1855 United States Tycoon

In the end, the plague was strictly controlled in the labor camp, and Panama City escaped possible catastrophe without incident. A total of 12,000 Japanese workers died in this plague, and less than 2,000 people survived. After art subsided, Scrooge returned to United States, through various media, confessed to the people of United States that he was too proud and despised the power of nature, which led to this disaster.

"The mystery of nature is really known to us, but it is just a small drop of water in the ocean, or even a small drop of water in the vast universe. But I once arrogantly thought that we can really conquer nature. This time , When I stood at the place where the plague happened, I watched one after another being killed by the plague, but I couldn’t find any way to save them, and I couldn’t even figure out what caused the plague. At the time, I really felt that in front of nature, we are still very fragile and very ignorant. We may really need a little more awe, because in this world, weakness and ignorance are not the biggest obstacles to survival. Arrogance is.

In fact, if we have more awe of nature, we will not enter the dangerous rain forest unpreparedly. Because before this, humans have had such a lesson. At the beginning of this century, the invincible French army arrogantly stepped into the jungles of Haiti. As a result, they were almost wiped out because of the attack of yellow fever. The sad thing is that under the conditions of such a precedent, we will actually repeat their mistakes. This seems to be negligence, but in essence it is still arrogant. Otherwise, we only need to send a capable team to investigate the jungles of Panama. We will try on a small scale first, and then gradually increase the scale. As long as we are a little cautious, we will all have the opportunity to avoid such losses. Ten thousand people lost their lives as a result.

Now, I have to admit that own has failed in front of the public. Yes, I failed. At least for now, I and my colleagues still haven't been able to discover the real cause of yellow fever. A few years ago, when I confirmed that many bacteria are the cause of many infectious diseases through the dyeing method, I once arrogantly thought that some of the secrets of infectious diseases were revealed to me, and now that they have been discovered , Then, it is only a matter of time before they can win the final victory. But now, nature tells us how ignorant we are in fact.

Until the mystery of yellow fever is completely solved, any act of digging the Panama Canal is impossible and tramples on our conscience. Although it is very difficult to announce this decision, although it is not my style to give up halfway, even if I do this, all the investments I made before will be ruined, and I will suffer a lot of economic losses, but this is compelling. If there is no alternative, we still use our lives to work hard. This is a trampling on our most cherished humanitarian spirit, and even a betrayal of human civilization!However, I will not really give up halfway. Our war against infectious diseases has just begun. We have had victories and setbacks, but we have never despaired. It is my responsibility to bear the lives of more than 10,000 people who died in the attack of yellow fever on my body. I want to assure them that in our lifetime, my friends and I will do our best to defeat this disease! Yes, I won't really give up halfway, this defeat cannot defeat me, it can only make me more sober and firm. I will definitely be back! This is my vow. May God testify for me. "

Through such a speech, Scrooge successfully dressed himself as a hero who was frustrated by momentary pride in the war of mankind against infectious diseases, a hero who is determined to fight for the future of mankind. .

With such a speech, Scrooge was sure that no one would dare to develop this canal before there was an effective solution to yellow fever, because it would make him bear the charge of betraying human civilization. According to thousands of husbands, not sick but also dead. This is not just about mental stress or something. Even if your nerves are as strong as the waist of an elephant, you will die, because there are too many ways to make you die in the environment that Qianfu pointed out. This is like in Europe. When the feudal lords have no money to spend, they will make some big omens, and then say, this must be a witch or a Jew, and then it can be justified. Kill them all and take their money and spend it. Such primitive tricks have even been applied to Mussolini and Hitler.

So who can really solve yellow fever? Apart from having a good understanding of yellow fever, possessing a large amount of first-hand information, and controlling Shi Gaozhi, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, who else can? To be honest, if necessary, Scrooge can solve this problem now, nothing more than throwing thousands of tons of organic phosphorus into the jungle to create a quiet spring. Anyway, there is still a long time before Rachel Carson was born and grew up, and no one will accuse him of it. Therefore, the right to excavate this canal is in fact tightly controlled by him.

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Compared to Scrooge, some of the other people involved in this storm have no such calmness. Panama is now in a mess, and President Edu almost collapsed. For independence and to withstand Colombia, Edu has borrowed a lot of debts on behalf of the Panamanian government, but this is nothing, because once the canal is completed, they can easily pay off these debts and live a good life collectively. But now, the excavation of the canal has been postponed indefinitely. And they have nothing to do with this delay. Because if the delay is caused by other reasons, he may still change to another developer, but under the current conditions, there is no other developer at all. As for the Panamanians themselves, for one thing, they don't have so much money. Secondly, who is really willing to take such a risk to dig a canal?

Therefore, the debts owed by the Panamanian government that seemed insignificant at the time seem to be extremely heavy now. This pressure bends the Panamanian's waist almost overnight. But they have no retreat now, returning to Colombia's embrace? So what if Colombians liquidate their crimes of dividing the country? Moreover, is Colombia willing to bear these debts for them? Or are Colombians willing to take the risk of canceling these debts for them? How is this possible?

I can only grit my teeth and live a hard life. This has almost become the last of the Panamanians, there is no other way.

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Like Panamanians, the Japanese shogunate suffered from debt. Thousands of people died all at once. It would be great if they could claim compensation from the United States. However, the damn cunning U.S. animal was already prepared to deal with it. First of all, the United States did not directly sign labor contracts with the Japanese. They just signed the contract with the labor service company established by the Japanese shogunate. In the contract between them and the labor service company of the shogunate, there was no such thing as a clause on how to deal with the issue of force majeure. Therefore, the United States does not need to spend a penny. They can even blame the delay and cancellation of the project due to Japanese reasons (the Japanese workers did not complete the work according to the plan stipulated in the contract). In response to this situation, it is clearly stated in the contract that the United States can claim compensation from the Japanese shogunate. This, this, this, this...

In addition, the death of more than 10,000 people is not a trivial matter for the shogunate, although most of the more than 10,000 people are just farmers who don’t even have a surname. What a great thing, a famine or something, when will ten thousand people die? But now, death like this has become a natural good reason for Satsuma and Nagasu to criticize the shogunate. These days, those rebels are scolding the Tokugawa shogunate for losing power and insulting the country and letting compatriots die in a foreign land.

Because the contract was not completed, the shogunate certainly failed to use the commissions of hired workers to repay the arms debt owed to the United States as expected, but it is absolutely impossible for the debts not to be repaid. Not to mention whether the United States government will call, really annoyed the United States guy surnamed MacDonald. Believe it or not, they will arm Cheung Chau into Osaka in minutes?

It is even impossible to even reduce orders. This is not only because of the liquidated damages, but also because, after such an incident, Changzhou and Satsuma are sharpening their swords. Therefore, the original order not only cannot be reduced, but it is even better to continue to increase.

So the shogunate had to send someone to negotiate with Volendrano, the spokesperson of the great creditor Scott in the Far East.

Finally, fortunately, our Scrooge has always been a reasonable and conscientious person. Therefore, after hearing the Japanese cry about his difficulties, he was very moved and rejected the request of the Japanese to postpone the repayment, and Encourage the Tokugawa shogunate to follow the path of inexhaustible people. As long as you use your brains and come up with a feasible and profitable plan, Scrooge can even lend them more money so that they can use the newly borrowed money. Paying off old debts, while still buying more guns.

"But, what else can we do?" the shogunate representative said helplessly to Volendrano.

"Who said there is no way?" said Warren Delano. "The way is human. Large-scale labor export is definitely the right direction for a country like Japan that lacks resources but has a rich population. Should be depressed because of one failure."

"But now there is no large-scale labor demand in the world."

"You guys," said Warren Delano, "don't always stare at men. Women can also make money for Japan. Speaking of the one hundred women who went to Panama this time, they made a lot of money. Nowadays. Isn’t there just a lot of women who have no husbands in Japan? Let them go abroad to earn dollars and pounds. This is not something that can make money and make women who have lost their husbands rich to live. Is the best of both worlds?"

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