Chapter 1012 Germination
Russia has a vast territory and abundant resources, but currently the resource that East Africa is most "dependent" on Russia is oil. More than half of the oil resources are taken away by East Africa every year. Therefore, the Tsarist Russian government uses oil as bait, which naturally attracts the attention of Ambassador Crowe to a certain extent.
But I just want to note that although East Africa is short of oil resources, it is not like Germany, which is almost zero, and East Africa currently has more sources of oil from abroad.
“As a friend, tell me honestly, have you encountered any difficulties in Russia recently?” Ambassador Crowe said.
He had a vague feeling that the mentality of the Russian government has changed now. This is not the attitude of the Russian government in the past.
"Alas, for Russia, the difficulties have never ended, and that is financial pressure. Lack of money has always been our biggest difficulty in Russia. In recent years, due to the economic crisis in other European countries, countries and private individuals who are willing to borrow money are more Less." Count Caddell said.
The economic crisis is not just hitting Russia. Other countries naturally need cash to stabilize their economies. On the other hand, under the economic crisis, the economic crisis has caused Russian companies to go bankrupt, default on their debts, and bad debts have become more serious. This has not only reduced the Russian government’s income The reduction of sources is also not conducive to Russia's borrowing from the international community.
Various factors have led to the current vicious cycle of the Russian economy. Of course, even if the economic crisis is coming to an end, it will not be worse than in the past few years. But now Russia is borrowing more money than before, which makes Crowe think that there must be something inside Russia. Unknown exception.
After all, East Africa and Russia are "not familiar". In the past, Russia's main financial backers were Western European countries. Now they can't wait to get three melons and two dates from East Africa. It is obviously a sign of hunger.
After all, East Africa is not active in the international financial market, especially in the commercial field. Negotiations can almost only be done with the East African government or East African state-owned enterprises or banks, which makes it the hardest to get money from East Africa.
If it were an ordinary businessman, if Russia offered oil resources as bait, he would have jumped off it long ago. Regardless of whether what Russia offered was a trap, driven by interests, there is no business that European and American businessmen would not dare to do, and the East African government There is no such initiative, except for the Hechingen Foundation under the royal family.
Institutions such as East African state-owned enterprises and banks are actually mostly subordinate institutions of the East African government, so they are more cautious in lending to foreign countries.
So Ambassador Crowe firmly believed that before coming to him, the Tsarist Russian government had already encountered obstacles from other countries or capitals, but Count Caddell was obviously unwilling to disclose the main purpose of the Russian government.
So Ambassador Crowe said: "Count Caddell, I need to communicate with the country about this matter first. If possible, come back in three days and I can give you an answer."
Count Kader: "No problem. We in Russia are very sincere this time. I am waiting for the good news from your country!"
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After sending Count Caddell away, Ambassador Crowe sent news back to the country and sent people to the Russian government to inquire about the news.
The internal situation of the Russian government is relatively easy to obtain. With just a little intervention, Ambassador Crowe vaguely understood the Russian government's plans.
He wrote in a telegram to the country: "The current economic crisis in Russia has been smoothly passed, and Russia's active borrowing from various countries is obviously not to deal with the residual heat of the economic crisis."
“In recent years, the Russian government has become increasingly dissatisfied with the Far East issue, especially the competitive trend between Japan and Russia after the war in the Far East.”
"The two countries have sharp conflicts over the issues of the Korean Peninsula and the northeastern Far East. Russia's dissatisfaction with Japan had been foreshadowed as early as the late 1990s. However, at the beginning of the 20th century, the economic crisis suddenly broke out, leaving the Russian government with no time to take care of other issues. It is temporarily unable to confront Japan. "Furthermore, there are a group of knowledgeable people in Russia who pay more attention to Japan and do not look down upon Japan because of Russia's vast land, rich resources, and strong national strength. Therefore, there are currently about four forces within the Russian government, namely the tsar. , war faction, peace faction, centrist."
"The war faction has expanded recently. On the one hand, the economic crisis is over, and Russia has become aggressive, so this is in line with Russia's historical performance. On the other hand, the social contradictions caused by the economic crisis have not been eliminated. This time the Russian government may intend to use war. means to resolve conflicts.”
“As the best decision-maker in Russia, the Tsar’s attitude plays a decisive role. Recently, the Tsar has been closely connected with the domestic war factions... so it is very likely that the Russian government’s frequent actions in this round are aimed at targeting Japan.”
Ambassador Crowe roughly made a judgment about the Russian government’s thoughts through various data recorded by the embassy and bribed Russian insiders, and then he passed his judgment back to his home country.
Rhine City.
Ernst also received the news from the embassy, and soon he discussed it with his officials.
“Ambassador Crowe’s words are more in line with the current situation in Russia. Throughout Russian history, wars are launched almost every once in a while, which is in line with Russia’s war cycle.”
The history of Russia is a history of wars, and it has records of fighting with neighboring countries, from Finland in Northern Europe, to the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East, and finally to Japan, which is now confronting the Far East, forming a perfect arc.
Outside this arc, there are two supporting points, the United Kingdom and the United States, which are used to constrain Russia's activities in their respective spheres of influence.
Japan is a chess piece that Britain and the United States jointly support and is used to balance Tsarist Russia and the Far Eastern Empire offshore. Therefore, even if Japan's economy is in dire straits, under normal circumstances, Britain and the United States will support Japan to a certain extent.
After all, if Japan is not supported, the Far Eastern Empire or Tsarist Russia will become bigger, which will ruin the plans of the two countries.
Japan's shortcomings, namely lack of resources and narrow area, have become advantages at this time. Both the United Kingdom and the United States can drive Japan with more confidence.
In fact, the same is true in the history of previous lives. Even if Japan committed a lot of evil in World War II and eventually conquered Britain and the United States, the United States still supported Japan after World War II and served as a **** for its own country to contain the Soviet Union and later Russia and the Far East Empire for a long time. If If Ernst is an American or British, he will definitely support Japan and use it to weaken the Far Eastern Empire or Russia.
"Your Highness is right. Nicholas II should be a more traditional Russian monarch, very different from his father Alexander III. During the period of Alexander III, Russia was also in a rare period of peace, and the economy was relatively prosperous. But this is very unusual for Russian tradition."
As far as East African officials are concerned, Tsarist Russia is a country that loves aggression. In fact, East Africa's reputation in the international community is not much better.
It’s just that since the 1990s, East Africa has changed. It’s almost impossible to see the up-and-down East Africa of the past. Russia, after experiencing the short-term peace in Alexander’s previous life, has now returned to its old ways.
So the East African monarchs and ministers who stand on the moral high ground can ridicule Russia without any scruples, while ignoring the large amount of territory East Africa has gained through expansion since the mid-19th century, as well as the tens of millions of black slaves currently serving East Africa.
To put it bluntly, if the Tsar had so much free labor, he would not keep an eye on the gray animals. The gray animals are still their own people, and foreigners like black people are also theirs to be driven. pleasure.
(End of this chapter)