"Panamanians are not honest?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Panama has a long-standing tendency towards independence. As a result, the Colombian government has repeatedly repressed them, so that Panamanians have become more and more alienated from the Colombian government. ”

"In the eyes of Panamanians, the canal is a golden waterway for their vital interests. They are the people in the world who hope that the canal will be cleared sooner rather than later. So when we announced that we were going to build another Nicaragua Canal, the Panamanians' dissatisfaction with the Colombian government and the French burst forth. Now there are some faint signs of unrest in the isthmus.

In the eyes of the Panamanians, the French are stupid and incompetent, occupy the pit and do not. The Colombian government was weak and corrupt, allowing the French to hold the right to dig the canal for a long time, and did not want to hire someone else to dig it. ”

The people of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Military Intelligence Agency put everything in front of Liu Xian. Further solutions are proposed:

"Now the two factions in Colombia are becoming more and more open, and war is on the verge of breaking out. If we can secretly get in touch with the Panamanians and encourage Panama to declare independence, we can leave Colombia alone. Then let the Panamanian government announce the abrogation of all unequal treaties and agreements signed by the Colombian government on its behalf, so that the right to dig the Panama Canal can be obtained. The top of our compensation for the losses of the French is! "No amount of money is a small case compared to the strategic and economic significance of the Panama Canal!

"What is the relationship between the Panamanians and the Americans?" In Liu's memory, Panama is completely a pet dog in the United States.

"Americans had a bad impression in Panama at first, but now it's getting better and more influential."

"Because of the entente between the United States and Colombia during the New Granada period, the Panamanian elite believed that Colombia had betrayed its interests in the treaty with the United States. But on the other hand, that area. Panama City's economy has indeed benefited from the influx of Americans. "Under the treaty between the United States and New Granada, American citizens were granted the right to cross the Isthmus of Panama from 1846, and the influx of American explorers and tourists brought large sums of dollars to Panama, but in the eyes of Panamanians who feared their powerful neighbor to the north. This economic blood transfusion borders on aggression. The Americans were too ruthless and greedy in the war with Mexico.

In April 1856, an American man was buying watermelons at a Panamanian train station and refused to pay for the watermelons, and the dispute quickly turned into a gunfight that lasted for hours. Naturally, the Americans were not bargaining, with 31 dead and wounded, and 15 on the Panamanian side. ”

In July of that year, two American cruisers, USS Independence and USS St. Mary, arrived in Panama. September 19th. 160 U.S. Marines landed and captured the Panama railway station. ”

"The United States is using its strength to force New Granada to bow its head."

"Then the two countries began to negotiate, Panama City and Colón City became autonomous free ports, the two countries jointly administered the 40-kilometer-wide isthmus centered on the Panama Railway, and some islands in the Gulf of Panama were ceded to the United States to compensate American citizens for all losses incurred in the incident." After the outbreak of the Sino-American War, Colombia reclaimed those islands.

"By the '70s, American influence was slowly infiltrating the Panamanian region. In particular, the Panamanian upper class in Panama City and Cologne, many of whom have close ties to the U.S. government and corporations. ”

"The population of Panama now exceeds 300,000. The Panama Railways and the Free Port benefit the people here. So the canal project unfolded and Panama's elite was filled with illusions about the future. The golden waterways are considered by the Panamanians to be their financial route. ”

"We are now trapped in the domestic blockade of France and Colombia. The announcement of the Nicaragua Canal worries Panama's elites, who fear that external pressures and patriotic sentiment within Colombia will dim the prospects for the canal's success. Moreover, now that the French Canal Company is in trouble due to mismanagement, and its stock is falling again and again, Panamanians feel that their interests are under great threat. "People from the MIA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been to Panama City. The difference is only between the open and the secret.

For Panama City, the Panama Canal is the best opportunity to establish a link with world trade. The best and most majestic building in the city is the "Hôtel Centrale", which was once the headquarters of the French Canal Company. The arrival of the Panama Railroad also created a number of new upstarts in Panama City, either as senior employees of the railroad or as owners of local banks, insurance companies, or shipping companies that had sprung up with the railroad investment. But since the French Canal Company declared bankruptcy in 1889. The whole of Panama City is in a terrible state of degradation: the streets are filthy and dangerous, the bell towers of churches are crumbling, and the laborers who come to Panama from all over the world to build canals are often hit by fire in dilapidated wooden houses; There was no foreign commerce, almost no domestic trade, and the picturesque Spanish buildings were populated by poor and neglected people.

The French suffered a huge defeat in Panama, and this defeat caused Panama's previously vibrant economy to suffer a heavy blow, a 'Waterloo'-like fiasco!

"So, the Panamanians are not interested in the French right now. The Colombian government is full of opinions. ”

"Only the Panamanian Railway, which is still in operation, is the only way to keep Panama alive. If there are no more twists and turns, so that Panama can recover slowly, in another ten or twenty years, Panama's economy can regain its brightness. But all this is premised on the premise that the Nicaragua Canal must not be built. Otherwise, the significance of the Panama Railway will be lost. ”

And with the crushing defeat in the U.S. war, the Colombian government is already mulling to nationalize Panama City and Colón again. Abolish the status of free ports in both places. This is also the biggest reason why the contradictions between local Panamanian interest groups and the Colombian government have rapidly intensified in the short term.

"Who are the people who want to be independent?" Liu Xian muttered in his heart, could it be that Panama, a small country, became independent at this time? He really wasn't impressed. But looking at the initiatives of the Colombian government, and Panama, which he knew was already an independent country at the time of the opening of the canal in 1914, should be at this stage.

In the original time and space, it should be the Americans who were behind the money, but now in this time and space, Panama is more like being forced to rebel by the Colombian government. Abolish the status of the free ports of Panama City and Colón City, and the Panamanians will see hell if they don't jump.

"The main leader of the Panamanian independence movement was José, the owner of the large estate. Augustine. Arango & Sons, and Thomas. Arias, Federico. Boyd et al. Jose. Augustine. Arango was a lawyer for the Panama Railroad and had close ties to the Americans. Cromwell, the general manager of Panama Rail, now has a very good relationship with the Arango family. ”

"Then give them all the support they want!" Liu Xian was very satisfied with the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Military Intelligence Department. simply put all the grievances and grievances in front of him, if he can't make a suitable decision, it will be Liu Xian's brain in water.

……

Just entered the wax moon, and a goose feather snow fell in Beijing.

Sun Wen was dressed in a thick leather coat and walked down the street with his hands in his hands. Naturally, he came to Beijing for a meeting. The content is very simple, discussing the dredging of the Nicaragua Canal, as the representative of Hawaii, Sun Wen and others all raised their hands and feet in agreement.

If there is also a golden waterway like the Josuez Canal in the Americas, Hawaii will also make a profit. Many ships that cross the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to the east coast of North America can directly cross the Pacific Ocean from the southeast coast to the Atlantic Ocean and enter the Atlantic Ocean. It not only saves the journey, but also ensures the safety of navigation.

As the center of the Pacific Ocean, even if it is not possible for all ships to pass through here, as long as one-third or one-half of Hawaii's economic stimulus will be difficult to encourage.

If this money could really be approved a year ago, when the Canal Company was listed on the exchange, he would not hesitate to take out all his belongings to buy Canal shares. The slightest bit of the French canal company's troubles will not have an impact on the Chinese canal company. One is private and the other is state-owned, can they all be the same?

The city of Beijing in Layue already has the taste of the New Year. The shops on both sides of the street are hung with red lanterns, of course, this lantern is not a real lantern, it is filled with electric light bulbs. The clothes of the waiters in many shops have also turned into festive red, and in some large stores, or in places where they are forced to be high, the clothes of the waiters are even woven with rich patterns of red satin. Such clothes, when Sun Wen was young, were few in the landlord's house. Now it's all worn on the body of the 'shopkeeper'.

And he didn't come to Beijing for half a year, Sun Wen found that Beijing had become more beautiful. Several buildings and overpasses that were still under construction at the time of the last walk are now fully operational. But perhaps too few overpasses have been built, and Sun Wen doesn't feel any change in Beijing's traffic.

"Didi ......"

There are fewer and fewer horse-drawn carriages on the streets of Beijing, and there are more and more cars. In addition to a large number of private cars, there are also many buses and large trucks transporting goods and reinforced concrete and gravel. This is something that the island of Hawaii will never be able to catch up with.

In Hawaii today, more transportation is still horse-drawn carriages, but more and more yachts are docked on the edge of the bay. There are no oil refineries in Hawaii, no oil fields, and all fuel is shipped to Hawaii from the South Seas.

It's just that the social material level is far from the stage of national tourism, and the scenery of Hawaii is becoming more and more famous, but it has always belonged to the enjoyment of the wealthy class of gentlemen, wives, and ladies.

"Rock sugar gourd, sweet and sour rock sugar gourd......" (To be continued......)