Chapter 418: Send troops for justice and love!

Hailing, Qiao Garden, two-part bamboo house.

This is Shao Quanzhong's study. Shao Quanzhong put down his brush, and Maria, who had been standing behind him, carefully took the couplet to the mahogany table next to him to dry.

Shao Quanzhong pointed at the couplet and looked at Grant with a smile, "Old Ge, this is for you, so you don't have to come to my place every day to drink tea."

Well, Grant has an official residence in Hailing City, and his whole family is in Hailing. However, the European war has been in full swing in the past few months, and he really can't sit still, so he comes to Shao Quanzhong for tea whenever he has nothing to do.

He said he came to appreciate the beautiful scenery of Qiao Garden, but he was not seen going out for a stroll. He just sat next to Shao Quanzhong and watched him work without saying a word.

Grant looked behind his back and said, "A wise man must be patient, and a brave general must be strategic."

"I say, Marshal, how long are we going to endure this? If we endure any longer, the benefits will be snatched away by other powers."

Shao Quanzhong waved his hand and Maria brought the recent intelligence.

"Look, Old Ge, right now, the European war is going on vigorously, but there is no result on the five fronts."

"If we join in, we will suffer losses and gain nothing. How many people should we send to a war involving millions of people? If we send too few, no one will know where we are. If we send too many, we will just be stepping stones for others."

"So our strategy is to hold our fists tight and wait for an opportunity. When they can't fight anymore, we'll see where there's fat meat, go over and beat up the exhausted guy, and then grab the meat."

"Now, I will learn from you, the Federation, selling weapons to both sides, and making a fortune quietly by counting money is the greatest victory."

"Look, the British brother hasn't even been hurt yet, and he hasn't come to beg me. Why should we take the initiative to approach him..."

"Report! A call from London. The British and French forces suffered a setback in the battle against the Gallipoli Peninsula of the Ottoman Empire. Britain requested that we send troops to join the war."

"We are promised that if we join the war, we will be provided with advanced spring steel technology free of charge, and we will have priority in choosing the territory after the war."

Huh? The British big brother doesn't give me face, and now he slaps me in the face. It's only been three months and you can't stand it?
Grant grabbed the latest telegram and read the detailed battle situation.

"The Ottomans are now confronting Bulgaria in the west and attacking Russia's Northern Azerbaijan in the north, attacking from two fronts."

"The British and French landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Ottomans were attacked from three sides and had no famous generals to send. So they activated the former Grand Vizier Mihadet Pasha who was imprisoned in Taif Prison."

"Mihadet is indeed amazing. He used the newly graduated officers of the new army to form the Fifth Army. As soon as they arrived at the Gallipoli Peninsula, they blocked the attack of Britain and France."

"The new Turkish army, with the newly formed 'Youth Society' as its backbone, has shown an amazing fighting spirit."

"Both sides fought bravely, on the hills of the peninsula, with trenches as close as 15 metres apart, and soldiers from both sides threw grenades at each other, until the Anzacs were driven back to the beach."

Grant looked excited, "Now that Britain has made the conditions, should we join the war?"

Shao Quanzhong shook his head. "That crappy spring steel technology is useless. Tell the British brother that we are fighting fiercely in Japan. Both sides have lost nearly five million people. Your hundreds of thousands of deaths are nothing. We can't even protect ourselves, so we can't go."

"Hehe, let me say this. At this stage, I won't go no matter what benefits I get—"

"Report, Nobel wants to see you."

"welcome."

Hmm? It's strange, these technicians never take the initiative to look for me. Nobel is a big boss, busy every day, how can he find time to look for me?

Nobel entered the study with a flattering smile on his face, "Your Highness, look, my team developed smokeless gunpowder for you some time ago--"

Shao Quanzhong nodded, "You did a good job. Haven't you all received your bonuses?" "Well, I'm not here to ask for money. Look, my team has made persistent efforts to improve the smokeless gunpowder. The new smokeless gunpowder has increased its kinetic energy efficiency by 20%. I'm here to tell you the good news."

He said he wasn't asking for money, "Well, how much did it cost to develop this new smokeless gunpowder technology? How much are you going to sell it to me for?"

Nobel shook his hands repeatedly, "It's really free, I'll give it to you for free."

Huh? Has Nobel changed his personality? Shao Quanzhong immediately became alert. Free things are the most expensive. This guy must have some more difficult requirements.

"I can't let you suffer any loss. Brothers should settle accounts clearly. Just tell me what you want."

"Well - you see, your Huai Army is invincible, so why not send troops to the Ottoman Empire to help Russia defend Northern Azerbaijan?"

Maria looked at Nobel with an expression full of gratitude. The Ottoman Third Army had set out from Armenia and was fighting Russia in Azerbaijan.

Three months ago, Russia's First and Second Armies on the Western Front invaded East Prussia, but because they foolishly used plain text telegrams to transmit battlefield orders, the news was intercepted by German scouts.

In the Battle of Tannenberg and the Battle of Masurian Lakes, 25 soldiers were lost and more than artillery pieces were lost. The th Army had to be urgently formed to stabilize the front line.

With losses on the western front and attacks from the Ottomans on the southern front, Russia was in a bad situation. Maria wanted to persuade her husband to send troops to help her father, but she learned from the lesson of Apple's meddling in politics and being banished to the cold palace, so she dared not say anything. She did not expect Nobel to be so righteous.

Shao Quanzhong looked at Nobel suspiciously, "You are a Swede, what benefit did Lucia give you that you come to lobby for them?"

Nobel coughed awkwardly, "Well, my eldest brother and second brother are both in Finland. My eldest brother opened a kerosene refinery in Helsinki, and my second brother opened a small arms factory in Vyborg."

"My second brother received a military order from Russia last year to produce 450,000 rifles. He asked my eldest brother to help him go to the Caucasus to buy walnut wood for the gun handles."

"I didn't buy the walnut wood, but I used the 25,000 rubles I would have used to buy the walnut wood to buy an oil field in Baku at a low price. As a result, a large self-flowing oil well was drilled there, and my eldest and second brothers jointly opened the 'Nobel Brothers Oil Company'. I provided the subsequent investment."

"Wow, you guys have this way of making money in Russia?"

"Well, wasn't the mine invented by my father? During the Crimean War, Russia used the mine invented by my father to block the British and French fleets. Therefore, my father has a say in the Russian high-level officials."

"My father asked Grand Duke Mikhail for help, so my eldest and second brothers were able to open their oil companies. Now they are the largest oil supplier in Russia."

The Grand Duchy of Finland now belongs to Russia, and its status is the same as Shao Quanzhong's Grand Duchy of Crimea, so Nobel's eldest and second brothers are now Russian nationals, and Nobel's father has a good relationship with Maria's brother...

"Old Nuo, what do you think? No matter how good our relationship is, can you be as close as my father-in-law and I? But I can't ask my soldiers to fight for the interests of my father-in-law. It's even harder for me to agree to your request..."

Nobel blinked and said, "I am not speaking for Lucia. Now the Ottoman Empire is fighting Azerbaijan. My eldest brother and second brother's oil company has become a war zone. Production has stopped and they are losing money every day."

"That's none of my business. I can pay for your smokeless gunpowder improvement technology, but I can't let my men die in vain because of this."

"How can it be a waste of time? Baku's oil production now accounts for half of the world's total. Just imagine, if you occupied Baku——"

"Really?"

"Absolutely true!"

Shao Quanzhong threw the military cap in his hand aside and said, "Nobel, I want your improved technology for smokeless gunpowder. I will send troops to the Ottoman Empire right now!"

"Maria, send a telegram to the British brother, saying that I will obey your orders and send troops to the Ottoman Empire to cooperate with the British brother in the battle of Gallipoli. Please give me the spring steel technology that you promised me."

"Old Ge, mobilize the troops, prepare to go to war, go and rob Baku - no, for justice, and for the love with Maria, go and help my father-in-law drive away the Ottoman invaders."

(End of this chapter)

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