Yang Feng's words gave Canovas a feeling of pie-in-the-sky. To be honest, although Spain won the Spanish-American War, Prime Minister Canovas was not happy at all, because he knew very well that this was not a victory, it was just an armistice.
, once the U.S. naval strength develops enough to block the intervention of external forces, they will definitely attack Cuba again.
Fortunately, judging from the current situation, both Germany and Russia are very interested in the Caribbean, so forming a military alliance with them is the best way to avoid Spain completely losing Cuba in five years at most. Unexpectedly, he has not spoken yet.
, Yang Feng first took the initiative.
"Your Majesty, your proposal is very exciting." The old guy said with a happy smile.
"Then it's settled. I will propose it to Germany and Russia when I visit them. I think these two emperors will definitely not reject my proposal." Yang Feng said.
The Sino-Western, German-Russian Caribbean Alliance was something he had been brewing for a long time. Now that an enemy like the United States has knocked it down, it cannot be allowed to get up again. Just like how Japan dealt with China in later generations, as long as it sees signs of getting up, it will
Another blow with the stick, originally the biggest obstacle to this alliance was the United Kingdom, but at this time, the British cannot care about anything else. After the Fashoda incident is resolved peacefully, the next step will be the Boer War.
At that time, the British had no time to care about America. It was the time when they could do whatever they wanted.
We still need an excuse to start a war with the United States, and the war cannot be started by the Chinese. It is estimated that Germany and Russia do not want to start it either. In this case, let the Spaniards start it. Anyway, they are clamoring for it at home.
Go back to Florida and use this excuse to force the Americans to fight.
When they fight the Spanish again, China, Germany and Russia can confidently beat the United States with the alliance treaty. To be honest, Emperor Yang was also shocked by their industrial strength of building eight battleships and six large armored cruisers at the same time.
, didn’t they build more? Then there is no need to wait for them to be built all. The three battleships Chilshark, Kentucky and Alabama, which will be built before the war in the second half of next year, can be put into service, just after they are put into service.
It was sunk, and the huge investment made by the Americans was ultimately wasted.
First, help Spain cut off Florida from the United States. As for how the Spaniards will solve the problem that the immigrants there don't like them, this is not something Emperor Yang needs to consider. After this wish is achieved, he will try to seduce Texas to become independent. Anyway,
They were originally an independent country, but they joined voluntarily because they saw a future in competing with the United States. If the future of the United States becomes bleak, and China promises them military protection, it will not be difficult for Texas to become independent.
With a mind full of conspiracies, Emperor Yang left Spain and then arrived in London. After completing a series of ceremonial activities, he began to inspect his huge industries in the UK. During this period, he also accepted an interview with People's Radio, calling on Britain and France, which were at war with each other, to maintain
restraint.
"Where is Fashoda? To be honest, I was looking for it on the map until my eyes were dazzled before I found that inconspicuous place name, the world's number one UK and the world's second France. For a small place in remote and barren Africa
The ownership of the town is at stake, even to the point of mobilizing for war. It's like two distinguished gentlemen looking at each other angrily to pick up a cigarette butt dropped by someone on the ground. Isn't this funny?
According to my estimation, the economic value Fashoda can create in a year may not be able to afford the Rolls-Royce sedan driven by the Marquis of Salisbury. Is it worth going to war for such a place?" Emperor Yang asked with a question.
He commented on the Fashoda incident in a humorous tone. Although his words were a bit ironic, they still made the people of Britain and France feel the deep friendship.
He stayed in London for a full month before crossing the Channel to Paris, where he attended the premiere of DreamWorks' first feature-length feature The Count of Monte Cristo, which took two years to complete.
As soon as it was released, it created an effect of almost empty houses in Paris, and also made other investors who had just started to enter the film industry feel despair. Compared with this sound film, the things they shot were like children's play.
"How about it? I said that movies are a project that can make a lot of money. Just one week's box office revenue in Paris has already allowed us to recoup half of our investment. Think about it, as this movie becomes popular around the world, our
I'm afraid the box office will end up being dozens or hundreds of times our investment." Emperor Yang said proudly to the Lumiere brothers.
Now the two of them were completely stunned by the miracle they had created.
Of course, this movie cannot just be released in Europe, but also has to open up the American market. The Lumiere brothers separated, and the second brother went to the United States with a copy of the movie. The Yang Group will establish a new film company, and eventually create a horizontal film company.
A film empire spanning Europe and the United States. Of course, making movies is just a side business. The main business is to get movie copies directly from modern times. That is the real profit! In the time and space of the Republic of China, his Fox Pictures' profit contribution rate has always been
The top five are played more thoroughly in this era. There were a few opponents at that time, but now there are absolutely no opponents.
The release of this movie also brought Emperor Yang's reputation to a new level, especially among young European women, and set off a new wave of admiration. Countless love letters were sent to the Chinese Embassy in Paris every day.
The embassy asked the minister to pass it on to His Majesty the Emperor, which made Emperor Yang lament that he had so many celebrities.
After this cargo left France, it then went to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Austria, and then took a train to Hesse. The headquarters of the Central American Petroleum Company is in Ludwigshafen. This company is based on an oil company owned by BASF.
However, the oil field has never been found before, and BASF is headquartered in Ludwigshafen. Here Yang Feng and the Grand Duke of Hesse visited this world-renowned chemical company and decided to cooperate in the plastics industry. Originally,
Yang Feng has already started the production of polyethylene and polypropylene in China. However, due to the limitation of the number of workers, the promotion of plastic products around the world is slow, which is not conducive to increasing the competition for oil resources among countries, so he decided to put this good product into production.
Something to share with the Germans.
Leaving Hesse and continuing by train to Berlin, at Fort Charlotte Yang Feng formally proposed to William a proposal for the four countries to form a military alliance in the Caribbean. William certainly welcomed his idea. With the official development of the Guatemalan oil fields, the United States has already
It has become Germany's biggest enemy in the Caribbean, and crippling this country is Germany's most urgent need at present.
To be honest, it is unrealistic for him to go all out to open up the Americas. After all, there are British people at sea and French people on land who are watching Germany warily. His main force must stay in Europe and be able to maintain two battleships and five battleships.
An army of less than 10,000 people is already the limit in the Americas. Such a force is obviously unable to confront the United States. Even if there is a war between Germany and Germany, it is impossible for him to go all out. An alliance is the best way. The four countries of China, Germany, Russia and the West combined are enough.
Dealing with the Americans in the Caribbean.
After taking care of Germany, the next step is Russia. However, Yang Feng doesn't have time to go to Russia yet. He has to go to Sweden first, board the Nautilus to pick him up in Rostock and sail straight to Stockholm. After paying a visit to the Swedish government and royal family, he will transfer to his hometown.
Gothenburg.
This city is now almost completely surnamed Yang. Almost all residents work for the Yang Consortium or depend on the Yang Consortium for survival. Especially the shipbuilding industry has made this ancient city a holy place for the entire European industry. Along the coast
There are fifty shipyards of all sizes, ranging from warships to civilian ships, and none of them is idle. Even orders now have to be queued up.
Even for Yang Feng's own use and for external sales, this huge shipbuilding base is building four battleships at the same time, two for the Chinese Navy, two for the Russian Navy, and six large armored cruisers, two for China and two for Spain.
There are two Turkish ships, eight Soryu-class armored cruisers, two each from China, Russia, Spain, and Turkey, and as many as twenty destroyers. A total of 200,000 workers are working in this huge shipbuilding base. Among these workers are
Many of them do not need to pay wages. Not only do they not have to pay wages, their countries even have to pay Yang Feng a participation fee.
Especially for the four latest battleships, which are called perfect battleships, half of the workers involved in the construction needed to pay Yang Feng. Almost all major European countries, including Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Austria, Italy, and the Netherlands, sent engineers to ordinary workers.
team, here to learn how to replicate a battleship like this.
"A miracle, it's a miracle, or it should be described as a miracle!" Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Yuan Shikai looked at the steel city in front of him, which represented the pinnacle of industry, and muttered to himself as if he was stupid.
Emperor Yang was not interested in talking to him. He asked this guy to come here to accept the baptism of modern industry, or to be stimulated. Besides, this guy is busy now. He stood with a smile on his face next to a young woman in luxurious and noble clothes.
Said aside: "Alexandra, you can rest assured that before the end of next year, you and Nicholas will definitely see a battleship named after you on the dock in St. Petersburg."
He also did not expect that the Russian Empress would come to Gothenburg to pick him up in person on the grounds of visiting the battleships built for Russia by Yang's Shipyard. Her Highness Princess Alex, who had not seen him for several years, was already spreading like a ripe apple.