Obviously, this visit to New York did not bring too much goodwill to Gu Weijun and them. Especially the last trip to the Metropolitan Museum, which made Gu Weijun and others feel very bad.

After all, many of the collections carried there were stolen from China by the Americans.

It is absolutely impossible to watch the stolen cultural relics of one's own country being exhibited in museums in other countries, if it is useless to feel even the slightest feeling.

If there are no buildings like the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty or New York's Grand Central Station in New York, Gu Weijun's impression of New York is definitely negative.

But even now, it is estimated that there is not much positive.

"It's a pity, why is the United States not a belligerent country in this war, or even a defeated country..." Riding the train to Washington, he turned his head sideways to look at the accompanying American officials sitting next to him, and Bu Zigao said slowly in Chinese with a little regret.

"Huh?" Gu Weijun looked a little inexplicable, but soon he reacted to the meaning of Buzigao's words, and after half a ring, Gu Weijun also smiled bitterly and said in Chinese. "There's no way around it, haven't you heard of the president's views on the United States, the country's geographical location is so special. Basically, there are no countries in the North and the South that can threaten themselves, so the country can only need to maintain a small army, and because of the relationship between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, unless it is too powerful, it can hardly pose any threat to the country, the same. The Pacific and Atlantic oceans are also the best barriers for this country. ”

But the president has also said that the barrier between the two oceans is both an advantage and a disadvantage for the United States. If one day an enemy attacks from two directions at the same time. The Americans were very difficult to guard against, and even if he was equal to twice as many enemies as he would attack from every direction, after dividing his forces in half, he would only be equal to the enemy. In this way, in terms of win rate, there will not be much advantage, and it is more likely to be half and half. Even if one of the directions fails and the other is still evenly balanced, then the whole country becomes dangerous. Especially when this direction is the East Coast..."

Because the East Coast is the region with the highest concentration of industry in the United States. If the industrial base on the east coast is not protected by the navy, it is unclear how much of their industrial advantage the Americans will be able to exploit under the attack of the enemy's navy―――――― at least one thing is certain, that is, they will never want to rebuild their navy with peace of mind. Because of the attack from the enemy. It can make it impossible for the Americans to have spare time to build their own navy.

"But the problem is that there are not so many countries that have this kind of hostility towards the United States, and if they want to defeat the Americans, I am afraid that only the British have the same naval strength in this world..." Even we need to be after the service of four battleships. Joining forces with the Japanese is the only way to defeat the Americans, isn't it? ”

Gu Weijun's words. It was a sore foot.

Indeed, despite its obvious geographical advantages, the United States still has an advantage, at least at this stage. Because there is no navy in the whole world today, except for the British, that can threaten the Americans, or that there is a certain war against the Americans.

At present, even the British themselves are more energetic because of the previous war, and even if they have a naval strength several times that of the United States, they have no way to take the United States.

In other words, it is really difficult and difficult to find a navy in this world that can deal with the Americans. At least it's definitely not easy.

Especially after the signing of the Washington Treaty, the naval strength of Britain and the United States has reached a level of equilibrium. In this way, if it wants to clean up the Americans, unless the British also do it, China will have to join forces with the Japanese.

Otherwise, China, Britain, and Japan, no matter which one of them deals with the US Navy, will have absolutely no certainty of victory.

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Although he said to Bu Zigao in his heart, Gu Weijun actually had some regrets in his heart.

The reason for regret is as Buzigao said, and what he regrets is precisely why the Americans were not involved in the previous war. If it is involved, then at least the national government will be able to recover these precious cultural relics that have been left abroad.

It's like not so long ago, they did it in Europe/

Not long ago, the First World War had brought about the complete collapse of the Allied bloc and the loss of the Entente bloc, especially the chance of the complete demise of the Romanov dynasty. The Nationalist government and the Rain Stone Group have brought back a lot of precious cultural relics from Europe that were stolen by foreign powers.

Many of them are rare and can be said to be priceless.

Of course, for the behavior of the national government and the Yushi group, the European side has always assessed it as taking advantage of the fire to rob. However, in the eyes of China, this is a matter of course, and many of the more radical citizens feel that they should not buy back these stolen treasures with money, but that Britain will forcibly take them back from Europe by force―――――― along with Europe's own artworks.

Since Europeans have always claimed that these arts belong to all mankind, and have always treasured them in museums located in Europe. Then Chinese nature can also snatch them and treasure them―――――― all human beings also contain Chinese, right?

Of course, this is only a radical view, at least as anyone who is reasonably sensible knows that it will not be easy for China at this stage to take these things back from the hands of Europeans.

After all, Europe was still very strong, even after the war.

And with the millions of elite troops honed by the First World War, it is difficult to say which one is more powerful compared to the Wehrmacht Army.

But one thing is certain. That is, considering the extremely long range between each other, a collision between the army and the army is basically unlikely. At least this is true of large-scale land wars, and landing wars. Obviously, it's not an easy thing to do.

After all, if there are too few people landing, it is easy to be driven into the sea by the Europeans, and there are more troops landing, and logistics are also a problem. Unless...

Unless in Europe, there is also a Trojan horse in China...

Even if China were to be able to do this, it would be many years away. And I don't know if there will be such an opportunity. In that case, it's better to be pragmatic...

Buy it back with money first, and wait until the future when you have the opportunity, and then give those Europeans a good look―――――― from the current point of view. Such opportunities are not out of the question.

Because with the outbreak of the First World War, and the collective suicide of the European powers, the golden age of the European continent has passed. If the European continent was so powerful in the past that people could not afford to take on the challenge, then the current European continent. Just in charge of Yan Shao's needs.

It should be clarified. Although after the First World War, a large number of stolen cultural relics were returned to their home countries and were very cherished and protected. But on the other hand, there are still a large number of cultural relics on European soil, and it is not surprising that after all, it is not that not a single European family with Chinese cultural relics has fallen into financial crisis.

With the strength of China's national strength, these treasured cultural relics, which were already priceless and only sank for many reasons, began to glow with their true value.

It is also because of this that those families who are not in financial crisis. Naturally, they are willing to treasure these things for a while so that they can continue to appreciate in value―――――― while others suddenly seem to have discovered the essence of Chinese art. I cherished these things.

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As Buzigao said, it is a pity that if the United States is also in the same war as Europe. Then the Commune government could deal with the Americans with the same means as it did with the Europeans.

It's a pity that things are not so simple, so their calculations have also failed.

But...

Although the conversation between Bu Zigao and Gu Weijun just now will certainly not make the Americans happy, because they communicate in Chinese. Therefore, although the American official sitting next to him was somewhat strange in his heart, he did not ask anything more.

No way, although China's status has improved a lot over the years, there are still too few foreigners who can learn Chinese. This is especially true in the United States, a country where the issue of Chinese exclusion is relatively strict.

Of course, this is also one of the reasons why Buzigao dares to talk in Chinese, after all, the current era cannot be compared with the future generations. In later generations, due to the extreme development of espionage and intelligence, anyone who stayed around was questionably necessary, but in this day and age ...

In any case, after Gu Weijun and the others left New York, it didn't take long to arrive in Washington―――――― although the two places were a little far away, they were not very far.

It is not surprising that New York and Washington also belong to the East Coast of the United States, after all, the first European colonizers landed on the East Coast, not on the West Coast.

Washington is the political center of the United States, so it is not very economical, and is home to most of the U.S. federal government offices and embassies in the United States. In later generations, it was also home to the headquarters of international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Organization of American States, as well as numerous museums and cultural monuments.

In a way, Washington's sense of preservation is not particularly strong because of New York's zài. For example, in later Hollywood movies in the United States, New York is usually used as a battlefield or story background, and the chance of Washington being photogenic is very rare.

There are unique reasons why Washington was chosen as the location of the nation's capital.

Washington is located between Maryland and Virginia. It was originally a bushland with only a few cottages scattered around. In 1789, the Confederate government of the United States was formally established. Washington was elected as the first president. When Congress convened its first session in New York, there was a heated debate over the location of the capital, with both North and South legislators wanting to locate the capital within their own borders. In 1790, Congress finally reached a compromise and President Washington chose the area of the natural dividing line between the north and the south, "on the banks of the Potomac River", with a length and width of 16 kilometers as the address of the capital. And ask the French engineer Pierre? Shire? Lang Fang presided over the master planning and design of the capital.

How can I say that I will choose the current position in Washington, which can be regarded as a political compromise from a certain point of view.

But it is precisely because Washington is only a political compromise that exists. So in fact, although the geographical conditions cannot be said to be bad, it is obviously not comparable to a city like New York.

At least in the eyes of Li Liang and others, the city is far less prosperous than New York.

However, relatively speaking, the city is not as noisy as New York, which is not bad for Li Liang and others.

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Because Li Liang and the others had set off from New York early, when they arrived in New York, the meeting had not yet been held. Of course. It's nothing, and it's not a few days away anyway.

However, when the U.S. government planned to invite them to visit the city again, Li Liang and others politely refused. Because they really don't want to see what New York once saw. So they'd rather stay inside the embassy in Washington than run around.

Of course, it was impossible not to go out, at least they had been to see the statue of Lincoln before. At the same time, he also had friendly communication with some overseas Chinese in Washington.

Due to the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act. At this time, there were also many overseas Chinese in Washington.

In fact, the presence of Chinese people can be said to be almost all over the world. For example, in North America, especially in the United States, the number of Chinese can be said to be the largest, and these also arrived in the United States before the establishment of the national government.

In addition, there are a large number of Chinese in Japan, and of course, as in other regions, most of the Chinese here went before the national government. Especially during the Manchu government, when a way to save China was sought. I don't know how many people have chosen to go to Japan.

Some of them chose to come back, while others chose to stay...

Not to mention Southeast Asia. In fact, the history of Chinese going to Southeast Asia can be said to be the oldest. For a long time, there have been Chinese activities in Southeast Asia.

Of course, in those years, the life of the Chinese was not particularly good. Especially after the arrival of the Europeans, the Chinese living in Southeast Asia were slaughtered several times.

But even so, the Chinese in Southeast Asia still live there with very tenacious vitality and have no idea of changing places.

As for Europe and Africa, but also Oceania and even South America? The situation in these four places is relatively special. In South America, before the establishment of the National Government, there was already a certain number of overseas Chinese living there.

In history, that is, before the fall of the Qing government, it is said that the Qing government also sent Haiqi ships to the Americas to protect overseas Chinese. To deter some countries on the ground―――――― although China can almost be called weak and bully compared to countries such as Britain, the United States, Japan, and Russia. But in the face of a more bullying target, it is obvious that the Qing government does not mind going up to bully.

In fact, the Qing government sent two large ships, Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, to Japan in order to deter Japan. As a result, in addition to shaking Japan, it also aroused the ambitions of the Japanese side. Of course, this is also because the Chinese sailors at that time made trouble in the Japanese port, and as a result, they wanted to arrest people here, and the other side directly aimed their naval guns at Japanese cities, so that the Japanese had to choose the tactics of shrinking their heads in humiliation...

And then...

The so-called gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late...

Feng Shui takes turns, and then it was China's turn to regret it...

Unlike overseas Chinese in South America, overseas Chinese in Europe, Oceania, Australia, and Africa basically went after the establishment of the national government. In particular, some Chinatowns in Europe occurred after the Nationalist government sent a large number of expeditionary troops and Chinese laborers to Europe during the First World War.

It is also because of this that the footsteps of the Chinese can be said to have spread almost all over the world.

Of course, in many places, the footsteps of the Chinese seem to be relatively small. However, with the passage of time, it will spread all over the world like later generations, and I believe it will not be particularly far away...

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Li Liang and Buzigao did not wait long in Washington, because the Nationalist government was not the first delegation to arrive in Washington. For example, almost all of the European and Japanese delegations arrived in the United States ahead of schedule, and in a way, the Chinese delegation was the slowest one.

It was not surprising that the Chinese delegation would need to arrive on the east coast first, then pass through the Panama Canal to Guò and finally make a detour north. In terms of distance, it is the farthest among all the powers, and it is understandable that it will be the last to arrive...

And after arriving in Washington, it is impossible for the delegations to have no contact with each other.

It was almost in the midst of this contact that delegations ushered in the day of the meeting...

With the arrival of time, the Washington Conference, the most important international conference since the Versailles Peace Conference, was finally officially held...

It's just that although China was one of the major countries at that time, and even an important country in the whole conference, the first topic of the conference had little to do with China...

Because the first topic is the Pacific Ocean. (To be continued......)