"Yes, Your Majesty." Princess Katrina Kafu agreed, and went to organize.

Catherine Lee Tae-hee congratulated him again, and even Timothy Lee, who usually doesn't talk much, brought Zeng Siping and Sophia to congratulate Emperor Hua.

Zeng Jize went to Berlin, and Zeng Siping wanted to stay by the side of Hua Huang, so he stayed.

As the news of the defeat of the Chinese army and the Japanese government army with the support of Britain and France spread throughout Europe, almost all European countries except Britain and France threw invitations to China to set up embassies, on the one hand, because of the major victory achieved by the Chinese army, on the other hand, because the emperor himself was visiting Europe, so that he could also show goodwill to China, and most importantly, it was the invitation of the German government.

Although there was a faint division in Europe in which Britain and France were blocs, Germany and Austria were blocs, and Tsarist Russia was eyeing each other, it was not obvious at this time in 1879, and it was always wrong for any country that could enter the world political stage to form alliances with others.

The passive situation that was still plaguing Huahuang yesterday seemed to have completely changed overnight!

A group of people are drinking tea and chatting in the pergola of the pavilion, next to the garden, with the river and the countryside in the distance, and the view of Madrid is still very good.

"Your Majesty, now that we have achieved a major victory in Japan and the whole of Europe is looking at us with admiration, does it mean that our situation in Central Asia will be more stable?" Zeng Siping asked.

President Meng sweated, although he himself was three years younger than Zeng Siping, but he was a giant through time, Zeng Siping even though he was 13 years old now, but he was still a little girl, President Meng didn't expect Zeng Siping to ask such a deep question.

Princess Katrina Kaf, Gege Ge, Catherine, Lee Tae-hee and Zhao Qingluo and others were also surprised, compared with Zeng Siping in the same year, Catherine and Timothy Lee's daughter Sophia is much simpler, just a 13-year-old girl's way of thinking, like to draw, like beautiful clothes.

"Do you often talk to your father about the international landscape and national events?" President Meng asked curiously.

Zeng Siping smiled: "What? Is it strange for me to ask this question? My father doesn't talk to me about business, I usually care about it, I have never read my father's official documents, I just like to read the Huacui Evening News and newspapers in various European countries. ”

President Meng smiled slightly: "You don't have to be careful, I didn't say that you read your father's official document, about our victory in Japan can enhance the international status of Hua, but it is not very important to consolidate the situation in Central Asia Province." ”

Zeng Siping was curious: "How can this be, I thought it would help, Your Majesty, I read the article you wrote in the Huacui Evening News, Central Asia Province is the center of Eurasia, is that so?" Isn't it particularly important for us in China? ”

President Meng nodded with a smile and patiently explained: "Central Asia is the geopolitical center of the world, the so-called one center, two basic points, the center refers to Central Asia. In ancient times, it was because of its transportation arteries connecting Eastern and Western civilizations, while in modern times, the energy of the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea is a core area of interest for the world. Tsarist Russia and the European powers want to lead to Turkey in the Mediterranean, and Europe needs to get rid of China's control of the Persian Gulf and Russia's coercion of cutting off gas at every turn; Russia needs to control its periphery as much as possible while improving its position in the energy market. Central Asia stretches across a huge herringbone protrusion that stretches from the Iranian Plateau and the Hindu Kumur Mountains in the west to the Tianshan Mountains in the north, and to the Tibetan Plateau and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the east, and the Pamir Plateau is connected in between. This huge water tower provides a large amount of water to the east, south, and west for the three major civilizations, and inland, it also provides more water for Tarim and Central Asian provinces. This determines the basic characteristics of Asia's geography, that is, there is a huge topographical gap between the three major civilization regions of East Asia, South Asia and West Asia, and the hub that enters the Central Asian region and controls the center will gain a huge geographical advantage, and to control or approach the hub, it is necessary to first control its surrounding areas. So Central Asia is this hub and its surroundings. The region is hubbed by the Pamir and is surrounded by the Tibetan Plateau, the Hindu Kush, and the Tien Shan, as well as the two smaller agricultural regions of Tarim and Central Asia. On the periphery of Central Asia are the three major agricultural areas of West Asia, Iran, South Asia and East Asia, and the two major nomadic areas of the Kazakh steppe and the Mongolian plateau. And in ancient times, the competition between the two worlds of agriculture and animal husbandry. Due to their location, China and Mongolia compete in the middle of the Tarim in addition to their direct contact zone. The West Asian-Iranians, on the other hand, repeatedly fought with the nomads for the region of Wustan. This was the basic geopolitical pattern of ancient Asia. Even in modern times, control over the region is still very important, which is why the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union. The United States has been involved in Afghanistan, why Kashgar is so important, and why China and Russia have to co-opt the five stans caught in the middle. ”

Zeng Siping said: "Central Asia Province is bordered by Tsarist Russia to the north, Europe to the northwest, and the Middle East to the southwest, which is located in the center of Asia, Europe and Africa. The location is so special. This area was a land of four wars, through which China and the British-controlled India had to pass to advance westward. That's what the Mongols did. The Europeans wanted to go east, and apart from crossing the Ural Mountains, there was only this land left. This is how Alexander the Great and the Romans developed back then, fighting more wars on this land than in any other region. And this area is the western gate of our country and the northern gate of India. The southwestern territory of Tsarist Russia borders with it, the southeastern territory of Europe faces it across the sea, and the eastern gateway of Africa, which also makes many people look hot. Whoever controls Central Asia in the countries of the Eurasian continent will have the balance of energy, grain, metals, and non-metallic minerals tilted, and a one-sided crushing situation will be formed. Therefore, if you want to conquer the world first, you must first conquer Central Asia. ”

Princess Katrina Kafu pursed her lips and smiled when she heard this, "What did Foreign Minister Zeng tell you?" ”

Zeng Siping's face flushed and shook his head, "I analyzed it from His Majesty's remarks in the newspaper. ”

This time it was Huahuang's turn to blush, what he thought in his heart had actually been said by Zeng Siping, but Huahuang did not say this directly, even if he talked to Zeng Jize, he would not say it as if Zeng Siping was so explicit now.

Zeng Siping seemed to realize something, and asked softly, "Your Majesty, is Siping talking too much?" ”

President Meng smiled: "Don't worry too much, there are no outsiders here, they are all family members, say whatever you want, but if you want to conquer the world first, you must first conquer Central Asia." You'd better not say this in the future. ”

Zeng Siping saw that His Majesty was not responsible, nodded happily, and hummed.

Princess Katrina Kafu exclaimed: "Siping is really a naturally intelligent girl, very similar to Your Majesty, before I met Your Majesty at the age of 17, I didn't know so many things, let alone read so many books and newspapers. ”

"The princess complimented me, I just changed to a lot of schools, I went to school in Germany, Italy and France." Zeng Siping hurriedly explained.

Princess Katrina Kafu smiled and shook Zeng Siping's little hand, "I really praise you, you are indeed very smart." ”

"Whoever controls Central Asia controls Asia; Whoever controls Asia controls Eurasia; Whoever controls Eurasia will rule the whole world. And the world order of land power is more consolidated than sea power. Metal and non-metallic resources in South America, North America, Africa, Europe, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, North Asia, West Asia, in these regions, Central Asia should be the least material resources, the least development value of the region, but from a geopolitical point of view, Central Asia is the Eurasian continent, who controls Central Asia, who has the strategic absolute initiative! Now that China has taken control of Central Asia, we will not talk about offense, but the strategic defense situation alone can be greatly changed. For China, other countries, mainly Britain and Russia, will not be allowed to get involved in Central Asia. The support of the French resistance to the British in Afghanistan is a very important point. China attaches great importance to agriculture, so in the early days, between the study of industrial geography, most of the time was devoted to the study of agricultural geography. If all the water resources in Central Asia were to be used for agricultural inputs, then China would not have the problem of food security at all in the future, and then it would be exchanged for industrial products, and finally all of it would be turned into Chinese dollars. With the rise of China's eastern economy and a large amount of idle economic resources in the west, China can build its own industrial system in the pan-Central Asia region and build Pan-Central Asia into a strategic resource supplement base for China. Today's Pan-Central Asia is much like the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, and the Tang Dynasty and the Turks competing for Central Asia. The relationship between land power and land power states is life and death, and there is no mutual non-aggression. Your asking Qin and Wei to sign a non-aggression pact is a fool's joke. Central Asia is the main route of trade between the East and the West, and China wants to build a railway of the same gauge as China in Pan-Central Asia and control Afghanistan, which is our next focus. ”

Princess Katrina Kafu nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty is right, whether it is agriculture or industry, national defense or commerce, strengthening the control of the Central Asian Province is very important to our country, and controlling Afghanistan can help strengthen the control of the Central Asian Province." Although Tsarist Russia has been driven out of Central Asia by the Chinese army, secretly, Tsarist Russia still regards Central Asia as its sphere of influence and does not allow China to get involved. ”

President Meng thought of the speed of development of the Central Asian Province, frowned, and said nothing.

But Princess Katrina Kafu had already seen Emperor Hua's thoughts, and she had no good way to speed up her development, so she couldn't help but sigh.