Of course, Hamid II still had to pay a certain price for offending the dignity of the British Empire, although the British had no reason to beat him directly, but they could make him severely punished in other ways, such as instigating the Young Turks in exile in Europe to return to China to fight their lives, or instigating the Arabs to rebel, or instigating an uprising in Albania, Macedonia, Thrace and other places in the Balkans, but it will take some time to carry out.

Anyway, at least at this time, the British Empire was obviously losing a game in the Middle East, and the Baghdad Railway Company, which was privately established by Hamid II, sold out the issued shares in a very short time, and the German consortium divided up 60 percent, and the remaining part was divided among the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy and Chinese investors, and then a large number of engineers hired from Germany and China arrived in Baghdad and Konya respectively, and began to carry out construction from both ends at the same time. Just take out the drawings and do it.

Including the construction of railway materials, also imported from China and Germany, especially the Chinese construction workers also brought a large number of new road construction machinery, but a few hundred kilometers of single-track railway, and in the arid Middle East, there are very few rivers, mountains and dense forests along the way, it is estimated that it will be almost completed in two years at most.

In this way, the construction of the Baghdad railway officially began, and the angry Prime Minister Balfour showed his claws on the same day that the construction began, when Hamid II was still present in Konya himself, and the Albanians of Kosovo raised the flag of Albanian independence with the help of British volunteers.

Although the Ottoman Empire's power in the Balkans had shrunk dramatically, it still ruled a vast territory from the Black Sea to the Adriatic Sea, including modern northern Greece, southern Bulgaria, and the whole of Albania, Macedonia, and southern Serbia. The notal possession of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but by Austria-Hungary, is a unique concept, but it was not until 1908 that the two territories were sold to Emperor Joseph for £2.5 million.

But these lands were actually more of a burden to Hamid II, because of the back-the-scenes support of Russia, Austria-Hungary, including Britain and France, in this area of Orthodoxy. Catholicism and Muslims are entangled with each other, and there are hateful eyes on him everywhere, not only can not bring him any substantial benefits, but must use a large number of troops to maintain the rule, the Ottoman Empire, which is already regarded as the sick man of Europe, is dragged to death by these tasteless and abandoned chicken ribs, in Yang Feng's opinion, the best way to deal with such land is to sell it for a good price, and wait for the day when the strength is restored to grab it back.

Of course, Hamid II certainly did not have this realization. For this emperor, since it is a rebellion, it is natural to put down the rebellion, but fortunately, he doesn't care about Albania, these rebellious ministers and thieves are idle and often engage in independent uprisings or something. Every time he is suppressed, this time I believe it is no exception, plus his appearance this time is very satisfactory to the domestic young Zhuang faction, and the military is the time to support him. I don't care about a fight.

Although the Albanian rebels had the support of Britain and France behind the scenes, he was not without people, and William had promised to do so if needed. Germany can provide him with the help he needs, even including sending an advisory group to guide the war and the like, of course, Hamid II is not confident to that extent, this little thing is not enough for him to worry too much, this emperor is most worried about his alliance with China, in his opinion, the current situation in Europe is not safe for anyone, but Yang Feng, who is far away in Asia, is the safest.

"The Albanian uprising, and the next thing is probably the Balkan Alliance." Emperor Yang smiled happily at this time, although the first Balkan War in history was ten years later, but in the current form, it is not strange to fight ten years in advance, this ghost place is a famous powder keg, since the decline of the Ottoman Empire, there has been no stop for hundreds of years, and those messy fools are most suitable for being ruled by a powerful monarch, such as the Ottos in the glory days, and then Tito later, once there is no shackles around their necks, they will be one by one.

Especially like Serbia, a small broken country that can be independent and belongs to the pie in the sky, actually learned from others to play a group of heroes and compete with each other, and it was purely deserved to be cut to death.

"Hurry up and sign the alliance treaty with Hamid, of course, the treaty is only against Russia, and it will only be effective in the event of a Russian invasion, and in addition, if it is invaded by other countries, it can also provide necessary assistance according to the situation." The goods then said to Zhang Quan.

Zhang Quan was stunned for a moment, according to his understanding of Yang Feng, His Majesty the Emperor suddenly added such a special article, it was obvious that there was some conspiracy brewing, and no matter how you look at this article, it made Hamid II a big bargain.

"Don't understand?" Yang Feng said with a smile.

Zhang Quan shook his head.

"Very simply, the Ottoman Empire's rule over the Balkan territories was already crumbling, and now these guys have Britain and France behind them, and it will definitely be more difficult to deal with, and Hamid's army will be mired in the quagmire at that time, and with the strength of the British, the Boer guerrillas in South Africa with relatively flat terrain will be disgraced, not to mention that Hamid's strength will have to deal with the same type of enemy in the mountains and mountains of the Balkans.

Once his army is consumed in this quagmire, then the surrounding Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, and Montenegro will definitely not let go of this opportunity to completely expel the Ottoman Empire from the Balkans, otherwise once the Ottoman Empire completely suppresses the Albanians, they will have no chance, and it is very likely that they will have to face the old masters who have made a comeback, not to mention that these four countries are already thinking about these lands, and there is support behind them, What was supposed to be a counterinsurgency would inevitably turn into a war between the four Balkan powers and the Ottomans with the support of Britain and France.

At this time, we can give Hamid help with confidence, arms, advisers, and even send part of the army, of course, this depends on the situation, in short, the ultimate goal is to cripple these countries, fight exhausted, and become lambs to be slaughtered, at this time the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the north will never let go of the opportunity, Franz. Joseph thought that Serbia was not a day, and if Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia or Montenegro, then Britain and France would definitely not be able to accept it, and war became the only option.

If Britain and France go to war against Austria-Hungary, then Germany will be involved in the war, and the war between Germany and France will be equivalent to the war between Germany and Russia, and the war we are looking forward to in the whole of Europe will be officially staged. Yang Feng said somewhat excitedly. Only then did he realize that the first war in history could be dragged to Princip's shot, which can be said to be incredible, two Moroccan crises, two Balkan wars, Italian-Turkish wars, and Bosnian crises, how many fuses have been ignited in less than ten years.

Zhang Quan looked at him dumbfounded, Your Excellency the Foreign Minister, he really didn't expect his Emperor Majesty to plan so clearly, but if he really wanted to follow his design, a world war was really not a dream.

With Emperor Yang's personal concern, the Chinese Empire and the Ottoman Empire soon signed a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance in Beijing, formally establishing an alliance, in which it was stipulated that if either of the two countries was invaded by Russia, the other country was obliged to send troops to the war, and if it was invaded by a country other than Russia, the other country had no obligation to send troops, but it could provide help as it considered appropriate. You can also carry the knife directly together, and you have to see what you need.

This treaty surprised the European countries very much, no one thought that Hamid II would be so simply thrown into Yang Feng's arms, but if you think about it carefully, there is nothing strange about it, the biggest enemy of the two countries now is Russia, Yang Feng needs a person who can contain Nicholas in the West, Hamid II needs a backer who can ensure that he is not annexed by Nicholas, it can be said that Lang is in love with concubines, and it is normal to get together, which has no impact on the situation in Europe, Even for England, it was much better for Hamid II to throw himself into the arms of Yang Feng than to throw himself into the arms of William.

And in this way, Nikolai will completely die of the heart of going south, and can concentrate on helping them keep an eye on the back of Germany, in the end, Britain and France are not very at ease with him, and now there can be an alliance that completely blocks the road to the south, these two families are still very happy in their hearts.

Of course, the Russians were so annoyed by this that in addition to publicly protesting against the treaty, which was an imaginary enemy of Russia, the Russian government also announced that it had withdrawn from the Caribbean Alliance on this ground.

At this time, the negotiations between Britain and Russia had begun, with France in it, and the alliance of the three countries was about to become a reality, with Britain as an ally, Nikolai no longer needed to worry about his interests in the Americas being violated, and it was Britain that could have violated him, so that the Caribbean alliance had lost its meaning to him.

Of course, his withdrawal also had no effect on this alliance, at this time the United States had already been defeated, the Four-Nation Alliance became the Three-Nation Alliance, and it was still sideways in the Americas, and Emperor Yang only expressed regret, but the Russian Empress expressed his dissatisfaction to him. (To be continued......)