Chapter 556: Yesterday Reappears (15)
"We have been informed that the East African Administrative Region is negotiating with Portugal to try to buy Angolan ......," recounted the British ambassador to China. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yao Bang, who listened to the narration, tried to keep a calm expression on his face, but his heart was actually up and down. It was the first time he was able to decide foreign affairs from the height of the presidency. The demands of the British were very clear, and they coveted the 'Free State of the Congo' controlled by King Leopold II of Belgium for a long time. This region produces rubber, ivory, gold and diamonds, which have long been coveted by the British. The reason why Britain acted behind the scenes and made Leopold II in Europe was to gain the dominance of the Congo Free State.
Although he was excited, Yao Bang also knew that the East African Administrative Region was not a part of his intervention. The Republic of China did not recognize the East African Administrative Region as a colony of the Republic of China, and officially considered the East African Administrative Region to be only an 'administrative region' run by a Liberator. So anything related to the East African Administrative Region is actually under the management of the Liberation Party.
"We want to be able to work with the UK on the iron ore issue in the Goa region of India." Yao Bang spoke his mind.
Goa is a Portuguese colony in India, with Portugal closely following the British urine, as long as the British and the Republic of China join forces, the Portuguese colonists in Goa probably have to obediently dedicate their underwear, not to mention the iron ore underground.
The British thought the same way, but the British began to bargain with Yao Bang and reached a basic agreement.
The agreement includes:
The Min Dynasty supported the British's control of the Congo Free State, and only took shares in companies that the British were prepared to intervene in, and did not take actual action.
Britain supported the Republic of China to obtain the right to develop minerals in Goa, which was controlled by the Portuguese, and set up a joint venture company to be responsible for mineral operations.
After the two sides agreed on the basic position, Yao Bang, who was the general secretary of the Liberation Party, began to change his identity and led the British delegates to meet with the Liberation Party unit in charge of East African administrative affairs, and the two sides reached several more agreements.
The East African Administrative Region and the United Kingdom agreed to cooperate in the construction of the Cairo-Cape Town Trans-2C Railway in Africa.
Britain strongly supported the plan of the Republic of China to build a trans-railway from Nanzhan to Luanda.
As soon as the agreement with Britain was signed, the German ambassador came to the door. After scolding the British for their despicability, the German ambassador bluntly proposed a plan to build the northern line of the 3B railway first. The Germans were well aware of who the supporters of the Serbian insurgents were, and that all the northern railways of Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the rest of the Ottoman Empire had been completed compared to the southern route, leaving only a few difficulties in crossing the Balkan Mountains around Bulgaria.
"Our Emperor hopes that these countries will come to Berlin and ask us to take the lead in this project." The tone of the German ambassador was very troubled and helpless.
Yao Bang first heard the German ambassador's words, then took a few seconds to understand the meaning of the words, and then he almost laughed out loud. It is not a secret that Wilhelm II was a middle two in the upper echelons of the countries. 'It's not me who is wrong, it's the world that's wrong', Wei Zedudu's evaluation of the second middle school was widely circulated in the upper echelons of the Min Dynasty. In the case of the 3B railway, it was originally necessary for everyone to have a meeting together to discuss the following cooperation intentions and cooperation difficulties. I didn't expect this Wilhelm II to have such a strong demand for face, asking a group of mental adults to bow to him, a mentally adult middle two. Yao Bang felt ridiculous and couldn't help but feel a little envious. At least the ministers of the German government couldn't do anything about the emperor, even if they knew that this was ridiculous, they still had to carry it out. In the Republic of China, the dignity of the president of the Republic of China could not do this.
The German ambassador came to plead, and Yao Bang changed his identity and ordered the Liberation Party advisory group in Hungary to help in this regard. The Hungarian Communist Party had no interest in bowing to Germany, and although there were comrades in the party who supported the speedy resolution of the diplomatic dilemma, there were also a number of local comrades who believed that Hungary should gain a favorable situation for Hungary by its own strength.
After giving the order, Yao Bang initially felt a little tired, it was not easy to make a decision on things, and it was a great drain on mental power. Soon, he felt a little inadequate. These things are still easy to deal with, just make a judgment based on the information provided below. The difficulty is a domestic issue, and the information presented below is unclear or even inaccurate. A lot of things have to be determined by Yao Bang's guessing.
Not long ago, the Sixth Five-Year Plan, which was finally concluded, was completely focused on the military-style plan. All the content is well organized, but it must be implemented in violation of the rules of officialdom. The whole process made Yao Bang infinitely hateful, and the comrades below also complained. However, the Seventh Five-Year Plan presided over by Yao Bang also made Yao Bang infinitely painful, and the comrades below were too kicking their noses and faces. All of them have put forward all kinds of difficulties, and if we follow the data that can be completed by these comrades, the total data of the Seventh Five-Year Plan will show a situation of overall regression. Even Yao Bang, who has a lot of respect for local comrades, knows that this is absolutely not going to work. In the end, Yao Bang was very unhappy to take out a five-year plan development data and development priorities, and submitted it to the Party Central Committee headed by Governor Wei Zedu for review. Yao Bang suddenly liked Wei Ze as the governor of Wei Ze in his heart, if there was no Wei Ze's existence, Yao Bang could use the identity of the first person in the People's Dynasty to give orders, and no one dared to supervise Yao Bang anymore.
For example, Wang Mingshan is not qualified to see the classified information of North America, but the intelligence of the European side is disclosed to Wang Mingshan. After reading these decisions, Wang Mingshan didn't think that there was a big problem with the decisions here, but the people who made these decisions were very problematic. Such casual decisions have never been the style of Vizetuo. It's just that at the moment, Governor Wei Zedu didn't say anything, and Wang Mingshan didn't want to be a bird.
After thinking about it, Wang Mingshan finally made some arrangements for the Goa region. The first is to add some money to his eldest son and take out a loan to buy another 20,000-ton iron ore carrier. From Europa's analysis, Italy attaches great importance to high-quality iron ore in the Goa region. At a time when the situation in Europe is becoming increasingly tense, it is natural that Italy also wants to have strong heavy industrial capacity, and the demand for high-quality iron ore from Goa is increasing.
Wang Minghai also asked the Marquis Grace to persuade her Italian bank to invest as much money as possible in the petroleum and chemical industries. Europa Bank, a subsidiary of the Republic of China, as the black hand behind it, can also make a lot of profits from the development of these two major industries.
After the two things were arranged, Wang Mingshan put away his retirement application and began to wait for news from Goa. At his age, there was no way he could have the slightest chance to go further. In fact, young people have long hoped that Wang Mingshan, an old man in his sixties, would get out of his hands quickly. It's just that Wang Mingshan is a genuine founding brother, so there's nothing he can do about him. can only wait for the system to automatically clean up old guys like Wang Mingshan.
On April 1, 1905, all the national plenipotentiaries along the 3B railway arrived in Berlin. The Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Emperor really did not want to accompany the middle two middle-aged fools, and the Hungarian president did not want to be provoked by the German Emperor. However, there is another benefit to the second disease, and he really endured it in the face of the ignorance of adults. At this time, Emperor Wilhelm II was keen to design a new type of German battleship, so he simply came out to sign the 3B railway agreement, and left the venue impatiently to continue the great work of drawing.
Although this approach is really enough for the second second, I have to say that everyone present is greatly relieved. This is sometimes the case with secondary two diseases, but when everyone thinks that secondary two patients will make a big news at a critical moment, they disappear without a trace. Based on everyone's panic about the second disease, everyone rejoiced and even forgot about the faux pas.
The real managers immediately discussed the details of the 3B railway, and it was determined that the Bulgarian part could be completed by the end of the year. As for the troublesome aspects of railway cargo management, everyone is willing to discuss it. Transit fees are relatively fixed and negotiable. Theoretically, the 3B railway is mainly used for oil passages, but everyone can understand that there will be a lot of manpower movement in the future.
The details are cumbersome, there is a lot to consider, and new issues often arise suddenly, and the discussion time is extraordinarily long. After three days of closed-door meetings, everyone came up with a charter. The problem with the northern front is Hungary's 'goodwill', and in order to get Hungary's goodwill, other countries have to show goodwill as well. The noose around the Hungarian neck was replaced with a ribbon. Even though the Hungarian side was very dissatisfied, their young foreign minister was calm enough and agreed to the conditions after doing his best.
Holding the agreement in his hand and reading it carefully, Wang Mingshan saw that the countries surrounding Hungary, except for Russia, had resumed their previous imports of Hungarian products, especially wine. In the case of the landlocked Hungarian countries, it is unlikely that a solution will be made once and for all. In such an era of drastic change, if you want to turn over, you have to wait for the opportunity.
The Hungarian problem is solved, and the Goa problem has a result. Faced with reality, the Portuguese chose to compromise, and the 95% joint venture company won the right to prospect and exploit all the minerals in Goa, and the Portuguese only charged a fee per ton. Wang Mingshan immediately sent a telegram to his son and warned him, 'Don't be angry about how much money others make, just concentrate on your transportation.' People have earned a mountain of gold, but we still have to eat our own business.'"
Compared with these two, what Wang Mingshan is least worried about is what happened to Grace. And things turned out as Wang Mingshan expected, and Grace persuaded the shareholders of her Italian bank to devote all their resources to petroleum and chemical industries. Europa Bank has de facto controls in the oil and chemical industries of these companies.
Wang Mingshan originally planned to insist on it for more than a year or two years, but with the current situation, he only needs to persist for half a year. With such a mood, Wang Mingshan took out the retirement report again. The reign looks majestic, but retirement also has the benefits of retirement. Just as Mr. Wang was observing the development of events and calculating when to hand in his retirement report, he saw an exclusive interview with Mr. Yao in The Times. Even the dialogue of 'hey, hey, hey' was written in the interview, which made Wang Mingshan stunned.
The Times harbored evil intentions and wrote stories in a very frivolous way. However, Yao Bang's remarks included that 'if it weren't for the peace policy pursued by Governor Wezedu, we might have more choices now' and 'we will naturally strike at our dishonest neighbors.'
When Wang Mingshan saw those paragraphs, his evaluation of this was, 'You really haven't been an official'!
Wang Mingshan didn't remember this kind of ridicule himself, because he saw a paragraph written in the Times, and the reporter asked what the philosopher Wei Zedudu liked to read. Yao Bang replied, 'Du Du is a philosopher and a historian, and I heard that he has also seen the golden plum, hehehe'.
Wang Mingshan, who saw this, initially felt that he was dazzled, but after making sure that his translation was correct, he tore up the newspaper in a fit of rage.