Chapter 160: Ruthless

London, after the news of the Ankara coup reached London, Prime Minister Gelson knew things were going to get worse.

The problems of the Ottoman Empire couldn't simply be solved by changing a government; whoever took power would first have to deal with the refugee crisis and the suppression of the rebellion.

The Sultan Government failed to accomplish these two tasks not merely because they were decayed and incompetent, but because they truly couldn't manage it. A clever woman cannot cook without rice. Whoever succeeded them would face the same fate.

Prime Minister Gelson asked, "How much funding is needed at the very least for the Ottoman Empire to begin restoring agricultural production?"

Foreign Minister Marquis of McLin shook his head, "Prime Minister, I'm afraid no one can answer that question for you. The Russians went too far: before their withdrawal, they destroyed all the infrastructure they could.