Wang Xuan could not make a decision, so he had to report back. The news quickly spread to the northwest through the telegram network. Yang Yuanzhao was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect this to happen in the Middle East. He thought that Germany was quite influential in the Middle East, as long as they agreed to advance funds, dispatch workers and machinery, and control it.

The British had a small move before. Through telegrams, he also knew that the Germans' solution was also very good, and the troubles disappeared in an instant. Who would have thought that the British had not yet settled one wave and the British came up with more destructive moves, using small boats to occupy berths and prevent large ships from being parked. To put it bluntly, it was just a rogue method. There were few such situations in later generations, and it was even said that this was an innovation.

It is hard to say that such a rogue method has put them in an unsolvable situation. If they cannot catch any pain, the other party is legal, and from the process to the result, it is very difficult to make it clear from a rational point of view. In the future, it may be possible to separate things with tonnage. Small boats have special places to dock, and large boats have special places to dock, so that this problem can be avoided. However, in terms of the actions of the British and the reactions of the Germans, the Basra Port may have been more affected by the UK to a certain extent. It is not easy to complete such changes.

Of course, there is also a direct legal basis to determine that this practice is illegal, which will take more time. Now the mainstream forces in the world are standing on the opposite side of [→, ww∧w. Germany. Although other countries without personal pain will not hate like France and Russia, they will not help others.

It seems that there is no solution. Things are in a dead end, and the brows of his own frowns tightly. For him, the Baghdad Railway is just a starting point. A key to opening up a seaport for Germany in the Middle East and the Indian Ocean. As long as there is a port here, even if Britain blocks the North Sea, it will not be possible to completely block the Indian Ocean, because that will not only cause a rebound in the entire world's shipping, but also consume astronomical military power.

Yang Yuanzhao knew very well that by the time of World War I, the difference between Germany and Britain was not that big. Britain had the advantage and suppressed the German high seas fleet in the port and could not come out. However, the British local fleet almost concentrated most of the new warships, and other places were just ordinary fleets, even early dreadnoughts. Such combat effectiveness was very problematic and had no time to take care of the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It can be said that during World War I, the British overseas fleet, except for the Atlantic Fleet, because it was closer, the African fleet, Indian fleet, and even the Asian fleet were drawn away most of the new forces, and a large number of destroyers and sailors. The combat effectiveness was extremely limited.

If China wants to achieve China's rise, it may be possible to rely on the power of Yang Yuanzhao. After all, he has more unique vision than others and more magical effects of the all-in-one machine. However, it will take decades later, and most countries in the world will be involved in it at once, directly weakening and destroying the two great powers. After this battle, Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire no longer existed, and their influence on the world and even Europe was reduced to the lowest level, weakening three countries. Britain, France and Germany were weakened to varying degrees. I am afraid that the only one that created was the United States.

Supporting Germany allows the war to continue to be delayed, even beyond 1918. That is definitely an unimaginable development opportunity for China and we cannot just give up.

Yang Yuanzhao stared at the documents tightly, but unfortunately he had no idea. He felt a lot of discomfort and simply came out of the office and wandered around outside.

Baotou in 1912 has become a super city with a population of more than 5 million. It is also the best in this world because it popularized high-rise buildings on a large scale. Even ordinary buildings have 67 floors. The framework of the city is not particularly large. It is now only about 500 square kilometers, but it is not too regular. After all, Baotou is not a plain city like Beijing Luoyang. Its expansion is relatively wide and symmetrical.

The furthest link in Baotou is now about 110,115 kilometers. In the huge area, millions of people have concentrated their hard work. After the establishment of the northwest, the chassis of the three provinces, Mongolia, Shanxi and Shaanxi, are all among them. As a special area, Baotou has left most schools and research institutes, and only a small number of experimental factories have been left behind in the factory. The rest have basically been scattered. The super-large cities have already had various problems, and a large number of heavy industries have been concentrated here, which is not suitable. Baotou has gradually become a central city. The role of politics and finance is far greater than that of industry, and the neat and excellent environment has become a new improvement point in Baotou.

Before he knew it, Yang Yuanzhao walked to the suburbs of the city. It was actually a wasteland before, but with the expansion of Baotou City, it was included in the urban zoning. However, large-scale buildings and commercial housing have not yet reached this place. Some are only private houses, and most of the homeowners will build them. There is a small building specially used for renting houses for outsiders. A 4-storey building is already the limit of ordinary houses that can be improved. Even the fourth floor that Yang Yuanzhao saw is not a brick structure, but seems to be a simple house.

Baotou has a large population and a large number of temporary personnel. Some of them have a skill and can earn relatively generous rewards, and they often choose apartments or hotels in the city center, but they only have a lot of strength. Perhaps in the past, they could find factory jobs in Baotou and gradually improve, but now, they may only be able to do the most basic efforts. In this case, the suburbs of the city have become their choice.

Yang Yuanzhao smiled bitterly, and then he noticed that it was already dark. Before he knew it, he walked at least 10 or 20 kilometers, and almost four or five hours. He looked back and saw a car following him, and there were several bodyguards hiding in different corners.

This was decided at the plenary meeting after confronting Beiyang. The internal security bureau was formed by the internal security forces to ensure the safety of the top leaders in the northwest. As the leader and creator of the northwest, he certainly enjoyed the highest level of treatment.

It seems that it was worrying for his subordinates. Yang Yuanzhao was about to move towards the direction of the car. At this time, a young man walked down from the small building and patted the shoulder of another middle-aged man and said, "Uncle Wang Si, you see, you are right, you can no longer add rooms now, but if you join our family, we use land to borrow money from the Northwest Bank, ask the construction team to plan and build a seven-story building. With a reasonable layout, the number of rooms will be at least doubled. In this way, just collect rent, and you can pay off the loan in two or three years. The rest will be net profit!"

The middle-aged man thought about it and said with some concern: "Big nephew, I said that, but is there no risk?"

"Of course there is no risk. Uncle Wang Si, you didn't obey the saying in the box. Do you want to break the inherent framework and build a new Baotou? Baotou will get better and better in the future. Don't you see that there are many more people renting a house?"

The two of them just had a simple conversation and said the most common. The centralized building of houses like this became the mainstream in Baotou in the past. A 7-story building requires a foundation, and the house area cannot be too small. It is generally a combination of two or three companies. This is very common in the central urban area and it has not really become popular in the suburbs. As for what my nephew said, what breaks the inherent framework and builds a new Baotou was proposed by Liu Shu, in order to reduce the industrial flavor of the past and gradually form a big city in the political and financial direction.

Yang Yuanzhao also knew about the document and slogan himself, and even he had given instructions, but at this moment he heard it, it had a different flavor. Whether it was the expansion of housing or the slogan, it seemed to make him extremely excited because he finally thought of the solution that had troubled him all day.

In fact, he had a preliminary solution for this matter, that is, bribery. Since the British can influence the port of Basra, there are only two points: coercion and temptation. Under the situation of British and German opposition, the coercion has little effect, and I am afraid that it is more likely to be temptation. Perhaps Britain just wants to find trouble for the Germans and may not really make great efforts. Yang Yuanzhao is sure that a world war will break out in two years. Even with his butterfly wings, the conflict between the two groups is irreconcilable. If it really drags on, it will definitely be the financial drag, and both sides are looking for opportunities to start a war.

Under such premise, the Baghdad Railway became a fulcrum for him to leverage the war. To a certain extent, he had to build him, even if he paid a greater price in private, he would spare no effort.

However, such a transfer of interests or bribery can be done in a short time. Over time, it will expose his purpose. If the symptoms are not the root cause, the British may use other methods to induce them. At that time, half of the railway is built but cannot continue. What should I do?

The conversation I heard by chance today made him suddenly realize that since this problem cannot be solved, he simply broke the original framework. Basra is a port, but not a large port, and the throughput is not large, so that it can only work when the other side's boats occupy it. However, if a new port is built and another port is built, the sight of the future generations will be based on tens of thousands of tons or even larger tonnage, and even a new modern port with the concept of containers and roll-over, what will happen? It not only solves the current problems, but also has a greater collection of goods.

Good fortune depends on misfortune, misfortune depends on good fortune, and crisis is always accompanied by opportunities. He had long wanted to extend his tentacles to the Middle East, which was a land like gold, and the underground oil was simply crazy. Now, he had an opportunity unintentionally.

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