The power of the French government is much greater than that of a few capitalists, and after obtaining the authorization of the Paris government, Minister Tom's confidence is suddenly sufficient.

In less than a month, the Colombian government obtained the right to develop the Panama Canal, at the cost of a mere amount of material aid.

The main thing is still arms, and the armed forces in Colombia have not been fighting, and the most important thing is that they are under external pressure.

Everyone is afraid that the civil war will break out and be taken advantage of by others and become colonies again.

In particular, Austria is afraid of the neighboring Austria, which is a Central American colony, and already has a military force that threatens their survival.

Due to the experience of Central American countries, the Colombian government now does not dare to accept even European immigrants casually, for fear of being pushed out of power from within.

Colombia itself has a small population, and it does not dare to receive a large number of European immigrants, so its economic development is naturally not fast.

The Panama Canal was now authorized to the French, not only for material assistance, but also for the purpose of bringing in French power to counterbalance Austria.

It's all a minor issue, and neither France nor Austria sees Colombia as a thing. If you want to play balance, you also have to see if you can control it, and if you can't control it, you will be counterattacked.

If the Panama Canal had been opened, then a conflict between France and Austria could indeed break out for the sake of profit, but unfortunately the canal is now only on paper.

It is impossible for two great powers to break out into conflict over possible interests. To put it bluntly, digging a canal also requires prerequisites, and if the geological conditions are not suitable, it is not surprising that it cannot be dug.

Everyone is very realistic, and being able to take into account what will happen in ten or twenty years is all far-sighted.

If you think about what will happen in a hundred years, you are talking nonsense. The world is changing so fast, who knows what the future holds?

The price offered by the French was good, and the Viennese government did not intervene.

The establishment of the canal company is very smooth, and Nino, the president of the backstabber, is organizing personnel to explore the terrain in high spirits.

The headquarters of the Paris Canal Company has begun to prepare for listing and financing. There are no exploration reports, no design plans have been released, and the listing plan has come out first.

This is not a joke, but a reality. In the face of interests, these procedures are not important, and the capitalists have ways to circumvent them.

There are many such scams in the capital market, as long as you can make money, it doesn't matter if the project succeeds or fails.

Nino still has some ability, otherwise he wouldn't be able to become a backstabber. Looking at the investigation report in his hand, President Nino had a headache.

The Strait of Panama has a tropical maritime climate with abundant rain and loose soil.

Purely from the construction point of view, the loose soil seems to be a good thing, and it is easy to excavate the earth. But for the canal project, it was a disaster.

In the view of President Nino: "Sufficient rain + loose soil = landslide + silt", which not only means that the cost will increase during the development of the canal, but also the operating cost will increase in the later stage.

In addition, there are many poisoning insects in the local jungle, and diseases often occur, which is also a trouble to encounter in the construction of the canal.

President Nino, the "dead man", doesn't care, there is a classic case of the Suez Canal, and he knows very well that if the Panama Canal does not have tens of thousands of lives, he is afraid that it will not be able to dig up.

The Panama Strait seems to be narrower, only 61 kilometers short, only a little more than a third of the Suez Canal, and the construction is actually more difficult.

After a preliminary assessment of the incomplete information in his hand, Nino reluctantly came to this conclusion that he least wanted.

Secretary Ralph reported in a deep voice: "President, news has just come from the embassy that the Colombian government has refused to provide us with labor under the pretext of labor shortage. ”

Everyone knows that there are many casualties in the digging of the canal, and it is not a secret at the top that more than 100,000 laborers died in order to dig the Suez Canal.

Naturally, the Colombian government has also heard about it, and it is the Egyptian government that jumped into this huge pit and made the lives of the people in the country miserable, so that the French took advantage of the situation to enter and occupy Egypt.

Colombia has a smaller population, and it is simply impossible to ask them to provide hundreds of thousands of laborers.

It is just a matter of recruiting indigenous laborers, and if you dare to use white people as laborers, it is estimated that if you don't have enough laborers, the country will be full of wolves.

Nino frowned: "Contact the embassy and let them continue to communicate with the Colombian government, no matter what, you must let them provide a batch of labor emergencies first."

The board of directors is looking for ways to find cheap labor, and as long as they get past the beginning of the project, they will not be needed later. ”

There is no way, there are too many pits these years, and investors are not easy to deceive. You must start work earlier in order to make money faster.

How can a project on paper compare to a project that has already been implemented? The canal company's IPO plan has blown the bull to the sky, and the board of directors urges him to start work every day.

Secretary Ralph: "Yes, President. ”

Just as he was about to leave, Nino added, "Wait, report to the board of directors what we have discovered."

Remember, the possibility of an outbreak of disease is hidden. Even if it is homegrown, there is a possibility of disease outbreaks, and shareholders will not want to see such a note. ”

Without doing a cost analysis, Nino also knew that the canal plan had exceeded the initial cost estimate, and it was a fool's dream to build a canal with one-third of the Suez Canal's funds.

Having finally become the leader of the project, Nino did not see the canal plan fall abruptly. If he misses this opportunity, he may not have a chance to go further in his life.

The best way is to let the canal project start first, and when the time comes, the capitalists will be reluctant to give up and can only do it.

As for whether the big guy behind the scenes will cause trouble, Nino is not worried at all. The Panama Canal Company is going public to raise funds, and these costs can be passed on to investors.

It is normal for there to be loopholes in the work, as long as there is no good reward for everyone, everything is not a problem.

Nino is confident in the Panama Canal project, and as long as the canal is navigable, he is confident that it will pay for itself within 10 years.

This is only the income on the surface, and the income in the secret should be several times the navigation fee. Such a generous return is enough to calm the resentment of shareholders.

……

In London, Prime Minister Benjamin was worried about the war report, and he had already thought about what would be written in the newspaper tomorrow.

The opposition parties will certainly take advantage of the opportunity to do something and undermine the prestige of the government.

That's what everyone does, working hard when they're on stage, implementing their political ideas, and reaping the benefits by the way; When he was offstage, he desperately demolished his competitors.

At the Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin threw the telegram on the table: "This is Ismail's nonsense telegram for help." The war had just begun, and we had lost a fifth of our troops, including a crippled army regiment.

As for the results, they were really brilliant, annihilating 200,000 enemy troops.

I'd rather believe that the sun will come out of the west than that this result is real. Twenty enemy troops have been annihilated, and there are still requests for distant troops, does the enemy have millions of troops? ”

Falsely reporting the Warring States has become a stubborn problem for the British Army. Especially when the battle is lost, in order to escape responsibility, it is necessary to create a glorious Warring States.

It's just that this time it's a bit excessive, and if you report 8,000 yuan, the London government will admit it. After all, when the lid is lifted, the government will be scolded.

In line with the principle of turning big things into small things and small things into small things, this kind of thing usually happens, and everyone quietly covers up the past.

War Secretary Fox said with an embarrassed face: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, this may be the operator's mistake and an extra zero."

We have sent someone to verify that our army lost 5,876 people, of which three-quarters were Indian colonial troops, and a total of 15,796 enemy troops were annihilated, which is 20,000 if rounded. ”

This data is much more acceptable. With the loss of more than five thousand people and the annihilation of almost three times as many enemies, it can barely be said.