Holy Roman Empire

Rao was prepared to be made unruly, and facing the scene in front of him, Ito Hirobumi was on fire.

Only a voice inside kept reminding him to calm down, that this was a plot by the enemy to anger ......

"Your Excellency the Governor, it is so unfair to us to return directly to pre-war. It goes against ......"

Without waiting for Ito Hirobumi to finish, Chandler interrupted, "Prime Minister, you seem to have the wrong concept of who you're negotiating with over there.

I'm just giving you a reference proposal as a person, and it's your freedom to accept it or not. In short, order in the South Seas must be restored to normal before Christmas.

Your country's troops in the Philippine Islands have now undermined the prosperity and stability of the South Seas region, something that no peace-loving country can tolerate. If your government is incapable of handling it, we can help to do so on your behalf."

"Acted upon", was Ito Hirobumi's first reaction. No matter what, since it was a war between Japan and the West, the protagonists of the negotiations should be Japan and the West.

Now that he actually didn't hold back and ran off to talk to the Shinra representative, wasn't it a sign of a brain fart?

The problem with this negotiation came up when Chandler took the opportunity to draw out the timeline of the negotiation and got himself into a bit of a rut.

Disagree?

Just look at the faces of the representatives of various countries, forget it. Let's finish the talk before it's too late, then we can all be happy with each other. Otherwise it will affect everyone going back for Christmas, and that will be a big sin.

The most difficult thing for Ito Hirobumi to accept was that the British actually acquiesced to all of this happening and did not raise any objections to the withdrawal from the Philippines.

By Ito Hirobumi, John Bull's skill in selling his teammates is too powerful. It would be a tragedy if they were accidentally sold and helped others count their money.

......

Without any surprises, the first day of negotiations was destined to be a bad one. It wouldn't have been a negotiation if it had been in one day.

In the evening, Governor Chandler, as the host, held the banquet as usual. As he watched the delegates from various countries moving merrily through the banquet, Ito Hirobumi, who was dressed in a suit, was drinking alone in a corner with a glass of red wine, looking out of place with the environment.

"Still worried about the day?"

The visitor was none other than Klaus, the British Consul to the South Seas, who sat down across from Ito Hirobumi with only one arm around his female companion and a glass of wine in the other.

After raising his glass to clink and taking a small sip, Ito Hirobumi slowly replied, "Yes, Sir."

"The biased position of certain countries is really unfriendly to us. If this situation continues, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the negotiations behind us to proceed smoothly."

Hearing this unsurprising answer, Klaus laughed so hard that he spilled the wine in his cup, and finally recovered his economy with the help of his female companion.

"Prime Minister, you have been deceived. It's not true that the nations of Europe support Spain, but that doesn't mean they're willing to start a war for Spain that they can't see a return on.

Don't look at their clamor, but it's actually the governments that can decide to start a war. As long as your country has not touched the bottom line of the Vienna government, they will not send troops.

......"

Frankly, Klaus didn't want to tell the Japanese that much. But it couldn't help that Ito Hirobumi was being generous, and just now he had received another cheque for £5,000.

Although diplomats stationed abroad have many doors to money, but that also depends on what. If you're stationed in the Far Eastern Empire, you'll naturally be wealthy, and you can get rich just pouring in whatever you want.

Unfortunately, Klaus' place of work was in the South Seas, and in the South Seas region dominated by Shinra, his status as a consul would be worthless.

When it came to the political and diplomatic affairs of the two countries, it was all directly approached by London and Vienna, and it was not his turn to make decisions. Even if something needs to be coordinated by him, he can't expect the Austrian South Pacific Governor to give him a generous gift.

He wanted to help matchmaking and peddling of weapons and equipment, engineering machinery and other industrial products, but unfortunately, Shinra was even slicker than Britain in this regard, there is no blank market.

In this context, Klaus's waistline is naturally not bulging. It's not easy to meet the Japanese, the wrongdoer, naturally, to blackmail.

For the sake of the pound, Klaus very readily sold the game play in European diplomatic circles and incidentally gave away the basics of what was now the European continent.

The latter was all nonsense, and the basics of the European continent Ito Hirobumi already knew by heart. Only some of the hidden secrets of European diplomatic circles, he still needed to learn.

"Sir, what is the bottom line of the European Union, or rather the Vienna government?"

It was very important to figure this out, and Ito Hirobumi would not be able to sleep without clarifying the Holy Roman Empire's bottom line, or true intentions.

Consul Klaus shook his head, "I can't answer that question for sure. The company has been in the process of developing the new product for the past two years.

Of course, your country will not be able to keep the Philippine Islands. This was determined at the Vienna Conference, and you cannot afford to deny the face of the European Union."

"It is often your enemy who knows you best" is not a bad saying at all. In response to the study of the Vienna government, if the British called it second, absolutely no one would dare to call it first.

After so many years of research and analysis, the Vienna government's foreign style, the London government had already felt it out.

A hard bone like Japan that has no oil, even if it is sent to the door, people will not take it. Interfering in the Philippine war, that was only because of diplomatic strategic needs.

The European alliance sounds hegemonic, but the only two countries that really have the ability to intervene in South Pacific affairs are Shinra and the Netherlands. Once the armies met, the main force of the war would definitely be Shinra.

Taking on the Japanese is simple, the problem is that the Vienna government has gone ashore, and now is the time to focus on food, it is impossible to hit the Philippines. Even if they beat down Japan, the Vienna government would not be able to recover the cost.

Besides, Japan is not without a backer. Even if they didn't value this little brother, as long as they could create trouble with Shinra, the London government would not give up their support.

The European Union's face-saving problem, Ito Hirobumi already knew, and from the beginning of the diplomatic note, the Tokyo government knew that the Philippine Islands were not safe. It's still deadlocked, but only to maximize profits.

The ability to blackmail a compensation from Spain is secondary, the key is the evacuation move takes time. The Japanese harvest in the Philippine Islands has to be shipped back to the country to be counted.

The Spanish navy was the one obstacle that could not be overcome if they wanted to successfully bring back their property. Although the Japanese navy held the main Spanish navy in check, people's cruisers could just as well come out and make things happen.

This kind of Shinra-made breakaway ship didn't have much of an advantage, but it could run fast enough. Frontal duel is not possible, but the enemy to break the delivery is a top two. Even if they met at sea, the Japanese Navy would not be able to catch up.

The problem was that as the world's most powerful Royal Navy, the direct frontal bar was enough, and what was needed to break the engagement was for the weak to consider.

No demand, naturally no construction. The Japanese government needs can be ordered, but unfortunately the battlefield can not wait.

In this context, the most important thing the Japanese government needs is a ceasefire first. Only when the sea was safe could they bring back the wealth they had harvested and ship it back successfully.

Naturally, the obvious could not be hidden from the Spaniards. As the party being robbed, the Spaniards naturally did not want to see the Japanese get rid of their wealth.

Although Spain had the support of the European Union, the Japanese were not without leanings. Let's not forget that at least most of the Philippine Islands were still in Japanese hands.

It's always easier to destroy than to build, and if push comes to shove, the Japanese can still play the scorched earth strategy and leave a ruin to the Spanish.

Anyway, Spain does not have the strength to retaliate, once the Japanese shrank back to the mainland, Spain will be looking forward to the ocean.

Don't look at the two navies can now fight half a catty, that is based on the premise of the support of the Shinra, can be near the supply and warship maintenance, if a different battlefield situation will be very different.

Knowing the purpose of the European Union from the British population, Ito Hirobumi breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Weak countries had no diplomacy, and Japan, which had dominated the original time and space, had been forced by the powers to abandon Liaodong, not to mention now.

Spain could not be defeated yet, although it had suffered a great loss on the battlefield, but with Shinra behind it, its military power was rising instead of declining.

In addition to these factors, there was another reason that prompted the Japanese government to give up, and that was that the country was about to lose support.

Affected by the Philippine War, Shinra, the largest grain merchant in the South Pacific cut off food exports to Japan, Japan's domestic rice prices soared.

The British also could not help in this problem. The central and southern peninsula had only recently been occupied, and John Bull did not have the talent for farming, nor the ability to export large quantities of food abroad.

The European Union was again stuck in the Malacca Strait, forcing the Japanese government to import from the Far Eastern Empire or from the United States.

Although the United States was not the same as it once was, it had the ability to export food, but its cost control was far inferior to that of the southern allied countries.

The cost itself is not low, coupled with the cost of transportation, as well as the capitalists to take advantage of the looting, after the food to Japan and cheap naturally has nothing to do.

The fact that the conciliation conference was able to go ahead was equally important, apart from the face of the European Union, as it was that Japan and the West couldn't hold up.

In addition to the initial smothering, after entering into formal negotiations, the initiative to negotiate or returned to the hands of the two representatives of Japan and the West.

Rule makers also need to abide by the rules of the game, pulling sides is fine, overdoing it is not, and the representatives of each country returned to their own role as mediators.

"Quarrel, quarrel, quarrel ......" negotiation mode, so pull the curtain.

......

The African continent, New Ortenburg.

This small, isolated town was now decked out in lights to welcome new friends to the city. As the host, Viscount Ottolenghi stood at the front of the queue.

As a rule, an ordinary one time reception, it was not like a big person was coming, Viscount Outlet did not need to give such a high courtesy.

There was no way around it, Viscount Orteles was not from an illustrious background, going back up the eighteenth generation of his ancestors probably produced nobles!

Not only did he come from an ordinary background, but his family was not rich either. It truly began to make a fortune, and it also started with his father. Relying on the luck of the European Emperor, he successfully crossed the threshold of nobility in the Ossar War more than thirty years ago and became a knight of the lowest rank.

Then, catching up with the opportunity of the times that opened up Africa, he became a baron with feudal lands.

Father's luck was good, and so was the luck of the Autarchs. While serving in the army, he happened to encounter the outbreak of the European War, and following the trend of the times all the way A over, the Baron became a Viscount.

The scenery was glamorous, but the aftermath of the outbreak also came, and the underprivileged Ultras didn't have enough capital to build up their own territory. Even though they pulled their friends and family together, they still couldn't support a Viscount's collar.

Today is different from the past, except for the occasional small ripples in the north, the situation on the African continent has stabilized, and the opportunity to make war money has been taken up by the fathers.

Looking at their next door neighbors, they are spreading money widely to pull people from the homeland, the territory construction is going strong, and the cities are taking shape. With his own territory still stuck at a small town level, Viscount Orteles had a mixed bag of emotions.

There was no way around it, although the Royal Bank provided low-interest loans for territory construction, the loan amount was very limited.

Slowly farming and development was naturally enough, and if you wanted to make a prosperous territory with money in one step, it was better to go back to sleep!

A penny can't beat a hero. Without enough money, there is no way to pull in enough immigrants from the country; without enough immigrants, the territory naturally cannot develop.

In fact, if you can build a town, it's the result of strong support from family and friends. In a sense, an outlet's territory can be considered a large family business.

Nepotism was just a small child's play, even the majority of the collars were family members. Not being related, there was no friendship in the past, people wouldn't follow a poor lord even if they were immigrants.

Of course, it wasn't impossible. As long as you can put down your pride and personally go back to the mainland to pull people in, you can still gain something.

An approachable lord, even if he was temporarily a little poor, there were still plenty of people willing to follow him. If he would draw a big pie, there would be even more people following him.

As for attracting investment, it was a no-brainer. Blame the predecessors for doing such a beautiful job of crossing the river that the capitalists see them and take a detour.

Let's be frank, the outlet's viscount collar is not bad. Situated in the valley of the Niger River, it has plenty of rain and fertile land, covering an area of 7,000 square kilometers. Not to mention a town with a population of just over ten thousand, even building a hundred of these towns would easily be able to feed it.

The only downside was its inland location, the unpleasant tropical rainforest climate, and the unacceptable number of mosquitoes.

Because of the lack of labor, there is no way to transform the natural environment, which has become an important factor limiting the development of the territory.

Against this backdrop, the outlet naturally couldn't pay more attention to the cheap labor provided by the country.