In the end, the plague was strictly controlled in the labor camp, and Panama City escaped the possible catastrophe and was unharmed. Of the 12,000 Japanese workers, more than 10,000 died in the plague, and less than 2,000 survived. After the literature and art subsided, Scrooge returned to the United States and confessed to the American people through various media that he was too proud and despised the power of nature to lead the disaster.

"The mysteries of nature are only known to us as a small drop in the ocean, or even a small drop in the vast universe. At one point, I was arrogant that we could really conquer nature. But this time, when I stood in the place where the plague was born, and watched one person after another being killed by the plague, but I couldn't find any way to save them, and I couldn't even figure out what caused such a plague, I really felt that we were still very fragile and ignorant in the face of nature. We may really need a little more awe, because in this world, weakness and ignorance are not the biggest obstacles to survival, arrogance is.

In fact, if we had more reverence for nature, we wouldn't be unprepared to step into the dangerous rainforest. Because there has been such a lesson in mankind before. At the beginning of this century, the invincible French ** team arrogantly stepped into the jungles of Haiti, but because of the attack of yellow fever, they were almost completely wiped out. Sadly, it may seem negligent that we would repeat their mistakes in the face of such precedents, but they are still arrogant in nature. Otherwise, we only need to send a small team to investigate the jungles of Panama, first on a small scale, and then gradually on a larger scale, as long as we are a little more cautious, we have a chance to avoid such losses, and not let tens of thousands of people lose their lives.

Now, I have to admit my failure in front of the public. Yes, I failed. At least for now, I, and my colleagues, have not been able to identify the actual cause of yellow fever. A few years ago, when I confirmed that many bacteria are the cause of many infectious diseases through the guò staining method, I used to arrogantly think that some secrets of infectious diseases were revealed to me, and now that they are present, it is only a matter of time before I achieve the final victory against them. Now, however, nature tells us how ignorant we are.

Until the mystery of yellow fever is completely solved, any excavation of the Panama Canal is impossible and violates our conscience. Although it is very difficult to announce this decision, although it is not my style to give up halfway, although in doing so, all the investments I have made before will be in vain, and I will suffer a lot of economic losses, but this is a last resort, and in the absence of a way, I still use human life to do it, this is a trampling on the humanitarian spirit that we cherish the most, and even a betrayal of human civilization!

However, I will not really give up halfway, our war against infectious diseases has only just begun, we have had victories and setbacks, but we have never despaired. It is my responsibility to carry the lives of more than 10,000 people who have died in the yellow fever attack. I want to assure them that in our lifetime, my friends and I will do everything in our power to defeat this disease! Yes, I won't really give up halfway, this setback can't defeat me, it can only make me more sober and determined. I will definitely be back! This is my oath, may God bear witness for me. ”

In this way, Scrooge successfully portrayed himself as a hero who had been frustrated by momentary pride in the war against infectious diseases, a hero who was determined to fight for the future of mankind.

With this in mind, Scrooge was sure that no one would dare to open the canal until there was an effective solution to yellow fever, because it would make him guilty of betraying human civilization. Qianfu pointed out, not sick but also dead. It's not just about mental stress or anything. Even if your nerves are as thick as an elephant's waist, you will still die, because there are so many ways for you to die in the environment that Qianfu is referring to. It's like in Europe, whenever the feudal lords don't have money to spend, they will come up with some kind of bad omen, and say, it must have been done by witches, or Jews, and then they can be killed and their money spent. Such primitive tricks were used even up to Mussolini and Hitler.

So who can really solve yellow fever? Who else could be other than Scrooge, who already knew a lot about the yellow fever situation, had a lot of first-hand information, and was in charge of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies? Truth be told, if needed, Scrooge would be able to solve this problem now, and it would be nothing more than throwing thousands of tons of organophosphorus into the jungle to create a silent spring. Anyway how far away Rachel is? Carson was born and raised for a long time, and no one will blame him for it. Therefore, the right to dig this canal is in fact tightly controlled in his hands.

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Compared with Scrooge, some of the other people who were involved in this turmoil were not so calm. Panama is now in chaos, and President Edu is almost on the verge of collapse. In order to be able to fend off Colombia, Edu borrowed a lot of debt on behalf of the Panamanian government, but it was nothing, because once the canal was built, it would be easy for them to pay off these debts and live a prosperous life collectively. Now, however, the opening of the canal has been postponed indefinitely. And there is nothing they can do about it in the face of this delay. Because if it is delayed for other reasons, he still has the possibility of changing the business, but under the current conditions, it is impossible to have another business. As for the Panamanians themselves, firstly, they do not have so much money, and secondly, who really wants to take such a risk to dig a canal?

As a result, the Panamanian government's debts, which at the time seemed insignificant, are now considered extraordinarily heavy. This weight bent the Panamanian's waist almost overnight. But now they have no way back, in the arms of returning to Colombia? So what if the Colombians liquidate their separatist crimes? And, is Colombia willing to take on these debts for them? Or are Colombians willing to take the risk of abolishing these debts for their sake? How is this possible?

I can only grit my teeth and live a hard life. This has almost become the last and no longer a solution for Panamanians.

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Like the Panamanians, the Japanese shogunate was suffering from debt. Tens of thousands of people died at once, and it would be nice if they could claim compensation from the Americans. First, the Americans did not directly sign labor contracts with those Japanese, they only signed contracts with the labor service company established by the Japanese shogunate, and in their contract with the shogunate's labor service company, there was no such force majeure clause on how to deal with this problem. Therefore, the United States does not have to pay a penny. They can even blame the delay and cancellation of the work due to reasons on the part of the Japanese side (the Japanese workers did not complete the work according to the contractually planned). In response to this situation, the contract clearly stated that the United States could claim compensation from the Japanese shogunate. This, this, this, this......

In addition, the death of more than 10,000 people in one guy is not a trivial matter for the shogunate, although most of the more than 10,000 people are just peasants who don't even have surnames. But now, such a death has become a natural and good reason for Satsuma and Nagasu to blame the shogunate, and these days those rebels are scolding the Tokugawa shogunate every day for losing power and humiliating the country, and letting their compatriots die in a foreign land.

Because the contract was not completed, the shogunate was of course unable to pay off the arms debt to the Americans with the commissions of hired workers, as expected, but it was absolutely impossible not to pay the debt. Not to mention whether the U.S. government will come to the door and really annoy the Yankee surnamed MacDonald, believe it or not, they will arm Nagasu and enter Osaka in minutes?

Even, it is not possible to even reduce the order, not only because of the problem of liquidated damages, but also because, after such a thing, Changzhou and Satsuma are sharpening their knives. Therefore, the original orders can not only not be reduced, but even, and it is even better to continue to increase.

As a result, the shogunate had to send someone to negotiate with Warrendrano, the spokesman of the big creditor Scrooge in the Far East.

In the end, fortunately, our Scrooge has always been a reasonable and very conscientious person, so after hearing the Japanese cry about their difficulties, he was very moved to refuse the request of the Japanese to suspend repayment, and encouraged the Tokugawa shogunate to stick to the endless road, as long as you use your brains and come up with a feasible plan to make money, Scrooge can even lend them more money, so that they can use the newly borrowed money to pay off the old debt, and at the same time buy a little more guns.

"But what else can we do there?" The shogunate representative said helplessly to Volendrano.

"Who says it can't be helped?" Warren Drano said, "People came up with it." Large-scale labor export is definitely the right direction for a country like Japan, which lacks resources but has a rich population, and you should not be discouraged by a single failure. ”

"But there is no large-scale demand for labor in the world right now."

"You guys," said Volendrano, "don't keep staring at men, women can also make money for Japan, and the 100 or so women who came to Panama this time made a lot of money." Isn't there a lot of women in Japan who don't have their husbands to support them now? Isn't it the best of both worlds to make money and give women who have lost their husbands money to live while sending them abroad to earn dollars and pounds? ”rg

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