Tang Shaoyi led a group of people to get off the ship in the port of San Antonio, and the soldiers of the Marine Corps closely protected Tang Shaoyi and them to prevent accidents, after all, this is not China, and accidents are very likely to occur.

"Hello friends from China, I'm Lieutenant Commander Mossa, welcome to great Chile." A major in his thirties, dressed in a Chilean navy uniform, came to Tang Shaoyi and them with a group of Chilean naval soldiers.

Tang Shaoyi didn't know Spanish, so Hu Weide and a few people who knew Spanish immediately translated to Tang Shaoyi, and after listening to the translation, Tang Shaoyi and the others all greeted Mosa and them with a few simple words of Spanish that they had learned on the boat.

He said to the major: "I am the representative appointed by the Chinese Empire this time, I am Tang Shaoyi, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire, and I want to convey the friendly greetings of our emperor to His Excellency the President, and then start the cooperation between your two countries." Oh, by the way, when do we head to Santiago, the capital of your country? Hu Weide hurriedly translated it to Mosa word for word.

"Hello Minister Tang, it is better to meet than to be famous, you were very good at the negotiations between your country and Britain last year, and now all countries know that you are one of the most outstanding diplomats in China.

The train to San Diego has been arranged, and it will probably not leave until the evening, so please go to our accommodation to rest first.

Ah, by the way, can our navy soldiers go up and have a look at your warship? We will protect the returning warships during this time, and the replenishment of your navy soldiers will also help us. Mosa looked at Tang Shaoyi expectantly.

After listening to Hu Weide's translation, Tang Shaoyi nodded and said, "Yes, but your soldiers can't carry weapons and guns on our warship, and I can only say thank you for your help." The naval soldiers of your two countries can have a proper exchange, and you can go to the captain of the battleship, I have already given them orders, and I hope that our friendship will continue forever. ”

Mosa was very happy after hearing this, the Chilean navy has not experienced any major naval battles, and their combat power has decreased a lot since the saltpeter war, so they can take this opportunity to have a good discussion with the Chinese navy.

Major Mosa took Tang Shaoyi and they found the hotel that had been arranged before for them to rest, and Chile also sent the army stationed near the port to protect the envoy of the Chinese Empire in order to ensure that the envoys of the Chinese Empire were stationed.

Major Mossa boarded the "Hainan" battleship in China with a group of naval soldiers, and several Chilean Chinese recruited by Mossa acted as interpreters, and the soldiers on the battleship introduced the things of the battleship to them in the same way, which made Mosa and them cry out in surprise from time to time.

They didn't expect Huaxia's warships to be more powerful than the Dreadnought-class ones they had seen in the UK, and it was obvious that Huaxia had added some really feasible weapons or devices to his ideas. After reading it, Mosa fell in love with this kind of warship, but when they learned that there was another one that was more advanced than the current warship, they were shocked, and the navy of the Chinese Empire had really risen.

Tang Shaoyi, who woke up at night, and after dinner, they got on the train to Santiago under the escort of Mossa, and only after getting on the train did Tang Shaoyi quietly look at the scenery of Chile, and the scenery of a foreign country is full of this unique temperament.

Chile is not very prosperous now, and the buildings of the huge port of San Antonio look old, which is similar to that of Shanghai in China, except that the facilities here are much better than those in Shanghai.

At noon the next day, Tang Shaoyi and the others arrived in Santiago, the railway station had been protected by the Chilean army, and if the Chinese envoy had an accident in the capital of Chile, Chile's face would be lost.

Chilean government officials took Tang Shaoyi and them to a resting place for dinner and rest, and the next day they went to meet with the Chilean president.

Early the next morning, Tang Shaoyi took people from the Chinese government to meet with the Chilean president to discuss things, and the representatives of the major commercial houses who came with him began to wander around Santiago, and only when the government's affairs were negotiated was they started.

"Hello Your Excellency President Barros, I am Tang Shaoyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire, and my Emperor has brought a gift to His Excellency the President, of course, everyone present also has a share." After the two sides sat down next to the conference table, Tang Shaoyi began to speak first, and after finishing speaking, he clapped his hands gently, and the Huaxia government personnel behind him immediately took out a few boxes and put them on the table.

After opening the boxes, inside was a small portrait of the twelve lives carved with fine jade, which was carved by Qin Yu to the jade carver master in the palace before, each of which was a lifelike portrait of the dragon given to Barros.

Barros and several ministers were very fond of holding these items, and although they did not know how to appreciate the jade, the carved portrait still kept them from looking away for a long time.

"This is my emperor with the best jade to let the palace carver carving, this is our Chinese zodiac, is the twelve guardian gods, please be sure to accept my emperor's gift."

After thinking about it for a while, Barros and the others looked at each other and accepted it, after all, this was a gift from the emperor of the Chinese Empire, and they couldn't help but give face.

"When I convey our most respectful greetings to the emperor of your country, say that we have accepted his gift and help us thank His Majesty Qin Yuxià. This is 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, all of whom are my right-hand men. Barros first thanked Qin Yu, and then introduced the Chilean ministers one by one.

Tang Shaoyi also introduced Hu Weide and others, and after the two sides introduced them, they began to get to the point, and Barros asked straight to the point: "I don't know what Minister Tang's purpose is for coming to my country this time?" ”

"Your Excellency, we came this time to seek cooperation with your country, we want your country's market to be open to us, we need saltpeter and guano.

I'm sure you all know that our empire is a traditional agricultural country, but with the increase in population, our food has begun to be insufficient, so we need to find a way to increase the production of food, so we need guano and saltpeter. ”

"I'm sorry, but most of our saltpeter and guano are in the hands of merchants in Britain and France, and there are not many in our own hands, so we can't do anything about it, and of course those foreign merchants are willing to sell their own origins. If it's something else, it's okay, but this one really can't help you, we don't want to offend the British. Finance Minister Bartlet said.

Tang Shaoyi thought for a moment and said: "If we compete with the British, we will, as long as you open the market and let us go to various parts of your country to find other sources of guano and saltpeter, this will not violate your interests." ”

President Barros did not speak, as if he was thinking about something, and the Secretary of War said: "We want to buy your country's tanks and those machine guns and other weapons, I don't know if we can?" We like your weapons very much, and it would be nice if we could give them some concessions. ”

The Minister of the Navy also spoke at this time: "I wonder if you can buy us some of the warships that captured the British, we won't care about the old ones, can you help us build one of your new warships?" ”

It was impossible to hear that Chile would actually fight those warships, those warships were very important to the Huaxia Empire, and they were related to Qin Yu's future plans. However, he didn't know how he knew that Chile would fight tanks, so he specially got one, which was worthy of his majesty. In fact, Qin Yu just wanted to use tanks to tempt Chile's army, as for whether it would succeed or not, he was only seventy percent sure, and he was ninety percent sure of submarines, because in later generations, he had seen Chile's naval plan at this time lagging behind Brazil and Argentina in a post on a post bar, so he had a greater certainty.

"Tanks can be sold to you, but the price will not be cheap, you have to keep it secret, you can buy the weapons of the army, as for the captured British warships, we have been incorporated into the Royal Navy, will not be sold, the new warships can only meet the needs of the Empire within five years according to our capabilities.

But when I came, my emperor had prepared another gift for you, that is, tanks, if you want to transport tanks here, you can transport them here by train, it is on our warships, and our tanks are the most advanced in the world.

This is a gift from our emperor to your country, and if you want to place an order after the test, you will have to exchange it for something, such as saltpeter. ”

Barros and the others were stunned after hearing this, they didn't know what the Huaxia Emperor was sending them tanks for, and it seemed that Huaxia needed saltpeter very much, could it be that Huaxia needed a lot of saltpeter for new weapons, otherwise they would not have done it.

In any case, with the competition between China and the British, the price of saltpeter in China will rise, and the tax will increase accordingly, and they will not always have to look at the face of the British.

"Thank you so much for returning to your majesty, I really don't know how to express it for sending such a valuable thing to my country, we welcome Chinese businessmen to come to our country for development, and we are looking forward to cooperation with your country." Barrus said a little excitedly.

After hearing this, Tang Shaoyi knew that the first step had been taken, and the rest was to see if the power of tanks and submarines could attract the Chilean high-level, which was very good compared to the results obtained on the first day, and he had more important things to say, he had to wait for the opportunity.

The second half of the meeting was devoted to the discussion of tariff reductions and preferences, and in the end, Chile insisted that it would not reduce tariffs, but that it could give preferential treatment to Chinese companies, and only half of the tax would be collected for the first two years.