"Constanta Fire Revealed!"

"The shadow behind the fire in Constanta!"

"The relationship between the Chinese and the fire in Constanta!"

"Could it be that the Chinese set the fire in Constanta?"

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After reading the headline of a Romanian newspaper, the Chinese ambassador to Romania put the newspaper on the coffee table in front of the Romanian foreign minister, and put seven or eight minutes of the newspaper in front of the Romanian foreign minister. The Chinese ambassador to Romania was no longer angry, he just asked flatly: "Can we understand it this way, this is already the official position of Romania, at least the official rhetoric......

The Romanian foreign minister was also very uncomfortable with the contents of the newspaper, and the investigation into the fire has probably taken a rough direction more than ten days after the fire. Several burnt bodies were found inside the fire, according to testimonies collected by the police. These unlucky bastards who were burned to death were working in the pasture warehouse. This time the carrying of the grass contributed a lot, and it was also the salary of this time. With money in their hands, they drank very well in the tavern, and stumbled with a lantern when they went out. It's very likely that they accidentally ignited the hay in the warehouse when they returned to the warehouse.

But in this day and age, this can only be a possibility that is raised during police investigations. At the moment when Constanta suffered such huge losses, no one dared to be so sure that a few drunks had caused the fire.

The Romanian Foreign Minister could only reply to the Chinese ambassador's clear question: "This is just a newspaper statement, and our government has never made such an explanation about it." ”

After saying this, the Romanian foreign minister felt a little timid in saying this, and he began to blame the Chinese ambassador, "If your ship had not fled the port immediately in the face of the fire, and if the crew of your ship had been engaged in firefighting operations at this time, I believe that in our perception there would not have been such a bad thing." ”

This accusation is really speechless, and the Chinese ambassador has not been able to find the words to respond immediately. TM There was a fire in Romania, why did the Chinese crew have to fight the fire? In the night when the wind is rushing and the moon is dark, the Chinese ships must of course choose to protect themselves. Romania's argument could have been raised at a time when relations between China and Romania were very close, and the two countries have only been in diplomatic relations with each other for four years. There is no friendship at all.

Finally breaking free from his anger, the Chinese ambassador said: "Since you accuse China of not participating in the firefighting, it means that your country does not think that this incident is China's problem." ”

The foreign minister was unable to deal with this acute question. After recovering from the shock caused by the fire in Constanta in the past few days, the Romanian foreign minister has a more objective view on this, and he clearly feels that this incident is deep.

The mobilization of the Romanian Navy, which in itself is an order that only the big man can give. Under the circumstances, all everyone thought about was fighting fires, and who would suddenly think of sending the navy to chase the ships leaving the port. Moreover, the Chinese ship is expected to leave the port the next day, and if the Chinese ship really wants to escape, it will be good to slap its ass and slip away after escaping the fire that night. Why wait until the next morning in the waters outside the harbor?

As for such an overwhelming statement in the newspapers, such a consistent caliber. There must be a part of following the trend, but the person who provokes this kind of limelight can never be so simple. The reason is simple, who would be okay with a foreign merchant ship fleeing a burning port? If this is regarded as an object of suspicion, what about the ships that have fled from the port in their own country? Even if someone deliberately set fire to this matter, where are the fools in the struggle at the national level. It is really the Chinese who do it, and they will definitely choose the right time to avoid being suspected.

Of course, the Romanian foreign minister understands this, but it is precisely because he understands that he can only deal with what seems absurd. If you get involved in this matter when you don't know who is behind it, it will definitely not end well.

The talks did not come out of the way, and the two sides expressed their opinions, and the meeting was over. The Chinese ambassador could not have just admitted such a big thing. Whether the arson was arranged or not, it's hard to say. After all, Romania has suffered such a big loss, unless it has a deep hatred with China, or at least it has been forced to the point of desperation, otherwise no one dares to guarantee that this matter will not be known to outsiders, and once the deliberate arson is poked out, it will be an extremely major diplomatic crisis.

However, there must be countries that take advantage of this, and this is the kind of agile response that can only be achieved by the great powers that have long been planning to find an opportunity to deal with China. This suggests that there are certain people with strong views in the internal Romanian faction. But what kind of strong proposition it will be, the Chinese ambassador has not been able to come up with.

On May 19, a Russian newspaper published a piece of news. The Oro League, which had existed since 1883, stipulated that if Russia attacked Romania, Austria would come to Romania's aid. Later, Germany also joined the treaty. This contradicted the Three Emperors Alliance, which was later renewed.

Russia has always considered itself to have good relations with Germany, and it is generally regarded in the Russian upper and middle classes of society that Germany is at least to some extent a reliable partner. I didn't expect this reliable partner to view Russia's expansion in Central Europe and the Balkans in this way.

What particularly upset the Russians was the Romanian position. Romania's complete independence was not due to their own capabilities, but to the Tenth Russo-Turkish War. Russia paid more than 200,000 people in blood, and Bulgarian militias suffered nearly 100,000 casualties. Because he failed to do his homework on the Pleven Fortress, the final goal of the war was not achieved. The only beneficiary of this was Romania, a country that had overcome complete independence by stepping on a mountain of Russian and Bulgarian corpses. Within a few years of Romania's independence, they gave Russia a defection to the Austrians and a secret treaty against Russia.

Russia had been competing with the Austrians for Central Europe, so the attitude of the Austrians was not unusual. The anger of the Russians went straight to the Germans, and on May 20 the Russian ambassador to Germany begged Bismarck to explain this.

Chancellor Bismarck looked at the agitated Russian ambassador and said lightly, "Do you think that Germany has so many troops at its disposal to aid Romania?" ”

The answer was so straight to the core, and the tone was so calm, that the Russian ambassador was a little confused. for he himself truly believed.

The ambassador did not ask any more about the fact that in this era if every secret treaty is to be realized, it is possible for almost every European country to go to war with all the other countries of Europe "under some conditions". But also for the war alliance to participate in all the leading European countries in turn. This is the current situation in Europe, where there are too many conflicts of interest and too much cooperation. In the midst of this intricate relationship, everyone wants to find a true core criterion that can determine who is a friend and who is an enemy. Sadly, however, it turns out that there are no core standards that are known. The interests of different times and the conflicts of different regions make it necessary for all kinds of treaties to have very clear time limits. In other words, a friend one second is a mortal enemy the next.

Russian newspapers also published a number of opinions within Russia, questioning "Is Germany a real ally to be trusted?" With this in mind, many Russian intellectuals put forward the idea of an alliance between Russia and France. Today's France has always been the biggest pillar of Russia's financial community. Issuing bonds, investing in Russia, the French contributed greatly. In contrast to the enthusiasm and efforts of the French, what Bismarck did in Germany was to prohibit the mortgage of German banks with Russian bonds.

As soon as the news reached China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made its own judgment. Li Xin's report to Weser focused on "Europe's Covenant Vertical and Horizontal."

It is beyond their capacity for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately and properly resolve the Romanian problem for the time being. But the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no problem finding similar cases based on China's long history.

During the Warring States Period in China, there were about vertical and horizontal, and there was even a special term "vertical and horizontal". At that time, among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, the Qin State was in the west, and the Qi State was in the east. Once these two powers are in agreement, they will be able to act against the countries that are located between the two countries. And the states of Yan, Korea, Wei, Zhao, and Chu will be able to concentrate their forces to attack Qin and Qi once they make an appointment. Whether it was the Duke of Wei, Xinlingjun, who relieved the siege of Handan, and attacked Hangu Pass in turn. or the almost complete occupation of Qi by the Yan State, which is a typical case of the Covenant.

If this is applied to Europe, once France and Russia form an alliance, it will be a treaty. The two countries, one south and one north, can exert strong pressure on Central Europe, which is in the middle. And whatever Germany's attitude towards Russia, it is now clear that they are on the verge of succession. Once Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the countries of Central Europe were united, they could have a great impact on the situation in Europe as a whole.

Among other things, once Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Romania reached an alliance to prevent Russia from moving south. Russia simply could not do anything to the Ottoman Empire from the European part. Originally, the reason why Russia was able to do this was that Romania was once a subject of the Ottomans, so Romania opened its territory and allowed Russian militarists to pass through Romania to the south.

If you look at the situation in Europe from this perspective, many things will be completely different. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Romania greatly helped the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish war. There was no need to worry that the Russians would attack the Ottoman Empire through Romania, so the Ottoman Empire would only have to deploy the main force of its army in the Asian part of the border with Russia.

The Ottoman Empire's naval strength is now above that of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, at least on paper. If you only hold on to the Caucasus, the power of the Ottoman Empire will be enough to protect itself.

This analysis of the general situation is also reliable, and in the face of Russia, the "two Austrian empires" of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, which were also vying for Central Europe and the Balkans, had very similar interests.

And the Russians were not lightly stimulated this time, so some unofficial information also leaked out. One of the leaks is that it is said that in the Three Emperors Alliance, Austria reserves the right to annex the two provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina at any time. Both Germany and Russia recognize this.

Europe's complex internal struggles gradually began to emerge in this dispute. In Central Europe and the Balkans in particular, the struggle is far more complex than previously estimated.

"It seems that the British really want to keep Central Europe and the Balkans stable?" Weeser said after seeing the documents of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Whatever the original intentions of the British, the Ottoman Empire's rule over Central Europe and the Balkans undoubtedly gave this powder keg region a safety valve. Everyone could fiercely criticize the Ottoman Empire's evils, but the Ottoman Empire's efforts to give the Balkans a nominal owner were a great contribution to European peace. If the Ottoman Empire's rule in Central Europe and the Balkans collapsed, all the major countries on the continent would fight for them.

"Your Majesty, which side are we looking for to have real influence over Romania?" Li Xin raised a question.

"What do you think?" Wei Ze asked Li Xin rhetorically.

"On the surface, we should have a better effect if we look for the Austrians." Li Xin said.

This is clear, since the relationship between Austria and Romania has reached the point of military alliance, the matter of China is nothing in the eyes of Austria. A letter is enough to solve this problem.

"But it might be nice if we got the Russians to come in, right?" Li Xin proposed a way to look at the longer term. Taking advantage of Russia, in fact, belongs to a sword to take the line of the front, at least Russia can exert tremendous pressure on these countries that have a lot of contradictions with China, and more importantly, Russia does not seem to be opposed to doing so so far.

However, after Li Xin finished speaking, he added his opinion, "Of course, now I still suggest contacting Austria-Hungary." They were able to help us solve the problem immediately. Anyway, get people back first. ”

"In the long run, I have always discouraged support for Russia." Weeser said. This is the experience that history has given him, and Russia has been an unreliable lord in history. Commercial credit is completely unconsidered, and for hundreds of years, Russia may have had some commercial credit only when Uncle Iron Man was around. It was also a blessing from the Great Depression, coupled with the large amount of gold that Russia mined from the Asian part of Russia, and the fact that Russia was trying to squeeze the peasants to export grain.

Strategically, during the First World War, Russia was defeated by Germany on the Eastern Front with much smaller troops, which was a special feature of the era of Russia's lack of industrial strength. During World War II, when the industrial power was very strong, Russia first wanted to strangle fascist Germany with Britain and France, and saw that Britain and France were playing with trouble, and Uncle Iron Man immediately turned around and cooperated with Mustache to carve up Poland, and stood by while Germany solved France.

However, Uncle Iron Man also made a plan for a heavy thunderstorm, hoping to stick a knife in the back when the mustache and England were exhausted.

Of course, these are the tasks that politicians have to do, but this attitude of Russia is very undesirable. After World War II and before the end of the Cold War, there was a wonderful saying, "All those who came into contact with the Soviet Union because they fell in love with communism ended up on the hostile side of the Soviet Union." "This is enough to explain the Russian behavior.

When China and the United States are in a very fierce confrontation, as long as the two sides solve the strategic issue, even in a situation of great strategic confrontation, they can maintain a state of mutual cooperation as much as possible and not tear their faces apart. This is not necessarily determined by the capacity of China's diplomacy, but by China's strategic considerations.

So Weeser said: "Cooperation with Russia is unreliable no matter how you look at it." ”

"We're not trying to work with Russia, we're going to take advantage of Russia." Li Xin said.

Hearing this, Wei Ze smiled, "Who is more stupid than anyone in this world." Minister Li, don't mention the so-called use of the word at all. If we want to use Russia, the most likely thing is that Russia will use it in reverse. In this world, what can really work is not conspiracy, but conspiracy. ”

"What is the meaning of Yangmou?" Li Xin didn't quite understand.

"The conspiracy is to dig a pit for people to jump." Wei Ze explained, "Our Guangfu Army doesn't like to do this, and it is better to kill it directly if we have the kung fu and strength to dig a pit." This is the way of the Yang Scheme, in which power and need are used as decisions. You can fight against Yang Mou, but you can't destroy Yang Mou. Because it's all very materialistic stuff. ”

Li Xin is also smart, and he understands this a little. "Does the Governor mean to cooperate with Austria-Hungary?"

"The purpose of cooperation with Austria-Hungary is to get people back, and we might as well tell Austria-Hungary just that. And then see what exactly they will come up with in exchange. Personally, I think it's my guess. Our trade operations in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea are hated by many. We make money, and they can't make money from us, even if people are silent, when it's time to fall into the ground, they don't want to be happy. Wei Ze couldn't help but sneer when he said this. Originally, he was also an evil fire, but time is the best medicine. After some time passed, Wei Ze's mood also recovered. When thinking about problems, I can be calmer, and even have a bit of evil humor.

"But this is a matter of our commercial interests, and if we withdraw from commercial operations in the Black Sea region, the situation will be out of control." Li Xin is very concerned about this, and China is now trying to expand the international market, earning a large surplus that can be converted into pounds and then exchanged for gold from British banks.

In any case, the British took a position of free trade and adopted the gold standard of the pound. China has given the British so much gold that it is impossible not to feel distressed. At this time, China is making a lot of money in Europe, so taking advantage of the British insistence to get back gold is also a situation that everyone is very willing to see.

"We're a bit of a loner now, so we're going to come up with a new business order to work with the world. This is what I think of as a machi. Weeser gave an explanation.