"Grand Advisor, do we really want France to control the Mediterranean in the future?"
The two Louiss left happily, but Zhuge Weixue quietly appeared behind Zhuge Weijiu and asked softly.
The great military advisor Zhuge Weijiu sat on a sofa facing the window, holding a walking stick with both hands, enjoying the sunlight shining on him through the glass. When he heard Zhuge Weixue's question, he just smiled and said: "Tell me Your opinion."
"Yes, great military advisor," Zhuge Wei said, "My younger brother believes that Su Yinshi guards the busiest shipping lane in the world and is the most important canal in the world. Whoever controls this canal will control the east and west. The throat of trade. So it should be firmly in our hands, not controlled by France."
Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said: "Your brother will definitely not have such a view...Although the Suyinshi Canal is important, there is more wealth worthy of us under the feet of the Arabs! So we don't need to control The Suins Canal should be handed over to the French.
In this way, in the future, the Suins Canal will become a huge dispute between France and the Arab Empire. France, which regards the Mediterranean as its own backyard, cannot possibly hand over the canal to the Arab Empire!
And how could the Arab Empire tolerate the canals in their homes being firmly controlled by Catholics? By then, Arabs and Europeans will definitely clash over the Suins Canal, and the Arab Empire will most likely not be able to defeat France... In addition, Algeria will be colonized and assimilated by France, and Arabs and France Human conflicts will ultimately be difficult to reconcile!
As long as there is no end to the war between the Arabs and the French, we can profit from it and get everything we want! "
everything?
Zhuge Weixue didn't know what to say. What other valuable things could the Arab Empire have besides the Suyinshi Canal? Have it? Could it be an Arabian horse?
Zhuge Weijiu knew Zhuge Weixue's thoughts, so he smiled and said: "This is a secret, please don't reveal it... Eighty-eighth brother, I have always valued you very much, and nothing has changed now! And we For people of the Zhuge family, if they want to become a leader among men, they have never only had to become a military advisor. The appointment I have arranged for you to serve as the Consul General of Alexandria is a smooth road to a successful career!"
It turns out that Zhuge Weixue was finally promoted, and what he got was a consul general position that was more important than most ambassadors to foreign countries - Consul General of Alexandria in Egypt.
Since Ali Pasha of Egypt was only the nominal governor of the Turkish Empire, he was actually no different from the king. The reason why he still regarded himself as the governor of the Turkish Empire instead of the king of Egypt was actually to seize more land in the name of the Turkish Empire's civil war so that he could establish his own Arab empire in the future.
The Ming Empire was almost the only powerful country that "sincerely" supported Ali Pasha - after all, other powerful countries in the world had great interests in the Mediterranean, and they either wanted to maintain the status quo and maintain the Turkish Empire. Either they want to take away the most valuable part of the Turkish Empire and then smash the remaining parts into pieces. They never want to see a newly rising empire inherit the legacy of the Turkish Empire...
Only what the Ming Empire in the distance valued was not the Mediterranean coastline owned by the Arab Empire and its sovereignty over the Suins Canal... What the Ming Dynasty valued was just the dark things under the sand of the Arabian Peninsula.
However, Zhuge Weixue did not know that there was treasure under the sand of the Arabian Peninsula, so he was still a little confused about his true mission.
"Great military advisor, what exactly are you going to do at Ali Pasha's place?"
After hearing this question, Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said: "Brother Eighty-Eighth, you have only one mission, which is to encourage and help Ali Pasha borrow money from us... the more, the better!"
"The more the better?" Zhuge Weixue asked, "What if he doesn't come out yet?"
"You don't have to think about it." Zhuge Weijiu said, "Just encourage him to borrow more... There is not much time left for him and us. He must arm Egypt as soon as possible and train more army."
"I understand!" Zhuge Weixue said, "The idea of the military advisor is to ask Ali Pasha to send troops to cut off the Suyinshi Canal once a war starts!"
Zhuge Weijiu
He smiled and said: "Eighty-eighth brother, from now on, you will be our senior diplomat in Ming Dynasty... You must act in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and don't just make your own decisions, let alone try to change the country's foreign policy. I can The only thing I can tell you about is making friends with Ali Pasha and helping him borrow more money."
Zhuge Weixue nodded heavily: "I understand, I understand it all!"
Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said: "Now help me do the last thing, draft a message to Beijing..."
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"Brother 108, it seems that the business of selling boats is not as easy as we thought!"
Ming Dynasty, Beijing, Admiralty Building, small conference room.
Zhuge Weidao, who had just returned to Beijing from Shanghai, was attending a naval armament meeting.
At the beginning of the meeting, Zhuge Weiyi showed everyone the telegram Zhuge Weijiu had sent from France.
Zhuge Weiyong read the telegram for a while, then snorted and said: "Louis XVII is a poor man, but he still doesn't like our hero... He also wants a customized version, and the price is so low!"
Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "The price is not low, we also gave 10.88 million yuan... and the Mediterranean customized version should be a low-speed heavy gun Iron Turtle, and the cost is not high.
Zhuge Weidao thought for a while and said: "I think we can build a hero-class follow-up ship.
How about a standard displacement of 25,000 tons, a host with 26,000 horsepower, and a five-turret layout? "
"Okay, we can do it!" Zhuge Weiyang nodded and frowned: "But the delivery of this ship will be late... What should we do with the dozen heroes and heroes that are already on the slipway?
By the way, Michiko, can you sign Nicholas I's big deal? "
It was Zhuge Weiyi and Zhuge Weyong's first time doing the big business of selling warships, so they didn't have much confidence in their minds.
"Yes, of course I can." Zhuge Weidao still looked confident and smiled, "We have the black-haired French Admiral Louis and the bitch Nathalie Grand Duchess together, and maybe one more Grand Duke Mihail, how could it be possible that he couldn't handle it?
Moreover, the few heroic lines we have are either already built or can be delivered quickly.
For Nicholas I, who was eager to open up the situation in the Balkan direction, this was tantamount to giving timely help. How could you not? Even if Natalie and the others didn't come forward, the deal would probably still be negotiated. "
Zhuge Weidao was still frowning while speaking confidently.
Guan Tianpei, who was very familiar with him, asked: "Daozi, do you think something is wrong?"
"This... is a little bit." Zhuge Weidao said, "The British are still taking too big a step. Is there anything weird here? Moreover, their strategy of uniting Western countries to build ships and excluding us is of no use. No. Instead, they exposed all their trump cards! Will Wellington and Nelson only have this level of skill?"
"Daozi, don't think so much." Zhuge Weiyi said with a smile, "There is black-haired Louis in France watching for us... The British can't play any tricks."
Zhuge Wenyong also said: "That's right! This is a global battle. The situation is so big that little tricks and tricks are useless. Everyone is playing dirty tricks and playing their cards right.
And it’s not like we don’t have secret aces in our hands.
Daozi, when can the plane take off? I heard you say this before the Spring Festival this year. "
"It's coming, it's coming." Zhuge Weidao said with a smile, "The weather has been bad these two days, it always rains... When the weather gets better, choose a sunny day, and let's go see Feitian together!"
Chapter 198 An old friend of the Arab people!
