Chapter 391: The Age of Alliances

As for how to solve the problem of infection to those foreign scientists, this is very simple, after inviting them, how can they stay in China for a year and a half, daily will inevitably have a little headache and brain fever, when the time comes, each person will arrange a full-time nurse, when they are sick, they will give an injection, and there is something hidden in the needle, which no one will pay attention to, and this can also reflect the emperor's respect for these scientists. When the disease gradually develops over the years, no one will think that it is related to the original trip to China, HIV itself is not a disease, but it is just a person whose immune system is damaged, and then dies of various diseases, with the current level of science and technology, I can't think of it at all, the safety is absolutely guaranteed, although I don't necessarily return to heaven soon, but I will always worship God one after another in more than ten years, which is enough.

For foreign scientists, in Emperor Yang's view, the only way to deal with it is to get killed, when the world's most important scientists are Chinese, then he can be completely assured, especially those who are engaged in quantum mechanics and the like, they must not be left behind, the more famous they are, the more they have to be killed, but like those writers, artists, thinkers, housekeeping, or something, the more the better, especially thinkers, ideas are the most important, let Europeans burn their enthusiasm in the collision of ideas! !

After coming out of his own virus cultivation base, Emperor Yang immediately got a long-awaited good news.

"Britain and France signed a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance to form an alliance." Zhang Quan, who came in a hurry, said somewhat nervously.

This treaty was completely different from the earliest sincere treaty in history, it was only a colonial partition agreement, but it was a real military alliance, and the treaty stipulated that in the event of foreign aggression by either of the two countries, whether the mainland or the colony, the other country was obliged to provide military assistance, and the British and French old enemies finally officially came together.

It is said that this treaty was proposed by the French on their own initiative, and the British, who had long had this in mind, naturally hit it off, and by this time the Boer War had ended. The British Empire defended its dignity with the lives of nearly 50,000 soldiers, and the Boers laid down their arms to accept the rule of Her Majesty the Queen, but the Queen did not wait for this day, and the old lady Victoria took her last breath in a hospital bed at the Young Medical Centre in London the day before the treaty was signed.

William's ambition was further stimulated by the British army's clumsy performance on the battlefield, and not only in Nigeria, but also in Turkey to intensify his Baghdad railway plan, vowing to carry out his triple B railway to the end, so that German trains could go directly to the Persian Gulf. In addition, he is also ambitiously preparing to build his equatorial African empire, connecting Namibia and Zambia, and cutting off the British double-C railway plan, which is stabbing the British in the heart, and the British Empire will naturally not be polite to William.

The French suffered heavy losses from their defeat in Asia, and this year Germany, Austria and Italy renewed the treaty of alliance specifically against them, which had existed since 1881 and had been renewed several times, but only against France. Should France attack either country, the other two countries had an obligation to help, but in the event of war with the other, the alliance was not binding.

In this case, France has no choice. It is necessary to find a backer for yourself to rely on, and the Russians are beyond the reach of the whip, and the best is the British, in order to protect their colonial interests. They did not hesitate to plunge into the arms of England, and for the French, of course, the treaty of alliance was not only against Germany. And China, which is aggressive in Asia.

"Don't care about them, I'm going to be a vegetarian in the past few years, and it's none of our business whether they are allies or not." Yang Feng said very casually, he is really ready to be a vegetarian in the past few years, and besides, he has grabbed so much territory in a row, which is enough to digest for a while.

As soon as he said this, Zhang Quan was relieved, in fact, neither the Congress nor the cabinet wanted to engage in any expansion at this time to attract Europe's firepower to Asia, so that the Europeans could fight flesh and blood.

However, with an identity like Emperor Yang, it is impossible to really stay out of the matter, he doesn't want to be an ally of others, and others still want to be an ally of him!

"Railroad to Baghdad?" Yang Feng looked at Haijing with interest, of course he understood the significance of this plan, the British were resolute not to let the Germans directly put their hands into the Persian Gulf, and now the Germans proposed to build the railway from Konya to Baghdad, to put it bluntly, they were testing whether the two sides could really form an alliance.

In fact, at this time, it was different from the original history that in order to transport Kirkuk's oil abroad, there was already a railway from Kirkuk through Baghdad to Basra, and after connecting with the oil railway of Maskid Suleiman, because of the lack of transportation capacity of Basra port, it extended south to Kuwait, making the desert town that Yang Feng bought for 50,000 pounds turned into the world's largest crude oil export port.

But this railway belongs to the Imperial Oil Company, and after a series of changes, the current Imperial Oil equity has become 30% each owned by Yang Feng and the Rothschild family, 10% by the British Crown Prince Victor, 20% by Hamid II, and 10% by the Iranian royal family, which means that if the Germans want to build the railway from Konya all the way to Baghdad and then connect with this railway, then they must get the consent of the Imperial Oil Board. They must have solved Hamid II at this time, now it is only Yang Feng's nod, if Yang Feng agrees, then it will inevitably conflict with the British, and then Germany can win him over to form an alliance, if Yang Feng does not agree, then it means that he is not ready to choose between Britain and Germany, and the Germans do not need to waste their feelings.

"But even if I agree, you will only get half of the supporters in Imperial Oil, and you will still not be able to understand this plan, and you will not think that Baron Rothschild or Crown Prince Victor will vote for it, right?" Yang Feng said bluntly, he was not prepared to make any choice.

"Your Majesty, you have forgotten that the king of Persia still has ten percent of the shares." Hai Jing said with a smile.

"Muzaffar al-Din agreed?" Yang Feng said a little dazed.

It would not be surprising if Hamid II agreed, he has become closer and closer to Germany over the years, and the Ottoman Empire has a good strength in both naval and land forces, especially in the navy, supported by a large amount of oil revenues, Hamid II has built a new navy with four princess-class armored cruisers and six Soryu-class, twenty-four destroyers as the core. And all of them are high-end products made in Sweden and China, even compared to the current France, and four perfect battleships have been ordered in Sweden, two of which have already been launched, and they will be delivered in another year.

In terms of the army, China and Germany have helped him train a new army of 200,000 troops, and the level of equipment is almost no different from that of the Chinese army, and this strength gives him enough freedom of choice, if the Germans give him enough benefits at this time, he must have the courage to say no to the British, but Muzaffal-aldin agrees that this is a pure joke, he is something.

Although the Persian royal family has also made a lot of money from crude oil over the years, and even bought two Canglong-class cruisers and twelve destroyers themselves, most of them have allowed this loser to squander into his luxurious life. Sha is completely different in that this heir is a dumb prince in the standard sense, who knows nothing but eating, drinking, and having fun, and spends almost half of his time in Europe every year, with legends of him circulating in London, Paris, Rome, and Berlin.

"Yes, Your Majesty, His Majesty, the King of Persia, is currently in Berlin, and has signed a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance with our government." Hai Jing said with a smile, looking extremely happy, after all, it was rare to see Emperor Yang's surprised expression.

Yang Feng was stunned for a moment.

He could never imagine how the Germans had obtained this treaty of alliance.

With a woman.

At this time, Muzaffar-al-Din was traveling in Germany, and he had to travel to Europe every year, and no one paid much attention to such an insignificant little monarch, including the Chinese intelligence agencies, and then he met a beautiful noblewoman in Berlin, and fell into what he thought was a passionate love, which was also common, and he had to fall in love several times every trip. It is always easy for a man to lose his mind in front of a woman, especially a pretentious old man like him, and under the bewitchment of his lover, this king will inevitably have a lofty ambition for the revitalization of his country, so that the history of signing various unequal treaties with Russia and Britain in the war and the reparations is particularly intolerable to him.

He wanted to change this, he wanted to restore the glory of the Persian Empire, to regain all the lands that had been lost in a hundred years, and of course even his mind knew that it was unrealistic for Persia alone, and in fact if he showed such thoughts, Russia and England would tear him to pieces, and at that moment William stood before him with a savior, and under the thread of his countess lover, and under the praise of the Berlin aristocratic circles, the king signed a treaty of alliance with the German government in a daze, officially thrown into the arms of the Germans.

"Is that okay?" When Ye Zi put the truth investigated by the intelligence agency in front of Yang Feng, this thing's jaw almost hit the ground, he really didn't expect the Germans to play this hand. (To be continued......)