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Smart people can see that the fundamental reason for the rapid decline of the Ottoman Empire is, of course, that various systems cannot keep up with the times, but the direct reason for such a rapid decline is that it is involved again and again in major power wars that should not be involved.

With each defeat, a large piece of the Ottoman's flesh had to be scraped off, and even if it was victorious, it could suffer heavy losses.

The last time the Ottoman Empire was bewitched by Prussia and Austria, the three countries fought a years-long war with Russia, and the Ottoman army fought vigorously under Moltke's command. Russia was also on the verge of collapse under the joint attack of the three countries.

However, when all countries were exhausted, the tsaress stole Russian power, and instead of withdrawing from the war, with the support of China, ceded large territories to Prussia and Austria, but refused to make concessions to the Ottoman Empire.

The offensive and defensive alliance between the Ottoman Empire and Prussia and Austria received only an answer from the other side that they were unable to continue the war, and on the eve of victory, they were kicked out of the lions by the greedy and cunning lions.

After the Ottoman Empire, the main forces were besieged by the Russian army in the Black Sea, and Greece, ruled by the cunning Chinese prince, took the opportunity to seize Bulgaria and Macedonia. The Ottoman Empire, not only did not suffer huge losses from this battle, but also showed the best fighting ability, and once again a piece of meat was cut off.

The example of the Ottoman is just around the corner, Egypt does not believe in the guarantees and promises of the great powers at all, as a weakling, it can be betrayed at any time, the credibility of the lion, the conscience of the lion, will only be shown to the partners who are also lions, and the sheep can only be food in their eyes.

Egypt could easily declare war on Britain and France, and then announce the freezing of British and French assets, which is in accordance with public international law, but whether it can actually obtain these assets depends on the outcome of the war. If Britain and France win, Egypt will be inhumanely retaliated, even if Britain and France fail, they want to get back these assets, Egypt will give or not, do not give Britain and France in case they find a chance to seek revenge, will the Chinese protect Egypt at that time, or take the opportunity to cut meat from Egypt? So even if it wins, Egypt may eventually be forced to return these assets to Britain and France, at which point Ismail will be torn to pieces by the nationalists.

Egypt's participation in the war, no matter how you look at it, will do more harm than good.

Ismail was not an Ottoman monarch, he was a cunning fox like his ancestors, preferring to make a fortune quietly while the great powers were busy with war. It is the safest way to buy British and French assets.

So Ismail said that Egypt wants a neutral attitude.

But unfortunately, although the Chinese are better at talking, it is only in unnecessary situations and relatively good-tempered.

But when it comes to their own power, Chinese government diplomats may be easy to accommodate, but European companies, a bone-eating military-commercial consortium, will not be polite.

Representatives of European companies directly told Ismail that if Egypt must remain neutral, then it is hoped that Egypt will open its territory and not make unfriendly moves against the entry of Chinese troops.

There is a Belgian event!

Ismail immediately reacted that the Chinese were planning to attack European forces through Egypt.

He quickly judged that the Chinese wanted to make a move against North Africa.

It is clear that in the case of the sea route cannot be broken through, the Chinese intend to start from the land, then Egypt is a must-pass, just like the location of Belgium. Now that Belgium is occupied by Germany, no one dares to guarantee whether Belgium's independence will be restored after the war.

Ismail can only sigh unlucky, he admits that he is a sheep, and he also keeps his duty, and does not want to get involved in the activities of the lion fighting for the hunting ground, but now he finds that the hunting ground that the lion is fighting for is the pasture of his sheep, what can he do, he can only choose to cooperate with the big lion or the little lion.

This is again the sorrow of small countries, the right to have no choice!

Compared with Britain and France, China's lion is obviously stronger, and Egypt can only choose to cooperate with China.

Hopefully, the Chinese lion will leave some crumbs for Egypt when it is full, or at least it will not eat the lion cub and then eat the obedient lamb.

In order to avoid the fate of helping China and being abandoned by China, Ismail needs to see sincerity.

He made a request.

When the crown prince received this request, he was very dissatisfied.

"How dare he ask for a canal, doesn't he know that this canal was built by us? Doesn't he know how important this canal is to us? ”

Ismail's request is precisely the Suez Canal!

Egypt could declare war on Britain and France, confiscate British and French assets, and allow Chinese troops to enter North Africa by rail. But he hoped that the European company would return the canal to Egypt, and of course, Ismail used the word "redemption". He was willing to pay a lump sum to China based on the canal's thirty-year revenue.

"It's nothing more than taking advantage of the fire."

Li Zhangtong sighed.

He hadn't really thought into Ismail's mind at all.

Ismail is well aware that wanting a canal will cause unhappiness in China, but it doesn't matter, the relationship between countries never changes because of personal emotions.

If China is willing to hand over the canal to Egypt, it shows that they are very sincere in their cooperation. In addition, once Egypt took back the canal, there was no need to fear reprisals from Britain and France after the war. At that time, the canal will be in the hands of Egypt, which will have a huge influence on the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean.

At that time, China will not be happy, but for the right of passage of the canal, it can tolerate Egypt, but Britain and France will not only not retaliate against Egypt in order to block China, but in turn will fully support Egypt to control the canal, because the control of the canal is in the hands of Egypt, there is no threat to Britain and France, and it is too dangerous for Britain and France to be controlled by China.

The recovery of the canal would greatly satisfy the mood of the national forces and help stabilize his rule, which was a plan that killed three birds with one stone.

"What is the attitude of European companies?"

Compared to Egypt, the crown prince is more concerned about the attitude of European companies.

These super-large corporations, although they are still under the control of the state, are no longer ordinary commercial companies that are at the disposal of the government, they are special political, military, and economic associations, and if they do not cooperate with the government, of course they will suffer losses themselves, but it is not so easy for the government to move them.

In addition, these overseas companies are supported by intertwined political forces in China, and their influence is huge, and they cannot be easily persecuted. So every time in order to make African companies fight, they will promise a lot of benefits to African companies, after the Crimean War, the Chinese armed mediation, they got Bangladesh, the last world war, they got the northern plains of the Ganges, this war, they got most of India.

The crown prince knew very well that if they were not given a promise, these companies could completely discooperate with the imperial court.

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