Chapter 427: Four hundred years of grievances in the Balkans
In the next ten minutes, Li Ningyu was amazed at the spectacle in front of him. It seemed that the previous ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saud Ibn Saud, was really an amazing figure.
At this time, all the men in black clothes in the meeting hall were coming and going in a hurry just as they appeared.
However, the floor in the meeting hall has become a bit messy, but it has exposed the things under the floor tiles.
The yellow light was extremely dazzling in front of everyone. After seeing these gold bricks, which were at least one kilogram each, Li Ningyu immediately wanted to understand a lot of things.
After Duleazi also reacted, he said to Li Ningyu: "Master Li, I would like to use part of this gold as a deposit. It should be enough. I hope we can have a happy cooperation!".
Looking at the current Duleazi, he seemed to have more confidence in his original mental outlook, but Li Ningyu did not think too much about these issues, but nodded with a smile and said: "Haha, it's a pleasure to cooperate, actually.
You don’t need to let me know your secret at all. What if I have any ideas?”
Of course, Duleazi would not take Li Ningyu's half-joking words seriously, but he arranged all of this deliberately because he hoped that Li Ningyu would continue to spare no effort to help the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the sake of this gold in the future.
Li Ningyu's energy is of great benefit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which only wants to gain a foothold in the Middle East.
Moreover, through so many things before, Duleazi has fully realized what kind of person Li Ningyu is, otherwise he would not dare to let Li Ningyu know rashly that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia possesses this considerable amount of wealth, so he took over
The rest of the business was settled as a matter of course, but instead of transporting the gold to Asia, Li Ningyu planned to take it with him to Berlin.
According to the current international exchange rate, the Far East Asian dollar and the British pound are 3 to 1. Ten tons of gold is approximately 15 million British pounds and 45 million Asian dollars.
How much gold was in the entire chamber, Li Ningyu could not tell with just his eyes, but then Duleazi handed over the packed 20 tons of gold to the Far East Group. Although it was less than the previous arms worth 300 million Asian dollars.
In terms of trading, ten tons of gold is nothing, but gold is worth 90 million Asian dollars.
Regarding why so much gold was paid to the Far East, Duleazi said: "The remaining value will still be purchased from the Far East Group in the future. It can be regarded as prepaid funds, or it can be regarded as being stored in the Far East so that it can be paid at any time!"
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Such words naturally reached Li Ningyu's ears in the end, but Li Ningyu just smiled and said nothing about this matter, but sighed in his heart that it seemed that he was right to choose Duleazi.
The multi-party joint naval exercise in the Persian Gulf has ended. This time, the Far East Typhoon class shined, and representatives from visiting countries spread this message back. The battle in Jordan is still going on, but now the Ottomans
The empire has long since sunk. A war cannot be won simply by having more people. A war requires money.
From the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, as France lost all its overseas colonies, the entire European continent was in turmoil, with constant conflicts between the great powers and between the great powers and their colonies.
As the conflict deepens, struggles at various levels become more intense.
Originally, there were many conflicts in the Balkans. As France lost its overseas colonies, it naturally focused its attention on neighboring lands. Therefore, the struggle surrounding the Balkans had already broken out many times before the Far East declared war with the Ottomans.
A large-scale conflict, otherwise Hamid II would not have sent more than 500,000 troops to the Balkans.
In the Balkans, the "Balkan League" composed of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro was actually an alliance against the control and colonization of the Turkish Empire (Ottoman Empire). Before the war broke out, the major European imperialists
The great powers all have their own major interests in the Balkans, so they have never given up intervening in matters here.
But there are many things that have become inevitable, such as the current declaration of full-scale war between the Far East and the Ottoman Empire, which has led to the failure of the Ottoman Empire's indirect intervention in the Balkans, and European countries have also stepped in to grab territory, which has also led to further conflicts among the European powers.
Intensification was also preparation for the First World War.
The Balkan Peninsula, located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, has experienced the trauma of countless wars early in history.
The Ottoman Empire, which emerged in western Asia, lost control of all of Africa and parts of the Middle East, but still controlled large areas of territory in many countries in the Balkans in southeastern Europe. The Albanian people, who have been fighting tenaciously, have tried hard.
For more than 400 years, they have not yet achieved complete independence. The Serbian, Bulgarian, and Greek people in the Balkans are still suffering from feudal oppression and religious persecution by the Ottoman Empire.
As the most ambitious monarch in the history of the Ottoman Empire, Hamid II has always been saddened by the loss of all colonies in Africa and most of the Middle East. So while controlling the Balkans with heavy troops, he has never forgotten the problems in the Middle East.
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With the emergence of the Far East Group, Hamid II became nervous, because this emerging power of the Far East not only defeated the small island country of Japan in Asia ten years ago, but also traveled to Africa to defeat the old Italian empire, and was even defending Somalia.
At that time, it severely defeated the combined navies of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and then even dared to seize the territory of the German Empire in Africa.
Of course, the most eye-catching thing is that in the great war in Asia in the late 19th century, France was defeated by one against eight, which was the third empire in the world at that time. Although this war was mainly due to the British defection to help the Far East, a defeat was a defeat.
So from the bottom of his heart, Hamid II respects the Far East Group and keeps a distance from it.
As the situation in the Middle East continued to change, various events occurred that Hamid II had not expected. In the end, the stubborn Hamid II had to grit his teeth and declare war with the Far East. The only thing he could comfort himself was that the Far East Navy
Although powerful, the Ottoman Empire had a huge army, which was an absolute advantage.
So in order to draw more troops from the Balkans, Hamid II signed moratorium treaties with Serbia and Bulgaria. His original intention was to divide the anti-Turkish alliance of the four Balkan countries that had been formed, but 400 years ago
How could the four allied countries, which had already made up their minds to launch a resistance war, give up this excellent opportunity?
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