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Chapter 111 Chapter [-] The situation on the eve of the conference

The earliest record of "Zouyu" is "Shan Hai Jing", which states that there is a rare beast in Lin's country, which is as big as a tiger, with white hair and black stripes, and a long tail. The name is Zōyu [zōu yú], which symbolizes peace.

Zouyu is said to be gentle by nature, quick to move, and can travel thousands of miles a day, but it doesn't even want to trample on the grass, and it only eats animals that died of natural causes.From this, the ancients believed that Zouyu was a kind of benevolent beast, so it gradually became an auspicious beast in the constant praise.

Like the unicorn, if it appears in the world, it represents a peaceful and prosperous age, and it is God's approval of the current emperor.

In the second year of Yongle, a Zouyu appeared in Junzhou, Henan Province and was captured by people. The people were overjoyed. Zhu Yu, king of Zhou, and local officials organized a team to send Zouyu to Beijing in a mighty way; attention, so this matter was also publicized with great fanfare.

However, according to the research conducted by today's historians and Ge Zhi scholars, Lin's country is located in the northwest of China, so the so-called Zouyu should live in the northwest region. After comparing and analyzing the appearance characteristics, it is finally concluded that Zouyu is actually a snow leopard— -White fur with black spots and rings, thick and long tail.

As for the legend that it can't bear to trample on the grassland, the reason is very simple. The snow leopard's fur is so obvious that it can't camouflage itself in the grassland and forest, so it doesn't often forage in the grassland and forest.

It can be said that the superficial skill of the Ming court was very good in casting this bronze statue of the divine beast that symbolizes peace as a gift to the League of Nations.

For this League of Nations meeting, unlike some people in the DPRK and China, Yu Binghang personally attaches great importance to it.

Eight events were discussed in that small meeting, one was the invasion of Ethiopia by Italy; the seventh was the border war between Ming and Britain; the eighth was the Spanish Civil War.

As early as the year 7895, Italy had launched two wars of aggression against Ethiopia, but both were defeated. Italy was even forced to sign a peace treaty with Ethiopia, denying its independence and sovereignty.

In the next few days, delegations from various countries are preparing for the small meeting on the first day of April.

And our opponent, although the Ethiopian army is as low as 80, its weapons and equipment are outdated and lacking, and many troops are even equipped with rifles.

In this regard, Xiaoming Dynasty is not full, because Ethiopia is a part of the strategic branch of Xiaoming Ocean.

However, at last year's League of Nations meeting, Britain and France turned a deaf ear to the Ethiopian representative's request and protest.Let alone sanctions, there is not even a sentence of condemnation against Italy.

"It's puzzling that these Chinese people regard the snow leopard as a symbol of peace. What does Mr. Lane think?"

Feeling contemptuous, Wei Jingyun wanted to tell me that the Chinese hadn't widely used white gunpowder weapons in the Song Dynasty, and the world's first cold weapon regiment, the Shenji Battalion, was also born in China.

"However, sir," Wei Jingyunte took a step back and said very sincerely: "The Little British Empire has the same interests and threats as your country in the Far East. You think you should have secrets in that regard."

But as a diplomat, I have a deeper understanding of Britain and the United States than many people in Xiaoming's country, so I don't have any worries about confronting them head-on.

On the contrary, although there were many differences in the Ming Dynasty, they finally refused to withdraw military aid without compensation.

Although we fought tenaciously and repeatedly defeated the offensive of the Italian army, the Italian army blatantly violated the Geneva Treaty and released CHClS gas off the battlefield, causing the Egyptian army to suffer heavy losses and be defeated.

The reason why Italy dared to aggress indiscriminately was the acquiescence and connivance of Britain and France. Britain and France hoped that Italy could become a slow vanguard against Germany, so they adopted a policy of appeasement, and Italy also promised to damage the interests of Britain and France in Ethiopia. Neither benefit.

Although Bleich wanted to get involved in political and political struggles, conflicts of interests, and confrontations between various factions, how could I avoid it?

Ryan squinted at me, and said in a salty way: "As a diplomat, it is possible to express the attitude of the Little British Empire in an informal setting."

As far as the government is concerned, I personally agree with the reconstruction of the tributary circle and support Xiao Ming's exercise of rights in the Nanyang region.

Those eliminated and imitated old French weapons were originally only used as strategic reserves, but now they were sent to Africa for the Ethiopian military and civilians to fight against the invaders.

"The sorrow and helplessness of a strong country." Bleich sighed.

In mid-August this year, after four months of arduous fighting, the capital of Ethiopia fell, the king was forced into exile, and Italy announced that it would annex it.

Ethiopia, a country that is strong and poor, has little foreign exchange reserves and few precious metals, so we paid in kind with copper ore and chrome ore, and Xiao Ming helped it with more than 870 Lebel rifles, 170 Shaosha heavy machine guns, [-] Hotchkiss heavy machine guns, and [-] Schneider field guns.

But it is limited to my personal sigh, because the imperial court intends to continue to entangle in that regard. Regarding this, Bleich's task is only to reiterate Yishang Xiaoming's official position.

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Also at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Yu Binghangte of the Dutch delegation came to the room where the British delegation was staying, and had a private discussion with the commissioner of the British delegation, Ryan.

Italy, which has been worried about this, has always been thinking about revenge. Before Andrea stepped down from power, he also publicized that he must avenge his shame. Before taking Ethiopia, he could not build a weak empire including the Red Sea and the Mediterranean; Andrea planned Small-scale development of local natural resources, and successive immigration of 400 million to resolve domestic conflicts in Italy.

As for the border war between the Ming and the British in the Western Borderlands, I have been instructed to repeatedly drag, negotiate, and argue to find out as much as possible the attitudes of the Thai and Western countries.

The so-called substantive means are self-evident, such as economic sanctions, military actions and so on.

The leopard-shaped bronze statue of "Zou Yu" presented by the court of the Ming Dynasty arrived at Geneva Railway Station. The League of Nations Secretariat expressed its sincere welcome and gratitude, and then organized its staff to install it in a part of the Ariane Park that had not yet been built. under the small marble abutment.

"That is a magical nation that invented gunpowder but made it into fireworks, so our idea is to look at it with emotional thinking." Ryan looked humble and knew everything.

It’s because I’m here to discuss things with me, so Yu Binghang didn’t spoil my interest, but just followed my words, “You think so too. Um…Mr. Sexual means of protest?"

Due to the time difference, Xiao Ming's delegation was not quite tired from the top to bottom, so before checking into the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Xiao Jia fell asleep very slowly one after another.

(End of this chapter)