Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

"Your Majesty, our Majesty believes that the war between the Rashid family and the Saud family can come to an end. After all, the war does no good to anyone. Therefore, our Majesty hopes that your country can support the Rashid family and the Saud family. Make more efforts for peace talks between

"Haha, what Ambassador Masko said makes me a little confused. You should talk to Saudi Arabia and the Rashid family for their peace talks. Now come to us. What does this mean? Can we make any decisions on their behalf? ?Of course not, except for the fact that the chief of the Sharma tribe would not have agreed. Even Ibn Saud, the head of the Saudi family, would not think that we could influence their decision. Therefore, Mr. Ambassador, you should ask someone else. clever"

Alfonso looked at the British Ambassador to Spain in front of him and said to him with a gentle warm air on his lips.

Masco is so anxious, these words are too irritating. Who in the world doesn't know that there are tens of thousands of Spanish soldiers on the Arabian Peninsula now, and now he says this in front of himself. Isn't this bullying? So he couldn't help but made a mistake.

"Your Majesty's words don't seem too kind. Let's stop talking secretly. Our king wants your Spanish garrison to stop attacking the Saudi family. Otherwise, in order to protect our own interests, there will be no use between you. With the damage caused by the war, we can only choose to take some actions that no one wants to see as a last resort."

"Oh, Mr. Ambassador, are you threatening me?" The expression on his face was still the same, but the darkness in his eyes made Masco unable to see his own shadow in his pupils. This made Masco a little scared. At the same time, he also regretted it. How could he use that tone to speak to the king of a world power just now? He really had the urge to slap himself in the mouth now.

"Your Majesty, I..." I was about to explain my position in a gentler tone, but Alfangsu said directly without giving face:

"Prime Minister, you will discuss this topic with Mr. Ambassador later. I think it is difficult to get results on such a topic, so I will aggrieve you."

Eugene glanced at Alfonso who had already picked up the tea cup and sat back in his seat, then looked at Masco with an apologetic look and said: "Mr. Ambassador, we will talk about it later. Today, we are here... "My mouth and face showed the gentleman that a prime minister should be, but the meaning was that it made Masco want to curse. Fortunately, he knew where this place was, so he held back and did not vent it.

Instead, he said regretfully: "Then, I'll wait for the Prime Minister outside." After saying that, he didn't wait for Eugene to respond, but looked at Alfonso and walked out of the reception room directly.

"Your Majesty, will it embarrass the British if we are like this? After all, we are also the world's largest country. Such insults to their ambassadors, if leaked, will easily arouse the dissatisfaction of the British."

"But, do you think the British will take these roads out? Haha" Alfonso, who was expressionless just now, is now smiling, and he doesn't seem to be irritated at all. "Besides, I am I am going to use the media to leak the tone of Masco just now. You know, the media did not know where it came from and leaked it. When the time comes, I think King Edward VII of the United Kingdom will not be surprised even if he knows about it. our"

Of course, Eugene would not believe that this was all, so he said, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"The British occupy so much land on the Arabian Peninsula, but we don't have any of it. In this case, can we get some from the British? According to the intelligence sent back by Chirac yesterday, now Arabia The Spanish loyalty is spread throughout the peninsula, but the reputation of the British there is indeed the opposite. It is notorious and many people are very angry. Do you think we can use this to do something meaningful? ??”

Although Eugene was an expert in governing, Alfonso had to admit that his thinking was still limited by this era, and he did not have the same expanded thinking as him, because the two of them often did not think of going together. It has to be said that this is the most regrettable thing that Alfonso currently thinks. However, on second thought, if Eugene can keep up with his thinking, can he still believe such a person?

Thinking this way, he explained helplessly: "Since we have this advantage, of course we can't abandon it. Therefore, I plan to, since our army is already there and we have obtained the Rashid family We were given a warm invitation to garrison there, how could we leave there just because of a few words from the British,"

"What does your Majesty mean?" Eugene already understood the idea, that is, he would not withdraw his troops and leave the Arabian Peninsula.

"You can choose to reduce sensitivity or cease the war, but our troops need to be stationed there. In this regard, I think the British can solve this problem for us."

"How to deal with it"

Alfonso really smiled bitterly, he was really becoming less and less pretentious than the king. Nowadays, talking to ministers is like being a translator or teacher who needs to explain things slowly to them.

"You said, if we occupy the neutral zone between Al-Khasa and the British colony of Kuwait at this time, will the British be less sensitive? I think, at least to a certain extent, this can be done in real time."

"But Your Majesty, have you forgotten that Hasa is the territory of Ottoman Turkey. If we occupy it at this time, will Osman have a rift with us?"

Eugene's concerns can actually be said to be reasonable. After all, Ottoman Turkey has always been worried about the expansion of British power on the peninsula. It is precisely because of this that their relationship with the British is in trouble. It is precisely because of this that when Spain entered the Arabian Peninsula, they gave the green light to let tens of thousands of Spanish troops enter the Kingdom of Najd from Hasa and other places without anyone noticing. Inside, this is all allowed by them. After all, when the contract was signed to use the Ottoman Turkish land far away from the mainland as the Three Kingdoms Free Trade Zone, except for the docking of warships, there was no military transit, so I wanted to Getting the Spanish army to the Kingdom of Nejd naturally required Ottoman's nod.

"It is precisely because we are worried about their worries that we need to do this even more." Alfonso's eyes became darker and darker as he said: "Don't forget, our destiny can only be in our own hands. This kind of putting the soldiers' Placing our retreat on others is definitely not our long-term solution. In this case, why should we take so much into consideration? What's more, the other party is not our ally, but is only established on the basis of mutual use. It's just a close strategic relationship. If we can gain more national strategic advantages, that relationship can be reduced or even abolished. National interests are the first. What's more,

What's more, there are many signs of Ottoman's current rule that this government and even the royal family are not popular among the people. The scene that happened in France in the 19th century may even happen at any time. In this case, why don't we take advantage of them while they are still there? While we are here, we can take advantage of the time when they have lost the support of the people and get what we want as early as possible. To tell you the truth, in fact, what I first wanted was not this piece of land between the British and the Ottomans between Kuwait and Al-Khasa. "The neutral zone between us, but." Then Alfonso said the word "Hasa" heavily.

Hasa! It turned out to be Kazakhstan. His Majesty actually said Kazakhstan. Could it be that His Majesty had already... Eugene just realized it a long time ago. The free trade zone agreement, and then the three countries developed a close relationship because of their situation. Degree, and then... Could it be that all of this happened because, Your Majesty, it was built on top of it? By the way, His Majesty said that there is oil there. "Your Majesty, is it because of oil?"

There is no grass growing in the desolation there. Although Spain can use the port there, the desolation on the land is useless. In this case, if only the port has been obtained by now, and the commercial problems have been opened up. I wonder about the Ottoman Market. Even Italians now use it as a transit point to buy Spanish things. It can be said that the business is also very successful and has even spread to the entire Middle East. Under such circumstances, it is very unnecessary. Let’s continue to invade the mainland. However, His Majesty's tone is so sure now. So, needless to say, there is only one reason, and that is Spain's business enclosure plan at that time.

"Yes, this is the main reason"

"But, didn't we discover a large amount of oil in Lake Maracaibo in South America? It is said that the oil fields there are definitely enough for us to use for more than fifty years. The existence of such a large oil field is enough We have been using it for so long, and the world is so big, especially since we also have Angola’s large oil fields. Isn’t it necessary for us to do this..."

"Are you going too far?" Alfonso asked: "Many industrial production machines now use oil. It can be said that now is the advent of the oil age. The British have become The birthplace of the first industrial revolution, which also contributed to their becoming the most powerful country in the world. Now, all kinds of machines, weapons, etc. are all powered by oil and electricity. Energy expansion, if we really want to classify it, then I think it can be classified as the second industrial revolution. In this case, if we control most of the oil and oil fields in the world, we will control others' use, and we will By vigorously developing our industry, by then, our industry will definitely go further than other countries with the guarantee of our technology. Oil can be said to be our strategy for at least a hundred years. assets."

Eugene was really overwhelmed by these words, and couldn't help asking something that made Alfonso glare. He asked: "Your Majesty, when did we start occupying that place?"

First update. (To be continued.