Expedition to Europe

As long as there is a chance, no country will refuse to become an "imperialist country". Those who keep saying that they look down on it are just because of their weak national strength, not because they really look down on it.

In this matter, Qin Zhiyuan will definitely not put on airs. He will definitely take the benefits he should take, and he doesn't care about the infamy he should bear. Anyway, too many lice will not itch, and Lan Fang has been scolded too much, so it doesn't need this.

At this point, Owen Jonah is powerless. Just like Owen Jonah himself said, he has no authority. If he wants to negotiate, he needs to send someone with a higher position from the UK.

Qin Zhiyuan also knows that the British are bluffing. They don't have many people in Siam. Let alone Lan Fang's marines, even if Lyautey wants to turn against the British, the British can't stand it. But the shadow of the man is the name of the tree, and the confidence of the British is there. As long as they don't want to go to war with the British, they have to bear this breath.

In fact, it's not considered as bearing it. There is always a place to vent this breath, such as Rama VI who has become a turtle in a jar.

After the Lanfang Marines besieged the city, Rama VI did not surrender and still had the will to resist.

Perhaps Rama VI was also waiting for the British to intervene. Rama VI knew very well that because of the existence of the "Siam Treaty", the British would definitely not ignore it. Lanfang was not mentioned first. The French's actions must have violated the original agreement with the British. As long as the British intervened, the situation was not without room for maneuver.

Unfortunately, Rama VI could not have imagined that the British had indeed intervened, but the British did not want to restore the previous situation, but took the initiative to participate in this feast of division and desperately tried to get the benefits they should get.

After the Marines besieged the city, Rama VI still organized several counterattacks, but unfortunately the performance of the Siamese soldiers was really unbearable. The counterattacks, which were larger and larger than the last, did not gain anything, except for consuming some of the Marines' bullets.

By early December, the entire Siam, except Bangkok, had been divided up by Lanfang, France and Britain.

From a geographical point of view, Lan Fang gained the greatest benefits. From the Malay Peninsula to Kanchanaburi, a vast area in between was occupied by Lan Fang. The French occupied 14 provinces near Laos. Although the geographical area was not as large as the area occupied by Lan Fang, it was connected to the original French colonies, which made the French quite satisfied. The British responded the slowest. They occupied the ten provinces in the northernmost part of Siam, which also bordered the previous colonies. This area is not stable enough at present. The British are mobilizing troops from India to prepare to enter northern Siam.

In mid-December, after rejecting Rama VI's surrender several times, the Lan Fang Marine Corps finally launched an attack on Bangkok.

The entire attack was not resisted. During the nearly three-month siege, the Siamese had completely lost their fighting spirit. They had no intention of resisting and even hoped that the Lan Fang army would launch an attack to get rid of this torment.

The only discord occurred during the battle to attack the palace. Rama VI fought stubbornly, and finally, when the Lan Fang army broke through the palace, he dragged his family to set fire to themselves.

Well, this family is really a bit big, and there are many members of the Siamese royal family. Just cleaning up the fire scene, no less than 500 bodies were found in the fire scene.

After this news came out, Lan Fang once again became synonymous with brutality, so that when Leo Tai saw Qin Zhiyuan again, he did not help but teasing: "Your people are really butchers. You killed tens of thousands of people in Madagascar, and now you have killed all the Siamese royal family. You are really a tyrant."

"Don't talk nonsense. Madagascar was a massacre caused by you French people. My people just followed orders. As for the Siamese royal family, they are so depressed that they want to commit suicide. What does it have to do with me?" Qin Zhiyuan denied it flatly, regardless of whether his reasons were reasonable.

"Ha, I'm afraid you don't believe this reason yourself." Leo Tai immediately exposed Qin Zhiyuan's hypocrisy.

"Whatever you want, I believe it anyway - and you have no right to blame me, do you want me to list what good things you French have done?" Qin Zhiyuan was not polite. Anyway, in this matter, no country in the world is clean.

The French have done a lot of disgusting things in the process of global colonization. If Qin Zhiyuan wants to list them, he can probably write a book.

Of course, Lyautey also knows that his ancestors have a lot of bad deeds, so he is not seeking justice for those who died, but just wants to laugh at Qin Zhiyuan.

"It is understandable that there are some accidents in the process of advanced civilization conquering backward civilization." Lyautey is not guilty at all.

Look at this rhetoric, it immediately rises to the height of human evolution. It seems that Qin Zhiyuan's excuse is not shameless enough.

"Let's talk about business. How do you think about the matter of Kompong Som?" Qin Zhiyuan is not discussing the process of human evolution with Lyautey. Seeking greater benefits for the country is the business.

Kompong Som Bay, which is Sihanoukville in the 21st century, is a natural harbor with the potential to become an excellent port. Before entering Siam, the Lan Fang Marine Corps assembled in Kompong Som Bay. After investigation, Griffin thought it was very suitable as a branch base for the Marine Corps, so he asked the Lan Fang military to lease Kompong Som Bay.

The Marine Corps headquarters was built in Kaohsiung, which is located in the center of Lan Fang's territory, but now Lan Fang's territory is getting larger and larger, so it is necessary to build a branch base so that it can respond more quickly when facing a crisis.

Kampong Som Bay is one of Griff's options. It is very close to the Strait of Malacca, British Malaya and Siam, and is a good place for Feng Shui.

"Not so good! Your lease of Cam Ranh Bay has made France a laughing stock. It is impossible to lease Cam Ranh Bay." Lyaute refused.

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When Lan Fang leased Cam Ranh Bay, it was just a commercial port, not even a port, but just a larger bay, so Bastien happily leased Jinlan Bay to Qin Zhiyuan, and the contract was signed for 99 years.

Now, after Lan Fang's construction, Cam Ranh Bay has become the best port in Southeast Asia. It is a natural harbor that can dock battleships and aircraft carriers, and the French have become a laughing stock.

You should know that the home port of the French Far East Fleet is now Guangzhou Bay. In terms of prosperity, Guangzhou Bay is indeed much better than Cam Ranh Bay, but in terms of natural conditions, Guangzhou Bay is still much worse than Cam Ranh Bay.

At least the warships of the French Far East Fleet cannot directly dock in Guangzhou Bay.

"Kampong Som Bay does not have the conditions to become a world-class military port. It can't play any role in your hands. Why don't you rent it to us?" Qin Zhiyuan was quite curious.

"No, no, no, as long as it is a place you like, it will always have unknown value, so even if Kompong Som Bay seems useless now, it cannot be rented to you." Lyaute's reason is very strange.