Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

When Lin Yi came outside Li Fu's office, Li Fugang had just rejected John Imperial Ambassador Andrew's proposal to have dinner with him.

Before he put down the microphone in his hand, he saw Lin Yi standing at the door with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty? Why are you here?" Li Fu saw Lin Yi and stood up quickly.

"I have nothing to do today, so I came here to see you, a busy man." Lin Yi said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, you are joking." Li Fu brought Lin Yi to the sofa, asked Lin Yi to sit down, and then stood aside and replied carefully.

"Minister Li, you're welcome, you sit down too. This is your territory. How can a guest sit while the host stands?" Lin Yi smiled and pointed to the sofa next to him, motioning for Li Fu to sit down as well.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Fu thanked him and sat down on the sofa next to him.

When Li Fu sat down, he respectfully said to Lin Yi: "Your Majesty has so many things to do, how come you have time to come to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today?"

Lin Yi chuckled when he heard Li Fu's words, and then said: "Master Li, relax. Now your Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the busiest department in the empire. I just asked you to come and take a look."

"The prince is joking." Li Fu laughed along with him and could only follow Lin Yi's words.

Lin Yi just made a joke, then looked solemn, and continued: "Okay, Mr. Li is busy with official duties now, so I don't want to disturb him too much. But I came here today and there are indeed some things that I need Mr. Li's help with."

"The prince has given orders, and I will do my best." Li Fu said this sincerely. He knew very well that the current situation of his Ministry of Foreign Affairs was all caused by Lin Yi.

"Presumably Mr. Li also knows about the Battle of the Marne River that just ended in Europe." Lin Yi asked.

Li Fu nodded, indicating that he understood.

Seeing Li Fu nodding, Lin Yi continued: "Since Mr. Li knows, I will no longer hide it. I just want to ask, have the John Empire and the Gaul Empire contacted Mr. Li alone? ?”

"Back to your lord, Andrew, the ambassador of the Kingdom of John, and Alex, the ambassador of the Gallic Kingdom, have both invited me to have dinner. But they were all rejected by me." Li Fu answered truthfully.

"So what about the Hans Empire? Has anyone contacted them?" Lin Yi continued to ask.

"The Hans Empire also has one, but they just sent a request, hoping that the empire can increase the export of minerals." Li Fu thought for a while and said.

Lin Yi nodded, and then said to Li Fu: "Master Li, we are all old friends. If I have anything to say, I will say it directly."

"Your Majesty, please speak frankly." Li Fu said to Lin Yi.

"Master Li, I think you should go see Andrew and Alex, and at the same time agree to the Hans Empire's request to increase exports." Lin Yi said directly.

When Li Fu heard Lin Yi's words, he frowned a little, and then said: "Your Majesty, maybe the official didn't quite understand what he said. Andrew and Alex invited me because they wanted to get some promises from the empire, and even more Want to form an alliance with the Empire.”

"But isn't the empire planning to acquire Southeast Asia? Isn't there something wrong with contacting the other party at this time?"

"In addition, the Hans Empire requires us to export some combat readiness materials. If we give them to them, the empire's combat readiness will be affected. I'm afraid the military department will not agree to this."

"Master Li, I know everything you said, but what I want to say is that you still have to agree to the other party."

"First of all, the Hans Empire you mentioned is asking for some war preparation materials. You can agree to this directly and arrange for domestic factories to expedite production."

"We even said that if they can't wait, we can directly draw them from the military. Anyway, just a little bit, we must meet their needs."

"As for the military department, you don't have to worry. I will explain it to General Pan Chengzhang." Lin Yi looked at Li Fu and said.

"Besides, you still have to see the John Empire and the Gallic Empire. At least we must ensure superficial harmony with them before we go to war with them."

"In addition, as for the Allied Powers, if they want to purchase combat supplies from the Empire like the Hans Empire, you can also directly agree to them. But on the matter of forming an alliance, we will temporarily ignore them." Lin Yi said slowly.

When Li Fu mentioned Lin Yi's words, he still frowned slightly, and then asked Lin Yi: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask you why?"

"Master Li, because the empire needs them to fight one or two more large-scale battles!" Lin Yi said in a deep voice, with a hint of murderous intent in his words.

"Master Li, do you know that the Battle of the Marne River that just ended was favorable to both the Allied Powers and the Hans Empire?"

Li Fu shook his head when he heard Lin Yi's words. Although the battle report had been sent long ago, Li Fu never had time to read it. He only had a general understanding of the results of the battle between the two sides.

This battle can only be said to be a draw between the two sides.

"In this battle, the Allies suffered 26.3 casualties, and the Hans Empire also suffered 22 casualties. Combined, the casualties on both sides exceeded 7 in just 40 days."

"This has led to a shortage of manpower on both sides. According to the news brought back by Fang Xiao, someone within the Allied Powers has proposed to mobilize troops from various colonies to supplement the European battlefield."

"But some of their senior leaders still can't make up their minds, so what we have to do now is to help them make up their minds, and the best way to help them make up their minds is to let them fight one or two more large-scale battles. Use up their manpower."

"Forcing them to draw manpower from various regions to supplement the European battlefield."

"In order to achieve this goal, the empire can make some concessions appropriately, whether it is commitments or materials. Mr. Li, you have to remember that our concessions now are to make better strides forward in the future. "

After hearing Lin Yi's words, Li Fu instantly understood what Lin Yi meant.

To put it simply, it is to continue to dig holes for the Allied Powers and encourage the Allied Powers to continue fighting several large-scale battles with the Hans Empire. In this case, when they do not have enough soldiers in the country, they will be forced to draw soldiers from various colonies and return to the homeland to participate in the war.

As a result, Southeast Asia will inevitably be empty, and then it will be the time for the empire to send troops to Southeast Asia. Thinking of this, Li Fu stood up directly, walked to his desk, picked up the phone, and dialed directly.

"Hey! Dear Andrew, I suddenly thought about it. It seems that I can postpone the things tonight to tomorrow."

"I have a friend who just got a fat sheep from the grassland today. I remember you said before that you really want to try our Daxia barbecue cuisine?"

"That day is worse than the sun. Tonight, how about we call Alex and go to Yinchunge together? There is a cook there who is particularly good at roasting whole lambs."

"We'll see each other in the private room of Yinchung Pavilion. Then I'll go and connect the three of us now, eat some roasted whole lamb, drink some wine, and connect with each other. How about that?"

"Okay, let's make an agreement then. At six o'clock today, Alex will be tied up."