The referendum in Panama, which has attracted the attention of the Americas, has attracted the attention of all countries in the Americas. Colombia denounced this as illegal and said it would not allow the country to be divided; The United States says it is an attempt at democracy, a small step for Panama and a giant leap for humanity; Countries such as Venezuela, which has had a similar experience to Panama, say they are happy to see the progress of the Panamanian people in terms of democracy and freedom, although they should have made soy sauce.

In the midst of all the antiquity, the referendum in Panama began. Here's how the referendum went. The first is the confirmation of voter eligibility. According to the criteria set forth by Mayor Edu's Preparatory Committee, in order for a person to have the right to vote, he must have the following qualifications:

First, he must have been born in Panama or have owned property in Panama and lived there for more than 10 years. Second, he must be an adult white man over twenty years of age with a proper occupation. Well, what blacks, what Indians, and what women all get aside. In addition, poor ghosts who do not live in houses, but can only live in shacks, also come to the side. The poor ghosts who are unemployed at home are also honestly aside. Otherwise, the poor ghosts will have the right to vote, and in the future, those guys who are quite presidents will not do well, and they will inevitably have to be a little bit more inclined to make policies like the poor ghosts. How's that going to work? Is there still a royal law? Is there still a law then?

There are not many residents in Panama City, so they have been screened, but in fact, there are even fewer people left. The number of voters was only about 10,000, so although only two polling stations were set up, the voting work was carried out quickly, and the voting work was completed in just one day.

The counting of votes began the next morning, in the Municipal Square, in a fair and open manner. Actually, this is not necessary, because all the people who are eligible to vote have been worked, and there are basically no accidents. The subsequent vote count proved to be true, and the final vote count was announced two days later, with 99 percent of the voters expressing their support for Panama**.

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"Mr. Edu, you see, more than 99 percent support!" Edu's assistant Reed said with a beaming face.

"Reed, are we overdoing it? This support rate is inevitably too high, right? Doesn't it look like the voting ratio that democracies should have? Edu furrowed his eyebrows, "Why don't we change this ratio and increase the proportion of invalid votes a little bit, let's say that it is 90% support, what do you think?" ”

"You don't need it, do you? Anyway, as long as the Americans and the British recognize that we are democratic, whatever we do, it will certainly be democratic. "On the other hand, if they say we're not democratic, whatever we do, it's definitely not democratic." ”

"Well, you still have a point." "Then let's announce the results and begin preparations for the great cause of nationhood." ”

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"The United States Government has expressed its recognition of the State of Panama and its readiness to exchange ambassadors with Panama. It is reported that the two sides will discuss and sign an agreement on the construction of the Panama Canal. At the same time, in order to strengthen its national defense and respond to possible aggression by Colombian government forces, the Panamanian government has loaned $2 million to the McDonald Innovation Investment Bank of the United States against the proceeds of the future Panama Canal as collateral for the establishment of the government and the construction of the army......"

"Okay, no need to read it. All that remains must be that the Panamanian government has ordered weapons and related services from the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company. Morgan said.

The female secretary put away the newspaper and sat down next to Morgan.

"Did you hear that?" Morgan said, raising his eyes to look at the bankers around him.

"Ah, Mr. Morgan, is there any way we can join in and make a chance to make money?" A banker asked.

"In Panama, Scrooge has taken control of the situation. However, the entire investment in such a large project as the excavation of the canal will reach tens of millions, and he cannot afford it alone. Moreover, his stall has been spread out big enough. So, not long ago, Scrooge and I joined forces in the hope that we could organize a canal company together. Of course, there may be financial problems, as well as political considerations. Today's U.S. government is almost paralyzed by the conflict between the president and the Congress. Only our joint influence with them can make the government a little more effective in some of the relevant things. But beyond that, we can actually get in touch with the Colombian side. Morgan said.

"So, Mr. MacDonald, what are they asking for? Also, what can Colombia do? Someone asked again.

"Whether the Colombian side is sincere or not, at least make a little posture to maintain national unity. This requires money. They needed money to buy weapons - of course, they certainly wouldn't buy Scrooge's weapons, but that wasn't a bad thing for Scrooge, and in a sense he was hoping to get Columbia to bred under his guns. ”

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A train slowly stopped at the station in Panama City, and on the flatbed, covered with canvas, there were many things, but looking at the appearance, it looked like a cannon. Gonzalez stood at the window, silently counting "12, 13, 14...... A full 24 cannons. ”

At this time, the train finally stopped. A group of "Free Panamans", oh no, now the soldiers of the Panamanian army ran over and set up a long, thick wooden gangplank between the flatbed and the platform. Then a group of several people dragged the canvas-covered cannons off the flatbed trucks.

Perhaps to boost the morale of the city's inhabitants and show their strength, the soldiers removed the canvas from the cannons, hung them on the back of the wagons, and dragged them slowly through the streets of Panama. Gonzalez could see from the window that the cannons were unlike anything he had seen before.

Compared to the bronze bronze cannons or black cast-iron cannons he had seen before, the barrels of these cannons painted with green paint and indistinguishable materials were noticeably longer and more slender. In addition, some cannons are larger, while others are significantly smaller. However, the distance was still a little farther, so Gonzalez couldn't see the details clearly. He noticed that many passers-by were watching the cannons on the side of the street, and the soldiers seemed to have deliberately slowed down the car so that the onlookers could see the majestic cannons.

The convoy with the cannons was slowly coming towards this side of the street. Gonzalez estimated that he must have had time to run downstairs and get a closer look at the strange cannons before they reached the cannons.

So Gonzalez ran down the stairs and into the street. In a few moments, the first cannon, drawn by four beautiful maroon horses, slowly walked past him. It's a larger cannon. The barrel is long, but it is shaken so low that you can clearly see the muzzle of the black hole, as well as the rifling inside the muzzle. The inside diameter of the cannon is not small, and the barrel looks slender only because the walls of the barrel are very thin, well, at least compared to the bronze or cast iron cannons that Gonzalez has seen before.

Gonzalez knew that this meant that this was the latest steel artillery, which had only just been rolled out on the European Big 6, and had never been seen in South America. There is also a tubular structure under the barrel of this cannon, it is not known what it was used for. In addition, the cannon was equipped with an anti-shield, which looked as if it was intended to defend against bullet fire. The cannon drove past his eyes, and the citizens on both sides of the street cheered at the cannon and artillery. Obviously, although these citizens are not as knowledgeable as Gonzalez, such a seemingly majestic cannon still gives them a lot of confidence - these days, the newspapers are analyzing every day what the economic benefits will be if they succeed. So the vast majority of people do support **.

Behind this cannon were eleven other cannons identical to this one. And then behind them came the much smaller cannon. The barrel of this cannon is much shorter, and even compared to the old, bronze cannon, his barrel is not too long. However, the walls of the barrel were still thin, rifling could be seen, and like the former, it was equipped with tonned tubes and smaller shields. So Gonzalez can be sure that this is also a steel artillery. Unlike the previous cannon, which required four horses to tow, this cannon was significantly lighter, and only one horse was needed to pull it, and looking at the horse's effortless appearance, Gonzalez was sure that even two people could easily drag it along.

Gonzalez remembered that in the Austro-Prussian War that ended not long ago, the Prussians used an extremely light artillery that could follow the indeterminate advance, and I wonder if it was the kind in front of them. There were also twelve of them.

The cannons passed Gonzalez's eyes, followed by ten six-horse-drawn heavy-duty wagons stacked with boxes stacked on top of each other. Again, these wooden boxes are not covered with canvas, so you can easily see the words written on the boxes: "75 mm shrapnel shells", "75 mm sabotage shells (in fact, solid artillery shells)". And as Gonzalez has seen, the proportion of shrapnel is almost as high as 60 percent.

"These guys are really rich!" Gonzalez thought that he knew that the price of both steel artillery and howitzers was much higher than that of ordinary cannons and shells, and that these guys were really willing to spend money to buy so many cannons and shrapnel in one go. But when you think about it, you can understand that they must have made so much money by selling their rights and interests in the future canal.

"If we don't update our equipment, it will be impossible to suppress this rebellion." Gonzalez came to such a conclusion. rg

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