Chapter 21: The Battle of Tongues
"Brother Changjie's words are also a little biased", Tang Shihui is not willing to be left behind, "I have a large population in China, so far there are more than 40,000, since ancient times, the people have taken food as the sky, even if they want to fight to the death with the Japanese invaders, they must have food to eat, clothes to wear and bullets to use."
"In the port of Yangon in Burma, I saw thousands of ships, not only the grain and cloth, guns, ammunition, oil and minerals piled up at low prices, but they could not be transported, and even the planes and tanks were like garbage, left to rust and rot. ”
"Heartbreaking", Tang Shihui beat his chest with his hand, "They are all good materials, which are suitable for the purpose of saving the country, because it is necessary to detour through the Strait of Malacca, resulting in expensive freight and uncontrollable, if the greatest mercy is to repair the Yunnan-Burma Highway, so that the domestic and foreign goods can get their place."
Someone suddenly stood up and said contemptuously, "You are all pedantic."
For a while, they were speechless, and everyone was dumbfounded.
It turned out to be reporter Huang Ruixun, who was pointing out one by one painfully, "The fisherman, we know that your home is on the edge of the Yangtze River, but please, even if your fishing boat is built, where do you want to fish, is it the Yangtze River, Taihu Lake, Poyang Lake, or Dongting Lake."
"These places have long been not enough to fight, and this is the root cause of the fishermen's misery", this guy is really talented, "It is not wrong to build the best fishing boats, but the way out for fishermen in the future is at sea, you know, you are stupid to learn how to build ships in Japan."
"Will the Japanese allow fishing boats to go to sea?" said the reporter, "because our navy is too weak and will be sunk as soon as it goes out, so the Nanjing government must come forward and sign a marine fishing agreement with Japan, which requires diplomacy, you know?"
It seems that he is addicted to scolding, and then he aimed at Jin Changjie, everyone was immediately relieved, it's not just themselves, seeing someone clenching his fists and preparing to shoot him, Reporter Huang said with some regret, "You, it's you, it doesn't make sense, you want to beat people, it's the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other."
"You are the same as your boss Fu Zuoyi, you are a tendon, with this IQ, you also want to engage in a military factory, why bother, why bother, the mechanical repair institute is the mechanical repair institute, and there is no shame."
Seeing Jin Changjie, who was full of green muscles, Liu Yun couldn't bear it.
Huang Ruixun's voice changed, "Last year's Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, your boss Fu Zuoyi, is he shouting anything, resisting Japan is also a crime, and resisting Japan is also guilty, tsk, fortunately, Master Jiang Gong has a large number of them, and he didn't care much, otherwise he would have been exterminated as a rebel, wouldn't he have died very unjustly."
Jin Changjie's face was pale, and he was shocked into a cold sweat, and even the eldest lady felt that he was very pitiful.
"And you, from Yunnan", Tang Shihui was not spared, looking pitiful, but the reporter comrade was even more angry, "Can you tell me about your Yunnan opium, how it grows opium, how it is exported to the whole country, and how it trains double spearmen."
"Hehe, cloud smoke, cloud soil, it's really a big name, the notorious opium kingdom, what kind of Yunnan-Burma highway is there, it's convenient for you to export opium, right?"
Tang Shihui was also in a cold sweat, Huang Ruixun was a little tired, drank saliva and continued to shell, "To tell you the truth, the real reason why the Nanjing government does not allocate funds is that I am afraid that you will be corrupt, the road construction project is huge, and the cost is very large, and the name of the Opium Kingdom is really reassuring."
"All in all," Comrade Reporter instantly completed the transformation of a Super Saiyan, and said with a righteous and awe-inspiring face, "The press is the best supervisory body, all justice in the world needs to be done by the media and reporters, diplomacy is the foundation of a country, a war without diplomacy is a suicidal war, and an economy without diplomacy is a fragile economy."
"That, a returnee from western Sichuan-", Huang Ruixun was a little unaware of Zhang Boyu, and the person who could sit next to Miss Kong was not a simple person, so he decided to shoot at Liu Yun first.
"A weak country has no diplomacy", Liu Yun didn't plan to make a move, let alone think about hugging a beauty, but the reporter was too pressing, and he didn't give some color to take a look, and thought he was easy to provoke.
"What's the matter", the reporter also didn't understand, and the others were secretly happy, only Confucius heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but put down the teacup and prepared to listen carefully.
"A weak country has no diplomacy", Liu Yun sighed secretly in his heart, and he had to send it, "British Admiralty, Winston Churchill once said that between countries, there are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal and unchanging interests."
"However, only strong strength is the basis for maintaining national interests, and even the only criterion for diplomacy.
"Winston Churchill".
Don't say that Huang Ruixun has not heard of it, even Kong Yuling has studied in the UK for many years, and she knows that King George and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald have no impression of Churchill at all, she suddenly realized that she may have underestimated Liu Yun, and accidentally saw Confucius Yuan, his brows seemed to be a little tight, I don't know if he thought of something.
"Lord Churchill of Britain", Liu Yun sighed secretly in his heart, this is the sadness of this era, in addition to paying attention to the prime minister, king and president, few people pay attention to other cabinet ministers, or other real power holders, so they have to explain one or two in person.
"In 1908 he was Secretary of State for Commerce, in 1910 for the Home Affairs, in 1911 for the Admiralty, in 1917 for Quartermasters, in 1918 for War and Air Force, in 1921 for the Colonial Affairs, in 1924 for the Chancellor.
Lord Churchill, look at this posture, the proper future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is one of the real power controllers of the United Kingdom, and what is even worse is that Liu Yun and Churchill seem to be very familiar, it is possible that there is an adulterous affair, and he is not aware of it.
Huang Ruixun really regretted it, he knew that he would not come to Kong's villa, he would work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the future, the British Empire is the world's first power, and it is really stupid to have a dirty relationship with a person like Liu Yun who is deeply friends with the upper class aristocracy, and the momentum of the Confucianism has collapsed unconsciously.
"Liu Yunxian's nephew", Confucius seemed to be very empathetic and took the initiative to help Huang Ruixun out of the siege, "I don't know if you have any opinions on the current political situation in Britain."
"In the past two years, the Nanjing Nationalist Government intends to send some officials to visit the UK, so it needs first-hand information on the current situation in the UK, as well as appropriate strategic analysis", Ziyuan seemed to see everyone's puzzlement, so he gave some explanations briefly, and did not continue to say in depth.
"Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, frail and sickly, is incompetent for many things", Liu Yun pondered for a moment and began to elaborate one by one, "It is expected that next year, when King George V of the United Kingdom ascends the throne, he will take the initiative to give up the prime minister's seat."
Damn, I know this, the big guys, even including Confucius Ziyuan, took a breath of cool air.
"Then, next year, when King George ascends the throne, will Lord Churchill take over as Prime Minister?" asked Confucius what he wanted to know most.
"No", Liu Yun decided to help the government of the Republic of Nanjing and explained to Confucius in detail, "Ramsay MacDonald has a very high status in Britain, and his relationship with Lord Churchill is not very good, so most of the successors are closer to MacDonald."
"This is a transitional government, which will greatly continue their appeasement policy, and as for the hawkish Churchill to come to power, it will take time, to be precise, the British Empire, which is no longer the British Empire of the First World War, and they need time to accept the challenges of reality."
As for how Prime Minister Chamberlain came to power and when Churchill came to power, Liu Yun didn't dare to reveal a word, otherwise he would really become a "wise and close demon", which is not a good thing for him, and Confucius also got what he wanted, but he was a little gloomy and bitter.
It just so happened that Uncle Wang and Mama Li came over and informed everyone that it was time for dinner, only to find that it was getting late, and they all had no talk about sex, and they all looked preoccupied, and followed Confucius Yuan and Miss Kong into the big dining room of the villa together.
Dinner is not bad, it is a typical Western dinner, there are steak, red wine, foie gras, macaroni, fruit, salad, vegetable soup and bread, although everyone has seen the world, but not everyone will Western food, such as Yang Kai is very embarrassed, Zhang Boyu and Liu Yun had to do a demonstration, and let him do it if he didn't understand, simply don't eat steak, and the rest will be eaten in Chinese food.
In particular, Liu Yun only likes macaroni, salad and bread, which is simple and trouble-free, and everyone does not dare to despise this guy, and will not think that he doesn't understand the rules of Western food, so he has to think that this guy likes these flavors.
After the meal, everyone came to the hall to rest, Liu Yun and Yang Kai were ready to leave, Zhang Boyu seemed to get some hint, and made an excuse to pull the two and signal them to wait.
Confucius Ziyuan was more straightforward, as soon as he picked up the teacup, he gave an order to evict the guests, "Ladies and nephews, it's getting late now, let's go back and rest early, and tomorrow morning, go to the old man's office to talk about it, how about it", it seems to be a discussion, but there is an irresistible force.
Tang Shihui and his servants were so knowledgeable, they immediately found a reason, and they automatically said goodbye, and Confucius was not stingy, and ordered the man in black to arrange a car and send the three of them away.
At this time, everyone knew that the name of the man in black was "Ah Soul", and Zhi Brain judged that this person was infinitely close to a high-level spiritual body, and it was only slightly inferior to the eldest grandson Mingyue.
Liu Yun couldn't help but be surprised, which meant that the stealth technique of the brain was completely ineffective in front of Ah Soul, if he moved the killing machine, he didn't have half a chance at all, he didn't know if the ants could kill him, and remembered that he had no grudge against Ah Soul, so he actually moved the killing thought, and couldn't help laughing dumbly.
"Virtuous nephew, go to the study with the old man", Confucius Yuan grabbed Liu Yun's hand and left, while Yang Kai and Zhang Boyu accompanied Miss Kong for a walk, turning a blind eye to someone's silent request for help, Liu Yun had to scold in his heart for "heavy color and light friends".
"Virtuous nephew, how old is this year, I don't know if I am married or not", not long after arriving in the study, Confucius Ziyuan got straight to the point and asked Liu Yun what he was most worried about.
"Hehe, Uncle Shi, that, the little nephew is twenty and three this year, maybe, there is a marriage match", Liu Yun stood up awkwardly and replied respectfully.
"Well, marriage match, there may be", Liu Yun obviously felt that although Confucius was still laughing, he was very dissatisfied with his answer, "Young man, it's really verbose, there is, there is no, there may be, there may be, what does it mean."
Knowing that the big guys have practiced the magic skill of changing faces, if one does not deal with it well, the smiling face will turn black, and when the order is given, he will be pushed out and beheaded, especially thinking of the black soul with a black face, Liu Yun couldn't help but shrink his neck, and the smile on his face was a little reluctant.