"It's really interesting! The United States and Japan are coming to visit us, and it seems that after winning the war in the Far East, our popularity has risen very quickly!"

"It is understandable that Japan is going to visit Japan, because after all, our fleet has sailed to their gate, and it is estimated that this is a rhythm to ask us for a fluke! But what does the United States mean by this! It is still reasonable to talk about strengthening economic and trade cooperation, but when it comes to what kind of fleet visits, our relations with the United States are not good enough to send fleets to visit each other, is this to show off force like us?"

"Hehe! Old Xiao, you are really right, this is like us showing off our strength. After the Russo-Japanese War, the contradictions between the United States and Japan began to intensify, so the United States used this Great White Fleet to put pressure on Japan, and dispatched a total of 16 battleships, at least 20 years for Japan to be honest, and now we are the victors of the Far East War, so we use it. ”

"Isn't it just 16 battleships? We defeated the combined fleet of Britain, France, Russia and the Netherlands, but there are 22 battleships, what is 16 battleships?"

"I can't say that, we know best how many pounds and taels we know best, and we can win that battle because we have 5 modern warships, but the ** of modern warships is almost all gone, 16 battleships are enough for us to drink a pot, and now our navy only has 8 battleships. ”

"The U.S. fleet is here to visit, not to fight, if it really starts, 16 battleships will not be able to do anything, the United States is too far away from us, as long as the logistics line is cut off, even 26 battleships are not terrible. ”

"If you want me to say that the United States is not very worried, it should be careful with Japan, on the surface it is soft, but it must not be well-intentioned, maybe it is secretly planning some kind of conspiracy!"

At this time, Xia Bohai knocked on the table and said: "Okay, okay, now is the time to discuss serious matters, don't digress, that is, the United States is going to send a fleet to visit us and show off its force, is it planning to be our enemy?"

I have received two requests for visits in a row, and at the same time, the trip to visit Germany, which has been confirmed in the first half of the year, is about to depart, because it was originally scheduled to visit Germany at the end of the year, and now it is October, and there are still nearly 2 months from East China ** to Germany, and it is almost time to leave. It can be said that the foreign affairs activities of East China during this period are quite frequent, but whether it is a visit request from the United States and Japan, or a visit to Germany, it is a very important foreign affairs activity for East China, so the Qingdao Executive Yuan has also held meetings to negotiate and deal with it.

At this time, Wang Yunpeng said: "I don't think so, if we are enemies, why do we need to mention anything to strengthen economic and trade cooperation? Moreover, according to the reports of our personnel in the United States, the situation in the United States is not very good at present, and there is a serious economic crisis, and under such circumstances, the United States will still be our enemy.

Qin Zheng said: "It's still Roosevelt's set, the carrot and stick technique, the need for economic cooperation, but the help of force is also indispensable." In addition, although there is an economic crisis in the United States now, according to the records of the old time and space, the harm of this economic crisis is not great, because the economic crisis is mainly caused by the lack of supervision of the financial market and out of control, and the United States itself has strong economic strength, and at the same time there is a large number of real economies in the country, which will not be easily hit, as long as the capital in the United States is organized and the financial market is stabilized, this economic crisis can be ended. Joh. Morgan

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Wang Yunpeng said: "It only takes more than one year to recover from the economic crisis, which is rare, and the cycle of the general economic crisis is three years." ”

Qin Zheng said: "You can talk about a little topic, although the danger of this economic crisis is not big, but it is quite famous in history, from before World War II, second only to the Great Depression in 1929, because this economic crisis brought an important consequence, that is, it gave birth to the birth of the Federal Reserve, that is, the central bank of the United States, which enhanced the anti-risk ability of the American financial market, of course, the final establishment of the Federal Reserve will have to wait for 1914." ”

Xu Jichao smiled and said, "It seems that we have witnessed history again." I'm afraid no one would have imagined how important the Fed's place in the world economic system would be more than 100 years later. ”

Wang Yunpeng said: "That's not necessarily, in our era, the Federal Reserve's important position is based on the strong national strength and dollar hegemony of the United States, and in this era, it is difficult to say whether the United States can still become the superpower of the old time and space." ”

Xia Bohai said: "Okay, don't go into this topic, prove it with actions." I think that the request for this visit to the United States is still acceptable, and it is good for us to see what they say? Developing economic and trade relations is also beneficial to us, but we must adhere to the principles that should be adhered to, and as for the US fleet to visit, let them come; if we do not allow the US fleet to visit, it will appear that we are afraid of them, but when the time comes, we must also show our strength and momentum, and we must not lose to the US fleet. ”

Xiao Jianjun frowned and said: "Now we only have 8 battleships, except for the Cadre General and the Mo Xie, the other 6 are all captured, and the American fleet has 16 battleships, this number gap is too big, and the number is also a kind of momentum." And all of them are brand new warships. ”

Qin Zheng said: "Don't we still have battleships being repaired! The US fleet will visit, at least one year later, and in this year's time, we can repair a few more battleships, although we can't make up 16 battleships, but we can also reach more than 10, so that we won't be too far behind, and if we use armored cruisers to top one, we can also come up with 16 or even more warships, at least in terms of numbers, we will not lose to the US fleet." ”

Xia Bohai also nodded and said, "Yes, even if the number of battleships is small, when we defeat the combined fleet of Britain, France, Russia and the Netherlands, the number will be less than them!" As for our warships are all captured, I think this is better, the warships that can capture the enemy are used by us, this is the glory of our navy, and I think that where the warships are damaged and repaired, there is no need to deliberately make new ones, so that people can see the traces of repair, which shows that our warships have experienced the tempering of the battlefield, and have gone through the baptism of blood and fire, and the number of the US fleet is more than ours, and they are all new ships, but none of them have been on the battlefield, how can they compare with us. ”

Xiao Jianjun also nodded and said, "Okay, just take this idea and prepare for the visit of the American fleet." ”

At this time, Li Sanjie said again: "Then how to deal with Japan's request for a visit?"

Xia Bohai said with a smile: "Since Japan wants to visit, and it also admits that this crisis is Japan's responsibility, then let them come and see what they plan to say." Our principle is to come to talks, and we welcome them at any time, but we cannot let them decide what we want to talk about, and we absolutely cannot allow our own interests, and if we want to engage in confrontation with us, we will never be afraid, and this is true for the United States as well as for Japan. ”

Qin Zheng said: "I think that this visit to Japan is very likely to compromise, after all, we are in a strong position now, Japan is weak, and Japan has no ability to confront us at all, so compromise is also beneficial to Japan." ”

Xia Bohai said: "Actually, if Japan is really willing to compromise, it is also a good thing for us, although we and Japan will have a war sooner or later, or even more than one war, and Japan will not be honest if it is not completely subdued on the battlefield, but this is not what we need to do now, now our main energy is still at home, and after we have settled down at home, we will deal with Japan." ”

Li Sanjie said: "Since this is the case, then it is enough to let Japan admit its mistake this time, and the compensation is like giving a little requisition, after all, this time we actually did not suffer any losses, and it is not bad for the little money that Japan lost." ”

Wang Yunpeng said with a smile: "In fact, it is not easy to make Japan admit its mistakes, the Japanese are the most disgusted to admit mistakes, and they usually want to lose a little more money." ”

Xia Bohai said again: "Lao Xu, how are the preparations for the visit to Germany?" ”

Xu Jichao said: "I have sorted out the report, and I will pass it over in a while, as long as the Executive Yuan has no objection to this report, I can set off in 3 days." ”

The visit to Germany is the first official foreign visit activity after the establishment of East China, and the relationship between Germany and East China is very close, almost rising to a strategic cooperative relationship, so this visit is of course very important, and the level cannot be low, even if it is led by the Foreign Affairs Committee, it is also a little worse. Originally, Qin Zheng was the most suitable candidate, but this time it took at least 5 or 6 months to go to Germany, and now East China can't do without Qin Zheng for so long, although during the Far East War, Qin Zheng sat in the Northeast and presided over the overall situation, and the time was more than half a year, but after all, it was in China, Qin Zheng had to rush back to Qingdao from the Northeast, that is, 2, During the war, Qin Zheng went back to Qingdao twice, but if he went to Germany, he basically couldn't take care of domestic affairs, which also denied that Qin Zheng led the team to Germany, and finally decided to lead the team to visit Germany by Xu Jichao, one of the big five, plus Li Sanjie, a foreign affairs commissioner.

At this time, Xia Bohai said again: "What else is going on." ”

Wang Yunpeng said: "Shanghai reported that Yuan Shikai had arrived in Nanjing to negotiate with us on the safety and management of the Yangtze River Basin. ”

Xia Bohai said: "Let the Shanghai side deal with it, in the future, it will mainly be the Shanghai side that will deal with Yuan Shikai, and we will not participate, just determine the principle of negotiation." ”