Chapter One Thousand and Sixty-Nine
Although Egypt is a British colony at all, there are still rulers in Egypt, and this is the inexplicable guy just mentioned.
It should be noted that this guy lived a very short life, no, to be exact, he was in power for a short time. At the same time, there are very few records of this Fouad I in history, perhaps because this Egyptian king did not actually make any outstanding contributions during his tenure.
"It's a little troublesome...", glancing around, perhaps because he realized that Yan Shao and Gu Weijun were talking about business right now, so the people around him were very interested and didn't get close, which also allowed Gu Weijun and Yan Shao to talk about some things that ordinary people shouldn't know. The reason we announced this time was that we were worried that the British would do something to us, so we would evacuate all the members of the archaeological team from Egypt and ship them to China along with the burial goods. But now the Egyptian side is asking for these antiquities......... Legally, these artifacts belong to the Egyptians after all, so our original arguments are now somewhat untenable..."
Speaking of this, Gu Weijun couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly.
Because he could never have imagined that the British would let the Egyptians come forward, you must know that the British have always looked down on these Egyptians. In the eyes of many Britons, these guys can only be described as their slaves.
And now that they are using the Egyptians to attack their side, it can be seen that they have indeed been a little embarrassed and angry by what happened last time.
But it's no wonder, after all, what happened not so long ago can be said to have caused an uproar around the world.
Whether it was the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, or during the archaeological process. One of the parties colluded with the local army to attempt to attack the other side, which can be regarded as a relatively hot news.
And now the two news are added together. It's not just one plus one.
The sensational effect it has played is even more talked about by the world.
In it. People like to talk about the meanness and shamelessness of the British, as well as the blackness of the Chinese.
Of course, France, the United States and other countries have contributed a lot to it.
This is not surprising, you must know that for many countries, such a thing as a world hegemon can be said to be the most annoying. In particular, countries such as France, the United States, and China have corresponding contradictions with the United Kingdom.
France, for example, had been defeated in Germany and seemed to be no longer a threat to France. And the original is another great enemy, Russia. Now it has also become Soviet Russia, and it can't pose much of a threat to it. Britain, the traditional European rival's biggest rival, seems a little unpleasant to the French.
No, because England has historically been France's greatest enemy in unifying the whole of Europe. In the original history, the British have always played the role of-stirring sticks, so that the European continent could not form a substantial unity.
But it's no wonder the British do this, after all, Britain is just an island nation. Lack of resources. The reason for its current success is entirely due to its leading stage in industrialization, as well as its large overseas colonies.
The problem is that no matter how strong the British are, defeat them. After all, it is still impossible to confront the whole of Europe.
After all, this continent can be said to be the most developed continent in the world, which even Yan Shao has to admit.
And the power formed by such a continent is absolutely undesirable to any country. At the same time, there is no way to contend with itββββββ at least at this stage, China absolutely does not have this ability. After all, China still has a lot of areas to be explored, unlike Europe. Many areas are well developed, and the biggest problem is that they just can't be twisted together.
Just twist it into a ball. Then it is definitely a country that no country dares to despise more.
Why did the United States in later generations let the British run away as-stirring sticks, wasn't it just to make Europe unable to form a force?
Naturally, in addition to the UK, there are many other countries that are actually willing to play this role. After all, in Yan Shao's era, the strongest country was the United States, and naturally there would be many European countries willing to get close to the United States...
Even if the price they need to pay for this is to sell the interests of the continent under their feet.
But that's fine, at least those people don't think there's anything wrong with it.
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Needless to say, the contradiction between the French and the British is a profound contradiction that will take a hundred years to calculate.
Originally, because of the relationship between Russia and Germany, the two countries could ease the contradictions between each other and jointly confront the more threatening Russia and Germany.
But now, Germany is completely scrapped.
What about Russia? It also changed from Tsarist Russia to Soviet Russia, although the country was still very threatening. But one only has to look at the map to see that this country can hardly be compared with the original Tsarist Russia.
Moreover, the current situation with regard to Russia is much better than in the past, and although Japan could threaten Russia to some extent, the Far East is not the core interest of the Russians in the first place. What's more, places like the Outer Northeast, for Russia, I am afraid that even if they are all lost, they will not feel distressed.
But now, with a national government, the shape has changed dramatically.
Especially when the Nationalist government pushed the border with Russia to the Ural Mountains, the situation naturally changed even more. That is, if in the past Russia could defend on its own, that is, on the European side, now the Russians have to devote a considerable part of their energies to defending against attacks from three directions at the same time.
That is, Europe, China on the border with China and the Soviet Union, and the Caucasus, which can be said to threaten the hinterland of present-day Russia.
At least for the French, there seems to be nothing to threaten them, except for the doctrines espoused by Soviet Russia.
And this time. The British are especially annoying.
After all, the British were arguably the biggest obstacle to the unification of Europe for the French.
It's about the same on the American side. The United States is a well-known free trade country, and foreign trade can be said to be extremely important to the United States. Considering that the United States is also one of the countries with the strongest industrial capacity in the world. At this time, an external market that is large enough for the Americans is very important for the United States.
The problem is that there are actually many places in this area, which are colonies of the British.
The British not only plundered the resources from here, but also used it as a dumping ground for British goods. There is no fair trade advantage at all.
It can be said that with the exception of the automobile industry, which has almost been monopolized by China, it is definitely not easy for other industries to compete with the British on their turf.
At least in the eyes of Yan Shao and others, sincerity is not particularly easy...
It is for this reason that it is also possible. The British were unlucky, and naturally the United States was most happy to see it.
In fact, with the exception of World War I, where Britain was unlucky and it was likely to lose all its money, most of the time Americans were happy to see the British unlucky.
As for China, there is no need to say much, and the British colonies on China's doorstep alone can almost be described as making up for them, which has already made China very unhappy.
Therefore, as long as it can give the British some ugliness, China will never let go of these opportunities.
And it is precisely because of the above-mentioned three countries, as well as many other countries, that this matter can almost be said to spread throughout the world. And because of the important place of King Tutankhamun's tomb in the history of archaeology. This incident may also be recorded forever in historyββββββ for example, a British archaeological team, in the eyes of an archaeological team's archaeological discoveries, so they secretly communicated that the local army planned to come to the black, who would have thought that the other party had already taken precautions. Instead of being robbed of his discoveries by the British, he subdued the British, along with the army, through an ambush prepared in advance. And most of them were sent to the mausoleum and locked up. Only a few people returned to China, and the truth was revealed...
All in all, after the announcement of this time. The British can be said to have lost face, and it is no wonder that the British are so.
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"Is the attitude of the Egyptians tough?"
Hearing Gu Weijun's words, Yan Shao frowned slightly.
After all, the original banner of the archaeological team was to prevent their own side from being persecuted, as for why they didn't leave Egyptian burial goods or something...
Ahem, it's that time, and there are still a few people who will take care of such a thing.
But now, the Egyptians have come out, and the problem is a little troublesome. At least in this matter, the legitimacy of the national government will be greatly weakened by the presence of the Egyptians.
After all, in every sense of the word, the Egyptians are the real owners of these funerary goods, aren't they?
Glancing at Yan Shao, Gu Weijun said softly.
"It's tough, the Egyptians think that these things are priceless treasures of Egypt and that our government should return them to Egypt immediately. In addition, the British may want to take revenge for the last time, so this time they have made enough moves in terms of public opinion..."
"In this way..."Yan Shao frowned slightly, and only after half a sound did he stretch his brows. The British and Egyptians don't know what we've found this time, right? β
"Not yet, in fact, they themselves don't know much about it, but they know that we did get a lot of precious artifacts from the Valley of the Kings, and other than that, they are not very clear about other details."
Speaking of this, Gu Weijun glanced at Yan Shao.
"From what we've got, it doesn't seem like the people buried in the mausoleum have been found, and they don't seem to have dug up an exit on their own. So at present, the outside world only knows that our harvest is not small, but it does not know what we have gained, and the approximate amount, etc..."
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Hearing Gu Weijun say this, Yan Shao nodded, and then spoke. /
"In any case, it is not very possible for us to hand things over, on this issue, drag it as long as possible, anyway, if it is just an Egypt, it will not be able to do anything with us at all, even if we add a British?"
Hearing Yan Shao say this, Gu Weijun said that he understood, and he didn't feel strange about Yan Shao's answer.
Because as a deployment that has followed Yan Shao for many years, Gu Weijun has always been very clear about one thing, that is, in fact, Yan Shao's attitude towards the outside world has always been very tough, and it can even be said that he has the strongest attitude among all the leaders in China.
It's just that Yan Shao's hard-line attitude is different from others, that is, he is only very tough on the governments of some countries, but he is extremely tolerant of his people and civilizationββββββ of course, the tolerance in this is only limited to some ordinary civilizations and cultures, and for some more strange civilizations and cultures, Yan Shao is very contemptuous like others...
Let's say the Indian civilization...
It should be noted that the day before Yan Shao crossed over, there was a strange news in India that Yan Shao remembered vividly and even couldn't laugh or cry.
That is, in a satellite city of New Delhi, the capital of India, an Indian man was fined for obeying a qiΔ traffic rule.
Confused by the fact that you will be fined for obeying a qiΔ traffic rule, according to this man, it is. "I was waiting for the red light to turn green, and a traffic policeman came and asked me to get out of the car. Then he asked me to pay a fine for calmly waiting at a red light. I was shocked at first, and when I sued him that I had a driver's license and other relevant documents, he doubled the fine. β
Of course, since there is a version of the victim, there will naturally be other versions. Let's say, for example, the version of the traffic police.
If you only look at the victim's version, you may mistakenly think that the victim himself made up to slander the traffic police.
But after listening to the traffic police's argument...
You can only think that India is really a wonderful country.
Because according to that traffic policeman. "Nowadays, it is very strange to see a person waiting for a red light, I observed him for 2 minutes, during which he did not even press the horn once, and he did not appear to be in a hurry. This caught my attention, and I lunged at him. When I saw that he even had all the relevant documents with him, I decided to punish him severely. It's considered natural to run a red light, but if you don't, it's suspicious. I've been a traffic police officer for the past 20 years, and I've seen that only foreigners obey traffic rules, so when an Indian is following traffic rules, it's only when the sun comes out of the west that doubts about his motives arise. β
And according to eyewitnesses on the side, it is. "Breaking the traffic rules has become such an Indian thing that if you follow the rules, you will be looked down upon. In our time, the man who obeys the rule of one qiΔ is like the 8th wonder of the world, and he should have known more. I hope this heavy penalty will teach him a lesson. β
The traffic policeman, who was supposed to be the enforcer of the law, felt that the other party was suspicious and punished him because the other party had enforced the law.
People who should be protected by the law feel that the other party should be taught some lessons because the other party actually follows the law, because there should be no one in this world who should follow the law...
The country has become strange to an incredible point...
It's true...
Anyway, Gu Weijun still understood Yan Shao's attitude very well, so after nodding slightly, Gu Weijun turned around and left.
Anyway, as Yan Shao said, Egypt has nothing to worry about at all.
And the British are the same, although the current Britain is definitely stronger than China in terms of overall strength, Gu Weijun does not think that the British will choose to turn against China for such a little thing...
If that were the case, the British would be too stupid.
What's more, even if the British really turn their faces, do they have the ability to do so? (To be continued......)