Career is the soul of a man. When Xiang Ying, who was just a puddle of mud, saw his favorite sea chart, he felt like a different person.
He held a cold towel with one hand and kept wiping it on his face. With the other hand, he kept measuring distances on the map with a compass. He also spoke out all the insights he had gained.
"Trading routes are very important. This is a gentle penetrating force that prevents Westerners from saying anything and will not cause them to threaten!"
"From Mauritius, as long as we have a base with a population of more than 100,000, we can develop the economy and penetrate into the African continent. By then, specialties from Mauritius and the African continent will be continuously transported to our Chinese people, and the trade routes will also be pass!"
"Through long-term trade, the sea conditions, hydrology, weather, etc. in this unfamiliar sea area south of Malacca will become more and more abundant, and this information will become the basis for Chinese warships to visit this sea area in the future. Basic guarantee!”
"At the beginning, we will wait patiently and not let Westerners feel threatened. When the time is right! I predict that the head of state will make a strategic breakthrough like this..."
"Suppose one day, our Chinese merchant ship was hit by a storm or pirates in the southern Indian Ocean...the hull was damaged, the casualties were heavy, and it was forced to drift eastward to Western Australia!"
"At that time, we can confidently land and build our own supply port! Don't worry, Britain should allow our merchant ships to take a rest!"
"Look at the map of Australia. Nowadays, the residential areas of foreigners are concentrated in the southeast. Even New Zealand is much more developed than Australia. The entire northwest of Australia is desert, where the indigenous people live!"
"This is just a unilateral declaration of territory by the British themselves. They have not actually established effective rule... This is an opportunity for us Chinese!"
"For humanitarian reasons, Britain will also allow our caravans to build docks, ports and towns here, and through such penetration, we can establish our own new settlement area!"
"If our Chinese nation were stronger, and if there was a major conflict or even war in Europe, and the situation was suitable for a diplomatic breakthrough, we could even ask the British to purchase land in Western Australia. It's still no man's land anyway, and the British wouldn't care. of!"
"Do you understand now? The head of state has randomly dropped a missile in Mauritius. The purpose may be to occupy the territory of Western Australia in ten years! This should be what the head of state plans!"
"But I still have a question...Western Australia is really too barren, with mountains and deserts everywhere. King Shangtai had previously funded an expedition to investigate Western Australia..."
"I took a look at the report later and thought, God, many rivers and lakes there are seasonal. There is water in the rainy season, but they all turn into deserts in the dry season. There is very little arable land in this place. Even if There won’t be too many immigrants…”
"Apart from its geostrategic advantages, it has no other functions. Why is the head of state so concerned about this barren land?"
Xiang Ying's understanding stopped here. Of course he didn't know that although Western Australia was not suitable for agricultural development, it would become a world-famous iron ore mine in later generations.
Australia's rich ore areas, concentrated in the Pas area, are superficial mines. There is no need to dig holes at all, and high-grade ores can be easily obtained by shoveling directly from the surface.
Moreover, the purity of the ore here is quite high, which directly reduces the requirements for smelting technology and costs. If the Chinese can gradually control this area, they will no longer have to worry about iron ore resources in the next two to three hundred years.
Moreover, there are gold, nickel, oil and other mineral deposits waiting to be developed in this area. This is a sleeping treasure house!
It is enough for Xiang Ying to analyze so much. Cai Bixia has already shown her admiring eyes. This is the man she loves. Every time Xiang Ying devotes herself to work, she can feel that she is The man is shining.
"You are really smart. You have thought of problems that we have racked our brains to think of. Then tell me why Princess Sissi wants to get involved? And will the British Parliament agree to this purchase plan? "
"Of course I will agree? Why not agree?" Xiang Ying dropped the towel and sneered, "Gladstone has taken over, and he will also promote this land purchase plan for his previous promise!"
"Princess Sissi's appearance is just to give these proud British people a step down. The beautiful queen's kind thoughts can naturally move the people. As long as the voters have no objections, then the UK does not care about the eight hundred square kilometers of land. !”
"Don't worry! Three days later, Congress will definitely pass it with a majority vote... As for Princess Sissi's purpose? I think it's not just because of the love between a man and a woman!"
"If I'm not wrong, there are already many nobles, businessmen, and capitalists in Austria who have begun to join forces. They are eager to participate in the East-West trade!"
"This group of shameless businessmen would like their queen to go out and sell her ass. If she sleeps with a man a few times, she can establish trade connections in the far east. This business is a sure profit!"
"Europeans? Tsk...never want a memorial arch!"
Xiang Ying's analysis was not wrong at all. Princess Sissi had already sent a secret message to Vienna, and under the leadership of the Queen's family, preparations for the establishment of an ocean-going trading company had begun.
The Croatian region of later generations is now the territory of Hungary, and the Hungarians have always loved Princess Sissi very much. From the Croatian outlet through the Suez Canal, the Arabian Sea and the Strait of Malacca, merchants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire can enter Western Europe. monopolized Asia.
Princess Sissi's words can naturally mobilize countless capital and talents in the country. By then, the Austro-Hungarian Empire will no longer need those British and French merchants to be second-tier dealers. It will directly participate in the East-West trade and dump Asian goods to Eastern Europe.
The business here is unimaginably big!
Cai Bixia threw herself into Xiang Ying's arms. "Dear, do you have no strategic vision? Do you have no political acumen? You can analyze such a deep strategic plan of the head of state so clearly. Isn't this your strength?" ?”
"Be confident, don't be defeated by this blow, you are still young!"
"Think about it from another angle. This may not be a test for you by the master, a test! The master may be testing your ability to withstand pressure, because the master knows very well that governing a big country is not that simple. It will definitely not work if you don't have the ambition to swallow up the mountains and rivers. of!"
"Listen to me. From today on, you must be low-key and forbearing... Use time to hone yourself, enrich yourself with merit, and let the master see your changes. Maybe it won't be of much use in one or two years, but what about ten years later? "
"Time is our best ally. You have to be patient and let these people forget about today's events and let them remember only your hard work and struggle in the future!"
"This is what you should do, instead of acting like a coward and being an alcoholic!"
"Believe me, my love! As long as you work hard like this, you will definitely break through yourself in ten years, and the head of state will give you another chance!"
Xiang Ying's heart was melted. He hugged Cai Bixia and said excitedly, "A virtuous wife has few troubles, and the ancients never deceived me! Meeting you is the luck of my life, the luck of my life!"
Note: The third update is coming!
