After more than three years of construction, the Williams Royal Palace has been basically completed.

Eastern pavilions, Western castles.

The Williams Royal Palace is a combination of Chinese and Western cultures and complements each other. Located on the top of the mountain, it not only reproduces the magnificent and majestic Afang Palace of the Qin Dynasty, but also restores the magnificence of the ancient Roman city. It can be called the most powerful palace in the history of architecture in the world. The iconic building of the Williams Empire!

Henry reigns over the world and works in the front hall of the Williams Royal Palace!

After sending the presidents of the four countries, Henry returned to the royal palace. In the office, the phone rang suddenly. After receiving the call, Willett hurriedly walked to Henry's side and said, "Your Majesty, Apollo Carroll, the governor of the Northern Province of Somalia, called and said , Djibouti President Isiah Wycliffe hinted to him that Djibouti is willing to subordinate to the Williams Empire!"

After Somalia joined the Williams Empire, the Williams Empire divided Somalia into three provincial administrative units: Northern Somalia, Mogadishu City, and South Somalia; and Madagascar was divided into: Antananarivo (Central) , Digo City (north), Southeastern Province of Madagascar (southeast), Southwestern Province of Madagascar (southwest); Comoros and Socotra are divided into a single province. Thus, there are a total of 9 provinces in the Williams Empire!

Apollo Carroll was originally the President of Somalia and is now appointed Governor of North Somalia.

"You mean Djibouti is willing to join the Williams Empire?" Henry was taken aback and asked again uncertainly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wei Li nodded and replied very surely.

The information of Djibouti came to Henry's mind in an instant. Djibouti is a country located on the west coast of the Gulf of Aden in northeastern Africa. It borders Eritrea to the north, Ethiopia to the west, southwest and south, Somalia to the southeast, and Yemen across the Red Sea across the Mande Strait to the northeast. The country has an area of ​​only 23,200 square kilometers and a population of less than 830,000. It is one of the least developed countries declared by the United Nations. However, because Djibouti borders the Red Sea to the east and enters the Indian Ocean, the Mande Strait, so its strategic location is very important.

In addition, Henry still remembers that in order to weaken Ethiopia, he sent people to secretly provoke relations between Djibouti and Ethiopia and undermine the signing of the peace agreement between the two countries.

It stands to reason that Djibouti’s strategic position is so good that it belongs to "beautiful women who take the initiative to give their arms and hugs." Henry should be happy, but he frowned.

"Your Majesty?" Willett looked at Henry with a puzzled expression.

Henry shook his head and sighed: "Djibouti is a very hot potato!!!"

After a pause, Henry continued, “Djibouti is poor in natural resources, and 90% of its land is occupied by deserts and volcanoes. It can be described as poor and white. It produces neither food nor oil, and there is no income from fishing. The industrial and agricultural foundations of Djibouti are also very weak. In this case, do you know how Djibouti makes money?"

As the secretary of the king, Willett knows something about every country in the world.

She thought for a while and replied: "Your Majesty, Djibouti proposes to rent military bases to occupy more than 25% of Djibouti's income! The United States, France, and Japan have established permanent military bases here, and the United States alone will provide Djibouti with 6,000 per year. More than ten thousand dollars in base rent!"

Henry nodded and said: "Yes, it is because of the base stationed troops, so the problem is more difficult! France stationed three or four thousand troops here in the early years, and then the United States also stationed troops here in the name of anti-terrorism. Since Somalia merged into. After the Williams Empire, the United States knew that the Williams Empire was incompatible with Japan, so in order to suppress the Williams Empire militarily, it allowed Japan to establish overseas military bases in Djibouti in the name of counter-terrorism and combating pirates! Djibouti is the number one in Japan. This is an overseas base, and it is also the first permanent overseas base! Originally, Japan was a defeated country in World War II. The 1947 Peace Constitution stipulated that the Japanese armed forces had only the right to self-defense, and it was forbidden to deploy military bases overseas. The United Nations considers that Japan can not only establish military bases overseas, but also follow the United States and participate in various military operations with rich combat experience!"

Henry said, his brows frowned involuntarily into the word "Chuan". The Williams Empire had conflicts with France, and now Japan and the United States are staring at them, as if three bombs were placed around them, and they could explode at any time. .

And there are garrisons from other countries here. Djibouti guards the Gulf of Aden, locks the exit of the Suez Canal, and is far away from the Persian Gulf. It is the throat of maritime traffic. An army stationed here can control the world's oil lifeline and east-west shipping with a slight deployment. In the surrounding areas of Djibouti, there are so-called "terrorist" forces in the West and pirates rampant, which makes all major powers find excuses to step in.

If Djibouti joins the Williams Empire, not only the United States, Japan, and France will oppose it, but other countries will also oppose it. If not, war will break out. Therefore, Henry had no confidence in the merger of Djibouti. And the reason why Djibouti proposed to join the Williams Empire is probably because Djibouti saw that Somalia had joined the Williams Empire and had undergone a radical change.

"Your Majesty~lightnovelpub.net~What should I do?"

"Djibouti cannot be merged, but we have to make some preparations." Henry laughed: "According to statistics, about 30% of the world's oil takes the route of the Gulf of Aden, and Djibouti is located just above the throat of this hub. Military powers have established military bases here one after another, the main purpose of which is to ensure the safety of oil transportation in their own countries. As a major oil importer, China will remain indifferent? You know, about 3/4 of China’s imported oil comes from The Middle East and Africa..."

"Your Majesty wants to find an alliance with China?"

"You are only half right. The alliance is correct. Another point is that once China establishes a military base in Djibouti, the main attention of Japan and the United States will be on China!" Henry smiled and said.

"Villette, in reply to the President of Djibouti, you said that because of the pressure from the United States, Japan, France and other countries, the Williams Empire cannot agree to Djibouti's request to join the Empire, but we are willing to fund 100 million US dollars to show comfort. That's it. The diplomatic ambassador of the Williams Empire supports China's establishment of an overseas military base in Djibouti!"

"Yes!"

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