Chapter 357 Britain, the Friends of Nanhua
In the next few days, officials from the South America Office were busy in the British Foreign Office building. They dug out all kinds of information from the filing cabinets. A detailed plan required a lot of information. Fortunately, they had made preparations in this regard in the past.
But at that time, they were planning to form a league of Spanish-speaking countries in South America to fight against the Brazilian Empire.
Britain, the troublemaker, has always taken precautions before problems arise and done work in advance to be prepared for any emergency.
Soon, a readjusted plan was sent to the Foreign Secretary's desk. While waiting for it to be submitted to the Prime Minister for approval, those who had been busy for several days could finally take a break.
London is foggy in winter. Facing the biting north wind, after walking out of the Foreign Office building, James wrapped up the collar of his coat, took out his pocket watch and looked at it naturally, then continued to walk forward at a leisurely pace. When he met a patrolman along the way, the patrolman even nodded to this gentleman.
While returning the gift, a strange thought even emerged in James' mind - if the policeman knew that he was a spy, would he be surprised?
Many years ago, the American Company sent spies to London in the name of commercial investigation. The espionage industry is highly professional, and some spies need to lurk, infiltrate and disguise for a long time.
In this era of backward information transmission, it is not difficult to impersonate someone, especially in a place like Britain. Every year, many British people go to the empire's colonies, such as India, Southeast Asia, etc., to contribute to the empire's cause. Many of them die there - from malaria, cholera and other tropical diseases.
Colonization is never without cost. After military occupation, maintaining rule requires the dispatch of tens of thousands of administrative personnel. In this era with almost no medical conditions, a minor illness can take the life of a person or even an entire family.
Since the 18th century, every year thousands or even tens of thousands of British people were sent by companies or governments to the colonies to do business or serve as officials in British ports. Every year, thousands of widows of administrative officials or businessmen returned to Britain with their children, and there were many orphans among them.
And it was the efforts of these people that enabled the British to live a life that everyone envied in that era, at the cost of their imperial colonization - even poor working-class families in the UK could at least have a happy life with "enough meat and bread every day" in their diet.
In contrast, London has not forgotten the price paid for the empire's colonial cause. Orphans whose fathers died in the colonies are always taken care of in certain aspects, such as civil service examinations.
James is such a "colonial orphan", but no one knows that his identity is fake.
According to the archives, his father was a civil servant of the East India Company. His parents died of malaria. He returned to England when he was 12 years old. In fact, he also died in India.
It was with this identity that James entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs two years ago on the recommendation of others. Although he was just an ordinary employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he had access to a lot of confidential information - because the confidentiality of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in London was not very confidential at all.
In the past few days, although James did not personally participate in the preparation of the "South American Defense Alliance", as a participant, he mastered the entire content of the plan.
Now, all he needed was to send this extremely important intelligence out. However, he had no meeting place or secret contact station.
Because in the secret files of the Investigation Department, he, code-named "007", is a "submarine", the kind that lurks for a long time, waiting to be summoned.
Of course, they will also take the initiative to pass on information, for example, when the information they come into contact with is very important.
After returning home and greeting his landlady, Mrs. Snyder, James went to the room on the second floor. He took out a pocket typewriter from under the floor and started working. Soon he retyped out the plan based on his memory.
In order to protect these "submarines", not only were their typewriters specially made, but even the envelopes they sent out were arranged in advance and had fixed addresses.
“It’s just a post office mailbox.”
After taking out the envelope, James looked at the address on the envelope and muttered to himself.
“I hope they get this letter.”
James thought so because these letters were given to him when he just started his mission.
Will they keep guarding that mailbox?
The next morning, James walked to work after breakfast as usual. Under the cover of fog, he put the letter into the mailbox.
The letter he sent that day was sent through the postal system to a mailbox of a post office in London, and then picked up by the recipient. After several twists and turns, the letter was not delivered to the London office of the American Company until the next day.
A few hours later, the newly released "South American Defense Alliance" plan was placed in front of Zhu Xianhai. Although the telegram fee alone cost several thousand taels, the actual value of this telegram is inestimable.
"You really are worthy of being a troublemaker!"
While sighing, Zhu Xianhai looked at the plan and had to admit that the British did have some talent in making plans.
This plan is so detailed, from forming an alliance to providing aid to inciting internal rebellion in South China, that one might even wonder if it was a plan drawn up by an agency like the CIA during the Cold War.
But who could have imagined that this came from the hands of senior civil servants in the British Foreign Office?
Perhaps this is the invisible strength of the old empire!
After expressing his emotion, he asked again.
“Is this all there is to it?”
This plan can be used as a reference. If Zhu Xianhai had come across this plan during the Civil War, he believed that he could have extended the Civil War for at least another year.
Unfortunately, he had no experience in this area at that time.
"It's a draft plan. More detailed information will be sent over by mail in half a month."
Qian Zizhuang replied.
“But aside from the details of how the plan will be implemented, the basics are here.”
"Leave this plan here. We can use it as a reference. Who knows where it might come in handy in the future. We British people are definitely more experienced in many jobs, and that's exactly where we need to learn."
"Yes, they do have a lot to learn from them."
Nodding slightly, Zhu Xianhai asked.
"So what do you think?"
"My Lord, on the surface, this plan seems to be very impressive, but in reality, what's the point of combining Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela? These countries are all economically backward and even politically unstable. Even the British themselves don't have much hope for them."
What are the prerequisites for a successful strategy?
It must be strength.
Perhaps the British had a very detailed plan, but the strength of these South American countries did not allow it. What kind of countries are these countries? They are nothing more than agricultural countries controlled by soldiers, large landowners and the church.
Even if such countries form an alliance, it will be an alliance with insufficient strength and with ulterior motives. Such an alliance will not have any substantial impact on South China.
Because they are simply not strong enough!
Even if Nanhua didn't fight, they would be thankful. Do they have the ability to provoke Nanhua?
"So we don't need to take this so-called alliance to heart, because they can't pose any real threat to us."
Listening to Qian Zizhuang's answer, Zhu Xianhai nodded and said.
"Indeed, what is the real purpose of the British in establishing this alliance? It is nothing more than to distract our attention and try to use a broad alliance to form a confrontational situation in South America. Once this confrontational situation is formed, it will inevitably have a certain impact on our commodity sales. However, as we all know, this impact will not last long. Their goal is to create a long-term confrontation and make South American countries hostile to us. This is their ultimate goal - that is, to use this hostility to create division and confrontation between us and South America and avoid the emergence of a unified South America. Of course, for us, this is also an opportunity!"
Zhu Xianhai said halfway with a scornful smile on his face.
"What has always alerted us the most is Britain's attitude after we occupied Argentina. Will they go directly into battle? Now, this intelligence has confirmed my initial judgment. Britain will not, at least not for the time being, go into battle for the benefit of South America. They even plan to use our occupation of Argentina to instigate the establishment of a broad opposition alliance in South America. This also means that we have gained time. After all, it takes time for them to prepare for all this!"
time!
What is the most important thing for Nanhua now?
Of course it’s time!
Nanhua not only needs time to develop itself, but also needs time to digest the fruits of its current victory.
Zhu Xianhai didn't even mention the role the British assigned to Brazil. What has he learned in the past ten years?
It's nothing more than ambition must match strength. Otherwise, isn't Argentina now the best proof?
"What about Brazil?"
"Brazil is not important at all. No matter what role the British assign to Brazil, it will not change our plans and will not have any impact on us."
Zhu Xianhai said this almost in a disdainful tone.
"The British can add drama to Brazil, and they can also provide military assistance to the Brazilians and arm Brazil. But so what? Although Brazil has a large population, half of its people are slaves. The only thing that makes people more apprehensive is that its territory is vast and has unlimited development potential, but... can we let them develop freely? Just like what the British said in this report... If a neighboring country is militarily strong, then it must be a potential threat. From this point of view, the conflict between us and the Brazilians is inevitable, regardless of whether there is a territorial issue with Paraguay or not."
Many times, there is always a certain inevitability between countries. As for the British plan for South America, Zhu Xianhai already had his plan. In his plan, Brazil is a region that must be occupied. It is not because Brazil is the only country in South America that may pose a threat to South China. But because Brazil has the iron ore that South China needs.
What determined national power in the 19th and 20th centuries?
It's steel!
This is an era where steel is the national strength.
Without enough iron ore, there will not be enough steel. Without enough steel, the country’s strength will be weak or even insignificant.
It is for this reason that Zhu Xianhai had already set his sights on Brazil a few years ago, but at that time he was powerless because of the distance.
But what next?
South China and Brazil will become neighbors!
What does Brazil need to do in the next few years?
It's just wishing you good luck!
Once the time is ripe, South China will take action without waiting for Brazil to take action!
"Now it seems that the British can be said to be friends of South China..."
When saying this, Zhu Xianhai's tone was full of sarcasm.
"We should thank the British a lot. To show our gratitude, let's take down Buenos Aires as soon as possible!"
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