"Great Army, do we really want France to master the Mediterranean in the future?"

The two Louis left happily, but Zhuge Weixue quietly appeared behind Zhuge Weijiu and asked softly.

Zhuge Weijiu, the military master, sat on a sofa facing the window, holding the crutches with both hands, enjoying the sunlight shining on his body through the glass, and when he heard Zhuge Weixue's question, he just smiled and said, "Tell me your opinion." ”

"Yes, Great Military Division," Zhuge Wei learned the Tao, "The younger brother believes that Su Yinshi guards the busiest shipping route in the world, and it is the most important canal in the world, and whoever controls this canal will choke the throat of the trade between the East and the West." So it should be firmly in our hands, and not controlled by France. ”

Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said, "Your brother will definitely not have such an opinion...... Although the Suyinz Canal is important, there is more wealth under the feet of the Arabs! So we don't need to control the Suyinz Canal, but we should give it to the French.

In this way, in the future, the Suyinz Canal will become a great dispute between France and the Arab Empire. France, which regards the Mediterranean Sea as its own backyard, could not have handed over the canal to the Arab Empire!

And how could the Arab Empire tolerate the canals in their homes being firmly controlled by Catholics? When the time comes, the Arabs and the Europeans will definitely clash over the Suyinz Canal, and the Arab Empire will most likely not be able to defeat France...... Coupled with the fact that Algeria will be colonized and assimilated by France, the contradictions between the Arabs and the French will eventually be difficult to reconcile!

As long as the war between the Arabs and the French is endless, we will be able to profit from it and get everything we want! ”

All?

Zhuge Weixue didn't know what to say, what else could the Arab Empire have of value besides the Suyinshi Canal? Have it? Could it be an Arabian horse?

Zhuge Weilong knew Zhuge Weixue's thoughts, so he smiled and said: "This is a heavenly opportunity, and it must not be disclosed...... Eighty-eighth brother, the old man has always valued you very much, and nothing has changed now! And the people of our Zhuge family, if we want to become the dragon and phoenix among people, we have never only become a military advisor. The consul general of Alexandria arranged by the old man for you is a broad road to achieve a career! ”

It turned out that Zhuge Weixue was finally promoted, and he got a consul general position that was more important than most ambassadors to foreign countries - consul general in Alexandria, Egypt.

Since Ali Pasha of Egypt was only a nominal governor of the Turkish Empire, he was in fact no different from the king. The reason why he still presented himself as the governor of the Turkish Empire, rather than the king of Egypt, was to annex more land in the name of the civil war in the Turkish Empire in order to establish an Arab empire of his own in the future.

And the Ming Empire was almost the only powerful country that "genuinely" supported Ali Pasha - after all, the other powers of the world had great interests in the Mediterranean, and they either wanted to maintain the status quo and maintain the Turkish Empire. Or they want to take the most valuable part of the Turkish Empire and then break the rest to pieces, and never want to see a new rising empire inherit the legacy of the Turkish Empire......

Only the distant Ming Empire valued not the Mediterranean coastline and sovereignty over the Suyinz Canal that the Arab Empire possessed...... All the Ming had a eye on was the black stuff beneath the sand of the Arabian Peninsula.

However, Zhuge Weixue didn't know that there was a treasure under the sand of the Arabian Peninsula, so he still couldn't figure out his true mission.

"Great military division, what is the junior brother going to do with Ali Pasha?"

Hearing this question, Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said, "Eighty-eighth brother, you have only one task, which is to encourage and help Ali Pasha borrow money from us...... The more the merrier! ”

"Is more the merrier?" Zhuge is a scholar, "What if he doesn't come out yet?" ”

"You don't have to think about it." Zhuge Weijiu said, "You just have to encourage him to borrow more...... There is not much time left for him and for us, he must arm Egypt as soon as possible, and more army needs to be trained. ”

"I see!" Zhuge learned the Tao, "The meaning of the great army division is that once the battle starts in the future, let Ali Pasha send troops to cut off the Suyinshi Canal!" ”

Zhuge is a long time

smiled: "Eighty-eighth brother, from now on, you will be my senior diplomat of the Ming Dynasty...... Be sure to act in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and do not just make your own decisions, let alone try to change the country's foreign policy. The only thing I can give you is to make friends with Ali Pasha and help him borrow more money. ”

Zhuge nodded heavily: "I understand, my little brother understands!" ”

Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said: "Then now help the old man do the last thing, draft a telegram for Beijing......"

……

"One hundred and eight brothers, it seems that the business of selling ships is not as easy as we imagined!"

Daming, Beijing, Admiralty Building, Small Conference Room.

Zhuge Weidao, who had just returned to Beijing from Shanghai, was attending an arms meeting of the Admiralty.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zhuge Weiyi let the big guy see the telegram that Zhuge Weijiu had taken from France.

Zhuge Weiyong looked at the telegram for a while, snorted and said: "Louis XVII is a broken family, and he still doesn't look down on our heroes...... I still want a customized version, and the price is so low! ”

Zhuge Weidao said with a smile: "The price is not low, and I also gave 10.88 million yuan...... And the Mediterranean custom version should be a low-speed heavy artillery iron turtle, and the cost is not high.

Zhuge thought for a while and said, "I think we can build a hero-level follow-up ship."

How about a standard displacement of 25,000 tons, a main engine with 26,000 horsepower, and then a five-turret layout? ”

"Okay, you can do it!" Zhuge Weiyong nodded, frowned, and said, "But this ship delivery is too late...... What about the dozen or so heroes who are now on the slipway?

By the way, Michiko, can Nicholas I's big order be signed? ”

The big deal of selling warships, Zhuge for righteousness and Zhuge for use is also the first time to do it, so I don't have much confidence in my heart.

"Yes, of course." Zhuge Weidao still looked confident, and smiled, "With the French Navy Marshal Black-haired Louis, and the Lady Natalie of the Cheap Nenalie going out together, and maybe adding a Grandduke Mihayel, how can it not be done?"

And the few heroes in our hands are either already built, or they can be delivered quickly.

For Nicholas I, who was in a hurry to open the situation in the Balkan direction, it was tantamount to a charcoal in the snow. How could it not be? Even if Natalie and the others didn't come forward, the deal would probably still be negotiable. ”

Zhuge Weidao said words full of confidence, but he was still frowning.

Guan Tianpei, who was quite familiar with him, asked: "Daozi, do you think something is wrong?" ”

"This ...... It's a little bit. Zhuge Weidao said, "The steps of the British are still too big, will there be anything strange here?" And their strategy of uniting Western countries to build ships together and excluding us is useless at all. Instead, he exposed his hole cards! Wellington and Nelson aren't going to be all there is to it, right? ”

"Daozi, you don't think so much." Zhuge Weiyi smiled, "There is a black-haired Louis in France to keep an eye on for us...... The British don't have any tricks. ”

Zhuge also said: "That's it! This is a global dispute, the pattern is so big, a little trick is useless. Everyone plays Yangmou and plays cards.

And we don't have secrets in our hands.

Daozi, when will the plane be able to go to the sky? I've heard you say this before the Chinese New Year this year. ”

"It's coming, it's coming." Zhuge Weidao said with a smile, "It's not good for the past two days, it's always raining...... Wait for a good day, choose a sunny day, let's go to see the flying sky together! ”

Chapter 198: Old Friend of the Arab People!