While hesitating, Yang Feng's mind suddenly clicked, and he remembered something important. He got up from his very uncomfortable throne, and then rushed towards the world map on the wall, just like a hungry tiger attacking its food.
This made Haijing and Barburufu confused.
Emperor Yang lay in front of the huge map and searched for it for a while, then turned his head and said to them seriously: "Everyone, let's put aside the issue of the naval base for now. I have a big project here. We might as well get rid of it.
We have invited ministers from several major countries other than the United States to see if there is any possibility of cooperation."
"Your Majesty, what do you think?" Haijing looked at his paw on the Isthmus of China and seemed to have vaguely guessed something.
Yang Feng smiled grimly and drew a line in Panama and said: "I want to build a grand canal here that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and then we will wait together to collect tolls from the Americans."
However, his great plan did not achieve the desired results. Haijing and Barburufu looked at each other and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, maybe you don't know that the French have dug canals here a long time ago.
But they lost a full two billion francs, and finally had to declare the Panama Canal Company bankrupt, and do you know how many workers died there because of yellow fever? A full 20,000 French workers."
"Yellow fever?" Yang Feng said with a smile: "Your Excellency, Minister, have you forgotten my talent in medicine?"
"Your Majesty, can you cure yellow fever?" Haijing exclaimed.
"Treatment? Why should I treat it? Can't I just vaccinate all the workers directly? Then you can throw him into the yellow fever virus tank and he won't get the disease. Anyway, I can assure you that when the time comes,
No matter what the disease is, it is not worth mentioning to me.
The second is the technical issue of digging. The French made too many mistakes on this point, but I will not make their mistakes. I will come up with a complete set of technical solutions, which is definitely the most efficient. In addition, don’t forget that I am still
As the world's leading construction machinery manufacturer, am I going to dig with a shovel like the French? No. I will show you what fully mechanized operations are, with excavators, bulldozers, large trucks, whatever you want.
The only remaining issue is investment. For such a great project, I hope all my friends will join in and jointly form a Panama Canal company, including the British, the French, and of course the Americans." Yang Feng said proudly.
said.
The two of them immediately understood what he meant. Once the British were invited into this plan, they would be embarrassed to say anything on the Haitian issue.
"Your Majesty, can we see your miraculous drug that can resist yellow fever? If it can be tested in Haiti and Dominica, it will definitely help our plan." Hai Jing said very seriously.
When conducting military operations in the Caribbean, yellow fever is a threshold that must be faced. A large number of Americans died of yellow fever during the Spanish-American War. During the war between Haiti and the French when Haiti became independent, the French Expeditionary Force was purely
Defeated by this horrific disease, tens of thousands of people died in the hot jungle. If they wanted to rob these two places, they would definitely have to face this problem.
"Okay, you can give me some time. I have just finished it in the laboratory and have not started mass production yet, but I must explain that this drug is only for prevention and is of no use to those who are already sick. Before you proceed,
Before the action, I will inject all your troops with this drug, and then you can prove it by seeing if anyone is sick when fighting in the jungle." Yang Feng said, he did not buy a few yellow fever vaccines.
This thing needs to be purchased on a large scale. In addition, he also needs a complete set of Panama Canal excavation materials, which are also easy to handle.
After receiving Yang Feng's invitation, British Minister Dou Nale and French Minister Bi Sheng both rushed over. When Yang Feng described his Panama Canal plan to them, both of them were almost stunned.
Especially Bi Sheng, you have to know that the Panama Canal is a shadow that will never go away in the hearts of the French. A total of two billion francs were invested, but now it has left an unfinished project and the corpses of tens of thousands of workers. Countless French investors have lost their money.
Some of them were even forced to jump into the Seine River when they returned home. At this time, Yang Feng suddenly told him that he could solve all the nightmares they had. It was indeed difficult not to drive Bi Sheng crazy.
"Oh my god, Your Majesty, why didn't you show up ten years ago? Do you know how many French people died in that rain forest? A total of 20,000 people, all because of that damn yellow fever. If it weren't for this horrible disease,
We can completely bear the purely investment issue." Bi Sheng howled.
As soon as he finished speaking, there were immediately alert looks around him. This guy was also a smart man, so he quickly smiled and shut up.
"Mr. Minister, it is useless to say this now. Your Panama Canal Company has gone bankrupt, and we need to establish a new company. Now we have five companies here, each with a 20% stake. France will directly
Using the assets of the original Panama Canal as shares, the remaining additional investment will be jointly borne by the four of us. It is estimated that the additional investment will not exceed 20 million pounds per family. I don’t care how you raise it when you go back. Anyway, I am doing it myself.
invest.
But before that we need to solve the problem of the local government of Panama. This place belongs to Colombia, but obviously not all cats and dogs can participate in a feast like ours, so my proposal is for the five of us to jointly take over this place.
Or let our New Panama Canal Company take over, I wonder if you have any objections?" Yang Feng said.
The remaining four quickly shook their heads. Together, these four families are actually the masters of the world. Even if they say that they will destroy the entire Colombia, it is just a matter of words, let alone just robbing.
They only have a small area, and a small country like this is really not qualified to participate in such a good thing.
"Okay, this problem is solved, now there is the next problem. The Kaiser, the Emperor of Russia and myself, in order to ensure continued peace in the Caribbean and prevent the United States and Spain from going to war over Cuba again, decided to continue to maintain it there.
International surveillance fleet.
But we must have a rear base, which cannot be anywhere in the United States or Cuba, so we decided to obtain a port on Hispaniola. We hope to gain understanding from the British and French governments." Yang
Feng said.
"The French government has no objection to this. We very much hope that you can bring modern civilization to those barbaric black people." Bi Sheng shrugged and said. It is also a place where the French will always be sad. Poor sages from the Revolutionary era, naively
They hoped to give freedom, equality and fraternity to those niggas, but what they got in exchange was a bloody massacre of white people. Now the Germans and Russians want to beat them. No matter what the result is, the French like it.
"Of course, if the Haitian and Dominican governments do not agree, we will inevitably take some necessary measures, and this will be the best opportunity to test my medicine, not only for yellow fever but also for malaria and cholera, which are common infectious diseases in tropical areas.
Yang Feng said looking at the calm Dou Nale.
"Your Majesty, you know that I cannot represent the attitude of the British government. I must seek instructions from the country." Dou Nale said, in fact, the British government will definitely not interfere. After all, Germany and Russia are strong enough together, and those black people are against the British.
Of little value.
"Of course, I'll look forward to the good news." Yang Feng said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, do we need to go that far to dig a canal? Twenty million pounds is enough for us to build thousands of miles of railway." After these guys left, Li Hongzhang, who had been listening silently, asked in confusion.
Not only him, but also the Minister of Internal Affairs Xue Fucheng and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Quan don't understand. After all, domestic construction is now in need of large sums of money. Even if the emperor is rich, more than 100 million taels of silver are spent on thousands of miles.
It’s also very distressing outside.
"Do you know who China's biggest enemy will be in the future?" Yang Feng said lightly.
"Russia." Zhang Quan said without hesitation, and the other two people nodded immediately. This is very clear from Yang Feng's strategy over the years.
"No, Russia is not worth mentioning. This country will collapse on its own without us taking action. Moreover, Nicholas has too many enemies. We, Turkey, Germany, and even the United Kingdom do not like him. Although he seems powerful,
But it is surrounded by enemies on all sides, not to mention that the domestic situation is extremely unstable and may turn into a powder keg at any time. This country is not worthy of our real fear.
Our biggest enemy in the future is the United States. You always say that steel represents the strength of a country. Do you know how much steel production the United States produced last year?" Yang Feng looked at Zhang Quan and said. The official shares of Hanyang Steel Plant have been listed as a government-owned enterprise.
The reform method was sold to the Zhang family, which can be said to be the number one in China's steel industry.
Zhang Quan shook his head knowingly.
"Last year, our annual steel production totaled less than 800,000 tons. This has made you ecstatic and you think that China has become stronger, but do you know? Last year, the United States' steel production exceeded 9 million tons, accounting for 10% of the entire world's steel production.
The proportion of steel production exceeds one-third," Yang Feng said.
This figure frightened Li Hongzhang and others. To be honest, even Lao Li, who had just visited the United States, obviously did not realize that this country's industrial strength was so strong. Nine million tons, Zhang Zhidong's Hanyang
The steel plant has been working hard for many years, and last year it just exceeded 300,000 tons, and its beard has reached to the sky. When Zhang Quan heard this figure, he felt like blushing.
PS: I made a mistake, the Panama Canal hasn’t been dug yet!