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Chapter 683 Concerns at the Argentine Presidential Palace

"Of course, I heard that the Chilean Civil War caused many people to die there. The British sunk eight battleships by the Dutch in the southern sea. At the same time, more than 2000 people fell into the water as the battleships sank. middle."

The Argentinian businessman with a small amount of capital nodded and said: "Yes, many people died, but what you don't know is that there are actually many people here from the Argentine border, including those from the southern Chilean side. He also has many relatives living in the southern provinces of Argentina.”

The dock coolie asked: "It's both in northern and southern Chile. Is there any problem?"

The businessman nodded and replied: "Of course there is a problem, because after the war broke out here, the Argentinian relatives in the north and the south began to buy food for their relatives in Chile, and Argentine food was continuously transported here."

Seeing the faces of these people change greatly after hearing this, Xingshang said, "Do you know how much food these relatives have bought for their relatives in Chile these days?"

"How much?" A customer scratched his head and said, "It would be good to have 10% of the grain in circulation, right?"

In his opinion, Argentina has 500 million people and Chile has 180 million. Being able to purchase 10% of the channel circulation from Argentina is already a very remarkable figure. After all, Argentina also exports to Europe, and the local people also need food for the common people to buy. ah.

"At most 15%," the customer who wore brighter clothes raised a finger and said boldly.

Other guests also put forward their own ideas, and the long position was only 15% of the guest just now, just over one-seventh.

The merchant held out two fingers with disdain, shook it and said: "You are all wrong. It is said that two-thirds of the grain currently circulating in the Argentine market has been purchased as grain from the north and south of Chile. Some have arrived and some are still there. On the way, and now it’s increasing every day.”

"Ah" all the guests were stunned. Oh my god, two-thirds, which means that Argentina only has one-third left after purchasing this kind of food. How can Argentina have enough food to feed itself?

"No wonder we in Argentina are experiencing food shortages everywhere. It turns out that the food that originally belonged to us has become other people's rations. When others go to war, we ourselves starve. What kind of justice is this? Two-thirds, my God, President Mitre Are you serving Chile? Or are you specifically serving the British strategy? Anyway, now you are letting your fellow citizens starve, and you would rather do this than support foreign wars."

"Yes, I can withstand this for a month alone, but what if it continues like this for half a year, a year, or the next two or three years? I think anyone who thinks about Argentina will not easily commit such a crime. The mistake of not loving the people.

Are you saying that Argentina still has enough food to develop and expand itself?Therefore, President Mitre allowed southern Chile and the United Kingdom to rush to buy Argentine grain and export it abroad. I think it should be stopped, and policies should even be introduced to ensure that Argentine citizens do not starve before exporting abroad is allowed. Otherwise, Mitre As long as the president continues to open up, how can domestic food prices come down, and how can our fellow citizens continue to eat the cheapest food in the world?"

The coolie at the dock said indignantly: "President Mitre is not ignoring us as a countryman by doing this, so what about the food grown by us Argentines to please foreigners such as the United Kingdom and Southern Chile?"

"Who says it's not, but this is our fate in Argentina. Think about how powerful President Miter's power is. His family is still the most powerful family in Argentina, sitting on the most fertile Buenos Aires. Aires, Santa Fe, La Pampa, Cordoba, and Paraná provinces, this family has linked these areas to their own economic power to develop the national economy."

That's business.

Another guest with conspicuous clothing said: "Yes, it seems that Miter's relationship with the United Kingdom is improving now. In order to please the nobles in London, the Mitre family helps the British implement their ideas. Look at his recent Miter family. President Ray actually supports Britain's cruise in the Strait of Magellan in Tierra del Fuego. This is handing over our territory to others for management. Now he is willing to sacrifice our country's strategic interests for the sake of the prosperity of his family. I even heard that now in Within the government, many people also read that Mitre began to support his son, Carter, the mayor of Buenos Aires, and gradually became the core of Argentina's politics, so he has tightened the family power of various government officials. It made a lot of people unhappy.”

"What's the point? For the sake of the prosperity of my family, I would rather let my own countrymen starve and let Argentina's food flow into the hands of London, England and South Chile. Is this a strange thing?" Xing Shang said with a look of helplessness and grief.

After hearing a lot, some guests were shocked by the news and said in disbelief: "No way?"

"That is, Mitre is at least the most powerful person in Argentina and the head of the most powerful country in South America! He is not satisfied yet and still needs to please the British to continue to prosper his family?"

One customer said with a dissatisfied look on his face.Hong Shang broke with a sneer: "Then who do you think you are as President Mitre? When you were young, your bones were so hard that you earned everyone's respect. But now, more than ten years later, when you are old, your bones are so soft that they can compete with ointment (tofu)." Not much. If President Mitre is really a top president, then he should immediately stop the national food from going abroad, and even open domestic food reserves for disaster relief and equalize food prices. But will he?
At the same time, we should continue to have good relations with the Netherlands, and relations with the United Kingdom can be improved, but we should not kneel down and lick each other in this way. That would be humiliating ourselves by dealing with those extremely arrogant people in the United Kingdom. That's it. After all, no one respects those who kneel down to ask for benefits. You should be the same way.

And the most important thing is that most of our industrial product imports in Argentina now come from the Netherlands, and 80% of our weapons imports are produced in the Netherlands. Our most powerful maritime weapon in Argentina is the Miter steam battleship, this 1872 The warships built by the Netherlands and handed over to us in [-] are currently the best reflection of our ability to protect the coast of Argentina.If the few sailing battleships given by Britain can make it difficult for Argentina to obtain the most advanced maritime weapons of the Netherlands, will this be a mistake that outweighs the gains?"

Everyone's expressions changed drastically.Argentina has been able to stand tall in South America in recent years because, in addition to being the second economic power after Brazil, Argentina is also a country with a more powerful navy than Brazil.

Unlike the two-power struggle for hegemony between Pedro II and Prime Minister Fonseca, which resulted in fierce internal struggles in Brazil, Argentina was peaceful, with Mitre holding sole power.

All government efficiency has been greatly improved.

So now Argentina's economy and politics are loved by people, but these were a few years ago. Since Carter, the Mitte, became the mayor of the capital, everything has changed. The domestic situation seems to be hiding a crisis, and the people are also turbulent.

"The Netherlands has been on good terms with Argentina over the years. The Netherlands has good relations with Argentina. Therefore, when we Argentines were doing business abroad, especially in Europe, they helped us many times when we were bullied. And you see, the British bullied men in the Argentine Valley. Damn, the government just paid a small amount of money and the government gave up and chose to settle the matter. Let me tell you, the reason why food prices are so high now is because the local food harvest in the UK is low and there is famine, so the British started to use pounds to plunder Our domestic labor income. They are even afraid of continuing to starve, so their government encourages British businessmen to hoard food in order to cope with possible food crises, which can in turn push up food prices in Argentina and Chile. On the other hand, they make a fortune by buying low and selling high, but the money they earn can no longer fit in their wallets. What is the result? Our own president doesn’t give a damn and doesn’t punish them, while our own businessmen hoard food to deal with the crisis. The businessmen were killed by the presidential palace and the government and exiled to Tierra del Fuego in the south. We Argentines are really not human beings!"

The merchant seemed to be more and more dissatisfied as he talked, with a sad look on his face, which made the other guests feel sad.

"Oh, there is no way. Who calls Mitre the president? What's more, it is said that the Mitre family is also involved in hoarding food, buying it low and selling it high. Their family earns no less than the British, and the British still Bearing the infamy”

"What a bullshit president, he is only seeking profit for himself," Xing Shang couldn't help but cursed loudly.

"Sir, you drank too much, and the wine's stamina is gone," a guest kindly reminded me.

"Oh." The merchant immediately woke up and stopped talking about the matter, but a seed of hatred towards the Mitre family was planted in the hearts of everyone present.

Everyone knows that it is time for Argentina to face a president who is unable to help the country progress, so they find themselves confused.

Inside the Argentine presidential palace.

President Miter and his son, Buenos Aires Mayor Carter.

Even the big bosses within the government are at odds with each other.It seems that President Dumitre's order was violated, or it could be said that he violated it in secret.

For example, this time President Mitre asked people to support Southern Chile, but he also continued to communicate with Northern Chile, but many people were missing and sided with Northern Chile.Because those standing over there are those supported by the Netherlands.

To put it simply, it is the alliance between Argentina and the Netherlands that has developed over more than ten years.It has been infiltrated by the Netherlands.

Mitre analyzed to his son: "If we don't stop it now, the Netherlands may develop its own pro-Dutch forces in the future. Now in Argentina, I can already feel that this undercurrent is accelerating. If we don’t suppress it, we will soon face a backlash against our Mitre family."

(End of this chapter)