Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 465: British Minister

During the half-hour conversation between the two, Hermes constantly evaluated and reviewed his inferences about the positioning and strength of the South American Han Kingdom.
As the two of them tried to test each other, time slowly came to midnight.
Looking up at the clock hanging on the wall, Hermes
He decided to end the lengthy diplomatic game and made his position clear: "Han is a friend that the British Empire values ​​very much. The Empire will not sit idly by and watch your country fall into trouble, nor will the Empire allow the Americans to repeatedly cross the Empire's bottom line and interfere in the affairs of South America!
Please tell His Majesty the Emperor that the British Empire firmly stands on your side. As long as the Empire's fleet is still sailing on the Atlantic Ocean, it will never allow the Americans to launch an aggressive war against a sovereign country in South America without authorization!"

"Thank you for your support and understanding. With the British Empire administering justice, I believe the Americans' provocative behavior will be restrained."

Tang Jingsong bowed slightly and thanked him, saying, "My Han country has always regarded the British Empire as the most friendly and closely cooperating country. In order to enhance the economic and political cooperation between the two countries, I personally believe that friendly merchants from the British Empire can regard their homeland as another long-term investment destination."

In return for Britain's diplomatic support, Tang Jingsong reciprocated Li Mingyuan's kindness according to the cooperation conditions given by Li Mingyuan.

"Your suggestion is a really good idea. Your country is a newly industrialized country. Various industrial constructions require a lot of capital and technical support. The British Empire is the most developed country in the world. The merchants of the Empire have the most advanced technology and capital in the world. If your country is willing to provide more reasonable and preferential investment policies, I believe that many merchants from the Empire will be willing to bring technology and capital to invest in your country."

"Don't worry, Your Excellency. As long as your friendly merchants are willing to engage in industrial and commercial and capital investment activities within the framework of local laws, the local side is willing to give the British Empire and the German Empire the same level of treatment. The economic fields that were not open to your country before due to some conflicts and misunderstandings will also be partially opened to your friendly merchants after the economic laws and regulations are revised."

"Excuse me, sir, will your country cancel all the restrictions on the British Empire in terms of railways and shipping?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Minister, please understand that railways and water transport are the economic lifeline of the stability of the local rule. The local side will not give up the right to control the shares. However, in return for the long-term support of the British Empire, the local side will increase your country's maximum shareholding ratio in the railway, ship transport and other transportation industries to 16%. In addition, in the construction of local basic transportation in the next few decades, the local side will also give priority to your country's capital as the priority absorption and cooperation object."

"Well, I can understand your country's approach."

Hermes made a regretful expression, and then continued to ask: "I would like to ask your Excellency one more question, are the chemical and rubber industries within the scope of the industrial industries open to friendly merchants in the empire?"

"The three emerging branches of textile dyes, natural rubber and soda ash will be partially open to friendly merchants from your country. However, you should also understand that in order to develop the emerging chemical industry, the local side has spent nearly 20 years and paid a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to achieve certain results in some areas.

The chemical industry has become one of the pillar industries of the local area. If we directly include all the chemical branches into the industry scope open to your friendly businessmen, we will not be able to explain to the local citizens and those scientific researchers who have made efforts. " "No, Your Excellency misunderstood me. As an imperial diplomat, I know very well the value of industrial technology, and I respect the efforts and contributions of your scientific research staff.

The Empire has no plans to fully enter your country's domestic chemical industry, nor does it have plans to compete with your country in the chemical industry."

Hermes explained righteously: "Your Excellency should also be aware that although your country and the German Empire have made remarkable achievements in the field of chemical industry, the British Empire has also made great progress in the development of the chemical industry. In terms of the development of the chemical industry, the British Empire hopes to participate in the industrial development and construction of your country as a collaborator, rather than as a competitor, and obtain market advantages through unfair competition."

There was something else in Hermes' words. On the surface, he was expressing that Britain wanted to expand the scope of economic cooperation with the Han Kingdom and find alternative capital investment markets for British businessmen to the Brazilian Republic. On the other hand, through a well-intentioned reminder, Hermes also hinted that in the competition in the chemical industry, the German Empire used its status and influence as a European power to set up obstacles for the entry of Han's chemical products by dishonorable means, slowing down the circulation and expansion of Han's chemical products in the European market.

Hermes' words were not false. There was both cooperation and competition between Han and Germany. The two sides were connected by interests, and because of interests, a certain degree of competition arose in the field of chemical industry.

After listening to Hermes' words, Tang Jingsong quickly understood the meaning behind his words, and then followed his words and said, "The local side has never doubted the credibility of the British Empire. We are also willing to offer some emerging technologies for technical exchanges with your country. Of course, in order to show the sincerity of the local side's cooperation, we are willing to send a group of rubber planting workers and technical experts to your territory in Southeast Asia to assist your rubber plantation owners and rubber merchants to improve rubber planting, collection, extraction, refining and other technologies, and make some efforts within our capacity for the development of your country's rubber industry."

After more than 20 years of changes, rubber planting has expanded from South America to Southeast Asia, Africa and other regions.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty was more open-minded about the reality that its monopoly in the rubber supply chain had been broken. After all, the Han Dynasty had already transformed from a simple rubber planting model to a sustainable development model that integrated the development of rubber planting and rubber chemical industries. The Western powers' move to plant rubber in their colonies would not have much impact on the Han Dynasty's layout in the rubber field.

"Thank you for your help. I believe that with your technology and the capital of the Empire, the cooperation between the Han Kingdom and the Empire in the field of chemical industry will achieve significant economic benefits."

(End of this chapter)