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Chapter 509 Survival of the Fittest (Third Update, please subscribe)
1870 was not a good year for many Argentines.

This year, the South China Army occupying the province of Buenos Aires launched an attack on other provinces, and bad news came one after another. Those colonels, officers and officers all surrendered one after another.

Although life is a bit difficult, although death has cast a shadow on almost every family, for ordinary people, life always has to go on.

After all, they are still alive!

Although for them, Argentina has disappeared from the world since then, at most it exists in their hearts.

But, eventually they will forget all this too, people are always forgetful after all.

San Juan is a remote province.Despite its remoteness, it was one of the first provinces to surrender, and in return the dignitaries and generals preserved his power and wealth, as did the officials of the government.It seems that the war didn't affect them much.

For those rich and powerful, the change of dynasty seems to have little impact on them. After all, their wealth has not decreased.It may even lead to a further increase in their wealth because of this social turmoil.

Like all landowners, although Smith is a British expatriate, it does not prevent him from becoming a major of the local militia. Only the largest local landowner can become a major of the militia. This has been a tradition for many years.

As the biggest landlord in the town, after the senior officials surrendered, he also chose to surrender rationally!
Surrender, it's no big deal.There is absolutely no need for him to sacrifice his life and wealth for Argentina.

It didn't matter to him whoever was the ruler of the land.What is the most important thing?
Of course it is personal wealth!
As in the past, while having breakfast, Smith unfolded the newspaper, which is the "San Juan Daily" in the province, and it will be delivered from the city of San Juan every other week.After just a brief glance, he saw a big news.

"My God! How could this happen!"

"Dad, what's wrong?"

May Fei, who was having breakfast, asked.

"Buenos Aires has changed its name!"

"what?"

Mei Fei put down the milk glass and said in surprise.

"Renamed, changed to what name?"

"God!"

Smith sighed.

"Hey, it is estimated that we will change the name here soon. After all, the South China people have conquered this place now."

The change of place names is normal and reasonable.If the British occupied Argentina, perhaps Buenos Aires might become an Anglicized place name.

For any conqueror, this is what they must do.Even in Smith's view, they're doing it a little too late.

"Rename? To what? Will it affect us?"

Murphy was concerned.

"It should not have any impact. When the senior officials signed the surrender agreement, it was clearly written that they would guarantee the safety of our property. This was the condition of surrender at that time."

Surrender, and life can go on, but what will happen if you stubbornly resist?

The property of resisters will be confiscated.In order to preserve one's property, surrender, this must be a matter of course.

"The most important wealth in Argentina is land, no matter how the regime changes, it will not change all this."

Turning his gaze out of the window, Smith laughed.

"Our sharecroppers will continue to work for us and continue to generate wealth for us on our farms, and of course we will be proactive in adapting to these changes..."

Every smart person will adapt to various changes in society, and they will change their direction with the wind.

Only those who are stupid will resist the irresistible force.In that resistance, what did they lose?
Everything!
Looking at his sixteen-year-old daughter, Smith thought about it, and then said.

"Mei Fei, I'm going to send you to Bu...yes, it should be called Yingtian now, you have to remember this place name. From now on, that city will be called Yingtian, you go there to study, of course you have to study Chinese, after all, they are the rulers of this land now."

As a British immigrant, Smith knew very well what was the most beneficial choice. Send his daughter to Yingtian to study, learn Chinese, and finally integrate into Yingtian's social circle. His daughter will even marry a South China military officer. These are all possible things.

Just last year, Smith even considered finding an Argentine military officer for her daughter as her fiancé.Now that Argentina no longer exists, those officers must have been eliminated.

Of course, he also has new candidates, those Nanhua officers.This is not a big deal, as an immigrant, take the initiative to make friends with the local dignitaries and use all means, this is something that must be done.

Just as Smith speculated, half a month later, with the arrival of an order, the city of San Juan was renamed Jeju, and the provinces of San Juan, Lario, and Cabaca were merged and renamed "Shandong".

Finally, it's time for a change!

At the end of 1870, with the issuance of an imperial edict, while the province of Buenos Aires and Entreos was renamed Nanzhili, after the merger of the provinces, the Ming Dynasty established from north to south Shanxi (Chile), Shandong, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Liangzhou (South China)

In the face of sudden changes, the reactions of various places are both expected and unexpected.

It is very common for the occupiers to change the name of the place, but such a change caused a storm in Daming.It can be seen everywhere in almost every city. People gather in groups on the sidewalk or even in the middle of the street, huddled together, and discuss the change of place names with each other.

At the same time, they are comforting each other, they are very clear that this is an inevitable change.However, rumors are still secretly circulating, saying that they are required to have "naturalized surnames". It seems that the list of those "naturalized people" also shows the authenticity of this rumor.

Crowds of people gathered on the streets, they tried to confirm these rumors from the official side, but the official response was very simple - this is just a rumor, people are obviously worried about such an answer, one Over time, various rumors have been circulating in various places.

The dark tide is surging!

When all kinds of rumors are flying and undercurrents are surging, some people are also connected there. Those manor owners who kept their wealth by surrendering are also paying attention to the changes in the current situation. They used to not only own wealth, but also have power.

Some of them were high officials, some colonels, some councilors, and now they were mere landowners, for their services were not needed by the conquerors.In fact, compared to those who stubbornly resisted to the end, they are undoubtedly lucky. At least their wealth has been preserved, and they just handed over the army.

But how can people who have enjoyed the aphrodisiac of power forget the beauty of power?

"This is our chance!"

In the smoking room of the manor, amidst the smog, more than a dozen well-dressed manor owners gathered in a room, and Forex looked at them and said.

"Whether it is the merger of other provinces or the change of the name of the province, it has brought unprecedented shocks to everyone. Through the spread of rumors, everyone is now in panic. This is our last chance! "

"Opportunity? Since we seize this opportunity, what can we do? Even if the people launch an uprising, can they withstand the suppression of the army?"

Mendoza's tone was full of suspicion.

As one of the largest landowners in Buenos... no, Nanzhili, he never thought that this conspiracy would have any effect.After all, Ming's army is extremely powerful, even in Europe.

"Mendoza, my friend, they cannot withstand the attack of the army, and their uprising will be suppressed, but, gentlemen, there are many things we can do when the people riot, we can turn to the government, we must Let the officials realize that in their future rule, they need us as an intermediary, and with our support, their rule will be more stable."

Standing up, Forex looked at the friends sitting and said.

"Just like we ruled the Indians in the past, we also need a middle class to buffer the hostility of those Indians towards us. We must use this opportunity to let those people stand up against the rule of Nanhua. Only in this way, they Only then will they realize our importance! Realize that we are an indispensable party for them to rule this land!"

(End of this chapter)