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During the Qing Dynasty, the Americans created an open door policy in our country that shared interests. At that time, all countries were scrambling to follow the Americans to divide us. Now Li Cong is also preparing to concoct something like this. I believe that greedy Americans can hold it back. Those people will open their mouths when they see the meat. Will they not eat it right now?impossible.╞╡

In 199, the U.S. government successively proposed to the governments of Britain and Russia to implement the so-called "open door" and equal trade opportunities in the Qing Dynasty.Open door: The United States requires "equalization of interests" on the premise of acknowledging the "sphere of influence" and the privileges already obtained by foreign powers in China.The main contents of the “open door” policy are: no interference with any treaty, port or any vested interests; all goods from all countries are levied at the current tax rate of 5% of the Qing government; maintaining the integrity of the territory and sovereignty of the Qing Dynasty and opening to capitalist countries Within their respective "spheres of influence", no higher charges shall be levied on ships and freight of other countries than their own countries.Li Cong was thinking, if he can share his gains with the Americans, I wonder if the Americans will continue to participate in the war?

In the past, European powers and Japan seized Haikou in the Qing Dynasty and competed for sphere of influence and other plundering activities, which posed a direct threat to the interests of the United States in China.Once the Qing Dynasty was divided up and became colonies ruled by various countries, the US trade with China would inevitably be excluded, let alone further development.At that time, its trade with the Qing Dynasty grew rapidly. In 199, its export volume nearly tripled from 195.The American industry even regarded the vast and populous Qing Dynasty as a "potential market."The Commercial Daily, which represents the interests of the textile industry, wrote in January 9 that the possibilities provided by the Qing Dynasty for American commerce were "simply immeasurable" and it was the potential "largest world market."After the Jiaozhou incident, the US Minister to China Tian Bei worriedly reported to the State Department that the great powers "divided up the Qing Dynasty will further wipe out our market."In February of the same year, the "New York Times" pointed out: "The jeopardized interests are not only our current trade with the ports of the Qing Dynasty, but also the right of all these trades to grow in the future." This growth will "be a huge period of rapid foreign trade expansion." The source of interest." Two-thirds of the goods imported by the United States from the Qing Dynasty entered the Northeast and North China through the three ports of Tianjin, Yantai and Niuzhuang.Therefore, it pays special attention to other countries competing for the northeast of our country.In June 19, a U.S. consul stated in a report to the State Department that if Russia “implemented its method of reducing taxes and self-determined freight for Russian goods transported by the Middle East railway, it would definitely give us the oil, oil and gas imported into the Qing Dynasty. The trade in flour, textiles and other goods has caused damage." The US monopoly bourgeoisie requires the government to take decisive measures to protect their current and future interests in China.In January 19th, Huamei Hexing Company and other large commercial firms engaged in trade with China established the American Interests Committee in China, prompting the US government to pay attention to developments in the Qing Dynasty.Under its impetus, the New York Chamber of Commerce petitioned the State Department in February, asking the government to "swiftly and effectively defend the existing treaty interests of our citizens in China."

Chambers of commerce in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston and other places responded, asking the government to safeguard "all the privileges enjoyed under existing treaty rights" and "promote commercial interests [in China]."In the same year, this committee was expanded to the Asia Society of America, further exerting pressure on the US government.Association President Fraser frr said proudly: “We often reach full agreement with President McKinley and his cabinet members through personal visits and correspondence. Our proposals and resolutions are warmly endorsed.” McKinley in 19 In his State of the Union address at the end of the year, he pledged that he was determined to "take all measures compatible with our government's consistent policy to safeguard our great interest in the Qing Dynasty in that area."

In 19 years, the United States was busy preparing and conducting a war against Spain, but it did not turn a blind eye to the powers competing for the Qing Dynasty.Before the Spanish-American War, the United States attempted to seize a port on the coast of North China. It targeted Weihaiwei.After the defeat of Spain and the occupation of the Philippines, some expansionists tried their best to advocate the seizure of hegemony in Asia and the Pacific.Senator Beverridge Beveridge bluntly declared: "The Philippine Islands will always be ours.... The infinite and vast market of the Qing Dynasty is near the Philippines. We cannot give up on both of these." "The Pacific is our ocean." The Philippines saw it as a springboard to invade the Qing Dynasty.Ma Hanxiao, the U.S. representative who attended the first Hague Conference, bluntly declared: "The vital interests of the United States are no longer in the South and North, but in the East and West; the major issue in the near future is the Qing Dynasty, ... the United States will I have to play a leading role in the struggle for the Qing Dynasty market." The U.S. envoys in China continue to demand action against the Qing Dynasty.

In October 19th, Yantai American leader Fowler tried his best to propose to the State Council to occupy a port in the Qing Dynasty.He advocated occupying Yantai, and proposed Zhoushan Islands, Taizhou, Dengzhou, Miaodao and other places as other alternative locations. He also envisaged using an island in the Philippine Islands to exchange Weihaiwei with Britain.Soon after Kang was appointed as the Minister to China, in October 9th, he suggested that the State Council should occupy a naval base in Bohai Bay and station a warship in Tianjin.He said: "We should be prepared to use negotiation or actual occupation to at least own and control a good port, from where we can effectively ensure our rights and effectively exert our influence." US Department of War and Navy Also actively planned to occupy ports along the coast of the Qing Dynasty.The Ministry of the Navy attempted to occupy the Sansha Bay or the Zhoushan Islands. The Ministry of the Army advocated establishing a base in Bohai Bay.

Due to the constraints of subjective and objective conditions, the US attempt did not become a fact.When other great powers seized the seaport and divided their spheres of influence, the Spanish-American War occupied all of its power, and it was unable to participate in the activities of competing for leases and dividing spheres of influence in China.When the war is over, it will be difficult to get involved.The United States is a rising country, and its military strength is still very weak. Its navy ranks sixth or seventh in the world. The quorum of the army's regular army is only 62,000, which is actually less than that.Although it has defeated Spain, a declining old colonial country, it is still not an opponent of other big countries, and cannot fight other imperialist countries by force.Another important reason is that there was a vigorous anti-war movement in the country at that time, which criticized the US government’s foreign expansion policy, which caused strong opposition to the US’s possession of the Philippines’ peace treaty both in the country and in the parliament. Failure to obtain the two-thirds majority necessary to ratify the treaty.In November 19th, Boston established the first anti-imperialist alliance. This organization quickly emerged in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, and other cities, with a total of more than one hundred, and established a national organization.Nearly 500,000 people from all walks of life participated in the movement. An anti-imperialist convention was held in Chicago in October 199, with representatives from 30 states attending.Faced with the strong momentum of the Anti-Imperial League, the Democratic Party took this banner and severely accused McKinley's Republican government of foreign aggression and expansion in order to profit from the 1900 presidential election.The McKinley administration must act in accordance with the intent of the monopoly bourgeoisie, actively protect the interests of the United States in China, and take decisive steps to fight for the hegemony of the Qing Dynasty and Asia; it must also proceed cautiously, cover up its aggressive face, and avoid attacks by anti-imperialist movements, McKinley can be elected to the next presidency.The open door policy was formulated under this complicated situation.

In September 19, McKinley appointed John Hay as Secretary of State.John Hay himself is a millionaire and has a close relationship with the Rockefeller Group.He is more active in protecting American industrial and commercial interests in China than his predecessor.From September to December 199, he instructed ambassadors to six countries, including Britain, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, and Japan, to submit a note to the governments of the host countries. This was the famous so-called first time in modern history. About the Qing Dynasty's open door notification.Although the writing of these notes is slightly different, they are basically the same. They require the governments of the six countries to recognize the following three principles:

There will be no interference in any treaty ports or vested interests in the so-called scope of interests or leases in the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty’s current treaty tariffs apply to all goods loaded and unloaded at all ports within the sphere of influence except for free ports, regardless of their nationality.Such taxes were collected by the Qing government.

At any port within their respective spheres of influence, the entry fee levied on ships of other countries entering the port shall not be higher than the entry fee levied on their own ships; railways built, managed or operated within their respective spheres of influence, for goods transported by subjects of other countries, It shall be equal to the railway freight levied for transporting the same goods and passing the same distance to the subjects of the country.

From the perspective of these three principles, the open-door policy is premised on the recognition of the powers' sphere of influence and vested rights in China.What it requires is that the sphere of influence and the leased area shall be subject to the same tariffs, port charges, and rail freight, that is, to keep the leased areas and spheres of influence in China open to the United States.Even some American scholars have pointed out that "the sphere of influence policy and the open door policy are not necessarily opposed to each other." "The open door note did not propose that imperialism should stop demanding the Qing Dynasty. It merely stated that'I also want to share.' Such a request." The U.S. government did not seek the consent of the Qing government, and exchanged notes with other countries without authorization, demanding the same trade status within the sphere of influence controlled by the foreign powers. This is a gross violation of Qing sovereignty.When the Qing government learned about the open-door note and raised a question to the U.S. State Department, John Hay did not explain or apologize for it. Instead, he replied to the Qing dynasty’s envoy to the United States on the 11th, Wu Tingfang, saying: “This government does not consider European powers now. Tend to get any proposal for the territory of the Qing Dynasty. But if we hope to negotiate with your government for some convenience in the coastal area in the future that I cannot predict, we would like to use our minister in Beijing or the Qing Dynasty representative in the capital Directly to the imperial government." He said "to obtain some convenience in the coastal area" means to obtain certain ports.This shows that the United States’ open-door note does not mean that the United States has no intention of participating in the partition of the Qing Dynasty.McKinley held the same views as John Hay. When he discussed the China policy with John Hay, he said: "Once it refers to the division of the Qing Dynasty, can we also take one?" It revealed that the US president was trying to become a power. Sharing a sense of greed when sharing the Qing Dynasty.

This open-door note was issued in the name of John Hay. The drafting of this document was Ro Keyi, who was recommended as an expert on Qing Dynasty issues by the State Council.Rokeyi is the secret of John Hay and has served in the US Embassy in China for many years.When he drafted this note, he was helped by He Biii, an old acquaintance he made in Beijing and a British employee of the Qing Dynasty Customs.At that time, He Bili was on vacation in the United States. He had frequent contacts with Ruokeyixin. He briefed Ruokeyi about the situation in the division of the Qing dynasty by the great powers, made suggestions for it, and suggested that the US government propose an open door policy.He believes that the powers' sphere of influence in China must be accepted as fact, but some measures can be taken to prevent the implementation of exclusive preferential tax rates within these spheres of influence.On 11th, 199, the Czar announced that Dalian was a free port.He Bili wrote to Rou Keyi, pointing out that this was a "great opportunity" for the United States to intervene in the complicated situation of the Qing Dynasty.Rokeyi is the consultant of Haijohn's open door policy, and He Bili acts as Rokeyi's consultant.Britain once suggested that the United States take joint action and jointly issue an open door declaration.Although the United States believes that this policy is beneficial to the United States, it does not want to follow Britain and act as its partner, and therefore rejects the British proposal.Some people suspect that He Bili's contribution to the US Open Door Note may have been instigated by the British government.

The US note in 199 only mentioned the sphere of influence and trade equality within the leased land, and did not include investment.This is because at that time all countries have scrambled to grab the railway and mining privileges. If investment is also included in the note, they will risk unanimous opposition from all major countries.In a letter dated March 199, John Hay wrote: "We don’t think we have tied our hands on future development, but at present, I think we’re most A good policy is to vigilantly protect our business interests and not formally form alliances with other relevant powers. i” Since then, the United States has continued to add new content to the open-door policy and make new changes in response to changes in the world situation and the strengthening of its own strength. The interpretation of this blazed a trail for American forces to continuously invade the Qing Dynasty.It is precisely because the open door policy can meet the needs of the United States to expand its power to the Qing Dynasty under different historical conditions, it has become the cornerstone of the United States' China policy for a long time.

The major countries have different attitudes towards the US note.Only Italy expressed its unconditional acceptance. The rest of the countries all made reservations to varying degrees, but Russia basically did not accept it.

Italy had no leased land or sphere of influence in the Qing Dynasty, and the demands made by the United States benefited it.On January 7, 1900, the Italian government expressed “willingly approve” the US proposal

The UK has a strong economy and has a great advantage in trade with China.From this point of view, Britain tried to use the entire Qing Dynasty as its commodity market; but at the same time, Britain grabbed the most promising investment in the Yangtze River Basin in the frenzy of carve-up. Not only was it large in area, but it was also the most densely populated and natural product in the Qing Dynasty. The richest area.From this perspective, it also hopes to distinguish investment from trade.On 10, 19, British Acting Foreign Secretary Balfour made a clear statement in the House of Commons that he believed that for trade, it should be "equal opportunity" and "open door", and for investment, a concession within the sphere of influence should be implemented. Rights policy.British Prime Minister Salisbury replied a week after receiving the note from the United States: Britain "has always advocated a policy of maintaining equal opportunities for the people of all countries to trade in China. The British government currently has no intention to abandon this policy." But he did not want to. The open door policy is applied to Kowloon and Weihaiwei, and leased land is required to be excluded.U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Chaotej complained in his letter to John Hay: "Since the Prime Minister is the first to accept your proposal, his attitude is disappointing." The U.S. government does not agree to the principle of equal trade opportunities. Not applicable to leased land, negotiate with the UK.Later, the United States stated that although Kowloon was a leased land, it was different from Weihaiwei's situation. In the British reprint, it was not necessary to mention Kowloon but only Weihaiwei.After two full months of negotiations, Salisbury barely accepted the American plan.On November 30, Salisbury replied: "With regard to the Weihaiwei leasehold and all areas that the United Kingdom may acquire in the future by lease or other means in the Qing Dynasty, as well as all the scope of interest that the United Kingdom has or may have in China in the future , Intends to issue a statement at the request of your government.” In this way, the United Kingdom excluded Kowloon from the scope of the open door. It also stated that “in the future” it may still “use lease and other methods” to occupy Haikou and seize sphere of influence. .The United Kingdom also stated that its consent was "conditional on the same declaration by other relevant powers."

Following the United Kingdom, France accepted the note from the United States on December 16, but only stated that it intends to implement the principle of "equal treatment" in the leased land, and never mentions the sphere of influence.France obtained the privilege of four-tenths of tax cuts in Guangxi and Yunnan based on the Sino-French trade statutes and annexes exchanged in 196. It obviously has no intention of giving up this privilege.

Japan and Germany re-photographed their acceptance on December 26 and February 19, 1900 respectively, but both stated that they were conditional on the acceptance of this principle by the relevant countries.Japan and Tsarist Russia have serious conflicts of interest in Northeast my country and North Korea. The future war with Russia urgently needs the support of the United States and Britain. This is one of the important reasons why it accepted the note.Germany agrees that the door is open and has its own plans.Like the United States, it is a rising, rapidly industrialized, and ambitious imperialist country. It is extremely jealous of Britain's sphere of influence in China.On March 14, 199, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bilu wrote to Prince Henry, the commander of the Far East Fleet, saying: “We must delay the division of the Qing Dynasty. We are becoming stronger in business.” The Yangtze River Valley “is the most important part of the Qing Dynasty and we should never To be squeezed out, we must try to make the United Kingdom adhere to its so-called open door policy for as long as possible. Otherwise, "we will easily suffer."Germany is trying to break its trade into the Yangtze River Basin, and the note from the United States shows that it is "a boat coming to cross the river."

The US note puts Russia in an embarrassing situation.The privilege of tax reduction and self-determination of tariffs obtained by Russia under the Middle East Railway Contract is an important means for it to "consolidate its absolute power in Manchuria". The United Kingdom has conducted nine months of negotiations with it on the scope of railway interests, but it has never been able to Make it agree to give up this privilege.Now Russia is facing the challenge of the United States.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Treasury have different opinions on the US note.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that if the leased land in Liaodong is not involved, the US proposal is acceptable.Muraviyov even thinks it is advisable to conclude an agreement with the United States, "because in this way, we may make the United States recognize the principle of our sphere of influence in Manchuria."The Russian ambassador to the United States further proposed to negotiate with the United States on the basis of the following principles: distinguish the sphere of influence from the leased land, retain complete freedom of movement in the leased area, and reserve the privileges of building railways and establishing industrial enterprises within the sphere of influence. Open the door to trade.But the Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte and his representative in the Qing Dynasty Pukdi disagreed with this proposition.They are not satisfied with merely declaring that the northeast of the Qing Dynasty is Russia's sphere of influence, but trying to obtain tangible benefits, and firmly oppose the method of equal taxation and equal collection of freight on the Middle East railway and branch lines regardless of nationality.Because Witte had a decisive influence on Russia's Far East policy, his ideas prevailed, and the Russian government decided to take a wait-and-see attitude for the time being.Muraviyov instructed Cassini to "make a general reply to the American note, so that we will not be bound."In the first meeting with Rokeyi, Cassini blatantly stated: Russia cannot guarantee the leased land to restrain itself, "Kanto is an inalienable part of the Russian Empire and is under Russian law."

At the same time, Russia is closely watching the progress of the United States' negotiations with other major powers.As Britain, France and other countries successively accepted the notes from the United States, Russia's situation became more and more difficult.On December 22, Muravijov wrote to Witte: "We must not violate the political and economic principles unanimously accepted by the powers, destroy the existing good relations between Russia and the United States, and provide opportunities for the powers to form an alliance in the Far East that is dangerous to our interests. ." He asked Witt to explain how he should respond to the United States.Witte said that the "autonomy" of railway freight in the northeastern part of the Qing Dynasty must not be given up. The reasons are: First, the Middle East Railway and the South Manchurian Railway are nearing completion, and "the American and British railways in China are only in the preparatory stage. It’s not even known whether it can actually start work.” Second, the central part of the Qing Dynasty was full of goods from Western Europe, Japan, and the United States, where “goods imported from Russia may not have much development in the near future”; third, abandoning the Middle East Railway and deciding to transport The price privilege "is tantamount to abolishing" the preferential treatment of great importance to Russia's economic interests in the Far East. As a result, the Middle East Railway will become a tool for promoting foreign goods in the Northeast.But Witte no longer opposes reaching an agreement with the United States, and said that he can accept the first and second recommendations on treaty ports and tariffs in the U.S. note.

The United States knows that "Russia does not want to answer" the note from the United States, and it is anxious about Russia's delay in replying.If Russia does not answer or publicly refuses, other countries can use the excuse to withdraw the re-photographs that have agreed to it, which means the failure of American diplomacy. The result will not only affect the international reputation of the United States, but also make the ruling Republican government in the next presidential election. The status of is compromised.The U.S. government decided to urge the Russian government to express its position. The ambassador to Russia "persisted" in requesting Russia to "respond immediately", "even in the most vague way."In this case, Russia gave an answer on December 30. First, Russia's opening of Dalian as a free port is sufficient to prove that Russia is following the open door policy in the leased land; second, the port and other regions will be If there is a tax customs, foreign goods, regardless of nationality, will be taxed equally; third, the commercial ports opened by the Qing government outside of the Russian lease are taxed by the Qing government itself, and the Russian government does not require preferential treatment for its subjects .This re-photo does not mention anything about the third proposal on rail freight in the US note. It castrates the most important content of the note, which is tantamount to rejecting the open door policy.Since the acceptance of this policy by other major powers is conditional on the common acceptance of the countries concerned, Russia’s response risks completely failing the efforts of the United States.

The US government is fully aware of this.On January 22, 1900, John Hay deliberately misinterpreted the contents of the Russian reprint in a letter to the ambassador to Russia.He said: "Our business now is to give Russia's reply the broadest possible meaning. Of course, we believe that Russia has accepted our proposal without making many reservations." On March, John Hay announced to all countries that he had accepted it. In response to the replies of the countries concerned, their commitment to the open door principle is "final and certain."This announcement is unrealistic, but it freed the United States from its predicament.

In the ensuing time, the Americans made continuous efforts towards the goal of opening the door. Until the end of the First World War, he finally became China's largest trading partner. Other powers, especially the economically developed countries, have seen it. The benefits that this article can bring to them, Li Cong also started from the perspective of the Americans back then.

From the beginning of the war against Europa to the present, the Americans have given no less than their own strength, but what have they gained?The Turkish Strait is still in a stalemate. Sicily has been beaten in a bad way. Almost nothing else has been obtained. The only strategically significant place is Gibraltar. However, because of the surrender of American soldiers, they directly withdrew from this area. If he had always been at the helm of the Skull and Bones, he would not continue to waste time and money in this place. It would be better to find another place.

There are many places occupied by Li from his subordinates. First of all, the Suez Canal area has been completely occupied by himself, and he has spent a lot of money in this area. It is absolutely not possible to partner with Americans here, the only partner can be partnered. The places are Corsica and Gibraltar. Corsica was very important in the past, but now that we have Gibraltar, why do we need Corsica? It’s better to share these two places with the Americans. You can even withdraw from Corsica when necessary, but as long as you have a place in the Gibraltar area, what you want is to block the entire Mediterranean.

Besides, Li Cong also thought that Great Russia would also need to have a base in the Mediterranean. At that time, Corsica could even be part of the Russians. At that time, it is estimated that the Europa people would really be powerless. Can he fight against it? Three big countries?This is absolutely impossible. In fact, as long as you can get the Suez Canal after the war is over, it seems that you have the wind on the surface, but if you continue to fight, you can see your daily consumption and block the British Isles. I have to spend billions of euros every day, and I can spend it in a short time, but if it takes a long time, where did I get so much money, if I use all my power in the British Isles, this It was theirs. Didn't Europa want to do that?

Li Cong arrived at the U.S. State Department and Russia’s Kremlin from a single note. Li Cong knew what he meant. He felt that the southern part of Europa was a bit chaotic. He still hoped that this area would be under international co-management, especially under his own occupation. In Gibraltar and Corsica, the Russians and the Americans were dumbfounded when they received it. They knew that Li was never such a person. When this guy never gave in, he ate these things. This kid can still come out?What a surprise.

It’s a fool to be cheap. Although I know that Li Cong certainly didn’t think about something good, he couldn’t just let it go. The two parties immediately sent heavyweights to the Energy Group headquarters to negotiate with Li Cong to see if it was one. What kind of charter, as for Europa, at this moment, even alliances like Great Russia don’t care about him, let alone the Americans. As long as the betrayal is not for their own interests, the love of others is the same. Who has so many. I was spending my time with you, especially in Great Russia. People on my own side did not die and money was not spent, but what did I get in the end?If they can have a naval base in Corsica, then their Black Sea Fleet will not stay in the same inner sea. If Turkey dares to block the Turkish Strait by then, its Black Sea Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet will be on both sides. He looks good. Although he has cooperated with this feud a while ago, there are still many elements of hatred after all. After so many years of fighting, it is not true that just a few words of peace can be true. It is almost like cheating children.

The second person from Great Russia came from Sequoia, General Shabarov, a guy from military background. Although he doesn’t have any position in the army now, this guy is still dressed in a uniform. When he came, he was from Great Russia. The military instructor directly told Li Cong that this was his own, and that it would be nice if anything went straight ahead, so Li Cong's attitude towards him was still very good.

The person sent by the Skull and Bones was a bit surprised to Li Cong. It was the woman who almost became her own daughter-in-law. At this moment, there was a title of Princess Kaya, and I don’t know where the noble title of the Skull and Bones came from. Whatever people call her, she also called her. I wanted to ask his son to come and talk to her, but the son said it was better not to see her. This is just as affectionate as his old man, but it is different from Li Cong. After the kid had finished playing, he didn't need it. Li Cong brought him to his own home. There was still a big gap between the father and the son in this respect. Li Cong felt that he needed to educate his little son.

"I believe you are all aware of the open door policy. This time I also mean the same. The Gibraltar and Corsica that I occupy can be managed by the three of us, and even Europa and the four of us can be managed together, so as to end this damn thing. War, you know, I am the person who loves peace the most. Because of this, I can even temporarily give up some of my own interests. Do you have any ideas?" Since everyone is smart, there is no need to go around. Li Cong directly threw out his own policy of open door and equal benefits, but unlike the Americans back then, Americans wanted to take advantage of others, and Li Cong used his own advantage to let everyone. We touched together, such a live Lei Feng is rare now.

"Hehe, Mr. Li is really very generous, but as far as I know, the Gibraltar area is now at war, and Mr. Li hasn't taken any advantage in any area, even Mr. Li is still at a disadvantage. If you can’t hold it now, we’re going to be dragged into the water?” Princess Kaya also inherited his old and cunning character. This little girl is not a fool. She knew that Li Cong had beaten him when she saw this jump. What was the idea, but this benefit was a bit big, and she was a little moved. She also understood that as long as the three companies unite to bully another family, there is absolutely no way for that family to survive, and they must agree to it.

"Princess Kaya’s words are good, do I think Mr. Li treats us as fools?" Shabalov looked like a drunkard and pervert. This guy has been drinking Li Cong's wine from the beginning. That eye has never left the body of Princess Kaya, but Li can see clearly from this guy's eyes that this guy is not an ordinary fool, and what he said at this moment seems reckless, but he is poking. Li Cong's.

"Both of them can see it, and I also said clearly, I can't eat this place myself, I hope you will come together." The two of them thought that Li Cong would have to quibble himself for a while, but they didn't expect it. Li Cong actually admitted it that way. It made them a little bit wondering how to deal with it. Li Cong was really OK at this time.

"Everyone has seen the ability of my own family. I have no ability to do anything to them. It is not impossible for me to stick to it. But I have to lose a lot. There are thousands of soldiers casualties every day. I want to lose myself like this. I can’t afford it, so I hope that the two of you can join me and we will divide these two places together.” Li Cong is still an honest person, if they didn’t know what Li Cong did before, really I thought that Li Cong was a kind and innocent person.

"Mr. Li, if it wasn't for me to be drunk and talking nonsense, I remember that Mr. Li also harvested a very important place this time is the Suez Canal. Doesn't Mr. Li here want to share our interests?" This guy Khabarov Also dare to speak.

"There? The general is really drunk right now? How much did my soldiers pay to occupy there? Do you think I didn’t spend money to occupy there? Do you know how much I paid in Egypt? Suez Canal I won’t talk to you about the problem. It’s my own. If you don’t like it, I’ll just let my troops retreat. I don’t have the ability to hold Gibraltar and Corsica, but if I concentrate everything. If you’re fighting the Suez Canal, I think I’ll be able to defend it even if the three of you join forces." Li Cong said this is not a big word. Now there are millions of people in the African Legion who can reach the Suez Canal in one day, and who Everyone knows that the place where Li Cong has the strongest military strength is Africa. It would be very unwise to want to fight against Li Cong there or ask for something. Li Cong said this to let them see that you can’t occupy that place. Now, there is my site, and they can see it too, as if this Li Cong is the Li Cong they know right now, the previous one seems to be an illusion.

The two looked at each other. What are they going to negotiate?Li Cong has prescribed everything for them. They came here only to obey Li Cong's words to sign the contract honestly. Can they give up?Absolutely not. If Li Cong retreats directly, Li Cong will certainly suffer losses, but Li Cong has also obtained the Suez Canal, but he is offended by Europa, and he has not been able to get anything. This is not a person inside and outside. Well, especially for Great Russia. Although they sent representatives to negotiate with Li Cong, they are very secretive, but they all understand that such a thing will spread out soon. They have sacrificed and need territory. Corsica Although not very good, if you want to get a share of the pie, you will have your own base in the Mediterranean. The Americans have no idea about Corsica. What they need is Gibraltar. If their army does not retreat, they may not need it. Talked to Li Cong.