Xiao Letian has really caught up with a good era. The end of the 19th century is a moment of great transformation for human society. Those large conglomerates that are extremely wealthy and can influence the international political situation have just begun to take off.
Especially the big chaebols in the United States are not as arrogant as they were in later generations. In this era, they have to take the initiative to solicit business and run business!
Who can't live a cautious life under the great sun of Britain?
China’s industrial revolution! The funds are there, the technology is there, and the market is there... Now we just have to wait for Zaichun's agreement to take effect, and the fortress plan can be launched!
The rich products on the land of China can be put into the furnaces of industrial fortresses to produce hot red molten steel and poured into a 10,000-ton deep blue fleet, millions of artillery pieces, and tens of millions of rifles!
The fully industrialized Chinese will use the flame of steel to correct the centuries-old crooked path of Chinese civilization!
When agricultural civilization gets into the steel chariot of the industrial revolution, it can completely wipe out the barbarian civilization that has plagued China for thousands of years!
Europe and America were the first to get excited, and this shocking news was also spread to more distant countries through telegraph lines step by step!
Wherever the news reached, all ethnic groups were stunned. All enlightened scholars in the Ottoman Empire were studying this war. In fact, they also encountered the same historical difficulties as China.
How can we deal with the great changes in history? The Ottoman Turkish Empire simply cannot find a way out, and today's victory of the Eastern Heads of State makes them seem to see a little light.
The Sultan and his princes and ministers held continuous meetings to discuss future diplomatic strategies, and the final result was that the former Prussian minister and current German ambassador became the honored guest of the palace.
There are no Chinese diplomats in Istanbul. They can only establish good diplomatic relations with another victorious country, Germany. It seems that these Turks have decided to play both sides among the great powers!
After the secret meeting, the German embassy expansion plan was recognized by the Sudan. The Sudan even took the initiative to send envoys to visit Xiao Letian. They also wanted to discuss specific matters with the Chinese on establishing diplomatic relations with each other.
I believe that the most affluent neighborhood in Istanbul will have a prime location that will eventually become the Chinese embassy!
The Ottoman Empire is old, and it can no longer control the Middle East. After the news spread to the Middle East, a tribe of desert nomads operating along the Red Sea coast began to suddenly move!
The tribal leader named La Deng didn't know where he got so many war horses and rifles, and of course endless ammunition. These powerful nomadic warriors expanded from the barren desert in eastern Egypt and successfully Landing on the east coast of the Red Sea!
After wiping out more than a dozen small tribes, this nomadic force has completely established a foothold in the Arabian Peninsula!
This emerging force angered one of the largest local tribal armed forces, the predecessor of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi family organized tens of thousands of cavalry to attack this daring man!
The two sides broke out in a bloody battle that lasted for three days in the desert south of the holy city of Mecca. The two sides fought in sandstorms. After the bloody battle, they immediately withdrew their troops to rest, and then resumed search and assault.
Within three days, six large-scale exchanges of fire broke out between the two sides, and the final result shocked the Saudi family!
The lantern cavalry team of only 3,000 people actually withstood the attack of 10,000 Saudi cavalry. In the guerrilla warfare in the sandstorm, these cunning wolf cavalry fought to the end with their sharp muskets.
In three days, a total of 3,000 people from both sides were killed and countless injured. Among them, more than 2,000 were killed by the Saudi family, while less than 1,000 were killed by the Ledeng family!
Such a battle loss ratio is truly terrifying. What is even more terrifying is that the warriors of this tribe do not show any sign of low morale at all. They become more courageous as they fight, as if there is some invisible huge force supporting their beliefs!
After the blood dried up, the two sides could only negotiate for peace. On Mount Soda outside Abha, both sides swore a truce in the name of Allah!
The two parties in the Treaty of Sodarshan agreed that the Ledeng family could only expand in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, while the Saud family controlled the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula.
Draw a line on the map with the holy city of Mecca as the base point, dividing the entire Arabian Peninsula into two parts!
This treaty is just a temporary agreement between tribes and is not recognized by the world's major powers. However, such a treaty basically establishes the future political structure of the Middle East.
With the continuous human and material support of the Chinese, the Ledeng family began to rapidly expand in the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, and eventually annexed Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates... and the vast areas of southern Saudi Arabia in modern times.
By the way, we will take parts of Eritrea and Djibouti into our arms!
This is the source of a very important oil production base for the Chinese people in the future, the United Emirates of Oman and Yemen!
And this country controls the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz, and with its abundant oil resources, it has become one of the most powerful countries in the Middle East!
The Treaty of Frankfurt was like the first piece of dominoes, rapidly changing the world's geographical structure!
The Middle East was in chaos. Even the French colonies in India and Bangladesh were in chaos after receiving the news. The French garrison could not even suppress the riots of the people. Many local tribal elders took the opportunity to expand their power. The British troops in India also began to purely Pure lust moves!
Following the map further east, crossing the Bay of Bengal and entering the Strait of Malacca, the European telegram finally reached the Lion City, which would later become Singapore!
At this moment, the Governor of Singapore is respectfully serving a distinguished guest, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Aisin Gioro Zai Chun, who has returned from Europe!
The British Governor-General Philip and the Dutch Governor-General of Jakarta Veoliaka, one on the left and one on the right, respectfully chatted with Emperor Tongzhi who was sitting in the front seat.
"It's really terrible. Who would have thought that His Majesty would encounter two typhoons in the Indian Ocean, and then a storm in the Bay of Bengal..."
"Today's weather is really abnormal. We rarely see such storms in winter!"
Zaichun drank wine and ate Nanyang milk sauce with a silver spoon. The cool smoothie made him feel much happier!
Zai Chun's journey back home was very unsatisfactory. It seemed that without the company of Xiao Letian, the Dragon of the East China Sea, the Dragon King in the sea would not give him face.
There are always typhoons, heavy rains and even mechanical failures along the way!
I was supposed to arrive in Beijing a month and a half ago, but now I have just arrived in Singapore, the Lion City!
"This is a country where few Chinese live. Although the local European governors and indigenous palaces gave Emperor Tongzhi the highest courtesy... the little emperor is still in a bad mood!"
He left Europe, and also his master... I wonder what happened to them in Europe. Is the war going well? Are French people easy to manage?
Is the master still staying up late?
Countless thoughts made the little emperor feel very lonely. Even Zai Chun, the pure virgin enshrined by the Indian king, only played with her for four or five times, and he really couldn't lift his spirits!
It wasn't until we arrived in Singapore, the Lion City, that we saw countless Chinese people lined the streets to welcome Emperor Tongzhi back home, and heard the local accent and nostalgia, which put a smile on the little emperor's face.
