Chapter 276: Return to Tianjin
The crisis on the Korean Peninsula can only be known from the telegrams exchanged between various countries and the consulates in Tianjin, but the crisis on the Korean Peninsula and the situation in China are not directly related, and there are not many references to the crisis on the Korean Peninsula in Tianjin's telegrams, and this incident is a typical butterfly effect, not something that happened in the old time and space, so the traveler knows a very little about the information about the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, and it is not until the crisis on the Korean Peninsula is basically eased that they generally understand the whole process. As a result, the crossers did nothing during the crisis on the Korean Peninsula.
Although judging from the current situation, although the crossers did nothing, the result of the Korean Peninsula crisis is still very favorable to the crossers, because this crisis has completely shattered the plan of the Eight-Nation Coalition to expand the scale of the war in China, but if the crossers can grasp the crisis on the Korean Peninsula in a timely manner, they can still make fuller use of this crisis to maximize their own interests. For example, when the confrontation between Russia and Russia is at its most tense and war is almost imminent, if the traverser dispatches a warship to approach the Korean Peninsula and launches a missile, whether it hits the Japanese and Russian armies, it can immediately trigger a formal war between the two sides. This time, both Japan and Russia will take the initiative to withdraw their troops from China, coupled with all the efforts made by the traverser in the early stage, the Eight-Nation Coalition will immediately collapse, and there will be no capital for negotiations.
The current crisis on the Korean Peninsula has also fully exposed the biggest flaw of the time-travelers, that is, the ability to collect intelligence and information is extremely poor, so they cannot grasp the development of the current situation in a very timely manner, and since the emergence of the time-travelers has already led to the emergence of a butterfly effect in this time and space, the information of the old time and space only has reference value, and cannot be regarded as accurate information, so this defect must be remedied as soon as possible.
Of course, the countries are now taking the initiative to negotiate on the basis of actual occupation, which is also in line with the intended objectives of the traverser. Then it is time to prepare for negotiations. In addition, now that the rule of the traverser in Tianjin has basically stabilized, and he has gained a firm foothold in Shandong, and it is almost the end of the year, there should be an annual summary, and a new development plan needs to be formulated, so Xia Bohai and Xu Jichao, who stayed in Tianjin, received Zhang Peilun, who arrived in Tianjin for the second time, and issued a notice in the name of the executive committee, asking the main members of the Qingdao command to return to Tianjin as soon as possible.
After receiving the notice from Tianjin, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, and Wang Yunpeng did not dare to slack off, after all, if it was not very important, they would not have issued a notice in the name of the executive committee. Moreover, now that the situation in Shandong has initially stabilized, and the Eight-Nation Coalition Forces are unable to launch any more military actions, it is indeed of little significance for the Qingdao Command to stay any longer, and it is better to rush back to Tianjin to discuss the next development plan of the traverser.
However, this trip can be said to have basically withdrawn all the main personnel of the Jindao Command to Tianjin, leaving only the second and third line personnel, and the next time they return to Qingdao, it is estimated that there will be no more headquarters, and at that time all the administrative centers will be moved to Qingdao. Although it is basically impossible for the Eight-Nation Coalition to launch a military operation, it has no choice but to guard against it, so it is also necessary to make serious arrangements for the Shandong region.
After careful deliberation, the three of them made a decision, after the evacuation of the command headquarters on the island, the administrative affairs were handed over to Wang Sheng to preside over, and the military affairs were fully responsible, the army and navy basically stayed to garrison, and the command headquarters only returned to Tianjin by the Yueyang and Huaihua ships that stayed in Qingdao.
The other affairs of Jiaoao are mainly based on maintaining the status quo for the time being, just to further do social, geological, environmental and other investigation work and collect data, but do not make further moves, wait for the notice of the Executive Committee to take action, of course, Qin Zheng did not forget and sent a working group to Yindao.
After dealing with these things, Qin Zheng and the others boarded the warship and returned to Tianjin, and most of the advance team members who came to Qingdao with them stayed in Qingdao, and less than 30 people returned to Tianjin, after all, it will not be long before the executive committee will move to Qingdao.
After a night's voyage, the Yueyang and Huaihua warships arrived at Dagukou in Tianjin at 9 o'clock the next morning, and anchored together with several other warships, while Shang Jinfeng, the naval commander of the Admiralty at Dagukou, led the captains and officials of the navy at all levels to the port to greet Qin Zheng and his party. They will also rush to Tianjin with Qin Zheng and others. Because this time, all the committee members and alternate members will be gathered to meet to discuss the next development plan.
However, instead of taking a small boat along the river to Tianjin, the crowd took the land route instead. Because at this time, the Jingu Highway has been fully completed. It can be said that this is the first highway in China's modern sense, although no concrete or asphalt materials are used, but the design and planning level of this highway is absolutely super-first-class in this era, and there are large rollers to cooperate with the construction, and the quality is also considered to be at the upper middle level. Since it's in the old time and space, it's completely passable by ordinary cars. Therefore, the Tianjin Executive Committee decided to send two buses to the Dagukou Wharf to pick up the group back to Tianjin.
Both buses are large buses with a total of 60 seats, luxuriously equipped, with on-board toilets and televisions, which were originally used to transport workers from far away to work in the old time and space. There are a total of six such buses in the group. In this era, diesel and gasoline were already available, and some were purchased from the United States and France, so the use of vehicles was much more relaxed.
The crowd boarded the bus one by one, and the car started and drove along the newly built road. The road is very flat and the speed is not fast, only 50-60 yards, so the car runs very smoothly. Qin Zheng sat on the seat and watched the scenery on both sides of the road through the car window.
There are horse-drawn carriages on the highway from time to time, as well as patrolling cavalry, but they are very conscious of their own roads, so they do not block the progress of the bus, and there are many people waving like buses, and on both sides of the road, there are large tracts of farmland, although most of the fields at this time have no crops, but there are still many farmers working in the fields, preparing for the next spring, from time to time there are children with cats and dogs playing in the fields. At the end of the field, there are villages one after another, and the smoke curls up, showing a lively scene.
Qin Zheng's heart couldn't help but feel excited, because he was one of the creators of this scene, and it had been four months since he traveled to this era, and the hard work of more than four months was finally not in vain, and it finally achieved initial results.
Jingu Highway is only more than 40 kilometers, although the bus is not fast, but it only takes more than 40 minutes to arrive at the destination - in front of the administrative building of Tianjin New District, at this time Xia Bohai and Xu Jichao, who stayed in Tianjin, waited at the door of the building with some officials to welcome their return.
The bus stopped steadily, the door opened, Qin Zheng and others got off the bus, and they were greeted with a round of warm applause, because the capture of Weihaiwei and Qingdao was a major victory, which not only allowed the group to gain a firm foothold in Shandong, but also opened up space for the development of the group. Naturally, the return of the principal personnel of the Qingdao Headquarters to Tianjin should also be warmly welcomed.
Xia Bohai stepped forward a few steps, shook hands with Qin Zheng, and said, "Old Qin, you have worked hard this time. ”
Qin Zheng said with a smile: "It's all for our great cause, what's the hard work, and it's not easy for you to stay in the rear to support." ”
Xia Bohai shook hands with Xiao Jianjun, Wang Yunpeng and others one by one, and said a few greetings, and the whole welcome ceremony took more than 30 minutes to end. Xia Bohai and the others went to rest first, and at noon held a welcome banquet in the Lishunde Hotel to receive the returnees.
Most of the people in Tianjin had their own dormitories, and those who did not have dormitories were also housed by the Tianjin personnel, so everyone quickly dispersed and went back to rest and wait for the noon banquet. However, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, and Wang Yunpeng could not rest, but immediately held a meeting with Xia Bohai and Xu Jichao to exchange views with each other.
The five of them sat down in a small conference room, and first introduced the situation in Shandong from Qingdao. Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, and Wang Yunpeng were also prepared for this, and Wang Yunpeng gave a general introduction to the situation in Qingdao, focusing on the land system adopted by the traverser in Wangjiazhai, and also introduced the salt industry in Yindao and the socio-economic situation in other areas along the coast of Jiaozhou Bay. He also emphasized that the socio-economic situation of the coastal area of Jiaozhou Bay, since it is a rural situation, is far more complicated than that of Tianjin, so the experience gained by the travelers in Tianjin can only be used as a reference, and cannot be copied, and even the experience of Wangjiazhai is the same, after all, one Wangjiazhai cannot represent the entire Shandong region, and even the coastal area of Jiaozhou Bay cannot be represented.
Qin Zheng also added that the traverser must determine the policy in Shandong as soon as possible, at least a few major principles, and make full preparations for the traverser's next construction and development in Shandong.
In fact, the situation in Qingdao, the headquarters have made a report to Tianjin, so Xia Bohai and Xu Jichao have a general understanding of the situation in Qingdao, and they also have some of their own thoughts in their hearts. Although these five people are currently the highest power in the Crossing Group, they can't discuss and decide such a major matter behind closed doors.
And the next thing is for Xu Jichao to introduce the situation in Tianjin. It has been a month and a half since the Shandong Campaign was launched, and in this period of one and a half months, major changes have also taken place in Tianjin.