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"Alas!"

Closing the newspaper in his hand, Gwena couldn't help but sigh deeply. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info: xstxt..

As British Minister to the Chinese People's Army, he witnessed the growth of this new force in the five years from 1882 to the present. In less than three months, he will witness the birth of this nation. It's a bit complicated.

To be honest, Gwener did not want to see the growth of the Chinese People's Army, although now that Nanyang has been unified by the Chinese People's Army, it has gradually developed here, and the market is also open to Britain, providing a large number of orders for Britain in economic crisis.

But the political interests of the British here were increasingly threatened by the increasingly powerful Nanyang People's Army rather than their economic interests.

In particular, the Strait of Malacca, the most critical strategic waterway in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, is on the edge of the Chinese People's Army Su Province (Sumatra Island), if the British and the Chinese People's Army clash, then the Chinese only need to put a few heavy artillery guns in the narrowest part of the strait, which is enough to block the narrow Strait of Malacca and completely block Britain from the Far East. At that time, they will lose all the political and economic benefits of Japan, China, and other countries in the Far East.

Although it is still too early to consider this, the power of the British Empire has not yet been challenged. But the pace of development of the Chinese People's Army is simply too fast.

In less than five years since they occupied the islands of the South Seas, they have developed the originally wild South Seas into a certain industrial base and developed agriculture. A new frontier for rapid economic development. If you give them a little more time, they will develop stronger.

When the time comes, will they peek into the Qing Kingdom, which has the same roots and origins. Even the whole of Indochina? Gwena did not know, but according to his observations of the Chinese People's Army over the past five years, this probability is very high.

And if his speculation came true, then they would also be challenging the Far Eastern interests of the British Empire.

If there was such a day, Gwener knew exactly what that meant.

"War, war!"

There will inevitably be a great war between the Chinese people's army expanding into Asia and the British Empire, which is unwilling to give up the vast interests of the Far East.

Gwener could think of that. There are people within the British government who want to get this. They all wanted to eradicate this Chinese People's Army, which might endanger the interests of the British Far East in the future, when the Chinese People's Army was still relatively weak.

"It's a pity, damn the Egyptians are holding the empire back. If it weren't for that, we would have conquered the entire East Indies three years ago, where would there still be the threat of the Chinese People's Army!" Gwener sighed in his heart.

"Forget it, I don't want to do that!"

Shaking his head, Gwener knew that Britain had now lost the best opportunity to curb the rise of the Chinese People's Army. And. The war in Egypt did not end. When European countries are ready to move, they should not provoke the Chinese too much in the Far East.

"Fortunately, after the Sino-American war, the Chinese and the Americans have become enemies, and when the time comes, with the Americans by their side, they can also contain a lot of energy of the Chinese, and the interests of the empire in the Far East are not so great. ”

As a diplomatic minister, Gwener was well aware of Britain's balanced foreign policy on the continent, after supporting the Chinese People's Army into the American continent. The Cabinet had already considered it.

In addition to containing the growing ambitions of the Americans in the Americas and the Atlantic after their rise. It is also to guard against the growth of the Chinese People's Army, and once they want to continue to expand in Asia, then Britain can completely join forces with the United States to fight the Chinese People's Army.

Two against one, the chances of victory in the war are much greater. In Europe, the British often do this.

A few years earlier, in the Franco-Prussian War, he supported Prussia against France. During World War I, there was a fight against Germany with France. It's all about this balance at work.

"Mr. Minister, we have arrived!" was that as Gviner's heart fluctuated and his thoughts were surging, the carriage he was riding in gradually stopped.

Jumping down from the carriage and looking at the location of the Chinese People's Army Government Council with obvious Chinese architectural style in front of him, Gwener sorted out the black suit on his body and strode over.

Because he has been here many times, and in the past few months, he has been here almost every day, so the guards outside the office building of the Government Council basically know this old bearded British man.

So, after a simple body search, Gwiner was let in!

Because he had made an appointment in advance, under the leadership of the government office staff, Gwener successfully met Huang Sheng, who had become the prime minister of the cabinet.

"Mr. Prime Minister, congratulations, you have defeated the Americans and won the War of the Americas!"

"Thank you, the reason why we were able to win this war this time is because of your help!" Huang Sheng also said politely in the face of Gwiner's compliment.

Then the two shook hands and sat down.

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Huang, I heard that you are going to establish a country on October 1st, right?"

Hearing this, Huang Sheng smiled slightly, "Yes, we originally planned to establish a country when we defeated the Netherlands and Portugal, but the Americans were arrogant and unreasonable, so a war broke out between us, so the founding of the country was delayed, and now we are finally waiting for the war to end." We are not going to wait any longer, so it is imperative to form a whole country. ”

"Hehe, then I'm going to congratulate you in advance!" said Gwener hugged his fist, he has been in Nanyang for three years, his Chinese has been spoken very well, and he also knows very well about some living habits within the Chinese People's Army.

"Minister Gwener is gracious!"

"Mr. Huang, I don't know what kind of political system I plan to adopt when I return to China, is it the two-party system of the United States?" or is it a ......?" Chinese The formation of the People's Party within the People's Army is not a secret to Ge Weiner, who has always followed the internal development of the People's Army.

But so far, the People's Party is the only party in the entire Chinese People's Army that can control power, and Gwener has not found a person here who is prestigious enough to become emperor. Therefore, now he is quite curious about what kind of political system will be adopted in the newly born country based on the Chinese People's Army.

"Minister Gwener, it's too early to say this, you'll know when the time comes!" Huang Sheng didn't say much in the face of Gvina's temptation.

Nodding, Gwena didn't ask much when he heard this, after all, the purpose of his coming here today was not this.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I think we have talked many times before, airship manufacturing technology, as well as flame bomb manufacturing technology, you British Empire all need it, please sell it to us, of course we will not let you suffer, how about 1 million pounds?"

Because of Henry Campbell Banneman's defeat in the Sino-American negotiations, the British did not take advantage of this opportunity to get the military technology they wanted.

Therefore, as the minister of the Chinese People's Army, Gwener had to obey the orders of the cabinet again and shoulder this task on his shoulders again.

In particular, after Britain encountered difficulties in the Egyptian War, was defeated three times before and after, and lost hundreds of thousands of troops, the British cabinet and military were really eager for the airships and flame bombs that burned down the 400,000 American troops in the Erie War and directly deprived the US Army of the ability to fight again.

In the past half a month since the conclusion of the Sino-US talks, telegrams have been sent from London to the British Legation in Ma Chen almost every day. The content of the telegram was much the same, and the technology for making airships and flame bombs must be obtained from the hands of the Chinese, no matter the cost.

Because Britain, which is now mired in the war in Egypt, needs these two technologies so much.

"Minister Gwiner, I remember telling you last time that the production technology of airships and flame bombs is the top secret of our army, although I care about your help to us in the Sino-US war and promise to transfer these two technologies to you, but I need enough reasons to appease the emotions of the government and the military......" Huang Sheng said with a slight helplessness on his face.

"However, your demands are too high, Canada is a sacred and inalienable territory of the British Empire, and it will never be sold to you!" Gwener interrupted Huang Sheng's words with an angry expression.

"Canada is naturally the territory of the British Empire, we have never questioned this, but we don't want all the land in Canada, we only need the area north of the 60th parallel of Canada, and we are willing to buy it with the production technology of airships and fire bombs, plus 20 million pounds. ”

"Impossible!" Gwener refused without even thinking about it.

"Why can't it be? This area is wild, indigenous, has few resources, and the temperature is below freezing half of the year, so there is no development value. And with the British colonies all over the world, there is no shortage of this wild land. Why don't you sell it to us?"

"If Mr. Prime Minister is so unbearable here, why are you willing to pay such a great price to buy this wild land?" asked Gwener unceremoniously.

Although the living conditions north of the 60th parallel in Canada are extremely harsh, it is not impossible to survive, and although the British do not look down on it, it does not mean that they can give up.

Moreover, after witnessing the rapid development of the Chinese People's Army in the barbaric Nanyang region at that time, Gwener did not want to sell the northern part of Canada to the Chinese People's Army.

Hearing Gwina's words, Huang Sheng said with a slight hint of helplessness on his face: "Minister Gwiner should know that the Danes sold Greenland to us, but it is too far away from our territory in Alaska and the Americas, so we need to link the two sides, otherwise we will not be able to consolidate our sovereignty over Greenland at all." And opening up the north of Canada is the best choice!" (To be continued. )