Yi Kuang had no intention of fighting Hu Xiaoyan in the ring, and even showed favor to Hu Xiaoyan through some people after he took office. Hu Xiaoyan is naturally inconvenient to be murderous. As a result, the planned expansion and military exercises had to be suspended.

Zaifeng is so sensible, and Hu Xiaoyan is inconvenient to make a move. This disappointed Zhang Zhidong and others to see the jokes. Ministers also let go of their worries.

The 100,000-kilometer railway plan is still being implemented in an orderly manner. There was also a joke in the middle.

The biggest joke is that Jae-hoon, who should have died under the liquidation of the Eight-Nation Alliance, not only did not die, but instead got a fat difference for a railway guard. But it's too fat, and his eating appearance is too ugly. So much so that more than 100 multinational technicians led by Zhan Tianyou gritted their teeth at Zaixun. You know, these technicians are running around the country all day long on construction sites to solve all kinds of problems encountered in building railways. Needless to say, there are hardships. But Jae-hoon's behavior of taking advantage of his position to eat, drink, and get cards, and he can't eat and walk around completely annoys foreign financial personnel.

Two billion dollars, of course, did not arrive in a day. Rather, it was received step by step according to the construction period, and the full amount was deposited in the accounts of banks and foreign banks in various countries. When a certain period of construction is completed, the foreign finance department stationed in the country will ask for acceptance and notify the foreign bank to release the next payment. These funds are earmarked for the railway.

Jae-hoon's behavior is also tacit in various countries, and foreigners are also people, and it is understandable for everyone to occasionally take a little hard-earned money. But the behavior of walking around without eating is very unpleasant. Foreigners' money is not blown by the wind.

Especially the British Minister Dou Nale, this guy is a China expert, he was a little uncertain about Hu Xiaoyan's 100,000-kilometer railway plan from the beginning, because after the completion of the big railway plan. Don't think about how much money you make for at least ten years.

This can be seen in economics. The tax revenue of the entire court of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was less than 100 million taels of silver, and what would be the consequences of so many dollars pouring in at once? Rising prices cause an economic crisis! Because too much money was invested in the Manchus, and too few Manchu goods. The $2 billion in 1900 would have to be at least $200 billion to $500 billion in banknotes. If these banknotes are used in any country at once, I am afraid that it will also lead to extremely serious consequences.

Therefore, the consumption of this money can be agreed upon by the consortium of various countries, that is, to strictly control the spending of money, rather than spending it casually all at once. Otherwise, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had an economic crisis, and all countries would not be able to escape at that time. And Jae-hoon came to such a hand at this time, which made Dou Nale frightened. Is this a conspiracy of the Chinese? Let China's economic crisis erupt and then affect the economies of countries in turn?

You can't blame Dou Nale for thinking about it. The more you know, the more you fear. On the contrary, the ignorant are fearless.

Zaifeng had no idea what the consequences of two billion dollars pouring into the Manchus at once would be, so he had nothing to fear.

The annual fiscal revenue of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was only more than 87 million taels of silver in 1899, and it did not exceed 100 million taels of silver in 1900. And how much is two billion dollars? Almost five billion taels of silver! In other words, two billion dollars is fifty times the fiscal revenue of the Manchu court!

Anyone who knows a little bit about economics can understand what kind of concept this is. China's fiscal revenues have long exceeded $1 trillion, and what would be the consequences if 50 trillion dollars of banknotes were suddenly released into China? Don't understand?

It doesn't matter, there are also things that are often covered in the newspapers. Some newspapers jokingly said that if China is provoked, China will spend all its foreign exchange reserves. The result? Don't think about it, the dollar will depreciate directly! The petrodollar system is in danger of bankruptcy. The fiscal crisis in the United States will last at least five years。。。。

Even more seriously, it is not a matter of whether there will be anyone willing to accept dollars at that time.

Therefore, controlling the investment of two billion dollars is an issue that the ministers of various countries have been paying attention to. Jae-hoon's behavior is not a big deal in normal times. But in the eyes of the ministers, it is a very serious sin. Businessmen from all over the world come to invest to make money, not to cause an economic crisis to play tricks.

The ministers of various countries put pressure together, and Jaefeng had to remove Zaixun from all his positions and let him go home to reflect. Correspondingly, all the management of property basically fell into the hands of foreigners.

The jumping feet of the air are helpless.

Time flies. The Russo-Japanese naval war finally broke out. Russia mixed up even worse than the Beiyang Fleet. Almost all the troops were wiped out, except for one battleship, the flagship of the Russian army, "Duke Suvorov", which escaped because of the cover of other battleships and the first to escape, the other battleships were basically sunk and none of them surrendered. Others who escaped were two cruisers and one supply ship. After escaping the battlefield, these ships were picked up by the British Asian Fleet and taken to Singapore.

British Minister Dou Nale immediately informed Japan and demanded that Japan give up the pursuit. Although Japanese Admiral Heihachiro Togo wanted to annihilate all the Russian warships, reason finally made him not dare to attack the Russian warships protected by the British Asian Fleet at will. But Heihachiro Togo did not let go of the Russian fleet either.

Heihachiro Togo announced that no Russian warships were welcome in Asian waters, and that if they dared to sail out of the port of Singapore, they would be sunk in retaliation.

As a result, the battleship Duke Suvorov and three other battleships had to dock in the waters of Singapore but did not dare to escape, and had to pay the British Asian Fleet a huge amount of protection money every day.

With the defeat of the Russian Navy, the morale of the soldiers of Arthur Maozi, who were still holding out, was demoralized. Nogi Noshinori, the commander of the Japanese army on the Arthur battlefield, personally led 80,000 Korean troops and 20,000 Japanese elite regiments from Korea to launch a decisive attack on Lushun.

After 40,000 of the 80,000 Korean troops were exhausted, Lushun's ammunition was exhausted and finally captured. The Japanese army carried out a massacre in Lushun that lasted three days and three nights. After the war, only more than 100 Qing people who carried the corpses survived in Lushun.

The reason why Lushun was able to hold out for so long under the siege of nearly 100,000 troops was due to the two luxury airships that Russian Prince Alekseev bought in the hands of Hu Xiaoyan. Lushun was originally a military port and a fortress. Naturally, there was no shortage of weapons and ammunition, but in the face of the siege of 100,000 troops, the weapons and ammunition were exhausted in a short period of time. However, the Russians bought countless supplies from Hu Xiaoyan at a high price and transported them into the city through two luxury airships.

The Russian army, which was not short of weapons and ammunition, could also get some military support from airships from time to time, so Lushun was able to hold on.

However, with the research and development of anti-aircraft machine guns in various countries, the Japanese also came up with their own anti-aircraft machine guns. The insidious Japanese disguised four anti-aircraft machine guns as ordinary supplies. When the last airship came to help, he suddenly lifted his hijab. Thousands of bullets are fired in one second. These bullets smashed the airship into a thousand holes.

Thanks to Cheng Biguang's persistence, the perimeter of the engine part of the airship was protected by thick armor. The airship was not shot down in the first place. But the airship's aid plan has also run aground. The officers and men on the airship no longer dared to enter and leave Lushun at will.

The 1900 airship was an invincible weapon. Because the farthest rifle of this era is only the Mauser of the G98, with an effective range of 800 meters. And the British Lee Enfield rifle marked a range of 800 meters. But the British themselves knew that 800 meters would not be possible to hit anything at all (except for those who were lucky). And Maxine is the same, Maxine who attacks into the sky can't even hit a height of 600 meters.

Before the development of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, there was no weapon in the world capable of shooting down airships. Later records of downed airships include a bullet that pierced the engine, causing a fire. The fire burned the hydrogen sac, which led to the crash of the airship.

The two airships were hit by at least a few thousand bullets because of their slow speed, but they still staggered back to the base safely, the fourth generation airship is not the first generation, and it is no longer an ordinary machine gun that can shoot down.

The airship suffered a setback, and Lushun had no ammunition inside and no reinforcements outside, which was the reason why Lushun was finally overcome. However, Nogi Noshinori, who conquered Lushun, was not appreciated by the base camp. Because many of the 80,000 Korean soldiers in the Battle of Arthur were eventually disabled, after they returned to Korea, they all told the story that the Japanese used them as outcasts and cannon fodder to attract firepower. This has led to a lot of anger among almost all North Koreans. Even North Koreans, who are more open-minded and enthusiastic about holding stinky feet, can't stand it. The North Korean evidence began to swing. And in order to appease the North Koreans. The Japanese base camp transferred Nogi Noshinori back to Japan and sent Ito Hirobumi as the governor of Korea. Hirobumi Ito is one of the few rational people in Japan, and if he is allowed to govern North Korea. There may be a real possibility that Korea will one day be successfully annexed by Japan.

And with the end of the Battle of Arthur. The Russian army in Harbin could not hold out either. After the meeting between Hu Xiaoyan and Dou Nale and others. The Russian army in Harbin officially surrendered to the three eastern provinces represented by Hu Xiaoyan. Dou Nale and Hu Xiaoyan personally led more than 100 foreigners into Harbin to accept the surrender of the Russian army. This made Oyama Yan, the Japanese soldier's god, almost vomit blood. The Japanese army died at least 30,000 Korean puppet troops and more than 20,000 Japanese regular troops under the city of Harbin, but in exchange for such a result. But he didn't dare to attack Harbin. Because there is Dou Nale and his party in Harbin City. If you are not careful, you will beat Dou Nale to death. Then the fun will be great.

After receiving that Hu Xiaoyan handed over the railroad built by the Russians in the three eastern provinces to Japan according to the agreement, Dashanyan finally reported to the base camp and silently swallowed the bitter fruit.