In order to make money from Brazil, the first step is to borrow money from Brazil.

It's not difficult, but it's hard not to see a trace.

After all, it is a very discrediting thing to hit a country's economy through financial means, and Alfonso still wants to hide behind the scenes as much as possible.

It just so happened that he had a few more suitable candidates in his hands, that is, those who used to be Wal-Mart Commercial Company.

Have a business background and do not belong to Spain.

After the Franco-Prussian War began, Wal-Mart's original materials were requisitioned by the French government, and it was not a loss because it was purchased at market price.

It is that the follow-up operation has been greatly affected, and it has not opened for half a year.

But they are not without things to do, Walmart has branches in big cities such as London, Lyon, Barcelona and Vienna, and it is not as successful as in Paris, and it is still okay to pass the time.

The owner of Wal-Mart is Zana, and as a successful businessman, he has a certain reputation even in the Americas.

However, this was not the case with his assistant François, the little newsboy who was promoted by Alfonso and rescued by Nasi.

His trip to Brazil doesn't attract much attention, at least not Alfonso.

It's normal for a good employee to want to fly solo when they mature, and it won't arouse anyone's suspicion.

For more than two years, with the help of multiple dimensions, not to mention how prosperous François has made his career, there is no problem in building momentum and borrowing more money to raise the company's valuation.

As soon as he thought of this, Alfonso immediately sent someone to find the other party.

During this waiting time, he was not without nothing to do, and the news of Peru's purchase of ironclad ships had already spread in South America.

While other countries were fine, Bolivia and Chile immediately felt a deep threat.

Now the saltpeter war has not yet begun, and the three countries have coastlines.

The existence of an ironclad ship is enough to upset the fragile balance of power.

Moreover, if it is difficult to get started, it is okay, but Spain has some cheap spot in hand, which makes everyone have to be tempted.

After just a week of discussions, the two countries adopted a proposal to purchase ironclad ships, and now the envoy has arrived in Madrid.

As with the previous sale of the Castelfeda, Spain readily sold two ironclads to Bolivia and Chile.

Bolivia was poorer and bought an iron-clad schooner called the Aspiles, with a displacement of 3,500 tons and a price of £250,000.

Chile, on the other hand, was a bit wealthier and bought a large ship equipped with ramming horns and a waist gun chamber.

Named Victoria, it has a displacement of 7,250 tons and sells for £430,000.

Chile's naval power clearly outstripped that of Bolivia and Peru, but in a future saltpeter war, Chile would be one country against both.

It's not that two fights one, but it can't be fought once.

After these ship sales cases, the relationship between the three countries has become much closer to Spain.

Spain promised to send the ship as soon as possible, and in response to the invitation, the Spanish agricultural group subsequently sent personnel to Bolivia and Chile to form branches.

3 of the 20 ironclad ships were lost, and the financial pressure was much less all of a sudden.

It was even suggested that no more ships should be sold, and that it would be a good thing to use 17 ironclad ships to maintain the face of Spain, a maritime empire.

Of course, Alfonso refused, not to mention that Japan has a strong intention to buy, and many other powerful South American countries have not yet made a move.

Chile has bought a ship, and Argentina, which is close at hand, must be deeply threatened, and Colombia may also come to the rescue if it is not willing to be left behind.

It's a pity that European countries are reluctant to buy it, otherwise this batch of ships will be better digested.

Among them, Portugal was afraid of the alliance with Britain, and Prussia was arrogant and wanted to build its own ships.

At the same time, with the results of the negotiations in St. Petersburg, Prussia quite decisively withdrew from France.

Historically, Prussia threatened France and occupied nine northern provinces, and France did not pay clean reparations for a single day, and the Prussian army did not withdraw from France.

But this time, the war reparations were greatly reduced, and the reparations of 400 million francs were repaid by France just by digging out the precious metals in the treasury, and it was no fun to keep them.

After the popularization of law and peace, people in the government looked at Gan Bida again and how it was an eyesore.

This guy is too republican to please most people.

In order to remove him as soon as possible, the French provisional government immediately announced a nationwide referendum.

It is said that it is a referendum, but in fact, only the urban population of major cities participated in the vote.

After all, it's not the afterlife, how can it be exhaustive.

Even at this time, there was no such thing as a "referendum", and the official name given by France was the "National Intention Survey".

If it weren't too much to do with it, it would be to abolish the emperor, and the parliament would have solved it itself, so why bother the people.

However, although there are a lot of troubles in holding such a grand event, it can lift the sluggish mood in France, which is not all a bad thing.

Because the previous speech of the Emperor Nasan in Marseille touched many people, the demand was very high.

Therefore, the Legislative Council specifically allowed him to run as a candidate again after being stripped of the throne.

Although the interim president is not happy, he is not going to do anything.

Because the Bonapartists do not currently have the upper hand in the government, and can even be said to be the weakest, it is impossible for Nazon to retain the throne in any case.

The content of the referendum was simple, divided into three parts: the retention of the Bonaparte dynasty, the establishment of a republic, and the establishment of a new emperor.

The reason why it is not a few candidates who jumped out and won three dozen rings is because Alfonso's two cheap relatives have long been privately discussed, one will be the king and the other will be the crown prince, so naturally it is impossible to compete on the same stage again.

Taking a step back, the Bourbons were not Bonaparte's wild ways, but noble blood aristocrats, and Philip did not want to become another elected emperor.

Therefore, it would be nice for the people to decide only on the issue of the system......

… In fact, the institutional issue cannot be decided.

Regardless of the fact that the French referendum is in full swing, Alfonso knows that the outcome is already preordained, and he doesn't even bother to care about the vote count.

Immediately after the alliance of the Orleanists and the Orthodox, they had an absolute advantage in the government.

In particular, the St. Petersburg negotiations were carried out by republican envoys, but in the end they ended up admitting defeat for 400 million francs.

This incident dealt an even greater blow to the prestige of Gambida and the Republicans.

If there is no winner or loser among the forces in the government, the vote can affect a lot of things.

But the gap between strength and weakness is so huge, no matter how much you invest, you can't change the outcome of things.

In later generations, electronic vote counting could be cheated, let alone manually operated today.

The French referendum was set to last at least a few months, and Alfonso's attention was quickly diverted from it.

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