This design is indeed very good, Hai Jing immediately understood that this is the best solution for Germany at present, such a highway transportation capacity is even more than a railway, although it is necessary to transfer two stations in the middle, but this is not a big deal, it is nothing more than to build the station a little bigger, if the Ottoman Empire really joins the war in the future, it can directly connect the two railways.

Of course, for William, such a result still did not achieve his goal, his goal was to make Yang Feng make it clear, it was obvious that this guy was still ready to continue to ride the wall, and William was helpless about it, fortunately, he had not yet crooked to the side of the British, which was also a comfort.

Yang Feng's highway plan was not made public, since he wanted to continue to ride the wall, it would be no good to force him again, William was happy to block the news with him, anyway, it was too early for his railway to be built to Baghdad! In fact, the railway has not yet started construction at all.

Now the British government is strongly threatening Hamid II to cancel the agreement with the Germans to build a railway, and in order to make his voice louder, the Royal Navy's Mediterranean fleet has even entered the Aegean Sea very ostentatiously, and at the same time the army has increased its garrison in Egypt, including a large number of British righteous people have also begun to frequent the homes of the Arab sheikhs of the Hejaz, especially the home of Mecca Sharif, who is the saint and the guardian of the Holy Land, It is clear that they will help the free cause of the Arab peoples if they need to.

Hamid II is also in a difficult situation at the moment, in fact, like Yang Feng, he does not want to choose between Britain and Germany, although he does not like the gradual erosion of his empire by the British, but he also knows that it is easy to turn his fragile empire into ashes. It would not be possible to tear up the Baghdad railway agreement with the Germans, which would have made him directly subject to the wrath of William, and then Austria-Hungary would have done him in the Balkans, where there was a great deal of desire to get rid of his rule. What's more, he himself is very much looking forward to having this railway, with which his empire can be connected from east to west, and his control over the Persian Gulf coast will be greatly enhanced.

In addition, with the increase in strength, the national self-esteem of the young Zhuang in Turkey is rising, especially since the vast majority of them are educated by Chinese or Germans, the former receiving anti-Russian education, the latter receiving anti-British education, it can be said that the current hatred of Russia and Britain in the entire Ottoman army is a mainstream, and these officers and soldiers. Equally eager to remake his country with a constitutional system, if Hamid II had yielded to the British on the railroad issue at this time, it would have easily caused a death at home.

After thinking about it, this guy still felt that it was much less dangerous to reject the British than it was to reject the Germans, the former would be at most the British would come and beat him, but then he would be supported by the military, and William would definitely come to his aid, and the latter he would have nothing.

He didn't even dare to promise that the Germans would come and beat him. Or when there was a death within the Ottomans, would the British really come to help him, and the British Empire had not done this kind of thing to shake others, and besides, the British had been looking forward to the end of the Ottoman Empire. It's just that it hasn't been able to do so, and if it really happens, Hamid II feels that the British are more likely to take the opportunity to fall into the well, so it is said that the lesser of two evils is the lesser of two evils. It was far more cost-effective to reject the British than to reject the Germans, but at the same time he wanted to find another backer for himself. Engage in a double insurance, and at the same time find yourself a stronger tree that you can rely on for a long time.

"A step further in China-Ottoman relations?" Yang Feng looked happily at the Ottoman minister in China in front of him, although he didn't want to form an alliance with any European powers, but it was a very good choice to conclude an alliance with the Ottomans against Russia, anyway, he and Nikolai knew it well, which could also make Nikolai more honest, but this alliance was not suitable now, and Hamid II had to solve the trouble he was facing first.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to give Hamid a move, after all, he also wanted to build this railway, and it would not be good for all parties to continue to entangle and fight again.

"Of course, I very much hope that our two ancient empires can be as close as brothers, but at this time, the changes in the relationship between China and the Ottoman Empire can easily cause misunderstanding from the outside world, after all, peace in the Middle East is not easy to come by, and we all need to be careful to maintain it.

In fact, I also have some understanding of the situation facing your country, the British do not want the Germans to build the Baghdad Railway, but this railway should be regarded as a project worth looking forward to for your country, Germany and China, and I am very much looking forward to being able to take the train from Kuwait to Berlin and enjoy the intoxicating scenery along the way.

In that case, why don't we look for a solution that is acceptable to all parties? The Germans want a railway, and the British don't want the Germans to build a railway, which is an irreconcilable contradiction, so change the country and fix it, for example, you Ottoman Empire itself to build the railway, which I don't think anyone will be qualified to interfere with. Yang Feng said.

"Let's fix it ourselves?" The Ottoman envoy was stunned, but on closer thought, this was indeed the best solution at the moment, although it was considered to offend both Britain and Germany, but it was also an acceptable Cheng dù, and it also satisfied the pride of the radicals in the country and strengthened the dominance of Hamid II.

But the question is, where does the money come from?

At this time, the Ottoman Empire's finances must be hopeless, Hamid II can maintain his own naval and land army, it is not bad, as for private fundraising, it is even more impossible, the Ottoman Empire has a fart money, and the common people can't eat enough! Not to mention the national contradictions, just think about it, those Arabs, Armenians, Kurds..., these chaotic peoples will definitely not be interested in strengthening the strength of the empire, they wish that Hamid II would be independent!

"The problem of capital is very simple, you can raise shares in the international capital market, change this railway into a joint-stock company, but not issue railway bonds, nor a state-owned company, your government itself retains 30% of the equity, with the land along the railway as investment, and the rest of the part can be invested if it wants to invest, such as Germany. Because the original construction agreement needs to be cancelled, the German right of first refusal can be compensated, as for how much this can be discussed with them first, I think they will understand your suffering, after all, they do not want to fight a war over this railway. Then set aside a part of it to London, Paris, and of course Shanghai, and other places for stock market issuance, who likes to buy who buys, if the British don't buy it, then there is nothing to say, your country has given them the opportunity to participate, but they themselves give up participating, this has nothing to do with others, they can't they don't repair and don't let others repair, don't let you fix yourself, right? Yang Feng said.

As soon as this was explained, the Ottoman minister immediately understood that this was the best solution, although the Ottoman Empire canceled the road construction agreement authorized to Germany as the British demanded, but the railway was still under the control of the Germans, it is conceivable that German investors would definitely buy more than half of the shares, so William would not mind canceling the road construction agreement, and Hamid II had agreed to the conditions proposed by the British, and they had lost the theoretical basis for entanglement. If they didn't even allow the Ottoman Empire to build its own railways, then the British Empire would be too lenient.

After getting Yang Feng's guidance, the Ottoman minister hurriedly ran back and sent the plan back to Istanbul by telegram, and after understanding the benefits of this plan to himself, Hamid II quickly summoned the German minister and conveyed the plan to the Germans, and William also agreed to this plan after some research, all he wanted was to avoid the Suez Canal for future crude oil transportation, and this plan fully met his requirements.

With William's consent, the Ottoman Empire immediately announced the abrogation of the Baghdad railway agreement with Germany. Hamid II's choice pleased the British, and after praising the emperor's contribution to the maintenance of peace in the Middle East, the Mediterranean fleet left the Aegean Sea and returned to Gibraltar, where the British Army, already assembled in Egypt, began to withdraw to its respective stations. But at this time, Istanbul announced that the Ottoman emperor would register the Baghdad Railway Company in his private capacity and build the railway himself in the form of a fundraising. As compensation for the unilateral abolition of the former Baghdad railway agreement with the Germans, German investors will be given the right of first refusal to subscribe for 55 percent of the shares, the remaining part of Hamid II's investment in land along the railway line will be 30 percent of the shares, and the other 15 percent will be offered on the three major stock markets of London, Shanghai, and Paris.

The news almost stunned the British, they never thought that Hamid II would play like this, and the new British Prime Minister Balfour was so angry when he heard the news that he supposedly dropped his cup, in a sense this humiliation to Britain was worse than the original agreement, but the problem was that he had no reason to attack, because Hamid II had already done what he asked. As for him to invest in building railways on his own land, even with the tyranny of the British Empire, he knew that if he drove the fleet over again for this problem, he would become a scolding girl on the street, and the British Empire, which prided itself as a gentleman, could not do such a shameless thing under any circumstances. (To be continued......)