Several people arrested in the tavern were quickly screened clearly, and the horse-faced man was in the tavern with a total of three comrades, two of whom were arrested, and one of whom escaped with bad knowledge. Diaphragm

After severe torture and interrogation, the horse-faced man and his companion confessed one after another;

They were all Chinese Christians who had been ordained in the Southwest Church of Los Angeles, and were seduced by the parish priest Jean-Bernadotte to secretly preach the gospel of freedom, equality, and democracy, and to attack the feudal autocracy of the empire and the corruption of power.

The chief of the local police station did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent additional police forces to arrest Jean-Bernadotte, the godfather of the parish, and some parishioners, and arrested his henchmen one after another.

This "Southwest Church Scandal" involved more than 30 people, and it was a typical case of spreading dangerous ideas through church channels, and after it was exposed, it aroused widespread condemnation in society, making many Chinese people wary of the doctrines propagated by Christianity.

Many new Chinese believers have retreated, originally believing in religion as a good wish to pray for longevity, but now they are linked to rebellion and rebellion, and they really have no soul to think about.

No one knows if those priests will carry personal goods when they preach?

After the rise of the Tang Empire, a large number of Chinese poured into this hopeful continent, which vividly reversed the widespread democratic ideas in North America. Diaphragm

Due to the traditional conservative views of the Chinese, the religious and language barriers of the East, and the fact that Christianity inherited from the West was not welcomed, it was called the "Ghost Old Religion", and it was a non-mainstream religion with a low sense of presence in the empire.

Several cases of church protests have brought it back into the spotlight.

Just like the church that broke out in the land of China in the same historical period, the actions of the Christian church aroused strong resentment among the people of the Tang Empire, and then triggered a series of events.

More than 100 churches located throughout the empire were attacked by the populace, and some priests and believers were beaten with bruised noses and swollen faces, and panicked like dogs at home, and the surging tide attracted the attention of European countries.

But that's about it

It is difficult for European public opinion to have a rare unanimity of opinion and more criticism than sympathy for the Church.

It is really a poor job on the part of the church, and it is good to be a servant of the Lord to preach the doctrine dutifully. The use of ecclesiastical channels to inculcate dangerous ideas of equality and freedom has touched the confines of the feudal kingdoms of Europe. Diaphragm

The clay man still has three points of fire, let alone the worldly kingship?

In this day and age

It is not the Middle Ages, when theocracy reigned supreme over secular kingship.

The feudal kingdoms of Europe strictly guarded against democratic liberal ideas and anarchists, generally adopted a zero-tolerance attitude, and implemented a policy of severe crackdown.

In Europe, whether it was the Austrian Empire, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Spanish royal family, or the Ottoman Empire, the prison cells were filled with some radical scholars and professors, as well as many outstanding students from institutions of higher learning influenced by it, and many people from noble backgrounds were all called "political-administrative criminals" and "dangerous-minded people".

The more conservative and backward the kingdom in Europe, the more closely it will keep an eye on dangerous political rhetoric and carry out severe crackdowns that have not let go of mistakes.

Taking advantage of this trend, the Tang Empire successively banned a series of church schools and church charitable organizations, imposed strict restrictions on Christian districts, and required new believers to report and pay an additional "conversion tax". Diaphragm

Since you believe in God, you always have to pay a price.

Organized by the Empire, the fledgling Protestant Church was dealt a heavy blow and once again collapsed.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

"What do you say? To get a loan from the Royal Oak Bank or the Bank of the Americas, didn't the French Empire have a bank? Prime Minister Milian del Brazo's mouth opened wide in surprise and blurted out questions.

Finance Minister Antoine Fernández spread his hands helplessly and said;

"Neither the Bank of Lyon nor the Bank of Paris Saint-Germain have branches in the Brazilian Empire to support such a large-scale international bank exchange.

In the Americas and East Asia, only the Royal Oak Bank of the Tang Empire or the Bank of America have such strength, and the two banks have branches in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, which have the ability to directly pay funds. Diaphragm

Of course, they also charge a lot of money.

The international exchange fee negotiated by the French is 2.75%, which means that out of a total of 80 million francs, the bank will take 2.2 million francs of exchange costs.

Compared with the manpower and material resources required to escort such a huge amount of money from Europe, international exchange is the most feasible and convenient channel. ”

"Oh God! Remittance of a sum of money would take away 2.2 million francs in exchange costs, which is tantamount to robbery. ”

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, please understand that it is not often that such huge remittances occur, perhaps once in 20 years or more. Armed escort is even more dangerous, and such a huge amount of money will be tempted by the Tang State and even the United Kingdom, not to mention the rampant Caribbean pirates and Vikings. They will surely swarm like flies that smell carrion, besieging the warships that escort huge sums of money. ”

In just a few words, Prime Minister Milian del Brazo shut his mouth.

As Treasury Secretary Antoine Fernández said, in the chaotic Atlantic, a French warship escorting a huge sum of money is simply a loss, and the British Royal Navy will not be able to resist the temptation to make a cameo appearance as a pirate. Diaphragm

The Brazilian Empire, in close consultation with French loan sharks, is trying to borrow an 80 million franc war loan, or about 4 million pounds, or 20 million dons, against 110,000 hectares of cotton fields in the country.

The money was led by the Banque de Lyon, a private syndicated loan involving 11 banks and 34 funds, and the relevant interest rate and loan term are under discussion, which is also the most divergent.

The loan will be issued by a syndicate of French banks to issue fund warrants, and the usurers will subscribe for a share of the Brazilian war loan, which is expected to involve tens of thousands of French usurers and rentiers, and will greatly influence the French government's South American policy.

Now the point of contention; It is the question of the interest rate on this huge war loan.

Prime Minister Milian del Brasso could only reluctantly accept the reality, and then asked with concern; "How's the interest rate negotiations going?"

"Not ideal, the French old people led by the Bank of Lyon are very greedy, they bite the annual interest rate of 9.5%, and the conditions of the loan for 12 years are not relaxed, which is far from our target position of no more than 7%, which is the most troublesome place." Antoine Fernández replied with a heavy face.

This is the most abhorrent thing about the French usurers; Diaphragm

No matter how risky the war loan is, it will not deter the French loan sharks, the difference is only in the interest rate.

They are like vultures hovering over the war, satisfying their good appetites with the carrion of the vanquished.

In some regional wars with a high risk of defeat, the interest rates of more than 20% or even about 30% are often ultra-high, because French loan sharks dare to lend because they calculate both sunk costs and intervention costs.

For example, the loan of the Brazilian Empire is not very risky, and even if the Brazilian Empire is divided after the defeat of the war, the subsequent democratic regime must recognize the war loan and bear the responsibility to repay it.

Otherwise, France will unite with European countries not to recognize its legitimacy and even intervene by force.

In the original history

The banks of the British and French recovered Xinjiang loans for Zuo Zongtang, and the highest interest rate of 3.5 million taels of silver was as high as 14.5%, and the monthly interest rate reached 1 point and 2 percent 5, which was not the highest. Diaphragm

The highest is the loan lent by the French to Tsarist Russia, one dares to borrow, and the other is not ready to repay at all, so the interest rate is so high that it is sky-high, and the monthly interest rate of two cents abounds.

All the bad news, Prime Minister Milian del Brazo listened to it with a dark face, and hesitated for a moment before speaking;

"Oh God...... Please, punish these blood-sucking French elders!

Now that the situation on the front line is in crisis, Duke Marques de Casias is under great pressure from the Orientals, and he urgently needs to expand his army as soon as possible and reach a damn loan negotiation as soon as possible.

We need food, uniforms, steel, weapons and ammunition, and everything in the war, and His Majesty has decided to recruit another 300,000 troops, mainly black slaves and Indians, and the gap in supplies is too great.

We can't even equip everyone in the army with a spear, even if it's cannon fodder, at least feed them, and each soldier has a knife in his hand, and these supplies need to be imported from Europe. ”

Brazil is a purely agrarian country, and its industrial processes are lagging behind those of the Confederate States of America. In 1847, Brazil opened its first medium-sized shipyard, the starting point of industrialization. Diaphragm

By 1850, Brazil had 50 industrial enterprises in the fields of textiles, salt, iron making, and food, with a total of more than 3,000 workers.

From 1849 to 1850, Brazil exported a total of 879 tons of rubber, the main export products were cotton and coffee, and the total export value of foreign trade was about 2.1 million Tang Yuan.

By 1867, Brazil had added 62 new industrial enterprises, 14 banks, 3 loan banks, 20 steamship companies, 8 mining companies, 3 urban transport companies, 2 gas companies and 8 railway companies.

Railways and telegraph lines are also growing at a rapid rate. In 1866, the length of the railway was 675 km, and in 1866 the length of the telegraph line was 287 km.

The mileage of the railway is about 1/150 of the Tang Empire, the length of the telegraph line is 1/230 of the Tang Empire, and the total amount of foreign trade exports is 1/210.

With the pitiful industrial capacity of the Brazilian Empire, it was possible to easily take out 300,000 cannon fodder, but it could not equip each of them with a suitable weapon.

Motivated by the self-confidence and enthusiasm of the South Americans, the upper bureaucracy of the Brazilian Empire was completely blind to the disparity in industrial power, and remained intoxicated with the illusion of power, full of fascination with self-confidence. Diaphragm

From Emperor Pedro II of Brazil to a leading minister, no one thought that Brazil would lose the war, so how could it be?

Brazil is a large empire with a population of 15 million, a vast territory with all kinds of resources, and the Andean Viceroyalty is just a new colony with a population of more than 1.5 million people, which is far from being in every way.

Even if 10 people play one, the Brazilian Empire will not be able to lose.