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After more than two years of construction, Williams Royal Palace is almost complete.

Eastern pavilions, western castles.

Williams Royal Palace is a combination of Chinese and Western, complementing each other. It is located on the top of the mountain. It not only reproduces the magnificent Afang Palace in the Qin Dynasty, but also restores the magnificence of the ancient Roman city. It can be called the most powerful palace in the history of world architecture. The iconic building of the Williams Empire!

Henry reigns supreme and works in the front hall of Williams Royal Palace!

After sending off the presidents of the four countries, Henry returned to the Royal Palace. In the office, the phone rang suddenly. After answering the phone, Violet hurried to Henry with a look of surprise on her face and said, "Your Majesty, Apollo Carroll, the governor of 'Northern Somalia Province' called and said , Djibouti President Isiah Wycliffe hinted to him that Djibouti is willing to belong to the Williams Empire!"

After Somalia joined the Williams Empire, the Williams Empire divided Somalia into three provincial administrative units: North Somalia, Mogadishu, and South Somalia; divided Madagascar into: Antananarivo Province (Central) , Digo City (north), Madagascar Southeast Province (southeast), Madagascar Southwest Province (southwest) four provincial administrative units; Comoros and Socotra island boundaries are divided into a separate province. Thus, Williams Empire has a total of 9 provinces!

Apollo Karol was originally the President of Somalia and is now appointed Governor of the Northern Province of Somalia.

"You mean Djibouti is willing to join the Williams Empire?" Henry was taken aback, and asked again uncertainly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Violet nodded, and replied with certainty.

Information about the country of Djibouti instantly appeared in Henry's mind. Djibouti is a country located on the west coast of the Gulf of Aden in northeastern Africa. It borders Eritrea to the north, Ethiopia to the west, southwest and south, Somalia to the southeast, and Yemen across the Mandeb Strait of the Red Sea to the northeast. With a land area of ​​only 23,200 square kilometers and a population of less than 830,000, the country is one of the least developed countries declared by the United Nations. However, because Djibouti faces the Mandeb Strait, where the Red Sea enters the Indian Ocean, its strategic location is very important.

In addition, Henry still remembers that in order to weaken Ethiopia, he sent people to secretly provoke the relationship between Djibouti and Ethiopia and undermine the signing of the peace agreement between the two countries.

It stands to reason that Djibouti's strategic location is so good that it belongs to "beauties who take the initiative to throw themselves into their arms". Henry should be happy, but he frowned.

"Your Majesty?" Violet looked at Henry with a puzzled expression.

Henry shook his head and sighed: "The country of Djibouti is a very hot potato!!!"

After a pause, Henry continued, "Djibouti is poor in natural resources. 90% of the land is occupied by deserts and volcanoes. It can be described as poor and white. It neither produces food nor oil, and there is no income from fishing. The entire country The industrial and agricultural foundation of Djibouti is also very weak. Under such circumstances, do you know how the country of Djibouti makes money?"

Violet, as the king's secretary, must know something about all countries in the world.

She thought for a while and replied: "Your Majesty, the rental of military bases in Djibouti accounts for more than 25% of Djibouti's income! The United States, France, and Japan have established permanent military bases here. The United States alone will provide Djibouti with 6,000 yuan a year Multi-million dollar base rent!"

Henry nodded and said: "Yes, it is precisely because of the garrison of troops at the base that the problem is more difficult! France stationed three or four thousand troops here in the early years. Later, the United States also stationed troops here in the name of anti-terrorism. Since Somalia was incorporated into the After the Williams Empire, the United States knew that the Williams Empire was not in harmony with Japan, so in order to suppress the Williams Empire militarily, it allowed Japan to establish an overseas military base in Djibouti in the name of anti-terrorism and combating piracy! And Djibouti became Japan The first overseas base, and it is also the first permanent overseas base! Originally, Japan was a defeated country in World War II. The 1947 Peace Constitution stipulated that the Japanese armed forces only have the right to self-defense, and it is forbidden to deploy military bases overseas, but by holding their thighs, Don’t put the United Nations in your eyes, Japan can not only establish military bases overseas, but also follow the United States to participate in various military operations, and has rich combat experience!”

As Henry said, his brows involuntarily frowned into the word "Chuan". The Williams Empire had conflicts with France, and now there are Japan and the United States staring at it, as if there were three bombs around him, which might explode at any time .

And there are troops from other countries here. Djibouti guards the Gulf of Aden, locks the exit of the Suez Canal, and is far away from the Persian Gulf. It belongs to the throat of maritime traffic. An army is stationed here. With a little deployment, it can control the world's oil lifeline and East-West shipping. In the area around Djibouti, there are not only the so-called "terrorist" forces in the West, but also pirates. This has caused major countries to find excuses to intervene.

If Djibouti joins the Williams Empire, not only the United States, Japan, and France will oppose it, but other countries will also oppose it. If it fails, war will break out. Therefore, Henry has no confidence in annexing Djibouti. The reason why Djibouti proposed to join the Williams Empire is probably because Djibouti saw earth-shaking changes after Somalia joined the Williams Empire.

"Your Majesty, what should we do?"

"Djibouti cannot be merged, but we have to make some preparations." Henry said with a smile: "According to statistics, about 30% of the world's oil is routed through the Gulf of Aden, and Djibouti is located just above the throat of this hub. Military powers have established military bases here one after another, the main purpose of which is to ensure the safety of oil transportation in their own country. As a major oil importer, will China remain indifferent? You know, about 3/4 of China's imported oil comes from Middle East and Africa..."

"Your Majesty wants to form an alliance with China?"

"You are only half right. The alliance is right. Another point is that once China establishes a military base in Djibouti, the main attention of Japan and the United States will be on China!" Henry said with a smile.

"Villette, you replied to the President of Djibouti and said that because of the pressure from the United States, Japan, France and other countries, the Williams Empire cannot agree to Djibouti's request to join the Empire, but we are willing to subsidize 100 million U.S. dollars to show comfort. When it's over, you call the Chinese Embassy The diplomatic ambassador of the Williams empire supports China's establishment of an overseas military base in Djibouti!"

"Yes!"

(to be continued ~^~)