Chapter 304: Misunderstanding
In fact, the Far East is in a mess, today you may fight me and I will fight you, but tomorrow you may suddenly join forces to fight others, not to mention Ernst, who is far away in Europe, and even the diplomats of the Council of the Four-Nation Alliance who are still in Yenjing are a little confused about the situation.
The Feng family was besieged by a group, but when he began to show fatigue, Sun Chuanfang actually stopped again, and at this time, it was Wu Peifu who was also a direct member of the Feng family, which made the Russian Empire, which was secretly preparing to support the Feng family by force, have to suspend its military actions.
The Gallono Conference had begun, and Ernst, as the chairman of the Council of the Quad Alliance, naturally had a very important position in it, which also had some other implications, and the fact that the United States did not have any heavyweights here, which shows that Britain and France knew very well what was meant by European internal affairs.
The content of the meeting is actually very simple, and the talks between several parties did not take up too much time, but there is a general content in a few days, not to mention the specifics for the time being, in fact, it is probably mainly to bind the border between Germany and France, the purpose is to restrain Germany to increase its influence to the west, but the current situation is more constrained by the nature of France.
Truth be told, it was Germany that really benefited from the talks, because it marked Germany's departure from World War I and its return to its status as an international power. At the same time, this is also a major blow to the European alliance system led by France, France's European leadership has been weakened, and the impact of the four-nation alliance at this time is not very great, the matter of East Prussia Britain and France did not say it explicitly, but in fact they have acquiesced, Germany is silent on this matter.
Silence does not mean compromise. Ernst preferred to believe that this was a direct encounter between Germany and the Four-Power Alliance. That would well have ended in German defeat. But Germany is Germany. The Germanic blood in their bones does not allow them to retreat directly, and they cannot retreat without a fight, whether they win or lose.
As soon as the peace talks were over, Ernst went straight back to Warsaw to prepare for the war, although he was uncertain, but Ernst always felt that because the East Prussian Quad had some military friction with Germany, if the speculation was true, then this would also be the first time that the Quad Alliance met with the German Army.
Whether the blue is better than the blue or the ginger or the old spicy only look at it once, Germany is the master of the Quad Alliance Army in the aspect, because most of their system and training are imitated by Germany. Looking at the generals of the Four-Nation Alliance, it is very clear that they are typical of German army officers.
There may be military friction between the two sides, but it is certain that the friction will be narrowed to a certain range, so Ernst can only arrange for the elite, at most about an army division, Germany has just regained its status as a great power, and he does not want to make the European countries wary again.
I don't know if it's Ernst's bad taste, Ernst chose a special army division, to be precise, it was not the army division but a lieutenant colonel commander of the army division. His name is very familiar, because in history he is the famous Rommel, the Desert Fox.
Not in West Africa, as it has historically been. Rommel's war will ignite in Europe, and it will be up to him to see if he will be able to kill all sides as he did in another world! Just as Ernst was preparing for East Prussia, new information came from the Far East that the condemned general had been defeated and killed, and it was only a little more than a month since he was judged. Of course, although the internal problems have been resolved, the Bong Department has also suffered heavy losses after this time, and has to temporarily retreat to recuperate.
The Central Plains was once again mired in controversy, looking at the information in his hand, Ernst shook his head and was ready to ignore the situation in the Far East for the time being, and at the same time instructed the diplomats who were far away there to just observe in a year or two and not to easily make up their minds to help either side, why this was done is estimated only Ernst himself knows, knowing that these will be failures.
As 1925 passed, Christmas was a very uneventful one, except that the dinner was a little more sumptuous that night, and the Mariannes arranged their own time to accompany Ernst on their special days. Christmas is for Maria, Spring Festival is for Jessica, and Anne is not necessary, after all, she has always been by Ernst's side.
At the beginning of 1926, there were two major events, the first was naturally the situation in the Far East that Ernst did not want to pay attention to.
The second major event was the coup d'Γ©tat in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia became the new king of Saudi Arabia, but fortunately the name of the Quadruple Alliance was very large, and Ernst's oil company did not change there. Saudi Arabia continues to comply with the agreement signed between Ernst and the Kingdom in full accordance with the original agreement. In fact, the Saudi king does not dare to make any mess, and the countries that Britain, the United States and France dare not provoke have the audacity to provoke? It's just a joke.
Saudi affairs can be put aside for the time being, after all, there is nothing to pay attention to, and the first thing needs to be paid attention to by Ernst, because Zhang Zuolin actually declared the independence of the three eastern provinces, and he also specially arranged for diplomats to go to the Russian Empire, hoping that the Russian Empire would recognize and have some economic and military assistance.
There is no free lunch, which Zhang Zuolin knows very well, so when he put forward his needs, he also gave benefits that made it difficult for the Russian Empire to give up, ceding more land to the Russian Empire, and the Russian Prime Minister was tempted at the first time, and put the decision in the hands of Ernst.
If it was usual, Ernst naturally chose to agree without question, which was a great thing, and there was no reason to refuse, but now...... The First Lady had already arrived in Warsaw, and an appointment with her was tomorrow, and now looking at the treaty agreement before him, Ernst suddenly had the opinion of wanting to see the First Lady.
"Madame Sun is already in Warsaw?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, the place of arrangement is at the Grand Hotel in Warsaw!"
Bert, who had been standing on the sidelines, quickly answered Ernst's inquiry, the Grand Hotel Warsaw is also one of the largest hotels in Warsaw, but it usually hosts heads of state, presidents and the like of second-rate countries. Mrs. Sun is not a head of state or president, he is just more influential, and the country is no longer a first-class power. The treatment at the Grand Hotel Warsaw is already very good. At least in Bert's eyes.
Slightly stunned. It dawned on Ernst that he had not made such a mistake for a long time, and had forgotten that his current position was only for them to look up to and not to be equal. In the previous life, Mr. Sun and Mrs. Sun were indeed of a high prestige, and their status was comparable to that of the first leader of the Soviet government, which gave Ernst the illusion that he should be treated on an equal footing with the first leader of the Soviet government.
"I want to invite Mrs. Sun to dinner, you can arrange it!"
The sudden decision made Bert stunned, what does this-what does this mean? It was as if he could see Bert's conjecture. Ernst couldn't help but smile and shook his head and cursed: "Don't think about it, I just have something I want to ask her opinion on, and by the way, inform Anne that I need her company." β
Madame Sun was a beautiful woman after all, and Ernst opened her mouth to say something like dinner together, and there was no room for Bert to misunderstand, but it didn't matter now, after all, Ernst had already said it. Bert naturally knew about the Far East, but it was because of this that Bert became more and more curious how Ernst suddenly wanted to ask for the opinion of a woman, even if the woman's status was not ordinary.
The women of the Song family, Ernst, were very admired. In terms of ability, they even surpassed their husbands, after all, this Mrs. Sun also served as an honorary leader in the future. Not to mention Madame Chiang, most of the support of the United States was won by her, although this also had a lot to do with her status.
Mrs. Sun's influence overseas is far greater than that at home, so even Ernst's Chinese chefs know this Mrs. Sun, and when they learned that Ernst was going to feast on this big man, several Chinese chefs used all their energy, which made Ernst's head chef curse them a few words funny. Just as the banquet was being prepared in the palace, several black-clad guards had already arrived outside the door of the Warsaw Hotel, and at this moment Madame Sun was watching the city with great interest.
There are not many people around Mrs. Sun, the two female assistants arranged in the family, three or four security personnel in the revolutionary army, these are all the people around Mrs. Sun, Mr. Su has passed away after all, and the biggest impact of his death may be Mrs. Sun, she will definitely not get the kind of treatment that Mr. Sun did when he was alive. Mrs. Sun's identity was not seen by the Four-Nation Alliance, so no special guards were arranged, and her safety was almost on her bodyguards and police, but whenever someone thought about her, Mrs. Sun could not escape life and death.
Not to mention the government, in fact, the Warsaw Hotel also looks down on this first lady from the East, and the arrival of the president's wife is not taken seriously, not to mention this lady who does not have any official title? Warlords are fighting again, and the president of that country in the eyes of Europeans is also the one who is duly elected.
Li Yuanhong came to power, even if he did not have actual control over the country, even if the military power in his hands was not heavy, but the European countries agreed, which is why most warlords wanted to control Yanjing, because the meaning behind it was really extraordinary.
Grand Hotel Warsaw:
"Madame, why do you still tip him, he ...... with that look"
The female assistant complained to Mrs. Sun very dissatisfied, the service staff boldly looked at them for the time being, and the meaning of contempt in her eyes really made the female assistant angry, although she was ostensibly the identity of the assistant, in fact she was Mrs. Sun's maid, how could she be happy when the master's family was so insulted?
is also a little girl who has been with her since she was a child, and she didn't want to pay attention to her complaints about Mrs. Sun, but she couldn't recover for a long time, so she explained: "The cowardice of the country has caused everything today, we are not qualified to complain about others, and when we become strong one day, naturally there will be no such thing happening again." β
That being said, she did not know how satisfied the little maid would be with such an answer, and how long it would take for the country to become strong, but she felt that she could not see it. In fact, what really dissatisfied her was the Chinese living in Warsaw, who actually looked at her with the same gaze, as if they were inferior.
The little maid hates this place, hates the city, hates the people who live here, even if it looks so beautiful and beautiful, even if it seems that the people living here are so rich and happy, even if they are ......
Knock knock!
At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door, the little maid had nothing, but several bodyguards living in the next room were nervous at first, after all, this is a foreign country, they need to be cautious all the time, several bodyguards hurriedly went out, when they saw the guards of the security bureau, they were like a big enemy.
There were only two guards who came up, but these two guards gave a lot of pressure to several bodyguards, they were not ordinary people, and national art was a compulsory subject for them, but at this time, they sensed the sense of oppression of the teacher in the guards, and couldn't help but want to pull out their guns......
Naturally, the guns were not taken out in the end, because the guards hurriedly took out their documents when they saw their movements, not because they were afraid of anything but because they didn't want to cause trouble, after all, Ernst was still waiting.
"Your king wants to invite me to dinner?"
Suddenly received such an invitation at night, no one can be suspicious, although he is middle-aged, but he is still very clear about his own charm, Mrs. Sun, maybe the other party wants to "take a look" at herself.
Madame Sun's attitude was obviously misunderstood, but the guards would not explain anything, they were not Bert, and it was not clear why Ernst invited Madame Sun to dinner. This time is indeed later, and they also have the same misunderstanding, after all, the other party does have the capital to make them misunderstand.
Thinking about it slightly, Madame Sun shook her head and felt that she might have misunderstood, Ernst's reputation has always been good, although he has several mistresses, but his approach has always been frank, and this dinner together may just be a dinner together. Of course, if the other party really has any intentions, Mrs. Sun is also very happy, after all, women love beauty, and if there is a king pursuing him in middle age, it must be a very happy thing.
Forced? Madame Sun would not want to go there, if the king of a country would still do such a thing, then it would be a real shame, the only thing Madame Sun needed to prepare was a set of polite refusals, after all, she didn't want to make Ernst's face too ugly because of her refusal.
Ernst didn't know about Madame Sun's misunderstanding, at this time the banquet had been prepared, all that remained was to wait for Madame Sun's arrival, and Anne was also looking forward to it, she was very curious about what kind of person this first lady was, and what made Ernst value it so much. (To be continued.) )
PS: Today's unit meeting is more than 8 o'clock, and I can only rush out one chapter, and I can only open 4K for full attendance, sorry!