Song Biao finally did not decide to visit the Philippines because he and Conns Vanderbilt had a relatively smooth talk. In principle, the United States agreed to allocate the Batan Islands near Taiwan to the jurisdiction of Taiwan Province, China, with the Luzon Strait as the two countries.

boundary.

This is a small problem, at least during this period.

Emperor Song and the US Secretary of State can negotiate without having to negotiate. Whether to give or not is just a matter of one sentence. If the United States says it will not give, China will not continue to be entangled, but why does the United States give it to China?

The reason is very simple. This happens to be the only place for the Japanese Navy to enter Southeast Asia. China decided to set up a submarine base here to deploy about ten medium-sized submarines to curb the momentum of the Japanese Navy's southward movement. If the situation is more urgent, China may also directly here.

Set up an air force base to use torpedo bombers to curb large Japanese ships.

The United States has already restricted the establishment of a naval base here under the Treaty of Washington. It is now very regretful that the two sides hit it off.

After reaching a Pacific island acquisition agreement with France, the island value of the Empire in the Palau Islands, Central New Guinea, New Caledonia and Polynesia was demonstrated, giving the Imperial Navy a whole line from Taiwan Province to the south.

The route to the entire Pacific Ocean was intertwined with the British and Japanese naval forces in this area. The empire's naval base in the South Pacific also moved to the port of Napaul on the New British Isle, threatening the entire British and Japanese navy's various supply points in the South Pacific.

After all, he took several islands from the Philippines. Song Biao did not want to make things worse. After talking to Conns Vanderbilt on some issues for a day, he continued his originally determined itinerary to the Kingdom of Brunei.

access.

The Brunei Kingdom was originally a relatively large kingdom in Southeast Asia. At this time, the territory still included Sarawak and Sabah. However, during the British colonial rule, Sarawak established a white king with the support of the British.

The Brook Dynasty, while Sabah was occupied by British merchants.

After the empire exchanged the protection rights of the Brunei Kingdom from Britain, it was not in a hurry to develop the resources of the Brunei Kingdom. Instead, it successively negotiated and negotiated with the British and the so-called Brook dynasty, and finally recovered the territorial rights of Sabah.

An agreement was reached with the Brook family to retain the Brook family's management and tax rights in Sarawak in the name of granting the Duke of Sarawak, but in terms of territorial ownership, both parties recognized their ownership of the Kingdom of Brunei.

It was not so much a negotiation with the Brooks, but rather a negotiation with the British Empire. The entire negotiation was extremely difficult, with a span of seven years, and the empire also paid some considerable price for this.

In short, the empire basically restored the territory of the Brunei Kingdom.

This visit to Brunei by Emperor Song and the Empress means that the matter has come to an end, as well as China's positive value and real protection for Brunei.

Before the arrival of the Emperor Song's fleet, Brunei's 27th Sultan Ahmed Zuting personally led the royal family and subjects to greet him at the port. At this time, the Chinese population in the entire Brunei Kingdom had already accounted for as much as 1/4 of the population of the Chinese people in the entire Brunei Kingdom at this time.

Most of the local economy is controlled by the Chinese, and the Far East Consortium is even more dominant here.

The fleet chose to arrive at the Port of Sribagawan, the capital of Brunei at 9 am. A large fleet of two battleships, four cruisers, four destroyers and a large supply ship was sailing into the port one after another. The Chinese were greeted at the port.

After that, I was even more excited and had a great psychological impact on the Sultan of Ahmed Zutin.

This is the power of a great power.

This is actually not the first time the Southern Fleet went south to Brunei. In the past four years, the Imperial Central Navy sent its fleet south three times. The Northern Fleet also went south to the Sribaga Bay port in 1927 for winter. It is such a frequent naval main force.

It was only after going south that Britain made concessions one after another, recognizing the traditional territorial power of the Brunei Kingdom.

When the Sinian docked at the port in the center, the salutes on the port immediately rang out, and the sky was filled with flowers.

It was not until this time that Song Biao walked out of the ship and greeted the people at the port on the side of the ship.

It was already seven years ago that the Empire had the protection of the Brunei Kingdom. In the past seven years, the Empire's development in Brunei has been slow and steady, but from this year, the Empire will gradually increase oil.

For industrial investment, the first oil well will be officially opened around July this year.

Before this, the Empire Far East Petroleum Corporation had basically made it clear that the oil reserves here were relatively abundant, but it was just waiting for the end of the Sino-British negotiations. Only when all risks were eliminated will the Empire officially start comprehensive construction here.

Brunei will ensure the entire empire's demand for oil resources in the next twenty years.

When Song Biao and his queen walked down the port, Ahmed Zuting Sultan also led his subjects to bow to the couple. Song Biao looked at all indifferently, and did not feel anything wrong, because they were real

protector.

After the salute of Sultan Ahmed Zutin, Song Biao stretched out his hand to shake hands with Sultan Ahmed Zutin, and said resolutely and firmly: "From now on, Brunei is a real kingdom,

And enjoy the absolute security guarantee of our country. Unless our country is eliminated, Brunei will not be threatened or invaded."

Listening to such words, Sultan Ahmed Zutin was also very excited, although he was inevitably a little nervous, because the British rule over the years made him realize one truth, that is, this world will always be a stage for the strong to survive.

The world is cruel and realistic.

Even if such thoughts flashed, Sultan Ahmed Zutin still hoped that his concerns would be redundant, and China would protect its surrounding francs like it did in the past ten centuries.

He held Emperor Song's hand with devoutly, and couldn't wait to lower his head and press his forehead against the back of Emperor Song's hand, proclaiming his allegiance, just like the loyalty and trust of believers to Ah Pu.

Song Biao understood the meaning of the ritual of Sultan Ahmed Zuting, but he patted the young sultan on the shoulder and said, "I think we will have a very equal relationship. Weak countries have no diplomacy. In this powerful force,

It is an axiom era. If small countries want to maintain their own interests, they must still accept the protection of powerful empires. However, among the so-called protections, our country's protection is the most sincere and equal, just as China has been in the past ten centuries.

Just like the equal exchanges between the countries of East Asia.”

This naturally made Sultan Ahmed Zutin even more excited, although he couldn't believe his ears.

There are no cars and other means of transportation in Brunei. Before the arrival of the Chinese and Far East consortium, the royal family continued to ride in Southeast Asian luxury sedans, but after having the protection of the Brunei Kingdom, they had artillery soldiers in the CSKA

Liang Xunqin, who worked in the Far East Consortium and later served as Consul General of Pyongyang, North Korea, was personally selected by Song Biao as the State Advisor of the Brunei Kingdom, equivalent to Secretary of State of the Brunei Kingdom.

After Liang Xunqin arrived in Brunei, he quickly chose to import a batch of Arab horses as royal horses for the royal family, and also imported cars from the empire, the Crescent National Emblem symbolized by the Brunei royal family. This batch of specially ordered white sedans and Song Biao's

The special car I ride in is itself a model of royal series.

Of course, Brunei is not a poor and poor country. On the contrary, the Brunei royal family itself has the largest and luxurious Nuroyman Palace in East Asia, which is also the palace when Song Biao visited Brunei this time.

It was accompanied by Ahmed Zutin Sultan and State Advisor Liang Xunqin that Song Biao and his queen entered this luxurious palace in a royal car. At this time, the Nuloyman Palace was compared with the Summer Palace, with a scale of

It is definitely not the largest, it is still larger than the Central Palace.

Along the way, Song Biao also talked a lot with Sultan Ahmed Zutin. Anyway, he tried to reassure Sultan Ahmed Zutin 27 that the existing protection treaty between the two sides is still mainly aimed at foreign countries, and he also

There are indeed no unequal terms, and it is basically an alliance treaty.

Song Biao came here this time mainly to celebrate the revival of the Brunei Kingdom, and secondly, to formally determine the treaty of free and reciprocal trade between the two countries. Moreover, the empire will take advantage of this opportunity to formally establish a free trade agreement in Asia.

A free trade organization surrounding the empire.

There is definitely no Japanese in this organization.

According to the imperial plan, the main function of this free trade organization is that each member state mainly provides export and investment markets to China. Of course, in terms of treaty rules, all formal member states are equal, enjoy free markets and maintain minimum tariffs for each other.

Investment and trade.

The current consideration is that the Brunei Kingdom is the first to join, followed by Cambodia, Thailand, Uzbek, Iran, and Afghanistan. Indonesia may continue to join. At this stage, Indonesia is basically under the Dutch colonial rule, but the Netherlands

Colonial rule was also greatly weakened by the empire.

There is no axiom in this era, strength is an axiom.

One of the important factors that the Netherlands can maintain colonial rule in Indonesia for a long time is the balanced European continent of the British Empire, including Belgium having the largest colonial rule as much as the Congo, which is also the support policy of the British Empire, and the British Empire's nationality.

This wins over the Netherlands and Belgium as pawns of the British Empire to balance Germany and France.

Without the support of the British Empire, what is the Netherlands in Asia?

Britain has maintained a policy of concession to China for a long time. First of all, Britain's national strength has declined and is no longer as good as the United States. It must share world hegemony with the United States. If Britain does not maintain this "friendly" concession policy to China, China and Britain will force China and Britain.

In a situation of complete opposition, once China completely turns to the United States, it will be extremely unfavorable to Britain.

Secondly, even without the United States, China's control over the Middle East and West Asia is increasing year by year, which is a great threat to Britain's Indian colonial rule.

A basic policy of the Chinese Empire and the British Empire at this stage is that both sides do not provoke the core interests of their opponents, such as China's **, Xinjiang issue and Britain's *** issue.

Neither side plays this card.

China is indeed gradually expanding, but it does not directly provoke Britain's authority and interests, nor is it in a hurry to break the world order established by Europe and the United States. For example, in Indonesia, China also recognizes the Netherlands' right to colonial rule over Indonesia, but the Netherlands must guarantee China's

Indonesia's "special interest relationship".

The situation is better than that of people.

China's naval strength is not enough to challenge Britain and the United States, and can only threaten Japan, but it is more than enough to bully the Netherlands. Moreover, China and France are allied, so it is also very interesting to confront Britain and the Netherlands.

After the war, the world is very chaotic, and it is a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation. The key is that you must have strength.

Japan has been in a naval competition with China in recent years. On the one hand, it is due to the technical and financial support of the UK behind it. On the other hand, it is also because of China's reliance on its strength to deal with its benefits and is extremely jealous.

Japan thought that his navy was stronger than China, so why did China take advantage of all the benefits? He was not convinced! He actually never thought that there was another issue of comprehensive national strength and comprehensive military strength, because a fact that is basically recognized in the world now is

Once the German Army collapsed, the Chinese Army was the best in the world, and no one dared to challenge this fact. The Chinese Army happened to threaten India and Myanmar, and Britain would have to give in if it didn't.

The Central Army of China is stationed in Yunnan with 200,000 troops. It is pressed to that place. Britain dares not move. China wants to build a railway and enter Myanmar. Britain can only determine the rights and interests of both parties through negotiations. It cannot be said that it completely rejects China.

Intervene, because it really makes things go wrong, the result will be detrimental to everyone.

In this free trade agreement of the empire, there are xenophobic clauses. After entering this free trade organization, you will not be allowed to join other free trade organizations within a few years, and the tariffs and investment preferential levels are lower than those of the organization's treaties.

Through such means, China is to stabilize the internal market within a huge sphere of influence, and Japan and other capitalist countries will be blocked outside, which is basically the same as the colonies.

So, the so-called World Free Trade Organization is to share colonies together and replace previous military wars with economic wars.

Laos is not within the free trade organization. It will further become part of the China Agreement in terms of law. First, it will be economically included in China, and then it will be done slowly.

Laos is actually very important. Once China owns this territory, Vietnam will be completely destroyed.

If Vietnam wants to provoke disputes with China in the future or take a tough stance, as long as the empire sends troops from Laos, Vietnam will be cut off into several pieces immediately, and it will be attacked by the capital and wherever it wants.

Laos is a high ground, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Vietnam's chances of rushing up are very low. Three or four times the force of troops may not be able to rush down, and sacrifice will be very powerful.

In the Air Force era, when fighter jets were laid on the Lao Plateau, Vietnam and Thailand were completely suspended. Even the United States, the Soviet Union, and NATO had no choice but to help them.

Fighters fight against fighters, high to low, there is no way to fight, unless you are using third-generation fighters to fight other people's second-generation aircraft.

To put it bluntly, you can shoot farther than you.
To be continued...