Among the oldest people in Kawashita, he was somewhat under pressure from the reckless Suzuki. Sure enough, under his dissuasion, Suzuki Kusaki sat down angrily.

"If our empire wants to develop for a long time, it requires a lot of energy." Kimura continued the topic that was interrupted just now: "Oil is what we need most urgently at the moment."

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"Yes!" Minister of Health and Health, who had not spoken, picked up the napkin in front of him and wiped the corner of his mouth: "Our land area is limited and there are no resources to explore. Over the years, it has been relying on purchasing foreign oil to maintain development. It is really not easy."

"It's true." Kimura picked up the warm wine pot and filled the wine for Heikegu: "The energy crisis caused by the large amount of oil leakage in the South China Sea has been resolved by the way of marrying Princess Aisha Higashikoji and the Saudi prince. We have also obtained more Middle East oil share. However, no one knows how long this situation can last."

"Kimura," Suzuki asked dissatisfiedly: "What does this have to do with the ownership of the Senkaku Islands?"

"Suzuki, don't be irritated." Kimura smiled bitterly: "You are a soldier with a title and a qualified samurai. However, you are not a politician. I understand your hatred for the Chinese people on the issue of belonging to the Senkaku Islands. Like you, I don't like Chinese people either. However, war always serves politics."

Speaking of this, Kimura raised his wine glass and sipped hard: "Based on our years of survey of the waters near the Senkaku Islands, there is rich in oil underground. If we obtain that piece of land, the benefits will be self-evident. However, after a large-scale underground oil leakage occurred in the South China Sea islands, we re-surveyed the oil layer there, and it turned out that the submarine oil near the Senkaku Islands was also the same as the South China Sea islands. It was gone."

"Yes!" Prince Pingjinggong sighed: "After learning the news, the emperor was also shocked. This is really a big joke played by God and our Yamato nation!"

"The Senkaku Island without oil is just a piece of land without any use value." Kimura continued his words: "That island is too small and is somewhat useful as a military base. If the oil on the seabed is still there, I will definitely take it back from the Chinese. But now, there is no oil there and no use value. If it is a war with the Chinese for such a useless land, I will not agree anyway. Because, in that case, we will lose more."

Hearing this, everyone put down the chopsticks and wine glasses in their hands and quietly looked at the depressed Prime Minister.

"Our land area is too small and we need too much." Kimura drank wine on his own: "Food, water, and various raw materials and materials are something we cannot sustain ourselves. Japan needs to be revitalized and develop for a long time, and it must expand. To jump out of our narrow island, we must fight. And our biggest enemy is China."

"Kimura, we all know what you said." Sasaki Dokami stared at the already drunk Prime Minister: "But you should also know that it is not the time to go to war with the Chinese people now. China is a big market for our dumping goods, from which we can get a lot of money and help every year. It is hard for me to imagine whether our economy will remain the same if we go to war with China."

"I know, I didn't say that I would start a war now!" Kimura's mind seemed clear: "I mean, there must be a war between China and Japan, either you die or I die. The Chinese people are developing too fast, and I feel terrible. Look at their increasing GDP every year, and look at the technology they have obtained one after another. Although we have surpassed them in terms of economy and technology, they will eventually catch up. China is the country of the Celestial Kingdom. As a Yamato people, I don't want to see China as powerful as the ancient Tang Dynasty. Such a scene is really terrible."

"Not only you, none of us want this." Tanaka Kazuo also sighed and drank a glass of wine: "China is too big, enviable. I really regret why we didn't kill all the Chinese people in the war back then. In that case, we wouldn't have the embarrassing situation we are today."

"It is not possible to fight for the time being, but Master Amaterasu has given us the best chance at the moment." Kimura shook the empty wine pot, opened the door and handed it to the servant standing outside. He then took a full wine pot from there, and then closed the door.

Seeing that everyone in the room was listening attentively, Kimura couldn't help but smile, first filled the prince around him, and then handed the wine pot to the people opposite him: "Tanaka, come some more."

Kazuo Tanaka took the wine pot and put it down, and asked calmly but a little anxiously: "Continue."

"The opportunity I mentioned is the oil crisis in the South China Sea." Kimura said: "We have no oil, and the Chinese people don't have oil either. Their domestic oil wells are basically facing the problem of exhaustion, and this crisis. The Chinese people must import a large amount of oil. From the Arabs, they may get a little. Russians may also help them. Other oil-producing countries will basically not help them. In the end, Africa is only left."

"Africa has a large oil reserves," Kimura continued his words slowly: "And we have established a strong cooperative relationship with the local government there, and the most important ones are four. First, most of the African oil quality is high-quality, low sulfur content, easy to refine and process, and is very suitable for production of automobile fuel. Second, most African oil fields are located on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean or the coastal areas of Central and West Africa, far away from the mainland, and can be avoided from disputes. Third, African oil is owned by countries with no historical ties to each other, and it is unlikely that they will unite and unite to the outside world, and energy security is guaranteed. Fourth, most African oil-producing countries will not be restricted by the production of interbank alliances. Currently, Nigeria is the member of the OPEC among sub-Saharan African oil-producing countries."

"However, the cooperative relationship between the Chinese and African countries is also very good. It is well known that everyone has often helped each other at the United Nations conference." The prince expressed his views with concern.

"Your Highness, you are right." Kimura smiled: "But what if we help them more than the Chinese people? No two countries in the world have everlasting friendly relations, nor any eternal friends or enemies. The Chinese people have helped and supported them very much, but that is the past. Now the Chinese people can't even take care of themselves, let alone support them. Moreover, Africa has never been valued by the international community, and we can develop our own power there. In a subtle form, we can change the ideas of the local people and achieve the ultimate goal of serving the Yamato nation."

"Kimura, all this you said is a bit difficult!" After hearing the Prime Minister's words, Kazuo Tanaka shook his head: "This is a huge plan, which requires a lot of funds and personnel to cooperate. Judging from our current development, it is obviously too early."

"Hahaha!" The Prime Minister, who was obviously drunk, burst into laughter: "Are early? Haha! Tanaka, don't say that, I tell you, one day, I will turn Africa into the territory of the Great Japanese Empire. If you don't believe it, just watch it!"
Chapter completed!