"We've learned that the East African Administrative Region is negotiating with Portugal to purchase Angola …" The British Ambassador to China said.
Listening to the narration, Yao Bang tried to keep a calm expression on his face, but his heart was in turmoil. This was the first time he was able to decide foreign affairs from the height of the chairman. The British's request was very clear. They had coveted the Congo Free State controlled by the Belgian King Leopold II for a long time. The area produced rubber, ivory, gold and diamonds, which made the British salivate. The reason why the United Kingdom acted behind the scenes and disgraced Leopold II in Europe was because they wanted to gain dominance over the Congo Free State.
Although he was excited, Yao Bang also knew that the East African Administrative Region was not a part of it that he could intervene in. The Min dynasty did not recognize the East Africa Administrative Region as a colony of the Min dynasty. The government believed that the East Africa Administrative Region was only an 'administrative region' run by a group of Restoration Party. Therefore, anything related to the East African administrative region was actually managed by the Restoration Party.
"We hope to cooperate with the UK on the iron ore issue in Goa, India," Yao Bang voiced out his thoughts.
Goa was a Portuguese colony in India. Given Portugal's habit of following the British closely, as long as the British and the Min dynasty joined hands, the Portuguese colonists in Goa would probably have to obediently give up their underwear, not to mention the little iron ore underground.
The British had the same idea. However, the British began to bargain with Yao Bang and reached a basic agreement.
The agreement includes:
The Min dynasty supported the British's control of the Congo Free State. They only invested in the companies that the British were going to intervene in and did not take any actual action.
The United Kingdom supported the Min dynasty in obtaining the mining rights of the Goa area controlled by the Portuguese and established a joint venture company to be responsible for the mining operation.
After the two sides agreed on their basic positions, Yao Bang, as the Secretary of the Restoration Party, began to change his identity. He led the British representatives to meet with the Restoration Party's unit in charge of the East African administrative region. The two sides reached several agreements.
The East African Administrative Region and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on the construction of the Trans-2C Railway from Cairo to Cape Town in Africa.
The British firmly supported the Min dynasty's plan to build a crossrail from Nanzhan to Luanda.
As soon as the agreement with England was signed, the German ambassador came to visit. After cursing the British's shamelessness, the German ambassador straightforwardly proposed to build the northern line of the 3B railway first. The Germans knew very well who was behind the Serbian rebels. Compared to the southern route, all the northern railways in Germany, Austria, Hungary, and other parts of the Osman Empire had already been completed. Only a few difficulties remained in crossing the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria.
"Our emperor hopes that these countries can come to Berlin and ask our country to lead this project." The German ambassador's tone was very troubled and helpless.
When Yao Bang first heard the German ambassador's words, it took him a few seconds to understand what he meant, and then he almost laughed out loud. The fact that William II was a chuunibyou was no secret among the upper echelons of the various countries. 'It's not me that's wrong, it's the world that's wrong'. The Military Governor Of Vaize's evaluation of Chuunibyou was widely circulated among the upper echelons of the Min dynasty. From the perspective of 3B Railway, all they needed to do was hold a meeting to discuss the cooperation intentions and difficulties. He didn't expect William II to have such a strong desire to save face. He wanted a group of adults to lower their heads to him, a mentally immature chuunibyou. While Yao Bang found it ridiculous, he couldn't help but feel a little envious. At least the German government officials couldn't do anything about the emperor. Even if they knew it was ridiculous, they still had to carry it out. In the Min dynasty, even the president of the Min dynasty couldn't do this.
When the German ambassador came to plead, Yao Bang changed his identity and ordered the Restoration Party's advisory group in Hungary to provide help in this regard. The Hungarian Communist Party had no interest in bowing to Germany. Although there were comrades in the party who supported solving the diplomatic dilemma as soon as possible, there were also many local comrades who thought that Hungary should rely on its own strength to obtain a favorable situation for Hungary.
After giving the order, Yao Bang initially felt a little tired. It wasn't easy to make a decision on things, and it consumed a lot of mental energy. But soon, he felt that it wasn't enough. These things were still easy to deal with, and he just had to make a judgment based on the information provided. The difficulty was domestic issues. The situation submitted by the lower echelons was unclear and even inaccurate. A lot of things had to be confirmed by Yao Bang by guessing.
The Sixth Five-Year Plan, which was finally concluded not long ago, was completely a plan in the style of Shen Xin's military. All the content was clear, but it had to be carried out in violation of the rules of officialdom. The whole process made Yao Bang feel infinite hatred, and the comrades below also complained. However, the Seventh Five-Year Plan, which Yao Bang presided over, also made Yao Bang feel infinite pain. The comrades below were too arrogant. Everyone raised all kinds of difficulties. According to the data proposed by these comrades, the overall data of the Seventh Five-Year Plan would show a situation of overall regression. Even Yao Bang, who had great respect for the local comrades, knew that this was absolutely impossible. In the end, Yao Bang unhappily took out the development data and development focus of the Five-Year Plan and unhappily presented it to the Central Committee headed by the Military Governor Of Vaize for review. Yao Bang suddenly wished that the Military Governor Of Vaize had died early. If there was no Vézé, Yao Bang could use the identity of the number one person in the Min dynasty to give orders, and no one would dare to supervise Yao Bang.
There were strict rules on who all kinds of documents should be sent to. For example, Wang Mingshan was not qualified to see the classified intelligence of North America, but the intelligence of Europe was open to Wang Mingshan. After reading these decisions, Wang Mingshan did not think that there was a particularly big problem with the decisions, but the people who made these decisions had a big problem. Such a casual decision was never the style of the Military Governor Of Vaize. It was just that the Military Governor Of Vaize did not say anything at the moment, and Wang Mingshan did not want to be the bird that stood out.
After thinking about it, Wang Mingshan finally made some arrangements for the Goa region. First of all, he added some money to his eldest son, and took a loan to buy another iron ore transport ship with a capacity of twenty thousand tons. According to the analysis of the Bank of Europe, Italy attached great importance to the high-quality iron ore in the Goa region. Now that the situation in Europe was getting increasingly tense, Italy naturally hoped to have a strong heavy industrial capacity, and the demand for Goa's high-quality iron ore was rising day by day.
Wang Minghai also asked Marchioness Grace to persuade the Bank of Italy that she was in to invest as much money as possible in the oil and chemical industries. As the dark hand behind the scenes, the Bank of Europe under the Min dynasty could also gain a lot of profits from the development of these two major industries.
After these two arrangements were made, Wang Mingshan put away the retirement application and began to wait for news from Goa. At his age, there was no chance for him to advance any further, no matter what. The young people had long hoped that Wang Mingshan, this old thing in his sixties, would quickly get lost. But because Wang Mingshan was a genuine founding brother, there was nothing they could do about it. They could only wait for the system to automatically get rid of old guys like Wang Mingshan.
On the first of April 1905, the plenipotentiary representatives of the countries along the 3B railway arrived in Berlin. The emperors of the Osman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire really didn't want to accompany these idiots, and the president of the Hungarian Empire didn't want to be provoked by the German Emperor. However, there was another advantage to being an idiot. When faced with the disregard of an adult, he could actually endure it. At this time, Emperor William II was keen on designing new German battleships, so he simply came out to sign the 3B railway agreement, and impatiently left the meeting to continue his great work.
Although this method was really chuunibyou, it had to be said that everyone present was greatly relieved. Sometimes, this was the advantage of being an idiot. Just when everyone thought that the idiots would make big news at the critical moment, they disappeared without a trace. Due to everyone's fear of the idiot, everyone was so relieved that they even forgot about the rudeness of this action.
This group of people who were really in charge immediately discussed the details of the 3B railway. The Min dynasty was sure that they could complete the Bulgarian part before the end of the year. As for the management of the railway goods, although it was troublesome, everyone was willing to discuss it. The transit fees were relatively fixed and could be discussed. On the other hand, it was more troublesome to manage the personnel within the borders of the countries. In theory, the 3B railway was mainly used for oil transportation, but everyone understood that there would inevitably be a large number of manpower issues in the future.
The details were cumbersome, and there were many things to consider. Often, new problems would suddenly appear, and the discussion would be exceptionally long. After three days of closed-door meetings, everyone finally came up with a constitution. The problem on the northern front was Hungary's "goodwill." In order to obtain Hungary's goodwill, other countries also had to show goodwill. The noose around Hungary's neck was replaced with a ribbon. Even though Hungary was very dissatisfied, their young foreign minister was calm enough to agree to the conditions after doing his best to fight for it.
Holding the agreement in his hand and reading it carefully, Wang Mingshan saw that other countries around Hungary, with the exception of Russia, had resumed their previous imports of Hungarian products, especially wine. Given the situation of a landlocked country like Hungary, it was unlikely to solve the problem once and for all. In such an era of intense change, they had to wait for an opportunity to turn things around.
Hungary's problem was solved, and the problem in Goa also came to an end. The Portuguese chose to compromise in the face of reality. The joint venture company, which held 95% of the shares, won the exploration and mining rights of all the mines in Goa. The Portuguese only charged a fee by the ton. Wang Mingshan immediately sent a telegram to his son, warning him, "Don't be jealous of how much money other people make. Just focus on your transportation. Other people have made a mountain of gold, but we are still stubbornly stuck in our own line of work. "
Compared to these two matters, the thing that Wang Mingshan was least worried about was Grace's matter. And things developed as Wang Mingshan expected. Grace persuaded the shareholders of her Bank of Italy to invest all their resources in the oil and chemical industry. The Bank of Europe actually controlled the oil and chemical industry under these companies.
Wang Mingshan originally planned to hold on for more than a year or two. Looking at the current situation, he only needed to hold on for half a year. With this in mind, Wang Mingshan took out the retirement report. Being in office may seem awe-inspiring, but there were also benefits to retirement. Just as Wang Mingshan was observing the development of the matter and calculating when to submit his retirement report, he saw an exclusive interview with Yao Bang in The Times. The interview even included "hehehe" dialogue, which made Wang Mingshan speechless.
The Times had ulterior motives and wrote the report in a very frivolous manner. However, the content of Yao Bang's speech included, "If it weren't for the Military Governor Of Vaize's peace policy, we might have more choices now," and "As for those dishonest neighbors, we naturally have to attack them."
When Wang Mingshan saw those paragraphs, his comment was, "You really haven't been an official before!"
Even Wang Mingshan himself did not remember such mockery, because he saw a paragraph written in The Times. The reporter asked, "As a philosopher, what books does the Military Governor Of Vaize like to read?" Yao Bang replied, "The Commander-in-Chief is a philosopher and a historian. I heard that he has read Jin Ping Mei, hehehe."
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