What is the saying in the future? Nine falsehoods and one true?

To put it simply, it is to mix some truth into the falsehood, and this effect is the best?

At present, Yan Shao is like this, 150,000 people have been deployed in Shandong, in addition to most of the heavy equipment in the national defense force, and even the 240mm heavy artillery that was originally regarded as a baby bump has been moved over, saying that it is for exercises, even Yan Shao himself will not believe it, let alone others.

Of course, if it is only in the face of internal doubts, it is nothing, after all, with Yan Shao's status and authority at the moment, even if there are some internal doubts, you can ignore them.

But...

From the outside world, it's different...

Although China has a little strength, it can't be compared with those old powers. So when Malzan and the others came to the door, Yan Shao had to come up with some reasonable explanations, at least those that they could accept.

Of course, Yan Shao can continue to use the excuse of the military exercise, but this will have some impact on the relations between China and Germany. Although it is already June, it has not been long since the Sarajevo incident in history and the first world war, but who knows if these two events will happen...

If it happens, it's happy, but if it doesn't...

That means that Yan Shao will have to deal with the Germans for a few years, so for China, for Yan Shao, a more friendly relationship is also very important. Moreover, even if war does break out, there will always be an end one day. It is difficult to say who will win and who will lose this war, after all, the German army is not very far from Paris in history, what if Germany wins after the worst?

Even if Germany failed at the last time. China also needs to maintain a relatively good relationship with Germany, after all, for China, Germany still has a lot to learn, especially in industry...

Although China has made some progress in terms of industry compared with the past, can it catch up with the great powers that have been industrialized for hundreds of years in just a few years? It's a bit too big...

So in the eyes of Yan Shao and many others, there is still a lot to learn from China at this time. The question is, what country would want to support a competitor to come out, unless it's a player who has already been eliminated from the competition—————— at least that's what the player who has been beaten back to square one...

And then like it was said above. Nine falsehoods and one truth.

Since we have not used the excuse of military exercises to fool people, we will more or less reveal some things, and at this time we will mix some real things with the fake. The results are clearly the best.

"Japanese—" Yan Shao smiled. I believe that you, Mr. Minister, also know how big the Japanese ambitions are for Shandong. After speaking, Yan Shao got up from his seat, and then walked to a map of the World Realm that was hanging on the wall.

Compared to later maps, this one on the wall is undoubtedly very rudimentary. But in this day and age. The map is already detailed. It's just a pity that on this map, most of Asia has become colonies of the great powers, and there are only three independent countries left in the Far East...

"The situation in Europe is becoming more and more tense at the moment, and the whole continent is like a powder keg, which can be detonated with just a little spark. As long as war breaks out, the possibility of the Japanese attacking Shandong with their temperament is as high as more than eighty percent. So I have to do some preparations...."

After speaking, Yan Shao turned his head to look at Marzan. "I believe that Mr. Minister is also aware that the current military operations of the Wehrmacht on the Shandong Peninsula are basically defensive in nature. The reason is also very simple, the nature of this play is defensive, and the purpose is to avoid waiting for the outbreak of war in Europe and the time Japan lands in Shandong, the Wehrmacht will not become scrambling..."

Hearing Yan Shao say this, the originally serious expression on Marzan's face softened a lot.

He believed Yan Shao's words very much. After all, at this time, even the most powerful British Empire did not dare to easily anger Germany—————— in that case, the price to be paid would be unbearable for both Britain and Germany.

At present, although China has some strength, it is still far behind Germany.

And before he came, Marzan was actually wondering about one thing, that is, why is the current stage of the Wehrmacht's arrangement in Shandong defensive in nature? If they wanted to attack the Qingdao garrison, they should have chosen a more aggressive position.

To be cautious?

The garrison in the Qingdao fortress is less than 10,000, while the Chinese army in Shandong is as many as 150,000, no matter how you think about it, it seems that there is no need to worry about this...

Malzan had always been puzzled by this, but now, more or less understood...

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Seeing that Malzan seemed to believe it, Yan Shao also breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyway...

"I've finally dealt with the problem, and no one should bother me anymore..."

Before Marzan, in fact, there were already many people who came to annoy Yan Shao, including some officials within the government, as well as people from the Congress, and naturally it was impossible to miss the ministers of various countries in China, such as Zhu Erdian and others...

By the way, at this time, Enjiro Yamaza, who served as the Japanese minister to China, has already left office, as for the reason for leaving...

Died of a violent illness...

On May 28th, for some reason, Enjiro Yamaza suddenly hung up, which was a little unexpected, and Enjiro Yamaza himself was only 47 years old when he died, which is relatively early.

After the death of Enjiro Yamaza, he was temporarily replaced by Tsuneo Matsudaira, the original First Counsellor, and on June 4, Yukichi Kohata officially assumed the post of Japanese Minister to China.

On the other hand, after the death of Enjiro Yamaza, Sun Yat-sen once told the people of the Black Dragon Society in Japan that Yan Shao sent someone to poison Enjiro Yamaza, but the Black Dragon Society did not believe in this matter. (Historically, after the death of Enjiro Yamaza, Sun Yat-sen once said that Yuan Shikai sent someone to do it.) ）

For them. China's military operations on the Shandong Peninsula are equally remarkable.

Yes, the situation in Europe is tense at the moment, but this does not mean that the Entente wanted war to break out—————— perhaps Japan could be excluded.

At this time, they did not know that China and Germany had already signed a secret treaty. So Jurdian and Ray? Kopa and others were very worried that Yan Shao would provoke a war on the Shandong Peninsula and then affect the situation in Europe, although this possibility was very small, but they still had to guard against it.

After all, the close relationship between China and the Entente is well known, and if the Germans thought that Yan Shao would attack the Qingdao fortress because of the instigation and support of the Entente behind his back, then...

I'm afraid war will be inevitable...

After the worst, Yan Shao wasted a lot of strength. It made them believe that they had no interest in the German army in Qingdao, and that it was just a normal large-scale military exercise in Shandong.

Of course, when you talk to them, you can't say that you are guarding against the Japanese. And they need to change to another topic, anyway, they finally fooled them over. However, there is also a considerable cost to this exercise, one of which is the military exercise. The people in the Congress made trouble for Yan Shao again.

Their reasoning is also simple. At present, the country is in ruins, and it is a time when there is a shortage of money, and at this time, the government has mobilized more than 150,000 troops to Shandong, what is it not a waste of money?

Moreover, with so many troops holding exercises, I am afraid that the cost of an exercise will reach millions, and millions of dollars will be exchanged for an exercise that has no effect, is this meaningful?

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With Yan Shao's explanation, the ministers of various countries finally believed his excuse for the exercise. After that, the Wehrmacht held military exercises on the Shandong Peninsula and did not make any moves against the Qingdao fortress. It also made diplomats from various countries breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, at this juncture, neither the Allies nor the Entente wanted any accidents to happen—————— although they had been preparing for so many years, for this accident...

And after life gradually returned to calm, Yan Shao also got an information...

Intelligence from Europe...

On the lawn outside the manor, Yan Shao was lying on a blanket feeling the summer breeze, and there was shade above his head, so he didn't have to worry about being baked by the sun.

At this time, it was already June, and the weather began to get hot, even so hot that it was a little unbearable, although there was air conditioning in the room, so there was no need to worry about the temperature. But after dealing with official business, Yan Shao still hopes to be able to accept some natural air.

So not long after he had finished his official duties, he ran out of the room, and then lay down very comfortably on the blanket laid down by the servant, right next to him, and even had fruit and drinks laid out, which seemed to be very enjoyable, and even a little jealous.

However, just as Yan Shao was enjoying a rare rest time under the shade of a tree, an officer suddenly walked over quickly, still holding a telegram in his hand.

"President, a telegram just came from Europe..."

Walking to Yan Shao's side, the officer said softly.

Or he heard footsteps, or he felt that someone was coming, Yan Shao, who was resting well, opened his eyes.

"A telegram over there in Europe? Bring it to me and show it..."After speaking, Yan Shao stretched out his hand.

"Yes..."

Taking the telegram from the officer's hand, Yan Shao opened it and looked at it carefully.

The telegram came from the side of Europe, from the side of Austria-Hungary to be exact. The above content is also very simple, that is, the later Grand Duke Ferdinand and his wife who were to die planned to go to Sarajevo to complete the last part of their journey to death...

To be honest, Yan Shao really rarely sees a character like them who can be dead...

"This dead couple, the last thing they have to run there is..."

Looking at the information that had just come from Europe, Yan Shao couldn't help but shake his head.

After the establishment of the National Social Affairs Government and the evolution of the Special Affairs Bureau into a bureau, the Special Affairs Bureau also expanded its business in Europe. As in many later countries, the branches of the Secret Service Bureau were usually located in diplomatic missions or in places not far from them.

However, due to the short time and the problem of race (at this time, there were still very few yellow people in Europe, and the use of yellow people to do spy work was somewhat too conspicuous). Therefore, at present, the capabilities of the secret service in Europe are not very strong, at least some classified information is definitely out of play, but ordinary information can still be obtained. For example, the information that everyone knows.

In later generations, people generally described Archduke Ferdinand as the trigger of the First World War, and did not introduce much about the others, so Yan Shao did not know much about this person.

However, after the establishment of the Kuomintang, in order to prepare for a possible war, Yan Shao still conducted an investigation of the situation in Europe, which served as the fuse of World War I. Archduke Ferdinand was naturally one of the targets of the investigation, and the people in this special bureau were still a little puzzled, after all, even if the war really broke out. The Austro-Hungarian Empire didn't seem to have much value in investigating, not to mention that Yan Shao also asked them to investigate Ferdinand by name, which was even more important than that Austro-Hungarian emperor.

However, the duty of a soldier is to obey orders, although the Special Affairs Bureau is not an army. But the vast majority of the members came out of the military. Naturally, these were inherited, and the information about Ferdinand was also passed back without discount.

What made Yan Shao a little unexpected was that this Archduke Ferdinand was actually a travel expert, who had traveled all over the world, to Australia, India, North America, and witnessed the Himalayas.

While passing through the Solomon Islands. This guy had also met cannibals on the island of Owalaha. Wearing necklaces made from dog teeth and nose rings made of tortoise shells, these cannibals are passionate about cannibalism. Ferdinand and his entourage armed. Walk through a jungle of palm trees into the heart of the island. In the bushes, Ferdinand haggled with a 'dark-skinned cannibal woman' for a pack of betel nuts and exchanged two cigarettes for a spear.

(The spear is also currently in the Museum of Ethnology, Vienna, along with 14,000 other memorabilia from Ferdinand's trip around the world.) ）

At the same time, this guy also likes to hunt, and his slow reaction to assassination is said to be caused by the damage to his ears from hunting, according to statistics, Ferdinand shot more than 5,000 stag in his lifetime alone.

In addition, the wife who died with him in history is also a little surprising.

Because his wife used to be a female official in the court, she belonged to the concubine wife (it seems to be described as such anyway), but the relationship between the husband and wife is very deep. It is said that the old emperor asked Ferdinand to marry a noble wife who was a good match, but Ferdinand had some intention not to marry her, and her wife was also, even if she had no status, she had to follow Ferdinand.

The two are very interesting in Yan Shao's opinion, and these two guys were also influenced by Oscar, who was the governor of Austria in Bosnia and Herzegovina at that time? General Bodiorek invited to Sarajevo.

Of course, this time is no exception...

"It's just that I don't know if these two unlucky guys will be as unlucky as in history, and now the situation in Europe is only a little bit worse than Powder Star, if these two unlucky guys are really shot like in history, then no one can stop the war..."

In fact, Yan Shaozhi is quite sympathetic to these two guys, after all, according to the description, these two guys are also a very loving couple, and the experience of combining them is also very novel. But he's not going to do anything to change history because of this boring sympathy...

But then again, in fact, Yan Shao was still a little hesitant about whether to sit back and watch the war break out.

To be exact, it should be said whether or not we should sit back and watch the war break out now...

Needless to say, the benefits of the outbreak of war were that Qingdao could be recovered from the hands of the Germans, and it was also possible to take this opportunity to completely cancel a series of humiliating treaties signed with the Allies in the past, and even the reparations signed could be taken advantage of this opportunity to be relied upon...

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"Why am I so stupid!" Yan Shao couldn't help but pat his forehead. "If you had ordered a large amount of arms or equipment from Germany before that, and then delayed the payment of cash for some time, wouldn't you have made a lot of money in vain, or if you had borrowed some money from the Germans, and the principal and interest would have to be repaid after a year..."

If it really goes that way...

In fact, Yan Shao didn't think about doing this, but who knows if the war will break out on time, if not, the arms are nothing, but borrowing money has to calculate interest, and there is a lot of trouble in borrowing from abroad, for example, if you borrow money from foreign banks, you have to go through the difficulties of several other powers, and you have to deal with them first, there are too many troubles, and there is a considerable chance that every power will have to borrow a little.

And the interest rate of borrowing money from abroad is definitely higher than that at home, and the money is also earned by foreign countries, in this case, why doesn't Yan Shao borrow himself?

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Anyway, there are many advantages to going to war, especially after the outbreak of the war, the demand for various materials of the participating countries can greatly promote the development of domestic industry.

But...

If war could have broken out later?

Because of the 'Seventh Five-Year Plan', the domestic industry has already had some foundation. Moreover, with the increase of tariffs and the abolition of centigold, the development of domestic industry and commerce is also very good. If Yan Shao can be given some time to develop the domestic industry to a high level, it is not impossible...

And the strength of the whole country can also be strengthened, and maybe some windfall will be recouped when the war breaks out...

After all, in this kind of dangerous game, the stronger the strength, the more benefits you get...

If the strength is not strong enough, even if you can get some benefits, I'm afraid it will be limited...

However, these things have little to do with Yan Shao, because he is about to get married... (To be continued......)