Chapter 672 The Helplessness of William II

Yellow, dust, as long as you open your eyes, there are only these two things in front of you.

Sitting in the car, Liu Jinpeng curiously looked at the city built around the mountains next to the bay in front of him. The smoke was full of earth, as if he saw the flame mountain formed by Sun Dasheng kicking over the old gentleman's furnace. The hot sun scorched the earth, and there was no trace of green could be seen around the tour, except for low houses. Outside the tirelessly swaying pump cantilever, nothing else can be seen.

If you don't look at the pump, it's hard to imagine that it provides 40 percent of the oil to Europe, allowing Europe to enter the oil era, giving white people the opportunity to enjoy cars, driving planes and even illuminating the oil capital at night.

Backward, still backward!

The average annual output is more than 12 million barrels of crude oil, and the oil trade with a large amount of money has only brought poverty to the city. The numb and overwhelmed eyes on the streets tell everyone that what European businessmen need is only underground black gold, not prosperity and prosperity to local residents.

This kind of scene makes Liu Jinpeng feel particularly uncomfortable, because these scenes can no longer be seen in China. According to the "Land Retention and Resource Mining Law", any enterprise that is allowed to mine soil in the country must spend a certain proportion of the profits for the local economy and people's livelihood development, even in the Nanyang island provinces. It's no exception. If you don't do this, or underreport the profit to hide it, then it's very simple. After being caught, the fine will make you go bankrupt instantly, and the bottom of the prison will make you sit through.

Many people did not understand this law before, but over time, everyone gradually accepted it. Especially in some provinces, after discovering exploitable resources, local councils and residents of local provinces and cities often ask political axes to choose large companies with good reputation, which can drive economic and educational development, and It's not just to be a miner for generations.

These things make people, including him, understand one thing. Enterprises that do not know how to repay the society cannot be recognized by the society and will be abandoned by the market sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Liu Jinpeng couldn't help but secretly admire the emperor, because he was re-establishing a norm for all citizens, a principle that everyone must abide by. In the early days, when people couldn't understand these rules, they would feel that they were too strict or even unfriendly. But with the popularization of education, with the country's laws Gradually improving, the benefits are gradually understood and gradually recognized by everyone, so as to change the national and human environment in a subtle way.

This is the rule!

And now in Baku, he can't see any rules. The messy and casual houses, the curved streets and the ragged residents tell others that there is a lack of rules here.

Now, we need to rebuild the rules, a rule that is enough to affect the future!

With a fluctuating pump appearing in front of him, Liu Jinpeng smiled and asked people to take the convoy to the railway station before driving to the oil field.

At the entrance of the Lahanni oil field, Ciliac looked at the fleet wrapped in hundreds of thick tarcloths in fear, driving past in front of him. Next to him, including him, representatives of 160 oil companies in the Baku region have come here. A group of Xinhua with guns and live ammunition. Soldier, let everyone's heart hang up.

Baku Oilfield is currently ranked among the top five super oilfield areas in the world. Hundreds of pumps on the yellow wasteland show the busyness here. It's funny that in addition to the second-ranked Standard Oil Company oil field, the world's first Thomas Oil Company East Texas and the Gulf of Mexico oil fields, the fourth Kuwait oil field of the Royal Oil Company in the Persian Gulf of Xinhua, and the fifth in the Indonesian oil field of Huanya Oil Company, which was forcibly acquired under the pretext of the Netherlands supporting Russia in the war against Russia, three of which are actually from Xinhua, and are directly controlled by the emperor.

Now he is going to start the second largest oilfield area again. From then on, he has completed all the integration of the four major oilfield areas. Thinking of this, he felt that it was really cool to be a super oil millionaire, especially an unreasonable super millionaire.

Liu Jinpeng smiled and walked into the office not far from the entrance of the oil field. Representatives and bosses of oil companies with their heads on their heads also walked into the already prepared conference room under the gunpoint of the soldiers at them intentionally or unintentionally.

In front of the spacious table, Liu Jinpeng stopped, looked at these local tycoons in Baku, and suddenly raised his arms.

Everyone thought he had something to say. When he pricked up his ears one after another, several assistants brought by Liu Jinpeng brought a large box and took out a stack of brand-new blue bills from it.

Stacks of stacks, neatly put together to form a small mountain bag.

"I don't want to say anything more." Liu Jinpeng pointed to the blue coins on the table in fluent English, glanced at the controllers of the Baku oilfield and the refinery coldly, and said bluntly, "There are two ways. The first is to sign the contract and then leave with the money. The second way is for me to let the soldiers handle it."

In fact, long after being notified by the Xinhua army to gather together, Cilyak realized that the other party was paying attention to Baku. Originally, he thought that he was a member of the Rothschild family and could sit down and talk with the other party. Even if he couldn't keep the oil field, he could get better compensation, but who would have thought that this eye-eyed The mirror, who looks like a sle-like Chinese, forced himself to a dead corner in the first sentence.

Let the soldiers talk?!

Is this also a fucking business negotiation?

"And, on this table." After counting, I found that it is impossible to exceed one million. You know, if the value of the Baku oil field is converted into Xinhua Blue Coin, it will at least exceed 500 million, but now it is one million?!

This gap is too bullying!

Several people shouted excitedly, but Liu Jinpeng didn't seem to see it. He just looked at Li Tianhe beside him. The latter immediately raised his hand and shouted in English, "Come on, pull them out and shoot them. All the property will be confiscated, and all the family members and children will be taken back to China for detention!"

Before the merchants of Siljak and Baku oil fields fully understood each other's poor English, the wolf-like soldiers suddenly entered the crowd, and several of them were immediately dragged out like dead pigs.

"Ban, bang, bang."

A crisp gunshot from the outside made the remaining 100 oil merchants pale. Each gunshot would make their bodies tremble. When the last gunshots fell, several timid people sat on the ground.

"I know you are not satisfied and hate me!" Liu Jinpeng sat down with a smile, but his smile was more terrible than the devil in the eyes of Siljak and others. He only heard him continue to say, "Actually, I also hate myself, because I don't need to spend money at all. As long as I kill you all, these things are mine.

But I still took out the money, because I'm a businessman, so you can hate me. I won't blame you. If you have money, you can buy guns, cannons and warships, and armed troops to attack here and come to trouble us.

But now, you only have two choices, contract, cash and " Liu Jinpeng picked up a pile of blue coins and patted it gently to the side: "Life!"

When the sound of patting the table sounded, hundreds of soldiers immediately raised their guns at the same time. Siljak believed that as long as he said half a word more, the bullets would tear up all the people here, and they would not have any hesitation!

Siljak took a deep breath and walked to the table: "Sir, I'm the representative of the Rothschild family, because our people were delayed on the road."

"If you can't make the decision, then there is no need to exist." Liu Jinpeng smiled and interrupted Siliak: "I'm busy and I'm leaving soon. Would you please repeat what I just said?"

Polite, polite but domineering, and murderous!

This is the impression left by this Chinese man. In just a few words, Siljak found that all the cards he had prepared were useless. Ten minutes later, when he took out the power of attorney and signed the name on the contract and got the so-called compensation of 50,000 blue coins, he seemed to be a teenager.

A contract was signed, and the banknotes piled up on the table gradually disappeared. When the last refinery owner left under the escort of the soldiers, the whole Baku oilfield and the refinery had changed their surname in less than an hour!

"General Li, thank you very much this time." After Liu Jinpeng ordered people to start packing up, he immediately shook hands and said, "Within you, this matter is not so straightforward."

"Hehe, it's a small matter. We used to be soldiers to protect the interests of the country and you businessmen." Li Tianhe rubbed his hands and looked at the contract full of the table. With his eyes, he didn't know how big the deal was. Maybe this matter could make him be promoted to another level. He quickly smiled and said, "Besides, in fact, I have to thank Mr. Liu."

"Thank me?"

"Yes, I have wanted to be such a bully since I was a child. I didn't expect that I finally have a chance now. Shouldn't I thank you?" Li Tianhe blinked his eyes and laughed first after saying that.

"Haha."

In the laughter, the two quickly arrived at Baku Railway Station. Five trains with 15 carriages each stopped quietly on the platform. Several officials from the Bolsheviks were going through the handover procedures. Looking at the bundle of rifles carried on the train by hundreds of temporary employees under the guard of the soldiers, Li Tianhe couldn't help squeaking. Mouth.

Some of these are enemy weapons captured from the battles of Mesopotamia and Baku not long ago. Some of them were just shipped by Liu Jinpeng from China, but all of them were seized with firearms. Many of them were also Russian, and of course, British and French.

Because the Russian White Army occupied Ufa, there was no way to transport it on the Siberian line, so we had to take this line. According to the agreement between the two sides, Xinhua will provide 100,000 rifles and bullets to Lenin's Bolsheviks in the next month.

"They are all good guns." Seeing these weapons and ammunition, Li Tianhe couldn't help sighing that half a month ago, the two sides were fighting in the Caucasus, but now they need to jump the muzzle to support the enemy. Although it was only to fund some people, this sudden turning point still made him a little uncomfortable.

Liu Jinpeng didn't know what he was thinking and said with a smile, "What's wrong? Not used to it?" A little bit." Li Tianhe did not hide that soldiers are not businessmen or politicians. This change really makes them very uncomfortable.

"Get used to it slowly. In fact, it's the same as doing business between countries. If you want to get it, you have to pay. If we don't give this batch of guns, I'm afraid Baku can't get them safely." In Liu Jinpeng's words, the wheels of the train began to roll slowly. Looking at the train slowly leaving in front of him, Li Tianhe took a deep breath and his face was much better. He smiled and said, "I hope Lenin and these guys will fight, otherwise we will fight along the Caucasus all the time. It's also a trouble."

"Yes." Liu Jinpeng also nodded. The goods and transactions have been completed. Now it depends on the success of Lenin's so-called second revolution. Otherwise, the contract signed just now can't be carried in his pocket. It really depends on bloodshed and sacrifice to determine the ownership. In fact, it is much more expensive than supporting some weapons and ammunition.

======= When Liu Jinpeng arrived in Baku as a representative, the northern suburbs of Potsdam, Germany, were also in anxiety.

Looking at the towering worry-free palace, Tirpitz, who got out of the car, couldn't help sighing. Although the Battle of Skagrak sank more British [***] ships, His Majesty William was still not satisfied with the achievements of the navy that had spent a lot of money to build, especially his huge number of casualties and his failure to break the British The reality of the national blockade has given him the idea of ship protection, and he is unwilling to continue to release the navy. Now if he delivers this bad news again, I really don't know what will happen to His Majesty.

"A salute."

After seeing the big red man in front of the emperor, the guards immediately saluted, but only Tirpitz himself knew that there were actually some cracks between him and William II.

"Mr. Ruth, is your majesty here?"

"Your Majesty is receiving the Prime Minister and the Minister." After saying that, the court ceremonial officer looked around suddenly a little closer and whispered, "Dear Count, with all due respect, if you have bad news, it's still the same."

Before the etiquette officer finished his words, Tirpitz patted and thanked him, "Thank you, but I still have to see your majesty immediately." The former only nodded and took him to the palace.

The worry-free palace built with the Palace of Versailles as a template is quiet and peaceful. Although the war outside has fallen into a quagmire and the number of deaths every day is extremely amazing, it does not seem to have affected here.

The palace is still luxurious, even more than before, because after the occupation of Paris, a large number of exquisite works of art from Versailles and other places have been moved here. According to William II, this is to let everyone who comes here feel the power of the Second Empire.

Especially in front of the famous grape mountain trapezoidal terrace, there was a statue with a broken arm. Venus began to settle down here. At that time, her arrival even caused a sensation throughout Germany, which was regarded by many as a sign of victory and the end of the war.

But in fact, the war did not end as everyone expected. After the initial glory of the two-line battle, Germany was gradually dragged into consumption by Britain and France using the advantages of manpower and resources. The country's reserves for decades began to dry up, and the balance of victory seemed to slowly tilt, even in the Battle of the Tehran. It can save this country.

But just as everyone was about to despair, an explosion from the Eastern Front shocked the whole of Germany and the European Union, as if they had been given a booster.

A revolution broke out in Russia!

Nicholas II disappeared, the East Palace was occupied, and the New Deal Axe was established. Everything was dazzling.

However, when everyone dreamed that Russia would withdraw from the war as soon as possible and let Germany release millions of troops on the Eastern Front that could change the war, the accident happened again. The British army appeared unexpectedly quickly in Russia, and occupied the fortress of the Russian Baltic Fleet, and controlled all of them not long ago. The warship, and the revolutionary army led by the Bolsheviks had not yet won the fruits of victory, the Mensheviks and the Duma joined hands to form the New Deal Axe, and also chose to cooperate with the Allies and decided to continue the war.

As for the British, I don't know how to convince the stupid Russian idiots. They have reached an agreement with the temporary political axe and are preparing to temporarily take six of the capital ships out of the Baltic Sea for management.

It seems to be a stage play full of twists and turns. Although the curtain opened, the direction was not satisfactory, so William II was also very angry. What made him even more angry was that Li Mo actually intervened in the negotiations between Germany and Russia. The telegraph said that if Germany did not take the initiative to reduce the compensation needed, then Russia would It is possible to reverse the agreement again.

"Holweig, do you think Li Mo is alarmist? Or are you deliberately embarrassing us?" William II looked at the Prime Minister standing next to him and asked in a low voice.

Although Beitmann Holwig is the Prime Minister of Germany, in fact, everyone knows who has the final say in this country. This is also the most annoying thing of the German General Staff and the Prime Minister's Office, because it makes them feel as if they are wearing a layer of shackles, and His Majesty William in front of him does not seem to realize this, which is not as good as Li Mo. So open-ed initiative to decentralization.

Hearing the unhappy tone in the words, Bateman Halberg knew that William II had an answer in his heart, but considering the current situation, he still said bluntly, "Your Majesty, although I don't think I should listen to Li Mo's arrangement, what he said is reasonable. At present, the most important thing in our country is to force Russia. Only by withdrawing from the war can we get benefits. If Russia does not withdraw, then"

"But he wants me to give up Estonia!" William II roared at Beitman Halweig and shouted, "If you allow Russia to continue to control Estonia, it is equivalent to giving them a safe access to the sea. Do you think this is appropriate?"

Bertman Holwager knew William II's thoughts. He had always wanted to regard the Baltic Sea as a back garden, especially after seeing Xinhua's strength in the Pacific Ocean and directly closed many sea areas, he was even more intoxicated with the idea of catching up with the other party, but the problem was that the German navy was disappointing, Ska The First Battle of the Grak Strait completely proved that although the German navy was strong enough, it could not afford to consume compared with the British.

What's more tragic is that without a navy, Germany can't restrain Xinhua's footsteps. Even if Xinhua dominates the United States and Africa at this time, Germany can only be dumbfounded, because if you want to go to these places, you must first move Britain, but the German navy can't do it!

So he didn't know how to persuade for a while. At this time, the bodyguard came to report that Tirpitz had come, which made him relieved, hoping that His Majesty would change his mind first, and then persuade himself.

After Tirpitz walked into the living room, he immediately found that there was something wrong with the atmosphere, but he had already been hinted by the etiquette officer, so he was also prepared and immediately bowed, "See Your Majesty."

"Oh, it's my Count of the Navy." William II waved his hand and asked, "What's the matter with me today?"

"Your Majesty." Timpitz looked at Prime Minister Bateman Holwager next to him, and then at the other ministers next to him. Then he gritted his teeth and said, "This morning, the British broke through the interception of General Hship. Although we sank two Gangut-class battleships, two Gangut and two Queen Mary-class escaped from the strait. "!"

"What!"

This news made William II's face gloomy and he said angrily, "My Count of the Navy, is this what you want to tell me? Let four main warships that are not even enough sailors escape from under your eyes. This is the powerful navy you said!"

William II's scolding made Tirpitz's mouth full of bitterness. Who gave the British a good chance to choose? At this time, there were only a few capital ships that Germany could take out, and the others had begun to be repaired, and who would have thought that Britain would take away these ships on the grounds of temporary ession. The capital ship caught Germany off guard when it wanted to intercept it.

"Your Majesty, I will be responsible for this matter." Timpitz sighed. No one knows better than him what changes the four Russian capital ships will bring when they return to the United Kingdom, which means that 11 capital ships have been sunk, and the losses will face Britain with no ships as much as Germany, and a lot of vitality will be restored in an instant.

"Well, I believe in your promise."

William II's light words not only made Tirpitz's heart jump, but also Prime Minister Bateman Holweig couldn't believe it. This meant that Tippi, who had always had a good relationship with William II, would end his naval career, making everyone seem to see the recurrence of Prime Minister Bismarck's incident!

Just as everyone was trying to find a way to persuade William II to withdraw his order, another wave of hurried footsteps once again broke the cold atmosphere in the worry-free palace.

"Your Majesty, the Chief of General Staff of Fajinhan sent a telegram. The army, which gathered about 50 divisions of the Allied Army in the Lower Normandy region of France, has begun to launch a fierce attack on us at the two primary school."

"What!"

In William II's loud questioning again, Prime Minister Bateman Halberg ran to the bodyguard to grab the telegram without even being polite. After reading it, his face became extremely gloomy.

Although Fa Jinhan's report is very simple, there is no doubt that the attack of 50 divisions is not a trivial matter. Now the battle like a Verdun meat grinder is still continuing, where more than 2 million German troops have been contained, which makes the west of Paris weak. Now Britain and France have suddenly launched a second wave of offensive. It means that they have seen their own weaknesses. If they are broken through to the Somme in one fell swoop by the Allied forces, Paris is afraid.

"Your Majesty, we need to immediately transfer troops to support there. We must not be broken through the defense line by Britain and France to reach the Somme!" Prime Minister Bateman Holweig thought about it and immediately suggested in a low voice.

"Unit, where to transfer troops?"

"We." After William II roared a few words, he suddenly saw the eyes handed over by Bateman Holwager and finally knew what he thought.

Although William II was very happy, he was not a fool. He also knew that if the two iron pliers of the Somme and Verdun were formed by the British and French army, Paris would be half surrounded. At that time, Germany's previous efforts would be in vain!

"Your Majesty, President Wilson of the United States just delivered a parliamentary speech, saying that he would reconsider European policy and provide military support to the United Kingdom!"

Another bad news!

Damn it!

William II was so angry that he was about to cut people, and he hated Li Mo from the bottom of his heart, because in his opinion, if it hadn't been for the sudden weakening of Xinhua's military action against the United States after the Gulf of Panama, how could the United States have been in the mood to continue to support Europe!

Obviously, the arsonist used the lever of war to force himself to comply!

"Holweig, go and get a good condition for me!" After walking a few steps back and forth, William II gritted his teeth and threw down his white gloves and quickly disappeared in front of everyone.

Good conditions?

Bertman-Holway is about to cry. At this time, it is possible to save and strive for good conditions?!

(to be continued)