With the agreement between China and the United Kingdom, the Washington Conference, which had come to a standstill, resumed again.

Despite the crucial Far Eastern Peace Treaty, the countries are still arguing. But it at least shows that some of them are going on smoothly...

Although it is not clear when countries will reach a consensus, one thing is certain: the conference is moving in a good direction.

The vast majority of people still feel more relieved by this situation, but since some people are pleased, there will inevitably be people who feel disappointed.

That's how the Portuguese are...

"In this situation, is it necessary for us to continue to insist on our position?" looked at the members of the Chinese and British delegations who were talking to each other not far away, and the head of the Portuguese delegation couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Not long ago, the people in the Chinese and British delegations still turned a blind eye to each other when they met, and even looked like they didn't get along with each other, but now...

"Hold on..."Hearing his words, the other person shook his head with an equally wry smile. Now that the British have bowed their heads, does it make sense for us to continue to hold on? It is better to negotiate according to the price raised by the Chinese and see if the price can be too high..."

This man's words were quickly echoed by others in the Portuguese delegation.

Although the British government did not directly beat the gong and drum to tell others that he had relented, other countries could still detect some clues from them. It was not surprising at all, although the British did not say anything. But other countries are not idiots and naturally cannot be undetected.

This is especially true of the Portuguese, after all, not so long ago. The British were still the strongest backing of the Portuguese in the process of negotiating with China, but not long ago, the British suddenly said goodbye, and at the same time, the diplomatic relations between China and Britain that were like ice suddenly thawed...

In this case, even an idiot must be able to detect what is going on. ‘

No doubt. There must be something wrong with the British, and only if there is a problem with the British, it is possible that such a situation will occur.

The Portuguese were very responsive. The reaction of other countries was not slow, and naturally they were keenly aware of the strangeness of it...

It's just that they didn't say anything, after all, whether the Far East peace treaty can be signed depends on the British and the Chinese. If only the British were angry. Then this treaty basically doesn't have to think about it...

Of course. For the behavior of the British to bow their heads, other countries must have secretly laughed behind their backs...

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Sitting in his seat, the Portuguese sighed incessantly.

To be honest, although the Portuguese had agreed earlier to the Chinese's suggestion that Macau should be returned to China. But in fact, the Portuguese are not very happy in their hearts, after all, eight years is not a very short time, and the last world war was only four years old.

Eight years. If you don't get it right, maybe it will be enough for the Portuguese government to change for two terms.

The Portuguese would agree. Just because Portugal's national power is simply not comparable to China's. That being the case, the Portuguese had no choice but to accept it when China had already shown itself to be willing to offer some compensation.

But if they could, the Portuguese would like to maintain such a colony.

The reason is simple, partly because this is already a rare Portuguese colony. On the other hand, although the Commune government has promised compensation, there is no doubt that it will not be comparable to the value of Portugal.

Although Portugal at this time was far from being comparable to Hong Kong in terms of value, as a Portuguese colony in the Far East, it could still bring Portugal a certain amount of profit. As for the government's offer to give some compensation? Yes, compensation is compensation, but this compensation can never be compared with the value of Portugal, otherwise, what is the difference between buying Macau back?

This is also one of the reasons why the Portuguese are reluctant to return Macau, and later the British came to the door and offered to be the backing of the Portuguese, and the Portuguese were naturally happy to do so...

But now...

"Forget it, so be it..."

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With the reconciliation between China and Britain, the progress of the Washington Conference became smoother, and at the same time, the Communist Government and the Portuguese Government also quickly reached an understanding on the matter of Macao―――――― because the Communist Government had already made it very clear that if the Portuguese Government rejected the good intentions of the Communist Government, then the Communist Government would definitely not mind coming to the door to take Macao back in person―――――― which was absolutely the most intolerable thing for the Portuguese Government.

After all, if it is only handed back, at least the Portuguese government will still get some things, and if it is really snatched back, then Portugal will really not get anything at all.

It is also the point that the Portuguese government, after the last coup d'état, has little prestige of its own. If it were to happen again this time, the Portuguese government's prestige would be completely gone.

Therefore, the Portuguese would rather trade with the Communist government than let the Communist government take back Macau.

As a result, a consensus was soon reached between the two countries on the question of Macao, which was even faster than the Far Eastern Peace Treaty.

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According to the agreement reached between China and Macau, within the next three months, the Portuguese government will evacuate all government and military forces in Macau and hand over Macau to China.

China, on the other hand, will ensure Portugal's interests in China. In addition to this, the government is willing to give the Portuguese government certain preferential treatment in several trade aspects. There are a number of other treaties in addition to this. Basically, they are trivial things, but when all added together, they can bring considerable benefits to the Portuguese government, which is at least somewhat compensated for by the Portuguese government.

The agreement on Macau was reached very quickly, and the whole agreement could even be said to have been reached between the delegation of the Commune government in Washington and the delegation of the Portuguese government in Washington.

For this agreement was reached. The Government of the United States welcomes the activities that are beneficial to peace. Of course, the U.S. government will welcome the most fundamental reasons. Or is it because this matter was done in the United States, and in this way, if the thing is done, it will naturally have certain benefits for the United States. At least with it. The influence of the U.S. government will be greatly enhanced.

On the other hand. Macau's events quickly spread throughout the country, and a very grand celebration followed.

Although for the Chinese of this era, Macao is not the first territory recovered by China―――――― if later generations are to be experienced, it seems that there is only one Hong Kong and one Macao, as for when Taiwan can be recovered, this is really not a certain thing.

But in this day and age. First of all, Outer Mongolia was the first to be recovered―――――― of course, half of this credit has to be counted on Yuan Shikai's head. And whether Outer Mongolia is considered a recovery or not, I am not sure. After all, whether in the past or now, Outer Mongolia is the territory of China, but when the Manchu Qing Dynasty fell, Outer Mongolia lost its control, so it will be in a semi-independent state, nothing more.

In addition to Outer Mongolia, the rest is Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay...

It was also the first territory to be recovered after the establishment of the Communist government.

After that, there are Weihaiwei and other places, and there is Lushun...

These were the areas that the Nationalist government subsequently reclaimed after the outbreak of World War I, as well as the Upper and Outer Northeast.

Nowadays, with the gradual rise of the national power of the national government, there are very few countries that have not been recovered by China.

So far, there are only three places left that have not been recovered: Macao, Hong Kong and Taiwan―――――― of course, if you count some domestic concessions, the number is relatively large.

However, from a certain point of view, in fact, the concession is relatively easy to understand.

After all, although the concession and the like are all over the country, in fact, after the outbreak of World War I and China's entry into the camp of the Entente, all unequal treaties with the Allies have been abolished, so what? The Nationalist government took advantage of the situation to recover many of the concessions, and now all that remains is the concessions of the former Entente...

These concessions, on the other hand, can be resolved at one time through one or two or more or more negotiations.

On the contrary, the problems of Hong Kong and Taiwan are more troublesome, and Hong Kong is needless to say, and it can be regarded as an extremely prosperous city in Asia, although the geographical conditions are not particularly important because of the existence of Shanghai, but at least one thing is certain, that is, the geographical conditions of Hong Kong are much better than those of Macao.

Similarly, considering that there are still more than 70 years left before Hong Kong is returned to China, it is not an easy matter to get the British to willingly return Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong is already in trouble, and Taiwan is even more troublesome. After all, Taiwan is very important to Japan, and Japan has been operating in Taiwan for many years.

Therefore, in Yan Shao's view, if you want to recapture Taiwan, there is only one way, and that is to use the means of war.

Yan Shaozhi is not very resistant to this, but as I said earlier, China does not have much advantage at sea now, and if it wants to completely defeat the Japanese fleet at sea, I am afraid it will take quite a while, which is also the reason why Yan Shao has to strive for a position second only to Britain and the United States, and a position equal to Japan.

Now, what China needs most is to catch up, and wait until it succeeds. What needs to be done next is to retake Taiwan, as well as control over the entire Asian region―――――― the Japanese will never give up Taiwan lightly. That being the case, the use of force is inevitable.

However, if you do want to do it, you also need to consider the possibility of British interference.

After all, the longer the time is delayed, the faster the strength of the British will recover, but there is no doubt about this, if it is delayed for twenty or thirty years. I'm afraid that Yan Shao will have to consider the possibility of the British and the Japanese going together.

And this possibility is not impossible, after all, the British are not idiots, and it is impossible to let Yan Shao lightly solve Japan, a pawn that can contain China. At the time of the previous Korean War. The British have not only managed to provide a large amount of support to Japan, even the United States, which is a kind of preferential treatment that China does not even think about.

Of course, if it were now, Yan Shaozhi wouldn't need to worry about this.

Because the British simply did not have the ability to support Japan. At least in the absence of a suitable reason. Don't worry about that.

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The signing of the Treaty of Macao represents the official return of Macau, and although this return time will be three months later, for the Chinese, it is still a time to celebrate.

So not long after the end of the celebration, there was another very grand celebration in China, which was not inferior to the previous one...

For the Chinese, they will never miss any opportunity to celebrate. Absolutely, yes. It also has a lot to do with the private indulgence of the national government.

As for this kind of celebration, which stimulates consumption, stimulates domestic employment or something, this crime is secondary.

In fact, like other countries, the national government attaches great importance to domestic economic issues, especially employment. Thankfully, both are doing very well so far.

A few years ago, it must have been a blessing to the war in Europe, when the British, who needed everything, and other European countries brought great employment to China. But now, it's about the current growth in the country, especially the many programs that are currently under construction.

For example, Siberia has many new provinces in Central Asia and the Middle East, and these provinces are currently undergoing a large number of construction projects. What is particularly important is that there are a large number of people who have migrated to these areas, and these people also need housing, running water, power plants, and places to be able to consume, all of which have brought many employment opportunities to China.

It is also because of this relationship, although the war in Europe ended, but in addition to the military industry has been affected, the impact on other aspects is actually not very large, especially the impact of ordinary private business is even more insignificant―――――― in fact, the military industry is also in a state of growth, although after the end of the war, orders from overseas are reduced, but at the same time domestic orders are greatly increased, especially after the expansion of the Wehrmacht.

With more than 2 million Wehrmacht, you can imagine how much weapons and equipment are needed for this...

Even now, it is not without the armament of the Wehrmacht that the armament of the Wehrmacht has reached the level of the standard, not to mention that there are still so many militia organizations and reserves in the country. At the same time, in order to be able to mobilize enough troops in the event of a large-scale war, a certain number of reserve weapons and equipment is absolutely necessary―――――― of course, if the original history is followed, then at least until the end of the 30s, it is impossible for a large-scale war to occur in this world.

But many times things may not be so simple, at least one thing Yan Shao is certain, that is, with his appearance, this world, the historical process of this world has changed a lot, and many things are no longer carried out according to the history that Yan Shao is familiar with, so if something really happens, Yan Shao is really not surprised at all.

It can even be said that even if Hitler died suddenly in a very unexpected car accident, and if World War II broke out early, these possibilities are all possible.

At least one point, in the later world War II was at the end of the 30s, that is, the outbreak of Japan's war of aggression against China, of course, the algorithm of Europe and the United States is different, one is the invasion of Poland, the other is Pearl Harbor, but one thing is certain, that is, with the current state of China, at least the war of aggression against China will definitely not happen, and there is Pearl Harbor, which may not happen, and the only thing that may happen is related to the Germans.

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In this way, Yan Shao's historical knowledge has been completely wiped out, and the most important point is that in this case, who dares to guarantee that World War II will not break out before the 30s?

At least as far as Yan Shao knows, the Second World War in later generations has a lot to do with the Great Depression, and when many issues change, no one dares to guarantee that the war will not be advanced, which is something that Yan Shao must be concerned about...

Of course, there is only one thing that Yan Shao needs to consider at the moment, that is, after the signing of the Far East Peace Treaty, should Yan Shao announce the oil stocks in the Middle East??? (To be continued......)