Chapter 670 Land Discussion

"What a big appetite."

In the Prime Minister's office, Tang Shaoyi stood in front of the office map with glasses, with her fingers all the way north along the German-Russian Baltic border line. It was not stopped until he arrived in Tallinn, Estonia. Such a long concession line made him secretly shocked. He dragged Russia into civil strife, but Germany came to pick up the ready-made one.

In addition to Poland and Belarus, except for Kiev, the most prosperous place in western Russia was almost swallowed up by Germany!

"Yes."

Yan Fu glanced at the cabinet members around him and smiled, "In terms of prosperity and importance, several Western Siberia are not as good as there. What's more, we only want it to mention that we only want it to Qiu Ming, Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinaburg. The farthest distance is 500 kilometers away from the Ural Mountains, which is equivalent to leaving half of Western Siberia for Russia. In addition, we don't want it in Central Asia, and Russia is not too ugly. What's more, they don't pay attention to it here, and the population only accounts for less than one hundredth of Russia. It's not a big trouble for us to build and emigrate to guard the border.

"Huh? Does it mean that Lord Yan is at a loss? Why don't you send a telegram to Feng Qi and Lu Zhengxiang and ask them to add more code? Zhong Wenyao joked that he and Yan Fu were not only deputy prime ministers, but also ministers of northern Xinjiang and ministers of southern Xinjiang. They were all core personnel, so it was not taboo to joke.

"This is our two families. Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Osman also need compensation. The way in this is not easy to understand." Rong Yu said with a smile.

"Yes." Li Enfu took off his glasses, frowned and shook his head: "It's okay in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. There is nothing we can do about how much Germany we occupy. Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria are also easy to do. They put forward their hope to get Romania, but how the interests of other places are distributed is always a contradiction, and I asked the emperor, and he also said to Germany. I'm not satisfied. If Germany is allowed to occupy Tallinn, Russia will have no access to the sea, and the Baltic Sea will become the German inland Sea in the future, which is not good.

"What does the emperor mean?" Yan Fu asked.

"Stain Estonia and only delimit the border with Latvia, so that Russia will have a safe entrance. In addition, Belarus will leave half to Russia, and the rest can follow Germany's opinion, but there are a lot of compensation. The emperor feels that 1.5 to 2 billion rubles is the limit, and no matter how much it is, it will force Lenin's gang to Britain. Go." Tang Shaoyi said the agreement after discussion with Li Mo.

"This is difficult to do." Rong Yu tapped his fingers gently on the table, which is equivalent to meeting only 70% of Germany's conditions. It will be a question whether they will be satisfied.

"Yes." Tang Shaoyi breathed: "I have asked Sun Baoqi, the ambassador to Germany, to convey our ideas, but I haven't received a reply yet. I only heard that William II was a little dissatisfied with our intervention in the distribution plan. He thought we should not care about Europe."

"What about Baku? Does the emperor have any opinion? That's a fertile land with oil. Yan Fu rubbed his hands and continued to ask.

"The emperor said that it is impossible for us to occupy Baku for a long time, so it is a good way to exchange Ibn Saud and Kuwait for the founding of the country. As for North Africa and Persia, it will continue to be under Ottoman jurisdiction after the victory of the war. Now is not the time to intervene." Tang Shaoyi said.

"Good boy, Baku has been let out. The emperor's capital this time is too big!" Zhong Wenyao was shocked and said, "With our current garrison and strength in Kuwait, even if it is clear that Ibn Saud can read, can Mohammed V still have a problem?"

"That's not what I said." Rongkui waved his hand and said, "Ottoman is the dividing point of Eurasia, which is very important to us. There is no problem for us to unilaterally support the founding of Ibn Saud and Greater Kuwait, but in this way, we will completely push Osman into the arms of Germany, and there will be trouble in Egypt and the Suez Canal in the future.

And Feng Qi had called Mohammed V when he left before. He was very interested in exchanging the founding of Ibn Saud for Baku, saying that if we were really willing to give up Baku, he promised that as long as Ibn Saud did not enter the Mesopotamia Plain, he would not interfere with his founding of the country.

"But which oil fields in Baku."

Zhong Wenyao was anxious to say more, but Tang Shaoyi interrupted him: "Don't worry, Wenyao. The emperor has an idea about this matter. He has sent someone to Baku in the name of the Royal Oil Company in the Persian Gulf. Chen Ping has also ordered Li Tianhe to cooperate with the temporary implementation of military management. According to the emperor's will, at least the military management should end. And before handing over to Osman, more than 60% of the oil fields and refineries here were forcibly acquired.

"Forcibly acquired?" Zhong Wenyao's eyes were a little straight.

"This is a good way. Behind the Baku oil field are the two largest families in Europe, the Nobel family and the Rothschild family. These two families are deeply rooted, especially the family called the Sixth Empire, which has basically controlled the British economy, which is not good for us to implement the new economic policy in the future. If we can be in Baku Put a little blood on them, and you can also make these families honest!" Liang Dunyan knows the power of these European families best. Now Xinhua is not afraid of them, but in the future, these guys must not be allowed to intervene in the interests of Europe. It is best to take advantage of the war to kill them.

"I don't recommend direct control of Baku. The two ethnic groups of Armenia and Azerbaijan are not complacent in the Ottomans themselves. In addition, there was a spy incident before. The Ottomans killed a lot of Armenians, and they may not be able to control it with Baku. In addition, after Russia regained its strength, Osman thought If you want to keep Baku, you can't live without us, which is tantamount to leaving an excuse. Rong Ji narrowed his eyes. The speaker now looks like an old fox who is thinking about his prey, sweeping through Central Asia and the Caucasus over and over again.

"Chanor Rong Kuan said a lot. The more land, the better. In the early years, the eastern and western Siberian land were sparsely populated. It was no problem for us to control how much, but the more we went west, the denser the population, especially after entering Central Asia. These places have many ethnic components. Even if we occupy them now, who can guarantee that it will not be in decades? Is there a problem?

Now we can indeed ask Russia to cede, but that's a big problem. What's more, after we control half of Western Siberia, it is equivalent to being half surrounded by us. As long as we restrict the Russian garrison and weaken Russia's sense of existence, these peoples will definitely undergo qualitative changes.

So I think the emperor's method is good. Since there will still be problems after controlling now, it is better to give up part of the current interests and let these national autonomy or the country be founded. In this way, there are many more barriers between us and Russia. The future energy of their country will not be involved in suppressing rebellion and suppressing bandits. "

Tang Shaoyi's words attracted everyone to nod. If we can successfully get half of Western Siberia and Australia, the empire's land territory is close to 30 million square kilometers, and the distance is far away. There are many islands. If we continue to expand, there will be problems sooner or later, so now it is the heaviest. What is needed is to consolidate and strengthen control. As for the land, there is no longer much land, as long as it can ensure the control of some strategic areas.

"The most important thing now is to find a way to make Germany make concessions. We must leave Russia a stable entrance, so that Russia will not be overly weakened." Tang Shaoyi continued: "In addition, the speed of the renovation and expansion of the Siberian Railway should be raised, and take advantage of the opportunity that the prisoners of war are still in our hands. In addition, the staff also proposed to build the Wuqiu Railway from Urumqi to Tyumen through Lake Balkhash. I have also agreed in principle. In addition to the communication in the northwest, the traffic is not smooth. Telephone lines, radio communication security, etc. should also be planned in advance, and immigrants should also be considered, so as not to be in a hurry after the end of the negotiations.

"Prime Minister, with so many plans, you are going to kill Atsuyan." Zhong Wenyao, Liang Dunyan, with a sad face, laughed. You know, railway and communication construction alone will cost a lot of money. For the current tight Ministry of Finance, the pressure is really not small.

"Ha ha, Wen Yao can rest assured that we have got that batch of things. At present, we have arrived at the base of Greater Kuwait and are preparing to be shipped back with sub-approval! And the emperor has promised me that unless there is a crisis, the wine will not misappropriate this money for military expenses. As soon as Tang Shaoyi finished speaking, everyone's eyes were bright, and Liang Dunyan asked excitedly, "Really? Do you have any statistics?!"

"The Nighthawk sent back, with a total of 1,220 tons of gold, as well as a large number of diamonds and jewelry, with an estimated value of about 200 tons of gold." Speaking of the treasure robbed from Russia, Tang Shaoyi also raised the corners of her mouth.

"Great!" Liang Dunyan high-fiveed: "Other than anything else, gold alone can allow us to issue 1.3 billion new currencies. The best way to put these into the market is to build. Through construction and integrate into the national economy, with this money, not to mention a Wuqiu railway, it is enough to build more than a dozen major arteries."

Liang Dunyan was even excited to tell you about the operation of funds, but no one paid attention to it, because this is really big news. A year's war has made the financial capital chain more and more tight. With this financial supplement, many plans can finally be launched.

"Don-Don." The knock on the door suddenly interrupted the cabinet meeting, and the Secretary of State came in under everyone's gaze: "Prime Minister, I just received a telegram from Ambassador Lu Zhengxiang. Lenin and the Bolsheviks have agreed in principle to the conditions we put forward, but rejected the German request. In addition, the ambassador also said that they hoped to get it as soon as possible. To aid, because the current situation in Russia is very bad, the British [***] team expelled all the Russian troops from the Kronstadt fortress in the early morning last night, and also took more than a dozen capital ships from the Russian Baltic Fleet out of the sea. Judging from the current situation, they may want to take these warships back to Britain!"

" hiss." Yan Fu took a breath. He was one of the few ministers present who knew military affairs. Naturally, it could be seen that Britain had a good opportunity to seize the ground. At present, Germany's main fleet is basically disabled. If it had been a few days earlier, Germany might still be able to intercept them, but now it must have begun to be repaired. Even if several ships can be sent to intercept, no one dares to need it. How much will it cost to leave a fleet of six main battleships?

The Secretary of State continued: "British, French, American and other allied countries have also begun to contact Russia's temporary political axe, and sent special envoys to meet Prince Sulov and Denikin to try to persuade them not to withdraw from the war. It is said that it is also proposed to be worth 2 billion US dollars to Russia through the Arctic Ocean route. In addition to the conditions of Yuan's food, supplies and weapons, Korchak also began to gather the remnants of troops in the Caucasus, and the army stationed in Ufa announced last night that it had accepted his leadership and was loyal to the New Deal.

Another thing, Lenin officially asked us to extradite Nicholas II and everything he took away, saying that it was Russian property.

(to be continued)