Chapter 606: Carrots and Sticks

With a snap, the document in Piero's hand fell on the table, his eyes were full of surprise and fear, in his eyes, Gu Weijun and Liu Buyun in front of him were so terrible, what he said just now has been quite clear, if Spain does not give in, then what awaits Spain is not only to be forcibly occupied by Huaxia, but also to be forcibly occupied by Huaxia! There is no other possibility, this has nothing to do with whether the Huaxia Navy wins or not! After winning the Russian-Dutch fleet, China can naturally smoothly include the Philippines in its pocket, even if it is defeated? Emaciated camels are bigger than horses! What's more, the current Spain is not a horse! It's a sheep.

War generally does not make two countries mortal enemies, but if one country makes the other envious, then the result will definitely be war and become mortal enemies, such as France and Germany! And if Spain makes the Republic of China jealous, although China can't do anything to Spain itself, the entire Philippine colony will definitely not be able to keep it! The fundamental reason why the Spaniards did not accept Huaxia's proposal was that they wanted to keep this colony, and Huaxia had already said that they would take it upon themselves when necessary, so the Spaniards would not be able to keep the Philippines alive or dead! The only chance is to not let Huaxia do it!

"We can destroy all the ports in the Philippines that are suitable for a large fleet, we can blow up the docks, we can block the shipping lanes, we can make the Philippines a useless place! What you can't get yourself won't be used by the enemy, General Liu, you should know that I'm not joking. Severa said with a blushing face.

"So what? What we have is time, we can slowly build in the selected military port. And then under the pretext of supporting the uprising of the native Filipino population, it is logical to take over the whole of the Philippines! We can even hand over the Spanish property and personnel in the Philippines to the local natives, so that they can vent their anger that has been pent up for hundreds of years! And what does Spain have to gain? In addition to angering a large country and losing a rich colony. Spain has nothing to gain! Gu Weijun said disapprerovingly. Severa's anger looked ridiculous in his eyes! Because no sane politician would do such a thing that would do more harm than good.

"And what do we gain if we can cooperate with your country?" After taking a deep breath to calm down the mood that was already close to going berserk, Piero stopped Severa, who was about to leave the venue angrily, and asked directly such a sentence.

"For 30 years, we guarantee that your country will continue to own the Philippines for at least 30 years, that Spain will remain the suzerainty of the Philippines, and that you will still be able to enjoy the property and taxes in the Philippines. At the same time, the relationship with Huaxia can be further improved. And when necessary. We can help Spain defend itself against threats from across the ocean. Of course, this is limited to the Philippines and not Cuba. Gu Weijun opened the price code of Huaxia word by word.

"30 years? What did we take a huge risk to gain only 30 years of dominance in the Philippines? Hehe, that's a good condition. Sevela quipped.

"Trust me. General, if there is no Huaxia Republic, your country will not be able to stay in the Philippines for even 20 years! Don't forget, the great power of the Americas is already a little overwhelmed! The Spanish-American War was not a one-and-done solution. The American fleet, which the Spanish fleet had so hard to sink, only slowed down the pace of expansion for the Americans. Perhaps within ten years, the U.S. fleet will sail back to sea, Cuba is their first target, and the Philippines will be the second, in this war, the loss of Cuba is already inevitable, do you still want to lose the Philippines? Liu Buyun asked rhetorically.

Is it true that Liu Buyun said that he wanted to help Spain defend the Philippines? When Xu Jie gave Liu Buyun this bargaining chip. Liu Buyun thought for a while that he had misheard! When will Xu Jie use the resources that he does not have enough in his hands for the interests of other countries? It is actually easy to prevent the United States from encroaching on the Philippines, as long as China accepts it from Spain if necessary. It's a big deal to give a reasonable amount of compensation. But why did China have to use military power as a threat to force back, while the Americans still allowed Spain to rule this vital place? Liu Buchan can't figure it out!

It's normal for Liu Buyun to not understand, that's because Liu Buyun is just a soldier, although he will have some means in politics or scheming, but it is still too far from Xu Jie, a person who has crossed over from the afterlife and has enough tricks and tricks, why does Xu Jie want to retain the rule of the Spaniards in the Philippines? The reason is simple, what China needs is the resources and wealth of the Philippines, not the indigenous people of the Philippines! It is difficult for different ethnic groups to integrate for a long time, and once the Chinese enter here as soon as possible, then conflicts with the local indigenous people will be inevitable, which will involve the energy of the Chinese.

As long as the Spaniards are in the country for one day, then the preferred enemies of the indigenous Filipinos are the Spaniards, and the Spaniards must use their butcher's knives against the indigenous Filipinos in order to maintain their rule! 30 years is enough time for the Spaniards to use their butcher's knives to reduce the resistance of the indigenous Filipinos to an acceptable level! This is the real borrowing knife to kill! When the indigenous population of the Philippines and the sense of resistance have dropped to a certain level, wouldn't it be a good choice for Huaxia to take over this country that has become a blank slate? Some people do things, some people bear the notoriety, and what is left to China is unlimited benefits and prestige, why not take advantage of such good conditions? It's just that it will take a while, and Huaxia can afford to wait!

Of course, Liu Buyun doesn't know how to think about these undisciplined ideas, but it doesn't mean that he will doubt Xu Jie's decision, after too many ups and downs, Liu Buyun has turned from resistance and suspicion to 100% trust in Xu Jie. There will be friction between the two sides, and he will have some disputes with Xu Jie for the future of the Navy Min Party, but in terms of national interests, Liu Buyun still chose to unconditionally obey Xu Jie's arrangement. Because Xu Jie has never missed a walk, at least so far.

Piero and Cervera glanced at each other, and Liu Buyun could see surprise and joy in their eyes. Of course, the most important thing is still puzzlement and doubt. If it is said that Huaxia will help Spain resist the invasion of the Americans, Piero and Cervera will not believe it. There are only interests between countries, and only cooperative relations with interests are stable at this time. That's stronger than any agreement! So Piero asked slowly: "What is the benefit of your country?" Fighting the Americans meant tens of millions of pounds in military spending and thousands of casualties. If your country does not have enough benefits, I can only take what General Liu said as a deaf ear! ”

"The Far East is now Chinese. It will be Chinese in the future, it will be Chinese in the future, we don't need a strong country to get a consolidated bridgehead in Southeast Asia, this will make us restless! The Americans can dominate the Americas, and they can use the policy of carrots and sticks to make the small countries of Latin America obedient, but they don't want to get involved in the Far East! Liu Buyun said.

"As for the price? How so? The real price of war is only when it is fought, and if the war cannot be fought, then the cost and war losses are the real price. These are just assumptions. If the enemy was Spain, the Americans would have crossed the ocean to fight for the colony, even at the cost of tens of millions of dollars. But if Spain's security had been endorsed by China, the Americans would never have risked defeat in fighting for this colony. Liu Buyun smiled slightly.

This seems to be a very reasonable explanation. But there's a critical loophole! If Huaxia now gets the Philippines from Spain. Aren't all these problems solved? If an agreement can be reached with the Americans to divide the Philippines and Cuba, there may be a large amount of dollars in the account. Isn't it? Piero said sharply.

"This idea is as crooked as the one you just proposed to send the Russians into the Philippines. Huaxia has no intention of taking over the Philippines because we have more and more important things to do. The Philippines is just an archipelago of less than 300,000 square kilometers. If it weren't for the geographical location, we might have let your country do what it wanted. Liu Buyun said nonchalantly.

"Hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land. This is something that no country will give up easily. I would like to know what your country is busy with so much that even the Philippines does not make it into your country's schedule. Sevela said angrily.

"In the last Sino-Russian war, we regained millions of square kilometers of lost territory, in the Trans-Khingan Mountains, in Vladivostok and Nebuchu. There is fertile land, abundant water resources, and a large number of forests, and if we only look at it from a development point of view, the places that can be reached by crossing the Heilongjiang River are naturally more suitable than the Philippines as our first goal. Gu Weijun smiled and said. In this Sino-Russian war, China will gain more territory in the north and south, and the Dutch East Indies will be one of our goals, and there will be all kinds of tropical resources. What's more important is that there is oil and rubber. The vast Dutch East Indies also took a long time for the Republic of China to develop, so we weren't very interested in who the Philippines belonged to. Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, this place must belong to the friends of the Huaxia Republic! ”

"Because Spain can be an ally of China and will not pose a threat to China, your country will continue to support Spain to stay in the Philippines? This explanation is quite reasonable. We can convey your remarks to the King and to the Parliament, but we all know that if Spain takes a stand, it will become a real enemy with the Russians and the Dutch. We have great losses, even ships to the Philippines will be attacked by Russia and the Netherlands, and we need to compensate. Piero pondered for five minutes before giving in. After all, this is the best result, and if Spain dares to say half a word, maybe within a year, Spain will lose the Philippines. Although he was reluctant in his heart, Piero had no other choice!

"Mr. Gu Weijun, I think you can just leave the matter of compensation and talk about it, I need to take care of my fleet, the Huaxia fleet will set sail as soon as possible after completing the replenishment, so I'm sorry I can't accompany you." Liu Buyun saw that his mission had been achieved, so there was no need to waste any more time, and the rest should be handled by professionals.

Yesterday's subscription was sixty percent the day before yesterday.,It's very sad.,The lowest point in history in the past month.,The author is very sad——! (To be continued......)