The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

() Strictly speaking, the current envoys of various countries to China should be called "ambassadors plenipotentiary to China", which is much higher in rank, and can almost be regarded as a gesture of equal diplomacy.

However, in view of the consistent contempt and self-righteousness of the great powers, on many occasions they have intentionally or unintentionally condoned other mouthpieces to call their names wrongly. In the end, it is the Republic of China that loses its face. Why should they come out and yell twice to remind them when they are happy, don’t make it Too much.

But this time, when Sir Carl, the British ambassador to China, put forward such a formal proposal on a formal occasion in a formal capacity, or it was simply an ultimatum-style submission, not to mention whether it was polite, but it showed the true attitude of the British people, that is, they absolutely I don't want to see the situation in the Far East being broken and deteriorating rapidly in a direction beyond their control!

Lao Jiang is still in awe of this never-ending empire. Although he knows that the British are now being stretched by Germany and have no time to control other people, but they have been rampant in the world for hundreds of years. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and it is a Western power. The leader of the alliance raised his arms and shouted in response, the momentum was not built.Coupled with France, the United States, etc. expressing their support in the back, he couldn't help but shrink back in the face of the so-called proposal. ..

Gu Weijun was appointed to give euphemistic and detailed explanations of China's military actions to the ambassadors of several countries, and secretly assured that China's attacks on Japan would be enough, and that China would definitely support the overall situation of all countries in establishing overall world peace.

Gu Weijun was ordered in the face of danger. Although he wanted to be disrespectful and chaotic, but thinking of China today, it seems that he does not have the ability to wipe out Japan in one fell swoop. It is not easy to win consecutive victories. Facing the interference of foreign powers, it is a very wise choice to accept as soon as it is good. So he reluctantly conveyed the chairman's meaning.

Sir Carl returned to Shanghai satisfied.Immediately invite envoys from several countries to discuss in secret.At the celebratory reception held in the consulate, he frankly put forward suggestions on the situation of diplomatic mediation and the attitude of the United Kingdom.

"Gentlemen, I have to admit that our grasp of China has weakened a lot in recent years, leading to today's dire situation. We think it's time to make a change"

Sir Carl maintained the usual graceful and elegant posture of a British gentleman, raised his legs, put one arm on the table, and gently shook the red wine glass with his dangling right hand. His bright eyes shone with wisdom, and he kept changing his gaze. .

The French ambassador, Gesmer, who was sitting on his left, had an indifferent expression, twisted the tip of his beard with his hand and said lightly: "It's all because of those greedy businessmen! They want to get the so-called Technology and the market, regardless of the unified attitude of the Western civilized world. Openly exporting a large number of industrial and military products is the chief culprit of the big trouble! A powerful Japan is already annoying enough, now adding a China is really troublesome! "

The French are actually very irritable.The Germans were about to win the war against Poland. Once they captured the land, population and resources there, they would definitely turn around and attack France.Although there is an indestructible Maginot line of defense between the two, it can be judged from everything that happened in the Sino-Japanese War that the rigid mountain defense line cannot block the planes coming and going freely in the air.Germany, on the other hand, has more and more inventions and creations in this area.Bombs may one day fall on the streets of Paris.To make matters worse, it seems that the relationship between the Chinese and Germany has always been very good!

If the Chinese government or Zhu Bin reached an alliance with Germany in private, then the colonies of France and Britain in the Far East would be threatened unprecedentedly. At that time, they would be able to withstand the technological and military strength of the two aspects only by relying on their own strength. ?The results speak for themselves!

Sir Karl nodded in agreement: "That's right! Businessmen don't have national concepts. They only follow profits and obey money. But it's too late to say these things. What we have to make sure now is that China will not form an alliance with Germany, and Japan There must be enough buffer time to re-accumulate war power against China. Only two eastern countries that are in a mess are in the interest of the civilized world! I believe you all agree with this point?"

Gesmer immediately raised his pipe and lit it twice to express his agreement. On the opposite side, Mr. Johnson, a relaxed American ambassador, tilted his head and looked at the handsome men and women on the dance floor. With a relaxed smile on his mouth, he said casually: "The United States Its policy is not to interfere too much in disputes among countries in the world! Therefore, how the war between China and Japan develops is normal in our opinion. As long as it does not affect the interests of the United States."

The United States is controlled by a consortium of Chiguoguo, and the top few bigwigs are all in partnership with Zhu Bin to do business. As the spokesperson, the zhengfu ambassador, he has no right and dare not criticize randomly. long.

In addition, American citizens generally pursue isolationism. Members of Congress like to take advantage of the world chaos to distribute other people's national wealth, and the formation economy stimulates production and increases profits. I wish China and Japan could fight harder!

Sir Carl was very upset about this, frowned, put down his wine glass, leaned forward, stared at Jason and raised his tone: "As far as I know, the United States is also very interested in many things in the hands of the Chinese. You should know what a terrible country China is. Once it gets the chance to develop, it will be difficult for the entire Pacific region to guarantee peace and stability! The interests and status of the civilized world will be severely challenged!"

Jason's smile remained unchanged, but the corners of his eyes narrowed slightly, showing a thoughtful expression.

However, Gesmer couldn't hold back, he slammed his pipe on the table, tore off his bow tie and said bitterly: "That's it! Recently they dared to ask for the rights of the French Concession and the islands in the South China Sea. This is a blatant denial of Xin The natural privilege bestowed on us by the ugly treaty! Hmph, it's very outrageous!"

Jason still refused to make a statement. He just picked up his glass and took a sip of the red wine, watching the two with a smile without commenting.

Sir Carl was helpless, and continued his words: "The policy of the British Empire is very clear. The Far East must maintain a balance, and there must be appropriate conflicts to weaken their power. The Ri themselves are not terrible, they are not born to create anything, they are only interested in specific There is a kind of paranoid seriousness in their work, but their background is limited, and they don’t have a global vision, so no matter how they develop, they will eventually get into a dead end and squeeze themselves to death. They will never become leaders of civilization.”

"China is different. After thousands of years of war, they have accumulated extremely rich experience and culture, and their unique civilization system is difficult to really affect even the full impact of modern civilization. The key is that their people are generally hardworking and wealthy. Creativity, once it is allowed to expand the scale of production without control, I believe it will not take long. Our factories will go bankrupt! I am afraid that American friends do not want to see this?"

Jason's expression finally changed. His eyes were serious and sharp, and his brows gathered in the middle, forming a pimple.

The United States is more than unwilling. In fact, American businessmen have accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction over the past few years.Originally, China's huge market space accommodated various materials from the United States, such as food, machinery, textiles, chemicals, petroleum, steel, electronics, and even aircraft.With the economic revitalization a few years ago, it once reached an astonishing height, which helped the United States get out of the Great Depression as soon as possible!

But the American businessman who had just started production at full capacity was happy for a few days, and suddenly found that something was wrong!China's high-yielding fine varieties have resulted in self-sufficiency in crops and related deep-processed products, and the import volume has dropped significantly.Key heavy industrial products such as steel, petroleum, shipbuilding, electronics, and machine tools are not only for their own use, but they have even begun to be exported!Especially electronic products and chemical fiber products are dumped all over the world.It directly led to the sluggishness of related industries in the United States!

The British coal, textiles, rubber, shipbuilding, etc. have also been hit hard, from a national level.Huge loss!

If it were decades ago, a new coalition strike had already begun.Now they can't do it, because the opinions within the countries are not unified.If you dig out the roots, you will find that the major consortiums in various countries and the bosses behind them have participated in the sharing of new profits in new markets, and they all have a share of the money China earns.It can even be said that China is more productive.They make more money.These consortiums, which have a considerable right to speak, do not agree to interfere with this, so it is impossible to come up with a resolution.

From the standpoint of Zheng Fu, whether Carl or Jason, they all hope that this can be changed.But the problem is that a suitable opportunity and a method that can balance all aspects are needed.

"So, does Sir Carl have any good suggestions? The premise is that the interests that have already participated cannot be too much affected!" Jason finally spoke, and he opened his mouth straight to the core of the topic in a very American way.

"He finally spoke!" Sir Johnson breathed a sigh of relief quietly. Without the support of the Americans, everything he said would be in vain. Now, there is hope!

Taking a sip of red wine, he sat up straight, raised his voice with sharp eyes, and said, "Don't you all think that China's industrial and military power should be limited? In other words, the force that Zhu Bin possesses has already caused Inequality within the combined economies of various countries? This situation should be changed!"

Jensen blinked his eyes in thought, and Gesmer said impatiently: "The WorldCom Group is about to monopolize most of the distribution channels and markets in the world! If they don't control it, they will control the transportation of the entire world. At that time, at any time Can cut off our supplies! If you add his navy and air force, God have mercy, all of us will be working for the Chinamen!"

"Well, this is indeed a big trouble!" Jason nodded gently, perfunctory in his mouth, and immediately understood in his heart what Sir Carl was planning.

In fact, things are not complicated.The current WorldCom Group monopolizes 70.00% of the world's ocean freight, 30.00% of air freight, and 40.00% of road freight, and more than [-]% of express delivery.

These few things alone can generate tens of billions of transaction quotas, not to mention the series of industries and facilities they have built on this basis, such as automobiles, shipbuilding, road repairs, services, and communications.Coupled with the world's largest privately hired armed group, it is a super business kingdom that takes care of everything!

It would be acceptable if only the consortium bosses from various countries hold the main shares. The problem is that Zhu Bin always holds 20.00% of the stable shares, and controls the other 20.00%, plus the [-]% of the Germans. , the rights to own are very impressive!

Now, he has shown the world a strong military power. The navy and air force can defeat Japan, the third largest in the world, and the army can deal with Japan and Russia. So what else can he not do?Now that Germany is at war with Britain and France, once he loses both sides like the last war, he will sit back and enjoy the benefits. In the end, he may form an absolute controlling stake. At that time, a large group with global influence will be born.Economy, industry, military, politics, finance, everything is missing.The country trembles before him, who can stop him from doing anything?

It took only seven or eight years to make it like this, then if Zhu Bin continued to use troops to completely kill Japan, with absolute deterrence, under the ebb and flow, the Western world after the war would have to hand over. Hegemony!

The British must have seen a serious threat and had to intervene forcefully at this critical moment. Even if there was a risk of pushing China to Germany, they had to take it.Because compared to the former, this state regime that may still control a messy partisan practice is much easier to deal with than a powerful warlord who is not afraid of anything.

So, how should Americans deal with themselves?

It was the first time that Jason looked at Sir Carl squarely, put away the ease on his face, and asked seriously: "Sir must have a mature solution to this? I would like to hear more about it!"

Gesmer patted the table and echoed: "Yes! Yes! Tell me the solution quickly, don't go around the corner!"

Sir Karl scanned the hall with wise eyes, and found that no one deliberately leaned over to eavesdrop.He leaned forward and said solemnly: "The method is not complicated! Let the governments of various countries come forward. Persuade the giants of their consortiums to take away the control rights and shares of the WorldCom Group, and at the very least, let them avoid the war in China! "

"I'm afraid it's not easy! It's hard to get approval for things that are not good for them!" Jason shook his head, this is too difficult!Or he could convince the president.But the Rockefeller and Morgan heads may not be seen at all.

Sir Carl leaned back confidently: "We have reason to believe that the consortiums of various countries have figured out how the entire group operates. We only need to disband the existing organizations, carve up the shares and drive away the Chinese, and then re-establish a pure The business alliance of the civilized world. It is more beneficial to them! Anyway, it is not easy for them to get along with each other now between the wars of various countries!"

Jason couldn't help but gasped, and thought to himself: "The British guy is really ruthless! He actually came up with a trick to draw wages from the bottom of the pot!"

This is to completely destroy the powerful external force that Zhu Bin relies on to make a fortune!The reorganized national alliance, in turn, became his competitor, and could push him into a corner in no time!Regardless of whether he is rich or powerful, it is impossible to fight against consortiums all over the world. China, which will be isolated by then, will have no room for him to make troubles. I am afraid that he will be suffocated to death soon?

Gesmer's exaggerated beard trembled, and he laughed loudly: "This method is very exciting! I like it! Ah, you must have a good drink to celebrate! Bad luck for the annoying Chinaman!"

He grabbed the wine bottle and poured half of it into the glass, lifted it up and shook it at the two of them, and drank it all in one gulp.

Jason expressed helplessness at the madness of the French, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not that easy! Several major consortiums in our country have excellent and deep cooperative relations with Zhu Bin. There are too many conflicts of interest, and I can't do it myself. "

Sir Carl said with a meaningful smile: "Your President Roosevelt is a very convincing man! Since he can take action against banks and industries against Morgan's pressure, he must be able to persuade Rockefeller to take care of the overall situation! In addition, I heard that, The Morgan consortium's investment in Japan suffered heavy losses because of the war that Zhu Bin provoked! They should support it?"

Jason cursed secretly: "Damn British, you know everything!"

Yes, the Morgan consortium has supported Japan since the end of the last century, and clearly supported their occupation of North Korea and Northeast China, and even the establishment of Manchukuo and the division of China, etc., investing a lot of money and strength in this, and the benefits are also very obvious.But all of this changed dramatically with the rise of Zhu Bin, and the losses caused by the successive fiascos in Japan were immeasurable, which Morgan could not tolerate no matter what.

What’s more, Zhu Bin pried away Tesla under Morgan’s control.That scientific lunatic who can only brag and juggle to deceive people has become the world's top scientific master in the blink of an eye. In the past few days, countless papers and registered patents have been published in his name. Edison's disciples and grandchildren have not stopped him. Way to discredit, because Zhu Bin is backing up and working hard!Now, the city of light where 10,000+ scientists have gathered is a big fat that the whole world is greedy for!

"Okay! I'll try my best! I don't guarantee success!" Jason agreed ambiguously.

Sir Carl knew that he was already tempted. Presumably those greedy bankers and consortium bosses in the United States would not let go of the good opportunity to carve up a piece of world-class fat meat. His goal has been achieved!

Raising his glass happily, he said with a smile: "Then I wish our country will continue to prosper and enjoy peace forever! Cheers!"

"Cheers!" The three crystal clear glasses collided crisply, and the swaying wine was as red as blood!

At about the same time, in Germany, Hitler received a report on policy changes from China, especially the threat from Japan and the mediation by the United Kingdom unexpectedly succeeded. I couldn't believe it for a while. After repeated confirmations, I couldn't help it. Zhu yelled: "How can the Chinese be so stupid! Can the war be stopped at will? It really is an inferior race that cannot be counted on!"

Afterwards, he ordered to restart the alliance negotiations with Japan immediately, but the original plan to sign a friendly agreement with China was stranded! (To be continued.)