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Chapter 1077 Emergency (Fifth update, please subscribe)
Chapter 1081 (The chapters are reversed... I am very sorry, the content of the two chapters has been adjusted.)
"Wang Youling was assassinated!"

When Arsenio Martínez Campos, the colonial governor, heard the news, the champagne glass in his hand fell to the ground.

The music in the banquet hall also stopped abruptly - this welcome banquet itself was held to welcome Wang Youling.That guy said on the port that he wanted to go to Chinatown, and of course the Governor understands this.

But when he was waiting for the arrival of this distinguished guest at the Governor's Mansion, who would have thought that he would get this news.

"My lord, what's the matter?"

"Cuba is over..."

Campos spit out this sentence in a daze, and then he shouted excitedly.

"Quick, prepare the car and go to the hospital."

Soon, the generals and officers in the banquet hall as well as the colonial officials all knew the news, and their faces all changed abruptly. No need to ask, everyone knew what would happen next.

"Where's the assassin?"

Governor Campos asked as the car drove towards the hospital.

"He was arrested at the scene, and he is currently under the custody of Ming agents and us."

Major Varness replied.

"Who is the murderer?"

"It's not clear yet, but officers at the scene said the killer shouted 'Viva Chile' in Spanish during the attack."

"Chile!"

The adjutant's answer made Governor Campos sit up suddenly, and then said.

"Major Vanes, you will go there in person in a while, and you must ensure that he is alive, and absolutely no accidents will happen. Our only hope is that he is not a Cuban!"

Why can't the murderer have an accident?
Because if an accident happened, he would really be speechless, even now, he would be speechless!

How to explain it?
Could it be that--I'm really sorry, because we didn't do a good job of protection, and your people were assassinated.

Oh, God!
How could such a thing happen?

Governor Campos, who had been suffering from the rebellion that lasted for many years, now has even more headaches.

"God bless, I hope he survives..."

Ten minutes later, when Campos arrived at the hospital, he received bad news—a bullet hit Wang Youling's heart, and he died before he even made it to the hospital.

When the doctor reported, Liang Weidong, Consul of Ming Dynasty, rushed angrily and protested loudly.

"Mr. Governor, the Ming Empire needs an explanation, a reasonable explanation, otherwise, you will explain it like the empire's fleet!"

……

Wang Youling was assassinated!
When the news of his death came, Emperor Zhu was dealing with government affairs in his study, and then he received a call from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Well, I see..."

When he hung up the phone, Emperor Zhu walked to the window without saying a word. Looking at the garden outside the window, Wang Youling's voice appeared in his mind again.

Now facing his death, Emperor Zhu's mood is complicated.

I don't kill Boren Boren but die because of me!

The reason why Emperor Zhu had such an idea.

It was because he knew clearly why Wang Youling wanted to go abroad for investigation, it was because he hoped to show his existence through this, and he wanted to make a comeback because he was unwilling to be lonely.

Of course, his overseas investigations were not fruitless. Since he went abroad, he has written a letter almost every three days. In the letter, he not only records what he has seen and heard, but also has some desirable suggestions. , and even proposed building the Nicaragua Canal.

"...Although the French Interoceanic Canal Engineering Corporation is currently in charge of the construction of the Panama Canal, in Yichen's opinion, for the sake of Ming's national security, our next strategy goal should be to obtain the right to build the Nicaragua Canal, and focus on When the Panama Canal was built, we could monopolize the Nicaragua Canal, although the distance of the Nicaragua Canal is longer than that of the Panama Canal. The longer distance means that the project is more difficult, the investment will be more. But along the way there are Lake Nicaragua, Punta Gorda River, Among them, Lake Nicaragua is the largest lake in Central America with abundant water. Therefore, using these natural rivers and lakes can reduce engineering expenses as much as possible. Moreover, the natural rivers have abundant water and the carrying capacity of the canal will be greater.

This canal is related to the future of the empire. Although the empire has built the Pacific Railway, and the second Pacific Railway is already under planning, there is only one way to go to and from the east and west coasts of the empire, whether it is the merchant fleet or the fleet. Around Cape Horn, all kinds of risks on the way are uncontrollable..."

In the letter, besides analyzing the pros and cons of building the Nicaragua Canal one by one, Wang Youling even made a field trip in Nicaragua, and finally concluded that Nicaragua is more suitable for building the canal than Panama.The reason is very simple - the local environment is better than that of Panama.

Why did Ming Dynasty not pay much attention to the Panama Canal at the international conference on the Panama Canal held in Paris in 1879? Firstly, it was because it had just annexed Brazil and needed to digest the fruit and change its image. We all know that the Panama Canal built by the French will end in tragedy.

Because the local natural environment is too harsh, people will find that it is a hell on earth after the construction starts: the towering dense forest is full of poisonous insects, which is unbearable, and the hot weather spreads terrible diseases. Take the lives of a large number of workers and technicians.

So Emperor Zhu's plan is very simple - wait until they fail, wait until the whole world regards the Panama Canal as "impossible", and then Daming will take over.

In contrast, although Nicaragua is also a tropical rainforest environment, the canal is actively built along the river, and the natural environment is relatively superior.

Emperor Zhu didn't know whether it was more suitable for building a canal than Panama, but what is certain is that Wang Youling's private travel did allow Emperor Zhu to make some decisions from some special angles.

Now, he is dead!

Just like that, he died in the assassination of the assassin!

While Zhu Da was looking out the window, an idea began to form.It was someone else; maybe he would be immersed in the memory of the dead, but Emperor Zhu is not that kind of person.He is an emperor, the founding king of the empire. The emperor may be ruthless, because the dragon chair of the empire determines all this. As the emperor, he must handle some affairs without any personal feelings.

Like now, what is he thinking about?
How to use Wang Youling's death to maximize Daming's interests!

Even, for Wang Youling, this is also a kind of comfort, because he did not die in vain...

(End of this chapter)