Chapter 2480: Trouble in Egypt (1)
Every time Yan Changwu stays in a place, he will inspect the people's conditions and inspect military affairs, and his visit to Egypt is no exception.
The garrison troops have a good mental outlook, capable and solid movements, and obviously they have worked hard.
They have murderous faces, they have seen blood in battle.
In contrast, although the Guards of the Kingdom of Egypt, the Imperial Alliance Army, acted well, they were in a normal state of mind.
A troop like this went into battle, and it was really tough to do it with a real sword.
There are several types of combat effectiveness of the Imperial Union Army of the South China Empire. The first is the attendant of the Eighth Elementary School in China. There are many officers and soldiers who can speak Chinese. They have good salaries and high salaries. There are many opportunities to join the South China Empire and they are also favored by the Chinese. Recognition, so the motivation is high, the obedience is also high, and the combat effectiveness is strong.
The other is similar to the Egyptian Imperial Army. Part of their funding is subsidies from the South China Empire and a larger part of the local finances. Therefore, the funding is not so sufficient. At the same time, as a puppet army, the mission is shaken and the combat effectiveness is not strong.
There is another kind of weird Asan. Their obedience is okay, but the fighting power is up and down, which makes the Chinese use their time to wake up the spirit, because it is difficult to predict where Asan is today. status.
The Egyptians in front of them are still the guards controlled by the Chinese. The rest of the Egyptian troops are even more lax in discipline, disheveled, and poorly trained.
After reviewing the troops, Yan Changwu said some façade words about China-Egypt friendship, and he and Casavila Emil got into the carriage separately and drove to the seaside hotel in Port Said, where it became the Emperor’s Palace.
The seaside hotel is in excellent condition. There are small bridges and flowing water, shaded trees, green grass like carpets, and flowers paving the road, which is in sharp contrast with the hot desert environment outside.
In the Middle East, the fresh water and greenery of a person's house depends on whether a person is in a trench. If you have trees in your house, and there are many trees, then you are a local tyrant.
Port Said is rich in fresh water resources. The main reason is that the Chinese laid a 100-kilometer-long pipeline to divert water from the Nile River to Port Said. One branch entered the seaside hotel, which made the seaside hotel a lot of flowers. Very refreshing.
Walking under the long grape trellis in the hotel, I feel the cool breeze, which is comfortable.
Before the formal meeting, take a break in the room. Mr. David and Yu Chenglong shared a two-and-a-half-story villa. The reason why they said that the half-story was used for heat insulation. A wind pump was erected outside to drive the clean water. The heat is dissipated through a half-layer copper pipe, and when there is no wind, it is powered by a reliable donkey.
Water air-conditioning is a pioneering work of the Southern China Empire. Nanhua is located in the tropics and cannot stand the heat without air-conditioning and green shade.
The interior is very cool. Yu Chenglong sat down on the sofa in the living room in the middle of the second floor, drank tea, sniffed the ambergris scented in the room, and said with emotion: "It's almost a cool world from the outside stove, one mile and two outside. A world!"
Mr. David told Yu Chenglong: "This is the original sin of our Chinese. We are happy, but the Egyptians are not happy!"
It’s very convenient to talk to smart people. Yu Chenglong understood it as soon as he heard it: "The Egyptians won't work?"
"Yes!" Mr. David smiled wryly: "We Chinese are born to work, but Egyptians are not good at it!"
"Then it will be troublesome!" Yu Chenglong was depressed. He couldn't let the Chinese build well and the Egyptians to enjoy the blessing!
There was no plan to go to Cairo on this trip. Yu Chenglong was here for the first time. He felt a bit regretful. He wanted to see the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx in Egypt, but Mr. David told him that he would be disappointed if he saw it. That's the stone!
"Cairo is a magic city!" Mr. David lazily said: "There are some cultural relics to see, but you have to be prepared!"
"What preparations?" Yu Chenglong asked suspiciously.
"Preparation for the explosion!" Mr. David said.
"Scared!" Yu Chenglong was slightly surprised.
Mr. David worked in Egypt for a while and told him about the situation in Cairo. It was noisy. Various languages were mixed together. Egypt is a land of battles. European languages, Ottoman languages, local languages in North Africa and West Asia, and The languages spoken by the Chinese after they came, such as Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien...there were so many languages, as he knew eight foreign languages, he also felt headache and communication difficulties!
It was crowded. Cairo was crowded with people everywhere.
There is also mess, a lot of people, trash, livestock, excretion, flies, and wind and sand. Most of the city seems to have never been cleaned. It’s a gray area that has been cleaned before, but then With the decline in municipal income, there is no money to hire cleaners to work.
"Uh dizzy!" Hearing that Jackie Chan lost his appetite, he curiously asked, "Does our empire care about it?"
Mr. David said in a serious manner: "Now it is regional autonomy!"
After the break, the two officials immediately participated in the summit meeting with the Kingdom of Egypt.
There were not many attendees. The South China Empire was mainly composed of Yan Changwu, Mr. David and Yu Chenglong, as well as the governor of the Empire in Egypt, Wang Bisheng, and Casavilla Amir brought his state official Melzug Pa Xia and military officer Mutaia Pasha.
Melzug Pasha reported to the emperor the financial situation of the Kingdom of Egypt. The two words are "Not good!"
Due to the economic backwardness, tax revenues are inherently small, and the rebel forces are obstructed and unable to collect taxes. Moreover, it is necessary to suppress the military expenses and infrastructure caused by the rebel forces. Now the kingdom has mortgaged the tax revenue for ten years from the relevant banks of the South China Empire. After borrowing money, he barely maintained expenses.
Melzug Pasha was crying poor, and Mutaiah Pasha was asking for money, because the strength of the tribes in various places in Egypt was so strong that the cavalry continued to the outskirts of Cairo. The kingdom’s army lost its troops and it was difficult to resist. They also knew that the empire was busy in European warfare. , Dare not ask the empire to send out a large army to help, just ask for more assistance...
Yu Jackie Chan heard the emperor say something: "He's x, he treats me as Chairman Chiang!"
This is inexplicable. Even if Yu Jackie Chan is so clever, he can’t understand what he said. Only Mr. David understands it in the hall.
Chairman Chiang, part-time transportation team leader!
Casavilla Emir gave a solution. He hoped that the South China Empire would increase investment in Egypt, and that the Empire would increase the payment of the Suez Canal transit fee to Egypt to 20% (originally 10%), and hope that the Empire would give it to Egypt. More military aid, or send a large army to sweep the rebels in Egypt...
He has hope on the left and the other on the right. Yan Changwu's face was expressionless when he heard it. When Yu Chenglong heard it, he shook his head, but Mr. David was smiling.
The meeting broke up after all the Egyptians left. After all the Egyptians left, the Governor-General Wang Bisheng gave a report on his work. It was divided into two parts, one was the analysis of the situation in Egypt, and the other was the military affairs.
It turned out that the population was swollen and there were few employment opportunities. Egyptians were dissatisfied when they saw that the Chinese and the upper class were so rich, and the lower classes had no food and clothing. The officials of the Kingdom of Egypt were very greedy for money, and even the Chinese were affected Extortion, do not give money, do nothing, drag; and the efficiency is extremely low, for example, the cost of building a road can be built in the South China Empire four...
As for fighting the rebels, the empire has 30,000 troops in Egypt, with only 10,000 Chinese second-line troops and 20,000 emperors’ allied forces. The force is insufficient, and it is very difficult to guard the security of the Canal Zone. It is difficult to send more troops to fight the rebels.
And the cause of the rebels has not been eliminated, it is impossible to kill, and moving troops is like fighting a fire!
