After more than two years of construction, the Williams Royal Palace has been largely completed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Pavilion in the East, Castle in the West.

Williams Royal Palace is a combination of Chinese and Western, complementing each other, located on the top of the mountain, which not only reproduces the magnificent majesty of the Qin Dynasty's Afang Palace, but also restores the grandeur of the ancient Roman city, which can be called the most awesome palace in the world's architectural history and has become the landmark building of the Williams Empire!

Henry reigns in the world, and he works in the front hall of Williams Royal Palace!

After seeing off the presidents of the four countries, Henry returned to the Royal Palace. In the office, the phone rang suddenly, and after answering the phone, Villerite hurriedly walked to Henry's side with a look of surprise on her face and said: "Your Majesty, Apollo Carroll, the governor of the 'Northern Province of Somalia', has called and said that Djibouti President Isaiah Wycliffe has hinted to him that Djibouti is willing to belong to the Williams Empire!"

After Somalia joined the Williams Empire, the Williams Empire divided Somalia into three provincial administrative units: Northern Somalia, Mogadishu City, and Southern Somali Province; Thus, the Williams Empire had a total of 9 provinces!

Apollo Carroll, who was originally the President of Somalia, has been appointed Governor of the Northern Province of Somalia.

"You mean Djibouti is willing to join the Williams Empire?" Henry asked again in uncertainty after a moment's pause.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" replied Villeria with a nodding of certainty.

Information about the country of Djibouti instantly came to Henry's mind. Djibouti is a country located on the west coast of the Gulf of Aden in northeastern Africa, bordered by Eritrea to the north, Ethiopia to the west, southwest and south, Somalia to the southeast, and Yemen across the Red Sea to the northeast. With a land area of only 23,200 square kilometers and a population of less than 830,000, the country is one of the least developed countries declared by the United Nations. However, Djibouti's strategic location is important because it is bordered by the Red Sea to the east and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which is the gateway to the Indian Ocean.

In addition, Henry still remembers that in order to weaken Ethiopia, he also sent people to secretly sow discord between Djibouti and Ethiopia and sabotage the signing of the peace agreement between the two countries.

It stands to reason that Djibouti's strategic location is so good, it belongs to "beautiful women taking the initiative to give them a hug", Henry should be happy, but he frowned.

"Your Majesty?" said Villette, looking at Henry with a look of confusion.

Henry shook his head and sighed: "Djibouti is a very hot potato!!"

After a pause, Henry continued, "Djibouti is poor in natural resources, 90% of the country is occupied by deserts and volcanoes, it can be described as poor and white, it produces neither food nor oil, and there is no fishing income, and the industrial and agricultural foundation of the whole country is also very weak, in this case, do you know how Djibouti makes money as a country?"

As the king's secretary, Willett had to know something about the world.

She thought for a moment and replied: "Your Majesty, Djibouti's offer to lease military bases accounts for more than 25 percent of Djibouti's income! The United States, France, and Japan have established permanent military bases here, and the United States alone will provide Djibouti with more than $60 million in base rent every year!"

Henry nodded and said: "Yes, it is precisely because of the garrison of the base that the problem is more tricky! France stationed three or four thousand troops here in the early years, and later, the United States also stationed troops here in the name of counter-terrorism. Since Somalia was incorporated into the Williams Empire, the United States knew that the Williams Empire was at odds with Japan, so in order to suppress the Williams Empire militarily, Japan was allowed to establish an overseas military base in Djibouti in the name of counter-terrorism and anti-piracy! Djibouti also became Japan's first overseas base, and it was also the first permanent overseas base! Originally, Japan was a defeated country in World War II, and the 1947 pacifist constitution stipulated that Japan's armed forces only had the right to self-defense, and it was forbidden to deploy military bases overseas, but by hugging their thighs and not having to take the United Nations in their eyes, Japan could not only establish military bases overseas, but also follow the United States to participate in various military operations, and had rich combat experience!"

Henry said, his brows involuntarily wrinkled into a "Sichuan" word, the Williams Empire had a conflict with France, and now there are Japan and the United States on the side, as if there are three bombs placed next to him, which may explode at any time.

And there are troops from other countries stationed here. Djibouti guards the Gulf of Aden, crosses the exit of the Suez Canal, and is far away from the Persian Gulf, which is the throat of maritime communication. The area around Djibouti is surrounded by so-called "terrorist" forces in the West, as well as pirates, which has led major powers to find excuses to intervene.

If Djibouti joins the Williams Empire, not only the United States, Japan, and France will oppose it, but other countries will also oppose it. Therefore, Henry did not have the slightest confidence in annexing Djibouti. The reason why Djibouti proposed to join the Williams Empire is probably because Djibouti saw that Somalia had undergone earth-shaking changes after joining the Williams Empire.

"Your Majesty, what should I do then?"

"Djibouti can't be annexed, but we have to make some preparations. Henry said with a smile: "According to statistics, about 30 percent of the world's oil passes through the Gulf of Aden, and Djibouti is located at the throat of this hub, and the world's major military powers have set up military bases here, the main purpose of which is to ensure the safety ......of its own country's oil transportation.

"Your Majesty wants to find an alliance with China?"

"You're only half right. There is nothing wrong with forming an alliance, and the other point is that once China establishes a military base in Djibouti, the main attention of Japan and the United States will be on China!" Henry said with a smile.

"Welllit, you replied to the President of Djibouti that because of pressure from the United States, Japan, France and other countries, the Williams Empire cannot agree to Djibouti's request to join the Empire, but we are willing to fund $100 million for comfort. It's over, you call China's diplomatic ambassador to the Williams Empire to support China's establishment of an overseas military base in Djibouti!"

"Yes!"

(To be continued.) )