After a lot of trouble, with the help of "money power", the Argentine Ministry of Commerce finally signed and stamped the nationality registration documents of eleven merchant ships.
Despite a lot of setbacks, the "America Company" finally had a merchant fleet with a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons. This cannot be said to be an improvement.
Of course, more importantly, a few months later, Lincoln's ban on American merchant ships transporting Chinese workers would no longer have any impact on the South China Company.
For this purpose, Zhu Xianhai only spent tens of thousands of dollars, which is not worth mentioning at all.
At the same time, the company also selected a group of sailors from among the labor force. It took a full month before Captain Luke and the captains of ten other merchant ships were able to make the trip.
On the day they sailed away from Nanhua on a merchant ship, a guest came to Nanhua again. It was none other than Arroyo Jose, Ursaki's special envoy.
This time it's the same as last time.
The changes in Nanhua made Arroyo simply unable to believe what she saw.
He murmured as he looked at everything around him with dumbfounded eyes.
"I, I've only been away for half a year..."
In just half a year, the city has undergone earth-shaking changes!
The size of the city is larger, the population is more, and there seem to be many more factories.
This is simply a miracle from God.
The last visit left him in a state of extreme shock. Once upon a time, he thought that America Company was just a relatively strong "company", but what finally appeared in front of him was a building that was growing day by day.
The city not only has several factories, but also a shipyard under construction.
But what about now?
Now this city has changed again in less than half a year.
Is this really a city built by indigenous people?
What is the only thing that makes him happy?
Fortunately, the indigenous population is not large, and they cannot live without Europeans!
All cooperation is temporary, and these problems will be resolved soon when Mr. President returns to Buenos Aires.
"Mr. Jose, welcome to America Company!"
When seeing Elizabeth who was still beautiful, Arroyo smiled.
"Madam, we meet again. Every time I come to America Company, I can feel the changes here!"
Perhaps, this city is far inferior to Buenos Aires, but in this remote place, the American company actually built such a huge city, which simply subverted his imagination, even though he felt some kind of threat
, but it also made him full of expectations for this place. After all, for him, the stronger the allies, the more trouble Mitre will have!
"Yes, Mr. Jose, as a company, only continuous development can win the company's survival."
Zhu Xianhai smiled and said.
"We are just a commercial company, and all we pursue is profit!"
America Company is just a "pure" commercial company! When its strength is weak, "exposing" its ambitions prematurely will only make Nanhua the target of public criticism.
Therefore, Zhu Xianhai still chose that skin—American Company.
This is just a company.
Of course, this company just "happened" to choose a "savage" area as the company's location. It just happened to rescue Mitre's army from the Mapuche "attack".
In fact, six months ago, when she visited South China for the first time, Arroyo, as Urquiza's special envoy, did not appear particularly excited after finding out the identity of the American Company and the identity of the city's residents.
Of course, he didn't have the capital to get excited at all.
Urquiza, who was defeated in the "Battle of Pas", needed to win over as many allies as possible. Faced with such a "commercial company" with thousands of armed security guards, Arroyo naturally chose to cooperate.
And this time when he came to America Company, he had no reason to be excited - they suffered greater losses on the battlefield. In the confrontation with Buenos Aires, Urquiza was completely at a disadvantage.
This is also the reason why Arroyo came to Nanhua.
"Of course, profit is the most important thing, just like the Mapuche people who used muskets in Araucani. I heard they came from east of the Andes, right?"
Looking at Zhu Xianhai, Arroyo pretended to be mysterious and smiled.
"I heard that the Mapuche people elected a new king. Mr. Zhu, are you familiar with that king?"
"Familiar, very familiar. If Mr. Jose has any news that he needs me to convey, I can convey it on his behalf. However, I don't think Mr. Jose came here for this reason!"
Zhu Xianhai changed the topic and said.
"I heard that Mitre is planning a new plan, is it a plan against Mr. President?"
"It seems that you already know. We all know that once the president is defeated, Miter will definitely take away all the power of the Confederacy. This is not good news for the American Company. After all, in
Argentina has never had a charter company with autonomous rights, and besides, you don’t have a charter yet!”
Arroyo Jose directly stated his purpose of visit.
"So the president wants the company to side with the Confederacy."
"So what does Mr. President need from me?"
"Send out your army, at least a thousand men."
Arroyo Jose came to the rescue. In many fierce battles last year and this year, the Confederacy lost thousands of troops. After suffering such heavy losses, Urquiza naturally thought of the American Company.
"Not in the name of the company, but in the name of the provincial army, Mr. Zhu!"
Arroyo Jose looked out the window.
"This is a beautiful place. Maybe Argentina does not have a charter company, but it can establish a new province. What do you think?"
If it had been a month and a half, Zhu Xianhai would have agreed to the conditions offered by Urquiza without hesitation.
Becoming a province of the Confederation is equivalent to having a real legal identity. It seems to be a step forward, but in fact - it is useless!
The simulation of the life simulator has long told Zhu Xianhai the answer. In this era of "white supremacy", they will never tolerate the existence of Nanhua here. Whether it is a company or a federal province, war is inevitable.
Since war is inevitable, why waste rich manpower on the Argentinian civil war?
For Argentina, it is not worth sacrificing even one Chinese person!
"Mr. Jose, you should know that we are just a company involved in the war..."
Shaking his head, Zhu Xianhai said.
"This is definitely not in our interests, so I'm sorry that I can't send people from the company to participate in this war."
Send people to help Urquiza fight?
Are you kidding me?
Whether it is Urquiza or Mitre, no matter who they are in Buenos Aires, they will try to unify Argentina, but the methods will be different.
"Mr. Zhu! You should know that our interests are common!"
Common interests?
It is in South China's interest only if your civil war continues.
"Just because our interests are common, I can help Mr. President on the other hand!"
Zhu Xianhai smiled.
"Like on weapons!"
Two days later, when Arroyo Jose left Nanhua, he could be said to have returned home with a full load - three thousand Enfield rifles and twenty cannons, and even a grant of twenty thousand pesos.
"From today on, all we have to do is to support the fire. If it doesn't work, just support the fire!"
When watching Arroyo leave, Zhu Xianhai said with cold eyes.
"Steven, actually this is a good opportunity. We can take advantage of Urquiza's failure and really join the Argentine political scene. We just need to send your army."
Buffett's tone was full of doubts. He didn't understand why Zhu Xianhai would miss such an opportunity to become a member of the Argentine Confederation. From then on, Zhu Xianhai and other families would become Argentina's political family. Why would he miss such an opportunity?
Woolen cloth?
"No, for us, it is in our interests to allow the war between them to continue."
Let the Argentinian civil war continue through constant firefighting, and let them shed all their blood in the civil war!
This is the ultimate revenge!
Hatred!
The anger of hatred has never been extinguished in Zhu Xianhai's heart, and this fire has always been burning brightly.
And all this is just the beginning of the road to revenge!
"Being a member of the Confederacy means that we need to bleed for them, but what if we wait until they have shed all their blood?"
Looking at Buffett, who still seemed a little confused, Zhu Xianhai smiled.
"When that time comes, there will be only one winner in this land?"
This chapter has been completed!