"--The battle lasted for two and a half hours, Wang Dingshan and they annihilated the Aziz family's guards and occupied Riyadh in one fell swoop, and the leader of the Aziz family, Abdul Aziz, and a number of members of the royal family were accidentally killed in the battle-"

In the royal palace of Penglai Island, Gao Hongshi reported to Qin Zhiyuan the results of the airborne troops. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This "accidental death" is not necessarily an accident either.

Normally, Lan Fang should keep Abdul Aziz, so as to better control the Rashid family, but Lan Fang has already got what she wants in Saudi Arabia, and she has no intention of messing up Saudi Arabia and then profiting from it, it is better to simply do it, which is more conducive to regional stability and is also conducive to Lan Fang's rapid shift of focus to economic construction.

After the complete capture of Riyadh, Lan Fang has basically fulfilled its promise to the Rashid family, and if the Rashid family hands over the Persian Gulf to Lan Fang, then the area of Lan Fang in the western province of the Middle East will reach about 540,000 square kilometers.

The most important thing is that Lan Fang will get an outlet to the sea in both the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean directions, which is very conducive to Lan Fang's rapid mobilization of troops in the future.

Of course, it is not easy to determine all this, and at the upcoming Cairo meeting in June, there will definitely be a war of words between Lan Fang and the United Kingdom, and whether Lan Fang can legally determine the existence of the Western Province is still a question mark.

This "de jure" refers to the recognition of the international community, and if Lan Fang unilaterally declares the existence of the Western Province, it is useless if it is not recognized by the international community, and if Britain also makes a claim to the Persian Gulf, then the Persian Gulf will be identified as a disputed area, and there will be lawsuits to fight in the future.

The Persian Gulf that the Saudis agreed to cede to Lanfang is not the entire Persian Gulf, and the other side of the Persian Gulf is controlled by the Iranians, except for Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, which are customary countries in the 21st century.

Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates are good countries to say, the current population of these countries is only 30,000 or 40,000 people, and there is no concept of a country now, and it is still a terra nullius in the customary sense.

Iranian-controlled areas on the other side of the Persian Gulf, while more troublesome, are not entirely impossible. Iran is also politically unstable, as just the year before last, Colonel Reza Khan of the Qajar dynasty staged a military coup d'état to occupy Tehran, and if nothing else, Reza Khan would take the throne in about two years to 1925 and then establish the Pahlavi dynasty.

Because of the current chaos in Iran, Lan Fang is not out of the box, and the past two years are the only opportunity.

"Order Chen Kangjian to go to the Persian Gulf immediately and tell Chen Kangjian that what I want is the entire Persian Gulf, I want the Persian Gulf to become our Lanfang inland sea, and I want to change the Persian Gulf to Lanfang Bay." Qin Zhiyuan is determined, although this seems a bit greedy, but if he can control the Persian Gulf, it is nothing to leave a little infamy.

"Yes, Your Majesty." was in charge of the record, standing there with a pen in hand and a book in hand.

"As for those scattered lands, give me all the coast of the Persian Gulf, where the aborigines can join Lanfang nationality if they agree with Lanfang, if they don't agree, then give it all to the Rashid family, presumably the Rashid family should gladly accept it." Since Qin Zhiyuan wants to take it, he must take it completely and leave no hidden dangers.

"Over there in Cairo—" Lu Zhengxiang, who was sitting on the side, was still thinking about the Cairo Conference.

"You can just look at it, keep in line with the French, try to win the support of the Americans, try to be friendly with the British, and give the British some compensation in other aspects, but we must control the Persian Gulf." Qin Zhiyuan set a bottom line for Lan Fang's attitude, no matter what, the Persian Gulf will be won.

"Can we make some concessions to the British on the Siamese side?" Lu Zhengxiang followed Qin Zhiyuan's intentions.

Siam was another big quagmire for the British.

After Lan Fang and France sent troops to Siam at the same time, the British were not to be outdone to get a piece of the pie, and as a result, Siam was divided between Lan Fang, France and the British, and now Lan Fang's rule in Siam has been stabilized, and the Lan Fang controlled area in Siam was determined by the Lan Fang government to establish Bangkok Province and officially became a part of Lan Fang. The situation on the French side is also not bad, because France and Lanfang have always had friendly relations, and Lanfang has no intention of tossing Manking, so the French-controlled area in Siam is also stable.

The British-controlled areas were a little worse, first the ten northern provinces of Siam launched a revolt against the British, and the British suppressed it unsuccessfully, and as a result, the ten northern provinces set up an autonomous committee, nominally recognizing the "suzerainty status" of the British, but in fact had nothing to do with the British.

The British originally thought that this would satisfy the ten northern provinces of Siam, but what the British did not expect was that the autonomy of the ten northern provinces of Siam was so eager that the Burmese people saw an opportunity, and the Burmese region bordering the ten northern provinces of Siam also began to fight against British rule.

Not only did the British find nothing in Siam, but even the original colonies began to show signs of instability, which was a great headache for the British.

The defeat of the British in Siam is inseparable from the ghosts of Lan Fang and France behind the scenes, without the support of Lan Fang and France, the British would not have been able to lose so quickly, Lu Zhengxiang meant to give the British a promise, promising that Lan Fang would not support the resistance in Burma, which should allow the British to reluctantly accept the rout in the Middle East.

"Yes, it's okay to give them a promise." Qin Zhiyuan didn't care about promising the British, anyway, this kind of "promise" has no meaning and can be overturned at any time: "The main thing is the unblocking of the Red Sea shipping lane, and the British blockade of the Gulf of Aden must not happen again, fortunately, we now have Djibouti, and the British should be able to talk slowly, who are you going to send?" ”

Qin Zhiyuan was sure that he would not attend the Cairo meeting in person, and Lu Zhengxiang would only be present when he signed, so the selection of the early delegates was a problem.

"Gu Shaochuan!" Lu Zhengxiang said a name triumphantly.

"Gu Shaochuan? Isn't he an ambassador of the Republic of China? Qin Zhiyuan couldn't accept it a little.

Gu Shaochuan is Gu Weijun, Gu Weijun is the first ambassador of the Republic of China to Lanfang, in the diplomatic circles of the Republic of China, Gu Weijun is also a first-class talent, Qin Zhiyuan has watched "My 1919" and is deeply impressed by Gu Weijun, but Qin Zhiyuan has no intention of digging the foot of the wall, after all, it is impossible for Lanfang to dig up all the talents of the Republic of China, and the appearance is too ugly.

"Your Majesty, you are a little too concerned about the work of the government-" Lu Zhengxiang was not very polite to Qin Zhiyuan, and the meaning of the complaint between his words was very strong, which made Gao Hongshi and Haiman on the side frown a little: "Shaochuan has joined our Lanfang nationality, and originally planned to be sent to the United States after establishing diplomatic relations with the Americans, but the Americans have not yet abolished the "Chinese Exclusion Act", so Shaochuan has not been able to make the trip, and now he is going to attend the Cairo Conference on behalf of our Lanfang." ”

Qin Zhiyuan was busy with the layout in the Middle East during this time, and he also had to take into account the scientific and technological development of Lanfang, so he really didn't have much time to pay attention to the actions of the Lanfang government.

However, Qin Zhiyuan's face is thick enough, and in the face of Lu Zhengxiang's complaints, Qin Zhiyuan didn't pick up the stubble at all, and directly pulled it to the United States: "What? The "Chinese Exclusion Act" just can't be repealed or what? ”

In fact, now the "Chinese Exclusion Act" has existed in name only, and the vast majority of Chinese in the United States are not citizens of the Republic of China, either American nationality or Lanfang nationality, and Lanfang's goods have also entered the American market, whether it is automobiles or penicillin, or emerging various nylon products, which are inseparable from Americans, so since the world war, there have been members of Congress in the United States Congress who have proposed to repeal the "Chinese Exclusion Act".

There is also a lot of resistance to repeal the "Chinese Exclusion Act", especially several oil giants in the United States, and now Ford has also joined in, in fact, the Republic of China is no longer the object of defense of the United States, Lan Fang is. The oil giants and Ford in the United States are worried that if the Chinese Exclusion Act is repealed, Lanfang commodities will completely conquer the American market, which is definitely not what these American trusts want to see.

"Soon, by the end of the month at the latest, the Chinese Exclusion Act will definitely be repealed." Lu Zhengxiang was also a little proud when he mentioned this.

The political structure of the United States is relatively unique, the US Congress is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the determination and repeal of a law must be passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Lan Fang also spent a lot of effort to repeal the "Chinese Exclusion Act", and the results are still there, as evidenced by the passage of the House of Representatives.

"Tell Alan to push him harder." Qin Zhiyuan was also satisfied.

Allen is now the deputy secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and Lan Fang's influence on the United States is mainly through Allen, although now the US Federal Group and Qin Zhiyuan have no legal relationship, but everyone knows the background of Lan Fang of the US Federal Group, even President Harding, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, and others know about it.

It's a bit unthinkable in other countries, but it's normal in the United States. The United States is such a magical country, no matter how incredible things are, as long as they are within the rules of the game, the Americans will not interfere, and even in order to maintain the rules of the game, the US government will objectively protect this potential relationship.

"Alan is also very difficult to do now, Nikolai's matter is still a bit of trouble to deal with, and Alan can't show too much." Lu Zhengxiang can still consider the problem from Allen's point of view.

Alan is really difficult to do, on the one hand, it is the US government that Allen is now serving, and on the other hand, it is the Lanfang government, the source of power, and Allen's tightrope is a bit dangerous.