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Now it is necessary to satisfy Egypt's appetite at the expense of European companies, and if European companies do not accept it, the crown prince believes that it will soon be openly criticized by domestic public opinion, especially against him as the crown prince. Moreover, once European companies resist, the transportation and supply in the war will be affected.

So he had to ask for the attitude of European companies first.

Li Zhangtong said: "The European company does not care about the control of the canal, and this control is of great significance to the sailors and the imperial court. But it's not that European companies can't give up here, and the main thing is to give them adequate compensation. ”

The crown prince nodded.

In this European war, the European company had already lost some interests, and Crete was the territory of the European company, but in order for Greece to enter the war, it had to return Crete to Greece, for which the imperial court paid three million pounds to the European company, and also reserved the port bases of Chania and Heraklion on Crete to the European company.

"Since Egypt wants the canal, then Tunisia will not give it to them, and hand it over to European companies. Haven't European companies always complained that their territory is small and there is not enough manpower to exploit it. Tunisia is not a small place with a large population. ”

Africa is a huge continent, second only to Asia and much larger than any other continent in the world. It was first licensed to African companies, but after the European company was established, the government coordinated the relationship between the two companies, allowing European companies to occupy land in Somalia and the Ethiopian plateau in the Horn of Africa.

However, as the direction of European company management, there is no valuable base in Europe, and Sicily is easy to get, but it is taken away by Britain and Italy.

Tunisia should be located in a way that can replace the loss of Sicily, facing Europe geographically, and it is enough to move on the map.

Li Zhangtong thought for a while: "We can't give it to Egypt so easily, we have to keep the permanent right of way." In addition, European companies may not be satisfied. The canal is their most profitable asset right now, and Tunisia is a barren land after all. A promise could be made to secure a base for them in north-western Europe. ”

The crown prince nodded, anyway, these overseas companies, after all, are the best thugs in the country, through this war, he can understand why his father has always supported these companies and handed over a large amount of land to these companies for management.

If there were no African companies this time, the war would really be difficult to fight.

Finding a base for European companies in northwestern Europe is also a sign of China's power, and it's easier to use.

As for the operation, it is not difficult, as long as this war is won, whether it is France or Britain, it is easy to find a base, and at the worst, Spain can get a base anywhere.

After the basic plan was decided, it was Li Zhangtong who coordinated in the center.

The crown prince found that Li Zhangtong was really useful, and after some training, he should be allowed to enter the cabinet.

Li Zhangtong is very thoughtful about the interests of all parties, European companies really don't care much about the control of the canal, the control is military and strategic value, is considered at the national level, and what European companies can't let go of is the annual canal 5 million pounds dividend.

The money can't be squeezed out of Tunisia, but if there is a base in northwestern Europe, it should be fine. Besides, as long as the battle is won, the benefits will definitely roll in, and the losses will be made up tenfold and hundredfold. The shareholders of European companies do not believe that Egypt, a small country, can really play with the canal. Maybe in a few years, they will take the initiative to return the canal.

Besides, although the major companies are already so big that they can't fail, they really force the imperial court, even if the authorization is suspended, you can only dissolve.

So European companies don't have a choice.

It's even more fine on the Egyptian side, as long as the canal is back in hand, it's a huge victory, a political and economic victory, and Ismail can breathe a sigh of relief under nationalist pressure.

In addition, China can even hand over the canal, which means that their sincerity is very great, and once the canal is in the hands of Egypt, China will not dare to throw it away like a rag like Puo did with the Ottoman Empire. Britain and France want to prevent China from regaining control of the canal and will tolerate Egypt, and China will also prevent Egypt from falling to Britain and France, and will not push too hard.

Egypt's international status will be reversed and generally changed, from everyone stepping on it to everyone pulling it.

Moreover, once Britain and France are defeated, British and French assets are recovered, and British and French foreign debts are ended, Egypt's finances will be completely changed. To put it bluntly, the construction of Egypt in these years is thanks to these foreign debts. It's just that he was a little anxious, and he built cities and ports, and was a little sloppy financially, so that Egypt fell into the point of being controlled by people's economy.

But directly declaring war with Britain and France, Ismail was still a little worried.

Therefore, Ismail was unwilling to bear the name of provoking a war, and he first asked the British and French consuls, saying that Egypt was worried that the war would affect Egypt, so it would temporarily return the assets of the two countries in Egypt to the government during the war, including railways, ports and other assets that might be used in the war.

The Anglo-French consuls, of course, were aggressively opposed, and Ismail said that his decision could not be changed, that he was for Egypt.

Therefore, it forcibly announced the freezing of British and French assets, and ordered British and French companies to hand over the right to operate the railway to the Egyptian government.

At the same time, he created a momentum in Egypt, on the one hand, to show that he was forced to do so, and on the other hand, to sing the praises of himself, and to build himself into a heroic lord who dared to say no to the foreign powers.

Britain and France resolutely resisted, and Ismail delivered a speech emphasizing that Egypt would never compromise and would not hesitate to fight.

Because Egypt's move to nationalize British and French assets caused a serious diplomatic conflict, in Egypt, the nationalists shouted long live Ismail and long live the Khalafa, so there were "organizations" that took control of the railway station and the headquarters of the railway company, and announced that the railway had been taken back by them.

These organizations exist in reality, and it is unknown whether they have the support of the forces behind them.

Radical forces across Egypt have taken many actions to take control of railway stations, seize mines, and occupy port terminals.

Britain and France protested strongly, but during the war, they could not afford to send troops to Egypt, and the British navy did not even dare to go out of Malta.

By this time, the British and French consuls had understood something, and they began to make a final remedy, and they were willing to put aside the issue of assets for the time being, and demanded that the Egyptian government not allow its railways and land to be used by China for war.

Without waiting for Egypt to reply to them, Britain and France discovered that the armed forces of the Chinese African Company had entered Egypt from the Manchu Empire.

Britain and France sent a note to Egypt and lodged a solemn protest, but Egypt refused to reply, and Britain and France declared war on Egypt. French troops stationed in Tunisia marched into Tripoli. Egypt declared war on Britain and France, citing an invasion. In the name of the caliphate, Ismail called on Muslims all over the world to wage holy war against Britain and France, but his caliph was never recognized, and it basically did not mean anything except in Egypt, where nationalists were more enthusiastic in the spirit of the nation rather than the religious fervor.

But unfortunately, not all nationalists supported Ismail, in fact, with the development of nationalism over the years, Ismail had more trouble than support. Because the identity of nationalists is primarily national identity, and this people, influenced by the West, has begun to emphasize blood rather than culture. So basically apart from the Egyptian nationalists, the nationalists in the rest of the regions under Egyptian rule are the opposition of Ismail through and through. The most intense areas are the fraternal peoples who are strongly linked by religion and culture, and the many tribes of the Alaber Desert, the Berbers of Tripoli and Cyrenaica, are unlikely to identify with Egypt.

Even the ultra-nationalists of Egypt, because of Ismail's Algerian origin, even he was opposed, wanted to create an Egyptian Egypt in Egypt.

So in recent years, Ismail has tried more and more to unite different peoples with a common religion, and this time he called for jihad, not for everyone to fight for the country, for the nation.

But unfortunately, the French obviously played better, the French did not call for jihad, but they had already infiltrated the Berbers in the Tripoli area, and after the French army entered Tripoli, these Berber tribes quickly joined the French side to fight, expelling the Egyptian garrison, massacring Egyptian officials, and robbing Egyptian women and children.

Ismail was organizing resistance, both worried and eager for the Indian soldiers to come quickly.

The railway from the Indus to Syria was connected, but the railway from Syria to Egypt had not yet been straightened out, various organizations in various places occupied the railway stations, but it was difficult to restore railway transportation in a short time, the British and French managers were forced to flee, and the railway was no longer a means of transport, but just two iron bars laid on the ground.

African companies are actively working to send dispatchers to take over the railway, and at the same time recruit local railway employees to resume work as soon as possible, and the railways on both sides, there is still the last kilometer has not been opened, the Syrian railway, only to Aleppo, the nearest distance is from Aleppo to the port of Iskenderun.

However, this area is mainly mountainous and used to be the living area of the Kurds, and the Kurds have been able to maintain their independence in the face of historical changes, and the reason for this is the topography here.

So at the moment the Indian army had to walk this distance, while the weapons and baggage were shipped directly from the port to Alexandria.

It is expected that it will take a month to open the railway at the earliest, and it will take at least three months to fully restore traffic, and it will be half a year before the two countries are connected.

Ismail was very worried, and he suspected that by the time Indian reinforcements arrived in North Africa, the French would have to fight Egypt.

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