Salisbury frowned when he heard Ito Hirobumi say this, this Ito Hirobumi is too arrogant, does he think that with this small Japan, he can balance the huge China?

Salisbury said: "Okay, Mr. Ito, it is difficult to balance China's development with you Japan alone, and your two countries are not on the same size at all, if it was five or six years ago, it was still possible, but now you have no chance!" ”

Ito Hirobumi smiled and replied: "Prime Minister, everything is possible, it is true that in terms of land area and population, we are far from being the opponent of the Chinese, but the Chinese have a fatal weakness, that is, the people's hearts are not aligned, no matter how large the population is, it is also a piece of scattered sand, although Japan has less than 20 million people, but all of them are united, and our people are of higher quality, and they can bring super productivity, the only deficiency is that we lack the resources for development, which is also the biggest purpose we want to obtain the Java Islands, It can provide us with abundant rubber resources and petroleum resources! As long as we have sufficient resources, the Japanese Empire will have the confidence to compete with China in an all-round way, and contain the rapid rise of the Republic of China for your country! ”

Salisbury's heart was shocked, he really didn't know where Ito Hirobumi got so much confidence. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]--

Salisbury said helplessly: "Mr. Ito, things are not as simple as you think, even if our British Empire does not interfere in the war between you and the Netherlands, do you think you can be the opponent of the Dutch?" This is not necessarily, although the Netherlands is declining, it is not something that you Japan can easily deal with, but their background is deep, even if you can defeat the Netherlands, then you will still face the competition between the French and the Americans, and they will stand idly by? ”

Ito Hirobumi smiled: "Prime Minister, this is up to you, we will find a suitable reason for a war with the Netherlands, we will not make you feel embarrassed, and we are sure that we can defeat the Netherlands, but you must understand that the Java Islands fall into whose hands are the most beneficial to your country!" The French are far away from Asia, they can't complete the task of containment, as for the United States, let's not say that they are far away in the Americas, even if they are in Asia, with the relationship between the United States and China, do you think they will deal with the Republic of China? ”

Salisbury had no words.

Hirofumi Ito continued: "On the contrary, if we want to rise in the Japanese Empire, we must suppress the development of the Republic of China, this is a must, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and only our Great Japanese Empire has the potential to contain China, as long as we get the Java Islands and obtain the resources needed for development, then it is not a problem to surpass the Republic of China!" And the alliance between your two countries will also be deeper, which is the real double win! ”

Salisbury fell silent, in the Asia-Pacific region, only Japan can help itself, other countries either do not have this strength, or the distance is too far, and then there is a bad relationship with themselves, it turns out that Tsarist Russia is also elected, but in recent years, Tsarist Russia has suffered the losses of the Republic of China, and there is a direct threat from Germany in the west, but I am afraid that Nicholas II does not have the courage to launch a war with the Republic of China.

Seeing Salisbury fall silent, Ito Hirobumi knew that he was already a little tempted, and hurriedly said, "Prime Minister, don't miss the opportunity, you won't come again." You must know that in two or three years at most, when the Chinese Tiger completes the integration of the northern Chinese provinces, it will inevitably use troops to South China, with the weak strength of the Qing court, it will not be able to stop the Chinese Tiger for long, and when he completes the unification, it will be really troublesome, even if he wants to contain the Republic of China, it will become unrealistic! ”

Salisbury's heart was shocked, if Zhang Yi is really allowed to unify China, China's take-off is really just around the corner, countless resources and population, coupled with the great talent of the Chinese tiger, you can't want to rise quickly!

When China can really dominate the world, China and China's surroundings, the British will no longer think that they can enjoy a peaceful life, and the whole of Southeast Asia and North Korea and so on were all vassals of China!

Salisbury slapped the chair hard and said coldly: "If you want to rise quickly, the Chinese tiger is simply dreaming!" I'm not going to give him this chance! ”

Ito Hirobumi sneered secretly, don't give him a chance, the current situation is no longer for you, without Japan and Tsarist Russia as the vanguard, how can you limit China's rise, do you think that other cats and dogs have such strength?

Ito Hirobumi replied: "Prime Minister, please help us in this matter, as long as we help the Japanese Empire to take the Java Islands, we will definitely put the Chinese tiger in a cage, the future of China is not decided by the Chinese tiger, but by the British Empire and the Japanese Empire, Prime Minister, you see ......."

Salisbury nodded, what Ito Hirofumi said makes sense, if China rises, the threat to Britain is too great, and now Central Asia, Tibet, the Indian Peninsula and Southeast Asia are all important interests of the British Empire, close to China, or China's territory, the future rise of China, his own geopolitical strategic space, must be reconstructed, it will have a huge impact on British interests, which is completely predictable!

How could the British Empire allow such a lion to stand soberly beside itself!

Salisbury said: "Okay, Mr. Ito Hirobumi, I am willing to support your country in the war against the Java Islands, but you need to give me some time to convince my cabinet and the parliament, after all, this country is not up to me alone, such an important matter must be resolved through the parliament!" ”

Ito was overjoyed, and with Salisbury's support, the rest would be much easier.

Salisbury continued: "However, for the sake of our common friendship, I need your country to send a fleet to our South African region to suppress the Boer uprising for us, and I hope that your country will also support our action......"

Ito Hirobumi was shocked, he now knew that the Boer War was gradually coming to an end, but it would take some time for it to be completely over, and after several years of war, the British army was now exhausted and urgently needed allies to support him directly.

Hirobumi Ito replied, "Prime Minister, on behalf of the Empire, I can promise you to send a brigade of troops to South Africa to support your war, but I am afraid that such a blatant dispatch of troops is not very appropriate, right?" ”

Salisbury sneered: "It's okay, you only need to send two integrated artillery regiments, we can supply you with corresponding arms, what we need is your long-range attack capability!" ”