Chapter 697
From Margaret Thatcher's words, both Bush Sr. and Reagan could tell that the British Iron Lady Prime Minister has now made it clear that he is determined to turn Britain into a "pole" in a "multipolar world" with the help of economic and technological cooperation with the Eastern Union and regain the glory of the British Empire in the past.
It's not that Bush Sr. and Reagan are too careful, it's that Margaret Thatcher does have something to say.
"The Eastern Union Navy is an apprentice brought out by the British Royal Navy", how can such a sentence come out of the mouth of the current British Prime Minister?
If the apprentice is bullied, will the master find a place for the apprentice?
Not long ago, this Iron Lady was still helping the US government to advise on how to stop the Kra Canal project of the Eastern Union.
Reagan didn't want to mention how greasy it was at this moment. He never imagined that, with the long-standing and strong alliance between the United States and Britain, Margaret Thatcher would not be on the same side as him.
Damn the theory of a multipolar world!
Reagan is now almost certain that the current world pattern has begun to undergo unpredictable changes from the moment Sir Young put forward the theory of multipolar development of the world.
If even the British government supports the OUEC as the sixth permanent member of the UN Security Council, Reagan really doesn't know what other good way to stop the OUEC from succeeding.
As if she could feel the entanglement in Reagan's heart, Mrs. Thatcher sighed deeply and shook her head, looked at each other very seriously, and asked: "Mr. Reagan, why does the United States have to stand on the opposite side of the Eastern Union? Is it just because of the Kra Canal, which has no shadow yet? Or do you think that the Eastern Union has provoked the authority of the United States in the world and made you lose face, so you want to teach the Eastern Union a lesson?"
Seeing Reagan, he stopped talking. Mrs. Thatcher did not allow Reagan to answer, and then said in a solemn tone: "Your Excellency, I think there is something wrong with your current mentality! Or that your current thinking has fallen into a misunderstanding. Our current focus is on Europe, and in order to maintain a balanced confrontation with the Soviet Union's heavy armies in Europe, we have to spend a lot of money every year to ensure that we are not at a disadvantage.
We have all felt the same way, and I'm sure Andropov will feel the same way. Moreover, in order to maintain its huge annual military spending of the USSR in these years. It can be said that they have done everything they can to exploit and oppress their Eastern European allies, so that those socialist countries have long complained about the Soviet Union.
We only need to take advantage of the internal contradictions of these Eastern European countries for a great chance of turning these countries against us. This is the most opportune time to divide and dismantle the Soviet Union's alliance in Europe! On this issue, Mr. President and I, we have long agreed and we have been working tirelessly toward this goal.
If your country now makes an erroneous judgment because of the ASEAN affair and then creates a tense situation of military confrontation in Asia, given the current economic situation of our country, I will certainly not accompany you to increase our military spending again by a large margin. ā
Thatcher said that Reagan would not be worthy of being president of the United States if he did not understand it.
Speaking from the heart. From the perspective of America's global strategy, Reagan certainly knew that Margaret Thatcher was right.
The biggest adversary of the United States at the moment is the Soviet Union, not the Eastern Union. The reason why the Eastern Union chose to fall to the Soviet Union was caused by the fact that he, the president of the United States, was too strong. It's just that Reagan doesn't want to admit that mistake yet.
Reagan stared at Margaret Thatcher with a fixed gaze, and suddenly said, "What if we come forward and let your expeditionary fleet win and end the Falklands dispute in the shortest possible time?"
When Mrs. Thatcher heard this, the corners of her eyes twitched slightly, but then she returned to normal. With a confident smile, he said, "Without the help of your country, we can quickly end this military conflict in which the victory belongs to England!"
"Are you sure?" said Reagan's eyes froze. There was a look of obvious surprise on his face.
"Sure!" replied Mrs. Thatcher nodding without hesitation.
Mrs. Thatcher's rejection of Reagan's mention so simply was a big surprise to Reagan.
What is the reason why this Iron Lady suddenly became so confident? Reagan couldn't help but wonder in his heart.
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"Arrogant in the face of thousands of waves, blood is like the red sun, courage is iron, bones are like steel, and the mind is hundreds of feet. With a long vision, I work hard to be a good man...... Let Haitian gather energy for me, open up the world, and break through for my ideals......"
Rough and wild singing. Flutter in the night sky in the back garden of Mandalay's Governorate.
On the green lawn, Yang Weiping, Zhou Yuanchao, and He Guodong were lying on the grass with their heads on their heads, their backs facing the sky, their shirts unbuttoned, and their mouths full of wine howling into the air.
Around the three of them, no less than twenty canned beer bottles were scattered all around.
"The wolf smoke rises, the rivers and mountains look north, the dragon rolls, the horse neighses, and the sword qi is like frost...... How many siblings are loyal to their souls in other places, why not die to serve their families and country...... People look north, the grass is green and yellow, the dust is flying, I am willing to defend the land and reopen the territory, and the dignified China wants to let the Quartet come to congratulate ......"
"Hahaha! It's really happy, come, Brother Aid Chao, Brother Guodong, do another can!" Yang Weiping shouted loudly with a red face.
"Congratulations for Wei Ping's Quartet, it's done!" Zhou Yuanchao turned over and sat up, took the lead in raising his head and drinking all the beer, pinching the can with all his might, and throwing it far away.
"Okay, this is the last can!" He Guodong sat up as he spoke, and touched Yang Weiping, who was sitting up at the same time, with the beer can in his hand, "It's not too early, Wei Ping has to go back to accompany his bride to spend candles in the cave." ā
"Don't mind!" Yang Weiping shouted unhappily: "The three of us brothers finally got together, not to mention the candles in the cave room, even if the king of heaven is here, let him wait!
"I said He Guodong, since Wei Ping doesn't care that his Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, then let's sacrifice our lives to accompany the gentleman!" Zhou Yuanchao smiled very boldly: "If he wants to drink, we will accompany him to drink enough!" Come, Wei Ping, brother, I respect you!"
"It's not that you respect me. It's me who respects you!" Yang Weiping shook his head again and again in a drunken state and said: "You are the elder brother, I am the younger brother, how can there be a big brother who respects the younger brother, of course it has to be the younger brother who respects the eldest brother!"
"Okay, okay, don't respect me, I respect you. He Guodong put his hand around Yang Weiping's shoulder, and laughed loudly: "This can." Just for Wei Ping to really do this song of loyalty to the country in the lyrics of the Quartet to congratulate, everyone, do it!"
"It's done!"
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This night is the most drunk Yang Weiping has ever drunk in his life. In other words, with the amount of alcohol he drinks, he would have been drunk for so much that he would have been unconscious.
Perhaps it is because people are in good spirits on happy occasions, and by the way, even the amount of alcohol has increased. No, Yang Weiping is not only not drunk now, but seems to be more and more sober the more he drinks.
He Guodong and Zhou Yuanchao have been accompanying their father to Mandalay for almost three days. During this period, although Yang Weiping met with He Guodong and Zhou Yuanchao twice, Yang Weiping never found a chance to talk to his two eldest brothers.
Don't look at He Guodong and Zhou Yuanchao, they seem to be very close to Yang Weiping on the surface, but Yang Weiping feels that there seems to be an insurmountable gap between their brothers, so that he can't find the kind of family affection that brothers were happy together when they went to the countryside to join the queue as educated youths.
Maybe it's the passage of time that makes everyone grow, maybe it's the change of identity between each other, maybe it's ...... But no matter what, this is not what Yang Weiping wants to see.
Therefore, he took advantage of this wedding night of his. pulled Zhou Yuanchao and He Guodong to drink with him. He would not allow any kind of separation between their brothers, because he really cherished the hard-won brotherhood of this life.
In this small garden without any disturbances from anyone else. The indulgence of alcohol made the three young people unconsciously let go of each other's minds and relaxed. Yang Weiping finally regained the unrestrained feeling he had back then.
Raising his head and taking a sip of all the beer in his hand, Yang Weiping pinched the empty can shell with five fingers
"Brother Guodong, I still remember that year, I was sick and had a high fever, and you traveled dozens of miles of mountain roads overnight. Are you going to borrow me medicine?" Yang Weiping muttered with a confused look in his eyes.
"The career of educated youth is a life imprint that I will never forget in my life!" He Guodong nodded with emotion and said: "I didn't get the medicine back, your high fever suddenly subsided overnight, I haven't figured it out to this day, this is no medicine and no injection." And since you've recovered, it feels like you've completely changed as a person. ā
"Hehe, for this matter, Guo Dong has studied and analyzed with me that time when your kid had a high fever in his life. Zhou Yuanchao looked at Yang Weiping and said with a smile: "We are both a little skeptical, whether that high fever made your brain open the forbidden area of God in Western legends, which made your kid have a special function, not only is his brain smarter than Einstein, but also seems to be able to predict the future." ā
The strange experience of rebirth, of course, Yang Weiping can't tell anyone. Hearing Zhou Yuanchao say that the two of them had made up for this matter, Yang Weiping was naturally happy to push the boat along the water, and smiled lightly: "Special functions or something, that's all nonsense." However, the legend of the forbidden zone of God in Western society may still be a little reliable.
In recent years, the medical research department under the Tiangong Shi yĆ n room has made many special research propositions on the development of human brain cells. Since high fever can infect the meninges, why can't it stimulate brain cells? You must know that the utilization rate of brain cells in normal human beings is at most 5%~7%, and it can reach more than 8%, all of them are geniuses in various fields, and if they can exceed 10%, they are definitely geniuses among geniuses. ā
"And how much have you reached?" Zhou Yuanchao asked with wide eyes like a curious baby.
"I estimate maybe around 15 percent. Yang Weiping smiled indifferently and told a white lie against his will.
"I.fuck!" Zhou Yuanchao patted his thigh hard as if he suddenly realized, "No wonder your kid's brain has become so good!
"If you're not afraid of getting meningitis, just give it a try. He Guodong rolled his eyes at Zhou Yuanchao, "Wei Ping was able to get through that life and death pass, it was his parents' spirits in the sky who blessed him, and he didn't want to see their old Yang family cut off the incense, so he would be blessed by misfortune." ā
"Hey, hey, speaking of incense, Wei Ping, you are much worse than my brother and me in this regard. Zhou Yuanchao looked at Yang Weiping proudly and said with a smile: "I have two children with Guodong, where are the seedlings of your old Yang family?"
"Of course it's in my wife's belly!" Yang Weiping shouted unwillingly.
"Then why don't you hurry up and sow more seeds at the bride's now. He Guodong laughed jokingly: "Are you really willing to let your bride wait alone in the new house?"
"Don't be in a hurry for a while!" Yang Weiping smiled indifferently, and then his face turned apologetic, looking at Zhou Yuanchao and He Guodong with a little guilt, "Brother Yuanchao, Brother Guodong, I'm sorry, not only did I not catch up with the wedding of the two of you, but even your children were born, and I only found out when you said it just now." This is the little brother should not be, I will definitely make up for it with a generous gift as reparation!"
Zhou Yuanchao glanced at He Guodong, He Guodong nodded knowingly, and said with a smile: "Is it what kind of generous gift we want, and you kid agree?"
"It's a must!" Yang Weiping nodded without hesitation and replied: "You say, as long as I, Yang Weiping, can get it, I guarantee that the two brothers and the two sisters-in-law who have never met will be satisfied!"
He Guodong smiled half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Then I really spoke!"
"Just say!" Yang Weiping nodded vigorously very happily.
When He Guodong's words came to his lips, he suddenly turned his head and said to Zhou Yuanchao: "It's better for you to help the court!"
"Don't mind!" Zhou Yuanchao immediately shook his head again and again, "Didn't we all discuss it before I came, you told Wei Ping, why did you push it on my head again." I now only have ears, not mouths. ā
Seeing that the two brothers pushed it, Yang Weiping didn't have to guess to know what He Guodong was going to say next, it would definitely not be so simple.
"Brother Guodong, Brother Yuanchao, did you come here this time, did the top arrange a task for you?" Yang Weiping's face turned stern, and he looked at the faces of the two elder brothers very seriously.
"It's not a mission. He Guodong sighed and said with a wry smile: "You quietly made a 'joint statement of the East Soviet Union' with the Soviet Union, which made the domestic high-level feel quite passive. In particular, at your wedding banquet today, you suddenly said that you want OUCC to apply for the sixth permanent member of the UN Security Council, which has caused great controversy above. Wei Ping, can you sue me, are you from the Eastern Union, British, or Huaxia now?"
"Of course I'm from Huaxia!" Yang Weiping didn't want to reply categorically: "No matter what kind of skin my Yang Weiping wears, my body will always flow with the blood of the descendants of Yan and Huang......! I1292