Chapter 914 Expansion of the Strait Province

Downtown Blanca

In a four-story Italian Renaissance-style building, Foreman, dressed in a sophisticated suit and with gray hair, was receiving Duan Changjiang, the presiding judge of the wartime court, and the room was full of two of them.

Foreman's identity on the face is the senior associate of the Argentine Wool Textile Industry Association, a businessman, this person's actual name is Feng Changqing, code name "woodcutter", is the head of the Argentine station of the Political Intelligence Bureau, responsible for presiding over the local comprehensive subversion and rebellion work.

Get along for more than half a year

Duan Changjiang felt that Foreman was a trustworthy friend, and Duan Changjiang's current identity had changed from the deputy captain of the special task force of the Ministry of the Interior to the president and presiding judge of the Imperial Wartime Tribunal, holding the power of life and death that terrified the Argentine political and business circles.

"Lao Fu, are you still satisfied with the verdict in the several cases you appealed?"

"It's okay."

"What do you mean, you're too shameless, aren't you?"

Duan Changjiang almost didn't jump up when he heard this, although he was much more stable than when he was young, but his personality was still jumping, he glanced at Foreman's usual face with disdain, and broke his fingers to count him carefully;

"Where...... I'll count the four cases with you, how many big fat sheep have you slaughtered?

The first is this long-standing Italian building under the butt, originally owned by the Paganini family, who swallowed your goods worth 5,300 gold pesos during the turmoil, let's leave aside whether some beef and wool are worth it for now?

Let's talk about the compensation plan, this four-story large building under the ass runs an Italian restaurant and a high-end hotel business, and it is worth hundreds of thousands of gold pesos, and the court has awarded you all as compensation, which should be satisfied, right? ”

"Well, Your Majesty once said, if you eat mine, you will spit it out, and if you take mine, you will give it back, and if you lose a point, you will pay for it a hundredfold." Foreman's face was as usual, and he didn't feel embarrassed in the slightest.

Duan Changjiang tapped him with his finger and unceremoniously revealed; "I found that there is one thing in common in these cases of yours, that is, they are all about finding high-quality assets.

Don't say anything else;

In the case of the wharf, you had stored 55,000 gold pesos worth of woollen products in the wharf before the war, which was calculated at the highest selling value in Europe, and it was all lost.

The court sentenced one of the most important beef terminals in Blanca, a 23% stake in the Adelands Marina, a warehouse with an area of 6,000 square meters, and a large ranch with tens of thousands of hectares of land owned by the Adelande family. ”

"It's okay, the saints have said it today, and it will be repaid a hundredfold." Foreman poured a glass of high-end French red wine, and then handed it to Duan Changjiang with his own hands, and God replied easily; "It's just about to slaughter a fat sheep, our brothers who work on the secret front, why don't we have some soup?"

"Guan Jian, you drank too much soup, before the war, what happened to shelter more than 20 orphans?"

"Of course it's loving!"

"Fart's love, these 20 orphans brought you hundreds of thousands of gold pesos, the court assigned you the property rights of 21 shops, and a farm with an area of more than 600 hectares in the countryside, all of which are high-quality assets."

"Good people have good rewards after all, mainly because I haven't accumulated much over the years of work, so I have no choice but to think about it. Besides, you have made a lot of money, so take the opportunity to make a fortune together. Foreman digressed the subject with a grin, and it was even more embarrassing to talk about it later.

This wave of Feihua immigrants generally benefited, and he was no exception, but it was just a little more.

Argentine society was generally affluent, but the empire had no intention of occupying the region.

Because these more than 5 million white people are simply not able to do it, and they must not take the same cruel measures as they did with the indigenous population, it will certainly arouse the general resentment of the white international community, and the international image will collapse at once.

Enter the 20th century

With the progress of mankind, scientific and technological progress, and the awakening of national consciousness, the golden age of large-scale land grabbing has passed, and it is almost impossible to carry out social and demographic changes through some abnormal means.

The empire fully occupied several states on the west coast of North America, mainly aimed at the less populated northern states of Oregon, Washington State, with a total population of just over 1.8 million.

As for California and Texas, which have a large population, industry, commerce, and education, they can only support their independence, and this is the real reason.

In the eyes of Western countries

In addition to religious reasons, the image of the Ottoman Empire was not unrelated to its historical acts of wanton trade in white slaves and the unscrupulous massacre of Armenians in the country, which eventually led to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I.

If nothing else, let's just talk about the past 10 years......

On October 1, 1895, some 2,000 Armenians gathered in Constantinople to petition for the implementation of the reform plan promised by Turkey. As a result, the entire Ottoman Empire began to be targeted against Armenians, known as the "Hamid Massacre", with 100,000 to 300,000 people killed.

On July 24, 1908, Hamid II was overthrown in a coup d'Γ©tat by military officers, the "Young Turks (Unity and Progress Council)" came to the stage of history, and the treatment of Armenians improved.

Sadly, in a failed coup d'Γ©tat, Armenians were killed in support of the restoration of the constitution, known as the Adana Massacre, in which between 15,000 and 30,000 Armenians were killed.

The image of the perverse Ottoman Empire is terrible, and if it were not for him to block the muzzle of the gun and contain the ambitious Tsarist Russia, the European powers of Britain, France, Germany and other world powers would have dismembered it long ago, and it would never have remained until now.

The Ocean Empire has never done this kind of thing, except in times of war, in peacetime, white migrant workers have always been given equal access to business, real estate, and political power, and the only requirement is that they must be proficient in the two official languages of English and Chinese, which is the hardcore standard.

Not occupying Argentina does not mean that the culprit will be spared, and the imperial side has a way to soak him, so that he can't live and die, and he will definitely regret the decision to go to war in the first place.

"Judge Duan, I heard that Commander Ling Zun Duan led the armored division thousands of miles into North America, broke through the San Francisco defense line from behind, and made outstanding contributions to the final victory, I would like to congratulate you in advance." Foreman folded his hands and looked quite sincere.

Speaking of which

Duan Changjiang's expression was also solemn, and he stood up and saluted back; "It's a pity that the child is not filial, and he can't listen to it in front of his father's army, and he stays by his side at all times, and I regret it in my heart."

"Brother Changjiang's words are wrong, my generation of good men is ambitious, no matter where they are in the world, they are contributing to the empire, why bother to be a dog guarding the house?" Foreman's eyes shot a sharp gaze at this time, and he said with sincere admiration; "Lord Ling Zun is one of the outstanding heroes in the world today, and he will surely leave a brilliant record in the annals of the empire. Such a character will never be a child. ”

"Brother Fu's words are enlightened, and the Yangtze River has been taught."

After Duan Changjiang finished speaking, he slammed it to the ground.

Foreman took a step sideways, refusing to accept his salute, and then stepped forward after Duan Changjiang straightened up, grabbed one of his arms and said cordially;

"You and I are forgetful friends, some of the previous things, thanks to the strong help of the virtuous brother, I Lao Fu kept in mind, the word "thanks" don't need to be mentioned, send you an inside message.

In order to avoid being liquidated after the war, the family of President Aviglianaeda is planning to sell the family's assets to a British consortium at a large price, and intends to move back to Europe in the future.

This intelligence evidence is conclusive, and I will give you the details when I go back, including who is the British side who is pulling the strings in it, and what consortium intends to profit?

This British consortium has a background in the upper class of the London aristocracy, so it dares to take advantage of the fire.

If you don't stop it early, I'm afraid it will turn into a big problem.

We have no means to stop this, and I know that you have a deep foothold and will definitely maximize the benefits of this news. ”

Duan Changjiang's expression was grim after hearing this, and he really attached great importance to it.

Today, the great nobles of the empire are not short of money or power, what is the most lacking...... A "holy family" that is hard to change.

The "Holy Family" thing is invisible, intangible, but real, and it is related to the rise and fall of the top aristocratic class of the empire, which is really an important thing.

Admiral Geng and Admiral Conrad Adenauer are the most obvious examples, and in the absence of the Holy Family, the glory that belonged to their family and individuals is over.

Even with the strong recommendation of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Rear Admiral Jensen Adenauer, the second son of Count Conrad Adenauer, is still struggling in the African Fleet, and it has been more than 4 years now, and he has not had the opportunity to participate in the "wool war" on an unprecedented scale, so naturally he has no chance to make meritorious contributions.

The same is true of Geng's precious son, Brigadier General Geng Chengen, who is now staying at the Pacific Fleet as commander of the Manila base and has been promoted to the rank of rear admiral.

Without the opportunity to build meritorious deeds, there is no opportunity to add glory to the family.

These two are the two generals next to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Li Siyuan, the more dazzling Li Siyuan's performance in the "Wool War", the less chance these two have to make a comeback, and this is almost the case in this life.

The mystery has to be savored.

Then again

Duan Changjiang was not stupid at all, and he was very smart, he immediately realized the preciousness of this news......

Today's saints are wise and wise, the sacred heart is unpredictable, ordinary whiskers and horses, singing praises are completely useless, and if you don't do it well, you will be reprimanded, which is really a loss to the lady and a soldier.

But there are some overt policies that are well known, such as; The Holy Lord attaches great importance to the equal rights and interests of ethnic Chinese in all countries, and even issued a sonorous oath that "those who clearly violate the empire will be punished even if they are thousands of miles away".

He did not hesitate to fight the whole country, and vowed to eliminate the Kou.

So if the Argentine President Aviglianaeda family, as the initiator of the "wool war", successfully completes the shelling of the golden cicada, and cannot do its best, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?

"Brother Fu, Changjiang accepted your love, but such news was leaked in private, is it a dereliction of duty on the part of the intelligence station chief?"

"The scope of our intelligence station does not include this aspect, what President Avignaneda did is just his personal behavior, seriously speaking, it can't be connected to the family, and it can't be so widespread, but how can this kind of thing be said?" Foreman chuckled and explained;

"How can President Aviglianeda have nothing to do with his family?

In terms of reason

If Argentina's political ecology is to overthrow and rebuild, it will inevitably overthrow a group of vested interests and support a group of pro-imperial politicians to come to power, which is almost inevitable.

The news

I also reported it within the Political Service Bureau, but according to the work system of the Political Intelligence Bureau's layer by layer reporting and repeated verification, it didn't take a week to reach the hands of the big boss.

The big boss met with the saint, and whether to report the matter is also between the two theories.

The sooner this matter is dealt with, the better, and the later it is, the more passive it becomes.

So, from a public and private point of view, I believe you are faster. ”

"Aren't you afraid of offending the big boss?" Duan Changjiang asked rhetorically.

Foreman grinned toothily and replied with his hands outstretched; "I used to work with big bosses in the East Indies for a while, and I always had some incense, and now that I'm older, my work has changed to the surface, and I'm about to become mayor of Blanca.

How can it be said that it is also an upper-class person with a head and a face, and it is not easy to implement family law, right?

In the final analysis, the CIA is also a humane institution, and this change in Argentina has also generated a lot of revenue for the bureau, and a little bit of a small thing is not a big deal. ”

As soon as he said this, Duan Changjiang put his mind at ease, patted Foreman on the shoulder and said, "You are so interesting, then I will also communicate with you in advance about some situations, in fact, according to your secret level, you will soon be able to access these news."

One is that although we do not occupy Argentina, it does not mean that we do not have a plan for Argentina after the war, on the one hand, we will support the pro-ocean imperial government, liquidate the Argentine politics that caused the war, and clean up the house.

On the other hand, it is to open channels for Chinese immigrants to enhance the influence of Chinese people. On the other hand, most of the troops of the occupation forces were demobilized on the spot, naturalized in Argentina, and entered the military and political circles of the Argentine government to escort the Chinese forces.

In addition, there are arrangements for state-to-state relations, which involves a strategic level.

Therefore, you, the mayor, can rest assured that you will be in office, at least Bukaran is a man of his word, and it is impossible for anyone to challenge your position in a short period of time. ”

"Well, do you know what you plan for the post-war arrangement? I'm referring to Tierra del Fuego, so I'll reveal a little bit if it's convenient. Faulkman asked.

"It's no secret, I'm afraid it's going to be in the newspaper in the next few days, and it's nothing to tell you in advance." Duan Changjiang behaved very happily, took the red wine in the cup and drank it all, and said;

"After the Battle of Seattle in the Pacific, the Chilean government once accepted a large white fleet that had fled in disarray to port for supplies, so that this fleet of three battleships was almost overturned by them in the Strait of Magellan and the Atlantic Fleet besieging His Royal Highness.

The Imperial Foreign Office has been under pressure on this matter, including but not limited to a formal declaration of war.

At present, the talk is about the Chilean Independence Government ceding the Aysin Zone and the island of Tierra del Fuego, which belongs to Chile, and in the future, together with tens of thousands of square kilometers of land in the southernmost part of Argentina and Tierra del Fuego, the province of the Imperial Straits will be established, with a total area of about 270,000 square kilometers. ”

Foreman asked, confused; "Can Chile be willing?"

"Huh...... What's not to like? Duan Changjiang smiled contemptuously and continued;

"The empire has given two choices, the first is to continue to remain neutral in the war, then it is necessary to cede the Yasin region and the island of Tierra del Fuego, which belongs to Chile, and this territory is to be decided by the empire.

The second is to join the Pacific Alliance to declare war on the United States and Argentina, and after the war, you can get 2/3 of the land in the northernmost province of Santa Cruz in Argentina as the occupation zone of Chile.

This fully compensates for the previous losses, and it is very rewarding.

The province of Santa Cruz, with its fertile plains, much stronger than the towering mountains of Ayssen and Tierra del Fuego, has always been a coveted place for Chile, so how can Chileans endure it? ”

"I see!" Foreman suddenly realized this, and then burst out laughing.

The empire was generous to others, taking the land of Chile and compensating with the land of Argentina, and it was the Argentines who suffered in the end.

He only saw the surface of the problem, but did not see the substance, the imperial move is not just to cede 2/3 of the area of Santa Cruz province, and Chile cannot justifiably get this land, this is the crux of the problem.

By this move

It will lead to a long-term discord between Chile and Argentina, and may even lead to war, and they will have to rely on the support of the empire to become a staunch ally of the Pacific Alliance, but that is another story.

This was a common trick used by the British Empire in its previous life, often causing territorial disputes between countries.

The foreign affairs department is trying to persuade Uruguay, the southern part of Argentina, to join the Pacific Alliance, with the advantage of ceding to Uruguay the territory that once caused territorial disputes between the two southern Argentinas.

The key is the phrase "call the shots in private", which Chile and Uruguay can agree with, but Argentina, whose interests have been harmed, will not agree in any way.

With such a huge grudge, I want to form regional national organizations such as the South American Union and the Andean Union of Nations, and it is a good thing not to fight when the meeting is held.

The Ocean Empire has the opportunity to stir up the wind and rain and profit from it.

With Chile and Uruguay in the way, the empire would be able to run its own strait province with peace of mind, and the Argentines would be much more comfortable with it (there would be a formal treaty of defeat between the two sides, which would explicitly provide for the cession of territory, unlike in the two countries mentioned above).

After all, Argentina is not losing a place, and if it loses more, it will be numb.

Although the mountainous area of more than 270,000 square kilometers of land here accounts for 7 percent, there are many bays, rich in marine resources and minerals, and it is located at the intersection of the South Atlantic Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean, and the location is even more important.

With a population of less than 100,000 people in such a vast area, it is easy to get into your pocket.