Expedition to Europe

Yang Deshan became Ibrahim I of Egypt, which was great news for Lan Fang.

Yang Deshan was different from Zhang Yuting. If Zhang Yuting became the president of the Republic of China as he wished, the relationship between Lan Fang and the Republic of China would be closer, becoming a friendly "comrade and brother" relationship. But Zhang Yuting was not from the Foreign Legion after all, and his relationship with Qin Zhiyuan was a layer away, so the relationship between Lan Fang and the Republic of China would not reach the level of intimacy.

Yang Deshan was different. Yang Deshan was from the Foreign Legion, and he and Qin Zhiyuan were naturally superiors and subordinates. As long as Qin Zhiyuan did not stop supporting Yang Deshan, it would not be easy for the British to alienate the relationship between Qin Zhiyuan and Yang Deshan.

Those who are not of my race must have different hearts.

Orientals and Westerners can indeed live in harmony, but it must be under the premise that Orientals are in a dominant position.

Of course, Qin Zhiyuan's confidence in Yang Deshan does not mean that others have the same confidence. The day after Yang Deshan was crowned, Lu Zhengxiang and Huang Bohan came to Qin Zhiyuan to discuss the future policy towards Egypt.

"Yang Deshan is still trustworthy. From North Africa to the Middle East, Yang Deshan's status has been improving, but his performance is not out of the ordinary. Yang Deshan has made an indelible contribution to the current situation of our Lan Fang in the Middle East. Therefore, we will continue to support Yang Deshan and Egypt in the future, and even increase our efforts to make the British feel threatened. In this way, the British will inevitably have to pay a greater price to win over Egypt. No matter how far the relationship between Lan Fang and Egypt will go in the future, it is definitely a good thing to have a Chinese king of Egypt." Qin Zhiyuan set the tone first and prepared for the worst.

"It's no problem to increase support. We will organize a trade inspection team and build dozens of factories in Egypt. Isn't it just spending money? Who has our Lan Fang ever been afraid of?" Huang Bohan is rich and powerful, and he is not afraid of spending money.

Huang Bohan's way of doing things tends to be simple and rough, but the effect is not bad. Money can move people's hearts. Friendship is not good because the relationship is not in place, and the relationship must be maintained by strength.

Economic strength is the most important strength.

"Egypt's diplomatic power is still controlled by the British. It is not easy for us to establish diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level with Egypt. Let's put the matter of the trade delegation aside. Should we find a way to remind Yang Deshan and let him find a way to get the diplomatic power back?" Lu Zhengxiang is more pragmatic, and the solution to the problem is more inclined to the political level.

"Try it first and see how far the British will go." Qin Zhiyuan is not in a hurry. This ambassadorial diplomatic relationship is for ordinary countries. Egypt is definitely not an ordinary country for Lan Fang now.

Even if Lan Fang and Egypt cannot establish ambassadorial diplomatic relations, it doesn't matter. Egypt's attitude towards Lan Fang and the United States' attitude towards Lan Fang are definitely different.

Among all the great powers of the time, Lan Fang has only one country that has not established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level, the United States. This will definitely have an impact on the relationship between Lan Fang and the United States. For example, if the Lan Fang government needs to communicate with the US government, it will not get the corresponding degree of priority without ambassadorial diplomatic relations, which will affect the communication between the Lan Fang government and the US government.

There will be no such problem with Egypt. Even if the Lan Fang government and the Egyptian government cannot establish diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level, the communication between the Lan Fang government and the Egyptian government will definitely not be as difficult as communicating with the US government. Yang Deshan will definitely attach importance to the relationship with the Lan Fang government. No matter what request the Lan Fang government makes to the Egyptian government, Yang Deshan will not neglect it.

At least it is like this now.

"We have already contacted. Yesterday, I asked Randall Becky to propose to the British government to establish diplomatic relations with Egypt at the ambassadorial level. The British disagreed and only allowed the establishment of the ministerial level." Lu Zhengxiang smiled bitterly. This can be regarded as a small setback in Lan Fang's foreign relations.

"A minister is a minister. Our Lan Fang minister is not necessarily one level lower than the ambassadors of other countries in Egypt. If the British want to use this to provoke the relationship between our Lan Fang and Egypt, then the British have made a wrong calculation." Qin Zhiyuan didn't care. In Qin Zhiyuan's view, there is not much difference between a minister and an ambassador.

"That's what I said, it's not good for face." In front of Qin Zhiyuan, Lu Zhengxiang did not hide it.

Lu Zhengxiang was right. In the eyes of Oriental people, face is indeed a big problem. Even for individuals, it is unacceptable to lose face, and it is even more so at the national level.

"Then let Shaochuan suffer a little grievance. The British will not be proud for long. Let's wait and see." Qin Zhiyuan was not angry. Unlike Lu Zhengxiang's diplomat thinking, Qin Zhiyuan, who was born as an agent, believed that the image of a country is not maintained by diplomatic relations. It doesn't matter whether it's face or not. What's most important is to get benefits.

"Shaochuan" is Gu Weijun. Gu Weijun was originally waiting for the normalization of relations between Lan Fang and the United States to go to the United States to serve as Lan Fang's ambassador to the United States. Yang Deshan was crowned in Egypt, and Egypt's importance to Lan Fang instantly surpassed that of the United States, so Lu Zhengxiang had decided to let Gu Weijun serve as Lan Fang's ambassador to Egypt.

Well, now he is Lan Fang's minister to Egypt.

It doesn't matter much. Gu Weijun was used to bearing humiliation during the Republic of China. The situation now is completely different from that during the Republic of China. Just as Qin Zhiyuan said, Gu Weijun's title as minister is indeed not very good, but his actual influence may not be inferior to that of ambassadors of other countries.

"Well, I will give Shaochuan a few more cars, and the losses outside the dike will be compensated inside the dike." Lu Zhengxiang half-jokingly prepared to compensate Gu Weijun in other ways.

Some compensation is indeed necessary.

After Yang Deshan became Ibrahim I, the British immediately announced that they recognized Yang Deshan's status in Egypt. Then the United States, France, Italy and Egypt rushed to establish "ambassadorial" diplomatic relations. Only Lan Fang established a weird "ministerial level", which really made Gu Weijun, Lan Fang's first minister to Egypt, look bad.

Yang Deshan also realized this, but Egypt's diplomatic power was controlled by the British, and Yang Deshan could not change this reality.

Not being able to turn "ministerial level" into "ambassadorial level" does not mean that Yang Deshan can't do anything.

After Lan Fang and Egypt announced the establishment of diplomatic relations at the ministerial level, the next thing to do was to build an embassy.

Embassy construction requires construction land, and this power is not in the hands of the British, so the construction land specifications obtained by Lan Fang are particularly high.

Generally speaking, a diplomatic embassy is a "country within a country".

If the Lan Fang government built an embassy on the territory of the Egyptian government, it would be equivalent to Lan Fang's territory. The Egyptians have no right to manage it. From construction to defense, the Lan Fang government needs to be responsible for it.

In fact, there is no fixed standard for embassies and consulates in various countries. Those with conditions naturally build all kinds of magnificent and high-end ones, and those without conditions can just rent a house in an apartment building like in Paris in the past.

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The Lan Fang government obviously did not intend to make do in Egypt, and the Egyptian government also cooperated. After the Lan Fang government applied to the Egyptian government for construction land, Yang Deshan drew a peninsula for Lan Fang on the banks of the Nile River, right next to the Cairo Palace.

This standard is high enough!

Relatively speaking, the embassies and consulates of other countries, even the British suzerain of Egypt, only have an area of ​​20 mu, while the embassy and consulate land of Lan Fang covers an area of ​​one square kilometer, and is next to the Cairo Palace, and is a neighbor of the Egyptian king. This immediately made the crowd who wanted to see Lan Fang laugh dumbfounded.

The Lan Fang government acted quickly and immediately announced the design plan of the embassy and consulate.

In the plan of the Lan Fang government, the Lan Fang Embassy in Egypt will be a huge oriental building complex, with a three-story main building of 20 meters high, and two two-story podium buildings of 15 meters high next to it, coupled with the unique dormitory for the embassy staff, and a large garden and green space, the Lan Fang Embassy in Egypt will become the most perfect square kilometer in Cairo.

Such a huge design would certainly cost more money, but the Lan Fang government didn't care. After announcing the design plan, Gu Weijun immediately announced that the gardens and green spaces within the Lan Fang embassy would be open to the public, adding a good place for Cairo people to walk and relax after dinner.

This decision was a bit unexpected.

According to custom, the embassy territory belongs to the "country within the country". The Egyptian government has no management rights over the Lan Fang embassy, ​​the staff of the embassy and the people who enter the embassy. In other words, even if it is a wanted criminal by the Egyptian government, as long as he enters the Lan Fang embassy, ​​the Egyptian government has no jurisdiction.

So in general, no matter which country's consulate, the local government will set up a blockade outside the consulate to prevent certain people from illegally entering the "territory of other countries".

Now that Lan Fang has announced the opening of the embassy, ​​it is equivalent to posing a problem for the Egyptian government.

If Lan Fang really opens the embassy as announced, then whether the Egyptian government should set up a blockade is a question. If it is not set up, then Egyptians can enter the Lanfang Legation at will, and the Egyptian government will lose jurisdiction at that time. It is also unwise to set up a blockade. The Lanfang government spent a lot of money to build a free park for Cairo citizens, but the Cairo government does not allow Cairo citizens to enter. This is a bit too much.

Gu Weijun did not care about this issue. When asked about this issue at a press conference, Gu Weijun acted very calmly: "The Lanfang government has no intention of setting problems for the Cairo Municipal Government. Although Lanfang and Egypt only have diplomatic relations at the ministerial level, there has never been any conflict between Lanfang and Egypt. We have maintained friendly relations before and will continue to maintain them in the future. As for those possible troubles, as long as the Lanfang government and the Egyptian government maintain effective communication, there will be no problem."

It seems that the relationship between the Lanfang government and the Egyptian government is really good.