On the German side, such a request for the northwest seems reasonable, but there is no deeper meaning in it, not to mention the distance between the northwest and Turkey, and first to mention the Asian countries, especially China, which is still recognized as a weak country, to interfere in the Balkans, the powder keg of Europe.

Yang Yuanzhao went to Europe, the harvest is very huge, basically consolidated China's cutting-edge heavy industry field, most of his effort, is on the replication of the machine, but more or less contact with some international relations, although not much, but more in-depth understanding of the shape of Europe, from the first decade of the 20th century, the situation in Europe is changing, there must be a war between Britain and Germany, and it is a world war that swept the whole of Europe.

In the hundreds of years of Manchu rule, the European countries are magnificent for hundreds of years, fighting with each other one after another, the position of the throne is constantly changing, from the very beginning of Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the countries took turns to control the Trident of Poseidon, the contradictions between countries and deceit, it is simply impossible to prevent it, any thing, is not isolated, it happens alone, there is a profound background of the times.

Replaced by ordinary fart people in the previous life, Yang Yuanzhao will also think that the cause of the First World War was just a Sarajevo incident, which triggered the First World War with 50 million casualties, and after really coming to this world and controlling the authority of the northwest, he realized more clearly that even if there is no Sarajevo, there are other nests, there are other heat, and even the situation in Europe before the First World War is not without the possibility of zài misfire, the Moroccan conflict that broke out in 1911, France and Germany directly put bayonets on top and pulled the bolt, and if it had not been for Germany's concessions, the world war would have broken out long ago. Not only the Moroccan crisis, but also in Europe, there are many incidents that may have gone wrong, but in the end it ended up in the Balkans, which also proves that where is the most chaotic and easy to find the cause.

What does Germany mean, is it for the Northwest to choose? Yang Yuanzhao could not make a decision, so he had to find some officials from the government and some personnel from the Ministry of Intelligence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the decision this time, at this time there was only a little more than a year before the possible First World War in 1914, and the northwest was far from being prepared, and it was the best choice to rashly intervene in the international situation.

From the very beginning, Yang Yuanzhao was only ready to actively intervene in the First World War, not by force, but by economic and material intervention, to support the Germans, so that Germany has stronger strength than in history, and to make the First World War more tragic.

The Ministry of Intelligence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs knew what Germany was asking for, earlier than Yang Yuanzhao, they received information when Mu Mo did not leave, and when Yang Yuanzhao did not make a decision, they began to prepare in advance, to analyze some intelligence mainly in the Balkans, although the Ministry of Intelligence is not enough, it has only been established for a few years, and even the domestic intelligence network has not been completely rolled out, let alone abroad, but with the help of Harpy, especially the German intelligence department intentionally or unintentionally shared, Nevertheless, they were given something useful, particularly with regard to the situation in the Balkans.

The Balkans are a powder keg of Europe, yes, according to the analysis of the intelligence department, which almost contains many great powers, the first is of course the conflict between the Balkan countries and Turkey, the Balkan Peninsula, from the above, was once the territory of the Ottoman Empire, a great empire across three continents, Turkey once had the ultimate glory, Constantinople was the capital of the Ottoman Empire, became the world's largest city in the 17th century, and was the ultimate expression of the Ottoman Empire's national strength.

With the decline of Turkey, the Balkan Peninsula began the process of independence, which has many countries behind it, first of all, Russia, from the beginning of the state, Russia has never stopped the pace of expansion, the expansion of the Far East is only a direction, the invasion of southern Turkey, is also an important direction. The contradiction between Turkey and Russia is precisely caused by Russia's southern invasion, and Russia's purpose is to control the Mediterranean, especially after the opening of the Suez Canal, when the position of the Mediterranean Sea has been greatly strengthened, to occupy the Balkan Peninsula, control Istanbul, control the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, this is a decisive step in Russia's European strategy, as long as this step is achieved, it means exclusive control over the Black Sea, Asia Minor, and the Balkan Peninsula.

Between Russia and Turkey, therefore, in the 17th and 19th centuries, 10 Russo-Turkish wars broke out, and the powerful Ottoman Empire gradually declined, especially the 10th, Turkey was defeated, not only lost its control over the Balkans, but also under the leadership of Russia, divided the Balkans, Romania and Serbia became independent, and Bulgaria became a self-controlled state under the jurisdiction of Russia, which in a sense was one of the causes of the Balkan Wars.

Since then, the Balkans have been at war for many countries, and the contradictions between each other are irreconcilable, and almost every year there is a war, so that Turkey was defeated in this Balkan War, and two of the important countries, Serbia and Bulgaria, were established in the Tenth Turkish-Russian War.

If it is just like this, the situation in the Balkans will not deteriorate to this point today, after the Suez Canal was built, Britain began to notice the Balkans, if Russia has access to the Mediterranean Sea, it will directly threaten the Suez Canal, which is unacceptable to Britain, in the 19th century, Britain began to support Turkey, and even helped Turkey build warships to help Turkey resist Russia, and then, Germany also inserted into it, and Turkey's army was also manipulated and trained by Germany, This further exacerbated the tension, and the entry of Germany led Britain to favor Greece-led countries, and Turkey was plunged into crisis.

After reading these basic information, Yang Yuanzhao couldn't help but have a big head, a small Balkan Peninsula, there are many countries, this is not enough, there are even such and such contradictions between countries, plus with Turkey such a suzerain, Russia, Britain and Germany such outsiders, there are many contradictions, the most important thing is that now that the contradictions between Britain and Germany have become the mainstream, the situation is more complicated, and the emergence of the Young Turkish Party has exacerbated this change, the most important thing is that Turkey no longer has the strength of the Ottoman Empire, it is a soft persimmon, even countries like Serbia and Bulgaria can bully him, not to mention behemoths like Russia and Britain, any of their actions will make Turkey earthquake.

In the conference room, there was a period of silence, this kind of thing related to diplomacy, no one dared to open at will, such a complicated situation, the northwest has just lived the road of normal development, the past four years have proved that the war may be able to promote the rapid growth of science and technology in a certain aspect, but it is not conducive to production and accumulation, the war against Russia, in a short period of time has achieved a brilliant victory, but the payment is huge, from arms to pensions, to war expenses, this is a lot of money, that time is the slowest development speed of the northwest.

Northwest and China are on the road of development, which has a lot to do with the restraint of the northwest, did not unify the whole of China, on the one hand, to avoid the impact of war, on the other hand, how not to give the northwest time integration, now the northwest in China's position is very important, industrial and agricultural output value is huge, just say the population, through a few years of absorption and inclination, the northwest has a population of 320 million, almost accounting for more than two-thirds of the total population of the whole China.

Yang Yuanzhao had no choice but to name him, the first one was Liu Shu, Liu Shu smiled bitterly, the government experience in the past few years has allowed Liu Shu to gradually grow from a chamber of commerce to a qualified government official, but he is really not very good at diplomacy, summarized it slightly, and said, "I think, European things, we should not get involved!" ”

Liu Shu's speech is very conservative, and it can be regarded as Lao Cheng's idea of seeking the country, most of the government officials agree with Liu Shu's opinion, Yang Yuanzhao nodded, this is almost the same as his original idea, at that time, he just wanted to avoid trouble, and even from his own point of view, it is not too much to change the history of the world, and it is also the welfare of the traveler.

But after thinking about it carefully, Yang Yuanzhao still vetoed the original idea, and that kind of retreat is definitely not the best solution. The dual requirements of the German War Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are not so light to shirk, otherwise, the other party will not be so formal, and will use the method of side knocking, the most important thing is that Yang Yuanzhao faintly feels that this matter may be very important.

Although he does not know the detailed history of the First World War, Yang Yuanzhao also knows that Turkey is an important force of the Central Powers, and in the First World War in history, the support for Germany is far greater than that of Austria-Hungary, containing a large number of Russian troops, as for Italy, it is a wall grass, plus its army combat effectiveness is almost zero, and the African natives who have no industrialization at all fought against it, and finally ceded the land and paid reparations, and compensated 500,000 pounds for funds, which is simply the first time after the European Age of Discovery, in the evening fine day, It also tried to get involved in Chinese soil, and was forcefully expelled by the warships of the Three Seas, such a country, even if it did not fall to Britain and France, would have little effect.

To support Turkey, it is not as complicated as imagined, Basra, a port in the northwest deep into the Far East, is not only a large commercial port, but also a huge military port, in the future, once the outbreak of World War I, this may be Germany's only sea passage and lifeline, and it is too close to India, the center of Britain in Asia, it will definitely be regarded as a thorn in the side, so when Yang Yuanzhao visited Basra, he left a batch of arms, enough to equip 12 divisions of arms, and this part of the arms can be drawn to support Turkey.

In addition, the Basra military port, after several months of hard work, and a regular army of 12,000 people, which were all slowly drawn from the field troops in the northwest. Yang Yuanzhao really couldn't make up his mind. R1152