As the Earl was about to leave, the Count was willing to meet with the famous adventurer Carl Peters, president of the German East Africa Company, and the meeting was quickly arranged at the temporary residence.

Wu Mozhou accompanied the German representatives Karl Peters and Viscount Van Stern to the castle of Santa Maria, and after entering the door, he turned around the stone Greek mythology sculpture group, and saw the Count walking out of the hall and leading the crowd to stand at the door to greet him.

The bright sunlight shone on his tall body, outlining the straight silhouette of the light, which looked so extraordinary.

Li Fushou looked as warm as jade, just standing there casually, a faint majesty and indescribable noble temperament spontaneously, clearly distinguishing from the people around him.

Karl Peters and Viscount Van Stern looked at each other in surprise, and involuntarily quickened their pace to meet them.

stopped when he was five or six meters away, and politely stroked his chest with his right hand, and bowed his body to a gentleman's courtesy; "It is a great pleasure to see you, Your Excellency the Earl of Queensland, and allow me to pay the highest respect on behalf of the German East Africa Company, and God bless!"

"Your presence has made this place so bright, welcome, my friend......"

After a brief pleasantries

Li Fushou entered the hall with the guests, sat down the guests, and then took a good look at the two German delegates in front of him.

The famous adventurer Carl Peters is a sturdy man in his 40s, with healthy bronzed skin and a gray-brown eye that shimmers with a frenzied glint of ambition because of the strong sunlight that has been exposed to the sun all year round.

This is a strong-willed, tenacious Germanic man with a strong desire to conquer the African land and the unknown, which coincides with Li Fushou's character in this respect, they are all the same kind of people, enterprising, with a strong desire to control, tenacious and dare to challenge authority, and are not willing to be ordinary.

Viscount Van Stern was a typical Junker military aristocrat, born in the military, with a dull and conservative personality, not good at flexibility, and was one of the most influential directors of the German East African company.

"Thank you very much, Your Excellency Count, for taking time out of your busy schedule to receive you, the German East Africa Company is a specialized company for the colonization of Africa, dedicated to spreading the Gospel of the Lord in this wild land of Africa, the great German Empire should have land under the sun, whether in Africa, South America or in the South Pacific......"

After a short opening statement

Karl Peters showed sharp edge, which is due to Germany's strong self-confidence in defeating France, after the victory of the Franco-Prussian War, Germany has experienced 15 years of rapid development, has become the second only Britain and France in the world economic power and military power, the strength of the peak.

The Three Emperors Alliance placed Germany in a strategic position on the European continent, geographically encircling its rival France in a semicircle, and building a strong and impenetrable defense line in the east.

The strength of the empire made the Germans speak in a thicker voice......

Li Fushou still had a warm look, and did not say anything to interrupt Carl Peters's boasting, just listened quietly, looking very gentlemanly.

“……

The East African Company expressed its strong indignation at the fact that two innocent German merchant ships were sunk under artillery fire in a previous attack on the island of Mozambique, and demanded compensation for the corresponding losses.

Forgive my bluntness, Lord Count.

Your colonization in Africa should not be based on the detriment of German interests, and the German East Africa Company strongly opposes several new settlements such as Fort Weiyuan, which have penetrated more than 200 kilometers deep into German East Africa, and we believe that the appropriate boundary should be on the median line of Lake Malawi, and such a demarcation is appropriate.

In the previous demarcation negotiations, your representative insisted on unreasonable demands, which were completely unacceptable to the German East African company, so ......"

"So what, do you want to go to war?" Li Fushou responded lightly, but the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense.

"Uh...... This may be an option, but we are faced with a number of more appropriate options......" Carl-Peters replied vaguely, apparently disrupted by a remark.

"Hmph, ignorant and rebellious." Li Fushou's expression turned cold, and a sentence made Carl Peters's face turn pale, but Li Fushou didn't take his thoughts into account at all, and continued; "From your words, it's going to be said everywhere what the East African company thinks, what does it want? I don't know...... You little fly can be crushed to death with a finger stretched out, where do you have the confidence to make unreasonable demands? ”

"Perhaps I should remind you, Lord Count, that we represent the interests of the German Empire."

"Oh ho...... Chancellor Bismarck will get used to your bad temper, but don't forget, this is a colony of the British Empire, and your sloppy tricks are just a joke here. Li Fushou refuted mercilessly, looked at Carl-Peters, whose face was very ugly, smiled coldly, and continued;

"Today I want to teach you a truth, any request must be based on strength, not to open my mouth to repel the enemy, I only need to send a regiment of soldiers, you can pocket your German East Africa, and your German Imperial mother can only stand by and stare dryly, maybe Bismarck will wipe your ass for you, who knows? I don't care about this little problem at all, and I don't care about the crying nose like you little children, because behind me stands the British Empire...... Do you understand? ”

In the end, Li Fushou said word by word; "Don't mess with people you can't afford to mess with......"

"You ......"

Al-Peterston was angry, but Viscount Van Stern beside him hurriedly pulled it off, afraid that he would say something that would exacerbate the contradiction, and said with a humble smile on his face; "I beg your pardon, Your Excellency the Earl of Queensland, I don't think Mr. Carr meant that, the door to negotiation with the East African Company is always open, and we are willing to negotiate with you on any issue, everything that is possible exists, but it does not include the option of force."

Li Fushou replied unmoved; "I appreciate your attitude, Sir Feinstern, and I hope you will remind your companions of the harsh reality that it is impossible for the German legions across the continent to cross the Suez Canal to get here, that they are anxious to deal with the pressure of the French and Tsarist Russia, and that they have neither the ability nor the will to provoke the maritime supremacy of the British Empire, and here you have to rely on yourselves, and you have to rely on England to share Africa with you with mercy and kindness, or else you will be swept away in a minute, at this game table, The East African company has to rely on its own strength to speak, instead of crying and shouting to find your mother, maybe Prime Minister Bismarck will wipe the tears from your face for you, but he also has no ability to reach out to East Africa, the East African company wants to play the colonial game in the spirit of the Berlin Conference, so one must rely on the rules, and the other must rely on strength......"

Speaking of which

Li Fushou stopped his words, let the two German representatives digest what he said, and continued in a stern tone;

"Mozambique was originally the core of Portuguese domination, and we took it, and now it is widely recognized internationally, and this is strength.

We occupy the Malawi region, who dares to disagree, who has objections?

Now I issue you a formal ultimatum to sign the demarcation negotiations immediately as we demand, otherwise everything will be reduced to ashes in Salaam, and all the troops under my command in Queensland will be in ashes.

Without strength, nothing is empty to talk about.

Now that I'm done, which of you is for and who is against? ”

After these domineering words, the hall fell into a brief silence.

The military personnel sitting on the side felt as comfortable as if they were overpowered, their hearts boiled, their hearts filled with a strong sense of pride, and their faces turned red.

I didn't say it, it's too uplifting!

Carl Peters was completely defeated in the matchup, and the powerful phantom he relied on was mercilessly punctured by Li Fushou, and it "snapped" like a balloon, and there was nothing inside.

Although the words are ugly, I have to admit that this is the truth.

"Your Excellency Earl, I approve of your proposal." Carl Peters replied in a slumber and sat down in his chair as if he had exhausted his strength.

"Seconded." Viscount Van Stern spat out these two words in a heavy tone, knowing that this might be the best ending.

It would be unwise to anger Queensland, Mozambique has 14,000 heavily armed elite soldiers and a powerful fleet led by the heavy cruiser "Xuanwu", while Dar es Salaam has only more than 600 armed employees and a dozen armed merchant ships, and the forces of the two sides are not on the same level at all.

If you want to say that Queensland is a harmless and peace-loving colonial power, even a fool will not believe it, but if you look at the development process of Queensland, you will know that it is full of conquest and war, and full of strong desire for foreign expansion.

With such a strong and aggressive neighbor, it is no wonder that the German East African company lacks a sense of security.

Would Germany risk provoking Britain by increasing its troops in East Africa? A look back at the situation in Europe will give the answer.

With the renewal of the Triple Alliance Treaty, which was related to Germany's fundamental interests, imminent, the iron-blooded Prime Minister Bismarck made overtures to London on various occasions, repeatedly emphasizing that the Triple Alliance was beneficial to the interests of the British Empire in the Balkans (Bulgarian issue) and North Africa (the Anglo-French confrontation in the Suez Canal).

The main policy of the German Empire was undoubtedly revealed, everything was centered on the renewal of the Treaty of the Three Emperors' Alliance, maintaining the strategic superiority of the German-Italian-Austrian Alliance on the European continent, and everything else was trivial.

What's more, Bismarck, the iron-blooded prime minister, has always opposed colonization abroad and advocated concentrating on the construction of Germany itself.

Your own family knows your own business

The German East Africa Company could only scare the ignorant with its teeth and claws, and for the Earl of Queensland, who was well versed in international politics, the two sides could not go through a round before they were defeated, piercing the painted skin and revealing a soft lower abdomen.

In such a passive situation, you can only take what you want......