Liu's activities in Shanghai also included participation in the opening of the Shanghai Commodity Exchange. This is the third futures trading market in China, mainly oil, precious metals and rubber, which is different from Zhengzhou's wheat, rice, cotton, sugar and other agricultural product futures and Dalian's soybean, corn and other agricultural product futures. In fact, it can only be said that each takes what he gets! It is entirely based on geographical advantages.

Chinese mainland has been developing in great strides for 20 years, with the development of the economy, all kinds of financial institutions have found their own perfect growth, such as the stock exchange has long been not Beijing and Shanghai, as long as the economic development needs of a region are met, the corresponding financial institutions will naturally emerge.

For example, Zhengzhou!

With the determination of Zhengzhou's geographical center in China, as an important major hub city of railways, highways, electric power, postal services and other major hubs in the country, Zhengzhou's development speed is simply high-speed and jaw-dropping.

From a very ordinary and ordinary small and medium-sized city 20 years ago, it has now become the No.1 in the Central Plains, and even Kaifeng and Luoyang, the two traditional towns in the Central Plains, have to fall behind Zhengzhou.

As a result, five years ago, the country's second commodity trading market appeared in Zhengzhou. This is completely dominated by the economy.

Shanghai has become the third commodity trading market to carry the city, and has also swallowed up the Shanghai gold trading market, which is not small, and it can only be said that the status of gold in China has really declined. At least oil and rubber, two important resources, are no less important than gold. Moreover, Shanghai, as the leader of the entire Yangtze River Economic Zone and the largest trade window in Chinese mainland, is obviously very suitable as a trading market for oil and rubber resources.

This can be regarded as a kind of embodiment of economic development to a certain extent. For Shanghai. For China, this is a matter of good news. Liu Xian also participated in the entire unveiling ceremony with a smile on his face. You can turn your back on your face. The expression on Liu Xian's face was not happy at all.

The combined forces of the tribes of the peninsula did not stop at Hail. Instead of continuing the pursuit of the Ottoman army to the east, it marched north towards Haf'abatin. What are these people going to do? Liu Xian did not believe that they would not know that the vanguard of a Chinese brigade had been stationed in Haf'abating.

While attending today's unveiling ceremony, Liu Xian was always ready to receive news of the war in the Middle East. As soon as he got up in the morning, he had his attendants inform the Foreign Office that the pressure on the Ottomans continued, and they must quickly extinguish the fireworks of resistance in the Arabian Peninsula! In the case that this Westerner-dominated flame is about to burn to Kuwait, Liu Xian can't tolerate it at all!

However, French and Italian warships appeared in Egypt, the Austro-Hungarian army was ready to move in the Balkans, and a large number of new Ottoman troops were pinned down on the Western Front. Then part of the army guarded Istanbul, and the British also sent warships and transport troops to land in South Yemen.

In 1789 the British occupied the island of Perin, Yemen, and in 1839 they occupied Aden. From 1863 to 1882, the British successively annexed more than 30 chieftaindoms including Hadaramau to form the "Aden Protectorate", dividing most of the territory in southern Yemen. And in September of that year, he established a colony in South Yemen. At the same time, the British also established a buffer zone around Aden, which was dominated by loose alliances.

Now at least 10,000 British troops have landed in Aden and South Yemen. With 10,000 British Army soldiers, South Yemen and Aden can raise at least a 20,000-strong subordinate army. Combined with the armed tribes of the peninsula who were already rebelling, this number is not a small number. The Ottomans suspended their plans for an immediate attack on the grounds that they had to be cautious, and they were nervous about contacting the British and French governments. On the other hand, we hurried to raise troops. In any case, the low-eastern part of the peninsula - the southern shore of the Persian Gulf - and the southern part of the peninsula - the Hejaz region, next to the Red Sea, were still under the control of the Ottoman army. The Najd Plateau has always been a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, with one emir and tribe after another. As long as the northern and southern elite areas are still under control, the situation will change even if it becomes vicious. A month or two of time Ottomans still had it. They planned to prepare for 50,000 troops before discussing their plans to march into the peninsula.

The insurgent war in the Arabian Peninsula had a direct impact on the market movement of the Kuwait Development Company's shares until the day after the launching ceremony of the Tarzan. The news of the battle of Hail moved East Asia, and the share price of Kuwait Development Company plummeted from 3,350 yuan to 3,270 yuan. Then it went back and forth before finally climbing to 3,300 blocks. If the war breaks out in Haf-Abatin. Kuwait is about to face the threat of war, and it is not impossible that the stock price will fall by a few hundred dollars or more.

Everything depends on the direction of the war on the peninsula and the performance of the local Chinese garrison.

With worry in his heart, Liu Xian looked tired after returning to his residence. He could understand the Ottoman Empire's choice, but he could not bear the threat that Kuwait would endure. Looking at the map of the Middle East for an hour, Liu Xian sent an order to go to Beijing, and China could borrow help from Persia. Liu Xian asked the cabinet to consider his proposal to borrow troops from Persia. If the cabinet agrees, then 'borrow' 5,000 troops from Persia.

If the enemy were armed only with the tribes on the peninsula, it would not be surprising that two battalions of the Defence Force would guarantee the security of Kuwait. But if there is an additional European mercenary, the matter is two things.

The Chinese army stationed in Kuwait was only 5,000 people, one battalion of infantry, one battalion of cavalry, and the maximum caliber of artillery was only 105. If Britain and France really push the peninsulars heavily in the back, Kuwait will be in danger. When the development company disbanded a large number of Peninsula laborers, it was resisted by these Peninsula people, and the degree was very slight, and things were very bad! directly made Liu Xian lack confidence in the people of the peninsula. In the most important Kuwait city, thousands of Kuwaiti natives living there have been interned in their entirety! The city management and the army strictly forbade them to go out at will. A group of construction and oil workers were also quickly armed, but Kuwait's arms reserves were poor, and only 2,000 were armed despite all their efforts.

At the same time, large quantities of building materials were diverted to the outside of Kuwait and in the oil fields, and fortifications and fortresses were intensively erected. If it weren't for the fact that Persian laborers were more credible, the situation there would have been even more dire!

The whole Middle East was shaken by the war that suddenly picked up on the peninsula. But Istanbul seems to be still peaceful, as if it were still basking in the joy of seven million pounds, and the whole social order has not been affected by the rebellion on the peninsula.

The Chinese ambassador to Istanbul was puzzled by this scene. Even though the Arab tribes on the Najd Plateau are not directly under the Ottoman Empire, you can see how the Ottoman army marched in before and bowed down to all places, how the Ottoman Empire cleaned up Kuwait, and how the Ottoman Empire divided the oil development rights of the peninsula with peace of mind.

Isn't this 'stable' scene too bland now?

Wasn't the Ottoman Sultan afraid of causing a chain reaction? Although the current Ottoman Empire is much stronger, many provinces in Europe and Africa and Asia are not stable, and if this rebellion instigated by Britain and France succeeds, it is hard to believe how many ethnic elements will be inspired to stand up!

Two years earlier, Cretan rebels had declared the union of Crete with Greece, and Greek Prime Minister Derigianis received the consent of the parliament and the king to support the independent government of Crete, and in February 1897 sent Greek troops to occupy Crete. In April, Greek troops led by Crown Prince Constantine attacked the Ottoman army in Thessaly, and in 1897 the Greco-Turkish War broke out. The battle lasted only thirty days, and the Greek army suffered a crushing defeat and had to pay 4 million lire in reparations and cede part of Thessaly to the Ottoman Empire. Britain, France, Germany, and Italy intervened forcefully in the war, but Crete remained within the Ottoman Empire and did not achieve the desired autonomy.

The Ottoman army showed good combat effectiveness in the battle with Greece, defeating the Greek army cleanly, and also giving a new light to the gray color of the Ottoman army since the 10th Russo-Turkish War.

Comparing the performance of the Ottomans in the Greco-Turkish war, and looking at the present, the Chinese diplomats in Istanbul feel a little strange in their hearts! Although they also understood that it did take time and caution for the Ottoman Empire to talk to Western powers such as Britain and France. But Istanbul's performance is really too bland!

A few days later, on the sea, when Liu Xian was returning to Beijing by boat, he received an urgent report from the Middle East. The armed forces of the tribes of the peninsula attacked Haf'abatin. In the distant Persian Gulf, in the Persian Gulf, China's power has once again had a fierce collision with the Western society after a short time!

Although it was something that he had been mentally prepared for, Liu Xian's mood still felt depressed.

"Your Majesty. The armed attack of the tribes of the peninsula on Haf'abatin means that they will go to war with our country. Britain, France and other Western powers will support them behind them. So, will the Ottomans also push the boat? ”

"When the war broke out, our country competed with Britain and France and other powers in essence. Naturally, it would attract the attention of the entire Western world, which would relieve some of the pressure on the Ottoman Empire. At the same time, this has also caused a gap between China and the indigenous tribes and forces of the peninsula. There is death in war, and the death of the tribal armed forces of the peninsula is destined to be far greater than that of our country.

Only three or four thousand people need to die, and judging from the strength of the tribes on the peninsula, this is a blood feud that cannot be dissolved. ”

"And in the war, if our army can't support it, this can further show the importance of the Ottoman Empire's support for our country and our strategy of gaining a foothold in the Middle East."

This speculation was unfriendly to the Ottoman ally, but war broke out, and China was bound to make it more difficult in the Middle East to come. Zhang Shouyan's unmalicious speculation of allies was also unavoidable. (To be continued......)