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January 8, Republic 2758 (1917).

China and Britain and France officially signed a document called the "Friendly Trade Agreement", which is also called the "Wuhan Agreement" because it was signed in Wuhan.

This was in fact a land-for-fleet agreement, in which China transferred an active fleet to the Allied side, including 12 battleships, 8 armored cruisers, 8 protective cruisers, and 23 destroyers, for a total of 51 warships of various types. The Entente used part of the colonies to pay for China.

These include the British Persian Gulf region (including Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates) and the northern part of British Oman (including Musandam province, Muscat, Batinah region, Dahilai region, inland area and eastern region), with a total of about 24 of the above regions. 450,000 square kilometers. The Lahj region of Yemen is about 1. 30,000 square kilometers, and 7 in British Sabah. 450,000 square kilometers.

France, for its part, ceded French Somaliland (Djibouti), about 2. 320,000 square kilometers, as well as Vietnam's three provinces of Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh and Phu Yen1. 620,000 square kilometers.

In addition to the above-mentioned areas to be delivered to China on the same day, the two countries will also have to pay a cash compensation difference of 7 million pounds.

At the same time, business on the American side was done. Britain and France received twenty-one ex-dreadnoughts, eight armored cruisers, thirteen protective cruisers and fifty-six destroyers transferred by the United States.

The United States, on the other hand, got all the British and French colonies in the Caribbean, including the Bahamas, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad, as well as some British and French islands in the Pacific Ocean. In addition, Britain and France have to pay a difference of 23 million pounds.

After the big deal was completed, both parties were satisfied. Although Britain and France have shed a lot of blood and lost many colonies this time, it is obviously not the time to care about these things in this critical existential autumn. With the arrival of this large number of old warships, the shortage of warships in the Entente countries was greatly alleviated. On the one hand, it allowed the Allies to form much-needed merchant escort formations, and on the other hand, it also gave their colonies a reliable defensive force.

The happiest in this deal was of course China and the United States, who cut off a large piece of meat on opium cattle and Gallic chickens, and at the cost of a batch of old warships that had been transferred to the second line. After the United States acquired these islands, even if it completely mastered the Caribbean Sea and ensured the security of the East Coast and the Caribbean "backyard" of the United States, and also obtained some islands in the Central and Eastern Pacific, their power in the Pacific Ocean has also increased greatly. This gain is greater than what they achieved in World War II on the original plane.

China also gained the entire southern part of the Persian Gulf, which was connected with the Al Ahsa region that it had acquired earlier. In the eyes of the British, the value of this land is extremely low, except for sand and sand, if it were not for the containment of the Ottomans, they did not want to bother with this desert at all, which is why they would be so generous to China.

Now that Britain has been injured by Erdezi, even if this battle is won, it will have to carry out strategic contraction, and this kind of dog is a chicken rib where it doesn't. With their traditional-stirring mentality, it would be a good thing to be able to bring Chinese power here, or at least to make the Ottomans less comfortable. And it's also a good thing to let the Chinese waste their energy and resources in this kind of place, anyway, there is nothing produced here, and it would be better if the Chinese were interested in sand.

However, China also made it clear that the desert in the southern part of the Persian Gulf was not worth the price, so after haggling, it added British Sabah in Borneo and the Lahj region in southern Yemen near Hodeidah.

The three provinces of Quang Yi, Binh Dinh and Phu Yen ceded by France this time made China's territory in Vietnam unified. The success of French Somaliland (Djibouti) also gave China a foothold in Africa, which was also China's first territory in Africa.

In addition, China recently made a deal with the Ottomans, also exchanging land for armaments. With 500 artillery pieces and 500 aircraft, as well as seven divisions of munitions, China officially exchanged 2 around Hodeidah from the Ottoman Empire. 40,000 square kilometers (including the later Hodeidah Province and Taiz Province), Hodeidah was also officially transferred to China, and it was no longer a concession. Together with the province of Lakhti, which was cut out of opium cattle, China has an area for Red Sea exports.3 The territory of 730,000 square kilometers is much stronger than the previous area of less than 200 square kilometers.

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After these two transactions, China added another 39. 570,000 square kilometers of territory. Not only did he completely grasp the southern part of the Persian Gulf, the region with the most oil in the future, and connected the territory of Vietnam, but also made a foot in Borneo and set foot in Africa for the first time. And the price is just a batch of old warships, which can really be described as a lot of money.

No wonder after the agreement was signed, Wen Deji raised his glass to the West with a smile on his face: "Thank you to His Majesty Wilhelm II, His Royal Highness Archduke Ferdinand, thank Vittorio Emanuele III (King of Italy), thank you to the Turkish Al-Shabaab princes, you are all good people! Especially His Majesty Wilhelm II, you are really the best friend of the Chinese people!"

If he could, he would like to issue him a one-ton, nay, ten-ton medal. Wilhelm II was so cute!

Zhang Lizheng asked: "Mr. Wen, how do you plan to arrange this new territory? Do you need to build a province?"

"Well, although there are nearly 330,000 square kilometers on the other side of the bay, the population is too small, is there 100,000?"

Zhang Lizheng replied: "It is still being handed over, and no official population statistics have been conducted, but according to our intelligence, we will not have more than 200,000 indigenous people in the territory of the Gulf region, which is already estimated by Chaoduoli." You know, it's a desert, and if it weren't for the development of oil in later generations, it would be a deserted place. ”

"Well, fewer people are better. But with the usual urine nature of the British, they will definitely leave us something troublesome, hehe. When we officially take over, we will screen all the local indigenous people, register their household registration, and all of them will be vaccinated with special vaccines. Not only in the Gulf, but also in other new territories, where all indigenous people will be vaccinated with special vaccines. In this way, no matter what Britain and France do, they will send us labor. Wen Deji said with a sneer.

Last year, there was good news from the Institute of Biology, and there was a new breakthrough in biochip technology. The new generation of D-7 biochips no longer need to be surgically implanted, and only need to be injected in the back of the neck, which is particularly convenient and trouble-free. While the implantation method is improved, its performance has also been greatly improved, and the subtle effect on the host subconscious, as well as the control effect, is also much more powerful than that of the D-6 biochip.

Although it is not yet possible to make these aborigines immediately loyal and willing to sacrifice their lives for the country at any time. But the effect is also very good, for 99. It is effective for 99% of people, and it can eliminate the majority of hostility from those who are hostile to China, and greatly increase the sense of identity of those who are not hostile or have good intentions. In other words, as long as the government does not go too far, it will be difficult for these people to be incited to make trouble, and they will be good citizens with peace of mind. In addition, its monitoring and disabling functions have also been retained.

"In the future, we will immigrate there, at least 300,000 people, and completely change the demographic structure there. Hodeidah officially became a territory, and the territory was larger, so the Red Sea Territory was established, and Djibouti was also added. The Red Sea Territory also had to vigorously resettle, while at the same time allowing the indigenous people to work...... The port of Djibouti will also be built, which will be our forward base for our footsteps into Africa. ”

Wen Deji thought for a while and said, "...... On the Sabah side, it is set up as a Bo Ni Municipality. Vietnam is bounded by the Red River, and part of the northern part of the sea is assigned to Guangxi, and Guangxi should also have an outlet to the sea. The remainder, along with Laos, is roughly divided along the 18th parallel, with Quang Nam Province to the north and Annam Province to the south. You can go down and discuss the specific method......"

"Yes, Mr. Wen, we will redivide according to this principle. Zhang Lizheng replied.

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In the last year, the war in Europe has intensified, with heavy casualties on both sides and a major impact on the domestic economy. China, on the other hand, is developing at a high rate, expanding at a higher rate than before the war.

According to the statistics at the beginning of this year, China's raw steel output reached 28.35 million tons last year, second only to the United States' 45 million tons, far exceeding the third-place Germany's 17 million tons, and by next year, the target of 30 million tons in the Second Five-Year Plan will be completed. The number of cotton spindles reached 66.54 million spindles, surpassing the UK's 59 million spindles and ranking first in the world. The power generation capacity is 199.8 billion kilowatts, and the output of automobiles reaches 2.86 million, which is also the first in the world. Refined copper production reached 1.02 million tons (1.2 million tons in the United States) and coal production reached 3. 500 million tons (US 5. 400 million tons), and the tonnage of merchant ships reached 6.2 million tons (7.2 million tons in the United States), both of which are the second in the world, second only to the United States.

The total mileage of railways in operation exceeded 100,000 kilometers, reaching 11. 260,000 kilometers, has completed the goal of 100,000 kilometers in the Second Five-Year Plan. Except for the perverted 410,000 kilometers in the United States, there is nothing to compare. The development of highways (level 3 or above) is also very fast, and the total mileage has exceeded one million, reaching 1.05 million kilometers, but the standards of each country are different, so it is not easy to rank.

Up to now, China has been called a proper second industrial country in terms of scale, and at this rate of development, it has surpassed the United States to become the world's first in the past few years, and it is estimated that after the completion of the Second Five-Year Plan, it will be almost the same.