At the meeting of the National Security Committee held the next day, Bai Nan pointed out: "The British and the French should be red at the results of our expansion in the past two years, and this is normal, if we do not do something, see that we will continue to develop, I am afraid that it will be impossible to find another colony in the world that can provide them with a foothold." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Bai Nan's words caused everyone to smile for a while, Datang's national strength is too strong, making Datang invincible in anything. It stands to reason that the expansion in North India, Tianfang, and Persia is not a simple matter, but the combat strength of the Tang army is too strong, and the government team is rich in experience, so that after they come to a place, they can quickly suppress the opposing forces, and win over the forces that can be co-opted, and rule according to the local situation.

Datang's overseas territory has not been without chaos, the natives of Southeast Asia have made trouble, and the Japanese samurai have judged chaos, but Datang can easily contain the situation and will not develop into a situation that is too unfavorable to itself.

The British actually still have some meaning that they can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, thinking that it is a thankless task for the Tang Dynasty to send troops to occupy the Arabian Peninsula, where there is almost nothing but sand, and Egypt they chose has fertile land moistened by the Nile River, and is also an important hub for trade between Europe and the Indian Ocean.

In response to this situation, Bai Nan actually quickly figured out the countermeasures. He directly raised it at the meeting of the National Security Committee, saying: "Britain and France want to seize Egypt, I am afraid that they themselves have not clarified the issue of the division of interests. The mood of the British at this time was actually entangled, and it was impossible for them to secretly occupy Egypt under our noses. Even if Britain is militarily strong, it is not something that can be done in three or two months. They certainly don't want us to get involved too deeply, but at the same time they want us to be able to agree and to some extent contain Turkey. ”

Xu Daorun asked, "So, should we intervene?" ”

Bai Nan pointed to the map and said, "Intervene, of course we have to intervene, we have troops here, and we still have ambitions." When we were building the Celestial Overseas Territory, we wanted to get Iraq, and I think the British were very good at proposing it this time, attacking Turkey on the trade issue. Turkey did not join our Warsaw trade agreement, and there were repeated instances of it that impeded the trade activities of other countries, so we took advantage of this to knock them on and seize Iraq. ”

Liu Tian pouted and said: "If we also join in this matter, it will be the joint action of the three major powers of Tang, Britain and France, so in this case, will the Russians do nothing and just watch?" Surely not, Russia will also make a big move and start another war against Turkey, this time I am afraid that Romania will be dismembered from Turkish control. ”

Bai Nan also agreed, saying: "The British must have diplomatic actions against Russia and even Austria, and it cannot be ruled out that in the end this war will turn into a major dismemberment of backward and decaying Turkey by the industrialized powers." ”

Xue Yue laughed and said: "It's really possible, Turkey is even more powerful than the decline in history, and our Datang is enclosing territory all over the world, and there is no place for European countries to go, that is, Turkey can bully it." ”

Liu Tian said again: "If it really develops to this point, we can't give in, I think it's still a little less to take Iraq, this area has no population, don't look at the large area, but there are actually very few people, in fact, it doesn't take much effort." In terms of oil, in addition to the Persian Gulf, North Africa is also very large, and in areas like ****** and Algeria, the climate and environment along the coast are actually similar to our Jiazhou, and there is still a lot to be done if it is taken down. ”

Bai Nan smiled slightly: "This is inevitably a bit too much appetite, but if it really develops to the point of multinational invasion of Turkey, sending troops to North Africa in this way is also an option, and controlling the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in our hands is still very helpful for us to enhance our influence in the Mediterranean." Of course, the first thing we need to guarantee is Iraq. ”

Liu Tian said hesitantly: "It's not the same ghost place on the coast of the Persian Gulf, but the coast of North Africa is a good place, and the Carthaginians used this place to fight the Romans for many years." If you really take this area, I suggest that our immigrants lean here, the local conditions are very good, you can develop irrigated agriculture, there is oil and iron ore, the geographical location is good, and if you do a good job, this is an industrial center similar to Italy and Spain. ”

Liu Tian continued: "To engage in industry, naturally you can't count on those Arabs, Berbers or anything, you still have to rely on the Chinese. After this side is in hand, for the sake of the rapid development and stability of the local area, it is still necessary to carry out a population relocation plan and move the local Arabs to other places. ”

This topic is somewhat sensitive, perhaps because the Tang Dynasty has seen a lot of unpleasant things in later generations, so Datang's suppression of the Green Religion culture is still very strong. More than ten years ago, the Tang Dynasty took Southeast Asia and began to strike at the local indigenous sultanates. In particular, after the Yamato Corps entered, it really made a huge "contribution" to the local population reduction. Today, in Borneo and other places, although there are still local green aborigines, the scale has been relatively large, and the process of secularization is very good. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty has led a considerable number of indigenous people whose primitive beliefs are relatively backward, and the restraint on the original Green Religion indigenous people is still obvious. Not to mention the increasing number of Chinese living in Nanyang.

Datang is not happy to see the existence of any extremism, and any situation that shows signs must be eliminated. But those who carry forward their true nature and believe in good deeds can get space for survival in Datang.

The Arabs along the Persian Gulf coast were severely hit by the Tang Dynasty because of piracy, and many fled into the desert and Iraq. And Datang's next march will inevitably lead to the continued migration of these people. The Tang Dynasty's long-term control of the Middle East and large-scale immigration to the region will inevitably lead to the eventual extinction of Arab culture. This is very natural, just as the Aztec culture was finally relegated to history after the European colonizers entered Mexico, and the number of Arabs at this time was far less than the population of the Aztecs at their peak.

Bai Nan didn't have much intention of Egypt, but he had ideas about the Canal Zone. At that time, Egypt can become a place for people who have moved out of the territory of the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.) )