Chapter 670: Rising on the Corpses of Great Powers (Second update, please subscribe)
When the train to Vienna started, a secret telegram was sent from the Paris train station to New York via the Atlantic submarine cable. A few hours later, this short secret telegram was forwarded to the Yingtian Telegraph Office via the telegraph lines of the American continent.
Soon, the telegram was delivered to the palace and placed before Emperor Zhu.
"Four countries act simultaneously!"
Looking at the telegram in his hand, Emperor Zhu showed a smile that was not noticed by outsiders.
Everything is under control.
"Your Majesty, it seems they want to drag us into this as well!"
Zuo Zongtang, the prime minister, reminded.
"Drag him into the water?"
Emperor Zhu shook his head and smiled.
"Since you want to stir up trouble, you can't stay out of it. Besides, it would be too unfair if only three of them get to eat Turkey's fat piece of meat. They eat until their faces are covered in grease, and we just stand by and watch?"
This is not a joke. The reason for adding fuel to the fire is not just to establish an "anti-British alliance", but more importantly to get a piece of Türkiye's pie.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time to work so hard? We never do business at a loss, so how can we work in vain?
"Your Majesty means that we should also send troops directly when the time comes..."
Zuo Zhongtang was a little hesitant. Sending troops to fight directly was not a good thing, and there didn't seem to be much return in terms of eyeballs.
Moreover, in the eyes of many people now, the land of Ming Dynasty is already vast enough. From North America to South America. From the Pacific Ocean to Africa. Such a vast land is almost a burden for Ming Dynasty!
Why did it become a burden to the Ming Dynasty?
Ultimately, it was because of the small population and insufficient population that the Ming Dynasty had such a vast land but was unable to develop it effectively.
For this reason, in the eyes of many people, the most important thing for Ming Dynasty now is to digest and absorb the occupied lands and to enrich the population of Ming Dynasty by emigrating as much as possible from the country, rather than expanding.
The expansion of any empire has its end, at least every stage has its end. Now the expansion of the Ming Dynasty has reached its limit.
Under this premise, Zuo Zhongtang would certainly appear a little hesitant. After all, Türkiye... is a little too far away.
"Soldiers must be sent!"
Emperor Zhu laughed.
"They will only feel relieved if we send troops."
Why Emperor Zhu the Great did not directly participate in the partition of Turkey at the beginning was not because he did not want to, but because he knew that France, Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire would not let the Ming Dynasty stay out of it no matter what.
Even to the outside world, what the Ming Dynasty hoped to do was to take advantage of the opportunity of declaring war on Türkiye to achieve expansion in the Americas, but what was the reality?
How could Emperor Zhu have no thoughts about Türkiye!
middle East!
That’s the world’s oil depot!
Even if Ming has oil fields in the southern Patagonia Plateau, so what? Its output is far from comparable to that of the Middle East.
That big oil depot in the Middle East, who wouldn’t be jealous of it if they were traveling through time!
With the oil fields in the Middle East, Ming Dynasty is equivalent to holding the oil pipelines of the whole world! The most important thing is its own energy security!
Not joining the war?
Is it possible?
If you don't take advantage of the opportunity of Türkiye's partition to join in the feast, you will regret it for the rest of your life!
Only by participating in this feast of division can we have the opportunity to make that large oil field our own. In the future, as long as we hold that oil pipeline, the whole world must consider the voice of Daming.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty would never lie flat on the oil field. But after owning the oil field, it could at least guarantee the security of the Ming Dynasty's own energy supply. After all, in the next century, oil is the lifeline of the country.
"However, we will definitely not invest as much force in Turkey as they did. We will only participate symbolically. I have given Zhu Guozhong clear instructions that all we want is the desert along the coast of the Persian Gulf. There are hardly any Turkish troops there!"
Yes...it's just a desert!
The Turks’ rule there is almost... in name only, and there are not many people even in the desert area. But under the desert lies the world’s largest oil field!
This is the real goal of Emperor Zhu. Of course, all this cannot be told to outsiders at the moment. At the appropriate time in the future, the oil field must be developed.
This is the biggest advantage of a time traveler. If you don’t make use of these advantages, wouldn’t it be a waste of time to travel through time?
"desert?"
Zuo Zongtang frowned. After all the effort, he only got a desert. It seemed like a loss!
He thought for a while and said.
"Your Majesty, is this a plan for Brazil?"
The outside world does not know His Majesty's plan, but how could Zuo Zongtang, as the prime minister, not know His Majesty's plan? While the "New Crusade Plan" is being implemented, the Ming Dynasty will take the opportunity to provoke a war with Brazil in South America and then occupy Brazil.
The occupation of Brazil is related to the future national defense security of the Ming Dynasty, and is also to expand the living space of the Ming Dynasty.
The expansion of the Ming Dynasty has an end, but Brazil is a place that must be taken. How can we allow others to sleep peacefully where we sleep?
Brazil, we can’t stay.
"Brazil?"
With a slight smile, Emperor Zhu said with some pride.
"So, we only need the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf. The Turks' defense there is weak and can't hold back much of our strength. Probably deploying three to five divisions will be enough. Moreover, for us, the long-distance troop projection is also a test. After all, our final decisive battle in the future will definitely be in North America and against the Americans. The long-distance troop projection is a problem that must be solved in the next few years!"
Dividing troops is a taboo in military strategy, but it also depends on who the opponent is. To deal with an opponent like Brazil, there is no need to deploy too many troops, but it is different to deal with the United States. After all, the North American territory is too far away from the Ming mainland, and the local population is also limited, and has not yet exceeded one million.
Such a decisive battle in the ocean... is the real taboo in military strategy!
But for the Ming Dynasty, this is something that cannot be avoided. After all, North America is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it cannot allow the Americans to occupy it.
"Therefore, in the next few years, we must try our best to develop our maritime capabilities and increase the tonnage of merchant ships. In addition to providing subsidies to shipping companies, we must also develop some merchant ships suitable for ocean-going transportation and manufacture several standard merchant ships."
While speaking, Emperor Zhu's mind naturally came to another world-famous Liberty Ship.
Liberty ships were cargo ships built in large numbers in the United States during World War II. Although they were simple, quick to build, and cheap, they had a carrying capacity of nearly 10,000 tons. Of course, the most amazing thing was that the Liberty ships were built very quickly. They were all built in an assembly line style, with some pre-made parts shipped to the dock for assembly.
In the early days, each Liberty Ship took about 230 days to build, but the construction speed continued to increase, and eventually, it took an average of only 42 days to launch. The fastest record was only 4 days, 15 hours and 30 minutes from keel laying to launching.
At this era, the liberty ship is the most suitable for the needs of the Ming Dynasty.
After Emperor Zhu secretly made this decision, he discussed some other issues with Zuo Zongtang.
However, their topic has never left the secret negotiations in Vienna that are about to begin. In order to facilitate this alliance, the Ming Dynasty not only spent two years, but also paid other costs, such as transferring the production rights of the Type 71 rifle to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and transferring steelmaking technology to them. In a word, the Ming Dynasty also paid for the treaty. Of course, they also paid for these transfers. For the Ming Dynasty, technology transfer is also a big business, after all, it also involves contracts for equipment and other aspects.
But what?
These are also some of the agreements reached by all parties during the negotiations.
"The Four Emperors Alliance!"
After Zuo Zongtang left, Emperor Zhu smiled with some complacency.
"As long as the Four Emperors reach an agreement, the world situation will be controlled by the Ming Dynasty from now on!"
What is the trend!
This is the general trend, using Turkey to leverage the general trend of the world. And then let the general trend of the world serve the rise of Ming Dynasty. This is exactly what Emperor Zhu planned. How could he not be proud?
"The rise of a country must be based on the corpses of other countries, and the rise of a powerful country must be based on the corpses of several powerful countries. The dismemberment of Turkey is just the beginning..."
(End of this chapter)
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