On the street outside the conference venue in Washington, looking at the delegations that had just come out of the venue, the local citizens of Washington on both sides of the road were cheering, and some were booing―――――― that it was not that they were against something, but that they just wanted to do it.

In addition to these local citizens of Washington, some outsiders and journalists from all over the world are also desperately trying to illuminate the scene in front of them with flashing lights. Although Li Liang and Gu Weijun had deliberately not looked at the reporters on both sides and the flashing lights in their hands when they walked outside, Li Liang still had a feeling that their dog's eyes were about to be blinded.

In fact, the number of people this time is not as large as the previous times.

After all, the distance between the common people and the common people is too far away, and ordinary people will not care about this kind of thing at all. For those Americans, they are most concerned about the arms limitation treaty, because this treaty will bring them peace, and there will be no more hellish arms race―――――― for Americans who have just lived through World War I, they are fed up...

It was also because of this relationship that when the news of the successful signing of the "Six-Power Naval Treaty" came out, the venue was crowded with people from all over the world. And this time, although the number of people around is not small, it may not even be enough for one-third of the last time.

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When I finally boarded the car, I rubbed it and felt a little sour. After eyes that seemed to want to shed tears, Li Liang smiled bitterly and said to Gu Weijun on the side.

"Next time, don't worry about your demeanor, just bring your sunglasses. Otherwise, I'm really worried that the reporters will be blinded by the flashing lights. ”

Hearing Li Liang's words, Gu Weijun smiled slightly bitterly, but this time he did not object.

Flash, of course, is very useful when taking pictures, but it is also a very annoying thing. Because if you don't use a good word, it will damage the model's eyes very much. At least use it directly on the model, the model's eyes will definitely not stand it.

Usually. A flash of light alone is already terrible, let alone as the head of a delegation. As they pass the road outside, they also need to wave to the people on either side―――――― if it's just a guò. But this head-on face to the crowd is naturally equivalent to exposing his eyes to the flashing lights of those reporters.

Therefore, after walking all the way, Li Liang and the others suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in their eyes.

In fact, before this, Li Liang had such thoughts. That's putting on sunglasses. No matter how powerful the flash is outside. It doesn't hurt them in the slightest.

It's just that Gu Weijun feels that when facing people from all over the world, wearing sunglasses is somewhat not very good. Therefore, this mention yì did not pass guò, and every time he was baptized by the flashing light, everyone had to survive such a way to choose. But now...

Li Liang and the others didn't want to continue to stay up, even Gu Weijun...

"But then again..."After rubbing his eyes and making them a little more comfortable, Buzigao looked at Li Liang and Gu Weijun. What the hell is going on with those Portuguese. All of a sudden, their attitude has changed, could it be that they have changed their minds? This idea must have changed too quickly..."

"I'm afraid it's not their own attitude that has changed. It's someone who forced them to change..."Unlike Buzigao, Gu Weijun saw it very thoroughly. "Of course, maybe the Portuguese didn't intend to change in the first place, this time they just pushed the boat along with the current..."

"British..."

"That's right." Gu Weijun nodded. "It is estimated that the British intervened, as for the Portuguese, they may indeed have planned to return Macau, but since the British intervened, there is an excuse even if they don't return it, so they simply came to push the boat, after all, no matter how bad the location of Macau is, there is still some use..."

They were the ones in charge of the contact with the Portuguese, and they naturally learned about the attitude of the Portuguese first-hand. And this also annoyed the Buzigao and other people, both to the Portuguese who suddenly changed their minds and the English who got in the way.

"Forget it, let's not worry about it, let's leave this matter to the country to solve next..."Looking at Bu Zigao's gritted teeth, Li Liang persuaded after smiling bitterly.

In fact, now this matter can only be handled by the national government.

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Although the matter concerning Turkey has not yet been finalized, the matter of China and other countries on the construction of a defense ring against the Soviet Union has already been decided.

Specifically, it is similar to what was said at the meeting, Britain, France and some other European countries will build an epidemic prevention circle in the position of Eastern Europe, Poland and other countries to ensure that Soviet Russia will not spread to the whole of Europe through Guò Eastern Europe. As for the task of the Kuomintang, the task is simpler, which is to build a line of defense on the current Sino-Soviet border to ensure that Soviet Russia does not run out of here...

As for Turkey's affairs, the decision on whether to win over or attack the Turks is not something that can be decided in a short period of time. Therefore, although the delegations of various countries at the meeting were more inclined to the solution given by Li Liang, the whole matter was still delayed, at least the attitude of Britain and France on this matter was more complicated―――――― according to the information obtained by the Special Bureau, the reason why this was the case was entirely because the Greek government was firmly opposed to this decision.

This is not surprising, Greece and Turkey are also feuding in a way. As early as 1897, Greece and Turkey had the outbreak of the 'Greco-Turkish War', which is very famous in history 'Thirty Days War'.

The main reason for the outbreak of this war was the struggle between the Greeks and the Turks for the island of Crete.

Basically, people in later generations are very clear. The Turkish government, formerly known as the Ottoman Turkish Empire, ruled the territory very brutally. This can be seen in the historical Armenian Holocaust, which is arguably one of the most famous ethnic cleansing activities in recent history.

Add to that the religion practiced by the Ottoman Turkish Empire......... As a result, the Greeks on the island of Crete at that time staged an uprising in order to ask for the feudal theocracy of the Turkish Empire and its annexation to Greece. In November of the same year, Turkey declared jihad to the Cretans in response to this.

There was no doubt that the Greek government would have sided with the Greeks in Crete at such times, so in February of the following year, a Greek army came to the aid of Crete. At the same time, for religious and various other reasons, Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary declared Crete to be self-governing under 'European protection', and sent a landing force to occupy the island on 5 April.

Something like this happened. The Turkish Empire randomly declared war on the Greek government.

In fact, the Turkish army, trained by German instructors, outnumbered the Greek army in terms of strength and weaponry, with the Turks at that time having 94,000 infantry, 1,660 cavalry, and 234 artillery pieces in Thessaly and Epyrus, compared to 55,000 infantry, 970 cavalry, and 144 artillery pieces in the Greeks.

Although the Greeks were counting on victory in the first battle. Then, with this victory, he set off an anti-Turkish uprising. However, in the absence of superiority in troops and other aspects, the Greeks were met with defeat...

And then, as the name of the war was, after thirty days of war, the short war ended. Through the mediation of European countries. Greece and Turkey signed an armistice. By the peace treaty signed at Constantinople on December 4, 1897. Greece ceded six small but strategically important areas of Thessaly to the Ottoman Empire and paid an indemnity of 4 million Turkish pounds, leaving the island of Rite under Turkish administration. However, under pressure from European countries, the Turks eventually evacuated the island, which later became an internationally protected territory.

Also in 1913, the island was finally owned by Greece under the Treaty of London.

However, although the island eventually belonged to Greece, it did not mean the end of the feud between Greece and Turkey. The reason why the Turks bought the battleship Agincourt from the British in history was the reason why. One of the biggest reasons was that the Greeks ―――――― Turks bought battleships from the British to use against the Greeks.

And the reason for the purchase of two battleships by the Greek government from the United States during the same period. Also about the same as the Turks ...

However, there is no doubt that despite the corruption and incompetence of the Turkish government, Turkey is a behemoth compared to Greece. Therefore, although Greece has the support of Britain and France behind it, it is inevitable that Greece will always suffer in direct conflicts.

It is for this reason that the Greeks, having found themselves with an opportunity to trample the Turks under their feet, would seem so reluctant to give up...

After all, the Greeks have already occupied a large part of the Turkish territory, and if they give up now, wouldn't it be a waste of all their efforts? Therefore, after learning some news of the Washington Conference, the Greeks resolutely opposed this proposal, and hoped that Britain and France would support themselves―――――― Greece did not participate in the meeting, and the reason why they knew it was entirely because of the British and French sues...

On the other hand, Britain and France were very hesitant to adopt the proposal of the national government, coupled with the strong demand of the Greek government, which led to the fact that Li Liang's proposal was not directly adopted...

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With the signing of the Countermeasures Defense Pact, the conference quickly moved on to the next link, which was the Asian matter, the Far East Peace Treaty.

As mentioned earlier, the Washington Conference is actually a continuation of the Versailles Peace Conference. The purpose is to make up for the problems that were not solved in the "Versailles Peace Conference", and some of the loopholes, and at the same time reduce the friction between several powers, and ensure that there will be no large-scale wars and vicious arms races again...

Therefore, the four treaties in the whole conference are basically targeted.

For example, the original Four-Power Treaty was aimed at the Pacific region at that time. A potential conflict that could arise between the United Kingdom, Japan, and the United States. Avoiding such conflicts is at the heart of this treaty.

As for France? France is actually a soy sauce player! It's just that the French have islands in the Pacific, so they are counted in it.

Anyway. Indeed, the Four-Power Treaty averted the possibility of a conflict between the four countries in the Pacific. However, this is only a conflict that can be avoided, but it may not be a war that can be avoided. At least if any of the four countries mentioned above tried to start a war, the treaty would be of absolutely no use.

As for the Treaty on the Limitation of Naval Armaments, what is avoided is a vicious arms race and the world-class wars that may arise from it―――――― which would be better for people in the world who have just experienced a war of this magnitude. Otherwise, it really kills...

As for the role of the "Defense Pact with the Soviet Union," it was to prevent the spread of those red elements entrenched in Eastern Europe to the whole world. For countries, this is one of the priorities of the moment.

As for the Far Eastern Peace Treaty. This treaty is aimed at China...

This is as if the role of the Four-Power Treaty was mainly to avoid a conflict between Britain, Japan, and the United States in the Pacific. The role of the Far Eastern Peace Treaty is also very simple, that is, to avoid something that should not happen in the Far East―――――― in fact, it has been proposed. Perhaps it could be named the Asian Peace Treaty. But that's the case. Doesn't it seem that China is a country that can decide the fate of Asia? Even if this were the case, countries such as Britain and the United States would not be able to recognize it.

Thus the treaty became a peace treaty for the Far East, and of course there was another reason for this, that is, apart from the Far East, there was only one Middle East. The point is that the Middle East is too desolate, and it is like chicken ribs for everyone.

In particular, compared to East Asia, which can be said to be China's traditional sphere of influence. In the eyes of Britain, France and other countries. It is East Asia that China is most likely to target, not the Middle East, where there is nothing.

Name the treaty the Far Eastern Peace Treaty. It is to prevent the Chinese from taking action in the region, including the South Asian subcontinent.

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According to the content of the treaty, many countries, including China, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, the Netherlands, and other countries, will sign a common treaty at the conference to avoid direct conflict.

There are many restrictions in this treaty, and many of them are almost explicitly aimed at China. And the goal is very simple: to prevent a strong China from doing anything to these regions.

The delegation was naturally annoyed by this, and it could be said that every inch of land was fighting for it.

In fact, even in China, it can be said that some of the contents of this treaty can be said to be very angry. As China grew stronger, so did a large number of hardliners. Naturally, for various reasons, especially China's own traditional thinking, China's hardliners are obviously slightly milder than those of other countries.

In particular, the hardliners in China during this period, with the exception of some extremists, were only trying to regain what China had lost in history―――――― such as the colonies in East and Southeast Asia.

In their view, now that China has regained its strength, it seems to be a matter of course to regain what has been lost. At least many people regard this as their life's goal, and there are even many people who have gone to the jungles of Southeast Asia in order to achieve this goal.

But such a treaty would be tantamount to a chain to China, a chain that prevents them from doing so.

China's strong opposition to some of these treaties did not come as a surprise to Britain, France, and other countries.

However, just as in the Washington Naval Treaty, China's room for concessions is very limited, so is the room for concessions by countries such as Britain, France, the United States, and Japan.

After all, if you take a step back now, you don't know how much it will cost you in the future.

Therefore, the whole meeting can be said to be extremely intense, and even the atmosphere of the domestic meeting is very warm. However, compared with them, Yan Shao's attitude seemed a little lighter. This is also confusing to many.

In fact, in Yan Shao's opinion, this matter is very simple.

Treaties, since they can be signed, then they can naturally be torn up.

The reason why China is signing any Washington Treaty or Far East Peace Treaty with Britain, France and other countries at the moment is simply because China's current strength is not enough to start a war against Britain, France and other countries and regain a single place in East Asia.

However, when China's strength is strong enough, those so-called treaties can naturally be torn up at will.

It's like Hitler in history, who tore up the treaty with Soviet Russia when it was most beneficial to him. There is also the entry into the Czech Republic.

Of course, taking Nazi Germany out is somewhat unlucky. Moreover, it was precisely because of Germany's defeat in Soviet Russia that it eventually led to the demise of Nazi Germany and the suicide of Hitler himself.

So let's take Soviet Russia as an analogy, didn't Soviet Russia in history fall into the ground at the most tragic time in Japan. tore up the treaty with Japan and swept away the Kwantung Army, which was already only old, weak, sick and disabled at that time ...

But then again, even the Kwantung Army in its heyday, if it really had a hard fight with Soviet Russia, I am afraid it would not be an opponent. (To be continued......)