"It's really a whimsical idea, it seems that some people have forgotten the majesty of the empire, Nanyang is our colony."

"Is he going to build a nation in that place and start an indigenous tribe?"

"No, gentlemen, Guo Yu was originally a businessman, made money in the United States, and then bought a large area of land in Borneo with the Dutch government, and he was ready to establish a state on the land he bought in Borneo, and there are many stories in this."

"After Guo Yu is ready to establish his own country, he will directly declare war with the Japanese and attract Japanese artillery fire to ease the pressure on China, which is what the warlord of China himself said, and the report of the consul in China in Shanghai also said that this warlord of China does have the strength to fight with the Japanese, and we need to pay attention to it." Edward. Sir Grey said.

"Do the Dutch know about this matter, Borneo is the territory of the Dutch, I think without our help, the Dutch will find trouble with the Chinese." Colonial Chancellor George. Nathaniel. Marquis Curzon said with a smile.

"These are not the point, the point is that the report also said that this Chinese man has a medicine in his hands, which is the battlefield material that we urgently need now, the name is sulfonamide, which is an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drug, and the report says that Jensen and others have carried out preliminary practical research in China, and the effect is very amazing, as long as a few tablets of this medicine can save the life of a soldier who was injured on the battlefield." Edward. Sir Grey said.

Secretary of War Paul. Stafford. Metheon was intrigued by Gray's words and quickly asked, "Can you elaborate on the effects of this medicine?" ”

"The report said that we and the United States, France have carried out the real medicine at the same time, after the preliminary practice, the efficacy of this drug for traumatic inflammation is very high, the original 40 surgical mortality, after the use of this drug, can be reduced to less than 10, or even lower, but also can effectively treat some other diseases." Edward. Sir Grey gave a brief introduction to the curative effects of sulfonamides, which also aroused great interest among you.

"If there is such an effect, then it is too much for those wounded lads on the battlefield, you know, the number of people who die on the battlefield, most of them die not from direct shooting, but from surgery and inflammation, and we must get this medicine." Secretary of War Paul. Stafford. Meshuin said with some excitement.

At this time, Prime Minister Asquith said, "It is precisely because of this medicine that I brought this matter to today's meeting to discuss, because we need him, we need him on the battlefield, and the British boys need him, but the warlord of the Chinese country uses this medicine as a bargaining chip, and he wants to control this medicine to achieve his goal of founding the country." ”

Business Secretary Winston. Leonard. Spencer. Churchill said, "Very cunning fellow, he chokes us by the throat, is not afraid that our British troops will send troops to rob him of this medicine." ”

"As I said earlier, he has a certain military force, a military force that can confront the Japanese head-on, if we want to snatch this medicine by force, how many troops do we need to dispatch, and now we in Britain still have the ability to send troops on a large scale."

"That Chinese warlord had more than 100,000 soldiers on the mainland of China, and it is said that he also possessed chariots and warships, which were enough to defeat the naval strength of the Japanese fleet."

"How many troops do we have to send to defeat him, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, or to dispatch the British Imperial fleet, gentlemen, these are unrealistic now, we have invested all our strength in Europe, and we have no time to take care of him, originally we supported Japan in order to control the entire Far East, but now it seems that the Chinese warlord is not even afraid of the Japanese, so for the forcible robbery of this kind of thing, it is better not to think about it first." Edward. Sir Grey said.

"In the Battle of Jutland in May, our fleet lost three battle cruisers, three light cruisers and eight destroyers, with a combat tonnage of 115,000 tons and 6,945 casualties, while the German fleet lost one old battleship, one battle cruiser, four light cruisers and five destroyers, with a battle tonnage of 61,000 tons and 3,058 casualties. ”

"The losses of the Imperial Navy are not small, and now all the naval forces are all used for the naval blockade of Germany, and the Empire has no surplus naval forces to take care of the situation in the Far East, and besides, China is too far away from us, and we simply cannot afford to send more land forces to China, so we train the Japanese, and everyone knows this."

"On the Eastern Front, the Russian Empire was fighting with the Ottoman Empire and Germany, and the Verdun Exhibition and the Battle of the Somme on the Eastern Front involved too many of our troops, the army was under great pressure, and the casualties were also very severe, and in Europe for more than a year, Britain had killed a million soldiers, and the number of wounded was even greater, and we were powerless to take care of the Far East."

"Now the Japanese are helpless against that warlord, we don't have any good way for the time being, and we still have to get this medicine in his hands, so military coercion is not the best way."

"It seems that we need to study the handling of this matter, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a good understanding of this matter, do you have any good solutions?" Lord of the Admiralty, John. Sir Fisher said to Gray.

"Guo Yu is able to produce this drug now, and said that he can provide us with enough quantities, and agreed to hand over the production technology of sulfonamides to us in five years, and now the price of the finished drug is one dollar per tablet, and put forward several additional conditions." Gray said.

"On what terms?"

"Agreeing that he should establish his own country, a kingdom, that he will be his own king, and establish diplomatic relations with several of our countries, that is to say, we should recognize his status, and then there is that on the issue of his war with the Japanese, he does not seek our support, as long as he does not directly help the Japanese to have a war with him, and finally he will trade with us, he thinks quite far, and seems to be very confident in the establishment of his own country."

Everyone began to discuss this matter, and there were those who agreed and those who opposed the conditions put forward by Guo Yu, and finally unified their opinions, Prime Minister Asquith said, "It seems that everyone's opinions are basically unified, let me summarize, the first is in the matter of drugs, we must get this drug called sulfonamides, but the price is too expensive, and further negotiation is needed, and the production technology of sulfonamides needs to be handed over to us within 3 years, and the issue of price needs to be communicated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. My opinion is not to exceed $0.2 per piece, the lower the price, the better, because we need a very large amount. ”

"The second is that on the matter of Guo Yu's desire to establish his own country, we can take a tacit attitude and not come forward to agree, but we will not come forward to oppose it, and the establishment of diplomatic relations will not be considered for the time being."

At this time, the Colonial Chancellor George . Nathaniel. Marquis Curzon said: "I think in the matter of the founding of the country, we can leak this news to the Netherlands, let the Netherlands find trouble with Guo Yu, at least we can curb Guo Yu's development, and when our European war is over, we can free up our hands to clean him up, and at that time, such a small country, I think it will be very simple to be played to death by us." ”

Several people listened to the Colonial Chancellor George Brown. Nathaniel. Marquis Curzon laughed out loud when he said this.

"Okay, this mention is good, you can inform the Dutch, but what effect can be received, it's not our concern, I continue to say the third point, about the war between the Japanese and Guo Yu, we don't care, we just want to get this medicine, what do they have to do with us to fight and die, just consume the strength between them, this is good for us, we can promise Guo Yu, for the war between them, we can not participate."

"Regarding the trade between the two countries, this can be promised to him, after all, according to the report, Guo Yu holds the monopoly of many materials in China, some of which we need, and this matter is handed over to the Ministry of Commerce to deal with at its discretion, and that's it, do you have anything else to add." Prime Minister Asquith asked.

"I think we can negotiate these terms with Guo Yu in private, and there can be no signed agreement, so we can only promise him verbally." Secretary of War Paul. Stafford. Meshuin said.

"Well, there will be no treaty."

In the United States and France, the same discussion is also going on, the heads of state do not pay enough attention to Guo Yu's preparation for the establishment of a state in Nanyang, Nanyang is now a wild land for European countries, snakes, insects, rats and ants are everywhere, it is not suitable for Europeans to live there at all, if they serve there, they will be regarded as a kind of exile by the current Europeans.

But they all attach great importance to sulfonamides, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drugs that can save countless people, they have never appeared, it is a heavy invention, it is the gospel of white society, they will get him at any cost, since it is not suitable for expeditions now, they can get this medicine through guò trade, they are willing to endure it for a while, and when the European war is over, they are plotting, after speaking, Guo Yu did not take the initiative to propose it, and the technology of this drug will be handed over in a few years, It has also greatly alleviated the covetousness of these countries.

However, they all tacitly chose not to take the initiative to agree with Guo Yu's establishment of the country, after all, it also involves the interests of other European countries, the Netherlands, and they will not take the initiative to break the rules of the game, at least on the face of it, Europe is still one.

These are enough, when Guo Yu made these demands, he did not expect these powers to fully agree to his demands, and now they can acquiesce to the establishment of their own country, which is already very rare, and what is there to be dissatisfied with.

If it weren't for the European war, which involved all the energy of these countries, Guo Yu wanted to build his own country, it would be really not easy, unless he had the strength to confront the entire Western world, he could do this, did Guo Yu have the strength to contend with the entire Western world, there may be in the future, but by no means now. R1152