Chapter 199 An old friend of the Arab people! (Please subscribe, please vote)

"Grand Advisor, do we really want France to control the Mediterranean in the future?"

The two Louiss left happily, but Zhuge Weixue quietly appeared behind Zhuge Weijiu and asked softly.

The great military advisor Zhuge Weijiu sat on a sofa facing the window, holding a walking stick with both hands, enjoying the sunlight shining on him through the glass. When he heard Zhuge Weixue's question, he just smiled and said: "Tell me

Your opinion."

"Yes, Great Military Advisor," Zhuge Wei said, "My younger brother believes that Suez guards the busiest shipping route in the world and is the most important canal in the world. Whoever controls this canal will strangle the trade between the East and the West.

The throat. So it should be firmly in our hands, not controlled by France."

Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said: "Your brother will definitely not have such a view. Although the Suez Canal is important, there is more wealth worthy of us under the feet of the Arabs! So we do not need to control the Suez Canal, but should

Give it to the French.

In this way, in the future, the Suez Canal will become a huge dispute between France and the Arab Empire. France, which regards the Mediterranean as its own backyard, cannot possibly hand over the canal to the Arab Empire!

And how can the Arab Empire tolerate the canal in their home being firmly controlled by Catholics? By then, Arabs and Europeans will definitely clash over the Suez Canal, and the Arab Empire will most likely not be able to defeat France plus Algeria.

Will be colonized and assimilated by France, and the contradiction between Arabs and French will eventually be difficult to reconcile!

As long as the war between the Arabs and the French continues, we can profit from it and get everything we want!"

everything?

Zhuge Weixue didn't know what to say. What other valuable things could the Arab Empire have besides the Suez Canal? Is there any? Could it be an Arabian horse?

Zhuge Weijiu knew Zhuge Weixue's thoughts, so he smiled and said: "This is a secret, please don't reveal it. Eighty-eighth brother, I have always valued you very much, and nothing has changed now! And we, the Zhuge family, want to

To become a hero among men, there is never only one way to become a military advisor. The appointment I have arranged for you to serve as the Consul General of Alexandria is a broad path to a successful career!"

It turns out that Zhuge Weixue was finally promoted, and what he got was a consul general position that was more important than most ambassadors to foreign countries - Consul General of Alexandria in Egypt.

Since Ali Pasha of Egypt was only the nominal governor of the Turkish Empire, he was actually no different from the king. The reason why he still regarded himself as the governor of the Turkish Empire instead of the king of Egypt was actually to embezzle more people in the name of the civil war in the Turkish Empire.

more land in order to establish his own Arab empire in the future.

The Ming Empire is almost the only powerful country that "sincerely" supports Ali Pasha - after all, other powerful countries in the world have great interests in the Mediterranean. They either want to maintain the status quo and maintain the Turkish Empire. Or they want Turkey

After taking away the most valuable part of the empire, and then smashing the remaining parts into pieces, we never want to see a newly rising empire inherit the legacy of the Turkish Empire.

Only what the Ming Empire in the distance valued was not the Mediterranean coastline owned by the Arab Empire and its sovereignty over the Suez Canal. What the Ming Dynasty valued was only the dark things under the sand of the Arabian Peninsula.

However, Zhuge Weixue did not know that there was treasure under the sand of the Arabian Peninsula, so he was still a little confused about his true mission.

"Great Military Advisor, what exactly are you going to do at Ali Pasha's place?"

After hearing this question, Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said: "Brother 88, you have only one mission, which is to encourage and help Ali Pasha borrow money from us... the more, the better!"

"The more the better?" Zhuge Weixue asked, "What if he doesn't come out yet?"

"You don't need to think about it." Zhuge Weijiu said, "You just encourage him to borrow more... There is not much time left for him and us. He must arm Egypt as soon as possible, and he needs to train more

army."

"I understand!" Zhuge Weixue said, "What the military advisor wants to do is to have Ali Pasha send troops to cut off the Suez Canal once a war starts!"

Zhuge Weijiu smiled: "Eighty-eighth brother, from now on, you will be our senior diplomat in the Ming Dynasty... You must act in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and don't just make your own decisions, let alone try to change the country's foreign policy.

.The only thing I can tell you about is making friends with Ali Pasha and helping him borrow more money."

Zhuge Weixue nodded heavily: "I understand, I understand it all!"

Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said: "Now help me do the last thing, draft a message to Beijing..."

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"Brother 108, it seems that the business of selling boats is not as easy as we thought!"

Ming Dynasty, Beijing, Admiralty Building, small conference room.

Zhuge Weidao, who had just returned to Beijing from Shanghai, was attending a naval armament meeting.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zhuge Weiyi showed everyone the telegram Zhuge Weijiu had sent from France.

Zhuge Weiyong read the telegram for a while, then snorted and said: "Louis XVII has settled down, but he still doesn't look down on our hero... He also wants a customized version, and the price is so low!"

Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "The price is not low, and I paid 10.88 million yuan...and the Mediterranean customized version should be a low-speed heavy gun Iron Turtle, and the cost is not high.

Zhuge Weidao thought for a while and said: "I think we can build a hero-class follow-up ship.

How about a standard displacement of 25,000 tons, a main engine of 26,000 horsepower, and then a five-turret layout?"

"Okay, we can do it!" Zhuge Weiyang nodded and frowned: "But the delivery of this ship will be late... What should we do with the dozen heroes and heroes that are already on the slipway?

By the way, Daozi, can you sign Nicholas I's big deal?"

It was both Zhuge Weiyi's and Zhuge Weyong's first time doing the big business of selling warships, so they didn't have much confidence in their minds.

"Yes, of course I can." Zhuge Weidao still looked confident and said with a smile, "We have the black-haired Louis, Marshal of the French Navy, and the slutty Grand Duchess Natalie, and maybe one more.

Grand Duke Mikhail, how could it be impossible?

Moreover, the few heroic lines we have are either already built or can be delivered quickly.

For Nicholas I, who was eager to open up the situation in the direction of the Balkans, it was like giving someone timely help. How could he not do it? Even without Natalie and the others, the deal could probably be negotiated."

Zhuge Weidao was speaking confidently, but he was still frowning.

Guan Tianpei, who was very familiar with him, asked: "Daozi, do you think something is wrong?"

"This... is a little bit." Zhuge Weidao said, "The British are still taking too big a step. Is there anything weird here? Moreover, their strategy of uniting Western countries to build ships and excluding us is of no use.

No. Instead, they exposed all their trump cards! Will Wellington and Nelson only have this level of skill?"

"Daozi, don't think so much." Zhuge Weiyi said with a smile, "There is black-haired Louis in France watching for us... The British can't play any tricks."

Zhuge Wenyong also said: "That's right! This is a global war, the situation is so big, little tricks and tricks are of no use. Everyone is playing dirty tricks and playing their cards right.

And it’s not like we don’t have secret tricks at our disposal.

Daozi, when can the plane take to the sky? I heard you talk about this before the Spring Festival this year."

"It's coming, it's coming." Zhuge Weidao said with a smile, "The weather has been bad these two days, it always rains... When the weather gets better, choose a sunny day, and let's go watch the plane take off!"
Chapter completed!