672 Wilhelm II's helplessness

Yellow, dust, as long as you open your eyes, there are only these two things in front of you. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

Sitting in the car, Liu Jinpeng looked curiously at the city in front of him that was built around the mountain col next to the bay, the smoke and dust were billowing all over the earth, as if he saw the flame mountain formed after Sun Dasheng kicked over the Laojun furnace, the scorching sun scorched the earth, and there was no trace of green around his eyes, except for the low rooms and the tireless swaying cantilever of the oil pump machine, there was no other thing to see.

If you don't look at the oil pump, it's hard to imagine that this is the oil capital that supplies 40% of the oil to Europe, puts Europe into the oil age, gives white people a chance to enjoy cars, drives planes and even lights up the night.

Backward, still backward!

With an average annual output of 120,000 barrels of crude oil, the oil has brought only poverty to the city, and the numb and overwhelmed eyes on the streets tell everyone that European businessmen only need black gold underground, not prosperity and wealth for local residents.

According to the "Land Tenure and Resource Exploitation Law", any enterprise that is allowed to mine soil within the territory of the country must take out a certain percentage of its profits for the local economy and people's livelihood, even the Nanyang island provinces are no exception.

This law was not understood by many people before, but over time, everyone gradually accepted it, especially in some provinces, where local councils and residents often ask the government to choose large companies with better reputations, so that they can drive economic and educational development, rather than just becoming miners for generations.

These things make people including him understand one thing, and enterprises that do not know how to repay the society will not be recognized by the society and will be abandoned by the market sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Liu Jinpeng couldn't help but secretly admire the emperor, because he is re-establishing a norm for all the people, a principle that everyone must abide by, in the early days, when everyone can't understand these rules and regulations, they will feel too strict, and even feel unkind, but with the popularization of education, with the gradual improvement of national laws, the benefits of it began to be gradually understood, and slowly recognized by everyone, so as to change the country and the human environment imperceptibly.

That's the rule!

And now in Baku, he does not see any rules, and the miscellaneous and random houses, crooked streets and ragged residents tell others that there are no rules here.

Now is the time to rebuild the rules, one that will affect the future!

As an undulating oil pump appeared in front of him, Liu Jinpeng smiled slightly, and asked the convoy to continue to the railway station and drive towards the oil field.

At the entrance to the Lahanni oil field, Silyak watched with trepidation as the convoy of hundreds of trucks wrapped in thick tarpaulins that made people unsure of what goods were loaded passed in front of him, and beside him, including him, representatives of 16 oil companies in the Baku region had already arrived, and groups of Chinese soldiers with loaded guns made everyone's hearts hang.

The Baku oil field is currently ranked among the top five oil fields in the world, and the hundreds of oil pumps on the yellow wasteland show that it is busy, and it is funny to say that in addition to the oil fields of the Standard Oil Company of the United States, which are ranked second, the East Texas and Gulf oil fields of the Thomas Oil Company are temporarily the first in the world, the Kuwait oil fields of the Royal Oil Company of the Gulf of China are the fourth place, and the Indonesian oil fields of the Media Asia Oil Company that were forcibly acquired under the pretext of supporting Russia in the war against Russia, three of them are actually Chinese, and they are all directly controlled by the emperor.

Now he is going to start with the second largest oilfield area, and since then he has completed all the integration of the four major oilfield areas, thinking of this, he feels that it is really cool to be a first-class oil tycoon, especially an unreasonable one.

Liu Jinpeng smiled and walked into the office located not far from the entrance of the oil field, where representatives and bosses of oil companies with their heads on their heads also walked into the conference room that had been prepared long ago, under the guns that the soldiers pointed at them, intentionally or unintentionally.

In front of the spacious table, Liu Jinpeng stopped, looked at these local tyrants in Baku, and suddenly raised his arms.

Everyone thought he had something to say, and when they pricked up their ears, several assistants brought by Liu Jinpeng brought a large box, and then took out stacks of brand-new azure banknotes from it.

Stack after stack, neatly stacked together, forming a mountain bag.

"I don't want to say anything more." Liu Jinpeng pointed to the blue coins on the table in skilled English, coldly swept over the controllers of the Baku oil fields and refineries, and said bluntly: "There are two ways, the first is to sign the contract and then leave with the money, and the second way is for me to let the soldiers handle it." ”

In fact, as early as after being notified by the Chinese army to assemble, Siljak realized that the other party was fighting Baku's attention, originally he thought that by relying on his Rothschild family, he could sit down and talk with the other party, even if he could not keep the oil field, he could get better compensation, but who would have thought that this Chinese with glasses and looking Svenwen, the first sentence forced himself into a corner.

Let the soldiers speak?!

Is this also a business negotiation?

"And, at this table. 【 I want to: super fast update ] "Silyak counts back and forth, it is impossible to exceed one million now, you must know that the value of the Baku oil field is converted into Hualan coins, at least more than 500 million, but now it is one million?!

This gap is too bullying!

Several people shouted excitedly, but Liu Jinpeng didn't seem to see it, just glanced at Li Tianhe beside him, who immediately raised his hand and shouted in English: "Come on, pull them out and shoot them, confiscate all their property, and bring all their family members and daughters back to China and detain them!" ”

Before the merchants of the Silyak and Baku oil fields could fully understand each other's somewhat broken English, the wolf-like soldiers burst into the crowd, and several shouting ones were immediately dragged out like dead pigs.

"Bang, bang, bang."

The crisp sound of gunfire from outside made the faces of the remaining more than 100 oil merchants turn ashen, and each gunfire made their bodies tremble, and when the gunshots fell, several of them sat on the ground with their butts.

"I know you're not satisfied, and you hate me!" Liu Jinpeng sat down with a smile, but the smile was more terrible than the devil in the eyes of Siljak and the others, and he continued: "Actually, I also hate myself, because I don't need money at all, as long as I kill you all, these things are mine."

But I still took out the money, because I am a merchant, so you can hate me, I don't blame you, if you have money, you can go and buy guns, cannons and warships, and armed armies to attack this place and come to us for trouble.

But now, you only have two options, contract, cash and. Liu Jinpeng picked up a stack of blue coins and slapped it lightly: "Life!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers immediately raised their guns at the same time as the sound of slapping the table, and Silyak believed that if his people were talking half a word, the bullet would tear all the people here apart, and they would not hesitate at all!

Siljak took a deep breath and walked to the table: "Sir, I am a representative of the Rothschilds, since our people were delayed on the way, so. ”

"If you can't call the shots, then there's no need to exist." Liu Jinpeng smiled and interrupted Silyak: "I'm very busy and I'm about to leave, can you please repeat what you just said?" ”

Polite, polite but domineering, and murderous!

This is the impression left by this Chinese man, in a few words, the cards he prepared are all useless, and ten minutes later, when he took out the power of attorney, signed his name on the contract and got the so-called compensation of 50,000 blue coins, the whole person seemed to be more than ten years old.

Contracts were signed, mountains of bills piled up on tables faded away, and when the owner of the refinery left under the escort of soldiers, the entire Baku oil field and refinery had changed their surnames in less than a minute!

"General Li, thank you so much this time." After Liu Jinpeng ordered people to start packing up his things, he immediately shook hands and said, "Without you, this matter is not so simple." ”

"Hehe, matter, we were soldiers to protect the interests of the country and you businessmen." Li Tianhe rubbed his hands, looked at the table full of contracts, and in his eyes, he didn't know how big this was, maybe this matter could make him upgrade to another level, and hurriedly smiled: "Besides, in fact, I have to thank Mr. Liu." ”

"Thank me?"

"Yes, I've always wanted to be a bully like that, but I didn't expect to finally have a chance now, isn't that a thank you?" Li Tianhe blinked, and after finishing speaking, he laughed first.

"Haha."

Amid the laughter, the two came to the Baku railway station, where five trains with 15 carriages each were quietly parked on the platform, and several officials from the Bolsheviks were going through the formalities of pick-up.

Some of them were enemy weapons captured from the recent battles of Mesopotamia and Baku, and some were just shipped from China by Liu Jinpeng, but all of them were captured firearms, many of which were Russian and, of course, British and French.

Since the Russian White Army occupied Ufa, there was no way to transport it by the Siberian line, so it had to take this line, and according to the agreement reached between the two sides, China would supply Lenin's Bolsheviks with 100,000 rifles and ammunition in the next month.

"It's all good guns." Seeing these weapons and ammunition, Li Tianhe couldn't help but sigh that half a month ago, the two sides were still fighting in the Caucasus, but now they need to jump to the muzzle of the gun to support the enemy, although they only fund some people, but this sudden turn of events still makes him a little uncomfortable.

Liu Jinpeng didn't know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "What's wrong?" Not used to it? "Sort of." Li Tianhe did not hide that the soldiers were not businessmen or politicians, and this change did make them very uncomfortable.

"Let's get used to it slowly, in fact, between countries is the same as doing business in the final analysis, if you want to get it, you have to pay, if we don't give this batch of guns, I'm afraid Baku won't be able to get it safely." In Liu Jinpeng's words, the wheels of the train began to roll slowly, looking at the train slowly leaving in front of him, Li Tianhe took a deep breath, his face was much better, and said with a smile: "I hope that Lenin and these guys will fight for breath, otherwise we will have to fight along the Caucasus all the time, which will also be a trouble." ”

"yes." Liu Jinpeng also nodded, the goods and J Yi have been completed, now it depends on whether Lenin's so-called second revolution can succeed, otherwise the contract that he just signed forcibly will still not be able to be put into his pocket, and it is really necessary to rely on bloodshed and sacrifice to determine the ownership, which is actually much more expensive than supporting some weapons and ammunition.

Just when Liu Jinpeng arrived in Baku as a representative, the northern suburbs of Butstein, Germany, were also anxious.

Looking at the majestic Sanssouci Palace, Tirpitz, who got out of the car, couldn't help sighing, although the Battle of Skagerrak sank a lot of British ** ships, but His Majesty William was still not very satisfied with the results of the navy built with a huge amount of money, especially his huge casualty figures, and the reality of failing to break the British blockade, which made him have the idea of protecting the ship, and he was unwilling to continue to release the navy to attack, and now if he handed over this bad news, I really don't know what will happen to His Majesty the Emperor.

"Salute."

The guards immediately saluted when they saw the big red man in front of the emperor, but only Tirpitz himself knew that there was actually some rift between him and Wilhelm II.

"Mr. Ruth, is Your Majesty here?"

"Your Majesty is receiving the Minister of Peace." After the court ceremonial officer finished speaking, he looked around and suddenly got a little closer, and said softly: "My Majesty, dear earl, please forgive me, if you have bad news, still. ”

Before the ceremonial officer could finish his words, Tirpitz patted him and thanked him: "Thank you, but I still have to go to see Your Majesty immediately." The former nodded and led him towards the palace.

Built on the template of the Palace of Versailles, the Sanssouci Palace is quiet and peaceful, although the war outside has reached a quagmire, and the number of daily deaths is extremely staggering, but it seems that there is no time to make it here.

The palace was still more luxurious, even more than before, because after the capture of Paris, a large number of fine works of art from Versailles and other places were moved here, according to Wilhelm II, so that everyone who came here could feel the power of the Second Empire.

In particular, in front of the famous terrace of the Grape Hill, there is a statue with a severed arm, where Venus began to settle down, and her arrival caused a sensation throughout Germany, and was seen by many as a signal of victory and the end of the war.

But in fact, the war did not end as everyone expected, and Germany, which was facing a two-front war, was gradually dragged into consumption by Britain and France using their manpower and resource advantages after achieving initial glory, and the country's decades-old reserves began to dry up, and the balance of victory seemed to be slowly tilting, even the Battle of Jutland failed to save the country.

But just when everyone was almost desperate, an explosive news from the Eastern Front shocked the entire Germany and the European allies, as if they had been injected with a booster.

Russia broke out with a revolution!

Nicholas II disappeared, the East Palace was occupied, the government was formed, everything was dazzling1.

However, just when everyone was dreaming that Russia would withdraw from the war as soon as possible and let Germany release millions of troops on the Eastern Front that could change the tide of the war, the British army unexpectedly appeared in Russia, and also occupied the Kronstadt fortress, where the Russian Roslaw Sea Fleet was stationed, and not long ago controlled all the warships, and before the revolutionary army led by the Bolsheviks got the fruits of victory, the Mensheviks and the Duma joined forces to form a government, and chose to cooperate with the Entente and decided to continue the war.

As for the British, I don't know how they persuaded the stupid Russian idiots that they had reached an agreement with the Provisional Government and were preparing to temporarily take 6 of the capital ships out of the Sea of Ronaldo for safekeeping.

It was as if it was a stage play with constant bends, and although the curtain was opened, the direction was not satisfactory, so Wilhelm II was also very angry, and what made him angry was that Limer actually intervened in the negotiations that Germany and Russia were preparing to undertake, and telegraphed that if Germany did not take the initiative to reduce the compensation needed, then Russia might fall back to the Entente.

"Holwig, do you think Limer is alarmist? Or are you deliberately embarrassing us? Wilhelm II looked at the Xiang standing next to him and asked in a deep voice.

Although Batemann-Holweg is the German minister, in fact, everyone knows who has the final say in this country, which is also something that the German General Staff and the Prime Minister hate, because it makes them feel as if they are wearing a shackle, and His Majesty Wilhelm in front of them does not seem to realize this, and he is not as enlightened as Li Mo to take the initiative to delegate power.

Hearing the unpleasant tone in his words, Bateman-Holwig knew that Wilhelm II actually had the answer in his heart, but considering the current situation, he still stiffened his head and said: "Your Majesty, although I don't think we should listen to Li Mo's arrangement, but what he said has a certain truth, at present, the important thing in our country is to force Russia to withdraw from the war, only in this way can we obtain benefits, if Russia does not withdraw, then"

"But he wants me to give up Estonia!" Wilhelm II roared and stared at Batemann Holwig and shouted: "Do you think it is appropriate to allow Russia to continue to control Estonia and give them a safe outlet to the sea?" ”

Batemann-Holwig knew Wilhelm II's thoughts, he always wanted to use Ronaldo's sea as a backyard, especially after seeing China's strength in the Pacific Ocean, after directly sealing off many sea areas, he was intoxicated with the idea of catching up with the other party, but the problem was that the German Navy was disappointed, and the battle in the Skagerrak Strait completely proved that although the German Navy had enough strength, it could not afford to play with consumption compared to the British.

The tragedy is that without a navy, Germany would not be able to restrain China's footsteps, and even if China dominated the United States and Africa at this time, Germany could only be dumbfounded, because if you want to go to these places, you must first move Britain, but the German navy can't do it!

So he didn't know how to persuade for a while, and at this moment, the guards came to report that Tirpitz was coming, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor would change his mind first, and then persuade himself.

As soon as Tirpitz walked into the living room, there was something wrong with the atmosphere, but he had already received a hint from the ceremonial officer, so he was prepared, and immediately bowed: "See Your Majesty." ”

"Oh, it's my Count." Wilhelm II waved his hand and asked, "Is there anything that came to me today?" ”

"Your Majesty." Tirpitz glanced at the Bateman-Holwig next to him, then at the other ministers next to him, gritted his teeth and said: "This morning, the British broke through the interception of General Hipper, and although we sank two Gangut-class battleships, two Gangut and two Queen Mary-class escaped from the channel!" ”

"What!"

This news made Wilhelm II's face gloomy for a moment, and he said angrily: "My Count of the Navy, is this what you are going to tell me?" Let four capital battleships, which are not even enough sailors, escape from under your nose, this is what you call a powerful navy! ”

Wilhelm II's rebuke made Tirpitz's mouth full of bitterness, who let the British have a good chance of choosing, at this time Germany can take out only a few capital ships, and the others have begun to be repaired, and who would have thought that Britain actually made this decision and forcibly took away these capital ships on the grounds of temporary custody, so that Germany was caught off guard if they wanted to intercept it.

"Your Majesty, I will take responsibility for this." Tirpitz sighed, no one knew better than him what changes would be brought about when the four Russian capital ships returned to England, which meant that 11 capital ships were sunk, and the loss of troops would be almost the same as that of Germany, and Britain would face no ships to use, and it would recover a lot of vitality in an instant.

"Alright then, I trust your promise."

Wilhelm II's faint words not only made Tirpitz's heart skip a beat, but even Bateman-Holweg was a little incredulous, which meant that Tipiltz, who had always had a good relationship with Wilhelm II, would end his naval career, making everyone seem to have seen the Bismarck incident reborn again!

Just as everyone was thinking of a way to persuade Wilhelm II to take back his fate, another rush of footsteps broke the somewhat cold atmosphere in Sanssouci Palace again.

"Your Majesty, the Chief of the General Staff of Falkingham has sent a telegram that the 6th Army, which is assembled in the Lower Normandy area of France, with a total of about 5 divisions, has begun to attack us fiercely."

"What!"

When Wilhelm II questioned him again loudly, Bateman-Holwig ran to the guard and snatched the telegram without even being polite, and his face became gloomy when he read it.

Although Falkingham's report is simple, there is no doubt that the attack of 5 divisions is by no means a problem, and now the battle like a meat grinder at Verdun continues, where more than 20,000 German troops have been pinned down, which has made the west of Paris weak, and now the British and French suddenly launched a second B offensive, which means that they have seen their weakness, and if the Entente army breaks through to the Somme in one fell swoop, Paris is afraid.

"Your Majesty, we need to immediately send troops to support there, and we must not be allowed to break through the defense line by the British and French to reach the Somme!" Bateman-Holwig thought for a moment and immediately suggested in a deep voice.

"Troops, go there;" We. Wilhelm II roared a few words, and suddenly saw the gaze of Batemann Holwig, and finally knew what he was thinking.

Wilhelm II, although he was very happy, was not stupid, and knew that if the British and French troops formed two iron tongs, the Somme and Verdun, Paris would be semi-surrounded, and then Germany's previous efforts would be in vain!

"Your Majesty, President Wilson of the United States has just made a speech to Parliament, saying that he will reconsider European policy and provide support to Britain with the 6th Army!"

Another bad news!

Damn it!

Wilhelm II was so angry that he was about to draw a knife and cut people, and he hated Li Mo in his heart, because in his opinion, if it were not for the sudden weakening of China's military action against the United States after the Bay of Panama, how could the United States have the heart to continue to support Europe!

Obviously, the arsonist used the lever of war to force himself to comply!

"Holwig, go get a good deal for me!" After walking back and forth a few steps, Wilhelm II gritted his teeth and threw down his white gloves, and disappeared in front of everyone.

Good conditions?

Bateman Holwig is almost about to cry, is it possible to go to the province to fight for good conditions at this time?!

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