By the time Peters arrived in Beijing by the time he arrived in Beijing, he already had a deep understanding of some things in China.

First of all, the changes in China are indeed striking, especially when passing through certain cities, where British businessmen or diplomats in China have shown him photos from a few years ago. Peters was surprised to find out that China had changed so much in just a few years.

But he has a lot of criticism about China's political system.

Over time, he has some understanding of China's political system. First of all, unlike in Europe, although the local government can withhold a small part of the fiscal and tax revenue, its own rights are not very large, and many aspects have to obey the arrangements of the central government, and only have their own rights in some minor matters.

And the so-called local council is no different from a vase, just there to see, even if those councillors come up with a resolution...

Local governments are fine, but the central government has the right to reject or even intervene directly.

In other words, local councils can only propose some resolutions in favor of central rule, and the rest...

In fact, even if the local councils had the right to introduce some resolutions, it would be useless, because the National Socialist Party always held an absolute majority of seats in the local councils.

And in this country, the central government also has absolute rights.

However, this is of great benefit to Peters' purpose this time.

The reason is also very simple, as long as his intention can be supported by the national government or Yan Shao, he can immediately promote it. There is no need to wait for a complicated political process, let alone pass the review of Congress...

This is extremely important for Peters and Britain now...

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Although in later generations, Britain has weakened into an ordinary second-rate power. But in this era, the British Empire was still the most powerful maritime empire in the world. Even the superpower, the United States, cannot compete with Britain.

As a diplomat representing the British government, Peters easily met Yan Shao.

Walking into Yan Shao's office, he glanced at Lu Ying and Da Yuexun, amazed by the beauty of the two at the same time, considering the urgency of the matter. Peters was also very direct.

"Mr. President, I wonder how long it will take for your country's expeditionary force to be prepared?" Since he was sent by the British government, Peters certainly knew some Chinese. These words were just said in Chinese.

It's just that Peters' Chinese is not very fluent. At least compared to Elano and Katerina's standard Chinese, Peters' Chinese pronunciation is somewhat strange. But at least it can be understood, and for many foreigners in this era. That's enough.

After all, China in this era is not a great power. There may be some people who are interested in China, but there are definitely not many people who are willing to learn Chinese.

On the other hand, although Peters's words were too straightforward, Yan Shaozhi did not feel offended in the slightest because of the proper etiquette.

"At least wait until January or February next year..."After thinking about it carefully, Yan Shao replied. The number of our first expeditionary force this time was three infantry divisions, one of which was the main division, and the other two were temporarily formed B divisions. The former is nothing, and it can be completely drawn from the active troops. But the words of the latter......... It will take some time for us to be recruited from the local reserve forces, and it will take another one to two months after the call-up to complete the distribution of equipment and the most basic training..."

"Can't it be faster?" though he was anxious, but Peters didn't show it.

"This is already the fastest speed..."Yan Shao shook his head. The treaty was signed too late, we prepared in a hurry, and those two so-called B divisions were completely drawn from the reserves, and if they were sent to the battlefield without training, it would be pure murder, and they were there to help your country win the war, not to fill in the trenches for your country..."

Hearing Yan Shao say that he wanted to help Britain win the war, Peters felt a little disdainful in his heart. Because in the definition of the Entente, these Chinese expeditionary forces really helped them fill the trenches. However, after all, the two sides have become allies now, and there are some places where they do need China's help in the war in Europe, so Peters did not express this idea.

In fact, Peters was also a little dissatisfied with the signing of the treaty.

Not to say that he was dissatisfied with the benefits given to China, in fact Peters, like many Britons of the period, valued Europe more than elsewhere. For him, as long as there was no problem with India, which was the most important to Britain, it was entirely possible to provide more benefits for other countries to help Britain win the war.

Kuwait aside, just an Iraq, if Britain could agree to China's conditions earlier, I am afraid that now China's expeditionary force has set foot in Europe, Britain and France can also die less young people on the Western Front—————— although it is only the end of 1915, but the war has been going on so far, both Britain and France have already felt some pain.

For example, in a later game called 'Iron Ambition 3', there is a halo of 'population crisis' in France. And the reason for this halo is because too many people died in France during the First World War, and as a result, 20 years later, during World War II, the demographic crisis in France has been continuing.

Although Britain is not as miserable as France, it is also a little unbearable.

If Peters were the prime minister of the United Kingdom, he would definitely agree to hand over Iraq and Kuwait to China. Who said that Iraq was the territory of the Turks, and that Kuwait was also taken from the Turks by the British.

Anyway, it's not my own thing, so I won't feel distressed even if I send it out.

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The fact that China would send troops so late made Peters frown slightly.

But this was also expected by Peters and the British government. So Peters didn't dwell too much on this issue. Instead, he quickly shifted the conversation to another topic that was of greater concern to him and the British government.

In fact, if only for the sake of the question of sending troops. It is impossible for the British government to send him here, it only needs to send Zhu Erdian to greet him, after all, these things can be discussed in the telegram, there is no need to send people over—————— Britain is not close to China, and it takes more than a month to take a boat, just to interrogate such a little thing. Unless the British are well fed.

The British will send Peters this time simply because there are more important things.

"Mr. President, you should know about the Battle of Gallipoli that is currently underway," said Peters, hesitantly.

"Of course..."Yan Shao nodded. There is no need to veto such a thing. After all, the Battle of Gallipoli has been going on for a long time, and there is basically no one in the world who pays attention to this war. Again, as long as you are concerned about this war. Nor is there a single person who does not laugh at the British—————— except for the British themselves.

As for the reason for the ridicule, it is simple. Turkey was forced into the camp of the Confederates by the British. If it weren't for the fact that the British provoked the Turks, the Turks would have only been neutral in this war, where would they give the British such a big ugly look.

Now that the British have suffered more than 100,000 casualties in the Battle of Gallipoli, but have not even achieved a single result, they are completely shooting stones on their own feet, which makes it impossible for others not to laugh at them.

However, at this time, Britain was still the most powerful country in the world, and China was now an ally of Britain, so Yan Shao didn't have much to say. All you can do is nod.

Exhaling, Peters was well aware of how Britain was perceived by the outside world. However, he was British, so he didn't want to say much, so he just nodded. "The purpose of my visit this time is related to the Battle of Gallipoli..."

"Your country......... Do you want our country to send an expeditionary force to Gallipoli?"

Gallipoli is not a good place, and Yan Shao has already begun to think about how to refuse.

It is no wonder that this is the case, after all, the terrain of Gallipoli is very complicated, and as soon as it lands, the landing force is already in a bad situation. The Turks gathered a large number of heavy troops there, and the British mobilized more than 500,000 people before and after, and still failed to take it down despite more than 100,000 dead and wounded.

Moreover, the Gallipoli side is still a landing operation, and even tanks are useless.

Isn't sending an expeditionary force over the country tantamount to sending people to their deaths?

(At this time, there was no such thing as a landing craft, and there were only two ways to land, one was to row over, and the other was to land in a port with a pier, as for the landing craft or something......... Let's wait until it's invented... ）

Seeing Yan Shao's expression, Peters certainly knew what Yan Shao was thinking.

He also felt a little helpless about this, and apparently he also knew that the so-called battle of Gallipoli had become a laughing stock.

"Don't worry, the purpose of my visit this time is not to hope that your country will put the expeditionary force there........." Speaking of this, Peters hesitated for a moment, and finally did not tell Yan Shao that the British government had decided to abandon the decision of the Gallipoli campaign, but continued. I believe that Mr. President is well aware that the main purpose of our war is to open up the Dardanelles, which is blocked by the Turks, and then continue to send all kinds of supplies to Russia through this strait, but now it seems that this purpose cannot be achieved..."

"So my country hopes to find a second channel that can send large quantities of supplies to Russia, which is why I will come to China this time..."

"What do you mean?" Yan Shao asked a little strangely, standing behind him, Lu Ying and Da Yuexun also showed strange expressions on their faces.

"Our government hopes that your country can intensify the construction of the Middle East Railway, and at the same time build a railway from Lanzhou to Dihua, and connect it with the Russian Central Asian Railway, if there are two railways, including the Trans-Siberian Railway, I believe that even if it cannot meet Russia's demand for materials, it can greatly alleviate the current shortage of materials in Russia..."

"Build a railway from Lanzhou to Dihua. And then connect with the Central Asian railway of the Russians? ”

Hearing Peters' words, Yan Shao frowned.

"That's right." Peters nodded. "It is reported that your country's railway has been repaired from Xi'an to Lanzhou, as long as it can be repaired to Dihua. Then, in the connection with the Central Asian railway with Russia, Russia will have another material transportation line, and as long as Russia's shortage of materials can be alleviated, the chances of the Allies in this war will be much higher..."

Speaking of this, Peters' face showed a hint of helplessness.

Because such a decision was made purely because the British also knew that the Battle of Gallipoli had been lost and there was no need to continue. That's why they want to increase the delivery of Russian materials through another way.

"But............... The distance between Lanzhou and Dihua is very long, and a lot of materials are not only required during this period. And it will take a long time, not to mention whether China's current financial situation can support such a large railway project, even if it is repaired, I am afraid it will take a long time. By then, perhaps the war would have ended. Or maybe Russia can't hold it anymore..."

Having said that, a hint of cunning flashed in Yan Shao's eyes. Because as early as the beginning of the year, not to mention that the railway line from Xi'an to Lanzhou has been opened to traffic, and even has been repaired to Wuwei, now the Ministry of Communications and Zhan Tianyou are repairing the railway to Jiuquan, and it is said that it is no more than 100 kilometers away from Jiuquan, and I believe that it will not take long to repair Jiuquan.

As long as the railway to Jiuquan is opened. Next, you can go further and go directly to Dihua.

Just to not irritate the Russians. At the same time, it also did not give the Russians a chance to make trouble, so the government of the country has been keeping this news secret. As for the Russians, they are also exhausted by the ongoing European war, and they don't have time to care about these at all, as for the British, it's even simpler, Xinjiang is not within the scope of the British's power, and there are few people there, if Yan Shao doesn't want them to know the way, they can't know the way at all.

To be honest, such a large project should not be able to be concealed for too long.

It has been able to conceal it until now, thanks to the war that took place in Europe.

The war involved most of the energy of not only the Russians, but also the British.

Compared to these, a little railway project in the Far East, they are not interested in knowing the road at all.

They are even less aware that the railway project that is currently underway is called the 'Dilan Railway Project'. The original purpose of this railway project was to build a railway from Lanzhou to Dihua.

And now, because of the concealment, the British actually begged to come to the door. Yan Shao instinctively felt that he could earn enough benefits from it...

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"Don't worry about time," Peters shook his head. At least according to my understanding, the fastest speed of railway construction can be more than a kilometer a day, Lanzhou is far away from Dihua, but it is only more than 1,000 kilometers, and as long as your country can go all out, it is not impossible to complete this railway in a year, and as far as I know, the fastest construction record in the history of the railway is set by the railway workers of your country, and I believe that your country will be able to set a new world record again..."

That being said, but Peters also knows that this all-out effort is probably an extraordinary all-out effort.

If I have to say it, it's the kind that doesn't rest around the clock and spends time on the railway all the time.

As for the world record, this Peters is really not telling a lie, because the workers in China did set such a record at that time, but not in China, but in the United States.

Historically, when the United States was building the Pacific Railroad, in the last stage before the Central Pacific Railroad and the Eastern Section of the Union Pacific Railroad were connected, Chinese laborers accepted the challenge of Irish laborers to start a road construction competition, and the Western Section of Chinese laborers finally set a world record of 10 miles and 200 feet (about 16.41 kilometers) of track laying in 12 hours.

The reason why the railways in Xinjiang were built so quickly, almost to Jiuquan, was because the workers used a similar speed to build the railways. Almost all day long, all the time is devoted to the railway.

In this way, the cost of construction will definitely be very high, and there have been many accidents, which has made the government have a deep criticism of this project, but under Yan Shao's insistence, this project has been greatly promoted.

"As for the time and cost..."Seeing that Yan Shao was still listening there, Peters said with a smile. If the railway can be repaired in more than a year......... In a year's time, although the Russians are in a more difficult situation now, I believe that the Russians can still hold on, and the cost is ......... The importance of this railway to your country is self-evident, and if it can be completed, I believe it will be of great benefit to your country's rule in Xinjiang, even if your government spends some extra money on this railway, it is worth it, and if it can, our government can also assume a part of it..."

At this point, Peters looked embarrassed again. "It's just......... I believe that Mr. President also knows that my government has spent a lot of money on this war, and my government may not be able to provide much help, so I am afraid that most of it will need to be solved by your country itself..."

There is no way to do it, if it is an ordinary railway, it will be fine, the problem is that this railway is too long. If you really want to invest in such a railway, then the cost will definitely not be a small amount, and now that Britain has already borne a large amount of costs, it is naturally unwilling to bear more costs on it...

However, after listening to Peters' words, Yan Shao sneered in his heart.

He will definitely build this railway, but the money, he must also take it out of the pockets of the British.

It costs money to build the railway, who doesn't know this, and finally a big head has come out, how can Yan Shao not make good use of it. (To be continued......)