408 Trans-Siberian Railway
The Earl of Derby has completely gone crazy. He has encountered countless enemies in his political career. Some people have more intense firepower than Xiao Letian. But it was a battle between gentlemen within Britain. He has never encountered provocations from backward nations.
This is like a group of high-ranking officials in the court. You are the Secretary of the Court and I am the General. That is still a prince. Although everyone has high identities, they are all dancing on the same stage. The general social status is equal to each other.
In this kind of quarrel, the Shangshu satirized the prince and the general refuted the Shangshu. It is understandable that the political struggle is about going back and forth, and there are both victories and losses. Today's small setbacks may not be the foundation for tomorrow's crazy victory. Besides, everyone's identities are similar. It is not embarrassing to lose.
This is the rules of the game. People in the circle are allowed to play together, but people outside the circle will never be allowed to interfere. If this is a group of ministers and generals are arguing, the old army who swept the streets next to him suddenly jumped out of Balabala's slander. All the big guys who said in the end were speechless. This would be a bit too much to play.
Not every old man who swept the floor is an unknown Shaolin monk. Not every big man has the qualities of smiling faces facing the doubts of the bottom. Most of them still choose to be angry and extremely angry.
"What are you? An old soldier who swept the floor... Oh no no no. You are a barbaric nation and a prime minister of a small Pacific island country. You dare to laugh at the prime minister of the British Empire. Are you tired of living? Please come with more and faster chapters."
Of course, the Earl of Derby did not say this sentence. It seems that even if a British gentleman scolds people, he does not have as many rich words as Chinese people.
"Arrogant, arrogant barbarian. Do you know who you are talking to? I am the prime minister of the British Empire. I am a high noble. You dare to issue an order to expel me. Are you crazy..."
The Earl of Derby wanted to lift the table at that time, but he forgot about his gout disease and underestimated the weight of the long oak table. He didn't lift it even after one, two, three or four.
Finally, the furious Prime Minister grabbed the pure white tablecloth and pulled it back. He wanted to overturn all the seafood to the ground.
A strange thing happened. Please come in more and faster chapters. He seemed to underestimate the smoothness of white silk and also forgot the principle of inertia in physics. Everyone present saw that Earl Derby suddenly exerted force and pulled out the white silk tablecloth with one hand.
Well, yes, it was pulled out. It was pulled out from the gap between the silver tableware and the tabletop. It was as fast as lightning. When the tablecloth was flying among the flowers like a white butterfly, all the tableware on the table remained the same.
The picture was so funny. Even the Earl Derby himself was stunned. He felt so sad. Why was it so uncomfortable to smash the scene today? He couldn't even turn over the table.
Xiao Letian's belly hurts. He suddenly remembered the scene when the middle school physics teacher did this experiment in his previous life. The old teacher with glass bottle eyes sucked the tablecloth three times on the lectern. As a result, he smashed two tea cups and smashed a fat girl's pencil case. In the end, the experiment was not successful.
I had known that Count Derby had such exquisite methods. How great would it be to let him be a physics teacher? I could use his magical skills to avoid those students who skip classes.
Xiao Letian looked at the dazed Earl of Derby and was about to have a stroke. He quickly took a few steps and whispered, "Prime Minister. Let's stop your temptation. Maybe you think it's interesting and fun to anger me. Then the game is over, can we talk about something serious? Update it as soon as possible?"
The Earl of Derby stared at Xiao Lotte with his eyes twitching. "Game. You think that the Prime Minister who insulted the British Empire is a game. I can tell you clearly. Now it is not only the French Navy that siege you. The Royal British Navy is also going to join in. Just wait here to retire..."
Xiao Letian was no longer angry at this time. He just raised his hand to let the people around him spread. The only two of them were left here in the rose bush.
"Prime Minister. The farce can end here. If you have made up your mind to trap me in Europe, why do you have to travel across the North Sea to see me like a little person? In your words, am I just a little chief of an island country in the Pacific? It is worthy of your personal help when you update a barbarian as soon as possible. And it is a secret meeting."
"Okay. I can only identify the unpleasantness just now as a test and your personal hobby... Now let's listen to my analysis of the current situation."
"The world today is the world of the British. This is unquestionable. Britain has the most powerful naval and industrial power in the world. You also have the vastest colonies in the world. Your cheap industrial products can be dumped all over the world. The resources of the entire earth can be fed back to the British islands through sea..."
"The scale of your navy is even greater than the total of other countries in Europe. In your eyes, the ocean is the inland lake for you British people... Everything looks good. It is very powerful when it is updated at the first time. But to put it in the Chinese, there is a crisis under the prosperous times."
The Earl of Derby said, "Crisis. With the strength of our British Empire, how could there be a crisis? This alarmist argument has been a long time since no one dared to tell me. You are indeed very brave."
Xiao Letian shook his head, "You can look down on the Qing Dynasty. You can also ignore China today. But don't forget. Where is the culture accumulated over thousands of years? The prosperous and chaotic times we have experienced are written in historical books. The situation may be different, but the truth is understood..."
"The British Empire has reached its peak today, which can be described as a rare prosperous era in history. But the destiny of the country always swings with the wind. When you are at its peak, there are many countries that care about you behind your back, such as Tsarist Russia."
"Don't think that you and France will be able to curb the throat of this polar bear. You really underestimate their appetite. If my intelligence is not wrong, Moscow probably has begun to evaluate the construction plan of the Siberian Railway. I think you, Britain, cannot not know..."
When the words of the Siberian Railway floated into the ears of the Earl of Derby, his expression suddenly became extremely rich. The old man stared at Xiao Letian a little in disbelief. His heart suddenly became full of trouble.
The Siberian Railway is an important lifeline for Russia's transportation to connect the east and west. It began to argue in the middle of the 19th world. However, construction did not start until 1891. It took a full 13 years to complete the construction.
This railway played a very important role in promoting the geopolitical pattern of modern Asia. It can be said that the transportation of materials throughout the world at that time was the sea route and the other was the lifeline of this railway.
It is precisely because of this railway that the Russians can reach East Asia and even finally get a warm water port on the Liaodong Peninsula. For Russia, the desire for warm water ports is almost destined. This was still very strong until the Soviet period.
The relationship between the British and Russians has always been tense. They have always attached great importance to the intelligence work in Moscow. How could the British not pay attention to the Siberian Railway plan?
If the Russians owned this railway, they could easily break free from the shackles of the ocean and mobilized troops and supplies at will between Eurasia. The British would greatly reduce their control over them.
This is not the ending that the British wanted to see. But Derby was very surprised. This kind of intelligence that was just still under argumentation. How could you, an Asian, know about it? Do you have an intelligence system in Europe that we don’t know?
Xiao Letian saw the question in his heart, "Of course I have my own intelligence network. But you should not bother to investigate. You can't find it."
"Get back to the point. It was your victory over Russia in Crimea that made them completely shatter their intention to find the sea port from Turkey. You should be very clear that what the Russians wanted was Istanbul. What they wanted was the strait leading to the Black Sea to the Mediterranean..."
"Don't think that if you defeat Russia, they can give up finding the sea port. Now the Russians are supporting Aguber in Central Asia invading Xinjiang. He wants to support a military strongman under his control. You really think his purpose is Xinjiang. You are wrong. His purpose is Afghanistan."
"Just let the Russians control the Pamir Plateau and they can easily obtain a port in the Arabian Sea and threaten your colonies at any time. India."
"You can't even see such a ridiculous and clumsy plan to attract disasters from the east. Do you think the Russians occupied Xinjiang? Anyway, the Chinese are the ones who suffer in the end. You are so happy to watch the fun..."
Xiao Letian was very rude because he knew that the British people are so arrogant that they are out of bounds. On the surface, the Earl of Derby is just a person with low quality and very combativeness. But this is also a common feature of British politicians in this era.
Britain is too powerful now. These senior politicians are already so proud that they are arrogant. Take the example given by Xiao Letian. The Russians support Aguber invading Xinjiang. In the eyes of many British senior officials, this is the conflict between Russia and the Qing Dynasty. It is a typical dog-biting dog. No matter who wins and loses, it has no impact on the interests of the British Empire.
It is true that the nation of Russia has an unusual greed for the land. It is just like the British greed for the ocean nature. Russia really wants Xinjiang very much. No country will refuse to expand its territory. But is Russia's actions in Xinjiang really just to occupy more territory? Is it really just to grab China's land?
The so-called Xiangzhuang is determined to dance with swordsmanship. The Russians dance with swordsmanship on the surface, but the protagonist they really want to assassinate is Afghanistan, which is the Pamir Plateau.
"Yes." When the phrase Pamir Plateau drilled into the prime minister's ears, the prime minister's eyes immediately became flustered.
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