Due to the fact that the prices of various industrial products continued to rise after the Xia Empire provided the prices of agricultural products in the Xia Empire, and there was a tendency to fall into an economic crisis, the countries were eager to reach an agreement with the Xia Empire and held unilateral talks with the Xia Empire. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The French government knew that the French Indochina colonies and the Madagascar colonies had been occupied by the Xia Empire in the Pacific River and the islands occupied by the Xia Empire in the Pacific Ocean.

The British ambassador to Shangjing expressed the same idea, except to exchange the land of India for the land along the Persian Gulf coast, and at the same time demand that the Xia Empire withdraw from the Punjab.

After the French ambassador to Shangjing expressed his opinion to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Xia Empire, Hua Guoqiang reiterated that the fuse of this war was entirely that the French government allowed its citizens to attack the merchants of the Xia Empire, resulting in a large number of casualties and property losses of the merchants of the Xia Empire.

Hua Guoqiang also expressed his appreciation for the British government's attitude, which can accept the areas along the Persian Gulf coast, can withdraw from Punjab, and other areas will be temporarily bordered by the ceasefire line, and all the territory occupied by the former Xia Empire will be owned by the Xia Empire, and as long as a peace agreement is signed, the Xia Empire will immediately let all the British return to Britain.

However, for the French government, in addition to demanding that all the French colonies occupied by the Xia Empire be owned by the Xia Empire, it must also pay a corresponding price; In Bombay alone, there are nearly 300,000 French troops, and they don't want to pay a certain price, and it is impossible to let those troops return to France safely, and the price is to transfer French Somalia (Djibouti) to the Xia Empire.

This time France lost a lot of colonies, but I didn't expect the Xia Empire to still have thoughts about Djibouti, after the French ambassador consulted the French government, the French government could only give up Djibouti under the military pressure of the Xia Empire.

For the French government, this time is both a loss of face and a loss of heart; Although the French government has few colonies in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and Djibouti's military role is no longer significant, it is still very useful for commercial purposes, serving as a bridgehead for French trade with the Indian and Pacific regions, and Djibouti generates a lot of commercial tax revenue for France every year and makes a lot of profit by supplying passing cargo ships.

Hua Guoqiang, on behalf of the Xia Empire, soon reached a negotiation agreement with the French government.

When the British government learned the news, it was very shocked, so that the Xia Empire would have a foothold in Africa, and it would directly threaten the complete presence of British Somalia and British Aden, and the Red Sea would no longer be a safe shipping route for the British; After the Xia Empire gained a foothold in Africa, it was soon able to defeat Ethiopia and threaten the security of the British Sultan and Egypt; Moreover, with the degree of greed for land in the Xia Empire, it will definitely vigorously develop its power in Africa.

Subsequently, worse news came out that the Xia Empire was indeed peeking into Portugal's East African colonies, confirming Ambassador Anderson's speculation at the time.

At this time, the British could not sit still, and the Xia Empire was blooming in Africa in all directions, threatening the security of the British colonies in Africa from south to north.

For the time being, the French had not yet felt the pressure of the Xia Empire on them in Africa.

Soon, worse news came that the Xia Empire forced Belgium to give up its Congo colony and had to transfer it to the Xia Empire.

Belgium was too small to confront the Xia Empire, so it had to turn to Britain and Germany for help.

If the goal of the Xia Empire is achieved, it can be easy to turn the British colonies in Africa from the middle stage, and the north and south cannot echo each other, and finally be gradually encroached upon by the Xia Empire.

Ambassador Anderson immediately reported the news to China, the Xia Empire's moves, has pushed Britain to the brink of life and death, and found Hua Guoqiang to carry out serious diplomatic protests, this time it was the Xia Empire proposed to form a negotiating team to unify the solution to military problems with various countries, and now the Xia Empire is only holding bilateral talks, forcing European countries, one by one to achieve the goals of the Xia Empire, the British Empire is seriously dissatisfied with this, if the Xia Empire does not fulfill its promises, hold multilateral negotiations, the British government will confront the Xia Empire to the end.

Hua Guoqiang said that the negotiations held by the Xia Empire with other countries were reasonable and legitimate, and there was no theory of persecution, and Britain's demands were purely unreasonable.

Soon, the British government sent back instructions asking Ambassador Anderson to continue negotiations with the Xia Empire, and Britain could agree that the Xia Empire would accept the Portuguese East African colonies and the Belgian Congo colonies, but the Xia Empire would have to exchange Djibouti, the Congo colonies of Belgium, and the Portuguese East African colonies with the British Empire's territory on the Arabian Peninsula.

Judging from the British demands, Britain has given up Portugal and Belgium for help, purely for their British selfishness, and if such a replacement is reached with the Xia Empire, it should become the biggest winner of this meeting.

Hua Guoqiang saw from the map that if all these three lands in Africa were exchanged to Britain, Britain's strength in Africa would be greatly strengthened, and most of Britain's colonies in Africa would be connected together, and from northern Africa to southern Africa would be connected in a straight line, which would be particularly conducive to Britain's implementation of the railway plan from Cairo to Cape Town, and Africa would be the world of the British in the future.

This was very detrimental to the Xia Empire's strategic goals in Africa, so Hua Guoqiang reported the British request to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei immediately called Lu Weimin, Li Zhaoshui and others to discuss countermeasures.

Li Zhaoshui's temper was still bigger, and after listening to Hua Guoqiang's explanation, he said: "The British can really blow oil out of stones, so their interests are higher than those of the empire, and they are really calculating." ”

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Weimin suggested: "Your Majesty, if the empire wants the colonies of Portugal and Belgium, the Germans will also feel threatened, I think we still accept the replacement request, but we can't cheapen the British, we ask for the entire Arabian Peninsula and Afghanistan, and on the side of British India, we also want all the territory of Punjab and north of Lahore, so that we can be connected with the Western Xinjiang Special Region." ”

Hearing Lu Weimin say this, everyone applauded together, if this is the case, it will be very beneficial to the situation of the empire.

Lu Weimin continued: "At present, the empire is still managing the power in Asia well, ceding Africa to the British, and the Germans feel the pressure of the British, so naturally contradictions will break out, and the chances of war in Europe will be much greater. ”

Hua Guoqiang said: "In this way, the contradiction between the Reich and Germany will be transferred to Britain, and the chief of the General Staff has dug this hole wonderfully." (To be continued.) )