The Third South American War began and ended quickly.

By the time New Year's Day 1915 came, the dust had settled, Brazil had completely fallen, and all that remained was the spoils of the six countries.

There is no doubt that the Tang Empire has been the biggest beneficiary of the largest and most fertile eastern coastal area and the vast Amazon rainforest.

Tang Yezong wanted to divide the feudal kingdom among the remaining three princes, and it would also settle in Brazil, and in addition to building several new overseas provinces directly under the empire.

Specifics

There must be competition and compromise at the negotiation table, transactions under the negotiation table, etc., and there is no time to break it down, but these things can not be sorted out.

Early 1915

Europe

The Battle of the Marne has ended, the German Schlieffen battle plan has been completely shattered, and a stalemate of trench confrontation has formed on the Western Front, ushering in a new year.

Although the smoke of the Battle of the Marne gradually dissipated, both the British and French sides and the German side were making every effort to send supplies and soldiers to the front line, and actively prepared for the next round of larger-scale battles.

This day and night

A large, lavish palatial building is brightly lit, and gentlemen and ladies from high society gather for this extravagant wartime reception.

The reception is a charity fundraising dinner hosted by the Salvation Army in Paris, mainly to raise funds for the wounded officers and soldiers on the front line, and to buy the "sterilization king" with a price higher than gold.

Although the production of the "sterilization king" produced by the Tang Empire has been repeatedly expanded, the price has also dropped by about 7%, and it has been able to achieve a rough balance between production and sales.

However, a large-scale all-out war in Europe caused the demand for the "sterilization king" to rise sharply, followed by soaring prices and tight supply.

On the black market in Paris

The price of a box of sterilization kings has increased more than ten times, and it is sold as much as it appears, and it is almost robbed by people from all sides.

As a broad-spectrum antibacterial drug, the sterilization king has indeed shown miraculous efficacy, as long as it is not saved from death on the battlefield, the continuous use of the sterilization king can save a life nine times out of ten.

Such a miraculous effect made the whole of France crazy.

What treasures, antiques, gold, real estate title deeds, as long as there is a sterilization king in hand, can be exchanged for anything, even a beautiful French woman.

At this lavish evening dinner in Paris

All the oriental businessmen were sought after, whether they were guests from Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, Jiaodong Chamber of Commerce or multinational institutions from Datang, surrounded by French Yankees.

These oriental merchants can more or less get some sterilization kings, which is the real reason why they are enthusiastically sought after.

When Richard first came to the dinner, he was inevitably surrounded by everyone, and with the assistance of his bodyguards and Xu Jinxun, he broke through the encirclement and left quickly.

As soon as he got into the carriage, he couldn't help but smile wryly and shake his head when he looked at the Frenchman who was anxiously patting the window glass outside the carriage.

Richard stretched out his precious cane and knocked on the bulkhead of the carriage, and the coachman immediately shook the whip and struck a loud whip, urging the carriage to leave the dinner party.

"My dear Excellency, such a scene is so crazy that I feel a deep fear in my heart."

Sevillea, dressed in an evening dress, hugged Richard's arms tightly, and her eyes were full of helplessness.

Seville looks like Elizabeth Taylor, with beautiful blue-purple eyes, and a watery voice that seems to be able to speak.

The bumpy figure is white and glowing, and it is an out-and-out stunner in the world.

Richard reached out and patted her arm, reassuringly;

"Don't worry, Severia, France is only experiencing temporary difficulties, and everything will be fine.

No country can bring down the hardened French nation, not even the Germans, and it is the dark hour before dawn.

Be strong, be full of confidence in victory, and victory will eventually belong to the great French nation. ”

Listening to his words, Severia's delicate body was so nervous that it was a little stiff, and it softened significantly.

I don't know when

Her big beautiful eyes were already soaked with tears, and big drops fell, and she said with sobs;

"God, I'm really scared, scared that this is the end of the world.

I don't understand why there should be war?

Why fight like crazy together?

What's going on?

The city of Paris poured in with hundreds of thousands of wounded, churches, libraries and opera houses were all covered with bloody wounded, and people were dying every moment.

They were all young guys, some from Normandy, some from Bordeaux, maybe students a few months ago, and they went to war.

I heard from those who came down from the battlefield that the front line of the Marne was full of corpses, and that the steamers carrying them were like stacks of cargo, piling up corpses into a hill.

It's horrible!

It's hell, why do the Germans hate us so much? ”

As she spoke, big tears soaked Richard's clothes, and her delicate body trembled uncontrollably; "Hold my dear Lord tight, I feel cold."

Richard pulled the corners of his mouth speechlessly, this woman wore very little to attend the dinner, can she not be cold in Paris in this cold winter?

He reached out and pulled a thin woolen blanket, wrapped Severia's delicate body inside, and held it horizontally in his arms.

Then he whispered;

"It's good to go back and get some sleep, and be brave enough to face the new day.

We can't take up arms to defend France, but we can donate some supplies and do our best to help the frontline army defeat the Germans.

In the near future, I will arrange for the donation of 50 tons of flour and some much-needed medicines.

The number may not be much, but if we can save one more young life, we have to do it. ”

"May God bless you, gracious Lord of Grace." Sevillaa stopped crying, raised her big beautiful eyes and looked up at Richard, and said with a look of fascination;

"I'm just a useless woman, but I'm willing to do everything I can to win your heart, and I can do anything."

As he spoke, a red cloud flew up on his face.

Of course, Richard knew what she was talking about, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile, and he leaned down and said a few words softly.

After hearing this, Vilia shyly slipped into his arms, but still nodded shyly.

The carriage drove through the empty streets of Paris, and quickly headed in the direction of the manor.

The scene of a lavish dinner

Xu Jinxun, who stayed behind, became the center of attention, and many French upper-class people knew that he was the chairman of the Chinese Importers Chamber of Commerce, and he held a large number of sought-after materials in his hands.

Even the big names of the French government's cabinet gathered around him, their eyes showing fiery eagerness.

The Western Front had turned half of France into hell, and the land produced in the central and southern parts of the country alone could not cope with the high demand for food.

The French front now needed almost everything, from flour, soybeans, frozen meat, canned goods of all kinds to cheese, liquor, kerosene, confectionery, chocolate, leather and tobacco, almost everything was lacking.

The front line also needs a lot of cement, steel, cars, a huge amount of ammunition, and most importantly, a shortage of medicines.

In addition to the sterilization king, there are also traditional Chinese patent medicines including Huoxiang Zhengqi water, trauma white medicine, bone-setting red oil, etc., which are not only required in large quantities, but also very urgent.

Those who are able to organize a large supply of goods are powerful multinational companies, and not only Chinese exporters have made a fortune.

Nowadays, the major multinational banks, telecommunications companies, and oil companies of the Tang Empire are all involved in exporting materials, not limited to the original industry.

You know, now as long as you have the goods in hand, it is several times the huge profit, and the French are not short of money.

The wealth of the French colonial world for hundreds of years is being lost to North America through import trade, but no one cares.

If it could not defeat the menacing Germans, France would have no future, and Great Britain would face even more severe tests.

Anyway, let's get through the hurdle first.

At the dinner party

There weren't many gentlemen who were polite enough to gossip around with champagne glasses, and the pretty ladies weren't the focus of the dinner, but the extraordinarily confident Chinese businessmen.

They turned the dinner into a large-scale supply and demand fair, discussing cooperation with the French government and Parisian high society, and many Chinese businessmen were robbed of materials by the French at a high price.

In this luxurious night banquet alone, the amount of materials traded was as high as tens of millions of Tang Yuan.

This is only a transaction on the surface, and the vast majority of the goods that secretly flow into the black market also come from Chinese businessmen, so as to maximize profits.

In the Entente bloc

France was an old agricultural powerhouse and has now become a big importer.

The large number of young French people went to war, leaving the countryside with a shortage of labor and countless fields barren.

Britain has always been a grain importer, and during the war, due to labor shortages, it increased its food imports, which contributed to a sharp rise in the price of food in the international market.

As the main force of the Entente on the Eastern Front, Tsarist Russia was able to export large quantities of grain abroad.

Unfortunately, due to geographical reasons, the Ottoman Empire, which joined the Central Powers, was firmly blockaded on the Black Sea coast, and grain could not be exported at all.

No way

This extra food could only be supplied to the troops at the front, so that the hungry Russian soldiers finally had enough to eat, and their combat effectiveness gained additional growth.

Even so, the Russian army suffered a humiliating defeat on the Eastern Front, losing more than 600,000 troops.

The equipment of the Russian army is too poor, many of them are equipped with old-fashioned smoothbore muskets, and the latest Mosin Nagant rifles are equipped with less than one-third of the army.

Such a level of equipment is at least 30 years behind the advanced German army, and it is completely incomparable.

Due to the corruption of the Russian army, the logistics of the front-line army are terrible, and even two people have a rifle, and many Russian troops have to charge with spears and broadswords.

August 16 after the full-scale outbreak of war in Europe

The Russian 1st and 2nd armies were the first to attack East Prussia, but the Russian 2nd Army, surrounded by the Germans, was annihilated in the area of Tankenburg.

In September, the Tsarist Northwestern Front launched an offensive against the German 8th Army, but was defeated by the Germans in the Masurian Lake area, suffering heavy casualties.

Although the two large-scale attacks of the Russian army before and after suffered failures, they also distracted the German forces, diverted the attention of the Germans, and affected the war on the Western Front.

From this point of view

Tsarist Russia, an ally, is still relatively reliable, and it's really good when something happens!