Without a war breaking out, the British, who had always been profitable, could not hand over several ports on the north shore of the Gulf of Oman to the Qing Dynasty. Yi Shizuo was very clear about this, so he generously proposed to buy it. This actually gave the British a decent opportunity to step down.

Seeing the other party looking rich and generous, Vitoma felt depressed. The Qing Dynasty bought Alaska and Kamchatka Peninsula from Russia, and Siberia. Now it proposed to buy several ports along the Gulf of Oman. This is really addictive!

After a second thought, he felt that this was a very good idea. If these ports could be sold at a good price, it would not only preserve the dignity of the empire but also reduce the pressure from the country, but also be of great benefit to maintaining the relationship between the two countries. After pondering for a moment, he said: "We must ask the country for instructions on this matter."

This is not a trivial matter, and the other party has no right to make decisions. Yi Quezuo is considerate of this. He doesn't care that the negotiations are delayed too long. For him, the longer the delay is, the more beneficial it is to him. After all, neither the Northwest Army nor the Navy are idle, which creates the fact of occupation, which is more conducive to his bargaining.

"Your Highness——" Weituma continued: "The reason why our country agreed to give up several ports on the northern coast of the Gulf of Oman is to avoid disrupting the situation in the Middle East. Your country must ensure that it will not join forces with Russia to invade Persia and Türkiye, and will not support Russia's expansion into the two countries and the Persian Gulf."

Yi Zhizu smiled, "I can only guarantee that after obtaining those ports, I will no longer support Russia."

"I will urge the country to agree on this matter as soon as possible." Weitoma said and stood up. This matter was too much to do, and he did not dare to delay it at all.

The crisp ringtone of "Dingling" rang, and Yi Zhizu quickly turned back to the room and picked up the phone, "I am Yi Zhizu."

"Report to the principal." Yan Yangtian's voice came from the microphone, "Yang Xiuqing has led the New Sixth Army to land on the Qatar Peninsula."

"Call back." Yi Zhizu said in a deep voice: "The Emirates of Qatar must be destroyed as quickly as possible."

"Students obey orders."

Yi Zhizu continued to ask: "Where is Feng Renxuan now?"

"Report to the principal. Feng Renxuan sent a telegram the day before yesterday and arrived in Mazar Sharif and was heading towards Kabul."

On July 28, ten days after declaring war on Prussia, French Emperor Napoleon III arrived at the fortress Matz and took office as commander-in-chief of the Rhine Corps. Both sides of Fanatica and French drove each other's reconnaissance teams out of each other's periphery on the periphery of Saarbrücken (the capital of Saar District), and launched a series of small-scale scattered wars.

On August 2, the Second Division of the French Second Army occupied the highlands south of Saarbrücken and expelled the Northern German Federal Army, which was defending the city through powerful shelling, but did not take further military action.

On August 5, the Prussian army launched a counterattack and concentrated its superior forces to launch an assault on the French outpost position occupied by Marshal McMahon, the French right wing of the French army. In one day, the Prussian army, which had the advantage of the force, charged down the position with the powerful firepower of the Chasebo rifle and Mitrayoz gun.

The French-Prussian War began in full swing. On August 6, the Prussian army launched another attack on the French army in Walter, fifteen miles south of Wiesenburg. At 5 pm, the French army retreated.

On the same day, the First Prussian Army also defeated the 2nd Army of General Frosal, who belonged to the Bazan Army, with his superior forces at Forbac.

As the French army retreated, the combat deployment was completely disrupted. The French army, with dispersed forces, was helpless in the face of the promotion of the Prussian army's large army, retreated step by step, and took a sharp turn for the worse!

When the news reached Paris, Paris announced martial law throughout the city, which shocked the whole Europe. No one expected that once the two sides started a war, they were tempered in the overseas colonial war and were unanimously favored by European countries. They claimed to be the best light infantry unit in Europe. The French army, which was entrusted by France to recreate the glory of the Napoleon era, was defeated again and again within a few days, giving up half of the country of Alsace and Lorraine.

Yi Zhizu has always attached great importance to the large-scale wars that broke out in countries around the world. In the Crimean War, the Civil War of the United States, the Pakatan Harapan War, and Yuanqi will dispatch or hire a large number of war journalists to follow up and report. In addition to timely understanding the progress of the war, it will also collect intelligence to help Yuanqi's new army understand the comprehensive combat power of each country, the emerging weapons and new strategies and tactics in detail.

Yi Zhizu knew clearly the outcome of the Franco-Prussian War and also knew the most critical battle - the Battle of Se Dang, but he didn't know the situation at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War. After carefully reading the war report sent back, he glanced at Yan Yangtian, "What do you think, tell me."

"France had a chance to win," Yan Yangtian said slowly: "On July 28, the French Emperor arrived at the fortress Matz and took office as the commander-in-chief of the Rhine Corps, but he had never launched an attack. If he could launch an attack on July 30, Prussia would not have time to gather troops and form a military advantage, so France would have the opportunity to defeat the Prussian army one by one.

France's troops are very scattered, which should actually be a strategic deployment of an offensive situation. In the offensive state, such troops have great advantages and facilitate flexible maneuvers.

Unfortunately, the French army missed the opportunity to attack and was in a defensive position as soon as the war started. This dispersed military deployment faced the attack of the Prussian army's large army and was vulnerable...."

Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "To collect all the information they can collect as much as possible, so that they should not ignore logistics. In today's war, the importance of logistics is becoming increasingly prominent. The General Staff should conduct timely analysis and judgment, summarize after the war, and regard every war as a rare learning opportunity."

"Students understand."

Yan Yangtian went out before his feet, and Lin Meilian walked in and reported: "The big shopkeeper, the Russian minister asked for a visit."

"Please come in." Yi Zhizu said, and stood up to greet him.

Yevgeni Karlovic Butze quickly stepped in, and as soon as he met, he smiled and said, "Congratulations to your country for entering Abbas Port without a single shot and shooting, and successfully conquering the Qatar Peninsula."

After Lin Meilian translated the original words, she added, "The other party will bite very hard for a few words without a single shot."

Yi Zhizu smiled and it seemed that Weituoma frequently entered and left the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, making the other party guess that the Qing and Britain were negotiating. After reaching out to give in, he asked with concern: "Do your country plan to send troops from the Caucasus?"

After pondering for a moment, Bucecai said: "The British Mediterranean fleet is heading towards the Black Sea, and the armies of Turkey and Persia are also gathering outside the Caucasus. I heard that the British have provided a large amount of arms to the two countries. Your country should have reached an agreement with the British, right?"

These news, Yishizuo naturally heard of it, and it was obvious that the British were trying their best to avoid the outbreak of war in the Middle East at this time, and focus on preventing Russia from sending troops from the Caucasus.

The reason why he encouraged Russia to send troops from the Caucasus was to restrain Britain and force Britain to dare not go to war with the Qing Dynasty. Although he said he was not afraid to go to war with Britain, in fact he tried his best to avoid going to war with Britain. For the rapidly developing Qing Dynasty, it was extremely unwise to get involved in a large-scale war at this time.

Now that the agreement has been reached with the United Kingdom to ensure smooth and stable expansion to the Persian Gulf coast, he naturally does not want Russia to cause trouble. Once Russia sends troops, the situation in the Middle East will be in chaos, and even Europe may be in chaos. The Qing Dynasty will probably not be out of the situation at that time.

He nodded slightly and said, "The UK agreed to sell several ports in the northern Gulf of Oman to our country."

As expected, an agreement was reached, Buce's heart sank and his expression became serious, "If our country continues to send troops to the Persian Gulf, will your country still help?"

Yi Zhizu said without hesitation: "My country will keep its promise and invade Persia from the northeast of Persia to restrain Persia's troops."

Buce looked at him without saying a word. When the Qing and Britain did not break out in war, Britain, Turkey and Persia tried their best to prevent Russia from sending troops from the Caucasus, if Russia wanted to continue to send troops to the Persian Gulf, it would be necessary to join forces with the Qing. If the Qing country just restrained Persian troops from the side without any pain, Russia would never dare to continue to send troops.

To put it bluntly, Russia was completely exploited by the Qing Dynasty this time, busy dispatching troops and increasing troops to the Caucasus, which was just to help the Qing Dynasty, but it did not gain any benefits. Instead, it wasted a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources.

After a while of silence, Buce said: "Your Highness should be very clear that the army gathers, which costs a lot."

Yi Zhizu said with a smile: "Chen Bing Caucasus threatens peace in the Middle East. Although your country is expensive, it is not useless..."

What are the benefits of Russia? But Buce thought about it carefully, but couldn't think of even the slightest benefit. He couldn't help but ask: "What benefits can our country have? Your Highness might as well say it clearly."

"With the wisdom of your emperor, you will definitely think of this." Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "For your country, this is an excellent opportunity - an opportunity to abolish the Peace Treaty of Paris."

Opportunity to abolish the Paris Peace Treaty? Butze looked at the other side skeptically. Russia was defeated in the Crimean War and was forced to sign the Paris Peace Treaty with Britain and France, limiting the size of the Russian Black Sea fleet and neutralizing the Black Sea, curbing Russia's attempt to open the Black Sea Strait to expand southward, and also allowing Britain and France to establish an advantageous position within the Ottoman Empire.

It is precisely because of the Paris Peace Treaty that Russia lost its position as the European hegemony and its international status plummeted. If the Paris Peace Treaty can be abolished in one fell swoop, the benefits Russia will gain this time are even greater than those of the Qing Dynasty!

After hesitating, Buce said: "If France wins the French-Prussian War..., it is probably impossible to abolish it..."

"Don't worry about France." Yi said confidently: "Please tell your emperor that in the French-Popular War, France will be defeated, and it will be a big defeat, and its strength will be greatly weakened! If you make a mistake in judgment, your country's loan owed Yuanqi will be cancelled!"

After hearing this, Buce's brown eyes lit up immediately. If France really suffered a defeat, it would be impossible for Russia to abolish the Peace Treaty of Paris! But would France really suffer a defeat? He hesitated and said, "Is your Highness a joke?"

Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "I personally send this telegram to Your Majesty the Emperor of your country."

After hearing this, Buce was very happy and quickly stood up and bowed slightly, "I'm sorry, Your Highness."

After sending Buce away, Yi Zhizuo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In this matter, he did use Russia as a gun, and even crossed the river and destroyed the bridge after using it. It was a bit unkind. However, if Russia could abolish the "Pertoiry Treaty", it would be a solution to the happy situation. Of course, Russia continued to disband the Caucasus, which would also benefit the Qing Dynasty's expansion into the Persian Gulf.

France was defeated in the first battle, and European countries were shocked. Major European financial markets responded fiercely. The stocks of companies affiliated to France continued to fall after the war broke out, while the stocks of companies affiliated to Prussia began to stop falling and rebound.

The reaction in the bond market was also obvious. The original unfavorable Prussian War bonds, which were in a state of unsalable sales, immediately became popular, and loan contracts also rose, while the war bonds issued by France began to be unsalable and declining.

The price of 250 million French treasury bonds underwritten by the Shanghai Stock Exchange was also greatly impacted, and the price began to continue to fall. Many people were worried that France would be defeated and could not repay the treasury bonds as scheduled, and they sold the French treasury bonds they held.

At less than 8 o'clock in the morning, Huo Qizheng, the shopkeeper of the stock exchange, rushed to the gate of Changle Bookstore and waited. At 8 o'clock, he saw Yi Shizuo slowly coming. He quickly walked up to him. After seeing the greeting, he said straight: "Big shopkeeper, will something happen to the French national debt?"

"What can happen? Don't worry." Yi Zhizu said uneasy, and then walked into the yard. Huo Qizheng lowered his voice and said, "Are you consider taking over and stabilizing the price?"

What a joke? The battle of sex is about to begin. At this time, how much money should I squeeze? Yi Zhizu waved his hand and sat in the room, he said slowly: "Prepare a sum of funds. If the price continues to fall, you can consider taking over..."

Huo Qizheng tentatively said: "The current decline has exceeded 20%. When will it be 30%?"

"No hurry." Yi Zhizu said softly: "There is still a big drop."

There is still a big drop? Huo Qizheng hesitated and said, "Cut in half?"

It is probably more than half-cut, and as a French emperor, Napoleon III, became a prisoner. The news spread that France's war bonds and government bonds would become worthless and become waste paper. After a while of silence, he said: "You will know when you need to take over. I will call you. You can prepare your funds and prepare 10 million. Don't be too dark."

Although Shanghai's securities market has long been different from the past, 10 million yuan is still not a small amount. But what does it mean to not be too dark? Huo Qizheng was confused, but he was not good to continue asking questions. He just vaguely felt that the French national debt seemed to be very deep.
Chapter completed!