Rao is ready to be harassed, and in the face of the scene in front of him, Ito Hirofumi is also angry.

It's just that there is a voice deep down in his heart that keeps reminding him to calm down, this is the enemy's conspiracy, just to provoke ......

"Your Excellency the Governor, it would be unfair to us to go straight back to the pre-war period. Contrary to ......"

Before Ito could finish speaking, Chandler interrupted: "Prime Minister, you seem to have misconcepted that your negotiator is over there."

I am just giving you advice in my personal capacity as to whether or not to accept that it is your freedom. In short, order in the South Seas must return to normal by Christmas.

Your country's military presence in the Philippine Islands has now undermined the prosperity and stability of the South Seas, which no peace-loving country can tolerate. If your government can't handle it, we can do it for you. ”

"It's been played", this was Ito's first reaction. In any case, since it was a war between Japan and Spain, the protagonists of the negotiations should be Japan and Spain.

Now I can't hold back and run to talk to the representative of the Shinra, isn't it a manifestation of water in my brain?

The question of this negotiation came out, and Chandler took the opportunity to draw a timeline for the negotiations, which made him fall into passivity all of a sudden.

Disagree?

Just look at the expressions of the representatives of various countries, and you can see that you have thought about it. After talking early, it's hello, hello, everyone. Otherwise, it will affect everyone to go back for Christmas, and it will be a big sin.

What was most difficult for Ito to accept was that the British acquiesced to all this and did not raise any objection to the withdrawal from the Philippines.

I can't help but think about it too much, John Bull's skills in selling teammates are too powerful. If you are accidentally sold and help others count the money, it will be a tragedy.

……

There were no surprises, and the first day of negotiations was destined to end unhappily. If the result can be negotiated in one day, it is not a negotiation.

In the evening, Governor Chandler, as host, held a banquet as customary. Watching the representatives of various countries happily shuttling through the banquet, Ito Hirobumi, who was dressed in a suit, was drinking alone in a corner with a glass of red wine, which seemed out of place with the environment.

"Still worrying about the day?"

The person who came was none other than Klaus, the British consul in Nanyang, who sat down opposite Ito Hirobumi with his female companion in one hand and a wine glass in the other.

After raising his glass and taking a small sip, Ito replied slowly, "Yes, sir." ”

"The biased position of certain countries is really unfriendly to us. If this situation continues, it will be difficult for the subsequent negotiations to proceed smoothly. ”

Hearing this unsurprising answer, Klaus leaned back with laughter, spilled all the wine in his glass, and finally returned to normal with the help of his female companion.

"Prime Minister, you have been deceived. It is true that European countries support Spain, but this does not mean that they are willing to wage a war for Spain with no return.

Regardless of how loud they shout, it is actually the governments that can decide to start a war. As long as your country does not touch the bottom line of the Vienna government, they will not send troops.

……”

Frankly, Klaus didn't want to tell the Japanese so much. But I couldn't stop Ito Hirobumi from being generous, and just now he received a cheque for 5,000 pounds.

Although diplomats stationed abroad have a lot of money, it also depends on what it is. If you are stationed in the Far Eastern Empire, you will naturally have a lot of money, and you can make a fortune with a little bit of everything.

It's a pity that Klaus's place of work is in the South Seas, in the South Seas region dominated by the HRE, and his status as a consul is not valuable.

When it comes to the politics and diplomacy of the two countries, it is London that directly contacts Vienna, and it is not his turn to call the shots. Even if there is something that needs to be coordinated by him, he can count on the Austrian governor of Nanyang to give him a generous gift.

wants to help tie up the bridge and turn over weapons and equipment, construction machinery and other industrial products, but unfortunately HRE is more slippery than Britain in this regard, and there is no blank market at all.

In this context, Klaus's pockets naturally can't bulge. finally ran into the Japanese who were wronged, so naturally they had to blackmail well.

For the sake of the pound's face, Klaus very readily sold the gameplay in the European diplomatic circle, and also gave away the basic situation of the European continent by the way.

The rest is all nonsense, and the basic situation of the European continent Ito Hirobumi has long been aware of it. It's just that there are some secrets in European diplomatic circles, and he still needs to learn.

"Sir, what's the bottom line of the Continental League, or what is the bottom line of the Vienna government?"

It's important to figure this out, because without figuring out the bottom line, or the true intentions of the Holy Roman Empire, Ito Hirobumi can't sleep.

Consul Klaus shook his head: "I can't answer you for sure. However, according to the speculation of the London government, the European Union is busy getting rid of the domestic economic crisis at the moment, and there is a high probability that there is not much energy to find you unlucky.

Of course, the Philippine Islands will certainly not be able to be saved. This was determined at the Vienna Conference, and you cannot afford not to give the face of the European Continental Union. ”

"It's often your enemies who know you best" is not bad at all. In the study of the Vienna government, if the British call it second, absolutely no one dares to call it first.

After so many years of research and analysis, the Vienna government's external style, the London government has long been able to figure out the foreign style.

A hard bone like Japan, which has no oil and water, will not be asked for even if it is sent to the door. Intervening in the Philippine War, that was only because of diplomatic strategic needs.

The European Continental Alliance sounds domineering, and the two countries that are really capable of interfering in the affairs of the South Seas are the two countries of Shenluo and the Netherlands. Once the soldiers meet, the main force of the war will definitely be the HRE.

It's easy to take the Japanese, the problem is that the Vienna government has already gone ashore, and now is the time to pay attention to food, and it is impossible to fight the idea of the Philippines. Even if Japan was defeated, the Vienna government would not be able to recover the costs.

What's more, Japan is not without a backstage. Even if they don't pay attention to this little brother, as long as they can cause trouble in the HRE, the London government will not give up their support for them.

Ito Hirobumi has known about the face of the European Union for a long time, and from the beginning of the diplomatic note, the Tokyo government knew that the Philippine Islands were not guaranteed. There is still a stalemate, which is nothing more than to maximize profits.

Whether or not you can get a compensation from Spain is secondary, the point is that it takes time to evacuate and move. The harvest of the Japanese army in the Philippine Islands had to be transported back to China to be counted.

If you want to bring the goods back smoothly, the Spanish Navy is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed. Although the Japanese Navy pinned down the main force of the Spanish Navy, other people's cruisers could still come out to do things. Twenty fifty thousand

This kind of broken ship made by Shinra does not have much merit, it just runs fast enough. A head-on decisive battle is not good, but breaking diplomatic relations behind enemy lines is a top trick. Even if they met at sea, the Japanese Navy would not be able to catch up.

Similar warships can naturally be built in Britain, but the problem is that as the best Royal Navy in the world, it is enough to directly fight the front, and only the weak need to consider breaking the friendship or something.

If there is no demand, there will be no construction. The Japanese government needs to be able to order, but unfortunately the battlefield can't wait.

Against this backdrop, what the Japanese government needs most is a ceasefire first. Only when the sea is safe can they smoothly transport back the wealth they have harvested.

Obviously, the Spaniards can't hide it. As the party being robbed, the Spaniards naturally did not want to see the Japanese take their wealth away.

Although Spain had the support of the European Continental Union, the Japanese were not without support. If nothing else, at least most of the Philippine Islands are still in the hands of the Japanese army.

It is easier to destroy than to build, and if it is really urgent, the Japanese can also play a scorched earth strategy and leave a ruin for the Spaniards.

Anyway, Spain did not have the strength to retaliate, and once the Japanese army retreated back to its homeland, Spain sighed with joy.

Don't look at the fact that the navies of the two countries can fight now, it is based on the premise of having the support of the HRE, and they can carry out supply and warship maintenance nearby, and the situation will be very different if they change to another battlefield.

Knowing the purpose of the European Union from the British, Ito Hirobumi breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Japan, a weak country with no diplomacy and an advantage in time and space, was forced by the great powers to abandon Liaodong, let alone now.

Spain has not yet been defeated, although it has suffered a big loss on the battlefield, but Spain, which has the support of the HRE, has increased its military strength instead of falling.

In addition to these factors, there is another reason for the Japanese government to give up, that is, the domestic government is about to become unsupportable.

Affected by the Philippine War, HRE, the largest grain merchant in the South Seas, cut off grain exports to Japan, causing the price of rice in Japan to soar.

The British could not help in this matter either. Indochina had only just been occupied, and John Niu did not have the talent to farm and the ability to export a large amount of grain to the outside world.

The European Union also blocked the Strait of Malacca, forcing the Japanese government to import only from the Far Eastern Empire or from the United States.

The grain of the Far Eastern Empire itself was not enough to eat, and the export price was naturally not low; The United States is not the same country it once was, and although it has the ability to export food, it is far inferior to the Confederate countries of the South in terms of cost control.

The cost itself is not low, and with the cost of transportation and the capitalists taking advantage of the fire, the grain naturally has nothing to do with cheapness after it arrives in Japan.

In addition to the face of the European Continental Union, Japan and Spain were unable to hold on to the mediation meeting, which was also an important reason.

Except for the initial slap in the face, after entering the formal negotiations, the initiative in the negotiations returned to the representatives of Japan and Spain.

Rule-makers also need to abide by the rules of the game, and it is okay to pull the bias, but it is not okay to go too far, and the representatives of various countries have returned to their role as mediators.

The negotiation mode of "noisy, noisy, noisy ......" has begun.

……

New Otrenburg, African continent.

This remote town is now lit up to welcome new friends. As the host, Viscount Outlet stood at the front of the queue.

According to the usual practice, an ordinary reception, and it is not a big man to come, Viscount Outlet does not need to give such a high courtesy.

There is no way, the Viscount of Outlets is not prominent, and if you go back to the eighteenth generation of your ancestors, you may have probably produced a nobleman!

is not only from an ordinary background, but even from a poor family. really started to make a fortune, and it started with his father. Relying on the luck of the European emperor, he successfully crossed the threshold of nobility in the Aussa War more than thirty years ago and became a lowly knight.

Then, he caught up with the opportunity of opening up Africa and became a baron with a fief.

Father's luck is good, and the outlet's luck is not bad. When he was serving in the army, he happened to encounter the outbreak of the European War, and he followed the trend of the times all the way, and the baron became a viscount.

The scenery is beautiful, but the sequelae of the outbreak also came, and the outlets, which lacked the background, did not have enough capital to build their own territory. Even if you bring your family and friends together, you still can't support a viscount.

Today, apart from the occasional small turbulence in the north, the situation on the African continent has stabilized, and the opportunity to make war profits has been taken away by the fathers.

Looking at the neighbors next door, they threw money to pull people from the local area, and the construction of the territory was in full swing, and the city had a prototype. His own territory is still at the level of a small town, and Viscount Outlet has all kinds of flavors in his heart.

There is no way, although the Royal Bank provides low-interest loans for the construction of the territory, but the amount of loans is very limited.

Slowly farming and development is naturally enough, if you want to climb to the sky and rely on money to smash out a prosperous territory, then go back to wash and sleep!

A penny is hard to beat a hero. Without sufficient funds, there is no way to pull in enough immigrants from within the country; Without enough immigrants, the territory will not develop naturally.

In fact, the establishment of a small town is the result of the strong support of family and friends. In a sense, the outlet territory can also be considered a large family business.

Nepotism is only pediatrics, and even the people are mostly their own family members. It's not that it's related to the family, there was no friendship in the past, and even if people are immigrants, they won't follow a poor ghost lord.

Of course, it's not impossible. As long as you can put down the shelf and go back to the country to pull people in person, you can still gain something.

An approachable lord, even if he is a little poor temporarily, still has people who are willing to follow. If you can draw a big pie, you will have more followers.

As for attracting investment, then don't think about it. If you want to blame it, the predecessors crossed the river and demolished the bridge so beautifully that the capitalists took a detour when they saw them.

Frankly, the viscountdom of the outlet is not bad. Located in the Niger River Basin, it has abundant rain and fertile land, covering an area of more than 7,000 square kilometers. Mo is a small town with a population of just over 10,000, and even if you build a hundred such towns, it can easily be supported.

The only downside is that it's inland, the rainforest climate is a nuisance, and the abundance of mosquitoes is unacceptable.

Because of the lack of labor, there is no way to transform the natural environment, which has become an important factor restricting the development of the territory.

In this context, the outlets naturally attach great importance to the cheap labor provided in the country.