A Dream of Jinling Chapter 347 The Profit-Seeker (4)

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In addition to the official document of the central government, Wang Mingshan's envoy also received a document with a higher level of secrecy from the Political Bureau. In this article, Wang Mingshan was told that the central government did not agree with his proposal to strike at British power in Egypt now. Having lost southern Africa, Britain simply lost access to the rich gold mines of the Transvaal. If Egypt is lost, Britain will lose its life.

The UK's share of the Chinese market is getting lower and lower, and its share of the European market is being squeezed by Germany, and places such as Canada and New Zealand have little population and limited markets. However, India, ruled by the Empress of India, has a population of hundreds of millions, a large number of resources, and is largely monopolized by the British. The British can sell whatever they want in India. What India needs, it can only be bought from British factories. As an object of bloodsucking, India could get rid of the British. As a blood-sucking side, Britain could not afford to lose India for a day.

If China seized Egypt, Britain's lifeline would be firmly held in China's hands. With Britain's stance and character, they must fight with China to the point where one side can no longer hold on to it at all. This has no interest in China. This document has already determined the central government's judgment on strategy, and has also drawn a bottom line for Wang Mingshan. However, Wang Mingshan did not decide to obey one by one.

After processing the simple order, Wang Mingshan received a guest. The guest had the appearance of an Arab, and his cheeks were tanned by the scorching sun near the Nile. Compared with him, Wang Mingshan is undoubtedly very fair-skinned. And Wang Mingshan asked in a very indifferent tone: "Mr. Abdullah, I don't know why you insist on meeting with me when you insist on not recognizing the legal system of the Sultan County. ”

As soon as the interpreter spoke this to Mr. Abdullah, Abdullah replied in Arabic: "Your Excellency, the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Since you have now agreed to meet with us, it means that there must be something that you can work with. ”

Wang Mingshan didn't trust Abdullah's words at all, Abdullah's boss's full name was Mohammed? Ahmed? Ibn? Assaled? Abad? Allah. Now, of course, the gentleman with a lengthy name calls himself "Mahdi". It has established its presence in large mountainous areas from northern Sudan to southern Egypt, as well as in impoverished areas.

The three Semitic cults are all one practice, and they must be written about the end of the world, and there will be a savior in the future that destroys the world. Judaism has Neo, the Messiah. Christianity simply allowed Jehovah's Son, Jesus, to bear the cross for mankind and atone for their sins in God's sight. Of course, at the end of the world, Jesus could rightfully demand that all mankind pay the debt they owe.

As for the Green Cult, there are also great heroes of the apocalyptic period. This hero, who was called the Messiah Mahdi, prophesied according to the Islamic scriptures "Hadith": he was a religious leader before the end of the world, a leader of Muslims, who came to earth to rule troubled times according to the holy law, upheld justice, eradicated tyranny, rectified all divisions within Islam, restored the faith of Islam, and ushered in a new era, reigning for seven years.

The gentleman born in the Sudanese region with a lengthy name declared that he was the legendary Mahdi, and set off a great rebellion. Wang Mingshan has no interest in religion, but he has no shortage of knowledge. Wei Zedudu once made public his attitude towards the three cults of Semites, "a scum full of nonsense", as a student of Wei Zedudu, of course, Wang Mingshan could not have a good impression of the scum.

"We're allowing you to hire people here." Wang Mingshan said frankly. Abdullah on the other side first showed a stunned expression on his face, and then a suspicious look. Population has always been a very important part of the existence in times of war, fighting, farming, paying taxes, and all of them are indispensable to dignitaries. It is a surprise that the Chinese side is willing to provide manpower to the Mahdi regime.

"If you take it away, you will take the whole family away, and if you take it away, don't come back." Wang Mingshan continued to explain his opinion. The northern part of Sudan is mostly Arab, and this self-proclaimed Mahdi brother is playing under the banner of the Green Religion, which is very annoying. If Mahdi could take all the Arabs away and plunge into a "doomsday war" that would end up with the British, Wang Mingshan would be overjoyed. Even if this kind of practice is contrary to the attitude of the central government, Wang Mingshan decided to carry it out first.

"What do you mean?" Abdullah was puzzled by this.

Wang Mingshan explained frankly, "If anyone on our territory joins your team, you must first sue them, and their entire family, whether men, women, or children, will be taken away." If you agree to our terms, we will promise you to pull people from us. Of course, you yourself have to take responsibility for taking people away. ”

Such a request was so appalling that Abdullah could not immediately judge. Wang Mingshan also stopped for a while, and made some corresponding considerations in his heart. In addition to these Arabs, Wang Mingshan recently decided to completely eliminate slave traders throughout Sudan.

Unlike the slave traders of the world's industrial countries, the slave traders in this ghost land of Sudan are mainly families and tribes. The Arabs took the blacks, the natives, and even the Arabs, selling them to slave buyers. The Chinese who first arrived here were not interested in stopping the slave trade, and as China spent time in East Africa, the consequences of the slave trade began to appear. As the slave trade grew, the slave traders grew stronger and stronger, and their unwillingness to submit to the East African regional government grew stronger. When China began to ban the slave trade in some areas, slave traders and vassals in those areas began to revolt.

With the ability of those scum, rebellion will naturally end up fruitless. But the matter was not simply solved, and too many people who had been smashed in their jobs hoped to overthrow the Chinese rule in Sudan. It's just that these people have families and mouths, and they are also the number one people in the local area. They did not dare to immediately resist the Chinese with firearms, so they could only swallow their anger for the time being. In 1883, however, the Mahdi rose up in recklessness and proclaimed on an island in the Nile that he was the savior of the end times, and that all who believed in Allah would be under his command. With Mahdi, the number one person appeared. On the basis of the same religious attributes, a large number of people defected to or supported the Mahdi.

The Mahdi was quite shrewd, and he first got some weapons from the British on the grounds of opposing China. After the defeat of the Chinese war, they immediately turned against the British with the remnants of their armed forces. The British did not expect that this Mahdi would turn his face faster than a book, and he did not expect that Mahdi would start negotiations with the Chinese after the British won the battle, and got a lot of weapons from the Chinese to fight the British ** team and the Egyptian army.

After years of war, the Mahdi established his regime in the mountains of southern Egypt as well as northern Sudan. The whole process presents a situation that is not easy for China to imagine. The Mahdi armed forces bought weapons and ammunition from China, the Mahdi armed forces beat Egypt and the British ** team, the Mahdi armed forces seized more plates, the Mahdi armed forces turned around and fought with China, the Mahdi armed forces were defeated, the Mahdi armed forces were driven to the northward area, the Mahdi armed forces continued to fight against the British armed forces, the Mahdi armed forces fought unfavorably, and the Mahdi armed forces bought weapons and ammunition from China.

At first, Chinese officials could not understand the logic of the Mahdi forces, but later everyone understood that in the eyes of the Mahdi forces, the Chinese were no different from the British. Who is the enemy of the Mahdi is simply because who is weaker at this time. Because the British ** team is weaker than China, it has become a victim of the Mahdi's armed knife. If the situation is reversed, the Mahdi will do everything in their power to move south and seize territory from the Chinese side.

"We can't agree to that." Abdullah still made a more sober judgment.

"If you can't agree, then we can't promise to continue to provide you with arms and equipment." Wang Mingshan did not hesitate to do this. If the Mahdi regime does not end up with the British in the fight, Wang Mingshan will see no reason to support the Mahdi regime.

“…… Your Excellency, could you please hear the purpose of my visit? Since Abdullah was reluctant to comment on the issue immediately, he was able to change his words smoothly.

"Please." Wang Mingshan also wants to continue the negotiations.

"We hope that China will accept Islam as the state religion of Sudan and accept Master Mahdi as its head." Abdullah said calmly, "If Your Excellency can agree, we Mahdi will fully support the Chinese regime. ”

Hearing such unashamed words, Wang Mingshan scolded angrily in his heart, how old do you think you are? However, Wang Mingshan did not lose his calm, he found a simple truth in his rich life experience that is not easy to implement, give the other party what they need, and it is easy for the other party to follow your baton. If Mahdi's regime continues to insist on being an enemy of China, Wang Mingshan's means are very limited. If the Mahdi regime has its own delusions about the East African administrative region, Wang Mingshan has the opportunity to intervene in the Mahdi regime in turn.

"Tell me the details." Wang Mingshan said.

Abdullah and Wang Mingshan talked for a long time, and after he left, Wang Mingshan first convened a meeting attended by lazy officials, and then Wang Mingshan was very dissatisfied with these officials, so he wrote a document to the central government, in which he proposed to "establish a diocese in northern Sudan and comprehensively promote Taoist dioceses in the four counties of East Africa".