Chapter 178: The Curse of the Far East (Part II)
With the outbreak of the plague around the world, the war of aggression against China by the Eight-Nation Alliance has become a quagmire for the governments of the countries that sent troops.
With the passage of time, with the spread of the plague in Europe, the accusations of world public opinion against the countries participating in the war became more and more intense, and Italy and Austria, which were passively participating in the war, first could not bear the pressure of public opinion and domestic pressure, and submitted a note to Li Hongzhang to withdraw their troops.
At the beginning of the war, it was to maintain order, and the United States also had the intention of withdrawing troops, and France, which felt that it could not gain any benefits, was also shaken, and the British, who were deeply mired in the quagmire of the Boer War, were even more embarrassed, because of the Boer War, there were many anti-war voices in Britain.
As for Japan and Russia, little Japan will not give up their ambitions lightly, the plague cannot stop their ambitions, and as long as there is an opportunity, they will still spare no effort to deal with the Qing Dynasty.
Tsarist Russia, there is nothing to say, Lao Caoyong's main direction of attack is Tsarist Russia, the Far East is far from enough, and when Lao Caoyong who advanced westward has achieved results, and when Tsarist Russia is completely mired in the plague crisis, a larger-scale disaster is waiting for them, and the rising bandits will make Lao Maozi's real blood flow all over the place.
This is just the beginning, the plague has not yet fully broken out, looking at the good news from everywhere, Li Dacheng is also full of confidence in the future situation.
The plague devastated not only lives but also the economy, and if Western countries did not respond favorably and the plague epidemic on a large scale, countries would inevitably blockade their seaports. Once the countries of the world began to blockade their seaports, it meant that the Great Depression that affected the whole world was about to begin.
The sanitary conditions and epidemic prevention efforts in the colonies are certainly not as good as those in the mainland, and the blockade of the colonies will affect the production of industrial raw materials. Without raw materials, many industries in the West and China will go bankrupt, and if the industry is depressed, it will cause changes in supply and demand, which will affect the whole body, and the situation will be chaotic and muddy. There's enough chance, isn't it?
The more he speculated, the thicker the smile on Li Dacheng's face, and at the beginning of the plan to share sorrow and suffering, Li Dacheng only wanted to force foreign devils to withdraw their troops, and at the same time make ideal concessions in the contract. There is no idea of disturbing the world's political and economic environment at all, this should be the same as the plague, it can be regarded as an accident, right?
The outbreak of the plague has plunged the governments of the eight countries into a political crisis, and the curse of the Far East needs to be explained, and Tsarist Russia is the best scapegoat, if there is no Tsarist Russia to enter the three eastern provinces of Koudong, if Tsarist Russia does not transfer troops between the three eastern provinces and Beijing and Tianjin. Perhaps this hateful curse of the Far East would not have spread to all countries in the world.
In the eyes of many foreign devils, perhaps it is precisely because Tsarist Russia captured the land of Longxing in the Qing Kingdom. It triggered such a Far Eastern curse as the Black Death.
Now except for the Qing Dynasty, there is no suitable place as the venue of the eight countries, and the ministers, plenipotentiaries and high-level officials of the expeditionary force of the eight countries in China gathered with Changlu and began to criticize the old Maozi of Tsarist Russia.
To be the scapegoat for the Far Eastern curse incident, Tsarist Russia did not have the courage to do so, once it really sat down. Tsarist Russia is finished, not to mention anything else. Dealing with the plague around the world alone would have bankrupted Tsarist Russia.
The current Tsarist Russia also has unspeakable suffering. The Tsar still doesn't know who to talk to! The curse of the Far East, in the eyes of Tsarist Russia, can only be regarded as a coincidence of bad luck, and Tsarist Russia has no idea of spreading the plague at all!
The invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Coalition arose because of the Boxers, but now except for Tsarist Russia, who cares about the Boxers? Who cares about the causes of war? The Qing State is like this, whether it is fought or not is the object of the division of the great powers, and now at this time, how to get themselves out of this political crisis is more important to Britain and the United States.
If you can take yourself out and hit Tsarist Russia hard, it would be better, because of the curse of the Far East, the Qing Dynasty was at ease, and the heart was replaced by Lao Maozi.
Unlike other countries, now the plague is advancing along the Dongqing Railway to the hinterland of Tsarist Russia, because of panic, many old Maozi in the Far East are fleeing westward, and the plague is also following them all the way to the west. Once Lao Caoyong sees the opportunity, there will be plague without plague.
The sanitary conditions in Tsarist Russia are not much stronger than those of the Qing Dynasty, at this time in the Far East, winter has arrived, the colder the crowd is gathered, and the plague spread through the guò respiratory tract will spread faster.
Even if they really knew that the outbreak of the plague was related to the Qing Dynasty, the foreign devils would skip this section and let Lao Maozi take on such a responsibility.
In addition to Tsarist Russia, the eight countries have reached a consensus that the main culprit of the spread of the plague is Tsarist Russia, which has spread to the world since the Qing Dynasty, and Tsarist Russia's reputation in Europe is not good, and no one will let go of the opportunity to fall into the ground.
The current Tsarist Russia, let alone peace talks with the Qing Dynasty, is difficult to protect itself, and if it is not done well, a war will break out because of this, and the helpless Tsarist Russia can only shrink its neck and be a man and resign itself to fate.
There is a scapegoat, the next is the truce, the outbreak of the plague has made all governments extremely passive, Italy and Austria officially put forward a note to withdraw their troops, the United States and France can not stay, the British know their own suffering, Lao Maozi has no right to speak, and small Japan has the intention to weaken the Qing Dynasty, but it is difficult to speak alone.
At this time, they saw the viciousness of little Japan, and saw that the rest of the countries had the intention of withdrawing their troops, and the little Japan that suffered a bloody loss in Jingu did not do it, but they did not directly expose the bottom of the Qing Dynasty, but threw the matter of epidemic prevention in Jingu in front of the devils of the oceans.
With the experience of Jingu epidemic prevention, the people of small Japan in the small station, although there are heavy casualties, but compared with Tsarist Russia, it is much better, masks and gloves, supplemented by traditional Chinese medicine decoction for epidemic prevention, can effectively curb the spread of the plague, this news is undoubtedly explosive for the devils of the oceans, if there is a way to contain the plague, this political crisis. The nations will be able to pass the way.
Little Japan made a trick, Li Hongzhang was put on the fire, looking at the menacing ministers of the eight countries, Lao Li also knows that he knows the epidemic prevention medicinal materials on the market today. At least eighty percent is in the hands of General Li Ershen, and if you want to get benefits from him, whether it is the Qing Dynasty or the devils of the oceans, I am afraid that you will have to pay the price of blood.
You have guns and cannons, and Li Ershen is not afraid of these, and it is enough for him to have a fire leader in his hand. forced General Li Ershen, he burned all the anti-epidemic medicinal materials, and wanted a large number of anti-epidemic medicinal materials, and no one would think about it for more than half a year. For more than half a year, who can afford to wait?
Throw out Li Ershenjiang, Li Hongzhang doesn't dare! Li Ershen will be dead, it has long been decided, and now throwing him out, it is really looking for death, if Li Ershen will ignore it, leak out the outbreak of the plague. The ending of the Qing Dynasty is going to be bleak......
Neither is it advancing or retreating. Listening to the clamor of Little Japan, Li Hongzhang also knew the reason for being forced into the palace, Little Japan was making it bad!
The envoys of the eight countries attacked at the same time, and Lao Li couldn't bear it, so he simply didn't do anything and let the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital. talked in detail about the epidemic prevention process in Tianjin, and mentioned it again and again. He had the intention of helping countries prevent the epidemic before, but you foreign devils don't know the goods!
Here's the thing. Li Hongzhang's pressure is much less, but it will lead the disaster to the east, making the ministers of the Seven Kingdoms a little hostile to little Japan, you little Japanese know that the method of the Qing Kingdom is easy to use, but it hides private interests, despicable and shameless and even more hateful, if this method is said earlier, why did the plague break out in the world?
Li Hongzhang's heartwarming kick is also vicious, and it ruined the civilized image of the little Japanese who had just been established among the foreign devils, and seeing the vicious faces of the foreign devils, the minister of the little Japan did not dare to justify anything, so he could only follow Lao Li's train of thought and use Western countries to look down on traditional Chinese medicine as a reason to excuse himself.
In this political disaster, who is right and who is wrong, it doesn't matter now, what really matters is epidemic prevention, is to curb the spread of plague, the greater the scope of the plague, the more unfavorable it is for the devils of the oceans, if the spread of plague can be curbed as quickly as possible, maybe good things can become bad things!
Next, it is the envoys of the eight countries who jointly asked Li Hongzhang for anti-epidemic medicinal materials, in this regard, Li Hongzhang is even more single, and directly pointed out that all the anti-epidemic medicinal materials are now controlled by businessmen, in order to resist the Qing court's forced expropriation of medicinal materials, the pharmacists in the warehouse, hoarding a large amount of fire oil, once forcibly taken, the medicinal materials will be burned, and most of these medicinal materials are hidden by the pharmacists, and the Qing court has no way to know the location of these medicinal materials.
Listening to this explanation, the ministers of the eight countries were dumbfounded, they couldn't grab it, it was difficult to do, the businessmen were profit-seeking, and the ministers of the eight countries also knew the reason, but no one wanted to spend a lot of money to buy medicinal materials! This matter can only be forced to do it by the Qing court.
As a result, it was natural that Lao Li was happy in his heart, and he didn't expect Li Ershen to say that he had purchased a large number of medicinal materials for epidemic prevention before, of course, Lao Li also said that now in the Qing Dynasty, the finances are extremely empty, and there is no silver to ask for.
The medicinal materials are in the hands of the splashing skin, the Qing court is a scoundrel with no money, and now it is the turn of the ministers of the eight countries to feel uncomfortable, and how to purchase anti-epidemic medicinal materials at the lowest price has become a problem of concern to them.
For the sake of safety, they reported back to China in detail the measures of traditional Chinese medicine epidemic prevention, and many times a country needs to be demonstrated, if the country supports this epidemic prevention method, then the countries will spare no effort to buy epidemic prevention materials.
In addition to reporting the news to China, the foreign devils will naturally not give up the investigation of the pharmacists, this is Lao Li's cleverness, point out the pharmacists, but do not specify who it is, let the foreign devils verify it themselves, so that Gui Shun's identity is improved in disguise.
Most of the anti-epidemic medicinal materials were purchased by the Plague Removal Hall, and the Plague Hall has the shadow of the Zhenwei Army, and the Zhenwei Army is found, and the people behind the medicine merchant are also clear, it is none other than Guibeile Guishun, and the jade will be burned if the goal is not achieved, which is also in line with the style of the Zhenwei Army in the Jingu area.
When it was found out that Gui Beile was behind the pharmacist, many foreign devil ministers had a wry smile on their faces, I am afraid that since the landing of the Zhenwei army at the mouth of Dagu to face Gui Shun, the countries have been doomed to a dismal end.
The news that the curse of the Far East can be contained has spread to the West, and the governments of various countries have learned about the process of epidemic prevention in Jinmen, and they have not hidden it, and directly revealed the news.
But the alleviation is alleviated, the plague is still spreading around the world, buying medicinal materials, preventing the plague, is much more difficult than spreading the plague, while the corpses began to be burned, while sending back orders to the ministers in China must achieve the goal, politicians in various countries are also praying, praying that the mysterious Chinese medicine from the East can really lift the curse of the Far East. (To be continued)
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