Linhai is indeed a heroic city!
Not just because in the simulator, people here fought here for more than 500 days and finally repelled the Chilean attack!
Containing a country in Chile with the power of one city!
This is true in the simulator, and it is also true in reality. Linhai is far away from South China and separated by the Andes Mountains. However, they used the power of one city to stir up the overall situation and let the Suzaku flag fly in Araucania.
In the past, Linhai was one city versus one country, but now, everything has changed!
With the opening of the Pacific Railway, Nanhua and Linhai are neatly connected. With this steel artery, everything will change!
This night, fireworks were set off near the sea. They were fireworks for celebration.
Everyone was happy and sad, but for Bernardo Riquelme, the leader of the provisional government, he had no intention of enjoying the fireworks outside the window. After learning that Zhu Xianhai had arrived in Linhai, he hurried over.
What to do?
Of course I'm here for help!
Last year, the interim government was hit by a bomb attack. Perrod was in power and many ministers were killed. Bernardo Riquelme, as the Minister of War, naturally became the interim government. Faced with the collapse of the front line,
He has sent special envoys to ask for help again and again, but what is the result?
But I was rejected again and again!
Although he is barely maintaining the front line now, he knows better than anyone else the situation in Qilian. It is only a matter of time before the situation collapses. Even now, he may not be able to return to Qilian if he leaves there - the officers may not
Will take the opportunity to betray the interim government.
Unless he can get help.
"Why?"
Facing Bernardo Riquelme's request for help, Zhu Xianhai smiled.
"Give me a reason, tell me, why I sent the army to help you."
"Because you promised, you said you would support us!"
Bernardo Riquelme said urgently.
"Within the best of our ability, as we all know, your defeat is now inevitable. For Nanhua, it is better to make peace with the winner than to continue to be friends with the failure,"
Zhu Xianhai waved his hand,
"Between countries, interests always come first. I believe you have no objection to this. Of course, Bernardo, you are Maria's brother after all. You can choose to live in Nanhua or Linhai. You can live in both places.
The estate of the Riquelme family, I believe your sister will not refuse to help you, and I personally can support you with 1,000 pesos a month."
This Riquelme is not Pericleme. This Riquelme family manor is a gift from Zhu Xianhai to Maria. After all, she has given birth to two children for him. Since the manor belongs to her, of course it also belongs to his children.
their property.
The children would certainly not mind their uncle temporarily staying at their manor.
It was money and a house. At this moment, Zhu Xianhai felt that he was too kind and too generous!
Faced with such a sincere invitation, Bernardo Riquelme's expression was complicated. There were invitations here and there, but they were clearly sarcastic, no, yes,... mocking.
Are you laughing at his failure?
For a moment, he wanted to get up and leave, but Bernardo Riquelme finally sat there, took a deep breath, looked at the other person and asked.
"what do you want?"
Every politician has something they want to get. The reason why he supported the establishment of an interim government in the first place was, to put it bluntly, because of his own agenda.
It was to use the provisional government to contain Chile so that Chile could not threaten his plan in Araucania. Now that his railway has been built, his immigrants have spread all over Araucania, and even the seaside has become a
A large city with a population of more than 40,000.
In this case, the provisional government loses its meaning.
However, he still has some intentions.
"Is it a mineral? Copper mine? If you support me, after returning to Santiago, I will sell all the state-owned copper mines to you to repay the loan, and I will also reduce export tariffs and also
I will give you most-favored-nation treatment and lower the tariff on goods to less than 5%.”
For careerists, there is no psychological burden in betraying the country. Compared with so-called "patriotism," they care more about power.
What is for Chile, what is for peace or democracy, is just nonsense. In the final analysis, for Bernardo Riquelme and his like, what they care about has always been power!
Power is eternal, as for the rest... it's not worth mentioning at all.
patriotism?
What is it?
But only poor people care about this.
Faced with the conditions offered by Bernardo Riquelme, Zhu Xianhai did not respond. He just looked at him with a smile, a smile on his face, and mmm in his heart.
This is what is called a "politician"!
You see, this country is selling...but politicians like this are what we need!
Once he opened his mouth to be traitorous, he couldn't stop it anymore. Seeing that Zhu Xianhai didn't answer him, Bernardo frowned and murmured in his heart, why hasn't the other party been convinced by such a generous offer?
Could it be that he has other purposes?
After thinking for a while, Bernardo said again.
“Puerto Montt!”
Puerto Montt is located in the south of Araucania and was founded in 1853. It was during that period that Chilean immigrants settled in Valdivia, Osorno and Ranchijua south of Araucania.
In this area, the reason why Chile invaded Araucania was on the one hand to obtain land, and another important reason was that it divided Chile into two parts.
Once upon a time, Zhu Xianhai also coveted Puerto Montt. That place was a good natural port. The port conditions were infinitely better than those of Linhai. It was a very suitable anchorage for the Pacific Fleet.
but?
Now Zhu Xianhai has more and bigger plans.
"Including the Strait of Magellan, that is, all the Chilean territory south of Araucania will be ceded to you. I think..."
Facing Zhu Xianhai's gaze, Bernardo Riquelme said rather arrogantly.
"No one in Chile can offer such generous offers."
Yes, no one would betray his country more thoroughly. Zhu Xianhai has no doubt about this. At least for now, no one can surpass him.
Of course, it is not possible for him to further betray the country at the moment. However, don't worry, as power expands and as time goes by, for those who want to seize power, they will do more and more for the sake of power.
's fall.
In the end, more and more things will be sold, and when people get used to selling, it won’t matter anymore!
For Bernardo, this is just the first step towards betraying the country!
This chapter has been completed!