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Sarmiento became the Argentine government's ambassador to Britain in 1857, Argentina's ambassador to the Netherlands from 1858 to 1864, Argentina's Minister of Finance from 1865 to 1870, and Argentina's Minister of the Interior from 1871 to 1876. Vice President of Argentina from 1877 to present.

As Sarmiento's official position rose higher and higher, the Sarmiento family began to rise to prominence in Argentina. After 20 years of development, it has now become a prominent family in the country.

Sarmiento has a very tight control over the secondary power of Argentina's military and political ministers. He is second only to the Miter family in terms of military and political ministerial and economic lifeline power in Argentina.

The Sarmiento family and the Mitre family currently make up a quarter of the land owners in Argentina, with Sarmiento occupying one-tenth and the Mitre family occupying 15%.

The 57-year-old Mitre family is not satisfied with its status and wants to exert more influence on Argentina.

At the same time, as power in Argentina became more consolidated in his hands, and with the support of Sarmiento, he was satisfied and wanted to expand his influence beyond Argentina more strongly.

For example, they fought with Brazil in Uruguay a few years ago, and they united with Brazil to repel the Paraguayan political strongmen who tried to regain Uruguay and went south to Uruguay.

As the situation in Chile is confusing, President Miter is now very concerned about the situation in Chile, which has a narrow border with Argentina in the west. Obviously, Miter is no longer content to only have influence in Uruguay, and Chile will also be his leader. Next, Argentina’s direction.

It seems that the whole of Argentina is blooming under Miter's leadership, especially with the decline in European grain production in recent years. Argentina, as the world's largest grain exporter, has become a guest of European countries, and therefore has received huge foreign exchange earnings. In addition, many advanced weapons were purchased from Europe.

For example, among the weapon submarines of the Netherlands, Argentina purchased three second-generation B-type submarines that are more advanced than the first-generation A-type submarines.

As for battleships, Argentina ordered the Argentine steam ironclad battleship in 1872 and obtained it from the Netherlands in 1872. In order to balance the situation, Argentina ordered a "bold" class steam ironclad battleship from the United Kingdom. You must know that the latter is in the United Kingdom. It only entered service in 1869.

In order to win over Argentina, Britain also accepted the order.

Because of this, Anglo-Afghan relations have been greatly promoted.

At this time, the international community was also suspicious of Argentina's attitude towards the Netherlands.

This is exactly what Britain wants.

"This battle between the UK and the Netherlands in Chile may be a huge opportunity for Argentina. Look at the map. If Argentina succeeds in exerting further influence in Chile, Argentina will not need to pass through the Strait of Magellan and Germany to enter and exit the Pacific in the future. As for the Riker Strait, as long as we open up land channels through Santiago and other Chilean ports to reach Argentina, we can shorten the trip.

Therefore, I feel that Argentina must become an important influencer in Chile, instead of quietly watching the Netherlands and the United Kingdom compete for Chile’s fat meat.”

Sarmiento's words spoke to Mitre's heart.

Sarmiento is 50 years old this year, and Mitre is 57 years old. The age gap between the two is called seniors, so Sarmiento supports Mitre very much, and Mitre loves Sarmiento. He has always tried his best to train her.

However, after Sarmiento became vice president, Mitre suppressed him intentionally or unintentionally in order to pave the way for his son. His only son Carter is only 25 years old this year and is currently the president of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. The mayor of Leith clearly used his power to support Carter.

As the capital, Buenos Aires is not only geographically located, but also politically the center of the country. This is obviously an operation to train successors.

Sarmiento naturally understood the reason.

So despite being suppressed, he endured it.

Moreover, Mitre is famous for his hatred. He relied on his fierceness to successfully fight his way through Argentina and become the president. If there is no unexpected situation at this time, he is still strong and able to serve as the president of Argentina for at least another twenty years.

In 20 years, his eldest son Carter has been trained.

Because of this, Sarmiento has indeed been in trouble recently, changing his ways with the crowd and becoming a echo of President Mitre.

And this is exactly what Mitre wants to see.

So on September 25, 1878, with the support of Sarmiento, the Argentine Congress passed a resolution that Argentina would send an army of 200,000 to participate in Chilean peacekeeping operations, and the location would be in the United Kingdom. The city of Neuquén, the capital of the province of Rio Negro, is located on the Argentine side between the front lines of the army and the Dutch army, thus forming a triangular military feature.

The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs later stated that it would not allow its neighbors to be occupied by powerful countries, asked the United Kingdom and the Netherlands to exercise restraint, and asked the two countries to work with Argentina to ease tensions within Chile.

Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also stated that it would not allow Chile to become a territory occupied by major powers.

Well, many people in Argentina already regard Chile as their own.

Melbourne, Australia.

"Argentina is finally in the game"

William IV said proudly: "Now everything is ready, and the east wind has begun to blow."

Gerrit de Vries nodded and said: "At present, the UK seems to be acquiescing to Argentina's actions. It seems that the UK is indeed trying its best to win over Argentina."

"The most famous thing in British politics and diplomacy is not strength, but the most practical balance for them."

William IV followed disdainfully: "But that was based on absolute strength. Today, Britain does not have the same ferocity and strength as it did 20 years ago."

"Your Excellency Gerrit, now we need to strengthen diplomacy with Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Bolivia. Only by grasping these four countries can the next plan be steadily advanced."

Finally, William IV said: "The British Empire focuses on the sea. Although the army has been good over the years, it is only good."

The most powerful thing about Britain is its navy. Although its army is good, it has been the main reason for losing many wars.

William IV understood this exactly, so he enlisted the four South American countries to form a 50,000-strong army of the five-nation coalition in order to attack the weaker side of Britain.

The reason why Britain was made to wait so long this time was to allow Argentina to enter the game.

President Miter has become more and more powerful in recent years, and his cooperation with the Netherlands has been counter-intuitive. In recent years, he has been flirting with the United Kingdom. William IV naturally noticed Argentina's future strategy for the Netherlands. It’s too critical to miss.

Therefore, it is time to activate the dark chess of Sarmiento. Some people may say how the Netherlands mastered Sarmiento. William IV could only rely on the other party's ignorance and hide decades of spy training and Utilization may be a fantasy for many people, but exactly, William IV knew how to do it?