Chapter 1210: Imperialist Oppression (3rd update, please subscribe)

“Mr. President!”

Nie Kunlun stared at José María Placido Camaño, who was sitting in an overstuffed armchair. He sat across the table from the Ecuadorian president in a chair opposite him, staring at the president with his eyes wide open.

"If you cannot effectively protect the safety of Ming expatriates, then we will take our own approach."

Aggressive words came out of Nie Kunlun's mouth.

When he received the news that overseas Chinese had been killed, he was shocked and angry, but he did not deny that he felt a little bit of joy in his heart.

Isn’t this a great opportunity!

This is a great opportunity to insert a hand into Ecuador. By taking advantage of the attack on the Mingzi mine and the killing of overseas Chinese, they can directly force the other party to agree to the railway company to set up a security team. Of course, there are also a series of other privileges.

What is imperialism? Isn't imperialism used to bully the weak?

Otherwise, what is the point of an empire?

Looking at the angry Ming ambassador in front of him, Camaño was somewhat reserved at first, but then he felt more helpless in his heart - when he signed the "Minge International Railway", he was under pressure - there was nothing he could do, because the precedent of the demise of the Peruvian-Bolivia Federation was there.

Don’t sign?

Do you want to destroy the country?

Damn robber!

They just robbed if they wanted to, but they had to rob the Ming people. They robbed if they wanted to, but they also killed the Ming people.

Killing and robbing...

"Mr. Ambassador, those who kill and rob are bandits. They are lawless. And you know that there are many Indian tribes in the mountains of Ecuador that do not obey the law. Neither of us wants to see this happen. Don't worry, we will send troops to wipe out the bandits and compensate them..."

Faced with the pressure brought by the absolute crushing of national strength, Camaño didn't know what else he could do except to show a flattering expression.

In fact, Camaño is not an incompetent president. He also has a desire to make the country strong. Of course, with a population of hundreds of thousands in Ecuador, it is impossible to make the country strong, but there must always be some dignity.

Independence and autonomy are simply impossible for a small country like Ecuador. However, as a white country, Camaño feels that it should be respected to some extent. It seems that the Ming Dynasty also respects them very much. But the problem is that when it comes to issues involving interests, there is no respect at all.

Camano was also very helpless about this!

"And as we all know, this matter is not as simple as it seems,"

Camarillo began his explanation.

"Normally, there would be no bandits attacking Ming expatriates or expatriates from other countries. But could this be due to some conspiracy? For example, indigenous mountain tribes, or local forces. I guess there may even be influence from other countries, who knows? But there will definitely be some countries that do not agree with our railway cooperation with you, Mr. Ambassador. They will definitely try every means to undermine our cooperative relationship. I think no matter what happens, it should not affect our cooperation."

Camaño specifically reminded the ambassador that railway cooperation is the most important thing. Compared with railway cooperation, other things are not worth mentioning.

In response to Camano's reminder, Nie Kunlun shook his head.

"No, Mr. President, you are wrong. For the Ming Empire, nothing is more important than the safety of the expatriates. If the safety of the expatriates cannot be guaranteed, the so-called cooperation is nothing but a joke. Moreover, the empire will never, ever, or ever sacrifice the interests of the expatriates for the sake of so-called cooperation. Now, you have two choices: compensate for the losses, and at the same time, we will sign a "Security Agreement Memorandum" to jointly arrest the murderer."

"What? What Security Memorandum of Agreement?"

Carmanio looked at the ambassador in confusion.

"It is a memorandum of understanding for all-round security cooperation between our two sides. In order to ensure the safety of the Empire's expatriates and investments, we believe that the Empire should send security forces to your country to protect the safety of the railway!"

"What? This is impossible!"

Camano retorted loudly almost immediately.

"This is impossible, sir. Please understand that Ecuador is a sovereign country. After we drove out the Spaniards, it is impossible..."

Looking at the excited Camano, Nie Kunlun said seriously.

"If you refuse, that's another option!"

What is the other option?

Suddenly, Carmanio stopped talking. He looked at the other person in astonishment, and after a long time he spoke in a dispirited voice.

"Mr. Ambassador, is this what you call friendship and equality?"

What friendship and equality...this is simply the behavior of a hooligan!

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"I am very pleased to see such rogues in the imperial diplomats!"

Emperor Zhu said with great relief after receiving the agreement signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ecuador on the killing of overseas Chinese.

"Your Majesty, I am worried that this incident may trigger resistance to the Pan-American Railway in Colombia and Venezuela. They may be worried that the Empire will use the safety of overseas Chinese as an excuse to seize a series of rights such as garrison troops..."

Qian Degong reminded at the right time that although he advocated justice for overseas Chinese, as the Prime Minister of the Empire he needed to consider the overall situation.

“It doesn’t matter!”

Emperor Zhu simply shook his head and said.

"Whether Colombia and Venezuela are worried or not, whether they resist or not, they will eventually make concessions. After all, countries talk with each other based on their strength,"

Strength is the fundamental basis for the status and negotiations between countries. Without strength, everything is nonsense. With strength, everything will come naturally.

"For the empire, if we can't even protect the safety of our own people, what qualifications do we have to participate in the world competition? What is the purpose of world competition? Is it just for the four words "Great Ming Empire"? What are the so-called "imperial interests"? The essence is people! Who are they? Of course, it is for the interests of the citizens of the empire, for the citizens of the Great Ming Empire, we participate in this world competition and civilization contest! If we sacrifice or ignore the interests of the people for the so-called overall situation, then how can we let the citizens of the empire fight and sacrifice for us in the future world of great contention? Is it just for the two empty words "empire"?

If it were just these two words, how could they be moved? What moved them was not the "empire", but the fact that the empire was with them, the interests of the empire were consistent with theirs, and their interests were even higher than the interests of the empire! This was the fundamental reason why they were willing to fight and sacrifice for it.

So no matter what, we must protect their interests. This is our promise to them!"

After a pause, Emperor Zhu spoke directly.

"What is the promise we made to the people of the Empire? Prosperity, security, and abundance! We must fulfill these promises instead of just making empty verbal expressions. If anyone dares to violate them, we must make them pay the price!"

(End of this chapter)