If the Chinese fleet does not invite them, the Chinese navy will break into the ports of other countries and forcibly "visit", which will be called a military invasion or even a war.

By 15 July 1885, eight countries had formally invited them. Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is busy with this. In the past, when the Chinese foreign minister visited more countries, but at that time, the Chinese foreign minister had a ship, and it was very convenient to add water and coal to enter and leave the port. This time it was eight ships, four warships, four supply ships. The maximum tonnage of warships is 22,000 tons, and the docks of many countries cannot be berthed at all.

The embassies of the foreign ministry in the countries visited must first hire port transport ships in the local area, and also order fuel coal, drinking water, and boiler water. These things are the first time that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has done them, so they are extremely cumbersome. Foreign Minister Li Xin handled the matter very seriously this time, and it was Wei Wenjie's team that was responsible for the most heavy work. After more than ten days of busyness, Wei Wenjie has never germinated the old state. Colleagues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have a better evaluation of Mr. Wei.

On 17 July, three 10,000-ton transport ships and a heavy cruiser escorted the first to depart from the port of the province of Madagascar. The port was bustling, but it wasn't because someone came to say goodbye. At this time, the Ring Madagascar railway was being built, and a large number of local New Chinese citizens and workers of Asian Chinese descent were busy working. The Ring Island Railway and two east-west railways will form a "me" shaped railway network in Madagascar, and the completion of the railway network will mean that Chinese rule in Madagascar will be formally established. Although it will take decades or hundreds of years of assimilation, those are the problems of the future. As the western gateway to China, Madagascar is strategically important.

On July 20, four of the Chinese Navy's main warships also left Madagascar ports and bypassed the Cape of Good Hope into the waters of the South Atlantic. On the same day, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a telegram from Britain. The telegram invited China to a meeting of foreign ministers in London, England. The content of the meeting was to discuss the Black Sea and the Russo-Turkish war, and the reason why China was invited to participate was also made clear by the British side: "In view of the recent events in China off the coast of Romania, the British Empire believes that China is also a party of interest."

This telegram was personally handed over to Li Xin by the British ambassador to China, and Mr. Ambassador made a very implicit mention of one thing: "I remember that Your Excellency the Foreign Minister once promised our foreign minister that if Britain mentioned at a formal international conference that the Ottoman Empire would appoint the Grand Duke of Bulgaria as the chief executive, China would openly support our position." I wonder if Your Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs remembers this? ”

Li Xin still remembers that he really made this promise from the bottom of his heart at that time, but in less than half a year, Li Xin found that he was only afraid of changing his position. Of course, this is not because the British Foreign Minister publicized Li Xin's words everywhere a few months ago, and Li Xin did not take this matter to heart at all. Judging from the results, this is thanks to the propaganda of the British foreign minister. If the British Foreign Minister's propaganda has sparked a series of changes, why has China become a "party to the Black Sea?" In the foreseeable future, it is impossible for China to enter the Black Sea by force.

Before leaving, Li Xin talked to Wei Ze once. After a conversation with Wei Changrong, Li Xin said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, I have heard that some old comrades think that the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is ineffective, and I, the foreign minister, are incompetent. I don't know what you think. ”

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs lacks experience and has indeed failed to solve the problem quickly," he replied. I believe that work in this area needs to be strengthened. ”

Li Xin really wanted to ask Wei Ze if he wanted to replace him as some channels said. However, listening to the meaning of Wei Ze's words, he did not mention the issue of Li Xin's position change. He was a little discouraged again, if he asked the wrong question, wouldn't it become Li Xin questioning Wei Ze's removal of Li Xin?

Weeser once said that if he forcibly launched a war against the United States with his own will, it would deplete the prestige and influence that Weeser had accumulated in the previous decades. But now the war has not taken place, and Weeser has not acted to incite war for the time being. At this time, the prestige and influence of Emperor Wei Ze were increasing day by day, and in the Republic of China, his words could determine anyone's status. There is no doubt about it. Therefore, showing a wrong judgment in front of Wei Ze is definitely not a good thing for Li Xin. As far as experience is concerned, Weeser can accept a comrade who has made mistakes and can accept a comrade who has made mistakes, but Weeser will never accept an incompetent person entrenched in a ministerial-level position.

Thinking of this, Li Xin turned the topic back to the work plan of this visit, "Your Majesty, it is written in my report that this time I plan to provide a radio-supported bank payment system in countries around the world. But there are a lot of things involved, especially when it comes to making public products like radio in international contexts, and I still don't know the bottom of my heart. ”

Chinese radio has begun to be promoted in big cities, and sales are quite good. However, there is no shortage of opposition from the central authorities to the public radio as a mass killer. Radio was one of the magic weapons of the Chinese Navy against the British Navy, and the British did not expect that the Chinese could actually communicate with each other and even command the war within ten minutes over a distance of hundreds or thousands of kilometers. With the release of the radio, China's technological superiority no longer exists.

Weser didn't care about that, he was very happy to see another thing. It was the army that came out against it, but the banking and business sectors welcomed it very much. This kind of technology leakage also brings benefits to China, and if you can complete the verification of bank payments thousands of kilometers away in a day, the 5% to 10% fee is not much at all. This means that the speed of capital flow is greatly increased, and this speed of flow itself means money! Money! Money!

"Do it well, don't be afraid." Wei Ze gave a pleasant answer.