"Mr. President, what do you think of Mr. Prime Minister's mention just now?"

Walking side by side, Wilson asked seemingly nonchalantly.

At this time, it was already April, and some time had passed since the peace conference was held.

Negotiations began on 18 February 1919 in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, where the Kaiser was crowned after Germany's victory in the Franco-Prussian War and the reunification of Germany in 1870. France chose the venue for the peace conference here, and it is not known whether it was intentional or unintentional.

However, despite the large number of countries participating in the peace conference, in reality the entire peace conference was dominated by five countries. These five countries are the United States, Britain, France, China and Italy, and the peace conference is led by the head of government and foreign ministers of these five countries composed of the 'Committee of Ten'―――――― historically these five countries were originally the United States, Britain, France, Japan and Italy, but because Japan did not play much role in this era, and in terms of absolute strength, it seems that China has overshadowed Japan again, so although Japan is still very strong, at least not inferior to Italy's strength, But in the end, it was China that took the lead, and Japan was just a spectator.

But none of this mattered, what really mattered was that the Allies and the Allies had signed an armistice. But it can be seen that the whole of the Entente regarded itself as the victorious power, and such an important matter had already begun before the arrival of the German delegation.

And at the peace conference, France also put forward very harsh conditions. If you really want to follow this condition. I am afraid that Germany will never rise again. And this was clearly not in the interests of the United States, so Wilson had a very heated dispute with French Prime Minister Clemenceau at the peace conference.

In the course of the dispute, as one of the leading countries of the Entente. Britain naturally needs to mediate. However, the problem is that in the process of mediation, British Prime Minister Lloyd? Georges usually proceeded with a slightly skewed Clemenceau attitude...

It is clear that although Britain already owes the United States a lot of money, these old gentlemen have not lost their autonomy as they did in later generations.

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Listening to Wilson's words, Yan Shao smiled slightly.

Although he hadn't been to the United States for many years, Yan Shao's English hadn't regressed much. "Prime Minister Clemenceau's mention is still very good, but if that's the case. I'm afraid it's hard for Germany to cheer up in this life, and at the moment Soviet Russia is making a lot of trouble in Eastern Europe, if it weakens Germany's strength too much. Then who will stop Soviet Russia in the end..."

"That's a problem, and that's what I'm worried about," Wilson then changed his mind. But......... Mr. President, are you pessimistic about the current offensive of the coalition forces against Soviet Russia in Eastern Europe? ”

"It's been a year now, and the coalition forces have still not been able to solve the Soviet Russian regime in Eastern Europe. Isn't it..."Yan Shao smiled. The way to avoid the important and light. "So I can't help but think that Soviet Russia is a threat to any of us, but at the moment the coalition military operations in Eastern Europe have not been successful, but have been defeated one after another, which is really worrying..."

"Your country can send troops from Siberia to help the coalition forces solve the problems of Soviet Russia..."

"I'm afraid that's not going to work." Yan Shao shook his head. "My generals told me that a small number of troops would not work to solve the problem of Soviet Russia, and that a large number of troops must be dispatched. The problem is that the logistical lines for transporting supplies from the country to Siberia are simply too long. Moreover, almost all the railways in Eastern Europe were destroyed by Soviet Russia, and there were few infrastructure facilities such as roads, so if my army wanted to send troops from Yekaterinburg, it would have to rely on its legs. Moreover, we have already paid a very heavy price for this war, and now that your country and Great Britain have terminated their financial assistance to our country, it is unlikely that our own finances alone will be able to support such a military operation..."

"But I remember that your government seems to have just received a donation of up to 170 million pounds, which seems to have been donated collectively by your government and citizens, and this money should be able to support your country's military operations in Eastern Europe..."

The original donation of 170 million pounds can be said to have shocked the world, not only to show the world China's determination in this matter, but also to shock Yan Shao's personal financial resources. After all, there are only a handful of people in the world who can get more than 100 million pounds.

Not...

How to say it, Yan Shao took out 100 million pounds, and if he put it in the future generations, it would be as if someone had taken out a year's financial revenue of the United States.

And this kind of situation seems to only happen in such an era. After all, in later generations, the so-called business empires are only relative, and in fact, those so-called 'business empires' are difficult to compare with those superpowers.

But in this era, similar things can easily happen, not to mention that in the original history, Rockefeller had accumulated more than 200 million pounds of family property, which was more than the annual revenue of the US government at that time. As for how much money the Rockefeller family will have after that, no one knows this, because at that time, the Rockefeller family had been forcibly broken up by the US government because of the monopoly...

If this were not the case, I am afraid that the Rockefellers would have been able to accumulate more wealth.

As for Yan Shao's side, there doesn't seem to be a similar danger for the time being...

Coupled with the real 'business empire' that Yan Shao has built, after acquiring car companies such as Ford, Chevrolet and Rolls-Royce, he has almost dominated the world's automotive industry.

Even in later generations, the automobile industry was very profitable, let alone in such an era. After monopolizing the automobile industry, Yushi Group can no longer be described as making money, and this also allows Yan Shao to donate 100 million pounds lightly...

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"I'm sorry." Hearing Wilson's words, Yan Shao smiled and spoke. "But this money was donated by our citizens. For the construction of our territory, so we cannot use it for military purposes, and at the moment countries have formed intervention armies. And with the White Army led by General Denikin of Ukraine and General Kolchak of the Urals, they encircled and suppressed Soviet Russia, and if they can't do it, what use can we do even more..."

Wilson sneered in his heart, because in Yan Shao's tone, he seemed to have regarded the territory of eastern Russia as his own. However, he did not have a good solution to this matter. After all, if they don't solve Soviet Russia first, it will be difficult for them to force China to withdraw its troops from eastern Russia, so the top priority is to deal with Soviet Russia in Eastern Europe first...

As for those other words. Wilson and the others are not in their first day in politics, and of course they know very well why Yan Shao is reluctant to send troops―――――― because sending troops now can be said to be of no benefit to China.

After all, if Soviet Russia exists, then the great powers can only focus their attention on Soviet Russia. But what if there is no longer a zài in Soviet Russia...

So it's obvious. Although Soviet Russia also poses a threat to China, at least at this stage, China is unlikely to fall into the trap of Soviet Russia. After all, only if Soviet Russia still existed, they could keep the newly arrived territory in eastern Russia.

Moreover, according to information obtained by the United States, the number of Chinese immigrants to Central Asia and Siberia is likely to be as high as one million. Considering the huge population in China today, and the same large number of peasants, it is not impossible to move tens of millions of people to Siberia and Central Asia...

"If you really let them move so many people there. It only takes ten years, and I'm afraid they'll be able to gain a foothold there. At that time, even if we want to drive them away, I'm afraid it won't be so easy..."Still walking side by side with Yan Shao, Wilson said secretly in his heart. "It seems that it is necessary to deal with those red elements entrenched in Eastern Europe as soon as possible, otherwise it will be delayed for a long time..."

Like the United Kingdom, the United States has its own interests in Asia, such as the Philippines and Guam.

Moreover, unlike Britain and France, although the United States is the strongest industrial country in the world, although its industrial strength is outstanding, it has not caught up with the 'Great Colonial Era' because it rose too late, and almost all of the existing colonies were snatched from Spain.

It is precisely because the United States actually cherishes the few colonies in its hands.

Asia, which has always been China's traditional sphere of influence, will surely worry about whether China will infringe on their interests―――――― even if it is their colonies...

However, he couldn't say these things after all, but fortunately, the two of them had already walked out of Versailles at this time, and there was no need to continue to ramble on something.

In fact, Yan Shao and Wilson still have some friendship, after all, when Wilson ran for president, Yan Shao paid a lot of money to support Wilson. Although people who know history know very well that Wilson can become president is his own reason, even without Yan Shao's support, Wilson can still be president, but in fact...

In fact, people in this era don't know this at all, so even Wilson himself is very confident in himself, and he has to admit that the reason why he can become president so easily is that Yan Shao's support is a very important reason, so Yan Shao's friendship with Wilson has always been very good in the past.

In addition to the fact that the Yushi Group has a deep network in the United States, if the Yushi Group is moved, the United States itself will suffer heavy losses, and there is also a reason for the care of the previous American presidents―――――― who called Yan Shao can press the right candidate every time, which is also the most surprising thing to the outside world, because every time the Yushi Group supports a certain candidate, in the end, this candidate will succeed in taking the position. For this reason, Time magazine in the United States even published an article dedicated to this topic, of course, in the end, nothing was discussed. And Wilson felt that he could become president, and there were also reasons for Yan Shao, which was not unrelated.

It's just that Yan Shao and Wilson are personal friends after all, but Wilson is the president of the United States, so he must consider the interests of the United States itself. Therefore, the personal friendship between the two is useless at this time, and even because of the 'westward expansion strategy', Yan Shao and Wilson's originally good personal relationship has caused some estrangement...

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It's just that he's just getting into his own car. saw that Caterina was already waiting for Yan Shao in the carriage.

"How?" Holding the mirror and looking at her makeup, Caterina said a little nonchalantly.

"It's still the same as usual..."Yan Shao shook his head and said. The French insisted on the original conditions, and the Americans objected. The British played a round in the middle, but in fact they were biased in favor of the French, and as for the Italians, hehe..."

Yan Shao can indeed only hehe, after all, Italy has too little sense of zài in this meeting.

"It seems that it will be difficult to discuss what results will come out in a short period of time." As she spoke, Caterina looked at Yan Shao. "Speaking of which, which side do you prefer?"

"Me?" Yan Shao smiled. "I'm more inclined to France and England..."

"Oh?" Heard Yan Shao say this. Caterina looked a little surprised. After all, as far as she knew, Yan Shao had a good impression of Germany. And from any point of view, a united Europe is very bad for China. Whether it is France unifying Europe or Britain unifying Europe, it is very inevitable that there will be one more at this time.

Let alone...

As the Director of Special Affairs. Support for Soviet Russia. It's no secret to Katerina. The problem is that Soviet Russia is also a threat to China, and Yan Shao is well aware of this, after all, if Soviet Russia is really strong, then the threat it poses to Siberia and Central Asia is...

At this time, if a Germany can appear, it can at least help China contain part of the power of Soviet Russia...

Looking at Caterina's surprised appearance, Yan Shao said with a smile. "Think about it. If the Germans had known about such a treaty and had to sign it as a last resort. So what exactly will be the mood of the Germans? ”

“……… It must have been humiliating..."Vaguely, Caterina seemed to understand something. "But if Germany doesn't have any strength, even if they feel humiliated, I'm afraid it's useless, right?"

After all, according to the conditions put forward by the French, Germany will never want to get back on its feet again in this life.

"So, what we need to do is for the Germans to relax the restrictions on them after signing this treaty...", Yan Shao said with a meaningful smile. Think about what a humiliated but powerful country would do..."

"At present, the colonies of the world, especially in Asia, have basically been divided by Britain and France, if we want to break this situation, the only way is to damage the strength of Britain and France, this four-year war has weakened the rule of Britain and France over the colonies a lot, and the most anxious thing for Britain and France at the moment is probably how to appease the fluctuations in the colonies, so what ......... If there is another big war..."

"In the event of another world war, Britain and France would not be able to maintain effective rule over their colonies all over the world, and as long as these colonies became independent, the dominance of Britain and France in the world would naturally collapse..."

"That's right." Saying this, Yan Shao glanced at Caterina appreciatively. "On our own, there is certainly no such way, after all, Britain, France, the United States and other countries are on the opposite side of us in this matter, so there are only two objects that can be counted on, one is Russia, the other is Germany, the problem is that we have formed a mortal enmity with Russia, so we can only count on Russia, and what we have to do now is to push the treaty in the direction of Britain and France on the one hand, and on the other hand, strengthen relations with Germany..."

Hearing Yan Shao say this, Caterina nodded, she more or less understood what Yan Shao meant.

And listening to Yan Shao calculating Britain, France and other countries there, Caterina didn't care at all in her heart, because ―――――― she was Spanish.

Spain's last colony had long since been wiped out in the Spanish-American War, and even if a world war did break out, Spain seemed to have nothing to lose. And Yan Shao also mentioned that in his strategic conception, Spain occupies a more important position.

The most important point is that if Britain and France are unlucky, then won't Spain be able to take advantage of the situation? Therefore, in this matter, Caterina has a supportive attitude towards Yan Shao, after all, whether it is from the perspective of Yan Shao's wife or a Spaniard, this matter is a sure win...

It's just that...

"If it goes according to your plan, I'm afraid Elaline will be very sad..."With a hint of a smile, Caterina looked at Yan Shao.

"Ahem..."Hearing Katarina's words, Yan Shao, who was still a little unfathomable, suddenly coughed dryly, but he said quickly. It must always be bitter before sweet, and the future shape of the world is already obvious, colonialism is no longer suitable for the trend of the world, and I am doing this to remove a trouble for France..."

Caterina nodded, although there was some doubt in her heart that Yi Qiē would really be as smooth as Yan Shao said? But she supported Yan Shao as always.

Then...

With a hint of a smile, Caterina looked at Yan Shao and said softly.

"Didn't you say that you want to get in with the Germans, and now you have such an opportunity, just now there is news from the legation that the head of the German delegation wants to see you, and it seems that he wants your support..."

"Oh~"

Hearing Caterina say this, Yan Shao suddenly laughed.

"Look, here's your chance" (to be continued......