"My personal opinion is that we should be bold enough to enter the Ottoman market. Take advantage of this opportunity, take advantage of the initiative of the Europeans to withdraw! ”

"I don't agree with Chairman Liu's opinion. What if the Ottomans had lost this war? Not to mention the risks during the war, let's just talk about the yoke that the Europeans could impose on the Ottomans after the war, and the Ottomans were also a big quagmire that could not be entered! ”

Now that Italy has officially entered the battlefield, the whole world knows who is behind it. So the five European powers quickly withdrew from the Ottoman market, which also confirmed from another aspect that the possible accession of Austria-Hungary was not a joke.

The Kuwait Development Company is now a behemoth, and the black gold in the ground allows the development company to hand over a beautiful 'bottom order' to the market every year. At the same time, as the only territory of the Chinese in the Middle East, the arrival of a large number of Chinese trade ships has also made Kuwait a gathering place for Chinese manufacturing in the Middle East.

Too many trains depart from Kuwait every day with a full load of goods into Persia and Ottoman. Almost 80% of its cargo traffic to Ottoman is transported by sea. That's a very large percentage. After all, the Ottomans had the Black Sea to the north, and with China in full control of the South Seas, it was not too far for domestic merchant ships to travel thousands of miles to Istanbul via the Suez Canal.

The Far East Economic and Trade Corporation, a subsidiary of the Kuwait Development Corporation, has rapidly grown into a major predator in this increasingly prosperous bilateral trade, occupying a considerable share of the market. It is precisely because of this that they coveted the market gap left by the withdrawal of the Europeans from the Ottomans.

An oval conference table. Nine company leaders sat there. These big men who used to be moody and invisible, now have blushing faces and thick necks that are arguing.

"The Ottomans could not have been defeated. There is an empire to back them up. Europeans don't dare to overdo it! ”

"The time of the Emperor Taishang has passed. Without a survey conducted by European newspapers, the fear of China has dropped from 70% to 43%. ”

"So what? An empire is still an empire! The Wehrmacht brought up by the Emperor Taishang. Never fail! ”

"Does Mr. Li think that the Wehrmacht will be involved in this Middle East war?"

The voices were boiling and the scene was chaotic. In another room, just a wall away from the conference room, Lin Baozhen, the current commander of the Kuwaiti garrison, shook his head helplessly. He did not express an opinion on the Kuwait Development Company group because the positions of the two sides were not the same. While the development company is aligned with its interests, the garrison is concerned with the security situation in Kuwait. As the Italians entered the war, the tribal power of the Arabian Peninsula began to stir up.

At that time, the Ottomans did not eradicate the grass, and they really planted a disaster.

Half an hour. Lin Baozhen waited next door for another half an hour before the noise of the conference room slowly subsided. However, Lin Baozhen never heard the invitation of Zhang Jing, the executive president of the development company, who presided over the meeting. Zhang Jing, a son of Wudi Zhang, has been president of the Kuwait Development Corporation for three years. Lin Baozhen only came to Kuwait last year, and he didn't have much time to deal with Zhang Jing, but he recognized Zhang Jing very much. This is a man with a clear and sharp mind!

Since Zhang Jing had no intention of asking him to come out to meet, Lin Baozhen naturally would not take the initiative to deal with a group of businessmen.

After another half hour, the meeting ended. Zhang Jing came to see Lin Baozhen with a touch of fatigue on his face, "Commander Lin, I'm smiling at you." ”

"What did Mr. Zhang say? The company employs more than 30,000 people. I, Lin Baozhen, only have 10,000 soldiers! ”

Sitting on the chairs on both sides, Zhang Jing talked about why he had invited Lin Baozhen to the next door, but he was never allowed to appear at the meeting. Because he found that all the senior executives of the company under his command had all been drilled into the eyes of money. No one was aware of the crisis in Kuwait.

"Commander Lin, are there really no way to solve these peninsula tribe ......?" Neither side needs to rebel. The armed forces of the Arabian Peninsula will not be an opponent of the Ottomans at all. But an oil well is in the control area of these tribes, and it's like a testicle. Tightly held by the tribes of the peninsula, the Ottomans simply did not dare to push them too far. And these peninsular tribes dared to challenge the bottom line of the Ottomans with impunity. And once the Ottoman government chose to appease the traitors. If we choose to retreat and protect our interests, the situation on the entire peninsula will be turned upside down. The impact that Kuwait will have to endure at that time is unimaginable!

"The latest news, Austria-Hungary has begun to mobilize. The German government is now fully focused on this battlefield, and the General Staff analyzes that the entry of Austria-Hungary into the war can be determined. It was difficult for Italy alone to defeat the Ottomans, and their operations in the Dardanelles were very poor. Reinforcements from the Ottomans had already arrived in the Darnielles, and even if the so-called European mercenaries reappeared, it would not be possible to win this large-scale landing battle. ”

"But the Austro-Hungarian ......" Zhang Jing is not a businessman whose eyes are full of money, and his background determines his view of politics. Facts have proved that his vision is not wrong, and Lin Baozhen submitted some of Zhang Jing's views to the General Staff Headquarters, which won praise from the General Staff Headquarters. Now the entry of Austria-Hungary also proves Zhang Jing's sight, and Kuwait is about to usher in a major impact!

"So, I think it's in the long-term interest of our country to start further communication with Osman now to avoid finding a solution when things come out."

"You're right, and that's what I'm analyzing. I'll talk to China when I get back. "Kuwait must not sit idly by and must communicate with the Ottomans before the situation on the peninsula deteriorates. So that if necessary, troops will be sent to suppress it!

This was a matter of choice for the Ottomans, whether to make an outright enmity with the West – whether to continue to soften their attitude if the tribal forces of the peninsula threatened the oil fields and oil wells, and then the Ottomans would need to take into account China's feelings.

Lin Baozhen returned to the garrison headquarters, and soon a telegram reached Beijing from the Middle East. This telegram was transmitted from ZN Hai to Xiangshan, and as a result, Liu Xian asked Emperor Liu to solve it himself. He is not Qianlong who uses his son as a puppet, and he doesn't need to hold the power in his hands at all times, and when he appears in front of the public next time, everything that belongs to him is still his.

Thirty-eight-year-old Liu Sheng knows that this is an opportunity for him, and it is also a hurdle for setting up WeChat.

Picking up the phone, he directly connected to the phone number of the General Staff, then called the residence of the first assistant and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and finally called Yuan Shikai, who was transferred from the Ministry of State Security to the Military Intelligence Department. A small imperial meeting will lay the foundation for a solution for Emperor Liu.

No one knew what was said in this imperial meeting, and it took two hours to get together, and the guards in the chamber and the palace only knew that when Yuan Shikai left, the whole person was in high spirits, while Minister Tang of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had a bitter face, and Lord Huo, the first assistant, had a solemn face.

Huo Guangcheng was the last to leave, and it was completely dark, but like most of the time, Emperor Xiao Liu did not stop working because it was dark, the palace was brightly lit, and everyone knew that the emperor was fighting at night again.

It wasn't until late at night that the lights in the dormitory went out, and before that, the emperor had already pulled a dozen documents from the archives in one go.

The next day, His Majesty the Emperor also fell ill, and the Imperial Physician announced that the cause was too much fatigue. Therefore, Emperor Xiao Liu only brought close guards and attendants, and rushed to Xiangshan to recuperate with his own Lao Tzu. During the period of the Emperor's convalescence in Xiangshan, the government affairs were handled by the cabinet with full authority, and the National Assembly was responsible for overseeing it.

No one knew that the emperor just showed his face in Xiangshan, and then he secretly rushed to a military base at the foot of Yin Mountain. However, due to the changes in the war in the Middle East, the powerful cabinet has different interests and demands, which immediately caused a lack of coordination among the ministers of the cabinet, which originally seemed to be harmonious. In particular, when a dispute arose between the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Heavy Industry over Kuwait's interests, newspapers throughout the country began to have a new topic, especially after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suddenly issued a warning about the security situation in Kuwait, and the entire parliament exploded.

All over China suddenly found that their oil drums were unsafe again. If the Ottoman Empire relented again in the face of the threat of tribal armed forces on the peninsula, the Ottoman Empire would lose most of its right to speak on the peninsula, and Kuwait, the deepest land in the Persian Gulf, would immediately become a roast duck sitting on the crater! Big Fat Duck!

China must put an end to the possibility of this happening!

No one can confidently live surrounded by enemies, and live a very nourishing life.

If the Ottoman Empire could not control the situation in the Arabian Peninsula, Kuwait would be the next target of the tribal forces on the peninsula. Because the Chinese are outsiders to these tribes, pure infidels. The repulsive power of the Celestial World is not ordinary. In Kuwait, the interests of development companies cannot be safeguarded in such an environment.

Kuwait is the source of 60% of China's oil, and the loss of Kuwait's harmfulness can be said by any Chinese. And the Kuwait Development Corporation stock has become an increasingly behemoth monster that has involved the interests of too many people.

Just as the peninsula was lost, the Ottomans still have oil in the two river basins, China does not have Kuwait and still has Nanyang oil to support, but the loss of Kuwait will hurt China's own interests, which is a complete heavy blow.

When oil pipelines and oil wells appeared in the Persian Gulf, these guys, who were constantly flowing with black gold, also became the blood vessels that supported empires. They're important, and they're vulnerable.

With the power of tribal forces, they are fully capable of destroying most of China's oil pipelines in Kuwait City within a month, and even threatening the refinery and oil storage tanks in Kuwait City. This is known as a terrorist attack in the 21st century! (To be continued.) )