Expedition to Europe

After the Battle of Port Hedland, the Perth City Government was forced to recognize the status of Port Hedland and no longer set up obstacles to the export of mineral products from Port Hedland. All additional taxes were cancelled. At the same time, the Western Australian Parliament recognized Jack's legal rule over Port Hedland and reserved 30% of the seats in the parliament for Port Hedland based on the population of Port Hedland.

The total population of Western Australia is now 850,000, of which the population of Port Hedland has exceeded 200,000, second only to Perth with 500,000 people. Port Hedland has become the de facto second largest city in Western Australia. Since the status of Port Hedland is recognized, the people of Hedland must be treated accordingly, otherwise Jack will not lift the state of war.

That means that Port Hedland will not pay even a shilling in taxes to the Western Australian government.

This is unacceptable to the Western Australian government, which still needs taxes from Port Hedland to make up for the fiscal gap, especially this time to form the expeditionary force before the war and the post-war pension.

Against this background, Jack was invited by the Western Australian government to go to the Perth Parliament to exercise his rights.

The composition of the Western Australian government parliament is still very complicated. The Labor Party and the Socialist Party are the only two major parties, and there are more than a dozen other parties. Port Hedland has 30% of the parliamentary seats, which has in fact constituted the largest party in the parliament. If Jack can find some allies, Jack can even become the governor of Western Australia.

There is definitely no shortage of allies. Even if the Labor Party and the Socialist Party will not cooperate with Jack, those members of small political parties who would never have the possibility of coming to power will take the initiative to come up. Not to mention Timothy, who had an agreement with Jack, even within the Western Australian Parliament, there were many members who opposed the establishment of the expeditionary force. Now that the expeditionary force has been defeated, there are more members who are dissatisfied with the rash actions of the Western Australian government. Of course, it is impossible for all of these people to cooperate with Jack, but as long as some of them are won, Jack can get an absolute majority in the parliament.

Democracy is a good thing!

Against this background, Jack was attacked in Perth. There is no need to investigate who the murderer is. All the murderers have been shot on the spot. It is not easy to determine who is behind the scenes, but it is not difficult to determine a range.

If Jack succeeds in controlling the Western Australian Parliament, whoever's interests are harmed the most will be the mastermind.

So it is the Labor Party that planned the attack on Jack.

However, the suspicion of the Socialist Party cannot be ruled out. Perhaps the Socialist Party is deliberately provoking the dispute between Jack and the Labor Party, and then the fisherman will benefit.

With so many thoughts in his mind, Qin Zhiyuan frowned when he returned to the room, and dealt with William II and Poincaré who were hurting each other in a disjointed manner.

Although William II's eyesight is already dim, he has been an emperor for decades after all, and his skills in observing words and expressions have been perfected; Poincaré is even more of a veteran in the political arena. If Qin Zhiyuan does not take the initiative to talk about it, Poincaré will definitely not ask, so William II and Poincaré are both focused on hurting each other, and the intensity is only a hair's breadth away from real-life PK.

The focus of the argument between Poincaré and William II was still on the World War. William II regretted that he was not resolute enough at the beginning. If the German troops had followed the strategy formulated by William II, they would have definitely taken Paris and driven all the French into the Mediterranean. Poincaré ridiculed William II for his arrogance and used the current situation of the Germans as a script to sneer at William II. Of course, the topic would inevitably be about the future. William II said that one day in the future, Germany would rise again, and then it would avenge its previous shame. Poincaré said that the Germans would never have a chance. With Lanfang as a powerful ally, France is confident to deal with any challenge.

"Raymond, there is a problem you must pay attention to. Everything you two said is based on the premise that Germany will rise again. It seems that this point has been reached. The question you two need to consider now is how to face the situation after Germany's resurgence. Will Germany repeat the same mistakes? Does France still have the confidence to have another world war?" Qin Zhiyuan hit the nail on the head.

Hearing Qin Zhiyuan's words, William II and Poincaré fell silent.

Repeat the same mistakes? Do it again? This is a really heavy topic.

One thing is certain, no matter how much hatred the Germans have for the British, if they continue to develop along the current trajectory, under the premise that the British have changed their attitude, France alone will certainly not be able to curb the rise of Germany, and once Germany rises again, the first country to deal with will definitely be France.

Although it was Britain's unremitting efforts that led to Germany's defeat in the last world war, for now, the Germans hate the French more.

"To be honest, I hate war! I really hate it! But everyone has the right to pursue a better life, and Germany also needs its own living space. If Germany has enough strength, why can't Germany achieve an international status that matches its strength?" After a long silence, William II finally said something from his heart.

Perhaps when launching the world war, William II was indeed ambitious and was not prepared to adapt to the rapidly increasing national strength. But after the failure of the world war, exile in the Netherlands, and being forgotten in Lanfang, William II must have reflected.

"This reason is not sufficient. The Germans certainly have the right to pursue a better life, but it cannot be based on hurting others. If you want to pursue a better life, you have to make concessions to the French and the English, which is not fair to France and England." Qin Zhiyuan continued to be merciless. The crisis of Paz and Gailyan made Qin Zhiyuan not have much patience.

"Yes, the existing world pattern has been formed and will continue to be maintained. All countries and individuals who want to challenge this system will be hit hard by the whole world. So even if Germany rises again, there may be twists and turns in the process, but the result will not change." Poincaré immediately found a reason and waved his arms to make his words more persuasive.

"This is also wishful thinking. The people in the colonies cannot be slaves forever. Even if they want to, they can't resist the instigation of some people. Now the relationship between the mother country and the colony has become a fire and fire. As long as there is external force infiltration, even a spark will become a prairie fire." Qin Zhiyuan also did not show mercy to Poincaré. This has nothing to do with personal relationships.

"Qin, to be honest, this is what I'm worried about now, and your Lan Fang is very likely to be that Mars." Poincaré was not polite and spoke frankly about Lan Fang's concerns.

"You shouldn't worry about me, you should worry about the Americans. Think about it, the Americans are now busy developing the domestic market, and their focus has not yet shifted overseas, but the domestic market of the United States is limited after all. If the domestic market is developed to the extreme, and capital still has spare capacity to need a larger market, then will the Americans still insist on "isolationism"? I think you should have your own views on this issue. Whether you are willing to be an ostrich or not, the threat of the Americans is there, and one day it will become a major concern." Qin Zhiyuan still insisted on his "American threat theory."

Qin Zhiyuan, who came from the 21st century, knew the evolution of the world situation. The Germans did launch two world wars in succession because they were dissatisfied with the existing system, attempting to change the world order. But because of the joint suppression of the British and French, or the joint efforts of the whole world, the German resistance was ultimately unsuccessful.

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In the process of resistance and suppression, the colonial system dominated by Britain and France finally collapsed. Qin Zhiyuan would never believe that there was no black hand of a certain country.

Look at Madagascar and Japan now. Strictly speaking, these two countries are colonies, one belongs to France and the other belongs to Lanfang. The French are implementing the "Purity Plan" on Madagascar under the leadership of Pierre. The Malagasy people's spears and bows and arrows have no resistance to machine guns and cannons; Japan now shows complete submission to Lanfang. Every day, hundreds of Japanese beg the Lanfang people to return the emperor's family to Japan in front of the Lanfang headquarters in Japan.

Such a colony has no ability to resist the rule of the suzerain country without the intervention of external forces.

After listening to Qin Zhiyuan's words, Poincaré fell silent again, this time completely silent, and Poincaré did not come back to his senses until William II left.

It is indeed a question whether Americans are saviors or threats to Europe.

The behavior of Americans during and after the World War clearly illustrates their attitude. In a sense, Americans are indeed saviors, but this savior is not simple and can evolve into a threat at any time, or it has always been a threat. It's just that the French and British chose to remain silent in the face of this threat. They buried their heads in the sand and pretended that nothing existed. In fact, everyone knows that if there is another world war, Americans will become the undisputed creditors of the world.

In fact, the United States has become the creditor of the world now, but the last world war was not destructive enough. The British and French still have some wealth at home and are able to repay their debts with the help of their huge colonies and the accumulation of hundreds of years of plundering the world. Therefore, the debt crisis has not broken out. The strength of Americans is not strong enough and they do not have the ability to dominate the world. But if it happens again, it is very likely that the British and French will be beaten to pieces. What will the British and French use to repay the debts of the Americans?