"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand, I will arrange it tomorrow and implement it immediately!"

Xue Fucheng agreed and sat down.

Guo Ye was just about to continue, when Tong Tianlei, director of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, walked in and said urgently: "Your Majesty, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and His Majesty Napoleon III of the French Empire have jointly sent us a telegram, asking for mediation in the current Sino-Russian war, suggesting that we end the war and resolve the current dispute through negotiation!" ”

Guo Ye raised his eyebrows, good guy, it seems that Alexander II is not a fool, he knows that he should find a helper before negotiating, the British and the French have stood up, and the British are now in trouble with the Chinese Empire, and it is estimated that they will stand on the side of the Russians; As for the French, their attitude is naturally very clear, that is, to stand on the side of the Chinese Empire, to report the great help that the Chinese Empire has given to France in the arms deal, however, this hole card is not in a hurry to take him out, the hole cards are to be left at the most critical time, the Chinese Empire's friends on the bright side and the United States, such a negotiation, it is not difficult to ask the American minister to show up and support the allies, not to mention the war of aggression launched by Tsarist Russia, Tsarist Russia is not on the right track!

However, now because of the problems between the German-Austrian Federation and the Zulu Kingdom, the British are now very unhappy with the Chinese Empire, and they are already extremely unhappy, and the British minister has expressed concern about the situation in South Africa three or four times, hoping that the Chinese Empire can give the British Empire an explanation, and at the same time ask the Chinese Empire to make a commitment not to interfere in the situation in Africa.

As a result, the British minister was unceremoniously pushed back by Guo Ye!

"Joke, whether it is the German and Austrian Federal Republic or the Zulu Kingdom, they are all independent countries, neither the Chinese Empire nor the British Empire have the right to forcibly interfere in the internal affairs of the two countries, as for your British Empire has major interests in South Africa, and the interests of the empire are not allowed to be damaged, then our Chinese Empire also has major interests in the German and Austrian Federal Republic, and we have invested more than one million pounds in the Transvaal, if you say a word, we can not pay attention to it? Dream! ”

In several confrontations in the talks, the British did not get satisfactory results, and relations between the two countries have re-strained, and the British minister even said that he would restrict the trade of the Chinese Empire in the world and use it to sanction the Chinese Empire.

In this regard, Guo Ye laughed and sanctioned us? Then you also have to have that energy, now that the Franco-Prussian war is about to break out, Britain has already focused all its attention on Europe, although the Cape is important, but compared to the base camp of Europe, it will have to wait for a large withdrawal.

Guo Ye took the telegram and glanced at it, and sure enough, Queen Victoria expressed regret for the war between China and Russia, hoping that the two sides could have a complete truce, and at the same time asked the troops of the Chinese Empire not to cross the Heilongjiang River to create conditions for the truce between China and Russia, and at the same time, release nearly 100,000 prisoners of the Tsarist Russian Empire.

Guo Ye handed the telegram to Guo Songtao and said with a smile: "Hehe, yes, that old witch of Victoria and that bad old man of Napoleon III, are you still nosy, let us release the Russian prisoners?" They can figure it out! Dream their big dreams! ”

Several people circulated a telegram, and Yan Chunyu said disdainfully: "Fuck it, the British don't have a few good people, and sooner or later they will all be cleaned up!" Isn't it a pipe dream to ask us to hand over Lao Maozi's captive? Big brother, I suggest just throw them a loud slap in the face and make them sober up! ”

Guo Ye shook his head and replied: "Chunyu, now is not the time to tear your face with the British, in a few years, in a few years, in a few years, the strength of our fleet is still too weak......"

Zhang Chunping on the side said with a smile: "It's okay not to slap them in the face, snub them first, don't reply to them, Your Majesty, I suggest calling Gao Qi immediately, and let Lao Gao lead the two legions directly across the Outer Khing'an Mountains, enter the hinterland of Eastern Siberia, capture the two towns of Tsarist Russia in Eastern Siberia, drive Lao Maozi out of the city, and see if they dare to continue to ask for their prisoners!" ”

Guo Ye nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, let's slap the British Yankee's face, it's not enough, but Lao Maozi's face must be slapped again, so that they are sober ...... sober."

Guo Ye stood up and said, "Xiaohai, call Harbin and order Harbin to immediately send someone to Gao Qi to give an order, continue to advance towards Eastern Siberia, and then advance three hundred kilometers to the northeast, and pull out all the Tsarist settlements along the way!" Let's see if we can't stand it first, or Lao Maozi can't stand it first! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Also, let's put the matter of peace talks on hold for ten days or so, and then you just need to be ready for negotiations. This time, we must slaughter the sheep fiercely! ”

Guo Ye continued.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing ......"

Zhang Chunping said in a deep voice.

"What's the matter?"

Guo Ye asked.

Zhang Chunping pointed to the map and said: "Your Majesty, even if we defeat Tsarist Russia this time, their ambitions for our northern territories will not completely dissipate, no one can say well, in a few years, they will attack our north again, we must prepare as soon as possible, I propose to immediately start the construction of the entire northern railway line, the first trunk line is the railway trunk line from the capital through Shengjing and Changchun to Harbin, from Harbin line is divided into two, one side leads to Boli, one side leads to Vladivostok, in this case, The entire northeast and Jiangdong region will fall under our control, and once there is another war, our Chinese People's Army can take a train to the Heilongjiang River valley in just a few days, and shock the entire Eastern Siberia! In addition, in the future, we also need to build a railway through the east and west, from Uriya Sutai to Ulaanbaatar and extend to the territory of Heilongjiang, connecting Qiqihar and Harbin, and extending east to Vladivostok, so that the entire Mongolian Plateau and the three eastern provinces will be connected, and we only need to keep two forces in this area to completely protect the security of the north! ”

Guo Ye smiled: "Well, yes, Chunping, this is worthy of your old business, the convenience of the railway, in the next hundred years will play a more and more obvious role, its strategic position is beyond doubt, I completely agree with you!" ”

Guo Songtao on the side grinned and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, as soon as you two pat your heads, you will come here slightly, but how much money do you have to invest?" How far is it from Uriya Sutai through Ulaanbaatar to Harbin? Nearly 5,000 kilometers, and the area passed through is either the grassland or the Gobi, or the vast primeval forest, the cost of such a railway is even more than the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and the Beijing-Shanghai Railway combined! Can we fix it? ”

(To be continued.) )

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