Chapter 486: The Raging Butterfly Effect
After hearing that Mao Zi had readily promised to pay the ransom and the living expenses of the noble officers according to the amount proposed by the Crossing Public, Diana originally thought that Mao Zi's envoy would next be to act as a lobbyist for the Manchu Lord, trying to persuade the Crossing Crowd to stop continuing the military operation in the Shandong region.
But I never thought that this special envoy would throw out the "Sino-Russian Secret Treaty" such an astonishing argument that the agreement signed with the weak can be thrown away as toilet paper at any time before huge benefits.
What kind of huge benefits did it make Mao Zi calm down from his perseverance and fanaticism about the Far East's ice-free port?
"What are you going to do? Our position on the territorial issue has become so tough that it can't be tougher, is there anything else to talk about between us and the polar bears? Zhao Yi asked.
"I don't know, if you're willing to go and interview him, I can act as an interpreter and security, and you can't count on me for the rest." Diana shrugged and said that politics was too profound.
Zhao Yi has always speculated on the true motives of their foreign policy with the worst malice, the two evil neighbors of the Foot Basin Chicken and the Polar Bear, and in the history of the original time and space, one of them was the country that killed the most Chinese people, and the other was the country that occupied the most Chinese territory. For the vigilance of these two goods, Mr. Zhao has never relaxed at all from the moment he knew the era he was in.
Even in the current situation where the people are overwhelmed by the mess in Shandong and the South China Sea, Zhao Yiyi insisted on freeing up some manpower and resources to support the MIA's seemingly fanciful plan to "create the next Syria" on the four islands of Dongying, despite the opposition of other members of the Interim Executive Committee.
With his wariness of these two vicious neighbors, he could even accept a proper concession to John Bull without territorial issues, in exchange for the promise of the British not to cause trouble when they cut off the polar bear's claws to the Far East.
"Tell the envoy to the polar bear, let him pay and lead the people out, we have nothing to talk about with him!" Just received the news of the leak in Shandong, Zhao Yi is obviously in the most prosperous stage.
"Lao Zhao, I think it's better to see it, maybe there is really any good news for us? You must know that at this stage of time and space, the center of the world is still Europe, maybe Mao Zi has a crush on which shop in the city center, and he plans to take a piece of rotten land in the suburbs to cash in? Lu Xiangyang said.
"Rotten? Do you mean Vladivostok? Zhao Yi said.
"You think beautifully, Maozi is now gathering a few outlets to the sea, and Vladivostok is also an outlet to the sea! Maybe it's the lake that your fox sister sings about every day? Lu Xiangyang said.
"Damn, this is very possible, we and Lake Berga are still separated by the ancestral land of the Manchurians, using it to exchange things with us can also allow us and the Manchurians to continue to fight, which is very in line with Maozi's style!" Zhao Yi said.
"I don't know what Maozi wants us to take out and change? Oh, take back the land that Kang Mazi threw out, this temptation is too big, I have to probe Maozi's mouth! Zhao Yi continued.
After two hours of grinding, Zhao Yi, accompanied by Diana, went to Dalian Bay, where he wanted to see for himself what he could get from the polar bear's mouth.
"Your Highness, I didn't expect you to meet me in person!" Seeing Zhao Yi enter the meeting room, Mao Zi's envoy said excitedly after saluting.
This is really not Mao Zi's envoy drama spirit, crossing the crowd in the north with a thunderous blow directly took away the army led by the imperial uncle, the image of the Great Song Dynasty as a military power has taken root in the hearts of white people, well, although this imperial uncle led the troops as if it was a joke, but it still set off the strong strength of the Great Song Army and Navy.
"Tell me, what are you going to trade for peace between us?" Zhao Yi was so anxious that he forgot the habit of correcting every time someone called him His Highness.
"Your Highness, we are willing to admit the Great Song Dynasty's secession of Shandong." Maozi's envoy said.
"You have a good plan, presumably your spies have already passed the news of the arrival of our vanguard troops on the outskirts of Jinan Mansion to your emperor, and exchanged our own cooked ducks for peace, His Majesty the Tsar really thinks that we are afraid that the Pacific Fleet hiding in Cam Ranh Bay will not succeed?" Zhao Yi said.
"Well, we can increase the leverage, we can withdraw the troops currently stationed on the border with the Qing State, and at the same time free up a military buffer zone; As for your government's attitude of not recognizing the relevant territorial agreements we signed with the Manchus, we can put it on hold for now and wait for the next stage to discuss it slowly. Maozi's envoy said.
Damn, I really let Lao Lu guess it, although the plenipotentiary envoy said it very vaguely, but the meaning of using the land that was cut out by the Manchu people before was used as a bargaining chip is already obvious. As for how much to exchange, it depends on the extent of cooperation between the two sides in the future, and whether Da Song has the ability to get back what the polar bear promised after the event.
"Uh-huh, that's a pretty good bargaining chip, I think what you throw will give me more support in the council. Continue, you are throwing out such tempting conditions, it is not as simple as wanting us to stop the armed conflict, right? Zhao Yi said.
"Of course, we also want you to contain more British forces in the future." Maozi's envoy said.
"We have a disagreement with the British over the ownership of Weihaiwei, but we are far from the point of using force, so this is not enough to help you contain their forces, right?" Zhao Yi's level of talking nonsense with his eyes open has also reached the point of perfection, and he directly forgot about the two girls who blew up and sank the flagship of the Far East Fleet.
"Aha, we really want you to fight the British, but we don't need you to have a head-on confrontation with the British. Your Highness, have you heard that the Boers in Africa have been getting more and more violent lately? Maozi's envoy said.
"The Boers at the southern tip of Africa? IMHO, we have no interest in opening up colonies in Africa. Zhao Yi said.
"Well, we've guessed that, but you just need to continue to increase and expand your military superiority over the British in the South Pacific, and then take the time to help the Boers with your powerful transportation capabilities, and then you will be able to contain enough British troops." Envoy Mao Zi said.
Hey, this abacus is really slipping, let's strengthen the military power of Borneo, and also allocate our transportation capacity to send supplies to the Boers, which not only offends us against the British but also weakens our advantage in the Liaodong Peninsula, tsk, who said that Mao Zi is some stupid big man with bad brains.
"I'll send someone to discuss the details with you in detail, I still have some things to deal with, so I won't accompany you to dinner." The amount of information carried in Mao Zi's envoy's words was too large, and Zhao Yi had to digest it carefully.
However, as soon as Zhao Yi left the meeting room, he was immediately told by Lu Xiangyang on the radio to continue to stay in Dalian Bay, and soon the plenipotentiary representative of the Yankees would also come here to meet with him. From Lu Xiangyang's tone, Zhao Yi could hear that there was something big about to happen.
This butterfly effect is too violent, isn't it? It's the plenipotentiary envoy who came to return to Nyima, is this thing so worthless, it seems to be coming one after another, and the First World War will break out in advance? Zhao Yi complained in his heart.