In the era in which Qiao Yu lived in his previous life, this colonial system of direct plunder had collapsed for many years, and there were only some traces that were still showing the past era. However, the nature of capital determined that plunder did not end, but was replaced by a more concealed way.

For example, under the current colonial system, if the great powers want to seize resources, they must first occupy that area and then establish a corresponding ruling system, including officials, garrisons, suppress the opposition of local people, and invest huge amounts of money to build infrastructure. They can operate for more than ten years or even decades to obtain local resources. The capital required is too huge.

In later generations, the methods became very different. First, they first supported some powerful local factions to control the regime, then signed commercial agreements with the dictator, and then developed resources on a large scale. As for things outside the resources, they didn't have to worry about anything. Even if it was a flood, I had no obligation to do anything. I was just a commercial investment. As for the anger of the people, I could only send them to the dictator.

These seemingly glorious dictators are like a toilet. Once they are filled, they will be mercilessly abandoned and replaced by someone who wants to be the leader. In this way, although the purpose of resource monopoly cannot be achieved, the corresponding cost will be reduced to a negligible level.

This is the highest level of colonization. For example, Britain now occupies India. Although it can plunder a considerable amount of wealth, it also needs to build tens of thousands of kilometers of railways for the Indians. This is not a small investment, and it takes too much effort to maintain it. Especially after the awakening of nationalism, for the great powers, the cost of direct colonization was too high, which is also an important reason for the collapse of the colonial order.

Qiao Yu was actually constantly thinking about whether it was necessary to turn Nanyang into China's territory, and whether it would be more cost-effective if Nanyang was controlled only through economic means!

However, after careful thinking, Southeast Asia's strategic position is too important and must be directly in its own hands to be at ease. Moreover, Southeast Asia has huge agricultural potential, and China's population will surely expand significantly in the future. It is inevitable that it will exceed one billion, and it is even possible to exceed the peak of later generations. After all, China is much larger than that of later generations.

Such a huge population must have enough agricultural land to support it, and Qiao Yu also hopes to reserve some potential so that China can develop smoothly without worrying about the red line all day long. Therefore, he will spend a lot of effort to expand towards the Southeast Asian direction.

At this time, France was bearing the huge cost of old colonialism. People from all over the country resisted, and there were strikes, marches, and demonstrations in the cities. In remote areas, a large number of guerrillas, roads, railways, electric wires and other facilities were all under the attacks of these guerrillas.

Moreover, China sent a large number of special forces to infiltrate the three Indo-Schiatric countries, and assassinations emerged one after another. Although France still has more than 100,000 troops in its hands, it is already difficult to control the city, let alone withdraw troops to fight.

The Vietnamese have expanded their power to the Red River Delta region, and China has also stationed a large number of troops in Guangxi, and has shown a great attack on Lang Son in one fell swoop. Faced with this situation, the French are really exhausted.

Although they dispatched two divisions of infantry and a large number of air forces from the country, the masters were still useless. The uprisings broke out one after another, and there was no moment of stopping. The violent attacks emerged one after another. After three months of persistence, the French finally agreed to discuss the peace issue in Vietnam with China at the Palace of Nations in Geneva.

The League of Nations can be regarded as an exercise by the United Nations in later generations. The most important authority of the League of Nations is the Executive Yuan. It originally designed to have five permanent members and four non-permanent directors, Britain, the United States, France, Italy and Japan, became the original permanent members, which was similar to the five permanent members of the United Nations in later generations. However, due to the lack of parliament, the seats of the United States were vacant. After the Washington Conference, Britain and France intended to bring China in and become a permanent member. However, Qiao Yu was not interested in this organization without real power, so China did not join.

After the Ruhr crisis, Germany's power of compensation fell into the hands of Britain and the United States. Britain intended to enhance Germany's political status and used Germany to balance France and the Soviet Union, so it pulled Germany into the League of Nations and became a permanent member.

What is very interesting is that there are actually three fascist countries in the Five Constant Futures, and these three countries have successively withdrew from the League of Nations, making such a country an organization a two-man transfer between Britain and France.

Of course, this is not the case yet. Germany has just entered the League of Nations, which is a sign of Germany's improvement in its status and has begun to get rid of the fate of a defeated country.

This time, the negotiations on Vietnam were held in total, including China, France and Vietnam, and the British, Japan originally wanted to get into a fuck, but it got two words: Go play!

The matter in Vietnam is that China and France are competing for each other. Vietnam's Nguyen Aiguo is obviously a puppet of China. The British can participate, on the one hand, as the most important country in the League of Nations, should give face to the British Empire. In addition, Britain was also involved. The strike movement in Guangzhou Bay also affected Hong Kong, and a large number of Hong Kong people also began to take the initiative to strike and even leave Hong Kong.

In fact, there is nothing strange about this. People go to high places and water flows to low places. Hong Kong is far from the level of later generations. Not to mention that compared with Shanghai, even Guangzhou is not as good as Hong Kong people, why can't they get better rewards in other places in the country!

The strike wave has a huge impact on Britain. Of course, Britain will not easily bring the Hong Kong issue to the table to discuss it. Doesn’t that mean giving people a handle? However, Britain has also joined in under the banner of restoring peace in the Far East and actively consulted with France to suppress China.

China obviously has huge advantages in the Far East. As the winner, China does not need to be a whispering little girl. Now Gu Weijun has long learned the attitude he should have as a foreign minister of a strong country. After he came to Europe, he did not rush to Geneva, but visited Germany first.

Nowadays, China and Germany have close interactions, especially secret military cooperation is of greater significance to Germany. Under the current international system, many of Germany's actions are restricted and Germany cannot even have armored power. German soldiers can only use paper shells to make models and rely on these models for tactical training.

In fact, it was extremely miserable. The biggest dream of these German officials was to go to the distant China. When they arrived there, they could not only get real equipment and even participate in real wars. During this operation against Vietnam, more than 20 Germans came to them. Some of them acted as staff and people drove planes and tanks, and some managed logistics. In actual combat training, these German officials benefited a lot.

Among these people are Rommel and Guderian, the future generals of Germany, who have rapidly improved their knowledge and abilities in the war. New equipment is changing the form of war. An important military change is right in front of you. If you cannot seize the opportunity, you will be ruthlessly thrown away by the times, and if you control the rhythm of the times, you can win future victories!

In addition to this kind of military cooperation, China is also an important commodity exporter and raw material production place for Germany. China's market provides Germany with millions of job opportunities, so that Germany will not be as miserable as history. This kind of cooperation has an extraordinary significance for Germany.

After Gu Weijun came to Germany, he was naturally warmly welcomed. President Hindenburg personally received Gu Weijun. The old hero of the war became the head of Germany at this time, but he was not feeling well. The humiliation of the defeated country was suppressed by Hindenburg's heart.

"I am very pleased to see that China is becoming stronger and stronger. This time your actions in Vietnam are really too correct. The French must be taught a lesson. They are not qualified to enjoy the colony at all!"

Germany and France have become deeply fed. It is normal for Hindenburg to hold a grudge against the French. Gu Weijun smiled and said, "Your Excellency the President, there is a saying in China that if you do more unrighteous things, you will die. France ruthlessly exploits the colonial people and attracts large-scale resistance, which is normal!"

Hindenburg is also a full old fox. He didn't know that Gu Weijun was just perfunctory. Without the instigation of China, could those Vietnamese monkeys beat the French to the point of running away?

"His Excellency the President, Germany is now a permanent member of the League of Nations, which is a sign of the improvement of Germany's status!"

After Hindenburg heard the words of the League of Nations, the old man suddenly showed anger, his fists tightly clamped together, and he said angrily: "This is not an improvement, this is a shame, the greatest shame. Germany will never need the alms of others. Germany will always be powerful. Without those despicable Jews, Germany would not have been defeated. As a German soldier, he cannot defend our emperor, there is nothing more shameful than this!"

In the hearts of many Germans, they believed that they were not defeated by the Allies, but that the domestic mutiny caused them to lose the opportunity to win, and the Jews were the ones who encouraged the mutiny, which is also an important reason for Germany's anti-Semitism!

"Mr. President, when he was in China, President Qiao Yu told us more than once that Germany has hard-working people and a rigorous and pragmatic work attitude. It will never be just a second-rate country forever. Even if it is hit by another blow, Germany can still stand up and make the world tremble again!"

"Yes, your President is right. Just like China, it has suffered a lot of suffering. Now China has thwarted the French. Our two countries have similar experiences. I don't know if China and Germany will come together at some point in the future to completely complete the old international order. Maybe I can't see that day, but I sincerely hope that China and Germany can join forces!"

Hindenburg is worthy of being a first-class military strategist. He knew very well that Germany must have strong allies to defeat Britain and France. At present, China is the most suitable one. Gu Weijun did not show much enthusiasm for Hindenburg's olive branch.

"His Excellency the President, China and Germany are now partners, unbreakable partners. I recently heard that Germany is selling a book called Struggle by My Struggle. In the book, I saw new hope for Germany, the high enthusiasm of the German people, I believe this enthusiasm is the most important guarantee for the revival of Germany!"

Hindenburg seemed not interested in the mustache and said in a low voice: "That crazy guy can only promote backward racism and economic intervention policies. If such a person controls Germany, it will be a tragedy of Germany!"
Chapter completed!