The first ship deal went smoothly, as long as the Cartelfeda arrived in South America, the situation of rookies pecking each other would be completely changed, and then Chile and other countries would come to Spain and have some confidence to raise prices, and it would no longer be a complete buyer's market.

The Peruvian envoy not only signed a contract to buy a ship, but also finalized the previously agreed struvite deal, and the Spanish agricultural group has been organizing people to prepare to establish a subsidiary in Peru.

Previously, 70% of Peru's struvite exports went to the UK, and now having Spain as an additional trade partner is also a good thing for Peru, at least without being constrained by the UK at every turn.

On the other hand, Napoleon III had already left France, and Prussia categorically refused his request to bring rescue troops, and he fell out with the other party on the spot and was driven out.

After four days of traveling, it has now landed in Valencia.

Nasi is overseeing the construction of the casino there, and the father and son are goodbye to each other.

Nasan didn't come to Alfonso, but only let him know.

The reason is not difficult to understand, that is, I feel ashamed.

And it is useless to come to see Alfonso, Spain has long expressed its unwillingness to interfere in the internal affairs of France, and now it is even more impossible to take a three.

Besides, it's just right, Spain has more than 200,000 troops in the whole country, and France has a combined strength of nearly one million, how can this be fought.

Alfonso estimates that the other party will go to England after staying in Valencia for a while, at least there is hope of returning to the United Kingdom.

Staying in Spain is really a lifetime of send-offs.

The French drove out the emperor, but the turmoil in the country continued.

It is clear that France did not very much bother with the Russian invitation.

At the beginning, a simple southern France did not resist Prussia alone, but now that Austria-Hungary has entered the war and Paris has returned, there is no reason to retreat.

Most of the delegations to the St. Petersburg Conference had just arrived, and the fighting in France did not cease, but intensified.

Prussia re-cut off Paris from supplies, and Paris once again launched a breakout battle.

However, from Alfonso's point of view, although France is in a strong state of war, Austria-Hungary obviously does not want to fight it very much, and Russia is eyeing it from the sidelines, France will probably have to pay some price.

Shaking his head, Alfonso stopped thinking about foreign affairs for a while, and he was holding a map of Africa to look at it carefully.

He planned to do something to divert Britain's attention, and only a colonial plan could affect several European countries at the same time.

As long as Britain and other European countries are in tune, they may be able to spare Spain for the time being.

And he himself was interested in colonization, and the abundance of resources on the African land could arouse anyone's greed.

As you can see from the map, the whole of Africa is almost blank.

Spain occupies only a small part of the Sahara, a few cities in Morocco, part of Equatorial Guinea, and a few small scattered islands.

This is not bad, at present only Spain, Portugal, Britain, France, and the Netherlands have territories in Africa, and they are not very large.

All of this adds up to about 10% of the total area of Africa.

The main reason is that most of the countries that control Africa are only used as transportation hubs, and the effectiveness of other aspects is not very obvious, so it is enough to occupy a coast.

There were many territories that could be explored in Africa at this time, but Alfonso decided to start with Equatorial Guinea and gradually expand to the periphery.

To the south of Chichi is Gabon, where there is not only oil, but also manganese and uranium ores, as well as some gold.

The main thing is to stay away from the British sphere of influence, so as not to collide directly.

There are only a few settlements in Gabon that have been established by France, and the French government has paid no attention to it, and it is estimated that it has almost forgotten about it.

Not to mention that it is not easy to clash with people, and to the east and south of it is the famous Congo, and when the time comes, it will be easy to use Chichi and Gabon as strongholds, and it will be easy to introduce Britain through the Congo.

Alfonso made up his mind and immediately informed Campos of the matter, and the other party was full of promises, but asked only one question:

"Then how do we move people over there?

Now that the country is stable and life is quite rich, who will go to Africa to feed mosquitoes? ”

“……”

This is indeed a troublesome matter, and the important reason why the progress of European colonization has stalled in recent years is that Africa has a harsh environment and many diseases.

Especially in the vicinity of Chichi in Spain, really dogs don't go.

But Alfonso wasn't particularly upset by this, there was always a way.

"Propaganda that Gabon has gold?"

Campos waved his hand and said: "This reason has been used by all countries, and without a specific example, I am afraid that the people will not go to the muddy waters." ”

The people are not stupid, who will fight with their lives without empty words.

"This ......" Alfonso frowned, Gabon and Guinea both have gold, but they are not particularly much, Guinea can probably rank 7th or 8th in Africa, and Gabon cannot make the list.

But if gold doesn't work, no one will really go crazy and take the initiative to go to Africa.

Fortunately, not everyone in Spain is happy and rich, and the hundreds of thousands of Italian refugees in Spain at this time can barely survive, but only barely.

Communication difficulties, and the fact that they don't have any assets, even if they do the same work as the Spaniards, are usually paid 30% less in Italians.

As long as the interests of these people are big enough, there is still a high possibility that they will try their luck in Africa.

It's just that the cost can be on the high side.

However, now is not the time to care about the cost, at this stage, the eyes of all countries are not focused on Africa, and it will not be the case in a few years, one step at a time.

As for the alienation of the Italians from Germany that might result from the colonies, it was not taken into account.

Whether a colony is loyal to its mother country or not has less to do with the situation and less to do with what it says.

Alfonso thought for a moment and said, "The first group will organize about 2,000 people and transport them to the Chichi colony, and the government will pay for the settlement and provide loans and weapons, so there will always be people willing to go." ”

"Ah, this? It's too costly. Campos' first reaction was to refuse: "The cost of a person to settle in is 3 or 400 pesetas, as well as loans and weapons, plus the cost of transportation on the way, the cost of a colonist is about 50 pounds."

2,000 people is 100,000, and this point of people will bubble at most if they throw it away. ”

Campos' face was full of resistance, not that Spain couldn't come up with the money, but mainly because he couldn't see much benefit from colonizing Africa.

South Africa, Ghana and other gold-rich places have long been divided, and Spain does not need black slaves, and it is not better to invest this money in two factories.

"I've made up my mind." Alfonso didn't want to explain too much to him: "In ten years you will see the usefulness of the African colonies, hurry up and do it." ”

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