, we can cross the Andes Mountains to expand our territory, and Argentina is now on the verge of catching up with us, which is a very dangerous signal. "The Chinese warships are very good, they can match the British dreadnought-class warships, if Chile has these warships, it is not afraid of Brazil and Argentina at all, Brazil and Argentina are vigorously building their navies recently, which makes Chile a headache.

"Your Excellency, I think Huaxia should have taken a fancy to our saltpeter and guano, after all, a huge Huaxia needs a lot of crop nutrients. However, Huaxia's First Five-Year Plan is very tempting, but unfortunately we don't have the ability to participate in it, otherwise the profit is very large, after all, our industry is too poor, can we learn from Huaxia and make a plan to develop us? Bartlet, the Ministry of Finance, said very sincerely.

President Barros kept knocking on the table and shook his head and said: "Huaxia should not send people to us just after the founding of the country for the sake of saltpeter, don't forget that the current saltpeter is all owned by Britain and other countries, Huaxia can't fight Britain economically, and it won't go to war with Britain again, so Huaxia's purpose this time must have some purpose."

As for learning from Huaxia to carry out a plan, don't think about it, you don't know the situation in China, not to mention that we have nothing here that is worthy of investment from Britain, France, the United States and other countries except saltpeter and guano, so we can't get Huaxia's kind of plan without the support of a large amount of money, but a small part of the reform is still possible, especially in industry. ”

"Your Excellency the President is right, we don't know when we will run out of saltpeter, so if we want to build our industry, the most basic must be perfected. Without their own industry, they will only be subject to those countries in Europe, who have bullied us for hundreds of years, and now they are still subject to their economic exploitation, and many warships and guns have to be bought from them. Mining Minister Derrick said.

Army Minister Claire looked at the president and said: "Your Excellency the President, I implore you to let the soldiers of the Huaxia people teach our soldiers, the Chinese army is very strong, especially the special forces force, Huaxia's visit to our country this time is a good opportunity, we must not let Argentina and Brazil take the lead, otherwise we will fall into a weak position in the future."

I heard that some of the guns and explosives in Huaxia are very good, judging from the situation of the war between Huaxia and Britain, Huaxia's weapons are still more advanced than those we use now, but I don't know how Huaxia's manufacturing capacity is? ”

The Foreign Minister sternly said: "Your Excellency, according to the information of our diplomatic envoys in Huaxia, Huaxia is very close to other allies, and we should pay attention to this, we cannot get involved in European disputes, and the best thing is to remain neutral." ”

"The rise of China is inevitable, with the support of these countries, it will not take long to become a big country, if we can cooperate at this time, we will be able to gain more things. What is certain is that Huaxia has no bad intentions this time, after all, no one will offend another country for no reason, and Huaxia's navy is not able to conduct ultra-long-distance operations at all now, and it poses little threat to us, not to mention that Brazil and Argentina are watching Huaxia and dare not act rashly.

It is basically impossible to buy Huaxia's warships, Huaxia's own naval strength is weak, and Japan is watching, and Huaxia is not capable of manufacturing warships for us, so let's go to Britain, which now has drawings. It should be possible to say that tank, but I don't know how many countries such as Britain, France, and the United States have ordered, and when Huaxia will give us his tanks, these will have to wait for the arrival of Huaxia's people. ”

The dispute with Argentina over sovereignty in the southern strait of Tierra del Fuego has always been a problem for Chile, and the two countries have been fighting for more than a decade, and neither is convinced of the other. Recently, Argentina and Brazil's naval reinforcement policy Chile has reacted a step late, they have just ordered two "super dreadnought-class" battleships from the United Kingdom, based on the British Navy's Iron Duke-class battleships (the firepower layout is similar to the Iron Duke-class) equipped with a 14-inch (356 mm) caliber main gun that surpasses the British super dreadnought, but the defensive armor is reduced, and the cost is very painful, 2.5 million pounds.

The three great powers of South America are all engaged in a naval race, and Chile needs a lot of money to support its plans to strengthen its military, otherwise it will fall behind Brazil and Argentina, but Britain has little money to invest or lend to them now, because Britain has lent it to China.

Barros and the others continued to discuss the matter of Huaxia, and in the end, their result was that they should fight for it, depending on the purpose of Huaxia.

Tang Shaoyi and the others finally arrived in Chile after two months, and when they were just close to the waters of Chile, the Chilean navy came to greet them.

"Report to the sir, the envoy of Huaxia has arrived, do you want to check their ship?" The naval soldier asked as he looked at the major in front of him very carefully.

"Bastard, do you want to cause international contradictions? This is the guest, we are going to meet the guests and not the prisoners, close to their warship, I would like to see how the warship of Huaxia is? Major Mosa glared at the sailor.

The naval soldiers hurriedly ran to approach the Huaxia battleship, and the warships on both sides slowly approached, and the flag bearers on both sides kept waving the flags in their hands.

Major Mossa, who was standing on the deck, looked at the huge dreadnought-class battleship and sighed, the previous Manchu Qing had no warships to want after the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, but under the leadership of that emperor, the rise of the Huaxia Navy was very fast, and it was able to defeat the British Far East Fleet, even if they Chile met the British Far East Fleet, they had to retreat.

The "Chakabuko" protective cruiser quickly approached the Chinese "Hainan" dreadnought-class battleship, Tang Shaoyi stood on the splint and looked at the Chilean battleship in front of him and sighed slowly, this battleship had a chance to become a Chinese warship, but unfortunately before the First Sino-Japanese War, the plan of China and Chile to buy warships was destroyed by the Japanese.

This time, Huaxia used a dreadnought-class and an Invincible-class warship and a few light cruisers to escort the ship, after all, this is an envoy to other countries, so that South American countries can also see Huaxia's navy, which is very beneficial to the plan.

Major Mossa met with Huaxia's navy and followed Huaxia's ship into the Chilean port of San Antonio, where Tang Shaoyi would wait for Chilean government officials to pick them up.