He Luyuan did not stay in Panama for a long time, and left after a few days...com But shortly after he left, in September 1887, a fierce conflict between Chinese workers and local residents broke out in Panama. The cause of the conflict is said to be that local residents went to steal building materials and tools at night, and fell in love with a hand-held tractor parked on the construction site... This thing was allocated to the Canal Company a year ago to speed up the construction of the canal. But this was not for nothing. After all, the Canal Company has also the shares of the United States and Colombia, and all three parties have to pay for it. In order to get the Canal Company to buy a few

Ten vehicles, Xi Changshou and Zhou Zhenglin put in a lot of effort. The hand-held tractor did not disappoint them. Although they could not be used for other tasks, they were indeed much better than people in transportation, which greatly saved manpower. Therefore, the workers took this thing very seriously. They locked it up after use, wiped it clean, and even had to find a piece of cloth to cover it, which might cause a little dust. Similarly, the extremely precious tractor in the eyes of the workers was also very remarkable and valuable to the locals. Therefore, when the local residents who were stealing building materials saw a tractor placed in front of them, they couldn't help but take action.

However, not everyone can drive a hand-held tractor. Besides, the movement of that thing is so loud, who can you hide when you move?

So, the thief was found.

This caused a small conflict.

Xi Changshou and the other two reported to He Luyuan, saying that local residents often go to the construction site to steal things... This is similar to the troubles encountered by some road and bridge companies or construction companies in later generations. If they cannot be solved, there may be constant conflicts within the construction period. Even the locals will secretly destroy the work you have completed. The workers of the Canal Company have encountered this situation many times and are despising the local people's behavior. This time, they were even more angry when they encountered the other party stealing their extremely precious tractors. Therefore, relying on the large number of people, the workers arrested the thief, beat them up and handed them over to the local government...

Originally, according to the general development procedures, the matter was over. Colombia was in trouble and wanted to shelter the local residents. In addition, the central government of Bogota also obeyed the Chinese people's opinions and attached great importance to the progress of the canal. The Chinese were also responsible for taking action, and they were unwilling to take risks to offend the Chinese people for these things. But this time, after the workers left, some people immediately burped... The local government was also a bastard, and the news did not reach the canal company, so they pulled the people out and buried them. In this way, the thieves' family couldn't stand it anymore. They worked together with several surrounding villages and rushed to the construction site... The workers on the canal had never encountered such a situation and hurriedly found Xi Changshou, who was inspecting the nearby construction site. Xi Changshou rushed to negotiate with the locals in those villages. As a result, the other party actually asked for huge compensation.

Xi Changshou naturally could not agree. He thought that his workers were very sensible and could not kill people, and he had no fault here, so compensation was impossible. However, the locals became more and more angry, so there was another group fight. No one died in this group fight, but it caused many workers to be injured. Even Xi Changshou himself was hoeed by the locals... Xi Changshou was furious and immediately ordered all construction sites along the canal to stop work, and thus protested to the Colombian government. In addition, he also ordered all workers to stop trading with locals, such as fruits and grain, and would rather import them by themselves and ignore the locals. He even ordered the canal guards to expel locals who were doing business in the construction site area...

It can be said that Xi Changshou's actions were understandable. The canal company suffered a loss, and he, the commander-in-chief of the project, was injured, and he was fired and stopped working, and his business with the locals was cut off. He was naturally qualified to do something extraordinary. However, no one expected that the Panamanians' reaction was so fierce. The owner of the large manor, Jose, Augustine, and Alango, gathered a group of people and publicly announced that they would seek justice from the Chinese, and claimed that "we should drive the invaders out and we should build the canal ourselves."

To be honest, there are not many Panaists who echo Arango. However, this matter has obviously risen to a political level. Therefore, Xi Changshou took the opportunity to ask the Colombian government for "protection"! Before the Colombian government could react, the mountain division of the Red Corps, which was resting in Santa Marta, was furious. The division commander Zhou Xiaoding protested to Colombian President Morideo, claiming that the incident was a conspiracy of the Panamanian separatists. If the Colombian government cannot react to this, the mountain division will go to Panama on its own to protect tens of thousands of Chinese workers on the canal.

Of course Morido dared not let the mountain division go. Cuba is not far from Colombia. The Spanish could transport tens of thousands of soldiers from there, and naturally they could transport them a second time. If they were not afraid of the power of the Red Corps Mountain Division, they would not have dared to send troops to rescue Nikolau until now. In addition to defending Spain's possible increase in troops, the mountain division also has the task of isolating Nikolau to retreat to the seaside to escape. If they evacuate at this time, the situation in Venezuela is very likely to be out of control. Nikolau will definitely run to the seaside at all costs... At that time, will Colombian army in Venezuela chase or not?

But if the mountain division cannot move, only Colombia sends troops to protect the Chinese in Panama and prevent local separatist forces from launching riots. Finally, under the persuasion of his staff, Morideo sent a trusted unit left behind in the capital, and then... nothing happened. An army originally stationed on the outskirts of Bogota suddenly had a military coup. They put Morideo under house arrest, announced his crimes such as corruption, and announced his deposition. Afterwards, he asked the Colombian Congress to re-election the president. The Congress quickly accepted the conditions for the coup army. A few days later, the leader of the parliament, Eriseo Payan, was elected the new president of Colombia and established a cabinet. This cabinet retained several members of the former Morideo Cabinet, among which Santos, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, became the Minister of Foreign Trade...

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The coup in Colombia seemed very strange, and many people realized that there might be conspiracies. However, the new president and the new cabinet announced this coup in public more than once, because the Colombian people could not tolerate Morido's corruption, not because of other events. They also stated that they would follow all the treaties signed by the original government and the outside world and continue their cooperation with the outside world... In this way, it was naturally hard for others to say anything. The establishment of the new government, coupled with Morido himself, was also under house arrest, and the army that was originally loyal to Morido was quickly incorporated by the government, and a civil strife ended easily. Even this coup did not affect even the army sent by Morido to Venezuela. They were still confronting Nikolau in a place called Santa Barbara.

It can be said that this military coup in Colombia has not changed anything except for the country's president.

Morido is very sad.

But people quickly turned their attention away from the unlucky president. Because, not long after the Colombian coup, a group of thousands of Qing soldiers arrived in Colombia...

November 1887.

"Let's go and fight the Spanish?"

"yes."

In Panama City, in the manor of Jose Augustine Arango, several Qing generals dressed in cool clothes but with long braids were discussing things while eating iced watermelons in the living room. Since the first batch of officers and soldiers arrived in Colombia in September, for more than a month, 40,000 to 50,000 Qing soldiers have entered Panama. Fortunately, Ronglu, Yuan Shikai and others fought for the front station, and Tangzhou helped prepare the military camp so that these officers and soldiers would not sleep in the wild. However, after finally setting up these soldiers and were about to wait for more Qing soldiers to arrive, Ronglu and others received a message from Tangzhou: The Colombian government requested the Qing soldiers to help eliminate the Spanish.

Everyone was traveling across the ocean, and they were going to fight to the death with the Spanish, and it was expected that the war would start. But weren’t the employed people of the Qing army Americans? Now that the Americans have not yet moved, why can’t the Colombian government sit still?

"As for news, I've inquired about it... The one named Nikolau is in a difficult situation because he was defeated. There is a shortage of ammunition and supply difficulties. But the Colombian army is also a bit in trouble. Faced with such a defeated general, they have been repeatedly frustrated. If Nikolau hadn't been able to fight back, they would have been beaten back long ago." Yuan Shikai sat on a wide rattan chair, and told everyone about the news he had obtained with a wry smile.

"Is there any problem here? Didn't Colombia defeat Nikolau? She has chased Venezuela. Why is Nikolau becoming more and more unsatisfied now? They are even more unsatisfied?" Ding Ruchang asked.

"Of course there is a problem." Yuan Shikai was in charge of training and logistics, and had a wide range of contacts, so he naturally knew more. "Isn't Venezuela civil strife? Colombia clearly wanted to take advantage of this time to swallow people. Therefore, there were not many troops who actually sent to the front line to fight Nikolau. Their target was Venezuelan army, who wanted to use their own force to annex the other party's army first, and then deal with Nikolau. Otherwise, once Nikolau was defeated, they would have no reason to stay in their territory."

"Diging Guo on the fake road. I can't tell that these foreigners are very good at it." Liu Yongfu snorted coldly.

"When you see the benefits, everyone has their own skills." Ronglu rubbed his forehead, "But we still have to take care of ourselves first... I didn't call the others this time, just the four of us, just want to discuss whether we can send out this army!"

"I think it's better to forget it." Ding Ruchang shook his head, "Our army is just a new arrival, and there are many people who are not adapted to the environment, and they are not well trained, and their weapons are not complete... At this time, we go to fight with a sad soldier. Even if we win, we will probably win miserably."

"Nicolau had long wanted to surrender, but Colombia and Tangzhou still wanted to keep him as a target. Venezuela is now in civil strife. You hit me and I will beat you, and even the president dare not come back... Who can he find? He can only hold on." Yuan Shikai smiled.

"Then there is no beginning. What if we fight and he will surrender?" Ding Ruchang asked.

"I'm not afraid of others surrendering. What I'm afraid of is that we can't beat them." Liu Yongfu glanced at the other three, "The Spaniards seem to be invincible, but everyone knows who the court sent us... With these people, we can beat Nikolau? Although the other party has basically run out of ammunition and food, he is just desperate and has no choice but to hold on. But as Ding Junmen said just now, the other party is already a tragic soldier. Although he is exhausted, if he fights his life, the consequences will be unpredictable."

"Weiting, what do you think?" Ronglu nodded after hearing Liu Yongfu's words, but he was not in a hurry to draw a conclusion and asked Yuan Shikai again.

"Hehe, if you really fight, I certainly don't agree." Yuan Shikai smiled. "The court still has to keep elite soldiers and strong generals to guard the territory. Although the ones sent to us cannot be said to be old, weak and disabled soldiers, most of them are scattered soldiers and wandering brave men, and some are just rural brave men who have just been recruited... The princes in the court were trying to take the opportunity to collect more cash. But what about us? Go and fight, it's okay if we win. If we lose, then the Americans can still be willing to spend money to invite us?"

"Yes. A group of defeated soldiers and generals can't win, and they want to fight with the army that is raising their strength in Cuba. It's a joke." Liu Yongfu couldn't help but snorted coldly.... The court was so **! Originally, when the cooperation was just beginning, from Empress Dowager Cixi to every Qing people who knew about this, everyone still wanted to take advantage of this overseas battle to fight a little bit of the prestige of the Qing officers and soldiers to "stimulate the barbarians." But as the matter developed, this matter became more and more unreasonable. The first batch of officers and soldiers were all strong veterans, almost all of whom had fought wars, had combat experience, and even many elite soldiers selected from provinces in the south that fought with the French. But in the future, the quality of the soldiers immediately plummeted... Although Liu Yongfu still lost all his strength...

He was born in a peasant uprising army, but after all, he had been in the Qing Dynasty officialdom for a few years. Naturally, he knew that this was because the generals from all over the country were unwilling to send out the elite soldiers and generals. Nowadays, there was no team that could be fought, so who would pay attention to you? At the beginning, it was probably Li Hongzhang and others who were still supervising carefully. These people dare not go too far, but how big are Li Hongzhang and others? They have gone all day long, so how can they always keep watching? As a result, when the big man changed his mind, those people naturally let go of the courage to mix sand. Maybe, these people were thinking about making their group of people unable to win, and then they would go back in shame. Who said that there were only a few positions in the Qing Dynasty? If they really let them take over foreigners, what else can they earn?

"I know what you are worried about. Speaking of which, I feel similar to everyone... but what can I do? Now the prestige of Chinese people is fought by the Red Corps of the Tangzhou people. If they dare to fight for ten thousand or ten thousand, we will not dare to attack a group of defeated soldiers and defeated generals. We will definitely be underestimated by the court when they are known to the court, and we will inevitably be charged with fear of the enemy and fighting, and losing the majesty of the court." Ronglu said.

"Hmph, I know." Liu Yongfu couldn't help but snorted coldly again.

"My sir, is it a fight?" Yuan Shikai couldn't help but smile bitterly. When he first received the first batch of soldiers, he was still confident in the future war, but with the arrival of the next few batches of soldiers, he realized that the direction of the court might have changed. Those people first used them to make money and reputation, but when they came, they were afraid that they would really show their might... No wonder Guo Jinzhang said that he could not pin his hopes on those senior officials. If the country wants to revive, it still has to rely on young people, a group of young people who are united and will not cause internal conflicts. But why does this matter seem so difficult? Can the Qing Dynasty have so many such young people? Yuan Shikai couldn't help but feel pessimistic.

"If you want to fight, no matter how difficult it is, we have to fight this battle." Ronglu sighed, "This is Tangzhou, and it may even be the Americans testing us. If we can't pass this level, when the war begins, we may just be the materials we stand aside, and maybe they won't even pay attention to us."

"Then just fight! I dare to fight when I have a big sword and a spear, but now I don't dare to fight with a foreign gun?" Liu Yongfu rubbed his hands and stood up: "Mr. Rong, just give me instructions. Mr. Liu is willing to fight."

"Don't be anxious first!" Yuan Shikai hurriedly reached out and signaled him to sit down, "No matter whether he was fighting or not, he still has to make a long-term plan for this matter... Everyone, I want to contact Guo Jinzhang first!"

"Isn't this the telegram sent by them?" Ding Ruchang frowned.

"This is transferred by people from Columbia through the Canal Company. It's really hard to say whether it means Tangzhou... So, I think it's better to ask clearly!" Yuan Shikai said cautiously.

...

"Are you crazy?"

After a discussion, Yuan Shikai sent a telegram to Seattle, but an hour later, the call from Everett made him and several others feel puzzled:

"The armies have not been completed, the army has not been trained, and some have even just got off the ship. At this time, you go and fight, and want to dye your head red with your life, but are you still impatient to live? Don't fight!" Guo Jinzhang's telegram spoke fiercely!

"Colombia made a request, and we were not willing to use the land to train troops. It was difficult to refuse. In addition, perhaps there was an American intention in it!" Yuan Shikai and Ronglu discussed it and immediately called back again.

"Don't worry about the Americans. There is no provision for fighting against the Spaniards outside Cuba in the agreement. If they intervene, you will say that. Also, I will deal with Colombia..." Tangzhou replied!

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