Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

London's heavy fog has always been world-famous. I don't know if it is intentional to show its power in front of people. Today's fog is not particularly heavy, and it is accompanied by a steady drizzle.

On the huge sports field, the first teams came in formally holding their cards. Needless to say, this large number must belong to the host country, the United Kingdom. The 710 people looked around excitedly, waving small British flags everywhere. Following them were Australia and Canada, former colonies of the United Kingdom and now dependent countries. Next are Finland, Iceland, Turkey, Russia, Denmark, Bohemia, Belgium, Austria and Greece. Then France and Germany, the rivals, entered the stage one after another, followed by Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and Spain, and finally the four South American countries of Chile, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. The order of entry this time was determined by drawing lots, but I did not expect that such a dramatic pattern would appear. This surprised Alfonso and others who were familiar with the inside story of politics. Among them, the four South American countries are most eye-catching.

This is the first time to participate, and the project is urban football. The current regulations cannot be passed without so many rules. As long as the host country applies before the game, you can participate in the Olympic Games. Even France has two goals in today’s football. Originally, Spain also participated in the same way, but Alfonso didn't like it at first. After all, it would indirectly consume the strength of unity. After all, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Barcelona are among the best in the world in football. It is very likely that they will meet in the final knockout round. This will inevitably cause split support in various regions of Spain. Then there will be bad words. This is clearly a sniper attack on the centripetal force of the people that he has been looking for and striving for.

Seeing those serious athletes wearing black and white shorts and short sleeves, they were different from the neat and bright sportswear in my impression, and I frowned. Is this too ugly? It doesn't look like the national team at all. But then, he thought of a good idea to make money.

What if we expand the clothing industry in the next few years before the next Madrid Olympics, and then support several brands to sponsor the Madrid Olympics and advertise at that Olympics? For example, we can make special products for athletes from each country. National flags of participating countries, etc. If this is the case, then the advertising will naturally unfold after each athlete returns wearing his jersey, and the media will not mention it as a guide. This combination will suddenly become a world-famous brand. As long as every new session in the future is released in the same form, especially those small countries that have no funds to sponsor their travel expenses, food, accommodation, etc., even if No matter how dignified a country is, it will not be able to help but agree to this request that is not a request.

"Your Majesty, this is from Austria. Is there any problem?"

"The Secretary of State really doesn't know how to answer what he said." Looking at Elihu Root who was listening, Alfonso suddenly lost his excitement just now because he thought of a good idea to make money and fame. Just disappeared. The appearance of Elihu Root reminded him that the United States was still glaring across the Atlantic. Perhaps, the processes that I had planned before need to be accelerated. Otherwise, Spain will really have to fall behind in the future.

"Just seeing His Majesty's appearance just now, I thought I had any objections." There was a professional diplomatic smile on his face, giving people a sense of harmlessness. Alfonso lamented that he was indeed a diplomat. Compared with Trini, he was really shameless. Obviously he just wanted to set a trap for himself. Alfonso wanted to try if he said yes, would it be written in the newspaper the next day: News about King Alfonso XIII of Spain expressing his dissatisfaction with Austrian athletes by frowning appeared. But he really didn't dare to try. After all, Austria was the natal family of his mother, Maria Christina, and he still had to give face to others. ….

Elihu Root could see the impatience on Alfonso XIII's face, but he continued: "I heard that the four countries in South America said that your Ministry of Culture is sponsoring this time. Your country is really generous."

"Really? This is exactly the concept slogan of this Olympic Games, that is..."

"Your Majesty, there is something urgent." Alfonso, who was about to continue speaking, stopped abruptly when he heard this. Looking back at Foreign Minister Trini, who had a worried look on his face, he knew at a glance that things would definitely not be that simple. After all, he was a shameless man who was known to keep his face in trouble.

Alfonso stood up, then quickly walked to Edward VII in the middle of the podium and spoke to him before leaving. Next to him were Trini and the king's politicians and the audience who were still watching the opening ceremony, but it was unknown how many people's hearts were focused on it. Even when Alfonso just left, a large number of entourages of these political bosses followed him and left one by one. Everyone was silent, not knowing what the other person was thinking.

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"Tell me, what's going on? Why did this happen just after I left?" Alfonso asked loudly, his face looking as scary as he could, it was so dark.

The relationship between Trini and Alfonso was not generally close, but now he felt chilled. Upon hearing the question, he quickly replied:

"They don't know why it happened all of a sudden. The clues they found are that several natives took a rest when they passed there the day before, so the soldiers there did not say anything to drive them away."

"But it happened because of this! Tell me, what did Portugal say?" Alfonso was very angry. Because just now, he actually received news that the railway between Luanda and Malanje had exploded and derailed. Fortunately, the train was a freight train and no major fatalities were caused. Otherwise, Alfonso would have left England and returned to Spain right away.

"Yes. When Prime Minister Barroso turned on the electricity, he said that although this railway was originally stipulated to be shared by both countries, both sides had the right to use it. However, this time because the freight train was carrying Spanish goods, he said that Spain would handle it on its own. That’s it, and Portugal will follow up on the countermeasures that Spain will implement.”

Barroso, the current main leader of the Portuguese constitutionalists, the recently elected Prime Minister of Portugal? Alfonso was deeply impressed by this man because his name was the same as the later President of the European Union. And more importantly, he is a die-hard pro-Spanish figure, and Alfonso even hinted through the line before that he would support his continued long-term campaign for the position of Portuguese Prime Minister. The premise is that the friendship between Spain and Portugal can continue. There is no reason why the other party should not agree.

"Then let's tell Eugene on the phone that in the name of Spain and Portugal we will unanimously condemn the perpetrators of this accident, and immediately dispatch the local garrison to arrest them. Even if they die, we must find the bodies, and in order to stimulate enthusiasm , can provide clues and bounty news to attract more people to join the search team. They also ordered major media to report on this matter, using a rational tone with a little anger. The Angolan army should also go out for a breather. No need to wait until the military exercise before dispatching."

He took the paper handed over by Trini and read it again, "Yes, that's it, but if possible, can we penetrate more into the surrounding areas of Angola, such as Zambia, the current British colony."

He nodded to show that he understood, but as soon as Alfonso left, his face fell. Such a problem was coming again. It was getting harder and harder for him to be the foreign minister. well! Who knew I had chosen this in the first place? It would be great to be the Minister of Education. I could communicate more with young students every day, and maybe I could find a few college girls to be my "masses". I pinched the paper in my hand resignedly. Alas, I am getting better and better at writing records. It seems that I am really destined for this line of work.

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