Wild North America 1846

Chapter 452 The Minister's Determination

On the other side of the pier in San Francisco Bay, a group of Argentine government officials boarded the steam cruise ship "Moganshan" with a decadent expression. Some of them watched from a distance as the young officers on the other side of the pier shouted Singing the military song, the eyelids couldn't help twitching.

The "Moganshan" steam cruise ship carried more than 2300 civilian armed groups and a large amount of supplies to participate in the desert expedition. Many of these people were retired veterans like Wu Erbao. They brought some new immigrants from the mainland to South America. Family inheritance breaks new ground, and today the craze is in full swing.

Compared with the early immigrants, they will go deeper into the Andes Mountains, and may face sporadic indigenous Indian tribes and Mapuche attacks.Therefore, carry weapons and ammunition with you, and hand them over to the ship for safekeeping after boarding the ship.

A mouthful of thick phlegm was spit on the ground with a "snap", and it fell right in front of Argentine Foreign Minister Camara Flores, and he was just a step away from spitting on him.

This made the young attendant next to him angry. After looking at the other party, he became dumb again, and his courage quickly disappeared.

Standing by the side of the ship's gangway, these big Chinese men had unrestrained beards on their faces, and their eyes stared at them like copper bells.

These people wore a palm-wide thick cowhide belt around their waists. A sharp dagger hung from one end of the cowhide belt, and the revolver on the other end had been handed over to the ship for safekeeping, but the arrogance of these people still could not be curbed.

"What white-skinned boy are you looking at? It's something to be unconvinced...how about some practice?"

"Come on, if it's a man, then fight."

Just such a ticket is worth 76 Tang Yuan.

Since then, after continuous expansion and conquest, Argentina has the scale of more than ten provinces today. Unfortunately, this conquest process was interrupted by the sudden intervention of the Tang Empire, resulting in the chaos of "I am among you, and you are among me". situation.

This is where the VIP and first-class cabins are located. For each first-class cabin to South America, Fuego, Shuguang Port or Crescent Port, the fare is as high as 650 Tang yuan, which is quite expensive.

"These words are reasonable, can you still let the white-skinned boy bully you on your own territory?"

Therefore, the adventure journey to South America requires considerable financial support. Not only must you be able to afford the boat ticket, but also the cost of weapons and equipment, board and lodging, and after arriving in South America, you must buy horses and other mounts, and you must also prepare auxiliary horses. Carrying supplies is another big expense.

Each berth in the second-class cabin costs 380 Tang yuan, and there are 6 berths in each cabin. The environment is much more cramped than that of the first-class cabin.

However, the Tang Empire included Cordoba, Santa Fe, and Catamarca provinces in the northernmost part of the bilateral demarcation, which almost eroded most of the interprovinces (note; all provinces except Buenos Aires province).

Returning home this time
Camara-Flores wants to confess to the president and the government the tough position of the Tang Empire. He tends to compromise and sign a formal bilateral demarcation treaty as soon as possible to avoid getting deeper and deeper in the quagmire.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Our men can't understand."

There is no formal intergovernmental treaty, you say this piece of land is yours, and he claims that this piece of land is his, what can be used to prove it?

In the capital city of Buenos Aires, some high-level officials, including the president, have deliberately promoted the split of Argentina, splitting the province of Buenos Aires and the hard-line United Provinces into two countries. Save.

However, the covetous backstab of the Tang Empire has plunged Argentina into a quagmire, and may face the danger of a two-front war.

Thought of here
Kamala-Flores exhaled heavily, pushed open the hatch and walked to the deck outside to take a breath of fresh air.

At this moment

Based on what Kamala-Flores saw, heard, and reality during his time in the Tang Empire, he is steadily advancing the strategy of desert expeditions, sending armed immigrants to South America on a large scale, with great ambitions and plans.

Whether it is Buenos Aires Province or the Central-Northern United Provinces in Argentina, most of them are based on the conquest of the Mapuche lands, not the traditional Spanish colonial areas.

Only with the Chilean dictatorship in the west is the default customary border line, which is divided by the roof line of the Andes Mountains, with Argentina to the east and Chile to the west.

"Huh...no energy."

The white big farmers in Buenos Aires are not willing to go to war with the powerful Datang Empire for the sake of each other. It is really no different from seeking death, and it is scary to think about it.

As for the South...

Now the only option is to sacrifice the interests of the Union Province to satisfy the greedy appetite of the Tang Empire and stop it from launching an aggressive war against Argentina.

You said... how to divide this boundary?

"What's the matter, it's not okay to bully our men, it's a mule or a horse that comes out for a walk."

Minister Kamala-Flores and his party hurriedly left the place of trouble and followed the stairs to the third floor of the cruise ship.

As a result, the Argentine government really panicked.

Therefore, going to South America to practice the ideal of adventure also requires the support of strong economic strength. This threshold determines that most people are discouraged, and poetry and distant places need a few taels of money.

19 century

If several people form a team, there is no more than 1000 Tang Yuan and it is impossible to win.

nowadays

In fact, there were no negotiations. During the nearly half a year in the Tang Empire, Minister Camara-Flores, in addition to actively meeting with European envoys to deepen mutual understanding and friendship, did not really go to the negotiating table for more than a week.

what you see

Seeing this hostile posture of the visitor, the gloomy look on Minister Camara-Flores' face immediately changed, and he raised his hands with a smile on his face and said in English; "I'm very sorry gentlemen, my companion has no intention of fighting, We are a goodwill mission from Argentina, uh...Mr. Wu can testify."

It's a pity that the Argentine Civil War had just ended, and before it could spare time to prepare for the war to conquer the Mapuche, the Expeditionary Force of the Tang Empire landed on a large scale, and the fierce Chinese armed militia spread like a flood.

An official surnamed Wu from the Foreign Affairs Department of the Imperial Foreign Office stood up and said to these idle guys, "Okay, okay, let's go, why are you betting? These are distinguished guests from the Imperial Foreign Office." , don’t harass other people. If you have the energy, go to South America and have fun, aren’t those Mapuche people enough for you? Let’s go, don’t look for trouble.”

The fierce domestic political struggle has also affected the diplomatic negotiations in the Tang Empire. Argentine Foreign Minister Camara Flores is like an ascetic who is struggling through thorns, and is in an extremely difficult situation.

The more people, the greater the cost.

Originally, the south of Argentina was the nomadic territory of the Mapuche people for generations, and it was also the land that Argentina would conquer in the future. No treaty will be signed.

After many rounds of negotiations, the Tang Empire's tough attitude has not changed in the slightest, and has recently loosened the constraints on the Chinese armed militias, frequently crossing the northern line of Santa Fe Province and Catamarca Province, and invading more northern provinces.

Due to the serious damage to the vital interests, the Federal Province has always held a strong position that "an inch of land cannot be lost", which is also the key to hindering the final conclusion of the demarcation treaty, which makes the situation facing Argentina even more dangerous.

The forces of the Expeditionary Army of the Tang Empire and the armed militia moved northward, and they have penetrated deeply into the north-central provinces colonized by the Argentine whites in the 19s, reaching as far north as Cordoba and Santa Fe provinces. Local white farmers and ranchers continued to break out fires.

The Tang Empire did not accept Argentina's unilateral division of the white colonization area, and would only consider the internationally recognized bilateral demarcation treaty, which Argentina really did not have.

The Tang Empire arrogantly abandoned the demarcation conditions, and Argentina could only accept or veto two ways out, and there was no third way to go and no negotiation.

There was a burst of boos, and seeing that they couldn't have fun, the Chinese armed militia scattered in all directions bored.

Neighborhoods in Argentina

After settling down in the luxury cabin on the third floor, the foreign ministry official surnamed Wu left with a polite farewell, with a faint sense of alienation quite obvious in his expression.

All this made the Argentine government, which was deeply involved in the Paraguay War, very worried, and desperately hoped to clearly define the bilateral border with the Datang Empire.

Anyway, the territorial claims of the Tang Empire will not affect the province of Burundi. Unfortunately, the federal province, the two sides have been separated because of the 10-year civil war.

There are third-class cabins and fourth-class cabins below. The fourth-class cabin is actually the Chase cabin. There are twenty or thirty elevated beds in one Chase cabin. Each elevated bed is divided into upper and lower floors. Seven to eighty people live in a cabin Even with hundreds of people, one can imagine how choking the filthy smell is.

Minister Camara-Flores sighed with a desolate expression. In front of the mighty Tang Empire, Argentina, whose national strength was weak, couldn't stand upright, and was crushed to death during the negotiations.

otherwise
That can only promote the split between the province of Buenos Aires and the federal province. It is impossible to adopt a wise and self-protective attitude to prevent harm to oneself.

"Get ready to gamble, brothers!"

Next to him was a man who was watching the excitement and was not afraid of big troubles, who immediately attracted the attention of the idle and boring people around, wiped his sleeves with a kind of evil taste, and came over, yelling as he walked;

1810年5月25日爆发的反抗西班牙人殖民统治战争，在1816年赢得独立胜利后，最初只有布宜诺斯艾利斯市周边10多万平方公里的土地。

In the current Paraguay War, the powerful Paraguayan army has become more and more courageous, frequently defeating the Brazilian and Argentine armies to gain the upper hand, and the situation on the battlefield is quite passive.

This made Argentina feel a real crisis, and it is necessary to clarify the demarcation line between the two sides as soon as possible. This is already an urgent primary goal.

A group of young officers on a cargo ship in the distance sang military songs shoulder to shoulder, and the strong men of the armed militia on the "Moganshan" cruise ship, who were about to set off, all clustered on the deck, shouting and shouting with beer in their hands. There is a strong hormonal smell in the air, full of aggressiveness.

Seeing such a scene made Kamala-Flores feel more and more heavy;

He had already made up his mind that when he returned to Argentina, he must insist on what he had seen, and at the very least, he would cause a split between the province of Buenos Aires and the Federation of Provinces.Prevent these militants from the Tang Empire from spreading the flames of war to Buenos Aires Province, which loves a peaceful life, causing people to suffer.

To be honest, he was a little scared when he saw these militants.

(End of this chapter)