Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Berlin Palace.

Common people can enjoy their leisure time with happy holidays, but Yannick does not have such leisure time.

At this time, he was still reviewing various documents in the office.

"Cubans want to cooperate with me?" Yannick curled his lips disdainfully. Cooperation is based on equality of strength. What strength does Cuba have to negotiate cooperation with them? Thank God I didn't send you back to the Stone Age. "Look for some pro-German strength to cultivate." Cuba and Germany do not have much contact. As mentioned before, after the defeat of World War II, many German war criminals fled to Argentina, Peru and other South American countries; however, very few fled to Cuba; until 2015 in later generations , the German Foreign Minister made his first official visit to Cuba. Therefore, there are no ready-made pro-German factions in Cuba today, and they need to be cultivated slowly.

"Guantanamo doesn't need to be paid back to them, but the rent can be mentioned. The Americans only give 4,000 US dollars a year, and we give 100 times."

What's interesting is that the United States in the original time and space did not waste this mere 4,000 US dollars. It was paid on time every year, and it was a national land rent approved by Congress. However, after the victory of the Cuban revolution, the Cuban government never recognized this agreement and resolutely refused to charge rent. As a result, the U.S. government tried its best to pay, and the Cuban government became vigilant and refused to accept it.

There was once a time when the Cuban government owed an American businessman US$40,000 and the amount was not enough. When the US government heard about it, it immediately repaid the money to the Cuban government. In addition, it also said that the money was equivalent to Guantanamo's rent for ten years.

The Cuban government responded quickly and repaid the money immediately. At the same time, it also stated that it would not recognize unequal treaties. The United States insisted that repaying the money for Cuba was equivalent to paying rent. Cuba said who cares about your dirty money? We ourselves It was returned to him; the final result was that the American businessman made $40,000 in vain. Later, when the U.S. government really couldn't pay the rent to Cuba, it opened an account for Cuba in a Swiss bank and regularly deposited US$4,000 every year. However, the Cuban government never mentioned a cent of this account.

Of course, the United States has not returned Guantanamo, and it has always been there.

Due to the apparent inferiority of force, the Cuban government could only cut off water, electricity, and personnel (forbidding Cubans from being employed to serve the base), and was trying to force the United States to compromise through diplomacy and public opinion pressure. The United States has deep pockets and has built its own desalination facilities and power supply systems to make itself self-sufficient. As for the pressure from public opinion, Americans just pretended not to hear it.

"Let's sign a resource mining contract with Cuba, and Panama will do the same." Although Cuba and Panama are both small countries, they have a lot of mineral resources. For example, Cuba's iron ore reserves are about 3.5 billion tons, one of the largest reserves in the world; its nickel reserves account for nearly half of the world's. Panama’s copper ore reserves exceed 200 million tons, ranking fourth in the world and so on. But what Yannick values ​​most is the Panama Canal. It makes me laugh when I think about it. The canal that the Americans worked so hard to open up will end up benefiting Germany in vain. When the nuclear contamination in the canal section is completely cleared and traffic is restored, I don’t know what the top US officials will do. reaction?

At this time Anne walked in to report. "Your Highness, Queen Elizabeth's plane has taken off and will arrive in about two hours."

"Got it." He nodded, and suddenly an idea came to his mind, thinking of the Channel Tunnel in later generations. This tunnel, also known as the Eurotunnel, is an important underground passage connecting the United Kingdom and France. It was built in 1994.

Although this tunnel, which took 6 years and 9 kilometers under the sea, is an important step in the history of human engineering, in fact, as early as 186 years before the tunnel was excavated, engineers were trying to make the natural chasm into a path.

As early as 1802, French engineer Albert Mathieu envisioned using a tunnel to connect the two ends of the English Channel. This idea was very popular with Napoleon; the French emperor even made a point of promoting this oil lamp lighting to the British during the Amiens Contract. The bold idea of ​​horse-drawn transport and the construction of a wooden ventilation tower protruding out of the sea.

From the British point of view, this imaginary project of "taking a carriage to France in two hours" is full of French malice. After all, the English Channel is a natural barrier for the British Empire, with tens of millions of soldiers. The French actually want to build a project that can easily pass it? Absolutely no good intentions!

Sure enough, when the two countries were at odds again the next year, the first proposal regarding the Strait project naturally fell into disuse.

By 1834, a young engineer named Aimeto Medgamond also became very interested in the idea of ​​connecting the two ends of the strait and began his research. It can be said that he spent all his wealth and efforts on this research. The idea of ​​his predecessor Matthew missed a very important discussion: How to dig tunnels under the sea? This was simply impossible with the technology at the time. Degamond's plan is to build a batch of large iron pipes in advance and assemble them in sections to connect them on the seabed. After the entire line is laid, the prefabricated pipeline will be entered from the above-ground entrance, the accumulated water will be evacuated and Add a layer of masonry for waterproofing. He then spent another year revising this plan: first laying a huge submarine construction zone with bricks and then drilling holes inside to build a tunnel. The construction period is about 30 years.

This almost paranoid engineer even personally jumped into the English Channel holding rocks, dived to the 30-meter seabed, and collected seabed rock samples under the attack of violent currents and eels. Sampling revealed that the channel's geology was ideal for tunnel construction. This report also provides extremely valuable exploration information for future undersea tunnel projects.

This thing went more and more smoothly. His crazy dream got the support of his good friend Napoleon III, and the British media on the opposite side even reported that Queen Victoria was full of praise for this idea, because she herself became famous for seasickness.

But not long after, something quite bloody happened. On the way to the Paris Opera House, Napoleon III's carriage was attacked by a bomb. Eight people died on the spot and more than a hundred were injured. Although Napoleon III was not injured, and it was discovered that the bomber was Italian, the Degarmond Undersea Tunnel plan was shelved indefinitely because the bomb was suspected to have been made in Birmingham, England.

Degamond worked hard for this dream for decades, but in the end it was all in vain. In 1870, his emperor friend abdicated due to defeat in the war. Unable to bear this blow, Degamond died sadly a few years later.

However, he is called the "Father of Undersea Tunnel" by later generations, which can be regarded as a consolation.

The third person who came up with this idea was the British. He got a lot of inspiration and inspiration from Degamond's research, and he also had a member of Congress as his backer. This time, the British side established a construction company, and the French side also completed excavation tests; just as both sides were preparing to start construction with great enthusiasm, public opinion turned to the conservative side, the people were incited, and the project was demonized. Ever since, in the 19th century All attempts were rejected.