The German Foreign Ministry first received this proposal, because the issue of the Baghdad railway has become one of the most concerned issues in the German political circles, and the Foreign Ministry did not hide this proposal, but directly took it to Wilhelm II, who was a very decisive leader, and quickly convened political and military personnel for a closed-door meeting.

According to common sense, the Baghdad railway is not just an economic issue, but a problem of a combination of economy and politics, and in a sense, this is a very complex issue.

Judging from the above proposal, it is a novel solution, according to what the Northwest provides, the Northwest is quite sincere, not only can bear all the construction costs, give high salaries to the personnel sent by Germany, but also promise many conveniences in the future, such as berthing and supply costs, traffic, and that is, German ordinary cargo ships and warships can be allowed to supplement their supplies here. It seems acceptable, but there is a big problem that Germany needs to pay for land.

Land is related to the sovereignty of a country, and some radical officials, or officials who do not know much about China and the northwest, directly raise objections, and cede land to backward China, or even just the northwest of a region that is backward China, is this detrimental to Germany's position in the world?

However, this view was quickly refuted by diplomats and some well-known Chinese, China is China, the northwest is the northwest, this can not be generalized, for last year, maybe these people will not say so justifiably, but now, since the northwest and Russia frontal battle, even defeated 210,000, 18 divisions of Russian troops, annihilated and captured most of them, the position of the northwest has been established, as long as he can block Russia's next final blow, In terms of actual strength, the northwest has the ability to stand in the ranks of powerful countries.

Japan spent a huge price, with the support of Britain, to win the Russo-Japanese War and obtain a seat in the club of great powers, but everyone knows that it was under the British almost shirtless, with the help of many aspects, the northwest war, is a frontal battlefield, completed in the hard confrontation of the army, far higher than the content of the Japanese World War, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs personnel also found that in addition to the European part of the stubborn Russia, the Far East part of the mobilization is particularly violent, obviously, Russia is not willing to lose, ready for a larger battleThis is much more courageous than during the Russo-Japanese War, when Russia was unable to exert its full strength because of the support of Britain and France, and now Britain and France, and even Japan, which is an enemy, are on the side of Russia. As long as the Northwest can win this war, the Northwest's position will be stable, and it will even gain a certain amount of world attention.

After confirming the status of the Northwest, and confirming that the Northwest did not want European land, but that it was within the German sphere of influence, it was possible to obtain a piece of land where a seaport could be built, and the size was determined according to the size of the port, and most of the officials began to face this qiē.

The purpose of the northwest is very simple, that is, to make the construction of the Baghdad railway smooth, the Baghdad railway has been upgraded to a critical stage, which is also the fundamental reason for Germany's consideration, for Germany, they also look at overseas colonies, more important is the market and raw materials, for the control of the seaport, not as strong as Britain and France, after all, Germany does not have a large number of overseas colonies, there is no need to set up military ports around the world, such a port, as long as it agrees to this, it is Chinese, it is German, there seems to be not much difference.

In some of the memos sent back by Tong Guò Mumer, some conditions were clearly counted, such as the opening of most of the cargo passage, mainly to serve Germany, and even in the future, the construction of batteries near the harbor to form temporary military ports and fortresses to provide a foothold for the fleet in the Far East.

There is no reason not to disagree with the fact that a large number of people, word by word, from all sides, examined the proposal, trying to find problems in the middle, after all, in the eyes of most people in the world, this proposal is so good, it is almost the Northwest side pays, the German side enjoys it, or for the construction of the Baghdad Railway, is the Northwest so stupid?

The northwest is not stupid, Yang Yuanzhao is even more stupid, but he is more visionary than most people, as long as the oil in the Middle East is not discovered on a large scale, Yang Yuanzhao's goal is almost impossible for anyone to guess, and seek to seize the Middle East, I am afraid that this sentence is clearly said, no one will believe it, what kind of place is the Middle East, it is a barren land, full of deserts and poor tribes, no money, no specialties, and even lack of water, Britain is not because of the maintenance of the Suez Canal, You won't even look at the countries of the Middle East.

Yang Yuanzhao's strategy is very simple, that is, Yang Mou, although there is a purpose, but in this era, it is not feasible, after a long day of investigation, no bad things were found, things picked up in vain, after thinking twice, it was decided to go down, Wilhelm II's meeting lasted for a day, and the opinions of people in political and military circles were widely listened to, and after the discussion, a reunification was finally reached, but there were certain differences in the choice of location.

Germany has long had ambitions for the Middle East, no matter what, it is a world island across Asia, Africa and Europe, through Guò, can pass through Asia, Europe and Africa, in terms of strategy, is extremely important, Iraq because of the control of Turkey, coupled with the special relationship between Germany and Turkey, Iraq's seaside has always been the focus of exploration, even as early as 1900, has been a full range of measurements of that place.

Agree to the proposal, let the northwest near Iraq, where Germany can influence, find a suitable location to build a seaport, the land ownership belongs to China, Germany has part of the right to use and jurisdiction, but how to obtain, choose there, need the northwest and Germany detailed consultations, and even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United industry, colonization and other departments, after some negotiations, to establish a temporary intention.

As soon as the news came out, it was notified to Mu Mo, and before Mu Mo sent the news back, Harpy had already informed Yang Yuanzhao of this conclusion through a special channel, of course, excluding this temporary item of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this intention was only in high-level consultations in several departments, and only a limited number of insiders knew, and it was unlikely that Harpy's channel would know.

After getting the news, Yang Yuanzhao was excited, the northwest didn't even go out of China, and now it is only three provinces plus a Baotou Special Administrative Region, and it may continue to the west in the future, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, these provinces are all within the scope of Yang Yuanzhao, but it is the east, because of some concerns, for the time being, Yang Yuanzhao does not plan to do it, 2 years is not enough time for the northwest to control the vast territory with a large population, rather than rashly entering, it is better to develop peacefully, Let's get through the opportunity to fight first.

Since it is impossible to go in the country, it is also a direction to go outward, to forcefully solve the independence of Outer Mongolia, to include more than one million square kilometers of Mongolian land, and even to make enemies of Russia because of this, and to fight a tough war with Russia in the Far East, in order to win a stable and strong external environment for the northwest.

Now, the external environment has been obtained, and Russia is still mobilizing troops, he knows, but all the things analyzed by the staff officers, unless it is the general mobilization of the entire Russian army, even if Russia mobilizes about half of the army, at most it will only be a defeat with Baotou, and the two sides have formed a stalemate in the Mongolian steppe, and under the cost of a lot of money, the northwest can hold on with the help of trade and Yang Yuanzhao's investment, and Russia, unless the tsar comes up with his personal wealth, will definitely not be able to hold on.

The tsar is rich, that's right, the Russian tsar has accumulated for several generations, even more than a dozen generations, and is almost one of the richest royal families in the entire world, and there are even statistics, just a dozen tons of gold, as well as all kinds of cultural relics, jewelry, diamonds, etc.

But the tsar is rich, it does not mean that Russia is rich, relatively speaking, the Russian government is definitely the least rich among several great powers, he wants to insist on this war, he can only rely on the tsar, will the tsar come up with personal wealth? Yang Yuanzhao is very sure that no, in the later stage of World War I, Russia was already in difficulty, and even the basis of the Tsar's ruling did not exist, the Tsar did not take it out, and cheapened the Soviet Union in vain, so that the Soviet Union had a new life, and in the economic crisis of 1929, he wantonly copied the world and established a huge industrial system that made the world look sideways.

At most, the north is like this, holding the front steadily, and the possibility of consuming Russia is still large, which makes Yang Yuanzhao a little reassured, and now, the Middle East is sent to the door again, after Wilhelm II agrees, it is just a matter of choice, as long as he invests a lot, the northwest can have a tentacle in the Middle East, a seaport in the hands of China, and even has the right to garrison 500 people and the right to build a seaport fortress, which is extremely critical to Yang Yuanzhao's foothold plan.

With the strong construction capacity of the Northwest, under the situation of the Baghdad Railway, it will slowly encroach, hairpin, and build effectively, and it may be two or three years later, the Northwest will have a stable and powerful port in the Middle East. Where will it be, inevitably, Yang Yuanzhao looked forward to it, he knew that Mu Mo was going here with a map, that was the map of the Middle East, Germany's secret sphere of influence, which could only be taken by Mu Mo, a diplomat, to the high-level leaders in the northwest, so that they could choose the right place, and even some basic hydrological and topographic data, Yang Yuanzhao didn't expect that after Mu Mo arrived, he really gave him a surprise. R1152