The sun never sets in America

Chapter 209 Rubber Storm: Han declares war

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil--

The weather in Brazil at the end of March is actually very warm, and in some areas of Brazil it even feels as hot as summer.

This kind of weather is very common in Brazil or the entire South American world. After all, except for some areas close to the Andes Mountains, where the climate is relatively cold, most of the areas in South America are tropical. The locals wear long-term clothing for a long time. Sleeve shirts are so good that in many areas they don’t even need a jacket.

This situation is very similar to Hanzhou Province and Xihai Province in Han Dynasty. They are both areas that cannot be saved.

Because Brazil was originally a Portuguese colony, the locals speak mostly Portuguese and eat dishes with a semi-Iberian flavor.

As for Brazil as a whole, it is actually extremely torn internally. Slaves, Indians, native whites, European immigrants, and mixed races, these people together make up the current Brazil.

For the Brazilian Empire, the more complex the population, the more difficult it was to govern. This was the main reason why Pedro II wanted to carry out land reform.

Because if land reform is not carried out, with the increasing number of immigrants and the increase of landless poor, the risk of civil strife in the Brazilian Empire will also increase rapidly. The Brazilian Empire will be like a country sitting in a powder keg, or it will be exploded by internal conflicts. Death, or the reform fails and returns to the same place, the final result is still death.

The one who saw it most clearly was Pedro II. This was also his original intention of launching a series of reforms, but now his reforms were about to be interrupted by an unexpected event.
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In a rubber factory on the west side of Rio de Janeiro, something is about to happen that will change the destiny of the entire South America.

"Hurry up, you can rest after moving this truckload of goods——"

"Everyone, do your best, the boss will never treat you badly!!"

In the factory, a Chinese supervisor was speaking fluent Portuguese to the Brazilian workers present. This was what the supervisor had said countless times. Although it was a bit hollow, it was still meaningful to these low-level Brazilians. It's a good psychoactive potion.

After all, their lives are really miserable. In Brazil, factories run by Han people are actually considered to have relatively good welfare benefits. They are even considered the leading enterprises in the entire Rio de Janeiro, and they are far ahead in local tax contributions! !

But even so, the Brazilians are full of hostility. In the eyes of these Brazilians, the reason why the Han people are so honest further proves their guilty conscience.

Look at the factory next door in the United States. It has three shifts, no breaks, and no bonuses.

If you Han people are doing this, I can only say that you owe Brazil so much, so much that the Brazilians themselves can’t even count them.

There is even a so-called [-] million pound story among Brazilian people, that is, the Han Dynasty made at least [-] million pounds in profits by plundering Brazilian rubber and processing factory industrial products.

Let’s just say whether there is one. Even if there is, it is a finished product made by Han using Brazilian rubber. What does it have to do with Brazilians? ?

But Brazilians believe that the Han State has plundered Brazil's wealth and that the Han State has controlled the Brazilian economy.

There was even a joke about the Han Chinese controlling Brazilian Emperor Pedro II. Although this was indeed a joke, in the eyes of Brazilians, it was true. Otherwise, why would Pedro II do this if he was doing well? What about land reform? Maybe Pedro II was a puppet of the Han people. [False news spread by opponents of Pedro II, nobles whose interests were harmed in the land bill]

This is also one of the triggers of the increasingly fierce anti-Han trend in Brazil. Although it is stupid, some people believe it. After all, there are too many rumors about Han. If a lie is repeated a thousand times, it becomes the truth.
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At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, the rubber processing factory named Sun Ji ended work on time. In this era where people are not treated as human beings, Sun Cheng, the boss of Sun Ji, is definitely a conscientious person. This is why he was able to start out as a fisherman. The point is.

In the factory, Manager Du, who is responsible for managing the factory, is checking the factory's recent shipping bills. According to the factory's rules, every shipment must be recorded and handed over to the boss Sun Cheng.

"This account is wrong -" Manager Du looked at the string of numbers on the account book and felt that something was wrong, as if it had been deliberately concealed, but he couldn't tell where the problem was.

"Ah Hai -" Manager Du opened the door of the office and shouted to deputy Ah Hai who was busy outside.

"Manager. You called me??" Ah Hai ran over and asked Manager Du.

"Go check the warehouse and see who is on duty in the past few days." Manager Du looked at Ah Hai and ordered.

"By the way, bring more to start with -" Manager Du told Ah Hai again.

"Yes, manager!!" Ah Hai responded, then left here and asked someone to go to the warehouse to check.

Manager Du behind him, the more he thought about this matter, the more something was wrong. He always felt that there was something fishy in the factory, but he didn't know who did it.

Over there, Ah Hai re-checked the warehouse records and finally thought that last week was pretty good, so he retrieved the list of people on duty at that time and finally focused on two people.

"Manager Du, it was two temporary workers who did it. They took the rubber in the warehouse and resold it." Ah Hai looked at Manager Du and told him the news he had just found out during the interrogation. It was indeed a rat.

"Where's the money??" Manager Du, who was opposite Ah Hai, immediately asked about the money. In Manager Du's opinion, nothing is more important than paying an account.

"Manager Du, these two bastards went out to eat, drink, and gamble after getting the money. The money has been spent long ago." A Hai said to Manager Du very dissatisfied. Those two guys looked like paupers and there was no way they could return the money. Those who can afford it, Sun Kee Rubber, will probably suffer the loss of this dumb guy.

Manager Du seemed to have expected that such a problem would arise, and then said to Ah Hai: "As for the money, I will tell the boss that these two guys will be sent to the police station first, and then they will be jailed for life - —" Manager Du even felt a little disgusted when he mentioned these guys. In his opinion, it was good that these two guys were not beaten to death. They were showing mercy outside the law.

"Yes, I understand, Manager Du." Ah Hai nodded to Manager Du after hearing this, and then left here, leading people to the police station in Rio de Janeiro at night.

After Manager Du finished handling these matters, he stretched out and stood outside the window, looking at the half-moon and stars in the sky, his eyes revealing the sadness of missing his hometown.

And when Ah Hai sent the two thieves to the police station, including Manager Du who was already asleep, they didn't know how much impact this seemingly small thing would have on Brazil and even Han. .

Just like a butterfly in the Amazon rainforest, if you are not careful, it will trigger a tornado. At this moment, the gears of time and space are turning again.

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"Have you heard that two Brazilian workers were arrested in a factory run by Han Chinese..."

"What kind of news are you talking about? I heard that they buried the two Brazilian workers alive, and then went to the police station with great fanfare to report that they were missing!!"

"God, these Han people are so bad. Not only did they take away the wealth that belongs to us Brazilians, but now they want to kill our people. Why do they do this..."

A middle-aged white Brazilian who heard the news wailed in a somewhat unacceptable tone.

"Why else? It's not the incompetent Pedro II, but this guy who claims to be our Emperor of Brazil. If it weren't for his corruption and incompetence, how could we be like this!!"

"It's all this damn bastard!!"

A farmer who suffered losses due to the land bill added fuel to the fire and smeared Pedro II. Whatever Pedro II did, when it came to his mouth, it became the most disgusting thing in the world.

Even in his context, Pedro II might be the mastermind behind joining forces with the Han people to plunder Brazil's wealth.

"Yes, I have long felt that something is wrong. Why do we have to endure those damn Han people? It turns out they are all that bastard Pedro II!!" After hearing this, some people immediately accused Pedro II, as if they were It's all Pedro II's fault for suffering.

"Those Han people are so arrogant in the country that belongs to us Brazilians, just because there is a foolish king like Pedro II..."

"We should knock him down and hang him like the French hanged Louis XVI!!"

Someone made a decision that was almost crazy, no, it was already crazy.

At this time, some people were actually planning to retreat. After all, everyone could just talk privately. If they did this, Pedro II's army would not let them go.

Seeing that these people had no way to provoke them, the mastermind behind the scenes could only change their explanation, that is, to expel the Han merchants and regain their wealth.

This statement is much better than directly confronting the tyrant Pedro II.

"Take back the wealth that belongs to us..."

"Take back the factories that belong to us Brazilians!!"

"Kill all the Han people!!"    "Kill all the pagans..."

Suddenly, the whole of Rio de Janeiro was in chaos, and it was unprecedented chaos.

Countless people took to the streets, holding banners demanding that the mayor of Rio de Janeiro expel the Han Chinese, demanding that the Han Chinese in Rio de Janeiro and even all of Brazil be expelled, and that the rubber plantations and rubber factories belonging to the Brazilians be taken back.

The first to bear the brunt are the local Han factories and stores in Rio de Janeiro.

"What are you going to do? Leave quickly or I'll shoot!!" Manager Du pointed his musket at the Brazilians who were attacking the factory.

"Shoot, shoot if you can, Han bastard!!" A local ruffian in the lead directly provoked Manager Du. In his opinion, it was impossible for this Han to shoot, after all, there were so many of them.

boom……

Just when the man was proud, a bullet ended his life. Until the moment he fell to the ground, he didn't understand why the Han people on the opposite side dared to shoot.

The crowd behind him also began to become chaotic. Manager Du waited for this time to load another bullet, stuck his bayonet on it, and pointed the blade at the thugs to show his determination.

But soon, there was a burst of gunfire from the crowd, and several gunmen with revolvers shot Manager Du's chest with several rounds of bullets.

When Manager Du fell to the ground, his eyes blurred, the last scene he saw was only the thugs rushing towards the factory and the Brazilians tearing his body apart.

They divided the corpses of Manager Du and the Han supervisor of the factory into several parts, held them in their hands, and kept walking around the city, as if they had done something great, and the whole city cheered wherever they went.

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"Mr. Luo, please leave first. If you don't leave, it will be too late..."

"The whole city is in chaos. Our relationship with Brazil is completely over. Let's leave before those beasts come over. I have already obtained a ticket to return to Han..."

In the Han embassy in Rio de Janeiro, President Lan of the local Han Chamber of Commerce looked at Minister Luo and said anxiously.

In President Lan's opinion, escaping is the most important thing at this moment, so how can there be any delay.

"I can't leave. There are still Han Chinese expatriates and Han businessmen in the city. It is said that many people have died. I am now negotiating with the Rio de Janeiro city government to ask them to protect the safety of the local Han people. They said they can only protect part of the area. , they can't control the rest..." Until this time, Minister Luo was still making a few efforts towards Han expatriates and Han businessmen.

"My Minister Luo, you don't know what is going on now. If you stay here any longer, people will die, and the embassy will see blood. You understand it!!" President Lan looked at Minister Luo, and his whole body was filled with confusion. Like ants on a hot pot, jumping around.

Minister Luo seemed not to understand what he said and just kept saying, "Wait a moment."

"Ro..."

"Stop talking anymore. I have made up my mind. I will never leave until I rescue all the remaining people..." Before President Lan could say anything, he was stopped by Minister Luo, "As a Han nationality in Rio de Janeiro, I Minister, it is my duty to take care of the overseas Chinese. If I abandon them and leave, wouldn't I be worse than a beast? If I do, I will never have peace in my life!!" Minister Luo looked at President Lan with firm and strong eyes and continued.

"President Lan, it's better if you take the people away first than here." Minister Luo then added to President Lan.

"Alas..." After hearing this, President Lan looked at Minister Luo with a very complicated expression, with admiration and regret at the same time. "I'm leaving first, Minister Luo, please take care!!" President Lan picked it up and put it on Minister Luo's desk. He put on his hat, said the last words to Minister Luo, and left the office.

Before leaving, he said to Minister Luo again: "Take care!!"

Minister Luo looked at President Lan's leaving figure with a calm expression. He knew that this was probably the last time they would see each other.

But he has no regrets, just like the oath he swore in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lay down his life for the country, which will last a long time. He doesn't care whether he can survive, he only cares whether he can save more Han nationality.

"Arrange the carriage..." Minister Luo suddenly ordered the staff in the legation.

"Mr. Luo..."

"Shut up and go arrange the carriage!!" Minister Luo interrupted the man without hesitation.

Finally, Minister Luo got on the carriage and headed to a relatively safe place.

Of course, this safety is relative.

In the city, there were carnival Brazilians everywhere. They were celebrating. They burned the fifth Han factory and killed the [-]nd Han people.

These people think they have won. The next step is to seize the entire plantation controlled by the Han Chinese in Brazil and seize all the factories until they complete their so-called oath.

To save this poor country.

In other relatively safe places in Rio de Janeiro, after Minister Luo's risky rescue and the involvement of the French Minister as foreign aid, the matter was finally resolved.

The Rio de Janeiro city government has agreed to deploy additional police forces to maintain law and order in various places and protect local Han Chinese from evacuating. It looks good, right, but it all comes at a cost.

The price is that everyone needs to hand over five hundred pounds of wealth, which is three thousand Chinese dollars. This is because they are all businessmen in Brazil, and they will definitely pay this money.

Of course, Minister Luo was not satisfied with such an act that was close to robbery. He argued with the other party and finally said something very arrogant:

“Listen, Han people, this is Brazil, this is Rio de Janeiro, you can’t just come and leave whenever you want!!”

In the end, Minister Luo agreed, but there was one condition: requesting each other to be sent to the dock.

After receiving the money, the Brazilians agreed to this condition.

After boarding the ship, Minister Luo, who was bringing more than [-] foreigners with him, looked at Rio de Janeiro not far away, his eyes full of anger.

"Yes, I will come back, and I will come back in a way you didn't expect!!"

Minister Luo looked at Rio de Janeiro, who was already far away, with a very tough and unwilling tone.

What happened today was completely beyond the imagination of Minister Luo and many Han people in Brazil. It turned out that such things had happened before, but this was the first time they had seen such a situation where the whole city was rioting and the local government ignored it.

The distance between Brazil and Han has been completely destroyed, leaving only a fig leaf.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Within two days of this incident, public opinion in Han Dynasty exploded.

(Hanguo Daily: The number of people killed in Pakistan has exceeded [-])

(Jinshan News: Formal negotiations between Han and Ba collapsed)

(Youzhou Times: Anti-Han riots occurred across Brazil)

(Army News: War is about to break out)

The anger of the entire Han country has been accumulated to the extreme. From the attack on Han merchants some time ago to the large-scale massacre of Bahan people now, this situation is no longer the so-called negotiation and can be solved through diplomacy.

Just as Yan Jun said in the new cabinet meeting: "We can't pretend to be deaf and mute, we can't pretend to see nothing. We must defend the dignity of the Han Dynasty and defend what we have exchanged for the Han-Mexican War and the Han-American War. Come with dignity.”

"We must let everyone know that the Han Dynasty cannot be bullied, and those who play with fire will burn themselves!!"

(The new cabinet was reorganized after Liu Peng's official reorganization)

On April [-], the eighth year of Longwu's reign, Han submitted a declaration of war to Brazil, and the Han-Ba war officially began.

America is in turmoil! !

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(End of this chapter)