Chapter 462: Turmoil in South America

August 15, Republic 2767 (1926).

The flames of revolution in Europe finally died down this year, as evidenced by Wen Desi's speech at the Fourth National Congress of the Chinese Science and Technology Party: "The class contradictions in Europe have reached a very acute point, and then the major countries of Europe are about to face a choice, whether to turn left or right, there is no third way." ”

Now the major European countries have all taken a policy shift after the war, with countries such as Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Sweden turning to the left, and countries such as France, Belgium, Italy, and Austria-Hungary turning to the right. What needs to be emphasized here is that whether these countries are left or right, they have nothing to do with good or evil, they do not have natural justice or evil, everything is profit.

The Left-Wing Coalition led by the British Labour Party won a resounding victory in last year's parliamentary election, with James Ramsay MacDonald, a grassroots man elected Prime Minister.

In the history of the original plane, Mr. MacDonald became prime minister in 1923, a year before the plane, but he was ousted after only nine months in office. And in this plane, Mr. MacDonald's life is much better, and now he has been prime minister for more than a year, and it seems that he can continue to work.

He was able to come to power because the social contradictions were too strong, the colonies were on fire everywhere, and the old men of the Conservative Party did not dare to take over this mess. MacDonald's cabinet was the first time that the Labour Party had formed a government, and it was very inexperienced, and the Conservatives were interested in seeing his jokes, so naturally they did not go back to give advice.

In order to deal with the Scottish separatist forces in the country as soon as possible and suppress the independence movement in the colonies, MacDonald's cabinet took a hot shot. In order to prove that it is better than the Conservative Party, the MacDonald Cabinet, which has little political experience, must show political achievements as soon as possible, so it is more decisive than the Conservative Cabinet, and they directly dispatched the army to suppress the domestic movement.

At the same time, he made agreements with Canada and Australia and New Zealand, agreeing to give them more autonomy, but asking them to send troops to Africa and India to suppress colonial uprisings. In addition, because MacDonald was anxious to deal with the rebels as soon as possible, he increased the use of mass killing, ordering the front-line troops to use chemical weapons without restrictions against all mobs.

In fact, the bottom line of the great powers in this time period is almost none, they have already used chemical weapons, and they and the white-skinned Europeans are also poisoned to you, not to mention those who are not human Hei Shu and Ah San. It was only at the League of Nations established after the war, at the suggestion of China, that a convention on the restriction of the use of chemical weapons was adopted, so the post-war powers were a little more talkative than before, although they were still used, it was also half-concealed, but it was not used as unscrupulously as during the war.

However, we all know that treaties are used to exploit loopholes. The British, frustrated by the colonial uprising, began to study the treaty, and they found that there was still a loophole in the content of the "Convention on the Limitation of the Use of Chemical Weapons", that is, the treaty did not say that it applied to countries other than the signatories, nor did it say that it could not be used for themselves. Those colonies are not states, they are not signed, so they are naturally not applicable, and they are still internal affairs.

I'm throwing poison* gas in my own backyard, what's not to do?

Under this mentality, the opium cow was disgraced and began to use chemical weapons on a large scale. By this time, Britain had developed a more powerful new type of chemical weapon, which was more powerful than the primary products used in World War I. As the saying goes, "people are shameless, ghosts are afraid", once this big hooligan is shameless, what else is there to say. As a result, the people of India and Africa were unlucky, the British army played triumphant songs on the front, good news was frequent, and the rebels were defeated and retreated.

Gallic chickens take a look. Yo, opium cows can play, why can't Lao Tzu play?! The monk can touch it, and I can touch it! So the people of the French colonies were also unlucky.

As soon as Britain and France began, other powers naturally followed suit, and the United States, Japan, Spain, etc., all countries with territory in Africa began to play poison gas. At this time, ethnic conflicts also broke out in independent South Africa, and the white and black skins started a civil war. The white-skinned Boers are much less populous, about 12% of South Africa's, but they are not as advanced as their weapons. Soon the South African black corn was killed by the whiteskins.

The colonial independence movement suffered a major setback and fell into a low ebb. Moreover, at the instigation of Britain and France, the newly independent black countries also started civil wars themselves for internal power distribution, tribal interests and other contradictions. Although Britain and France have released satellites, they will not be so kind to let them live a stable life.

"Mr. Wen, there are now less than 20 million indigenous blacks left in Africa, and the African population is at least 100 million less than before World War I. Huo Jinsi, director of the National Intelligence Bureau, said indifferently. This is normal, it is a tragedy to die a person, and it is just a number to die ten million people.

"Oh, of course, the African people have to pay a price for independence and freedom, freedom is priceless, and this price is worth it......" Wen Desi's expression was also very indifferent, other people's children can't die. "Of course, we would like to condemn them for using chemical weapons against the colonial people, which is an immoral act against humanity. ”

"So, what is the total population of Africa now?" asked Wendesi.

β€œ...... Over the years, about 10 million blacks have emigrated from the United States and South America to Africa, and the United States, for example, has shipped all the blacks from Haiti back to Africa. Most of them moved to the three West African countries that are now supported by the United States. Together, the population of these three countries is about 11 million, Ethiopia is about 14 million, South Africa is 3 million, the East African Republic is about 10 million, the Central African Republic is about 5 million, Madagascar is about 2 million, and Egypt is about 13 million. There were also about 3 million in the French colonies and about 3 million in the British colonies. Add to that the remaining colonies such as Spain, and there are about 65 million people. ”

"What about immigrants from the United States and Japan?"

"There are about 3.5 million immigrants in the United States and about 1.5 million immigrants in Japan. ”

"In other words, what does Africa's total population look like now?" said Wendehei, frowning.

"Yes, although it is not possible to accurately count the population of Africa at this time, the error will not exceed 10%. It will not exceed 77 million people at most. Huo Jinsi replied.

There is no way to do it if the population statistics of Africa are not accurate, not to mention that there is no way now, even in the 21st century, the population statistics of that place are based on estimates.

Wen Desi smiled and said to Yuan Shikai: "Japan's four states in East Africa have now been fully opened to us, such a large territory, Japan itself can't eat, let's stuff more people to build Africa in the past." ”

"Yes, Mr. Wen. We have already agreed with Japan that it will be implemented from this year to 1 million immigrants a year for ten consecutive years. Africa is a good place, and immigrants are much more attractive than Mobei. The big head said with a smile.

Of course, China's help to the Japanese people was not in vain. Now that the Japanese revolution has succeeded, the working people are the masters of their own country, and the Japanese Science and Technology Party is in power, of course, we must also express something about China. As a result, the new Japanese government presided over by Kita Ichiki immediately carried out all-round cooperation with China after stabilizing the domestic situation.

The first is diplomacy and politics, and the current Japanese government has joined the [Human Innovation Alliance] led by China, and in diplomacy, it is looking ahead to China. And then there's the economy. The new yen has adopted a 1:1 exchange rate with the Chinese yuan, and the People's Bank of Japan is subject to the supervision and guidance of the People's Bank of China when issuing currency and making major decisions. In various industries, it has carried out all-round economic cooperation with China and joined the Shanghai Economic Cooperation Organization.

The SCO is actually the economic part of the UPC, but with more non-NYR countries, such as the Russian Empire and Chile, which use the renminbi (Chinese dollar) as the settlement currency.

In terms of culture and education, New Japan now regards Chinese as the first foreign language, which is studied from the first year of junior high school, and colleges and universities have set up Chinese language tests for level 4 and level 6. In addition, a large number of international students are sent to China every year, and not only international students from colleges and universities, but also high school students are sent to China because of the high level of education.

Of course, there are not many such young students at present, and most of them are the children of the backbone elements of the Japanese Science and Technology Socialist Party, such as the first son and two daughters of Kita Kazuki, the two sons of Miyazaki, and many children of the top leaders of the Japanese Socialist Party, most of whom are now studying in China. As for whether or not to consider being a hostage, this is a matter of opinion. Anyway, when they returned to China to make a revolution, they left their children in China, and now they don't say let them go back.

As for the many things that the Japanese government has led and used to promote the two countries having the same language and species, it is needless to say. There are a lot of films, television, novels, and comics in this area.

The other is the export of labor, before the Japanese Revolution, there were millions of young women married to China, and there were an equal number of girls working in China's special industries, although now the Japanese Revolution, but these girls also have no intention of changing careers, and the new Japanese government also has no intention of letting them change careers. This is mainly because of the different concepts, the Japanese have always been less concerned about the special industry of girls, and they think that this is also a normal job. For example, in the later life of the original time and space, there are many female middle school students in Japan who are doing ****, and they don't take it seriously at all.

The other thing is income.,Tax from the money from the girl's meat sales.,It's a big source of revenue for the old Japanese government.。 Before the Japanese Revolution, these Japanese customs and maidens had to earn hundreds of millions of yuan or even hundreds of millions of yuan from China every year, and the tax collection alone was enough for the Japanese government to be crooked, not to mention the role of these foreign exchange sent back to the Japanese economy. Although the Japanese government has changed now, it also needs money, and with such a large source of wealth, a fool will not continue to do it.

In the past, in order to squeeze, the old government imposed a heavy tax of 70% on these girls engaged in the customs industry, which means that for every 100 yuan that these girls earned from China, they had to pay 70 yuan in taxes to the government. According to them, anyway, the Chinese give you food, shelter and clothing, what do you want so much money for?

And they only care about taxes, they don't care about the lives of these girls, and they don't have any benefits. Therefore, many Japanese customs are very disgusted with the old Japanese government. During the Japanese Revolution, a large part of the funds donated by the Japanese Science and Technology Socialist Party came from these customs and former customs girls.

The new government's bottom line is much higher than that of the old government, reducing the tax rate to 20% and redrafting labor agreements with the Chinese side to protect many of their basic rights. Because the income of the custom girl has suddenly increased several times, this income level has surpassed many industries in Japan. This has led to a boom in the industry, and now more Japanese girls are volunteering to come to China to work, without the need for the government to use coercive measures as before.

"People here in China are good, there is a lot of money, come and ......" many Japanese girls have sent similar telegrams with their sisters in China, up to now, the Japanese customs and girls working in China have exceeded the 1.5 million mark, these girls cover the four islands of Japan, and the whole of Japan is a prosperous woman.

Of course, in addition to the retail nature of the custom industry, there are also wholesale properties that are directly married to China. However, Mr. Wen did not want to fish as much as he could, so now he has controlled the number of "Japanese brides".

In addition to the above, the biggest benefit that China has gained from Japan is the full opening up of the four East African states. According to the "Sino-Japanese Friendship and Mutual Assistance Agreement", Japan's four East African states are ready to accept a total of 10 million Chinese immigrants, fully open the African market to China, and allow Chinese enterprises to buy land in Africa to set up factories, farms, and mines.

This series of practices of the new Japanese government has been denounced by the old Japanese remnants and children who have gone into exile as "losing power and humiliating the country" and calling them "non-national governments."

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After talking about Japan. Cavour said to Wendehei: "Mr. Wen, the situation in South America is unstable now, and war may break out between Brazil and Argentina. Peru and Bolivia form an alliance and are ready to work together against Chile to regain lost territory. In addition, Paraguay and Bolivia have border clashes......"

"Oh, are they just so unbearable?" Wen Deji was a little speechless. This group of small powerhouses in South America also refused to stop, and not long after the end of the world war, they made trouble again.

"Yes, now Brazil and Argentina are preparing for war. Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Paraguay are also starting to mobilize locally......" Cafur nodded.

Brazil and Argentina are in dispute over territory in the Uruguay River basin.

The dispute between Peru, Bolivia and Chile dates back to the South American Pacific War of 1879-1883, in which Chile flew both Peru and Bolivia, and the defeated Peru ceded the province of TarapacΓ‘ to Chile, and handed over the two regions of Tacna and Arica to Chile for 10 years. Bolivia, on the other hand, lost all of its territory between the Andes and the Pacific coast and became a landlocked country with no access to the sea.

As for the conflict between Bolivia and Paraguay, it is because of the question of the belonging of the Gran Chaco region. The Gran Chaco region is located west of the Paraguay River, east of the Andes, south of the Amazon basin and north of the Pampas, covering an area of about 650,000 square kilometers, but it is sparsely populated and lacks products. Bolivia and Paraguay have been disputed over the ownership of some 260,000 square kilometres of land north of Gran Chaco.

"I'm more curious, Paraguay still has the courage to fight?"