After seeing off Count Guterres, Alfonso gave a serious thought to Brazil's problems.

Brazil now boasts of being the hegemon of South America, and they are.

Spain wants to reconnect with South America, and Brazil is a hurdle that cannot be overcome.

Unless one side retreats, the contradictions between the two are almost irreconcilable.

And even if you don't mention the future, just talking about the collapse of the Spanish colonial empire, this guy has pushed his hand, and this revenge has not been avenged.

New and old hatreds welled up, and Alfonso immediately called Adolf and told him that he wanted to deal with Brazil.

“…… Your Majesty, Brazil is now in full swing, and the emperor's prestige is flourishing day by day, so it is not easy to do. ”

Adolf frowned and said:

"They just won a big war, and although they owe a lot of money, it doesn't hurt the fundamentals, and it's hard to start by force."

Alfonso nodded, he knew it was difficult, otherwise he wouldn't have started planning so early.

There's no way, if you don't do it, you can't do it, sooner or later you have to be right.

Brazil has the advantage of being in the country, and when the confrontation turns to the surface, the United States will 100 percent come to the rescue, and it will only be more difficult to deal with it then.

In fact, he has been following Brazil for a long time, and now that he plans to do it, he immediately has a general idea in his heart, and he just wants to consult Adolf again.

Under the king's gaze, a thousand thoughts flashed through Adolf's mind, and finally froze in one place: "Abolish slavery!" ”

"Abolition, Your Majesty, we can start with the abolition."

The more Adolf spoke, the more confident he became, and he gushed endlessly:

"Brazil is currently stable and the armed forces are not weak, the only problem is that it is still a slave country.

If our people can come out and lead this movement, they can easily become important figures in the Brazilian republicans.

Let this person take radical measures on all issues, supplemented by the oppression of external forces, and maybe set off a civil war! ”

“…… Not bad. Alfonso laughed: "I still know about the wave of abolition that has just started in Brazil, good idea." ”

Alfonso was telling the truth, as far as he knew, the Brazilian Empire became the Brazilian Republic because the abolitionist movement had greatly contributed to the republican forces.

On this issue, other countries will be Spain's help, because the abolition of slavery is the consensus of all advanced capitalist countries.

At present, the ships of the British Navy are still roaming the waters of the Atlantic, and the slave ships are fighting one after the other, regardless of who is on the other side.

No matter how much resistance Brazil itself may have, it is a campaign that is bound to succeed.

It was not surprising that Adolf would have thought of such an operation, after all, he had done something similar during the Civil War.

But he was able to keenly aim at the "abolitionists", so he had to give Alfonso a high look.

During the Spanish Civil War, this espionage was led by a lieutenant named Reuben, who once tricked Carlos severely.

After the incident, he was assigned to Adolf's service, and his rank was directly promoted to colonel.

It's not that Alfonso doesn't want to give him more promotions, it's mainly that Ruben is too young, and the general who is less than 30 years old is currently Adolf.

Moreover, Alfonso was worried that after the Progressive Guards returned to the army sequence, Adolf, the leader, could not convince the public, so he was temporarily promoted, that is, he was promoted to a major general.

After thinking about it, Alfonso asked, "I remember that Ruben went to work under you as a propaganda commissioner?" ”

"Yes, Colonel Ruben has a good temperament and a strong faith, and he has done a good job." Adolf smiled, and said a few kind words to his subordinates by the way.

The king asked, knowing that his suggestion had been largely adopted.

Sure enough, Alfonso then said: "Then you are responsible for this matter, you and Colonel Ruben have a good choice, and get a few candidates for me as soon as possible." ”

The reason why it is "a few candidates" is because there are many people who are easy to do, and there are few reliable people in Brazil, and it will be more difficult to combine the inside and outside.

"Yes, mission guaranteed!" Adolf said with a grim expression.

Alfonso nodded secretly, Adolf was still very relieved to do things, as the only relatively sound shadow force in the whole Western world, there was no reason for the Progressive Guard to do this simple work.

If you fabricate the identity of a British or German immigrant, you can easily hide from Brazil, which has no experience in this field.

As for buying Brazilian politicians, arranging businessmen to sponsor, helping to build momentum, and the like, Alfonso didn't bother to say that they were all basic operations.

After making a preliminary plan to set up a spy network in Brazil, Alfonso smiled and said: "But it is still a little difficult to weaken Brazil by this alone, Pedro II may not be able to die to protect the throne, and the people may not necessarily want to fight." ”

Historically, Pedro II had every chance of turning the tables after a coup d'état, but he didn't want to destroy the country he had developed with his own hands with a civil war, so he chose to leave the scene in disgrace, and this time it was probably the same.

Adolf said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please give me advice." ”

Unexpectedly, Alfonso shook his head, and said mysteriously: "I can handle this matter myself, I can't tell you for some reason for the time being, you just need to know that I will help." ”

Now Adolf was even more curious, the king usually did not hide anything from him, and it was a clear proof that he would tell him directly if he wanted to deal with Brazil.

But Alfonso didn't want to say anything, and he couldn't help it, so he could only answer and leave.

Seeing Adolf close the door to his office, Alfonso sighed silently.

It's not that he doesn't want to say it, but the impact of this matter is too great, and an economic crisis will break out in 1873, can he say this?

Now that the economies of various countries are developing steadily, there is no sign of this at all, and he can't explain why he knows...

…… Unless you claim to have been oracleed? It doesn't seem impossible.

In fact, his idea is to short Brazil.

Today's currency in Brazil is the mirez, a banknote with silver as a reserve.

Brazil produces both gold and silver, but given their size and location in South America, they don't produce much.

In response to the recent Triple Alliance War, Brazil was able to print money vigorously, and a considerable part of its precious metal reserves were also used.

Moreover, in recent decades, Brazil's economic development has been good, and in order to further stimulate economic growth, the Brazilian government has gone crazy and borrowed heavily from the private sector and foreign countries.

As a result of these actions, inflation in Brazil has become uncontrollable.

Because of the victory and the rapid development of the economy, this hidden danger was temporarily suppressed.

In the event of the 1873 economic crisis, this fragile vessel would be exposed to the air.

To put it simply, Alfonso's plan is to borrow money from Brazil and exchange it for a peseta...... It's still gold, precious metals can be said to be stable in the economic crisis.

When the economic crisis really comes, you can use the gold in your hand to buy Mireis, who has serious inflation, and use Mires to repay the previous debt.

Brazil's economy is so fragile and the economic crisis is so ferocious, that there is little risk in doing so.

There is no need for Alfonso to do anything out of his mind, as long as he casually publicizes, he has full confidence that Mirez will collapse.

This operation is also applicable to other countries, but Austria-Hungary and France are too large to operate.

And now is not the era of free trade, and the powerful countries will play all kinds of off-the-board tricks.

If it is really detected, Spain may be sanctioned or even beaten.

There is no such risk in operating Brazil, not to mention the moderate size, in case they want to play an off-the-board game, Spain has every reason to pull other South American countries to beat him up.

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