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Under such circumstances, on May [-], [-], US Secretary of State John Hay arrived at Tianjin Port on a high-end cruise ship and began a secret visit to China.

The Secretary of State of the United States is a position exclusive to the United States. Many people think that this position is equivalent to the Prime Minister of China. This is incorrect. The Secretary of State of the United States is somewhat similar to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, but has more power than the Minister of Foreign Affairs of China. Be big.

John Hay was considered the most accomplished Secretary of State of the United States in Lin Yuan's era. He advocated "open doors and equal interests", which made the United States go to the world and laid the foundation for the United States to gain world hegemony in the future.

Thanks to the efforts of John Hay, the United States obtained the right to dig the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal is the throat of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Without this canal, merchant ships would have to travel tens of thousands of kilometers.

When this historically accomplished secretary of state visits China, he is bound to have a fierce contest with Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan heard about John Hay's visit, and took this meeting as an opportunity for China to test the United States in order to enter the Americas. On May [-], the two sides met in Yingtai, Zhongnanhai. Yingtai was the place where Cixi imprisoned Emperor Guangxu in Lin Yuan's time. Now it is one of the places where Lin Yuan meets foreign guests.

Lin Yuan exchanged pleasantries with John Hay, and then cut to the point. John Hay first said: "Dear Mr. Lin Yuan, the first thing I will do when I visit China this time is to explain a previous rumor. Around March 28, your country captured a group of rebels in the Japanese Autonomous Region. There were rumors that these rebels were controlled by the United States. On behalf of the government of the Republic of America, I would like to say that such rumors are completely ridiculous, no Responsible, we do not want this incident to affect Sino-US relations."

Lin Yuan had known for a long time that the United States would excuse this matter, and there was no accident. Of course, Lin Yuan didn't want to make a big fuss about this matter, so Lin Yuan smiled and said: "I don't mean to blame your country, I I also believe that the United States will not do such a thing.”

"Thank you, Mr. Lin Yuan, for your understanding. Now let me talk about the second thing, that is, the United States hopes to sign a free trade agreement with China to ensure mutual non-aggression on the basis of free trade."

As soon as John Hay said these words, Lin Yuan understood everything. What the Americans meant was that the United States only wanted to maintain a free trade relationship with China and did not want to enter China’s sphere of influence. It was even less interested in the human integration advocated by Lin Yuan. , You China should not send troops into the United States.

Lin Yuan secretly sneered, America, America, back then you supported Japan against us, Germany against us, and Britain against us, now that Japan, Germany and Britain have all fallen, you put on an innocent look, come on It's really shameless to sign any free trade agreement with us.

Although Lin Yuan thought so in his heart, he didn't show any emotion on his face, and said, "Mr. John Hay, let's not talk about these things for now. I want to start two cooperations with American countries. I hope the United States will not interfere."

"I don't know what kind of cooperation Mr. Lin Yuan wants to carry out?"

"The first cooperation is to develop the Amazon forest. As you know, the Amazon forest is the largest tropical rainforest on earth. At this time, the Republic of Brazil carried out unreasonable development of it in order to develop the economy, which caused great damage to the rainforest. We We hope to cooperate with the Republic of Brazil to rationally develop rainforest resources and benefit mankind."

John Hay's face was a little ugly. Lin Yuan's plan to develop the Amazon rainforest looked high-sounding, but this was China's first step into South America. South America was regarded by the United States as its own backyard. How could it tolerate China's meddling?

What makes John Hay even more uncomfortable is that the companies that cut down the rainforest in Brazil are all American companies. After cutting down the rainforest, they sell the timber to the United States, and the harvest is very good. After cutting down the rainforest, the exposed land is planted in large quantities. It also grows opium poppies and marijuana, from which drugs are extracted and sold to Americans.

This black industrial chain generates a lot of profits every year, which is so big that the U.S. government is reluctant to cut it off. Those U.S. companies don’t care about destroying the rainforest. It’s serious to put money in their pockets.

John Hay pretended to be calm, and said with a smile: "We in the United States should not interfere in this matter. As for the attitude of the Brazilian government, we don't know." John Hay had already secretly planned how to encourage the Brazilian government , refused to cooperate with China.

Lin Yuan continued: "The second cooperation is to dig another canal in addition to the Panama Canal. Although the Panama Canal has already started operation at this time, the transportation capacity is insufficient to meet the transportation needs across the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean."

This time, John Hay's heart was turned upside down. The Panama Canal is too important to the United States. With this canal, ships traveling from the east coast of the United States to the west coast of the United States will save [-] kilometers without the canal, American ships would have had to travel all the way south to Cape Horn in southern South America.

In addition, if a ship from Western Europe to East Asia travels through the Panama Canal, it will save [-] kilometers of voyage compared with the Suez Canal. China has already controlled Western Europe at this time, and sea trade will inevitably increase greatly. The Panama Canal has shown even more advantages.

If China digs another canal, there is no doubt that the navigation capacity will far exceed that of the Panama Canal. Under this kind of competition, I am afraid that there will be no more ships going through the Panama Canal.

More importantly, once China digs this canal, it will find various reasons and send troops into the Americas. At that time, the Americas will not know whose it is.

John Hay remained calm. He smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Lin Yuan, why do you disagree with Premier Han Mingguang in your opinion?"

Lin Yuan knew that Han Mingguang met John Hay in advance, but he didn't know what they talked about, so Lin Yuan asked, "What did Prime Minister Han Mingguang say?"

"Prime Minister Han Mingguang said that China will not enter the Americas. I also specifically asked whether it will cooperate with Brazil in the development of rainforests and whether it will build canals. All the answers are negative."

Han Mingguang thinks differently from me?Lin Yuan was puzzled. He turned his head to look at the attendants and asked, "Is what John Hay said true or not?" Search——qietingcanghai, just listen to Cang Hai’s pinyin, reply 2 to watch, if you have any comments, you can also leave a message directly on the public platform.)