.     Chapter 314 Mania (Central)

When Shigeon Okuma brought the United States to Yang Qiu Hoi's peace talks and sat down with democratic tycoons such as Inukatsu and Nishinoji Komaki, he did not know that a group of fanatical officers in Lushun had already begun to push Japan into the abyss.

Similarly, on the land of Europa, the fanatic atmosphere can even dispel the fog that drifts over the North Sea all year round.

Time actually didn't pass quickly, but in the eyes of diplomats who lived like a year, the tight string in Europe could no longer hold on. On July 12, two weeks after the assassination of the Crown Prince Ferdinand, the two Austro-Hungarian legions began to move towards the Serbian border. At the same time, William II officially spoke in parliament, saying that Germany will do its best to ensure the interests of its allies!

Just four hours later, Nicholas II spoke wildly on the diamond-covered throne of St. Petersburg, believing that Emperor Frank was an old fool because he didn't see Russia ready, millions of troops were gathering, the brave Cossack cavalry would trample Europe, and there were still 300,000 "gray animals" in the Far East. Although only an hour later, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that His Majesty the Tsar did not say that Emperor Frank was old at that time, it was just a misunderstanding in translation, but is anyone still believed it at this time?

The whole of Europe slapped at the two people's remarks. The Elysee Palace clearly issued a war mobilization order. The famous British generals in the Whitehall cursed the brainless cousin without any grace. The big-bellied Navy Minister Fatty Qiu straightened up as a shrew. The Times, who had always been harsh, said that the royal family should investigate their bloodline and carefully check whether these two stupid eggs who were still adding fuel to the fire were descendants of Victoria.

The buttery rifle was distributed to the soldiers, bullets were opened in boxes, cannons were pushed out, fighter planes were wandering in the sky, expensive Welsh white coal was stuffed into the coal bin of warships, and huge oil tankers were just a wave in front of the open mouths of giant iron armored ships! Civil railway transportation was basically paralyzed, and the train was recruited and called leaned against the nearest military camp. The blue carriage was already written with chalk.

"Glory belongs to Germany."

“Come back on Christmas.”

"Long live France."

"A short and glorious battle is about to begin."

Fanaticism, anxiety and anxiety permeate over Europa. Even those at the bottom of the world who never care about politics can feel the depression and dullness before the war comes. The warriors say their last farewell to their loved ones. The church is filled with people coming to pray. The Vatican Church even opened the whole city to welcome prayers from all directions. The fanatic atmosphere spreads around like the most manic hurricane in the Caribbean. At this moment, the already inconspicuous Far East is also carrying out the final diplomatic competition, plans, transactions, and entanglement of interests. Everything is moving rapidly around the increasingly tense situation in Europe.

"No! We need a clear and clear reply." In the office, Mr. Cai faithfully recorded every word from Bernard. Yang Du, who rushed from Henan, was sitting on the sofa with a hint of burning heat in his eyes and wondering what he was thinking.

Bernard stood in front of Yang Qiu like this, with his thin eyebrows making him look more like an Italian. Only his slightly raised chin can make people feel the arrogance that was spoiled by the British Empire. Yang Qiu has no dissatisfaction with this attitude. This is the foundation of others. What he has to do is to fight for the best interests of the country at this time, so he smiled calmly: "His Excellency Bernard, I have said very clearly that our country will not be involved in European disputes. If the war breaks out, we will declare neutrality immediately. As for the Sino-Japanese issue you raised, do you think this is our fault? If Japan had not deliberately created division, if they had not taken away the previous emperor, the war would not have broken out at all! After all, I just want to ensure national sovereignty and territorial integrity. If you think this is wrong, then I think we really can't continue the dialogue."

After the translator translated this passage in clear words, Bernard looked at Yang Qiu very seriously and said slowly: "His Excellency Vice President, the British Empire and your country have decades of friendship. We do not want anyone to come forward to make trouble during the turmoil in Europe. Although I strongly agree with you to ensure the integrity of the country's territory and sovereignty, how do you deal with Qingdao? Your previous relationship with Germany does not reassure us. If Germany uses this base to attack our country and allies' bases in the Far East, then who will bear this responsibility? And your army is currently gathered in the Northeast, so the Russian government has to strengthen its military equipment, so that they cannot transfer the army back to Europe to maintain peace. There are also the southwest and **! Your army is also stationed there, so you must make sure that you will not enter these areas in public."

Now I know that I am not omnipotent? Yang Qiu sneered a few times, but still had a faint expression on his face: "Your Excellency, you can rest assured. I said I would never get involved in the dispute between you. China is a weak country and has no strength to get involved. But!"

Yang Qiu paused, his voice raised several times, his arm was full of personal charm: "What I want to say is that ** and Mongolia are our internal affairs, and no country should interfere in our internal affairs. Why is my army better in the Northeast than me? The relationship between our country and Germany is the previous thing. I believe that Your Excellency Hanger has brought my original words to you. As for Qingdao... I can assure you that our country will issue a public statement as soon as possible and will never allow any country to engage in hostile wars on our territory. If found, it is equivalent to declaring war on our country!"

Bernard moved his mouth and suddenly found that this young man almost blocked all his words, but why did he always feel that his smile was full of hypocrisy and uneasy? Is the smile of the Easterners different from that of the West? Bernard took a deep breath and saluted: "I will urge the Japanese government to open the dialogue channel as soon as possible, but I hope you must stop military operations before this."

"Of course." Yang Qiu stood up and finally comforted the Far East Affairs Special Envoy who was almost broken: "As long as there are no bullets flying over, my army will never fire."

Bernard left unsatisfiedly. As soon as he left, Jiang Baili brought Traun in again. In just two weeks, the veteran diplomat, who was nearly 60 years old, looked much older. The non-aligned voice suddenly came from Nanjing before Prince Reinhardt left, which made him understand that this country was gradually drifting away from Germany, but he still came today to make his last effort.

Yang Qiu waved his hand and asked Mr. Cai and Yang Du to leave temporarily and pour him a cup of coffee himself. He also took out his favorite Cuban cigar. Unfortunately, the aroma of coffee and tobacco made him unable to enjoy it with peace of mind. He stared at Yang Qiu's eyes and said, "What can I get today?"

"His Excellency Traun, I think you should have been very clear. As a democratic country, not just me, no one! You can't go against the will of the people. If there were no damn assassins, I think we could have made it and have afternoon tea together, but now... a poor and weak country like us, a country that is still suffering from war, can we have the heart to do something else?"

The slow speed of speech made Traun a little angry and looked excited at Yang Qiu: "Please beg me for your wish! From the beginning, without the full support of our country, you might not be able to sit in this seat at all! For three years, we have been in line with the purpose of friendship between the two countries, providing your country with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of machinery and equipment, and hundreds of officers train your army! Your army can block the weapons sold by Japan, and this is how you treat a person who does his best to help you? There is a saying in the ancient Chinese proverb that you want to repay the kindness of a drop of water! Now, something heartbreaking has indeed happened in Europe, and the situation is about to break out, but don't you consider the result? If my country wins in the end, how will you face the relationship between us?"

Traun roared like a majestic army with angered head in the room where there were only two people. Jiang Baili asked Cai Gongshi for a cigarette outside the door, and his face was also shady. Just like the vague roar, what should I do if Germany is the one who won the end? As a result of being trained and studied in Germany for many years, he knew the country's background and strength, so he was more worried than the two around him. If Yang Qiu made a mistake in judgment, the future would be much more difficult.

Yang Qiu was not angry, and even had no expression. After Traun vented all his anger, he said lightly: "Your Excellency is very right. You want to repay the kindness of a drop of water. So until the British envoy just walked out from here, I did not promise him to disarm Qingdao! I don't want to be an enemy of Germany, you can't understand how I feel at this moment. In fact, I would wear this military uniform and was influenced by your ** team. When I first heard about the touching deeds in the Franco-Prussian War, I chose the profession of soldier."

The words are very light, but they give people a kind of indescribable deep belief. In fact, he did not lie. In the parallel world, he joined the army entirely because of his obsession with the German Wehrmacht, which was intertwined with steel and blood in his school days, had nothing to do with politics, nothing to do with thought, and was just a pure soldier. Looking at history, there has never been such an army fascinated him, so he chose military uniforms. If he did not have the persistence in his heart, if he put aside the heavy weight of washing away a hundred years of shame, he even wanted to fly to Germany immediately and join the German Wehrmacht to conquer fortresses. However, he still had

More important thing! As if he noticed his emotions, Yang Qiu calmed his mind with a cigarette and continued: "His Excellency Traun, we are all in a whirlpool. How should you choose if you are in this position? As for the assistance you mentioned, I think I need to correct it! We have been equal transactions from the beginning! What those technologies and materials have brought to your country, I think you know better than me. In fact, I have still helped your country so far. Japan has been dragged by me, and the 300,000 Russian Army is stranded in the Far East! Is there any more realistic friendship than this?

Lord Minister, I think there are things between the two countries that are not necessary to be placed on the table. I can tell you clearly that unless your country opens the Mediterranean to East India route, your country's powerful fleet can radiate to the two oceans to ensure the safety of the waterway, otherwise... you will not be able to get what you want!"

Traun opened his mouth and sat down dejectedly. In fact, what Yang Qiu said was right. All the cooperations before, Yang Qiu paid what Germany wanted. So far, more than 100,000 troops surrounding the Shandong Peninsula did not enter, which was also worthy of face. Moreover, he did drag the British lackey Japan, and dragged Nicholas II's Sanshi Wan army to the Far East.

But how should I explain to His Majesty William, who is still looking forward to the alliance? Is my political career over?

"This is the last thing I can do for Germany and His Majesty William." Traun's face was taken into consideration by Yang Qiu. He slowly opened the drawer and placed a thick piece of information in front of him: "This is the entire experimental report of the new drug you want, including the signatures of two doctors from your country. They have confirmed that the new drug can have a very good effect on diseases such as infection and inflammation. You should understand better than me, how many soldiers it can save, how many people do not have to amputate because of it, and don't have to endure pain day and night."

"What do I need to pay? Do you want Qingdao?" Traun was not so stupid that he thought Yang Qiu would give it away for free. In fact, he had already obtained this experimental data from the doctors he sent, and the country had authorized to obtain new drugs at all costs.

"There are two new weapons data, one is a range of 22,000 meters, which is guaranteed to suppress all the current European firepower of this level, and the other is a new weapon that can easily crush infantry, including them all handed over to your country. As for the price... I need all your country's transport ships in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and... one hundred tons of gold!"

"Don't you think this is taking advantage of the situation!" Traun's anger that had just been extinguished came up again. Although most ship owners had already received the news of the war and were rushing back to Europe, some of them had not returned. Conservatively, it is estimated that there are at least 20 or more ships of various types of German and Austro-Hungarian merchant ships operating in the Pacific, of which there are at least 11 of them. Based on the minimum minimum of 1 million US dollars per 10,000 tons of ship, it is worth at least 10 million US dollars. As for 100 tons of gold... that is 14 million pounds, 70 million US dollars, and 140 million people!

But he was about to refuse, but Yang Qiu took out the poisonous red apple like a witch seducing a door-opening: "Your Excellency, do you think these merchant ships can return to Europe once war begins? Even if they are all concentrated in neutral countries, they will be detained. Maybe it won't take long to plant the flags of other countries and can't even collect a penny."

Traun gritted his teeth and glared at the guy who was trying to find his weakness: "50 tons of gold! As for the merchant ship... I need to report to the country, maybe the war will not break out."

50 tons of gold! If it were normal, this number would be enough to impress anyone, but now is not the time to bargain. Because there is no word for price in Europe now. When you die, who cares about paying a little bit of gold, so he immediately shook his finger: "Your Excellency, last time you said that it was worth at least 100 million US dollars."

Traun's teeth were almost broken. Why was he so mean at the beginning?! He said politely: "Can't you bargain when doing business?"

"Haha..." Yang Qiu smiled heartily for the first time. From this sentence, at least it proved that Germany was already attracted to sulfame. In fact, if it were him, he would have taken action without hesitation. After all, this is something that can save the lives of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

"Okay, just 50 tons of take-out merchant ship."

Traun raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Yang Qiu to be so happy, but before he could be happy, the young man in front of him gave him a condition: "But... this patent is only for your country and your allies, and you must also provide me with free publicity."

Looking at the cunning at the corner of his mouth, Traun quickly understood the meaning. There was no doubt that he would sell this medicine to Britain and France. In fact, if he had been himself, he would definitely take the opportunity to make money at this time. But he was not angry either. If Germany could not get the formula first and was obtained by Britain and France, it would be difficult to obtain it after being blocked and embargoed. Therefore, such strategic things must not be delayed.

What's more, Germany has paid such a big price, so Britain and France should also bleed! So he immediately agreed to promote the value of new drugs in Europe, but he also put forward a prerequisite, that is, it must be sold to Britain and France three months later. Yang Qiu was not dissatisfied with his little abacus, because he knew very well that Europe currently believes that the war will end in three months, and Traun undoubtedly wanted to take this opportunity to disgust himself and make the value of the drugs depreciate significantly.

Soon the two reached an agreement. Yang Qiu granted Germany a patent for manufacturing and producing sulfonamides for use in its own country and allies. After selling the K16 cannon and A7V tanks that Germany could develop themselves in two years in advance, Germany immediately mobilized 50 tons of gold from the country to go to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and then transported it to Shanghai within half a month to complete the contract.

Traun stood up with the contract. Although he was still disappointed, this valuable and strategically valuable thing finally made him explain to the country and William II. Yang Qiu didn't tell any lies. Even if China's national strength has completed an alliance, if Germany cannot solve the problem of real support for the waterway, they can at most block Japan and cannot attack Russia, which has thousands of kilometers deep, to the north. Although it can be done to send troops from Yunnan and ** to the Southeast Peninsula and India, it will have to withstand the reality that the southeast coast has been blown up by the British, French and Japanese fleets, so any clear-minded strategist would not make such a choice.

“By the way.”

When Traun barely held the door handle, Yang Qiu stood up from behind and walked to the map and turned his head, "I want to remind you that I have learned the information. The Japanese Army... has made plans to attack Qingdao Fortress and is ready to use it as a gift for Britain to support them in continuing and expanding the war against China. Do you think I should send a photo of the enemy flag being planted on the Fortress to Bismarck to His Majesty William, or a letter to tell him that I welcome Germany to return to the Far East to maintain regional peace after winning?"

Traun's shoulders shook slightly, and after looking in a complicated look, he walked out of the office without saying anything.

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