But the British government has no reason to stop Yang Feng. You must know that under the current situation, this guy cannot be stimulated in any way, especially in this kind of project that can bring him huge income. Emperor Yang is very concerned about money.
But seriously, preventing him from making money is not much different from robbing his wife.
However, as the British Minister to China, Sado-Yi still needs to express the British government's position on this matter.
"Your Majesty, I think you should be aware of the current situation in Europe. Don't you think that if there is such a highway, it can easily be used by some ambitious countries?" He said as tactfully as possible.
"An ambitious country? Minister, are you kidding me? This road is on the land of the Ottoman Empire. Is the Ottoman Empire becoming ambitious now? How come I don't see that His Majesty Hamid has any negative feelings towards other countries?"
What's the intention?" Yang Feng said with a smile.
Since he was pretending to be stupid, Nazareth could no longer force him to express his position. However, when the Chinese road construction workers arrived in Baghdad and began to explore the route, the British government immediately announced that it would send more troops to the Mediterranean and send six older diesel engines to the Mediterranean.
The battleships were sent to Alexandria in Egypt. Obviously, once the war started, they would be used to blockade the ports of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If Italy also participated in the war, they would form a steel defense line on the Mediterranean with the Gibraltar fleet and the French naval fleet.
, firmly blocking the flow of oil from the Middle East to the Allied Powers group.
But on land, it is difficult for them to guarantee it. It depends on whether the Serbians are able to hold on to their country. Otherwise, Germany can still import crude oil directly from the Middle East through railways.
Of course, it’s up to the British to be vigilant. Anyway, Chinese road construction workers quickly completed line exploration and entered the construction stage. Although this is the world’s first highway, in fact, similar asphalt hardened roads have already been used in the world.
Countries have begun to popularize it. After all, with the development of the oil industry, a large amount of cheap asphalt is continuously produced as waste from refineries. Thousands of years ago, people in Baghdad already knew how to use asphalt to pave roads. There is no reason why people will not know how to use it thousands of years later.
Take advantage of it.
Especially in China, almost all major highways built in recent years are made of asphalt and hardened cement, especially the Beijing-Tianjin Expressway from Peking to Tianjin. Except that it is not completely closed, the standards in other aspects are no different from those of expressways.
, these now experienced road construction workers are nothing more than building the same highway according to some detailed indicators provided by Emperor Yang, and then surrounding both sides with barbed wire.
The total distance is only a little over 100 kilometers. And there are no rivers or mountains blocking the route. Hamid II has also prepared hundreds of thousands of migrant workers. It is estimated that it will be opened to traffic together with the Baghdad Railway in less than half a year.
Neither Yang Feng nor Hamid II paid for the construction of this highway. It was a low-interest loan provided by the German government to the Ottoman Empire government, with the five-year operating rights of this highway as a guarantee. To put it bluntly, the Germans paid for it.
They used the money to build this railway for five years. This shows that even if there was no crisis in Morocco, William and his ministers were not prepared to wait too long.
This is a money-giving deal for Yang Feng. Not only do most of the funds for road construction go into the pockets of the Chinese, but in the future the Germans will also have to purchase a large number of heavy-duty trucks from Kirin Automobile. Currently, except for Kirin Automobile, other trucks of this level are available.
Let alone the country, we can’t even imagine that with the strength of the German automobile industry, we can manufacture small trucks under five tons, and the total weight is five tons. They can indeed use the ones purchased from Bofors now.
of steel, and then create a diesel engine with a power of 5,000 horsepower.
But it is for ships and is extremely heavy. If they are asked to build a 300-horsepower diesel engine that can be installed on a truck, eh! Then one-third of their truck's tonnage will have to be used to accommodate this machine. If
Coupled with the gearbox produced by them, it would be even more exaggerated. It is estimated that Kirin Automobile will not see a worthy opponent for at least ten years.
Monopolies are all very arrogant, especially technology monopolies. Of course, political monopolies are even more arrogant. For trucks like this, after-sales service is the real money maker. How can it be compared to three hundred? Just kidding, at least it has to be
A thousand is enough, but you still have to put on a condescending face, as if you are giving alms.
As the Madrid Conference continues to drag on, the Moroccan crisis is gradually fading, especially in France. After the initial excitement, the people who are full of hatred for the Germans have slowly calmed down. After all, no one of these ordinary people will really like them.
During the war, even if the Germans still occupied the Alsace and Lorraine that once belonged to them, Napoleon III was largely responsible for that incident. Besides, the European countries were still so clearly divided.
If you really push it, everyone will lie down at the feet of the Romans and lick their feet? Who are the Italians looking for to reason with now?
Throw it away! Ordinary people still have to work for food and clothing. National hatred is national hatred. In a real fight, whether you win or lose, you have to shed your own blood. The French people still see this very clearly.
After the British missed the initial good opportunity due to parliamentary concerns and the French's petty thinking, Prime Minister Balfour also lost interest in taking action. Now the number of German perfect battleships has increased to sixteen, and the British have also
However, there is only twenty ships. Although there is a gap between the two sides, this gap makes it difficult for the Royal Navy to find confidence. Even if the allies are included, the number can still maintain an advantage of more than 1.5 times over Germany and Austria. However, considering that the main force of the Russian navy is trapped
In the Baltic Sea, coupled with those who currently have unclear positions, this advantage can hardly be said to be decisive.
After both Britain and France withered, the Madrid meeting finally allowed people to see something substantive. The French proposed that they could give up most of the projects to help Morocco carry out reforms, but Morocco's police power must be handed over to France and Spain for co-management. This
In fact, it goes back to the original solution to the Moroccan crisis in history.
But unfortunately, Germany at this time was not the Germany during the first Moroccan crisis in history. The police power was controlled by the French, which meant that the French could justifiably send a large number of armed personnel to Morocco and wait for them to use their guns.
After taking control of the Moroccan Sultan, is this country still different because they have the final say?
The Germans are not that stupid. Historically, they surrendered because the gap between the German Navy and the British Navy was so big that there was really no hope for a fight. But at this time, the German Navy had enough strength to support William's continued toughness.
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The Germans still cling to the original principle. No country can change the division of interests in Morocco jointly determined by all countries in 1880. Even if there is to be reform, everyone should work together to help the Moroccan Sultan carry out the reform. Why do you France
People go by themselves?
Of course, this is unacceptable to France. They have been struggling for so long and they can't gain anything at all, right? In fact, from the French government's point of view, this is already a step down for the Germans. Since we have all surrendered, you can't do anything.
You won’t give us any face, right? You can’t bully people like this.
It's a pity that the Germans have already seen their fierceness and inwardness. As the battleships have been put into service one by one, neither William nor Bülow have any worries anymore. Even if they really fight, there is nothing to worry about. In this case
, then bully the French! Who gives you the qualifications to bully them!
At the meeting in Madrid, the German negotiators arrogantly rejected all the conditions proposed by the French. In short, don't count on Morocco.
"Has the Sultan of Morocco said he wants to reform?" Yang Feng asked Zhang Quan curiously. He had just remembered that a group of people had been arguing there for more than half a year, and no one seemed to ask the parties for their opinions.
"No." Zhang Quan smiled and shook his head.
"Then did the Moroccan representative be invited to the Madrid Conference?" Yang Feng asked again.
Zhang Quan still smiled and shook his head. The Sultan of Morocco is not stupid. Although the Madrid Conference is studying him, he has no right to speak. If he sends a representative, no matter what kind of remarks he makes, he will offend someone.
The possibility of only Tyrannosaurus rex, in this case I should just wait for the verdict!
"Alas, this is the face of imperialists!" Emperor Yang sighed with contempt, as if he was not among those imperialists.
Of course, the wrangling of the European powers is already a very distant thing for him. At least judging from the current situation, it is enough to start a fight this time. Although he no longer cares about the war in Europe, it can be delayed for another year or two.
It's not a bad thing either.
Just when he was lamenting the shameless behavior of those imperialists, the Oriental luxury cruise ship sailing from China slowly docked at the port of Athens, the capital of Greece. Welcomed by the Greek royal family, the Queen of Austria held the gift given to her by Yang Feng.
Red pandas set foot on the European continent.
Her Majesty the Queen will stay in Greece for a month. She has a very good relationship with the Greek royal family. This country is where she will spend the most time in the rest of her life. Then she will take the train north to bridge this period of time between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Serbia.
On her way there, she will visit Belgrade, hoping to use her smile to dispel the clouds of war hanging over the two countries.
Unfortunately, what she doesn’t know is that her trip will ignite the fuse of a world war. As for herself, she will never be able to return to her country. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!