Wild North America 1846

Chapter 696 Everyone is innocent, but pregnant is guilty!

April 1889

After the successive defeats in the war, Peruvian President Mariano Ignacio Prado resigned in embarrassment amidst the raging domestic opposition. The opposition leader Petrora came to power and reorganized his forces to resist Chile.

The situation facing President Petrola is very serious. The Peruvian and Bolivian alliances have lost places such as Antofagasta, Tarapaca, Arica, and Tacna, which are the main producers of saltpeter and guano. district.

The main force of the Peruvian navy was almost wiped out, and its ally Bolivia was also beaten all over. Now it is shrinking back home and licking its wounds, almost unable to fight anymore.

The pressure was all on Peru. Under the hypocritical mediation of the United Kingdom, Chile also offered harsh terms for peace talks.
chile request
Peru, the defeated country, ceded the provinces of Antofagasta and Tarapaca to Chile, and handed over the provinces of Arica and Tacna to Chile for 10 years as a strategic buffer zone.

Bolivia's losses were even greater, and Chile demanded that all the occupied Pacific coast areas be ceded to Chile.

Before this, Bolivia had a large coastline.

If all these coastlines are lost, Bolivia will become a landlocked country. After ceding a large area of ​​land, the strength of Peru and Bolivia will be severely reduced, and they will surely be devastated.

The choice between life and death is in front of you, how should you deal with it?

At this moment

President Petrola thought of the Tang Empire, and finally had a backbone, so he secretly went north by train in early February, and arrived at the imperial capital Chang'an on a certain day in March.

Daming Palace
"What... Isn't this a nonsense?" Hearing that Peruvian President Petrora was kneeling outside the Danfengmen Palace with several cabinet officials, Emperor Li Cha looked shocked and angry at the moment, and couldn't help but utter a reprimand .

Zheng Yuan, the head of the Royal Secretariat who ran over early in the morning, had a bitter face and had no choice but to bite the bullet and report;

"Your Majesty Qizuo, the incident happened too suddenly.

President Petrola and his party had just arrived in Chang'an, the imperial capital, yesterday evening, and they were arranged to stay at the Longshouyuan State Guesthouse.

Unexpectedly, just after dawn this morning, President Petrola declared that he had an urgent business to go to Qingyuntai immediately.Three vehicles were urgently transferred for its use, as well as two guard vehicles one in front and one behind.

Just as the convoy reached Danfeng Gate, President Petrola forcibly asked to stop and opened the door. The driver had to stop in frustration to avoid accidents.

President Petrola and his entourage immediately ran towards the palace gate, and after being stopped by our Royal Guard officer, they knelt directly outside the palace gate..."

"Hmph, a bunch of idiots." Emperor Li Cha couldn't help cursing, and after walking two steps with his hands behind his back, he suddenly stopped and asked; "I'll check it out immediately, before and after President Petrola and his party arrived in the imperial capital Chang'an yesterday, Who have you met and what have you said? Has anyone given him bad advice? Has anyone deliberately approached the Peruvian delegation? Go and find out for me."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Director Zheng Yuan didn't dare to be negligent. He took two steps back and stopped, and asked with some hesitation; "Your Majesty, the Peruvian President and his party..."

"There's no reason to hesitate. Doesn't it look good when the president of a country kneels outside the palace gate? Immediately call him into the palace, and block the news from the outside world. At least half a month will not leak the news, otherwise the law of the country is ruthless."

"My minister respectfully obeys the holy order." Director Zheng Yuan was taken aback by His Majesty's sternness, and immediately took Xiao Pao to deliver the imperial edict.

Watching Director Zheng Yuan leave, the anger on Emperor Li Cha's face calmed down a bit.

You don't need to think about it to know that President Petrora of Peru is indeed a ruthless person who can do this.

This person knew that the trip to Chang'an would not go smoothly, and the imperial government probably had no right to change its neutral policy on the Pacific War in South America.

The one who really has the right to speak has to be His Majesty the Emperor.

If His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Empire is unwilling to intervene, he might hesitate for a month or two in the imperial capital of Chang'an, and he might not have the chance to have an audience with the palace, and nothing can be resolved.

What angered Emperor Li Cha was;
Has anyone figured out the key to it, or guided Petrola to knock on the door of President Petrola's palace?

The nature of this incident is too bad. In the 43 years since the founding of the Tang Empire, there has never been an incident of knocking on the palace gate.Moreover, it was a foreign president who led the dignitaries to force the palace, and if it was not done well, it would cause an international incident.

Now the history of the entire Americas has gone wrong, and there is no historical experience to follow, so we can only take one step at a time.

He thought for a while, then walked into the side hall.

On the wall here hangs an exquisite large-scale hand-painted world map oil painting, and it comes from the handwriting of the famous French painter Paul Cézanne. It is about three meters high from the sky to the ground, accounting for almost half of the wall of the side hall.

The huge oil painting, which is more than three meters high and six meters long, is about 200 square feet. It accurately depicts the general situation of the world's geography and the distribution of countries.

As a master of the famous European modern art genre, Paul Cézanne added some artistic elements to the corners and blanks of this painting without losing the opportunity.

For example, there are more than a dozen angels flying on the left and right sides of the upper part of the oil painting, and the upper part of the province of Alaska depicts an exquisite imperial emblem, supported by three little angels.

At the location of Great Falls, Montana, the famous image of bison appeared, as well as crossed shotguns representing hunting and drinking beer mugs, implying the celebration of the "Bison Carnival".

There are many kinds of modifications like this.

Even though Paul Cézanne is a figure of the current French art school, he is just one of the ordinary painters in the court of the Tang Dynasty. There are a lot of world-class painters of his level.

Paul Cézanne has been painting the palaces and castles of the Tang royal family for more than 13 years, leaving behind numerous exquisite paintings that can be called classics.

It was only in recent years that Paul Cézanne returned to Paris, France with a lot of wealth to hold art exhibitions. He became famous for a while and won a high reputation in the upper class and the European art world.

Emperor Richard was not admiring the paintings of a writer, but set his sights on the "Atacama Desert" as the core area, thinking about the next move.

This is the junction of the three countries of Peru, Bolivia and Chile, and borders the two provinces in the northwest of the empire in South America, with a total area of ​​18.13 square kilometers.

This vast desert area, where it does not rain all year round, is known as the "dry pole" of the earth. The moisture content in the air is only 1/6 of that of the Sahara Desert, but it contains the only huge natural saltpeter deposit in the world.

nowadays

After three years of war, Chile has basically controlled more than [-]% of the Atacama desert area and expelled the Peruvian and Bolivian forces.

This area was also one of the main battlefields of the Pacific War in South America.

Another main battlefield is in the coastal port area of ​​Peru. Now the Chilean fleet has the upper hand, basically eliminating the main force of the Peruvian navy and blocking the coastline of the area.

Emperor Richard didn't think about who would win among the three countries in South America?Nor is it considered how to help Peru turn the tide of the war?Not to mention the guano and natural saltpeter deposits that the three countries competed for.

In the eyes of Emperor Richard, these precious resources, which the three South American countries fought over, were not worth mentioning at all, and they were not even interested in them.

With the export of guano, Peru can obtain a huge income worth 2 million Tang Yuan a year, accounting for more than 000% of the country.

Is 2 million Tang Yuan too much?

The first tranche of war loans that the Datang Empire lent to Peru totaled 1.6 million Tang yuan. Except for the collateral, the agreed interest rate was 7.2%, and the loan period was 15 years.

The total principal and interest for 15 years is 2.62 million Tang Yuan, and the annual repayment of the loan principal and interest is 1 million Tang Yuan for 747 years.

This is equivalent to standing still and earning money. Is there anything more profitable, easier, and faster than financial loans?

Especially in this era of no inflation, the Tang Empire has locked in most of the proceeds from selling guano in Peru in the next 15 years, which is faster than war money.

The GDP of the Tang Empire in 1888 had reached 179.6 billion Tang Yuan, with a population of 1.33 million, an average of 135 Tang Yuan per person.

According to the huge size of the empire, would the guano revenue of only 2 million Tang yuan per year be considered?
the answer is negative.

No matter who wins or loses in the Pacific War in South America, Datang and Britain are the final victors, because they both got what they wanted.

Britain has successfully supported a pro-British country on the Pacific coast, which is tantamount to driving a nail into the enemy's heart and perfecting the global layout.

Leaving aside whether it is useful or not, at least it will make the Tang Empire uncomfortable for a while.

The financial group affiliated to the Datang Empire granted a total of 3.6 million Tang yuan war loans to both sides of the war in the Pacific War in South America, and the loan period was about 15 to 20 years.

It is expected to generate loan interest of 3.4 million to 3.5 million Tang Yuan, and the total loan principal and interest will exceed 7 million Tang Yuan.

In the next few decades, the three countries in South America will work hard to earn profits for the Datang Empire until the money is paid off.

What if I can't pay the loan?
It's very simple, a large amount of mortgaged land, or ceding the territory, or using mineral resources to offset the debt, anyway, you have to pay back the money when you are exhausted.

If it really reneged, the Tang Empire would have ample excuses to send troops to conquer it, completely destroy it, and justifiably return the territory to the empire's territory.

Seven or eight meters away from the huge oil painting map, Emperor Li Cha crossed his arms and stared at the map for a long time, especially the long yam stick-like terrain in Chile.

The Tang Empire has almost monopolized the entire Pacific coast from south to north. Only in this section of South America, Chile occupies a coastline of more than 2351 kilometers, and blocked a 642-kilometer-long coastline of the Pacific coast that belongs to the contract between Peru and Bolivia. 2993 kilometers.

Peru still has a 1544-square-kilometer Pacific coastline (note; the original 2254-kilometer Pacific coastline, the north was ceded to the two provinces of the Tang Empire to occupy a 372-kilometer coastline, and the south was occupied by Chile to occupy a 338-kilometer coastline), while Bolivia has a 1-kilometer coastline. All gone, completely landlocked.

In the current war situation, Bolivia has lost all the coastal provinces, Peru has lost the two coastal provinces of Antofagasta and Tarapaca, and the two remote desert provinces of Arica and Tacna , the above-mentioned areas are occupied by the Chilean army.

The situation is very clear, Chile has already occupied an absolute advantage, and it is not far to win the final victory.

If the Tang Empire does not intervene, Peru and Bolivia will undoubtedly lose.

Emperor Li Cha has predicted;

Peruvian President Petrora came to the Datang Empire with two main purposes. The first purpose was to obtain additional war loans for the second phase. He gritted his teeth and fought the Chileans until he died.

The second purpose is to seek the support of the Tang Empire. Only in this way can Peru have the confidence to fight the Chileans to the end.

If the Tang Empire does not support it, then there is no need to borrow the second phase of the additional war loan, just invest and admit defeat.

In the case that the Tang Empire does not change its neutral policy, there are three options;

1st choice;

At the request of Peru and Bolivia, one of the warring parties, the United States and the United States dispatched peacekeeping forces to isolate the two sides, giving them a chance to regroup the army, and fight again after recovering their blood;

The reason is that these three countries are all members of the United States Alliance. To avoid the spread of the war and the loss of life and cause more serious humanitarian disasters, the regional dispute mechanism will be activated again.

Namely; a peace mediation conference in Panama.

2st choice;

Acquiescing to Paraguay's participation in the war, as a hard-pressed landlocked country, Paraguay has always hoped to have an outlet in the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean.

As long as Peru and Bolivia agree, after the victory, the two coastal provinces belonging to Chile will be transferred to Paraguay, and through an appropriate exchange of territories, Paraguay will have a convenient Pacific sea port.

Paraguay will certainly enter the war, there is little doubt about it.

Paraguay is known as "Prussia of South America". Although the country is small, it has strong military capabilities. It once independently fought against the siege of the Brazilian Empire, Argentina and Uruguay, and its military strength is definitely much stronger than that of Chile.

Joining such a powerful ally, the reversal of victory is easy.

3st choice;

It is to acquiesce in Chile and Bolivia's large-scale recruitment of Chinese armed cavalry from the former Antis Governor's Mansion. These Chinese armed cavalry have strong combat effectiveness and have a border line of more than 2700 kilometers with Chile.

If there is a cross-border attack, there will be wars everywhere in Chile, and it will almost be beaten into a mess.

Without strong logistical support, the outcome of the war is entirely conceivable.

Therefore, the first purpose is closely related to the second purpose. This is the real intention of President Petrola, who is willing to be bold and "knock on the palace door".

Seeing that the country is about to perish, what is there to do with face?
"Show Your Majesty;
President Pedrola of Peru and his party are already waiting outside the Palace of Diligence. Your Majesty, please make it clear. "

"Chuan, drive to Qinzheng Hall."

"Putting in the Palace of Qinzheng, I will obey the imperial decree."

Emperor Richard took one last look at the map of Chile, which looked like a yam stick, and he had a plan in mind;
Now that it is delivered to your door, you can eat it for nothing. Anyway, yam nourishes the stomach and looks good. It is indeed a good thing.

His focus is different from others. Chile has the most abundant copper resources in the world, accounting for 32% of the world's total copper reserves, and the Datang Empire accounts for 17% of the world's total copper reserves.

If the two are added together, it will account for 49% of the world's total reserves of copper resources, which is an astonishing proportion.

In terms of value, it is worth at least 10 trillion Tang Yuan.

Only such a big fat meat is worthy of the empire to take a bite when it is delivered to the mouth, so as not to lose the good stuff in vain.

Everyone is innocent, but pregnant is guilty!

(End of this chapter)