As soon as Shan Qi heard Qiao Yu mention oil, his eyes lit up, speaking of which, as a late-developing country, its own resources are scarce, and it is so difficult to develop industry, but it is just to deprive China on the one hand and tighten his belt on the other, but as an island country, there are too many shortcomings.

The United Fleet has become the leading naval force in the Far East, but with the emergence of dreadnoughts, it must also keep up with the progress of the times, but it is now facing financial difficulties on the one hand, and on the other hand, dreadnoughts need to use oil as fuel, and they can only rely on imports, and the shortage of resources has become a problem for them.

You have a powerful fleet, and without power it is a pile of scrap metal, and now the center of oil production is still in the Gulf of Mexico, which is the back garden of the Americans, and I can only rely on imports, although now I have put the main aggressive force in East Asia, but I can't say when there will be a conflict with the West, and I urgently need to get a stable energy supply.

It is based on this mentality that when Qiao Yu proposed to cooperate with Yuben on oil, Yamaki Jiro suddenly became messy, does Sichuan really have oil, if there is, then it must be held in his hands, and then Shan Qi thought that he had obtained oil for the imperial political axe and solved the heart disease of Yuben, what a credit it should be, but Yamaki Jiro is also very calm, and he will not wishfully believe that Sichuan has oil because of Qiao Yu's casual words.

"Qiao Jun, as far as I know, China is an oil-poor country, and I don't think there will be large-scale oil fields in Sichuan!"

Qiao Yu took a document from the side and sent it to Shan Qi: "This is the result of the investigation of Wu Hengchang, a doctor of geology in the United States, the geological structure of the Sichuan Basin may contain a large amount of oil, and there are many records of the use of oil in China's historical documents, not long ago we found a medium-sized natural gas field, although there are still large oil fields, but I believe that Sichuan's oil is still worth looking forward to, the technology of this is far above China, and we will be able to find oil, which is the cornerstone of extensive cooperation between our two countries!" ”

Yamachijiro quickly flipped through the documents in front of him, although he didn't know much about geology, but he also knew that this investigation report was not fake, so that Sichuan could really provide oil for Yuben, then the navy of Yuben would not have to be restricted by the United States, and Yuben would usher in great development, and he would also be on the rise.

"Qiao Jun, how do you want to cooperate?"

"Your country will help me solve the blackmail of the British, and then Sichuan and your country will jointly set up an oil company, and your country will provide equipment experts and funds, and the equity will be divided in half, and your country will account for 70% of the profits, and 70% of the oil produced will be sold to your country!"

Shan Qi calculated in his heart, the conditions given by Qiao Yu were quite generous, but he was not sure enough to make Britain compromise, you must know that at this time, he was just a small follower of Britain, and it did not have so much weight.

"Mr. Shanqi, I have already contacted Mr. Newman, the consul general of the United States, and the United States is willing to intervene in mediation.

As soon as Shan Qi heard that Qiao Yu had found the Americans again, his heart immediately let go, he also knew that Britain was focused on Europe, and it would be great if the United States could come forward, so he nodded and agreed: "The contemptible people must persuade our country's political axe to promote this matter, and we also sent an expert group to conduct an oil investigation in Sichuan, what do you think?" ”

"I'm happy to see it happen!"

Qiao Yu promised to introduce a tractor factory from the United States, and invited the United States to develop Sichuan's natural gas, the United States is also coveted by the vigorous development of Sichuan, and the two sides have launched a pleasant cooperation in the Yucheng Iron and Steel Plant, so the United States is also very willing to expand the scope of economic and trade cooperation with Sichuan, and the conditions have been initially negotiated.

Sichuan and Britain are still in a stalemate, Sichuan has announced the situation of the 37 captured officers, saying that they are completely healthy and are on the way to Sichuan, the British side has insisted on several times that Sichuan immediately release the prisoners, and apologize for compensation, otherwise, Britain will impose comprehensive sanctions, and even threaten to cut off the Yangtze River shipping route, at the same time, the German side has also taken a strong stance and resolutely opposes Britain's wanton interference in China's internal affairs.

The German Far East Fleet, anchored in Jiaozhou Bay, also began exercises and training, and the muzzle was pointed directly at Britain, and the British Minister Zhu Erdian was also in a difficult situation at this time, he wanted to maintain the dignity of Britain, but Britain could not detonate a war between Britain and Germany because of a confrontation in the Far East, so it was not worth it, so Zhu Erdian gathered the ministers of various countries together, wanting to coordinate the attitudes of various countries and obtain the support of various countries for Britain.

Soon the American Minister Willy, the Minister of Ben Zhiyi, the German Minister Xin Ci, and the ministers of France, Russia, and Austria-Hungary all gathered, and Zhu Erdian took the lead in speaking: "Ladies and gentlemen, the seizure of the officers of the British Empire by the local government of China for no reason is a provocation to Britain, and at the same time a counterattack to the great powers of various countries, so that the interests of various countries in China will certainly be threatened. ”

"Mr. Zhu Erdian, I don't think it's necessary to be like this, it's just a small misunderstanding, as long as the Sichuan side can release the person and ensure the personal safety of the British [***] official!" In the eyes of the ministers, he said that Ben was a fundamental of Britain, and he followed suit, where did he think that he dared to go to the left with the British opinion, everyone couldn't help but wonder if he had taken the wrong medicine, and even Zhu Erdian was a little suspicious that his ears had heard it wrong!

U.S. Minister Willy also said: "I think Mr. Zhiyi's words are very pragmatic, the British [***] officials were caught in Tibetan Province, and I don't need to say what tasks they are engaged in, I think Sichuan's reaction is completely understandable, and Britain's wanton interference in the Yangtze River waterway has affected the trade situation of various countries, and I hope that the British side can give up this practice as soon as possible!" ”

Zhu Erdian only felt that he didn't go out and didn't look at the yellow calendar, how could he be so unlucky, he thought that only Germany would die, and the rest of the countries should support Britain, and then bring the forces of various countries to force Germany to compromise, who knows that before Germany came out, Ben and the United States joined forces to oppose Britain, not only making Britain passive.

Zhu Erdian had no choice but to look at the French and Russian ministers as if asking for help, hoping that they could help him speak, but the Russian minister hung his bear-like head deeply, as if he was about to fall asleep, the French minister drank coffee while looking at the scenery outside the window, as if he didn't know the situation in front of him at all, these two ministers have their own accounts in their hearts, although everyone is an Entente country, but it does not mean that France and Russia are British followers, they also have their own interests in China, Nor will the British be allowed to take Tibet as their own.

Among the people present, I am afraid that only the German Minister Xin Ci was the most comfortable, but I didn't expect that Britain would not have a time when there would be no response, and seeing that Britain was unlucky, the Germans were naturally happy.

"Britain's dispatch of the officer corps to Tibet Province is undoubtedly interfering in China's internal affairs and violating the principle of unanimity among all countries.