On the blue sea, the huge Nanyang fleet is chopping the waves, a line of 36 warships, 3 8000-ton battleships are named after the five major islands in the South Sea, this time there are 3, respectively, Lanfang ship, Penglai ship and Sanqing ship, and the abbot and Yingzhou two ships stay in the South Sea.

There are many bigwigs who returned to China this time, Chen Xuan, Zhang Jian, Chen Qicai, Zhao Xuechu, Du Yuesheng, Zhang Binglin, Song Jiaoren, Sun Hongye, Cai Yuanpei, Yu Qiaqing, etc., many of them participated in the founding ceremony of the Xia Kingdom, and inspected the various islands of the Xia Kingdom, as well as various industries such as military, industrial and agricultural industries, and then joined Chen Xuan in your country.

Chen Xuan's family was on the Lanfang ship, and Chen Qicai and Chen Guofu were also there, which was originally a very happy thing, but Chen Xuan sadly found that this time he didn't have to coax his son to call him father.

Although there is still a slight estrangement, Chen Gong, who is more than 5 years old who is crazy, still quickly gets along with his father, but his 3-year-old daughter Chen Qi is looking at Chen Xuan timidly with a pair of innocent big eyes, and Chen Xuan refuses to play with him if he is so coaxed, let alone call him dad.

Seeing Chen Xuan jumping up and down all day to tease his daughter, but it had no effect, Zhang Youwei and Xu Ruohan couldn't help laughing.

Chen Xuan is also very helpless, he has used all the methods he knows in his previous life and this life, but this little beauty is still hard-hearted, that is, if she doesn't beat her father in the tower, she must even have her brother with her when she plays together, otherwise she won't come out.

"You deserve it, whoever told you to go out for half a year and a year, and now I don't even know you."

Xu Ruohan couldn't help but laugh and scolded, but Chen Xuan was gloomy in his heart, after careful calculation, he seemed to spend less than a month with his wife and children every year, and he didn't plan to take them with him when he returned to China this time, after all, Nanyang was already his own territory, and the personnel were much simpler, so safety would be guaranteed.

But seeing the resentful eyes of the two wives, Chen Xuan really couldn't help but refuse.

"Brother Xuan, I'm joking, don't mind."

Xu Ruohan saw that Chen Xuan didn't speak, thinking that he was unhappy, and hurriedly explained with a nervous face.

Chen Xuan's heart hurt even more, who is Xu Ruohan, the woman of the new era with a cheerful and resolute personality, and the person who wants to live with him in the same bed for a lifetime!

But now, she is afraid of her own casual attitude, what a frightening and sad thing!

Chen Xuan couldn't help but hug Xu Ruohan tightly.

"Ruohan, you and Youwei have suffered all these years!"

Xu Ruohan hugged Chen Xuan with his backhand, and suddenly cried out, crying heartily and without reservation, as if he wanted to pour out all the grievances he had suffered over the years。。。。。。

Zhang Youwei heard Xu Ruohan's cry, thought something was happening, and hurriedly ran out, and saw the two people hugging their heads and crying by the cabin door, and instantly understood, and didn't bother them, just leaned on the hatch and cried silently, hugging Xiao Chen Gong and Xiao Chen Qi who wanted to rush out。。。。。。

At dinner, Chen Xuan insisted on cooking for his wife and children, and the jokes were not said, a few dry dishes were placed on the table, and the family was happy, but Xiao Chen Gong and Xiao Chen Qi who refused to eat vegetables embarrassed Chen Xuan, but the family finally eliminated the estrangement in their hearts, although Xiao Qi'er still didn't call her father, she was finally not so afraid of Chen Xuan.

Shanghai Pudong, Xuan Garden.

This is a garden built by Zhao Xuechu for Chen Xuan, covering a wide area, combining Chinese and Western styles.

Now that Chen Xuan's family has a lot of people, he naturally can't live in a small villa, not to mention that it is not good to ensure the security of Chen Xuan's family over there, and in today's Xuan Garden, there are dozens of people in Chen Xuan's secretariat alone, and there are more than 100 escorts.

"Yiyang, the Germans agreed to talk to us, but their conditions were unacceptable."

Gu Weijun, who returned to China first, came to Xuanyuan and said to Chen Xuan.

"What are their conditions?"

Chen Xuan said strangely.

"The Germans demanded two conditions for us, one was to join the Allies, so that we could get back the interests that the Germans had in Shandong, such as Qingdao and the Jiaoji Line, without spending a penny, or we would get 800 million oceans of materials to redeem Qingdao."

"Are the Germans crazy? Robbed us of our things and let us take the money to ransom us? The reason why I was willing to pay for it was because I wanted to buy their fleet in the Far East, so we really did the wrong!? ”

Chen Xuan was very angry in his heart, if he didn't have other plans, he really wanted to go north immediately and compete with the Germans.

"Beiyang Zheng. The government is also talking with the Germans, but the conditions on the two sides are too different and they have not been able to get along, and the Japanese and the British are also putting pressure on Beiyang and us, wanting to prevent us from negotiating with the Germans alone! ”

"Fuck them, fuck them, bastard! Bastard! Sooner or later they will pay! ”

Chen Xuan kicked over the desk in front of him, and the documents on it were scattered all over the ground, still angry, and paced back and forth in the study quickly.

Chen Guofu heard the voice, just opened the door and looked, was glared at by Chen Xuan, and quickly retreated, Jiang Fangzhen, Sun Hongye, Cai Yuanpei, Song Jiaoren, Zhang Jian and Zhao Xuechu who were present were also indignant, and Du Yuesheng scolded even more.

"I have two plans," Chen Xuan gradually calmed down the anger in his heart, and said: "One is to promise to pay for the redemption of Qingdao, all of this is carried out in secret, and when the time comes, I will give the Japanese an unforgettable lesson and breathe a bad breath, but the disadvantage of this plan is that it is too radical, and it is not conducive to our future development, all kinds of overseas trade are only afraid of stopping, and there is no reason to turn against Beiyang, and it will be difficult to ease relations with the British in the future, as we all know, although we have developed for several years, But compared with these old imperialists, we are still a newborn baby, and we are not qualified to compete with them, whether it is Britain or France, and we may even lose the coastal cities of Xia Kingdom. ”

"The second is to let them fight to the death on the Jiaozhou Peninsula, we will suppress the Beiyang from public opinion, and when the time is ripe, we will go north, not only to justifiably crusade against the Beiyang, but also to recover our lost territory, but in this way, millions of people on the Jiaozhou Peninsula are afraid that they will fall into the flames of war, so I want to hear your opinions."

"Hit! Of course, it was to fight and promise the Germans, although hundreds of millions of oceans are a lot, but we can't take it out, it's just that the finances will be more tight, we have annihilated all the Japanese devils, so that these bitches don't dare to look at us in the future! ”

Du Yuesheng first glared and scolded.

"I don't see it that way," Zhao Xuechu took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "This European war is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to develop commerce and industry, if we miss it, there will be no more, the general minister (Chen Xuan is the chief of the Baath Party) also said that our strength is not comparable to the European and American powers, even the Japanese clown, has been developing for decades, and we have only developed for a few years, not to mention others, if Europe and the United States restrict our import trade, our automobile and aircraft and other industries will be shut down, It is not an overnight task to improve a complete industrial system. ”

"From a military point of view, this is not a very good plan," Jiang Fangzhen also spoke, "If we really want to annihilate the Japanese, it is not impossible, but after the battle, the Japanese will not come again, this is obviously unrealistic, when our main force is contained in Shandong, if we want to wrestle with Beiyang, we will have more than enough strength but not enough." ”

"You are afraid of war," Huang Kan, the cannon barrel, also began to go crazy, "I am afraid of this, I am afraid of that, what about the millions of villagers in Shandong, no matter what, are we still the Chinese army?" ”

"Director Huang (Propaganda Department)," Sun Hongye also spoke, "Our military has never been afraid of war, Sun Tzu's art of war: if it is not profitable, it must not be used, and if it is not dangerous, it will not be war." We're going north now, and we're happy, but what do we do in the future, and what do we get out of this war? Director Zhao (Industry Division) said that our strength is not enough to compete with other powers, if we continue to fight, it will be a series of wars, and then the people will die more than now, and after our strength is contained, Beiyang will watch us continue to occupy Northeast China and Zhejiang and Fujian? At least we can't hold Anshan and Jiujiang, which are the industrial and commercial centers of our south, and once this place is lost, our power in the inland will instantly come to naught, and if we want to recover in the future, I don't know how much it will cost! ”

"You're the Fear of War!"

"You are unreasonable!"

Chen Xuan's brows furrowed.

"Guys, when did our Baath Party start to learn to scold the streets?"

Chen Xuan spoke, and everyone finally stopped.

"This has always been the principle of our revival of the party, quarrels will not solve problems, and everyone here is a comrade, not an enemy, if we are also virtuous at the top, how can we ask other party members to follow our rules?"

Everyone was blushing at Chen Xuan's words, and sat down.

This time, everyone obeyed the rules, and continued to speak one by one, talking about things, saying anything, and no longer attacking each other.

Song Jiaoren also attended a meeting of the Baath Party for the first time, but he was a guest secretary and could speak, but he had no right to decide, after all, he was still the top figure of the Kuomintang.

As the discussion progressed, the issues became clearer, and one solution after another was proposed, then dismissed, and then supplemented, and repeated several times, until a general framework was finally reached.

After supper, everyone continued to discuss, which can be regarded as the brainstorming of the Baath Party, except for Chen Xuan, all of whom are the elites of the times, but Chen Xuan is not given in vain, he has more than 100 years of historical experience in everyone, and the views often put forward are deafening and refreshing.