Chapter 450 They say it can be transferred to us?

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In the Embassy of the Xinhua Empire in the United States, Ouyang Geng held the newspaper and looked at the title above, with a trace of pride in the corners of his eyes.

How many years has it been?!

Shortly after he graduated from Yale University and returned to China with Zhan Tianyou, he returned to San Francisco with the help of his cousin and worked in the local Daqing Consulate General in the United States. Later, when his cousin returned to China, he took over the position of Consul General.

Who would have expected that after only one year of taking office, the land of China had changed, and had just occupied the northeast. Li Mo, who had been the land overlord for less than two years, swept north of the Yangtze River like a comet. The scalp-chieful execution in Yanjing City made Manqing completely cut off.

At that time, he even planned to resign as Consul General, but he didn't expect that Liang Dunyan and Tang Shaoyi came together and invited him to stay in office, and told him what they saw for the first time.

For the ambassador of a weak country who lives in the United States and has to accept white eyes all day long and is restricted by a [***] bill, he can understand the bitterness of the Chinese better than ordinary people.

After wandering in reality and dreams for a long time, he finally made up his mind to take the opportunity to return to China to report to meet Li Mo and Prime Minister Li Enfu, patiently listened to their outlines and elaborations about the future of the country, and finally agreed to stay.

For nothing else, it is for Li Mo's talent and the ability to accurately grasp the country and the future. Since he started in Hawaii, he has almost never missed a thing, which is very rare.

As a representative of the country's image, Ouyang Geng quickly cut off his braids and returned to San Francisco. From the envoy of the Qing Dynasty to the United States, he became the ambassador of the Xinhua Empire to the United States. The consulate also moved from San Francisco to the heart of the United States, Washington.

As a long-term Chinese ambassador overseas, he can clearly feel the changes brought about by the strength of the country in the past few years, especially when the navy annihirated the Russian fleet, recovered the lost territory of Siberia in one fell swoop, and signed the Treaty of Philadelphia with Russia. He received a phone call from the President of the President for the first time. Congratulations. He and Xinhua!

A president who once regarded the Chinese as a pig and dog, was used to contempt, ridicule and scolding, and even still retains the Chinese Exclusivity Act. It has never happened before to call the Chinese ambassador to congratulate them!

Nowadays, every time he gets on the car and sees the two small red-bottomed golden dragon flags on the front of the car, he can't help but feel excited. It is also a golden dragon. After being stained with blood and losing its nobility, he has a kind of excitement and sacredness!

As a long-term diplomat in the United States, he is well aware of the differences between China and the United States. Although some Americans have shouted for the cancellation of the Chinese Exclusion Act, in fact, most U.S. lawmakers are still unwilling to face the reality.

They still want to forcibly open up the Chinese market, and still try to open up the maritime connection between the east and west of the United States by exuding a canal to compete with Xinhua for maritime hegemony in the Pacific Ocean.

Although he knows how powerful the United States is and how terrible this country is once it breaks out, he still supports His Majesty's decision. Even if he still has concerns in his heart, he is an imperial diplomat who must always stand in the position of the emperor and the motherland unconditionally. Otherwise, he will he become that one? The Colombian ambassador to the United States who was driven out of his motherland by the Colombian people on the grounds of mental illness!

And these days may be the most difficult moment since he became an ambassador. The domestic news is very clear. It will not take the initiative to go to war with the United States, but it must curb the development momentum of the United States. However, the problem is that Ji Rushan's visit to South America has indeed produced Great concern.

The soldiers canceled the holiday, the navy was on standby, and the West Coast was in a mess. At this moment, the United States was like a hornet's nest stabbed.

He does not doubt the strategy of restricting the United States, and is even willing to see it do so, because the geographical environment of the United States is the best of all the European and American powers. The convenient transportation on the Atlantic allows them to be closely connected with Europe. There is no land threat around the huge land, backed by the giant South America. The large export market has a resource advantage that is self-sufficient. Finally, coupled with an active economy, it makes the country stronger and stronger.

But the problem is that the strong capital generated by the sparse population must find a direction of investment, and a huge number of industrial commodities also urgently need to expand the market. This is not something that someone can change!

So the United States proposed many years ago that countries should "open their doors"

Europe is already too crowded. The fire and smell of Britain and Germany can be smelled across the Atlantic Ocean. In addition, Europe is mostly an industrial country, and Europe will not be able to accommodate so many goods in the next decade.

Africa is a huge market, but it is a traditional colony of Europe. If the United States wants to intervene, it must exacerbate the turmoil in the Atlantic Ocean. Maybe the Atlantic War will break out!

Originally, Asia was a good market, but the rise of Xinhua has led to a great decline in the power of the United States in the East. At present, the United States can only control Japan, but it has been turbulent for a long time, and the economic erosion has not improved, and it can't digest so many goods.

Although Xinhua is still one of the main sales places of American goods, as the domestic national industry begins to rise, the market share is constantly squeezed, especially the daily necessities. After the victory parade of the emperor's pen, I don't know who brought up the concept of "using domestic products to strengthen national defense", which gradually awakens the people's wisdom. The people have been more or less affected.

Even the most critical heavy industry, U.S. exports to China are currently declining rapidly. Although the northern heavy industry is dominated by military industry, four shipyards and more than a dozen machinery factories and steel mills under the jurisdiction of Jiangnan Heavy Industry have been put into operation one after another, causing domestic shipping companies to withdraw their orders to China. In the past year, the United States made The number of Xinhua orders received by enterprises such as ships and machinery has directly decreased by half, and this trend is still declining.

This forces the United States to strengthen its control over South America and strive to make it a big market dominated by the United States as soon as possible, but there is the biggest problem here, that is, in addition to Colombia, Brazil and Argentina, are still dominated by Europe, and the competition is already very fierce. Lie.

So he was eager to open up the Panama Canal and strive for full control of the South American market on the Pacific coast, but who would have thought that now the emperor suddenly decided to intervene. With a fake expedition, he first forced Ecuador to open the market door, and then took the opportunity to provoke military competition in South America with an old warship and successfully opened it. The Peruvian market.

Chile was originally a traditional friendly country, and in the end, Colombia had already been jealous of the United States because of the Panama Canal. The right to dig the Grand Canal in Nicaragua immediately brought China and Colombia together. He was sure that the remaining four old warships would be I will definitely find a way to send it to them.

This is a far-sight of the emperor, which can be called great. It is also a classic means of prying open the market with a big stick. What China suffered in the Qing Dynasty has now been exchanged for South America. Ji Rushan's talent for coercion and performance also accelerated this progress. While the United States did not slow down, it almost took the army at a free price. The ship has smashed a future market!

And took advantage of the right to cut the Cologne Islands and the Nicaraguan canals to grasp the key points of the United States at once!

If another larger and wider canal appears on the edge of the costly Panama Canal, but it is blocked by people with unknown enemies and friends, it is better to abolish the canal directly.

But the problem is that if the United States gives up, the emperor is bound to give up the Nicaragua Canal, so that the east and west coasts of the United States must still bypass South America, and the control of the Pacific Ocean continues to decline.

The anxiety of the United States is right. This is like a bear lying in the north of Xinhua, with a few knives in its belly. And the problem is that the United States is even more unbearable. Except for a battle in Cuba, the military power of the United States has not been trained too much. Compared with the domestic army, the United States is at least five years behind.

What the emperor wants is these five years!

Xinhua currently has the world's largest land resources and the world's largest human resources. Even if they are farmers, as long as they tell them advanced planting experience, the output is amazing!

What's more, the domestic industry has started. The emperor has worked hard to maintain a small-scale national heavy industry group that is not inferior to Europe and the United States, and at the same time, it has also continuously strengthened the support of non-governmental industrial forces.

There is no shortage of resources, no lack of manpower, and no major destruction after sweeping the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the foundation of the world's third-economic countries was still preserved. In addition, its huge market that does not need to be exported to the outside world means that the domestic economy will double again in five years, or even twice, it is not a fantasy!

With the emperor's wave of his hand, the whole American continent is ups and downs. How can such means be the work of ordinary people!

America needs more battleships! This is the eye-catching goal on the front page of the newspaper that makes him smile. Although the title is a little appalling, the content is true. When Britain, France and other countries began to equip or develop new battleships, the United States still had only five old-fashioned battleships in San Diego in the Pacific Ocean. The Battle of Siby Road has completely proved that these How vulnerable the old man is!

Ouyang Geng narrowed his eyes and put down the newspaper.

Now that the fall has been completed, the neighbors next door to the Atlantic Ocean may not fight the two families at this moment, so there will be no more mediated people this time. It depends on how the United States chooses!

Maybe it's time to call the U.S. Secretary of State.

When Ouyang Geng just picked up the phone and was about to send a signal to the United States, a knock on the door suddenly sounded, and the young diplomatic counselor handed over a small note.

"Mr. Ambassador, I think you should take a look at this immediately."

After receiving the note, Ouyang Geng's hand holding the phone suddenly stopped in mid-air--

"Ete, I want to know, if there is a war, how much time do you need to prepare and how much confidence do you have?"

In the spacious office of the White House, President Fairbanks turned pale, and staying up late made his energy disappear rapidly, and even affected his reaction.

By his side, almost all the key members of this political axe came. When everyone turned their eyes to the Minister of the Navy who was questioned, they saw a look of depression.

"Sorry, Mr. President." The Secretary of the Navy shook his head.

"How is this possible!" Several ministers were surprised at the same time. Could it be that the U.S. Navy, which already has more than 20 battleships, will lose to a pure upstart?!

The Secretary of the Navy spread out his hands and explained, "Yes, I have 22 battleships, and there are four in the dock, but please don't forget what those are."

"If you don't know, then one of my simplest data is that 22 battleships have 88 12-inch capital guns, but the Chinese only have 38 guns for the four latest Jilin-class battleships, and four Dalian-class armored cruisers also have 36 10-inch guns, which is also They didn't count their six duke-class ships.

"In fact, among the 22 battleships in my hand, I can't even find a model comparable to the Duke class, let alone anything else."

"Don't forget that to arrive in San Francisco from New York, we need to bypass the whole of South America. Even if we set out immediately, we need at least a year to prepare, and the Chinese have just demonstrated to us how to defeat the long-distance fleet. Relying on the Honolulu base, they can make us heavy. Make the same mistake? What's more, they also have the world's richest experience in steel battleships. These valuable experiences will greatly improve the naval capabilities of the Chinese people and our country.

The minister's words silenceed everyone. At this time, they found that the proud economy of the United States did not mean that they were strong. Even the Chinese who had checked several times more than themselves had sharpened their teeth through a series of bites. When they raised their heads from a series of long numbers, they found that they had Far behind.

"Mr. President, maybe we should communicate with the Chinese and Li Mo to see if there is any other way." The minister suggested.

"Other ways?" Fairbanks smiled bitterly. Is there any other way now? Will Li Mo take the initiative to give up such a good situation and the right to dig the Grand Canal in Nicaragua?

Just as he was about to speak, a rush of footsteps came from the outside. Secretary of State John Hay rushed into the room: "Mr. President, the Chinese visiting fleet has arrived in Brazil. They just said that they would arrive in Cuba in half a month, and they also transferred four capital ships from the southwest Pacific. It has arrived in Honolulu!"

"Damn it!"

Fairbanks smashed the desk fiercely. Before Panama could solve it, it was going to Cuba again! What the hell are these damn yellow monkeys going to do?

The continuous excitement made him completely lose his composure and roared, "Dear Secretary of the Navy, do you want me to tell you what to do?"

"No, I know how to change!" The Minister of the Navy stood up and said firmly, "Although I don't agree with the war, I will try my best to prevent them from entering Cuba. I just want to know whether to authorize me to use force first!"

"No, you can't use force first. The parliament will definitely not be willing to go to war!" Fairbanks finally calmed down and shook his head.

"Then I know what to do."

With the departure of the Minister of the Navy, the atmosphere in the office suddenly cooled down again. At this time, the secretary rushed in again to interrupt everyone.

"Mr. President, the Chinese ambassador is calling. He wants to talk to you in person." The secretary pointed to the phone on the table: "It's on Line 3."

"Ambassador of China? What does he want to do?

Under the gaze of everyone, Fairbanks slowly picked up the phone and greeted each other, and his face suddenly stagnant. This strange move also made everyone hold their breath. Is it a provocation? Is it a compromise? Or, let's go to war!

After half a sound, as the sound in the phone disappeared, Fairbanks put down the phone and said the second sentence after picking up the phone.

"They said they could transfer the right to dig the Nicaraguan canal to us!" ......

(to be continued)