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Volume E Chapter 44 The Train

Yang Rui's words were confused. Sometimes he said he wanted to fight the war to the end, and sometimes he said he wanted to make peace, which made everyone confused. However, although his words were inexplicable, some people still knew it.

"Yang Jingcheng mentioned the Boers five times in his conversation in Shanghai. The 25 million troops were one hundred times that of the troops we sent to South Africa back then. Obviously, he was going to tell us something." Counselor Mamuller said to Juerdian in the British Embassy in Beijing. "Sir, I'm very worried that he would do something irrational."

"Yes, William. This is exactly why I don't like him. Those who gain power with guns have always been tough on the outside, but unfortunately we don't have time to teach him a lesson." Juerdian said regretfully. The wire has already been up, so it depends on how far it can go. "Yang Jingcheng not only mentioned the Boers, but also the Germans. He admitted that his army officers were trained by Germans, but he added a statement, that is, the Germans who lost their German nationality. His words were not only to hint to us, but also to the Germans. His words were not only to hint to us, but also to the Germans. His words were very smooth, indicating that those people were Germans who lost their German nationality. The 5s were so stupid. It took eight years for them to discover that there was a Chinese military academy and a 38,000 Chinese army in Lorenzomaguis, Mozambique!"

"No, sir. This is not a mystery. It's the Portuguese place. They just revolutionized last year and became a republic. The greedy and stupid bureaucrats never carefully checked a white farm." Mamuller said the situation in South Africa, but he was not talking about this. "Just, what would Yang do if he lost his mind? Will he do another fist?"

"What will he do?" Juerdian smiled and said, "Didn't he tell us? He wants to go to the Boer War again, and the Revival will fight like the Boer people. That's what he wants to tell us. William, what's going on in Hangzhou? It is said that there are still troops of 100,000 people there..."

"Oh, the situation in Hangzhou is terrible. The commander of that army is a Manchu. He cannot accept the situation where Beijing is occupied and His Majesty the Emperor is dead. Add to some wrong decisions. Now this army is a mess, and has been blocked by two divisions of the Revival Society in a place near Qiantang River outside the city of Hangzhou. According to the estimates of Hangzhou Consul Mr. Sefiel, if there is no support from the navy, it will collapse without three days." Mamule said. "The real thing that can work now should be the three towns near Zhili and the two towns in Shandong. These are..."

"What about Yuan?" Juerdian interrupted. "Why haven't we contacted him yet?"

"Jazz, the online telegram lines of the Beijing-Han line have been destroyed. Maybe, maybe the people from the Revival Society know what we are going to do... Yesterday afternoon, the consular delegation in Hankou had sent someone to Anyang by train. He will arrive in Tianjin in two days, only one day later than Yang Jingcheng."

When he heard that Yuan Shikai was about to appear, Zhu Erdian felt much better. He said, "Then before he arrived in Tianjin, we must maintain the current situation. Protecting Yuan's army is to protect his political capital. The governor of Zhili in Tianjin is a Manchu. His existence does not match the current situation. Yuan should replace him... William, can I give me a rest? I think I will write a letter to Sir Grey later to report to him the latest changes in the situation in the Far East. The wire rope is not so easy to walk on."

Seeing that Juerdian was a little tired, Mamule said before going out, "Sir, I think Yang Jingcheng's meaning should be judged again. So, after he arrives in Beijing tomorrow, I hope that Morrixun will conduct an exclusive interview with him again, so that he can understand what he is going to do?"

"Okay! Go and arrange it." Seeing Mamuller trying to find out the truth, Juerdian did not stop him. As one of the biggest influencers of the situation in China, Juerdian fully understood the meaning of Yang's words, but he found it difficult to understand why this person was so crazy. Is he really going to war with Great Britain?

If war really starts, then Beijing will be occupied by the British and Japanese coalition forces again, and the same will be true in most places along the coast and rivers. China will lose more than 90% of its industry and commerce, and the entire country will be in chaos and fall into real division. This price is huge. However, while China has to pay a huge price, the coalition forces will only get a scorched earth, and no one will come out to bear the compensation. The previous trade will soon drop to freezing point. By then, the only valuable thing in this country is its population...

Juerdian was thinking about the consequences of the war in his study. Even with the cultivation of a gentleman, he was still disgusted with Yang Rui's rhetoric. If he was twenty years younger, he would definitely be as crazy as Yang Rui. Since this country was about to be destroyed, it was also worthwhile that Great Britain should pay some price. The things the Spaniards did in South America can still be repeated in China.

However, he was not the king of Britain and had no right to make such decisions; at the same time, once such a situation occurs in China, it will only bring disaster to the Far East colonial system. The Revival Society can already produce rifles, artillery, and various ammunition. They also have an army and officer group with rich combat experience. With China's population of 400 million and a long and strong xenophobic tradition, the combination of these will lead to rebellion in the entire Far East colonies.

"Damn it! He's just a scoundrel!" After thinking about the consequences of the revival, Juerdian couldn't help but curse the same words as Yang Du. Similarly, he, who has the spirit of a small British shopkeeper, has no way of dealing with scoundrels.

When Zhu Erdian of the British Embassy in the northwest corner of Minxiang in the east suburbs scolded Yang Rui for being a rogue, the German Embassy in the southeast corner praised Yang Rui. "Yang is a warrior!" After taking a sip of wine, Rex said to the counselor Sigende, "His Majesty the Emperor was deceived by a group of villains. We should not have abandoned the Revival Society and chose the Qing government. However, God really favored Germany too much. Now the Revival Society has afflicted with the British, and the Far East will become another South Africa."

"Old Earl, will Yang really turn against the UK? His army has a lot, but it is scattered everywhere. Once the Japanese send troops, Beijing will soon fall." Sigende looked at his excited boss and swallowed up a sentence that should not have been said. He remembered when he decided whether to get into evil with the Revival. The Earl agreed with it in his report.

"Yes! Yes!" Rex blushed, "They can fight with the Qing government forces in Yanzhou for five years, so they can fight with the British and Japanese for five years or even longer. The British are in big trouble, I believe! The empire should adjust its strategy immediately and insist that Revival will dominate China, rather than Yuan Shikai whom we agreed at the rally. By the way, the railway we control should be used immediately. Help them quickly calm the situation..."

Rex was condemning Rexation yesterday for not admitting German loans, but now it has changed the statement, which only made the counselor Sigende feel a little twisted. Looking at his uncomfortable look, Rex said: "Harry, this is diplomacy, you have to get used to it. I will report to His Majesty the Emperor the latest changes in the Far East situation. The debts of the Empire and the Qing government are not the key. We can negotiate with Rexation with Rexation, as long as they can go to war with the British. By the way, you find someone to see Yang tomorrow, and we want to establish a direct connection with him!"

The airship sailed over a thousand meters of air. In the closed pod, through the glass window, Yang Rui could see the scenery outside. On the ugly land, there were continuous fields and villages that appeared from time to time. This is the richest province in Jiangsu, with taxes of 3,500 taels a year.

"I didn't see any trees!" Yang Rui sighed. This was the first time he looked down at this country in the air, and the situation made him very uncomfortable.

"Sir, most of the land here are fields, so there are very few trees." Chen Guangshou was on an airship for the first time, but he was not concerned about trees, but the scenery on the entire ground. "But everyone burns firewood, and no matter how many trees there are, they can't stand cutting."

"You have to plant trees!" Yang Rui couldn't bear to look at the barren mountains below, and turned around and said. He thought that China would have better greening a hundred years ago, but reality told him that this was wrong. The country's forest coverage rate in the early 20th century was only 8%, which was far less than that in a hundred years later. This is actually the root cause of frequent floods and droughts.

"Have the Ministry of Land and Resources examined good candidates? Especially in forestry." Yang Rui thought of another question. The personnel within the Revival Association used modern human resources. In addition, with the political commissar system, the central government is now set to be established, and Yang Rui still wants to implement this system. It was originally scheduled that Wang Jitong was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, but he wanted to study abroad, and all his current work was left to Chen Guangshou.

There are two departments in the twelve departments in government affairs. One is the Ministry of Rites. After the school department was separated from it, it became the Ministry of Culture in later generations. All ideas that are not conducive to traditional culture and contrary to the revival society's rule must be controlled; the other is the Ministry of Land, including branches such as mining, water conservancy, forestry, soil, etc. One of these two departments is in charge of virtual bodies and the other is in charge of entities, which are the foundation of national reproduction. In Yang Rui's plan, the former will be handed over to Zhang Taiyan's national treasure party, while the latter has many mining talents and many water conservancy talents, which is difficult to find forestry talents, and few international students seem to have studied this major.

"Sir, there are a few of the international students who studied forestry. One who has graduated and returned to China is named Cheng Hongshu, a native of Hanchuan, Hubei. He entered the Tokyo Imperial College in Japan in 2006. He graduated in 2009 and is now teaching at Shanxi University. There is another named Han An, from Chao County, Anhui. He went to the United States in 2007 and received a bachelor's degree in science and a master's degree in forestry from Cornell University and the University of Michigan. In addition, there are some international students who have not graduated, such as Ling Daoyang and Jin Bangzheng..." Chen Guangshou was a secretary after all. Although he had no information, he still remembered many talents in this area.

"The international students who go out are too young now. Even if they pass the leadership test, their minds are still immature. Although there are a few people in the mining industry, the mining and the Ministry of Land have nothing to do with it. They are just exploration and mining, and it is not appropriate to be ministers. Is it difficult for Guangshou not as difficult as those of older people?" When she was bored, Yang Rui thought about the candidates of the Ministry of Land and Resources.

"This... sir, there is an older person, but it's not easy to use." Chen Guangshou said in a little trouble. "He is a missionary named Pei Yili, a professor at Jinling University. He is affiliated with the American Presbyterian Church in the United States and is a Canadian. He was born in Ireland, England. Although he does not have a forestry degree, he founded the China Yimeng Association with Mr. Zhang Si. Now he is urging people to plant trees everywhere, and he also suggests that the government change Ming Dynasty to Arbor Day. Mr. Ke, the Ministry of Land has a Mining Department. If a foreigner is allowed to become a minister and understand the distribution of my country's mining industry, it will hinder national security."

Yang Rui didn't understand that the Arbor Day in later generations was created by Pei Yili. He only heard that he had dual identities between the United States and the United Kingdom. If he appointed this person as the minister of the Ministry of Land, the political effect would be immeasurable. As for the distribution of mining, the information would be kept confidential. He hurriedly asked: "How old is this person, communication skills. How can the leader?"

"At least in his fifties," Chen Guangshou replied, "Since he is a missionary, he must have good communication skills. And he and Mr. Zhang Si founded the China Yimeng Association, and his leadership skills should be very good."

"Then we will focus on this person." Yang Rui confirmed, and then said jokingly: "It would be great if those missionaries did not preach and transform the trees. Then they would all give them certificates."

Yang Rui said something a bit whimsical. But if the issue of mining data can be solved, this person will not be a big deal if he becomes the Minister of the Ministry of Land. Chen Guangshou recorded Yang Rui's instructions. Just as he was about to ask Cheng Hongshu and Han An how to arrange it, Liu Boyuan of the Military Intelligence Bureau hurriedly ran over from the communication station at the back of the pod, "Sir, Prince Su Shanqi showed his face in Lushun!"

Prince Su will be listed as Block 2, so he will naturally have his ability. Xie Zhangtai is not nervous about this man running away. But Yang Rui was a little taboo about this Qing Dynasty wise king. This is not just his daughter Yoshiko Kawashima. But Shanqi himself is an extremely enlightened Manchu man, an enlightened prince is determined to restore the throne. In addition, his good relationship with the Japanese cannot be underestimated. However, the advantage now is that Shanqi did not sell his property, and Japan can help him for a while. After this time, if he has no money to give it, he will still leave like that. However, it is beyond everyone's expectations that he arrived in Lushun so quickly.

Yang Rui only thought about the matter once in his mind, and then asked: "Did you see clearly? Is it really Shanqi? How did he get through it?"

"I can see clearly, it's Shanqi." Liu Boyuan said: "As for why he arrived in Lushun so quickly, it was guessed that the Japanese Navy sent ships. There were only more than 300 kilometers of sea routes from Tianjin to Lushun, and more than ten destroyers could arrive in one night. It seems that the Japanese really have to take risks!"

"Shen Qi told Lushun... it really means that Japan is going to cause trouble in the Northeast. But what is the news in Japan? Yesterday's discussion of the Japanese cabinet, what should be the news today?" Yang Rui asked.

"There is no news from Tokyo yet. I think there will be results in the evening. But according to the situation analysis, Japan's troops were certain, but the scale could not be determined." Liu Boyuan said, "Sir, do we want this Shanqi?" Liu Boyuan made a throat-cutting thing and signaled to assassinate this person. There were many snipers in the Military Intelligence Bureau, but there were few assassinations. In addition to the execution of traitors and tomb robbers, he has only killed Prince Li Shiduo, which is really too idle.

"No!" Yang Rui rejected it without thinking, "Now we have changed positions with the visiting host of the Qing Dynasty. In the past, they were in the open, but now we are in the open. If we are assassinated, we will definitely suffer. Besides, once we are assassinated, as long as someone dies in the future, the people will think that it is ours, and the loss is not worth the loss.

It’s better to find out what Shanqi is going to do in the Northeast... The Japanese always have excuses if they want to send troops to start a war... During the Gengzi period, Sun Wen’s Huizhou righteousness and Chaozhou righteousness in the past few years all had plans to attack and steal the Japanese bank in Xiamen. You ask the Northeast to pay attention to it to prevent the Japanese from provoking trouble by self-harm. Even if we can’t stop it, we must find out who did the matter, so there will be a remark in the future."

"Also, let Zhang Rongzhao meet the consuls of various countries in Fengtian and tell them tactfully that the Japanese would cause trouble." Yang Rui said, there was no way to do so.

When Yang Rui was worried about the Japanese being self-harm on the airship, Feng Linge and Zhang Zuolin rode their horses, followed the imitation of the Revival Association military flag, and took some confidants and the Japanese along the railway from Liaoyang to Sujiatun, where there would be a sacred mission that the two of them were going to complete.

At noon today, the two met Prince Su Shanqi in Liaoyang. It was different from what they had imagined before. The prince was not arrogant, but kind. During his conversation, he even asked about the family affairs of the two. He was very caring. In addition to caring, the official position was not small. The prince said that there were many beards in the Northeast, and it was not possible for scholars to manage them well. If you really want to manage the Northeast, you still have to take care of the warriors. After saying this, Feng Linge and Zhang Zuolin's heart almost jumped out.

Earlier, the Northeast was under the jurisdiction of the general, not the general of the governor. At that time, General Fengtian was the largest, and then General Jilin and General Heilongjiang. The prince now said that he wanted military men to take charge of the Northeast, which means that he would probably change back to the general in charge. If that were the case, they would be the head of the province. Thinking about the fact that there was only one insurance team at the beginning, and they were only in charge of a few villages and hills. Now they could turn a province into their own territory. How many insurance teams would they need?

While the two were dizzy, the prince gave him another trick, which was to make a little trouble in Sujiatun, and it would be best to kill a few Japanese or foreigners. When the foreigners sent troops to intervene, the Northeast would come back.

Feng Linge, Zhang Zuolin left Liaoyang City in a daze. The more Feng Linge thought about it, the happier he became, but the more Zhang Zuolin thought about it, the more wrong he became. He always felt that the prince was very weird, but he couldn't tell what was weird. He glanced at the Japanese soldiers dressed in the patrol team in the team, rode his horse to Feng Linge, and said in a low voice: "Brother, the Japanese won't be cheating, right?"

"Hey! Lao Geda, what can Japanese tricks do? You're so dizzy after drinking too much, right?" Feng Linge has been following the Japanese wholeheartedly since the Russian-Japanese War. It's far from being comparable to the fence-skinned man like Zhang Zuolin. This is actually the reason why he won the Treasure Star Medal. Now Zhang Zuolin actually suspects the Japanese, which is really hard for him to accept.

"Brother, the Northeast Revival will cause trouble, but the Revival will not cause trouble?" Zhang Zuolin asked back: "Now in the past two days, we have heard the Japanese tell you what's wrong outside and what's wrong outside. We don't know at all!"

"I don't know what's wrong?" Feng Linge asked back: "Now that foreigners are standing on the court, will the Revival be able to rebel against the sky? Now there is a chaos in the Northeast. The court sends troops, and foreigners also send troops. After destroying Zhang Rong, the rebellion party, can those who rebel, not ask for surrender? Lao Geda, we are lucky. When the chaos is settled, we will be the general of the province!"

Seeing Feng Linge still dreaming of being an official, Zhang Zuolin had to retreat. As the saying goes, the northerners and southern ministers are more important. He has always been cautious and never bet on the bets. This time he fled to Liaoyang, he was actually scared that night, and then Japan arranged everything. From the night before yesterday to now, he only felt confused and uneasy.

"Brother, Xiaoji won't let us go out." After Zhang Zuolin retreated, Zhang Zuoxiang rode his horse and leaned over. He just wanted to leave the railway line and go to the village along the road to find out the news, but was rushed back by the Japanese accompanying the team.

"Why, why don't they let you out?" Zhang Zuolin asked. "They're too polite."

"They said it was a secret operation now and they were not allowed to go out." Zhang Zuoxiang said helplessly. "I also said that I wanted Miss Hua, but I would naturally have it after I finished my work!"

"Ma'am, shit!" Zhang Zuolin cursed angrily, but what the Japanese said was right, and he really couldn't have a chance of attack. "Go back to the team, let's be smarter later. If the Japanese really want to cheat us, they will kill him!"

Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Zuoxiang muttered. Grandpa Tian He, who was following behind, could see clearly, but he did not come up to dissuade them. These Chinese people were just props for this action, and the real action still depends on their own people. Seeing that Zhang Zuolin and others stopped talking, he asked another officer beside him, "Kaoshanjun, have we arrived?"

The Grand Master Gaoshan, who was asked by him, looked at the map and the surrounding environment - it was close to Sujiatun. Between the green gauze tents on both sides of the roadbed, two railways were connected to the north and south, and it was about to get dark, and the village was full of dog barking. "Tian Hejun, let's be here!" Grand Master Gaoshan said, and after that, he stopped the horse.

"Okay!" said Grandmad Tian He, then signaled everyone to stop.

Seeing the Japanese sneaking onto the railway with a pickaxe to excavate, Zhang Zuolin asked, "Damn, what are you going to do with Xiao Nose?"
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