"Mr. Special Envoy, this is your first time in Hawaii, right? It's a very nice place, the scenery is beautiful, the air is good, the city is thriving and it's very clean. It's a better place to live than in the United States. Now many of China's wealthy and powerful people are buying land in Hawaii to build villas, and Honolulu already has a wealthy Chinese area......"

is gushing to Washington's special envoy Will. Charles introduced Hawaii to a U.S. Navy lieutenant commander named Bruce, a military attache at the U.S. Legation who had previously served as an instructor in the Japanese Navy's Etajima for two years.

The reason why he was able to come to Hawaii to serve as the military hall of the legation was that Etajima's experience played an important role. Etajima is the backbone of the Japanese Navy, and the power of the Japanese Navy is in the hands of the faction from Etajima. And after Bruce came to Hawaii, he did communicate the 'friendly' relationship between the United States and Japan.

In today's Hawaii, the United States has been able to cooperate seamlessly with the Japanese diaspora in Tokyo, and to maintain a stable relationship with the Japanese diaspora in the southwest.

Sitting in the carriage, Charles in the city of Guò suddenly noticed that almost all the Japanese shops here were decorated with lights, and some of them even displayed advertisements for 'Great Halloween Rewards' and 'Celebration of Great Longevity Sale', as well as banners reading 'Long live the Meiji Emperor' and 'Long live the Great Japanese Imperial Kingdom'.

"Longevity? This is...... The birthday of Emperor Meiji of Japan? Charles asked Bruce beside him, somewhat uncertain.

"Yes, tomorrow is Emperor Meiji's birthday."

Bruce's expression was a little crying and laughing. "In Japan, the emperor's birthday is not a national holiday. But in China, the emperor's birthday is one of the most important holidays of the year. Known as Halloween. Government agencies have a day off, and all the subjects and important ministers of the state have to prepare rich gifts to send to Beijing. Birthday to the Emperor of China. ”

"So...... Japan? ”

"Learn from the Chinese. In fact, the government of Tokyo, Japan, does not recognize the existence of the festival of longevity. You should know, in the great Chinese cultural circle. Only the king of China can be called an emperor, and the others can only be kings. In Japan, there is a storage zài for the longevity festival, and the name should also be a thousand longevity festivals. Japan has been a vassal state of China for a long time in history. ”

"Because of the conflict between China and the government in Tokyo, Japan. Most of the Japanese expatriates here in Hawaii are supported by Japanese politicians and elites. When they saw that the Chinese were celebrating the Japanese Halloween, they also came up with a Japanese Halloween that was "not weakening Japan's morale." That's what you're seeing now......"

Charles smiled too. What's the use of fighting for face? No matter how you look at this behavior of the Japanese, it is as funny as a clown. If you really have strength, such as the current China, you don't need to say it yourself, a qiē will naturally be remembered by the powers.

Charles also traveled to China last year. It happened to be Liu Siam's Christmas, and even the U.S. Embassy had a day off. That's what influence is called!

Now there are signs of subsiding in the South Pacific. Chile single-handedly beat Bolivia and Peru. But with the end of the external crisis, the shouting and killing of Iquique in Chile has increased day by day. This year, China's investment in the Hawaiian Islands has increased sharply, continuously building warehouses near the docks, and a large number of materials have been transported in one ship after another, so that the United States is also forced to invest more and more forces and funds in Hawaii, and the Chinese are obviously preparing to prevent the crisis of the Chinese in South America!

It is well known that before 1874, a large number of Chinese laborers were trafficked to South America as piglets. These are mainly concentrated in Peru and Cuba. The Spaniards won the contest with the Peruvians, so Peru became the first bird, and was beaten many times by Li Hongzhang long before Liu Xian rebelled against the Qing Dynasty.

After Liu Xian rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, the expanded military intelligence department was in South America when the intelligence network was arranged. Naturally, they set their sights on Peru, and the Chinese workers, whose situation had just improved, received tremendous help from the Military Intelligence Department. As a result, the strength has increased dramatically! After the outbreak of the saltpeter war, Chilean bull power broke out. With one enemy and two enemies, Peru and Bolivia were defeated one after another. The Chinese workers, who are not weak, also took the opportunity to raise troops and took Iquique, an important export seaport in southern Peru, in one fell swoop!

In the beginning, Chile wanted to win over the local Chinese army. He promised to grant Chilean citizenship to all Chinese legionnaires and their families, and said that Iquique would be handed over to the Chinese legion and their families after the war. But when the Chileans had the absolute initiative and advantage on the battlefield, they immediately became remorseful.

Last year, on October 20, 1883, Peru and Chile signed a treaty in Ciudad Ancon, north of Lima, ending the four-year South American Pacific War. Under the Treaty of Ancon, Peru ceded the province of Tarapacá to Chile, including Iquique, and placed the regions of Tacna and Arica under Chilean administration for 10 years. Bolivia, for its part, signed the Valparaiso Agreement with Chile this year. Bolivia has lost most of its territory between the Andes and the Pacific coast.

Now that Chile's external troubles have subsided, eyes naturally focus on Iquique, a port area that makes it impossible for the Chilean government to eat and sleep.

As one of the most important ports in Peru, the port of Iquique is geographically close to the Acatama Desert and is one of the important saltpeter export ports in South America. There is also a certain foundation of shipbuilding repair, and a number of large shipyards!

A series of actions by the Chinese in Hawaii have always touched the hearts of Americans. Kalakaua I was still in Europe, and the whole Hawaiian 'mind' was in confusion. Charles came to Hawaii this time to make sure that he kept the Hawaii 'route' intact!

Of course, on the other side, the United States is still signaling Chile to press as hard as possible. No one in the world would think that the weak Chile would be the opponent of China's behemoth. Even though the Chinese dragon is a Pacific Ocean away from Chile. But with Hawaii as an entrepot, the Chinese fleet could easily reach Mexico or Central America. The American countries there would never dare to refuse a request from a world power to come to the shore.

Chile is really going to take action against Iquique, and China must be involved. Chile will definitely not be China's opponent, then the Chinese can further intervene in the Americas.

In the eyes of the Americans, Chile is immovable, and the Chinese are just a small enclave in the Americas, with little development prospects. But if the whole of China is involved, the Chinese fight a tough battle, and occupy the entire region of Iquique, the situation will be very bad.

At that time, China was no longer limited to an enclave in the Americas, but directly reached into a hand!

The risk is too great. Even if there is a possibility that China will lose, the White House will not dare to take this risk.

The British are equally reluctant to see China succeed in South America. Think about China now, they have a stronghold in the Middle East, a stronghold in the South Seas, a stronghold in Hawaii, a stronghold in the Americas, and the whole big net has been rolled out in the Pacific + Indian Ocean. If a pawn in the Americas turns into a big hand, it is really too dangerous.

……

Inside the British Embassy in Beijing. In the living room, there were already a few people sitting in a staggered manner. Wittoma, Hurd, and Gord were all the top figures among the British in China, but at this time they were all very serious about the person opposite them, the Count of Oyer in the Netherlands.

This is a figure who can be related to the British royal family, and his status in European politics is definitely not comparable to Wittoma and Hurd. Although it is placed in China, the 'might' of the Count of Oyer does not seem to be comparable to that of Wittoma, Hurd and others!

"Honorable Earl, it is no longer useful to continue to dwell on the issue of Machen Harbor. In my opinion, you should look at the whole of the South Seas and make the Dutch a condition for negotiations to fully launch East Borneo. "Wittoma was a little tired, 66 years old, and his body prevented him from retaining his vigor after 9 o'clock in the evening.

"It's a retreat, it's a retreat. It's appeasement! ”

"That doesn't stop the Chinese from having a greedy appetite. Give East Borneo to him today, and tomorrow the Chinese's claws will grab at Sumatra, and at the claws. The Netherlands will not allow this to happen. ”

Count Oyer's face was very stiff.

"Your Excellency, the Earl. China is on the rise. China is already one of the great powers of the world. China, which stands at the top of the jungle food chain, must hunt prey, because the food it hunts now is far from filling his stomach. Hurd put down his glass.

"This is the process that every country must go through to rise. Portugal, Spain, the British Empire, the French Empire, all empires came this way. There's no way you can make a mighty dragon graze. ”

"There is no such species in the world!"

Sadly, China is located in the East, far away from the Western world. There is no second power here except China, and there is no country here that can counterbalance China's strong existence. ”

"Russia? That's just a rope that binds China. Central Asia, Xinjiang, Siberia, and Northeast China are not areas of core interest between China and Russia. The collision of the giants of the two countries in these places is not an all-out national war after all. ”

"Therefore, China's strength is inevitable. Your Excellency, please face this! ”

What did Hurd want to sue Count Oyer when he said this? Oyer listened, and his heart understood. Hurd was telling him that the British Empire was powerless to limit China's development, and that there was no power in the East that could stop China's advance. Therefore, China's 'appetite' is always insatiable. China is always going to grab the land!

In this case, when neither side wants to make things deadlocked, as a small country, the Dutch should be prepared to sacrifice.

The Netherlands, presupposing their interests in the East Indies, sided with Great Britain and helped Britain to restrain France. The problem now was that Britain could no longer fully guarantee Dutch interests in the East Indies. The Netherlands, on the other hand, cannot threaten with this. Because the British gave them a platform, China could only encroach on the East Indies little by little, but if there were no British for the Dutch platform, China would be able to swallow the entire South China Sea in three or two bites! (To be continued......)