After negotiating the Dominican Republic, Cameron did not leave, but continued to talk with Tangning.
"Recently, Argentina and Chile purchased warships and weapons from the United Kingdom and also proposed plans to develop their own industries. I wonder what His Majesty the King thinks?"
Tangning knew what Cameron said, but he didn't care. The governments of Argentina and Chile, no matter how good their plans were, were destined to collapse if they were implemented.
Tang Ning successfully regained the Kingdom of Brazil and proposed a complete set of reform plans for the "Kingdom Program".
At first, Argentina and Chile didn’t care. Is it a plan? Which country hasn’t done it? But how many have actually been implemented?
Shouting slogans, only formulating plans without implementing them, or only achieving a small amount to perfunctory the people are all the traditional practices of politicians.
In later generations, after the Cold War, a lot of countries' space programs were shouted loudly, but how many of them actually implemented them step by step?
Many countries originally thought they would do this, but they didn't expect that some countries really took it seriously and succeeded step by step.
This has embarrassed many countries. I didn’t expect you to come!
Argentina and Chile had this attitude from the beginning.
A plan? Seriously, do you think it’s true?
But to their surprise, King Pedro III of Brazil, who came to power, was serious and acted step by step in accordance with the "Kingdom Program", which immediately frightened them.
Argentina and Chile quickly followed suit and put forward their own plans.
However, when the plans of the two countries were proposed, progress was very slow, especially in industry, because the domestic factions were not united and were at odds with each other.
Much of the advancement of industrial development remains on paper.
In fact, this is normal. After all, the people in power in both countries are Caudillos, and developing industry is actually harming their interests.
Their attitude can be seen in steel, which represents industry. The scale of steel production in both countries is very small.
The reason is actually very simple. It costs money to buy iron ore and coal ore, and the steel produced cannot beat Britain and France.
Both countries have free economic models and are liberal democratic capital countries. They have no state-owned enterprises at all and rely entirely on private national capital.
Argentina and Chile actually have no decent national capital, and their markets are basically divided between Britain and France.
What's worse is that the upper echelons of both countries are full of compradors. They just sit back and earn the money allocated by imperialism, and don't want to spend their own wealth to develop industry that wastes time, energy and wealth.
What's more, when it comes to industrial development, the markets of the two countries are also small, with the current population less than 10 million.
In this case, how to play?
At this point, neither country has a strong and ambitious government that has absolute control over the country and is determined to develop industry.
In this case, unless there are wealthy people in the two countries who are willing to use their own money to waste industry with a charitable attitude, even if this is the case, what effect will it have?
However, they did not pay attention to industrial development. The two countries were still very concerned about the expansion of military armaments, and they placed orders with the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.
In particular, Argentina borders Brazil. This time Brazil’s territory is expanding. In addition to the previous navy warships, Argentina has also placed a large number of army military orders like the United Kingdom.
"What do I think? Of course I bless these two countries.
Argentina and Chile are two ambitious countries, so it’s not surprising that they do this, and Brazil doesn’t care.”
Tang Ning, I have never taken Argentina and Chile seriously, they are just lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
They are two short-sighted people who only know how to make quick money but do not know how to develop an industrialized country. Moreover, the government keeps arguing and does not work together.
When Brazil develops this kind of country, it will be easy to deal with them even without the use of military force.
"We in the Kingdom of Brazil understand very well that Argentina, unlike Chile, is within the sphere of influence of the United Kingdom and France, and Brazil will not be hostile to them.
Now we in Brazil want to develop, and Argentina and Chile are two powerful countries in South America. They also want to develop, which is understandable."
When it came to Argentina and Chile, Tangning did not laugh at Cameron like before. She told the truth directly and expressed her blessings to the two countries.
In this regard, what is the use of making fun of Britain?
Argentina and Chile are relatively powerful countries in South America and seem to be able to contain Brazil.
UK?
There is a set of checks and balances techniques.
Although we must support Brazil to become the new talker in the Americas, Brazil and the United States will form two major forces on the American continent.
But this does not mean that the UK will not dig holes.
The British Dominion of Canada above the United States actually plays a role in containing the United States, and Brazil is no exception.
South America, Argentina and Chile, which can play a similar role to Canada, are very suitable, and the UK will also support their development.
Although the two countries combined are not as good as Brazil, they can still have an effect, just like Canada and the United States.
"His Majesty the King, you are indeed wise."
Cameron is very satisfied with Pedro III's success.
"We in the UK, even Germany, France, and other European countries.
I really support Brazil’s strength and its expansion, but Brazil’s expansion direction can only be in the north.
Your Majesty, the King, comes from a European royal family. I think you should also understand the meaning of our European countries supporting Brazil. The United States now poses too great a threat to us in Europe.
The industrial scale and GDP of the United States exceed that of all European countries except the United Kingdom, and it is still growing. This is really terrifying and has seriously challenged the existing international social order.
Therefore, we hope that Brazil can play a role in balancing the United States."
With its current strength and future potential, the United States is a powerful European country. It can feel the terror of the United States and worry that it will challenge the international order.
This is not an unfounded fantasy. The United States has done it several times.
The first time Europe felt the threat came true was the Spanish-American War.
In the Spanish-American War, the United States fought against Spain, a European power, all the way to the end, beating Spain to a pulp, and Spain was completely unable to parry.
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A great European power was beaten by an American country, which made Europe very worried and frightened.
Although Spain is not too strong in Europe, ranking behind the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia, European countries generally believe that it is only weaker than Austria-Hungary and stronger than Italy, and it is still a European power.
However, for such a powerful country, Spain was completely unable to resist the United States. It lost many colonies and had to accept defeat in the end.
The second time Europe felt a real threat was the independence of Panama.
After the Spanish-American War, Europe has pinched its nose and admitted that the United States has replaced Spain as a great power and has dominant interests in some North American regions and Caribbean islands.
But there is a limit to this concession, and that is South America.
In South America, Britain and France do not allow the United States to expand its influence here. It is terrifying enough that the United States has influence in most of North America.
If we take over South America, it is not impossible for the United States to have the strength to compete with the entire Europe.
The United States' actions to dismantle Colombia, a South American country, seriously challenged the interests of European powers.
Therefore, in this case, Europe is very willing to reform the Kingdom of Brazil and become stronger.
The United States has provoked Europe's sensitivity not once but twice.
Recently, the thing that has most irritated the sensitivities of the European powers is the American Great White Fleet.
The Great White Fleet, which began its circumnavigation in December 1907, is still traveling around the world, publicizing and proving the strength of the U.S. Navy, allowing countries around the world to re-understand the United States.
Although the 16 U.S. battleships are not dreadnoughts, their naval strength has directly stung the European powers.
Among these countries, the most exciting one, apart from Japan, is the world's hegemon, the United Kingdom.
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