Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 1120 Tears of the Weak (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
Threat!

Every nation responds accordingly to the threat.

In the past ten years, for the United States, the threat they felt came from Ming Dynasty, and even a view was formed in the United States - the threat of the Ming Empire even far surpassed that of the United Kingdom!
In fact, it was the Ming Empire that threatened the United States, but because the United States essentially wanted to monopolize everything greedily, but no one in the Americas could challenge it in the past.

Now, Daming is standing on this stage, preventing the ambition of the United States to eat alone. Of course, those Anglo-Saxons can't accept it.

As a result, words such as "Ming Threat Theory", "Yellow Peril", and "Imperial Expansion Desire" popped up in the United States. Fortunately, the empire is strong enough, otherwise the life of tens of thousands of Chinese in the United States would be really difficult. up.

However, in the past few years, Chinese Americans have been continuously moving out of American cities including San Francisco. They either went to the Northern Territory or Mexico, but more people came to Cuba.

Cuba, who would have thought that from 1870 onwards, this Caribbean island would become the place with the largest number of Chinese outside the empire.

Not only because from 1846 to 1870, more than 1870 Chinese came here as "indentured laborers", that is, as "indentured slaves".It was because in October 10, His Majesty the Emperor Shengde of the Ming Dynasty visited "Havana" with the great victory over Prussia in the expedition to Europa, and then forced the Cuban authorities to abolish the "Chinese labor contract" through negotiations, and then passed "economic compensation", 13 Chinese laborers Received tens of millions of pesos in economic compensation, many small and medium-sized plantation owners could only pay compensation at the price of the plantation because they could not afford the compensation.

The Chinese laborers who turned themselves into shareholders of the plantation immediately settled here. Facing the shortage of labor in the plantation, they recruited relatives from China while extending olive branches to compatriots in California and other places.In the ensuing ten years, more than [-] ethnic Chinese arrived in Cuba. They either worked on plantations, entered department stores, or opened restaurants.Quite a few of them are from California, why are they here?

Because you can find a wife here!

"Mr. Johnson, look..."

Governor Martinez stood on the balcony of the Governor's Mansion, pointed to Chinatown in the distance, and said in a rather helpless tone.

"In the past ten years, in order to quell the rebellion against Spain, we have waged a ten-year war that has claimed the lives of 20 Cubans, native white, mixed-race, black, black-and-white Mixed blood, when they died in large numbers, no one thought that those people..."

Taking a puff on his cigar, Martinez looked back at Johnson, the US president's special envoy, beside him.

"Those Chinese, the so-called Daming people, have settled down and taken root here. When the Cuban men either died in the suppression of the rebellion or died in the rebellion, those Ming people married the Cuban women. Now Cuba has a total population of only 160 million, but Mr. Special Envoy, do you know how many Chinese there are? 50! It may even be 60! 60! And more than 5 Chinese are born every year. Ten years later, more than half of the Everyone is of Chinese descent! Mr. Special Envoy."

With a cigar between his fingers, Martinez asked in a mocking tone.

"If Cuba separates from Spain and forms a republic like you said, ten years, maybe 15 years from now, who will this republic belong to? Is it Hispanic whites? Or Chinese? Sorry sir, I don't see anything that we can grasp this any possibility of a piece of land."

Why would Martinez say that?
It is because of the suggestion brought by Mr. Johnson-Cuba independence!
Why did the Americans bring this suggestion... For Cuba, the United States is also salivating!

In fact, the United States has always been eager to expand, especially when seeing the Ming Empire eating meat there, the capitalists in the United States have advocated that the expansion of the United States should be used to prevent the expansion of Ming Dynasty.

Now the "Cuban crisis" is not just a crisis for the United States.It is also an opportunity, an opportunity for them to realize the sea encirclement of the Confederate States. Even until now, the United States still has not given up its dream of reunification.

Occupying Cuba is definitely unrealistic. The idea of ​​the United States is very simple. It is to support Cuba's independence first, and then use political and economic influence to control this country. The colonies...do not necessarily have to be directly occupied.

Of course, Martinez is very clear about the thoughts of Americans, but in his opinion, Washington has obviously overlooked one point——Cuba is different from other regions, and there are too many Chinese and their descendants living here.

"Your Excellency, of course we are very clear about this point. This is not a problem at all. You only need to issue a decree-prohibiting dual citizenship. How can those Chinese descendants give up the nationality of the Ming Empire? I can guarantee that most of them will keep it." Nationality. In this way, at least in the next 30 to [-] years, the power of this country belongs to you!"

Johnson looked at the general in front of him with a smile on his face. In fact, Martinez was not his first choice. After all, this butcher killed too many Cubans in the past ten years.They'll switch to someone else if need be.

But right now, Martinez, as governor, is the best choice.As for the potential advantage of the population of the Ming Empire's expatriates here, it is not a problem for the United States, even though the United States has reached an agreement with the Ming Empire on the Cuba issue, and the agreement includes clauses involving the Ming Empire's expatriates.

But so what?

American lawyers will help Cuba study some new legal provisions, and set up legal obstacles to ensure that the Ming Empire's expatriates cannot obtain the right to vote, at least not all of them can obtain the right to vote.

Without the right to vote, their potential demographic advantage means nothing.

"that power……"

Martinez smiled, and did not agree, but asked rhetorically.

"Mr. Special Envoy, we all know that the most important thing right now is not the issue of Cuba's independence, but the immediate crisis. If we can't end this crisis, the Ming Empire will reach into Cuba very soon. In the name of taking control of this colony, until that time, no one can change this fact, and when everything is a fait accompli, I believe that Madrid will not mind selling this place for a good price."

Because he understood the ambitions of the Americans, Martinez did not agree. The proposal from the United States may have moved him a little, but the premise of his heart is that he must continue to master everything here.

As for the present, it doesn't matter what kind of republic or colony.

If Cuba cannot be kept, his governor is nothing.

"General, with the United States of America here, what is there to worry about? Moreover, we have reached some consensus with Daming. Based on this consensus, I believe that Cuba's security is no problem. Of course, this premise is that Cuba must To be independent..."

As for the persuasion of the US special envoy, Martinez asked back.

"And what about Spain?"

"General, we all know that Spain is yesterday. He was the king in the past. Now without the intervention of the United States, Spain will not only lose Cuba, but also lose the Philippines."

Facing Martinez's question, Johnson said directly.

"Whether Spain is willing or not, they must face the fact that Cuba will definitely gain independence. Of course, for your Excellency, this is also a fact, whether you want it or not!"

Johnson reminded again.

"Now you have an opportunity to become the father of Cuba's independence. Of course, after independence, you and your family will get extremely rich rewards, general, now you are just the governor, but in the future this republic will belong to you."

The United States doesn't care whether Cuba after independence is a real republic. For the United States, all it needs is Cuba under the control of the United States.

As for how the governor in front of him will rule the country in the future, it has nothing to do with the United States. He only needs to obey the instructions of the United States.

"This……"

Martinez hesitated for a moment, then asked.

"The Ming Empire...will they agree? After all, everything is not over yet."

"We have reached a certain consensus with the Ming Empire, Your Excellency."

Johnson laughed.

"Your Excellency, as long as Cuba declares its independence, then all this will end soon."

Is this the end?

Martinez even looked at the American special envoy in front of him with some kind of suspicion. Looking at the confident appearance of the other party, he seemed to understand.

"I see, this is the agreement reached between you, Spain was put on the table by you..."

It is not that Spain is put on the table, but that in this era, all weak countries must have the awareness to be put on the table and be eaten by the great powers.The law of the world is the law of the jungle.

It is precisely because of this awareness that the weak can become strong.But before that, they only have the fate of being sacrificed.

While the whole world was paying attention to the Cuban crisis and its series of consequences, no one thought that the Cubans sent by Spain would always declare Cuba's independence—and the reason was the choice of the Cuban people.

After that, the United States immediately chose to admit it. As for the Ming Empire, of course, it also stated that it would conduct separate negotiations with Cuba on the next issue.

After the news came out, everyone in the world knew that some kind of agreement had been reached between the Ming Empire and the United States.

And Spain?
Although they keep stating that Cuba belongs to Spain.But it is powerless to change the fact of inheritance.

No one will pay attention to the protests and tears of the weak!
(End of this chapter)