During the First World War, there was not so much warm cooperation between countries, and some were only competition and power in red fruits.

Even in the 21st century, the so-called "strategic partnerships" are foolish, and only work in the face of pressure from a powerful enemy.

Compared with the international environment of the 21st century, the First World War was even worse.

At this time, the market was basically closed, and it was precisely by virtue of the vast colonies that the British and French were able to dump their own surplus products, and of course did not want other countries to intervene, which was another version of "local protectionism".

It is precisely because of the prevalence of local protectionism that although the industrial capacity of the Germans surpassed that of the British, they turned against the British and the French because there was no market for their products. And the Americans, because there is no market for their products, have put forward an "open door" policy.

When he heard that a British convoy had come to the Mediterranean, Qin Zhiyuan did not want to solve this problem independently.

"Is there such a thing? Well, I'll talk to George about that. "Qin Zhiyuan wants to raise this matter to the national level.

At this time, there were several fleets around the Mediterranean, among which the French Mediterranean Fleet was the most powerful. France, having lost its ocean-going hegemony, has always regarded the Mediterranean Sea as its own backyard, and will never allow this last frontier to be encroached upon by the British.

Now is the time when the French Admiralty needs to come out, if Qin Zhiyuan goes to the British, the British may not pay attention to Qin Zhiyuan, but if it is the French Admiralty, the British will consider it carefully in an alliance.

"If you want me to say that we don't need that soft guy George, let's just make some accidents, and it's better to get those ships to the bottom of the sea." Douglas was ruthless and had a strong old Navy pirate style.

"Don't fight and kill at every turn, the British are not enemies now." Qin Zhiyuan said it soundly, but he didn't think so in his heart.

For Qin Zhiyuan, the longer the world war is fought, the better, and the longer the world war is fought, the more important the Chinese population will become. However, this degree is not easy to grasp, because in the current situation, although there are many benefits for the Chinese in the world war, the biggest benefits have been taken away by the Americans, and it is Qin Zhiyuan's turn here, and there is only a little leftover soup left.

"Qin, you should be tough, in Europe, the humility and deference of the East are not easy to use, if you want to do something for the other half of your body, you must show some courage." Douglas spoke earnestly.

Qin Zhiyuan did not hide his dual citizenship, nor did he hide the idea of wanting to do something for the Republic of China, Douglas knew this. Ask yourself, if you change yourself to Qin Zhiyuan's position, although it seems that he has joined France, one of the great powers, Douglas will also not abandon his motherland.

Douglas regarded Qin Zhiyuan as his junior, and he didn't hide much when he spoke.

"I will be tough when we need to be tough, but we can't always be tough, that will leave us without partners, this world is not a world of going it alone, more often we need to cooperate, especially when we have a common enemy to face." Qin Zhiyuan can distinguish the priorities, at least the time to go against the British has not yet come, and the current Qin Zhiyuan is not qualified to become the opponent of the British.

But Qin Zhiyuan is working towards the goal of becoming an opponent of the British, as long as Qin Zhiyuan's strength is increasing, then one day, Qin Zhiyuan will have the strength that is not inferior to the British.

"Recently I reached an agreement with Crown Prince William, he has a batch of merchant ships to transfer to us, and we only need to pay a small price, we can get hundreds of merchant ships, which will greatly increase our transportation capacity." Qin Zhiyuan came to deliver something to Douglas.

After the start of the World War, all German merchant ships anchored in British and French ports around the world were detained, and together with the goods on board, they became collateral in the hands of Britain and France. These ships and their cargo were not owned by the German military and therefore would be returned to their owners after the war, but now Crown Prince Wilhelm has made a decision to transfer these merchant ships and all the goods on board to Qin Zhiyuan, in order to deepen the friendship with Qin Zhiyuan.

Before the World War, it was a period of rapid development in Germany, and most of these merchant ships were not used for a long time, and they were still quite valuable. However, if they are not used again, these merchant ships will become a pile of scrap metal and metal, and you must know that the machines are to be used regularly, and if they are not used for a long time, even if they use nuclear reactors as power, they will lie on their backs.

"You shouldn't get too close to the Germans, that won't bring you much honor." Douglasti suggests.

Douglas was a conservative man who, like the rest of the French, did not like the Germans. Qin Zhiyuan is also French now, so Douglas has reason to remind Qin Zhiyuan and ask Qin Zhiyuan to be consistent with other French.

"My relationship with Crown Prince William is not what you think, it's just a business, and I don't think Crown Prince William is a bad person, he is just forced by his position to be on the opposite side of us." For the sake of Crown Prince William's "peach throwing", Qin Zhiyuan said good things appropriately.

"No one is born bad, but if he is on the opposite side of us, then he is bad." Douglas does not give up his obsession.

"Okay, William is a bad guy, but those ships are not bad, organize manpower to receive them immediately, and now those ships are ours." Qin Zhiyuan is on the matter.

"This matter is not expected to go well, you have to be mentally prepared." Douglas is not optimistic.

"It doesn't matter, let's get rid of the ships that were detained in French ports first, and then go to the British to ask for them, and if the British don't give them, then let the Foreign Office come forward. It is important to know that LLL companies are taxed, and the French government should protect the property of French citizens. "The righteousness that Qin Zhiyuan said was awe-inspiring.

This is better in capitalist countries, as long as they pay taxes, they can openly demand that the state protect the safety of private property, even if the state knows that there is something wrong with it, it has to pinch its nose and have to do it.

Speaking of which, now that Qin Zhiyuan has established a three-level council in Thunder City and Trident City, he should also get a few councilors to be stuffed into the Senate, and make some noise from time to time, so that he can fish in troubled waters.

"Okay, okay, I'll go find someone. Now you're a damn aristocratic lord, and you're a virtuous man with those people in Paris. Douglas chattered, but he didn't forget what he had to do.

"After getting these boats, pick out some of the ships that are in better condition, keep them for our own use, and then sell the rest to Huang Bohan in Borneo, and you can see the price." Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to put his eggs in the same basket.

"It's okay for me to assess the value of those merchant ships, but let me negotiate and estimate that I can't do well. It's best for Alan to talk to the people of Borneo, he's the standard vampire, and I'm the standard good guy compared to him. "Douglas knows what he's good at.

That's right, it's better to let experts do professional things.

(To be continued.) )