Vol 5 Chapter 109: ,influences

London
"Bulgarians have come to protest, ignore them. The Canal Company is a purely commercial operation. It is our freedom to raise prices!" Stanley Baldwin said indifferently.
"But the Prime Minister, it is said that the Bulgarians are preparing to dig the Aqaba Grand Canal. If the Bulgarians' purpose is achieved, then our Suez Canal will be saved a lot!" Finance Minister Chamberlain said angrily
In addition to the Suez Canal price increase, the most important reason was to beat the Bulgarians and keep them up to date with the British Empire in international affairs.
The first project has indeed been achieved, and the profits of the Suez Canal have increased significantly in the short term.
The second item was playing, and the tap was a tap, but the result was not what they wanted.
The Bulgarians directly said that they would not play, and they had to dig a grand canal by themselves, which was completely unexpected.
In order to get rid of the influence of the British Empire, the Grand Canal has to be dug. Can we still expect Bulgaria to support the British Empire in international affairs in the future?
"Damn! Are all Bulgarians pig-headed? Or are we saying it's too complicated and they understand it wrong?" Stanley Baldwin said with a headache.
"Prime Minister, I think it should be the Bulgarians who feel that we have the Suez Canal and can cut off their maritime lifeline at any time, so this decision was made!
Fortunately, their best cabinets are old and rational, otherwise we will have more headaches! Foreign Minister Donald explained
"Is this reasonable? If irrational, what would Bulgarians do?" Stanley Baldwin asked wonderingly.
"From the history of Bulgaria's development, in fact they are a bunch of gamblers. For example, in the two Balkan wars, they all bet on the National Games.
Their luck was pretty good, or the enemy was so stupid that they won twice, and then they have Bulgaria now!
If they followed the style of the Bulgarians, maybe they would not consider digging the Grand Canal, but they were planning how to seize the Suez Canal! Donald shrugged and said
"Oh, is that still a good thing?" Stanley Baldwin seemed to think of something
A radical country is terrible, because they will be uneasy to play cards, and you cannot analyze it in accordance with normal interests!
Just like the current Japanese government, the London government has a headache for them. For example, a large number of volunteers were sent to Southeast Asian countries and they were directly involved with the insurgents.
This is beyond their ability to understand. The British Empire often supports some forces, but they usually give weaponry or financial support.
If you go directly to the battle, it is estimated that you will not find a few volunteers in the British Empire, but the Japanese government can send thousands of people at one time as cannon fodder.
Yes, it is cannon fodder. Even though these people have caused enough trouble for the British, the gap in strength still determines that this uprising cannot succeed, and their sacrifice is equivalent to nothing.
On the European continent, the only place where so many death squads can be born is the Balkans, and other European nations are not so crazy.
Crazy is a very scary thing. If the radicalism in Bulgaria is not suppressed, it is probably better than Japan.
Except that they don't have the habit of being a national thief, they are all radical and crazy, and they are eager to wage war and establish their own merits.
"How to look at this issue! In the short term, a conservative Bulgaria is in the interests of the British Empire. We need not worry about them suddenly doing something beyond their control.
In the long run, such conservative enemies will also be more difficult to deal with. As long as they don't make big mistakes, we will hardly defeat them! Donald said calmly
"Well, we don't care about the future, that's the next thing, let's talk about the problem now!
Now I have two questions: First, is it possible for us to make the Bulgarians abandon the excavation of the Aqaba Grand Canal?
Second, can the Aqaba Grand Canal be dug out under the current technological capabilities? If it can be excavated, how much time will it take? How much does it cost? "Stanley Baldwin asked with interest.
"I can answer the first question. This depends on the determination of the Bulgarians. Once they really make up their minds to dig the Aqaba Grand Canal, it is difficult for us to stop it!
Even if we threaten them by closing the Suez Canal, it is of little use!
As we all know, the greatest hobby of Ferdinand the Great is to build roads, so now Bulgaria has three or four railways that can bypass the Suez Canal.
For example, from the Baghdad Railway directly into the Persian Gulf, or from the Palestinian Gaza Railway into the Aqaba Gulf, they also have a railway from Syria directly into the Arabian Peninsula.
In theory, our blockade of the Suez Canal could increase their transportation costs by 40-50%, but this should not scare Bulgarians! Donald analyzed
"This is really bad news! Technically speaking, there is no technical difficulty in digging the Aqaba Grand Canal.
Whether they choose to join the Gaza Strip directly; or by connecting the Dead Sea and then entering the Mediterranean from the Dead Sea, both routes can be completed!
But the amount of this project is much larger than that of the Suez Canal at first, it is almost two to three times that of the Suez Canal, and there may even be more! Minister of Industry Lantis Zou frowned
"Do you mean that the construction time of the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba will take a long time?" Stanley Baldwin said in surprise.
"No, Your Excellency the Prime Minister! On the contrary, I think that as long as Bulgarians are willing, the excavation time of the Grand Canal in the Aqaba Bay will be very short. As long as they are willing to invest in their capital, it can be completed in three to five years!" Landis was very Say for sure
"Why? You have to know that the Suez Canal had been dug by the French for ten years. In the face of the larger Aqaba Gulf Canal, how could the Bulgarians complete it in such a short time?
Even if science and technology are more developed now than in those years, this gap will not be so great? "Stanley Baldwin said incredibly
"His Prime Minister, we calculated this based on the efficiency of the Bulgarian organization!
You should know that there is a saying called Bulgarian speed all over the world.
The organizational capacity of the Bulgarian government is really terrible. Now they can build more than 10,000 kilometers of railways and more than 100,000 kilometers of highways each year. It is worth noting that these projects are mostly in areas with harsh natural environments!
However, this is not the speed limit of the Bulgarians, and the Bulgarian government is still showing ease.
If Bulgarians were to excavate the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba, they would certainly not be able to carry out construction as slowly as the French.
Even if they select more than ten sites to start construction at the same time, I will not feel that there is any accident. The current measurement technology can already be achieved.
The hundreds of kilometers of the Grand Canal, with a width of several kilometers, can be repaired by widening the canal, even if there is a slight error, without affecting the final navigation.
Thousands of excavators are mobilized at the same time and excavated at the same time. I think this project is not as scary as imagined!
Anyway, they all need railway lines along the way, and the supply can be transported by train. I don't think this is a troublesome thing!
The issue of cost, I think it is not difficult for Bulgarians.
When the French digged the Suez Canal that year, it cost 17 million pounds. Now the cost of the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba has increased tenfold on this basis. Toll! Landis explained
"No, absolutely not to make the Bulgarian plan successful, otherwise we will be in trouble!
The toll on the Suez Canal is only a small problem. The most important thing is that once the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba is opened, the influence of the British Empire in the Mediterranean will be gone! Stanley Baldwin thought about it
"My Excellency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can only delay the Bulgarian construction time as much as possible. If we want to dispel this idea, our strength in the Mediterranean may not be enough!" Donald said politely.
"What did you say? Delay?" Stanley Baldwin
"Yes!" Donald said calmly.
"Good! Now we just need to delay the Bulgarian construction time!
The Grand Canal in the Aqaba Bay can't be dug in a day or two. As long as we delay the time and wait for the problems in Central and Southeast Asia to be dealt with, we can concentrate on solving this problem! "Stanley Baldwin said with inspiration
There was no objection, no matter what the Bulgarians did, it was impossible for the Grand Canal in Aqaba to pass through during their term of office.
If we do some damage now, delay the progress of the Bulgarians, or even end the next term, we will not necessarily face this problem.
The premise is that they can still be elected in the next term, otherwise this trouble will have nothing to do with them.
After all, the term of Stanley Baldwin's cabinet ended in 1929. No matter how efficient Bulgaria is, it will not be possible to start construction until 1928.
In any case, it is impossible for Bulgaria to dig through the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba in just over a year.
According to the current situation, the insurgency in the colonies has been delayed, the popular support for them is getting lower and lower, and their chances of reelection are almost zero.
As long as this trouble does not erupt during their tenure, leave the next headache! Anyway, the last enemy was also a political enemy, and everyone was not under pressure.
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Paris France
"The Bulgarians invited us to dig the Grand Canal in the Gulf of Aqaba?" President Gaston Dumeg asked in surprise.
"Yes, Your Excellency the president! The sudden increase in the toll on the Suez Canal has made the Bulgarian government very dissatisfied.
They hope to be able to dig a new canal and break the British monopoly on the Suez Canal!
The Bulgarians not only invited us this time, but also invited the Austro-Hungarian Empire to participate together ~ EbookFREE.me ~ It seems that they hope that we can stand with them against the diplomatic pressure of the British! The Foreign Minister explained
"Well, this is a good proposal. If the conditions are right, I think that breaking the British Empire's monopoly on the Suez Canal is very positive for the French Republic!" Gaston Dumag said calmly.
(Remarks: Gaston Dumegues Twelfth President of the Third Republic of France, Socialist Party member)
"Yes, Your Excellency the President!
However, the purpose of the Bulgarians is not so simple. Although the British ’s diplomatic pressure is uncomfortable, Bulgaria is not a soft-footed shrimp. They can resist it alone. There is no need to share the benefits of the Grand Canal with us! The Foreign Minister reminded
"Of course, this is very obvious. If we were standing with Bulgaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, what would the British say?" Gaston Dumeg said with a smile.
"They will explode, and the Mediterranean will have nothing to do with them ever since, even their right to speak on the European continent will be greatly reduced!" The Foreign Minister thought for a while.
"That being the case, why don't we do it first? Let's look at the response from the British. Regardless of the final result, this time we can get a lot of benefits from it!
Of course, it would be the perfect ending to beat the British and expel them from the Mediterranean, although there is almost no chance of success.
But being able to bother the British is also a matter of physical and mental pleasure! Gaston Dueme thought for a while
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