EBE Chapter 490: Pulling Other Concessions Into the Water
Chapter 490: Pulling Other Concessions Into the Water
Although she didn't understand what kind of people in the empire were, she knew that they were willing to make money, but asking them to fight was more serious than taking their lives.
Ruth shrugged. It wasn't that she was being discouraging, but it was just too difficult. It was basically impossible to do.
"They care more about making money than fighting, let alone fighting for you."
"What if the Japanese army went to war with them?" Zhou Weiguo's words made Chao Xiang Xiuling choke. "Unless the people in the headquarters are crazy, it's impossible. They have already used all their strength to attack our mountain city, and they still want to provoke an economically powerful bald eagle."
Yes, these guys are indeed sick, otherwise they would not have started the Pacific War. This war was caused by many factors, the most direct one being that their resources were restricted. They were the first to do this, and then, the aid flight team appeared.
"The Japanese army has always been a gamble. It was a gamble decades ago, it is a gamble today, and it will be a gamble in the future. We don't need to succeed overnight, but we need to plant the seeds of war for them."
"How to plant?" Chao Xiang Xiuling blinked her eyes. She was very excited. After all, this was her favorite thing to do.
Zhou Weiguo looked at Ruth; "Robert asked you to find a way to stop this, tell Robert that it is to expand the concession."
Zhou Weiguo had mentioned the issue of concessions when he met Ruth, but later Ruth told him that the local side did not agree, so Robert had to give up the plan.
But it’s different now. The local side asked for blocking it, but did not say what method to use?
"Will the Japanese agree?" Ruth's eyes widened. She had also thought of using this method, but then she felt that this was impossible.
"Yes. When expanding the concession, you must tell them that because your country is currently developing vigorously, the amount of steel and other materials needed is too large. It is very likely that you will stop shipping them abroad, including war materials such as oil."
"That's right." Chao Xiang Xiuling slapped her head; "Why didn't I think of this? This is a multiple-choice question. Either I limit your resources, or you agree to expand the concession. In this matter, Tokyo has no choice but to choose the second one. Once they agree, they will definitely have a share of the concession here."
Xiao Ya thought carefully for a moment and nodded, "This method is indeed feasible. The other party should also understand that once they agree, there will be endless troubles."
"He has a plan, and I have a plan. Robert wants to be promoted. If he doesn't agree, he can contact George and others in the British Concession and put pressure on them. In this way, the Japanese army will have no choice, and our goal will be achieved, because they are a group of smart people, and they will definitely think that this is actually the interference of European countries against their decisive battle in Wuhan West."
At this point, he looked up at Ruth and said, "Now that I've said this, you can understand what you should do."
Ruth suddenly realized, "I know what to do now."
"It's not appropriate to do this." Robert was in his office. After carefully reading the action plan sent by Ruth, he sat on the sofa and tapped the action plan after serious consideration and said to Ruth in front of him.
Ruth was a little confused. What was wrong with this? She glanced at Robert and asked, "What do you mean?"
Robert put the plan aside; "I believe that if we do this, the other side will definitely choose one of the two, but at the same time, we actually have the risk of war."
Damn it, he actually saw it.
Ruth was startled, looked around for a moment, and then came to him.
She thought of a sentence that Xiang Xiuling had mentioned.
That means the empire has taken action, and countries such as Britain and France will also take corresponding actions.
"Sir Robert, we are worried that Shancheng will not be able to withstand the attack of the Japanese army and may surrender completely after the decisive battle. Then, do Britain, France, Italy and other countries have the same idea? In this case, why don't we unite to put pressure on them? Moreover, regarding the issue of the expansion of the concession this time, we should not limit it to Shanghai. Our power in Shanghai is already stable. If we rob it, I am afraid we will not be able to rob others."
Oh...Robert became interested. He motioned for Ruth to sit down and asked, "In your opinion, what should we do next?"
Ruth's mind opened up after Chao Xiang Xiuling reminded her. She sat down and took a sip of coffee and said, "Isn't Wuhan a good place? Besides, there used to be our concession there. If we go there, we will naturally have an advantage over them."
This…this…
Robert was somewhat tempted. The possibility of expanding the concession in Shanghai was not very high because the prosperous areas had already been divided up, and it was even less likely that the Japanese army would hand over this natural port. However, it was different in Wuhan and other places.
"Mr. Consul, the Presidential Office's request is to stop this, but they didn't tell us how to do it. If this is done well, it will be a hundred benefits for you. Of course, as for the war, that's not something we can consider. If you need insurance, then you should bring them along. There's a saying here that the law doesn't hold everyone responsible. Even if the Japanese army has grudges, they can't blame us."
"This is what happened. Robert left a plan, but I don't know yet whether they will go find these people." After Ruth finished telling the plan, she returned home.
In view of the special circumstances that happened today, she could only tell Zhou Weiguo everything one by one.
Zhou Weiguo was the planner of this matter, so naturally we had to discuss it with him.
Zhou Weiguo, playing with a fountain pen, smiled calmly and said to Ruth, "You did a great job on this matter. Robert will definitely do it, and I think he will go find those people tomorrow."
"No, why are you so sure?" Ruth asked puzzled.
Zhou Weiguo looked at her sideways for a moment and asked, "Did your CIA only teach you how to kill people and obtain intelligence, but forget to teach you some social skills?"
"A killing machine with too many thoughts is probably not what any controller wants to see." Ruth blinked; can your Second Division still teach this?"
That's definitely not possible. Zhou Weiguo smiled awkwardly and said, "You're right. A killing machine must not be allowed to have too many independent thoughts. Otherwise, it will not be a good thing for the controller. As for why I'm so sure, I have hooked up Robert's desire for interests. If he doesn't act, who will?"