Song Biao did not decide to make an official visit to the Philippines in the end because he and Conns. The Vanderbilt talks went relatively smoothly, and the United States agreed in principle to include the Batan Islands in the north, which is close to Taiwan, under the jurisdiction of China's Taiwan Province, and the two countries should be bounded by the Luzon Strait.

This is a minor problem, at least in this period.

There is no need for Emperor Song and the US Secretary of State to negotiate the matter, whether to give it or not is just a matter of one sentence, the United States says not to give, China will not continue to entangle, but why should the United States give China?

The reason is very simple: This is exactly the place where the navy must pass through to enter Southeast Asia, and China has decided to set up a submarine base here to deploy about 10 medium-sized submarines to curb the southward momentum of the navy, and if the situation is more urgent, China may also directly set up an air base here to contain the large ships of the navy with torpedo bombers.

The United States has already restricted itself from setting up a naval base here in the "Washington Treaty," and it has now regretted watching the frenzied expansion of its navy, and the two sides hit it off.

After reaching an agreement with France for the purchase of the Pacific islands, the value of the Empire's islands in the Palau Islands, Central New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Polynesia was revealed, giving the Imperial Navy a whole route from Taiwan Province to the south and all the way to the entire Pacific Ocean.

After all, it was from the Philippines to take a few more islands, and Song Biao didn't want to make things happen unexpectedly. After a day of conversation about a number of issues, Vanderbilt continued his planned trip to the Kingdom of Brunei.

The Kingdom of Brunei was originally a relatively large kingdom in Southeast Asia, and the territory at this time still theoretically included Sarawak and Sabah, but during the British colonial rule, Sarawak established the Brooke Dynasty of the white king with the support of the British, while Sabah was occupied by British merchants.

After the empire exchanged the protection rights of the Kingdom of Brunei from the British, it did not rush to develop the resources of the Kingdom of Brunei, but successively negotiated with the British and the so-called Brooke Dynasty on behalf of the Brunei royal family, and finally took back the territorial rights of Sabah, and reached an agreement with the Brooke family to retain the management rights and tax rights of the Brooke family in Sarawak in the name of granting the Duke of Sarawak, but in terms of territorial ownership, the two sides recognized that they belonged to the Kingdom of Brunei.

It was not so much a negotiation with the Brooke family as with the British Empire, and the whole negotiation was extremely difficult, spanning seven years, and the empire paid a lot of price for it.

In short, the empire basically restored the territory of the Kingdom of Brunei.

The visit of Emperor and Empress Song to Brunei also means that this matter has come to an end, as well as China's positive values and true protection of Brunei.

Before the arrival of the Song Emperor's fleet, the 27th Sultan of Brunei, Ahmad Zudin, personally led the royal family and subjects to meet him at the port, and at this time, the Chinese population of the entire Brunei Kingdom had accounted for as much as 1/4, and the local economy was mostly controlled by the Chinese, and the Far East consortium was even more dominant here.

The fleet chose to arrive at Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, at 9 o'clock in the morning, and the large fleet composed of two battleships, four cruisers, four destroyers and a large supply ship sailed into the port one after another.

This is the power of the great powers.

In the past four years, the Imperial Central Navy has sent fleets south three times, and the Northern Fleet also spent the winter in 1927 when the main force of the Navy went south to the port of Bandar Seri Bega.

When the Aurora docked in the harbor in the center, the salute from the harbor was fired, and the sky was filled with flowers.

It was only then that Song Biao stepped out of the ship and greeted the people in the harbor on the side of the ship.

It has been seven years since the empire had the right to protect the kingdom of Brunei, and in the past seven years, the empire's development in Brunei has been slow and steady, but from this year onwards, the empire will gradually increase its investment in the oil industry, and the first oil well will be officially opened around July this year.

Prior to this, the Imperial Far East Petroleum Corporation had basically made it clear that the oil reserves here were relatively rich, but it had been waiting for the end of the Sino-British negotiations, and when all the risks were eliminated, the empire would officially start a full-scale construction here, and Brunei would ensure the demand for oil resources for the entire empire in the next twenty years.

When Song Biao and his empress walked down the port, Sultan Ahmad Zutin also led his subjects to bow down to the couple, and Song Biao watched all this indifferently, and did not feel anything wrong, because they were the real protectors.

After Sultan Ahmad Zutin saluted, Song Biao stretched out his hand to shake hands with Sultan Ahmad Zutin, and resolutely and firmly said to him: "From now on, Brunei is a kingdom of reading power in the true sense of the word, and enjoys the security guarantee of our country in the absolute sense, unless our country is wiped out, Brunei will not be threatened and invaded by any kind." ”

Hearing this, Sultan Ahmad Zutin was also very excited, although he was inevitably a little apprehensive in his heart, because these years of British rule made him realize a truth, that is, the world will always be a stage for the jungle.

The world is brutal and realistic.

Even if such a thought comes to mind, Sultan Ahmad Zudin is very hopeful that his fears will be unwarranted, and that China will protect its neighboring states as it has done for the past dozen centuries.

He reverently clasped Emperor Song's hand with both hands, and couldn't wait to bow his head and put his forehead on the back of Emperor Song's hand, declaring his allegiance, just as the believers have allegiance and trust in Ah Qiang.

Song Biao understood the meaning of Ahmad Zutin's courtesy, but he still patted the young sultan on the shoulder and said: "I think we will be very equal exchanges, weak countries have no diplomacy, in this era when power is right, small countries want to maintain their own interests or must accept the protection of a strong empire." However, among the various so-called protections, China's protection is the most sincere and equal, just as China has had equal exchanges with East Asian countries over the past 10 centuries. ”

Naturally, these words made Sultan Ahmad Zutin even more excited, although he couldn't believe his ears a little.

There are no cars on Brunei's side, and there are no suitable other means of transportation, and before the arrival of the Chinese and the Far Eastern Consortium, the royal family also continued to ride in a Southeast Asian-style luxury sedan chair, but after having the protection of the Kingdom of Brunei, he has a resume of serving in the CSKA Artillery Brigade, and has also worked in the Far Eastern Consortium, and then served as the Consul General in Pyongyang, North Korea, Liang Xunqin was personally selected by Song Biao to serve as the state adviser of the Kingdom of Brunei, which is equivalent to the Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Brunei.

After Liang Xunqin arrived in Brunei, he soon chose to import a batch of Arabian horses as the royal family's royal horses, and also imported cars from the empire to brand the crescent moon national emblem of the Brunei royal family.

Of course, Brunei is not a poor and poor country, on the contrary, the Brunei royal family itself has the largest and luxurious Nuroiman Palace in East Asia, and this is also the palace of Song Biao's visit to Brunei.

It was accompanied by Sultan Ahmad Zutin and State Adviser Liang Xunqin that Song Biao and his empress entered this luxurious palace in a royal car.

Along the way, Song Biao also talked a lot about Sultan Ahmed Zudin, anyway, he tried to reassure Sultan Ahmad Zutin 27 that the existing protection treaty between the two sides is still mainly aimed at foreign countries, and there are indeed no unequal clauses in itself, which is basically equivalent to an alliance treaty.

Song Biao's visit this time was mainly to celebrate the revival of the Kingdom of Brunei, and secondly, to formalize the free and reciprocal trade treaty between the two countries, and the empire would take advantage of this opportunity to formally establish a free trade agreement in Asia and establish a free trade organization around the empire.

There is certainly no part of this organization.

According to the empire's plan, the main role of this free trade organization is that the member countries mainly provide export and investment markets to China, and of course, in terms of treaty rules, all full member states are equal, enjoy free markets with each other, and maintain the lowest tariffs for investment and trade with each other.

The current consideration is that the Kingdom of Brunei is the first to join, followed by Cambodia, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, and Indonesia, which is likely to continue to join, Indonesia is basically still under the colonial rule of the Netherlands at this stage, but the colonial rule of the Netherlands has also been weakened by the empire.

In this era, there is no axiom, strength is axiom.

A very important factor in the long-term colonial rule of the Netherlands in Indonesia comes from the British Empire's balanced policy on the European continent, including Belgium's colonial domination the size of the Congo, which is also the support policy of the British Empire, and the British Empire used this to win over the Netherlands and Belgium as pawns of the British Empire to balance Germany and France.

Without the support of the British Empire, what was the Netherlands in Asia?

Britain is now maintaining a policy of concession to China for a long time, first of all, Britain's national strength is declining, it is no longer as good as the United States, and it must share world hegemony with the United States; if Britain does not maintain this "friendly" policy of concession to China and forces China and Britain into a situation of complete confrontation, once China completely falls to the United States, it will be extremely unfavorable to Britain.

Second, even without the U.S. factor, China's control over the Middle East and West Asia is increasing year by year, posing a great threat to British colonial rule in India.

One of the basic policies of the Chinese Empire and the British Empire at this stage is that neither side will provoke the core interests of their opponents, such as the Tibetan and Xinjiang provinces in China and the Indian reading power problem in the United Kingdom.

Neither side plays this card.

China is indeed gradually expanding, but it does not directly challenge the authority and interests of Britain, nor is it in a hurry to break the world order formulated by Europe and the United States, for example, in Indonesia, China also recognizes the colonial rule of the Netherlands over Indonesia, but the Netherlands must guarantee China's "special interests" in Indonesia.

The situation is stronger than the man.

China's naval strength is not enough to challenge Britain and the United States, and it can only threaten the Netherlands, but it is more than enough to bully the Netherlands, and China and France are allies, and it is also very interesting to confront Britain and the Netherlands.

After the First World War, the world was in chaos, and it was a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters, and the key was that you had to be strong.

On the one hand, Britain has been behind the technical and financial support behind the scenes, and on the other hand, it is also because China has relied on its strength to scrape the benefits.

He thought that his navy was stronger than China's, and he was not convinced that China had taken advantage of all the benefits! In fact, he did not think about the fact that there is also a question of comprehensive national strength and comprehensive military strength, because it is now a fact that is basically recognized in the world that once the German Army collapses, the Chinese Army will be the first in the world, and no one dares to challenge this fact, and the Chinese Army is threatening India and Burma, and Britain will have to give in if it is not allowed.

China's Central Army has 200,000 troops stationed in Yunnan, and Britain does not dare to move in that place, and if China wants to build a railway into Burma, Britain can only determine the rights and interests of both sides through consultation and negotiation, and it cannot be said that it completely rejects China's intervention, because if the matter is really deadlocked, the result will be unfavorable to everyone.

In this free trade treaty of the empire, there is an exclusionary clause itself, and after entering this free trade organization, it is not allowed to join other free trade organizations for many years, and the degree of tariff and investment preferences are lower than those of the organization's treaties.

By doing so, China is trying to stabilize the internal market in a large sphere of influence, and the rest of the capitalist countries will be kept out, much like the colonies.

Therefore, the so-called World Free Trade Organization is to share the colonies together, and replace the previous military wars with economic wars.

Laos is not part of the Free Trade Organization, and it will be further legally part of the China Entente, first economically into China, and then take your time.

Laos is actually very important, and once China has this territory, Vietnam will be completely finished.

If Vietnam wants to provoke a dispute with China in the future, or takes a tough stance, as soon as the empire sends troops from Laos, Vietnam will immediately be cut into several pieces, and it will attack the capital and fight wherever it wants.

Laos is a high ground, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Vietnam may want to rush up is very low, three or four times the strength of the force to rush up may not be able to rush down, the sacrifice will be very powerful.

In the era of the Air Force, as soon as fighter planes were deployed on the Lao plateau, Vietnam and Thailand were completely suspended, and even the United States, the Soviet Union, and NATO wanted to help them, but there was nothing they could do.

Fighters fight fighters, high against low, there is no way to fight, unless you use a third-generation fighter to fight someone else's second-generation aircraft.

To put it mildly, condescendingly, the artillery is farther than you.

Therefore, China pursues this highland principle in the entire southwestern territory, and controls the plateau areas and dangerous mountainous areas as much as possible, in this case, even if you enter the tank age, your tanks and artillery are not of much use here, and my infantry is condescending, and a squad can guard you and a company.

Song Biao was very steady in territorial development, and many of the principles he considered were aimed at decades later, or even a hundred years later, with the current strength of the Chinese Empire, the entire Indochina Peninsula and northern India region were very restrained, frictional and controversial, but basically they were gradually looking for strategic areas within a controllable range, rather than pursuing greater territorial development.

For example, during World War II, if China really faced the threat of the Soviet Union and Germany, the surrounding area was still unstable, and there were powder kegs everywhere, it would be a very difficult situation.

Song Biao spent a week in Brunei before heading to Cambodia.

In the demarcation of Cambodia and Vietnam, China is also extremely biased in favor of Cambodia, and has assigned many advantageous areas to Cambodia, especially the disputed Ha Tien area, which is also completely biased towards Cambodia.

China's real establishment of protection of Cambodia was after the second renewal of the Sino-French treaty, but before that, China's control over Cambodia was already very strong, and with China's protection, Thailand's territorial dispute over Cambodia was also a big problem.

In fact, in the Indochina Peninsula, Thailand has always been the most hegemonic country, from Cambodia, Laos to occupy a large number of disputed areas, considering the long-term development of Cambodia, China has decided to suppress Thailand, take back some of the disputed areas, especially in the Shaming port area, which is very important to Cambodia in the west, but Thailand relied on its strength all the way to the mountains, there are no port resources at all.

In addition to being a little too much to Vietnam in the Indochina Peninsula, China has always been very fair to Thailand, but if you want to bully people in Thailand, it depends on China's face! In the past, China lacked a direct threat to Thailand, and now with 1/4 of the Shan State Plateau in its hands, it is still easy to hit you.

Song Biao visited Cambodia and Laos all the way from Brunei, returned the same way, and returned to Guangzhou by fleet.

His visit to the three royal families along the way is actually to re-establish the clan relationship between the imperial family of the Chinese Empire and the three royal families, but unlike before, the empire no longer deals with your royal succession, and you don't need the approval of my emperor to be the king, but the emperor directly appoints state advisers to help you deal with state affairs.

On the whole, there was progress, more equality, and tighter control, and the export of southwestern Chinese to Indochina did reach a new height in the past few years, and this situation lasted until about 1935, when the population of Sichuan gradually decreased to about 40 million.

Sichuan's population is also growing, but this growth is also being consumed by the constant immigration.

From 1930 onwards, China's export population will basically be the new generation of young people who have received a higher level of basic education, and their role in Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and West Asia will become more and more obvious.

Song Biao's estimate is that after the end of World War II, the Chinese will basically occupy a very important seat in the world economy in this way, and the advantage of this is that the Chinese ethnic group can occupy the best conditions and resources in all parts of the world to thrive and pass on the torch.

Of course, the Chinese will also be seen as the new Jews, if not more so.

But it doesn't matter, China is the most powerful empire in the world, and China will also have the most powerful aircraft carrier group in the world.

Fan I China, although far away, will be punished.

When I said this in January of that year, I was definitely not just talking.

(To be continued)