Chapter 596: Subtle Brainwashing

"I have indeed made a lot of friends because of this hobby!" Harry Sheffield coughed lightly and said seriously, "What William wants to do has invested so much money."

"Essentially, he hopes that our country can blackmail the Italians at the right time." Anne stroked her wedding ring and spoke softly, "He knew that this would not be easy, so he gave me almost unlimited financial support."

Anne's last night at Oak Manor, in addition to carrying heavy loads, was also the time when the Sheffield central air conditioner was turned on at full power. Slave owners have the same attitude towards everyone, using them when they are useful. All countries, including the United States, are equal. It is not shameful to do it for their own interests.

Sheffield never thought that any country could not be betrayed, and he helped Germany to make up for its shortcomings. This was mainly because the strength of the Allied camp was far behind that of the Allied Powers, so he could only help Germany, the most reliable country, to make up for it.

In order to show loyalty to the great Sultan and in exchange for the legally possible territorial expansion of Kuwait, there was nothing William Pasha would not do. He also adopted the same equal attitude towards the Allied Powers.

Sheffield can help any country, whether it is in the Central Powers or the Allied Powers. A true businessman will not be troubled by personal feelings. As his wife Anne is French, he did not stop helping the Germans for this reason. Now is the time to strike a balance.

Sheffield actually didn't know much about France's movements before World War I. He only knew about a very famous spy case that caused a long argument between the left and right factions in France. As a democratic country, this is due to its own national conditions.

France's position in Europe during the long Middle Ages was equivalent to China's position in the East. The similarity lies in this point. In the colonial era, France was deceived by the British. The gap in status between the two countries began with the Seven Years' War. After the Seven Years' War, France lost the initiative in colonization. You should know that among the five major colonies in North America, Louisiana, which caused the United States' territory to surge, was only one of them.

New France includes most of Canada and half of the United States, with the French-speaking Quebec region of Canada being only a small part of it. This does not include the lost Indian strongholds of France.

From the Seven Years' War until the emergence of Napoleon, France was still pursuing its dream of becoming a world empire. But Napoleon's defeat also ended France's dream of dominating the world. From that time on, France was the latter of Britain and France in people's mouths.

On the land battlefield of World War I, the confrontation between France and Germany determined the course of the war. Compared with the explosive growth of Germany in the Allied camp, the explosive growth of France on the Entente side was due to the explosive growth of France. The population of France was less than 40 million, just over half of the population of Germany.

On the last night at Oak Manor, Sheffield talked to his wife about the situation France was facing and that it only had half the mobilization force of Germany, and even mentioned France's Eastern policy.

Few people know that before World War I, France's policy of surpassing Britain was not implemented by relying on French Africa, but on French colonies in Southeast Asia, namely Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

By observing Britain's colonial policy, France concluded that the success of trade with China was due to the fact that India was a British colony, and Britain controlled the East through Sino-Indian trade. In this process, Britain used the Chinese to control its colonies in Southeast Asia. These methods are all worth emulating.

France wanted to use Vietnam, which is close to China, as a colony to promote trade. As for supporting the Chinese in the colonies and suppressing the locals, they were beginning to learn from the British. Vietnam's proximity to China should bring greater trade benefits. The French even believed that Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia could replace India's position, allowing France to surpass Britain in Eastern trade and then feed back the profits to the mainland.

This grand development plan was by no means a hasty move made on impulse, but was the result of careful and detailed investigation and long-term repeated argumentation, which reflects the shrewdness of the French government. His observations were very profound and his judgments were very accurate, so the possibility of success of this plan was very high. The French government had full confidence in him.

Taking advantage of being closer to China to offset trade with India, after surpassing the British in trade with the East, the profits were eventually fed back to the country, making France even stronger.

Then World War I broke out, and France's plan did not come true. During the conversation, the slave owner told his wife that only a threat from the homeland would cause France's plan to fail. The threat was naturally the Germans!

When Anne asked Sheffield if he wanted to find a way to contain Germany, Sheffield revealed his true colors and said that the Germans were too strong and Italy, also in the Triple Alliance, was very suitable to be used as a punching bag and could be used to warn the Germans.

The Oriental policy is very important in French politics, and even Vietnam and other places are the main destinations for the export of usury. Starting from this point, we can see how to find a way to guide it to North Africa.

The current French colonies are concentrated in two areas, one is French Africa and the other is Southeast Asia. From a trade perspective, Southeast Asia is more important because it is close to China. From a resource perspective, French Africa is more important!

Both are important, but in different ways. Italy is still in the Allied camp. Such an Allied member should not be allowed to threaten French Africa.

Only with money and resources can France maintain the style of a colonial empire. After some indoctrination with Sheffield central air conditioning, Anne was deeply proud of the French Empire and returned to France with a sense of mission and money.

Before all the facts come out, many things can be corrected. Especially after repeated hesitation and waiting, Italy took the lead in the Italo-Turkish War and sent 100,000 troops into North Africa. It can be said that the French, who had just taken a breath in the Moroccan crisis, had no time to care about other things.

This is a very risky move in itself. If France had been tougher, Italy might not have acted rashly.

Starting with colonial policy is a very suitable reason for blackmail. If Sheffield were French, he would have personally taken part in the battle. Now he can only rely on his wife to wield the big stick of money to create public opinion in the French political arena in advance and intimidate Italy, which is already ready to move.

The radicals now dominate France, although it has nothing to do with the royalists who have long since declined. However, Armand Fallière's policy is to strengthen the alliance with Britain and Russia, and maintain the threat to the Allies from both the east and the west.

In order to create a political consensus for this backstabbing of Italy, Sheffield stuffed Anne's suitcases with everything before letting her return home. Slave owners believed that there were honest politicians, but they were certainly not the majority, and this was true in any country.

Anne's goal was to create a consensus in French politics on preventing an Italo-Turkish war before Italy took action.

A few days later, Brown, the manager of Kuwait Black Gold Company, who had arrived late, found Anne's residence in Paris and greeted her, "Madam, the boss asked me to help you."

"Please take a seat. William said that there is no need to be too polite when dealing with you, the employees of the Black Gold Transportation Company." Anne raised her head slightly with a dignified look and asked, "What does he need your help with?"

"Our cargo ships in the Persian Gulf and Syria are secretly transporting Ottoman troops," Brown said. "The boss's point is that if Italy attacks, it will be very difficult for the Ottoman Empire to win. But after a discussion with several pashas, ​​they decided to increase the resistance of the Ottoman territories in North Africa. This transportation is carried out in secret, and the Italians have not discovered it from official feedback."

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"You are the most professional in transporting labor. No one on earth knows how to transfer labor better than you." Anne praised with a smile, "Although I don't know what William's plan is, as his wife I believe in him unconditionally. And we are working towards the same goal."

Anne, who already knew that the royalists were even weaker than they were a decade ago, was no longer obsessed with relying on the royalists to achieve Sheffield's goals. Any faction would do. There was no problem that the royalists could be bribed but the radicals could not.

Anne received all the advice from Sheffield, especially in the area of ​​bribery. She also absorbed the mistress's legacy of the United Company and the full support of the slave owners. In a short period of time, she had opened up a situation in the upper class society of Paris.

Although the royalists no longer have influence in the political arena, the French aristocracy still has a say in many areas, and the descendants of the aristocracy can have many friends, who can be royalists or radicals.

It just so happened that Brown had brought a lot of beauties from the Middle East, and Anne immediately knew what he meant. The character of French men is well known to everyone, and as a colonial empire, there are many upper-class members who like exotic customs.

This is also the reason why Anne has always tolerated Sheffield. Every time she thinks of French men, Anne feels much more balanced. Although her husband is also lustful, at least he does not deceive her.

I don’t know when it started, but the number of issues concerning North Africa in Congress has gradually increased.

This change has occurred imperceptibly. Since North Africa is now peaceful, people can speak freely in Congress without any worries.

There is a price to pay for speaking. Many MPs have a strong opinion that they are determined to win North Africa. Once the trend is formed and other MPs join in, when something really happens, there are very few people who can contradict themselves.

At the same time, editorials appeared in many newspapers in Paris, arguing that North African policy and Eastern policy are equally important and that the foundation of France's future development lies in North Africa. All this requires money to achieve, and this is subtle brainwashing.

(End of this chapter)