Although the Chinese Empire reacted calmly to the formation of a military alliance between Britain and Russia, it seemed to outsiders to be completely dismissive.

Actually, the Chinese Empire didn't mind at all.

It is necessary to despise the enemy strategically, and to attach importance to the enemy tactically.

This is the wise words that Li Weiguo once gave to all the officials and soldiers of the Chinese Empire.

To this day, this sentence has long been remembered by the people of the Chinese Empire.

The Anglo-Russian alliance was well known to the Chinese people as it was directed against the Chinese Empire and the German Empire. Although the Tsarist Empire now stated that it was only for defensive purposes out of political intentions, it is uncertain in the future.

With the grievances between the Chinese Empire and the British Empire, the struggle for hegemony was inevitable, and although the two sides did not break out into war for ten years, the British Empire formed an alliance with the United States, France, Russia, and Japan, and once the five-nation alliance was formed in the future, it would inevitably go to war with the Chinese Empire.

Under this general trend, the Chinese Empire will naturally not remain indifferent.

In the face of the Anglo-Russian alliance, the Chinese Empire also had to return the favor.

Economic sanctions have always been one of the effective means for the Chinese Empire to fight against the British Empire, the United States, Japan and other countries for a long time.

In addition to the high-tech export restrictions that are well known to people all over the world, making it impossible for Britain, the United States and Japan to obtain the advanced technology of the Chinese Empire, whether it is military or civilian, are prohibited from exporting, and the relevant countries that have obtained the high-tech of the Chinese Empire must also sign an agreement, once leaked to the three countries, they will be subject to economic sanctions and military sanctions of the Chinese Empire.

Therefore, the countries of Europe and the United States did not dare to quietly transfer the high technology of the Chinese Empire to Britain, the United States and Japan, after all, they were afraid of the military suppression of the Chinese Empire.

Of course, there are also some countries that are caught between China and Britain under political and military pressure from Britain and the United States, and will secretly leak some technology to Britain, the United States and Japan in exchange for some national interests.

However, these countries generally do not have access to the high technology of the Chinese Empire, so it has nothing to do with the overall situation when it is leaked to Britain and the United States.

No high-tech can be monopolized forever, Britain and the United States and other countries have a strong scientific and technological heritage, full of talents, a certain high-tech monopoly of the Chinese Empire is not very long, and soon there will be copycat technology in Britain and the United States, which is actually the same as the Chinese copycat Western technology in later generations.

Therefore, at a certain time, when the Chinese Empire finds that the Western powers such as Britain and the United States seem to be about to master one of its own high technologies, it will quickly lower the threshold, and quickly transfer and sell it while its high technology is still valuable, and cash it out into gold.

The reason why Li Weiguo acquiesced in revealing steam turbine technology to the German Empire was actually because he thought of this, taking advantage of the period when steam turbine technology was still in demand, to slaughter the Germans as much as possible, and then use the mouths of the Germans to make the entire Western countries covetous, and then the Chinese Empire would relax the restrictions at an appropriate time, so that European and American countries would be sent to the door to be slaughtered.

In addition to restricting technology and controlling import and export trade, the Chinese empire is still best at illegal banknote trade.

Once upon a time, the Chinese Empire's banknote attack tactics almost ruined the British Empire, and for a period of time the British Empire had to discredit the Chinese Empire throughout the Western world, making the entire Western world afraid and angry about the Chinese Empire's banknote violations.

At that time, in order to improve relations with the entire Western world, the Chinese Empire suspended its illegal attacks for a time. But now, as the Western countries gradually forgot about it, the Chinese Empire quietly restarted the plan of illegal attacks.

This time, the Chinese Empire went more covert, learning from the lessons of the last time it was cracked by the British Imperial Police, which led to the exposure of the operation, and quietly entered the British financial market.

The new pound was imitated flawlessly by the Chinese Empire, and once again deceived the cashier of the Bank of England, entered the British Empire treasury, and quietly exchanged the gold in the British Empire treasury.

This time, the personnel in charge of the operation of the Chinese Empire were very careful, no longer shipping in large quantities, but cashing out the gold reserves of the British Empire in the form of import and export trade settlements.

If there was a sudden and massive reduction, it would certainly cause alarm in the British Empire, this time slowly, and before you knew it, the British Empire's gold reserves were getting dwindling.

In addition to the above several economic sanctions, the Chinese Empire also legalized the trade in Yapian and entered the British market and any country in the world except the Chinese Empire.

Of course, the legalization of the film trade cannot be directly told to the people of the world, it will become a street rat that everyone shouts and beats.

The Chinese Empire completed the refining process of Ya Pian, upgraded to morphine, put on the cloak of a pharmaceutical preparation, and sold it to the world in the name of analgesics, which was called Bliss Elixir, which was specially used to solve the pain problems of patients.

The Elixir of Bliss was strictly controlled in the Chinese Empire, and was used as a painkiller for soldiers when they were seriously wounded on the battlefield, and it was also available in hospitals in peacetime, but only for the treatment of patients.

Within the Chinese Empire, ordinary people who sold, smoked, and injected similar drugs were sentenced to death and were not tolerated.

But abroad, there is no such regulation, and drug distributors can sell to hospitals, the military, and individuals in various countries.

And the latter is the same as the nature of the previous Yapian trade. It's just that the smoking has been changed to injection, and the low-grade Ya Pian plaster has become a noble white powder or injection preparation, the price is higher, and the degree of enjoyment is also higher.

The Chinese Empire must not only defeat the Western world militarily, but also economically and physically, and let the former title of the sick man of East Asia be replaced by the sick man of Europe and the United States.

The Elixir of Bliss is a book of great profits, which is more profitable than the special drugs such as Da Huan Dan and Xiao Huan Dan previously sold by the Chinese Empire.

This is because the Chinese Empire has mastered the Golden Triangle, and a large number of cheap drugs are produced, packaged into a bliss, and entered the European and American markets under the guise of medicine.

Even many European and American businessmen have seen the huge profits of this thing, just like the previous elegant films.

Out of the pursuit of huge profits, European and American businessmen did not care whether they were as poisonous as Ya Pian, and they were not patriotic, so they imported these drugs from the Chinese Empire on a large scale, and even deceived the customs into entering the country under the guise of importing special drugs.

And the governments of Europe and the United States did not pay attention to this thing, because this is a hospital medicine, and the military also purchases it in large quantities, and the wounded soldiers on the battlefield need this thing the most.

Almost as long as the soldiers who survived the wounded on the battlefield became addicts, they returned to life, undoubtedly became staunch consumers, and even the people around them became like them, and could not do without the Elixir of Bliss.

The Elixir of Bliss quietly spread throughout the Western world, and large amounts of real money and silver flowed into the Chinese Empire, soon exceeding the huge profits brought to the Chinese Empire by the illegal banknote trade.

However, no one knew that Bliss was a product of the purification of Ya Pian, and the Chinese Empire strictly controlled the Golden Triangle region, and under the banner of refusing drugs, it did not allow European and American Ya Pian merchants to enter. In fact, the peasants in it continued to grow Yapiao, and then were transported back to China by the Chinese Empire for processing and manufacturing, and the Yapian plaster that cost five cents and one gram became a piece of Bliss in a blink of an eye, and more than 2,000 tons of Bliss flowed into the world every year, and the profits in it were quite amazing.

Again, this money is not visible.

Even in the Chinese Empire, it can only be supervised by Li Weiguo himself, and managed by the Special Affairs Office of the China S.H.I.E.L.D. Bureau.

As the world's number one intelligence agency, the China S.H.I.E.L.D. has an annual expenditure of more than 30 million yuan, which is more than the total cost of intelligence agencies in Europe and the United States during the same period. Such expenses were borne by the Chinese Empire, but in fact the real source of funds was the trade in the Elixir of Bliss.

At that time, the British Empire internationalized and legalized the trade in elegant films, which harmed all countries in the world and China.

Now that feng shui is turning, the Chinese Empire has taken control of the Golden Triangle, controlled the production area of Yapian, changed the name of Yapian trade to Bliss trade, and also became internationalized and legalized.

At that time, the whole world did not dare to resist the British Empire's Yapian trade, just because the British Empire's military strength was strong, no one dared to provoke, the only one who dared to provoke was Lin Zexu, and as a result, the Chinese nation lost the Yapian War and became a slave from then on.

Now that the military strength of the Chinese Empire is unprecedentedly strong, even if some think tanks in European and American governments see the new packaging of Bliss is Ya Pill, they do not dare to speak out. Because once it is announced, the common people will protest and demand the ban on the Elixir of Bliss, which will inevitably lead to contradictions and conflicts with the Chinese Empire. As the government's think tank, they will never put the government in a dilemma, and therefore will not be publicized.

In addition to the economic sanctions against the British Empire, the United States, France, Russia, Japan and other countries, the military operations of the Chinese Empire have not stopped.

Since the British Empire adopted a policy of non-resistance against the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire has successively annexed the Papua Islands, the Solomon Islands, the New Zealand Islands, and forcibly purchased more than one million square kilometers of land including the British Virgin Islands.

These places were all places that the British Empire had operated for a long time, and there were also many indigenous people, and after the Chinese Empire took over, it took a lot of effort to control them.

Now that the Chinese Empire has essentially taken control of these newly conquered lands, the encroachment on the British Empire has begun step by step.

This time, the Chinese Empire targeted the British island of Sri Lanka.

Because the British Empire attached great importance to the British Indian colonies, once the Indian colonies were gone, the British Empire would completely lose its economic qualification to compete for world hegemony.

Therefore, Li Weiguo saw through the economic lifeline of the British Empire and decided to give the British Empire a salary.

The last time Li Weiguo supported the Indian emperor to fight against the British Empire, he almost succeeded in subverting, if it wasn't for the shameless trapping of the Indian emperor by the British in the end, I am afraid that India would have become independent now.

Afterwards, the British Empire strengthened its control over India, making it difficult for the Chinese Empire to meddle in things.

This time, Li Weiguo has his eye on the British island of Sri Lanka, the largest island in the Indian Ocean, next to India. Once in control of the island, it would be tantamount to strangling India's neck, making it impossible for the British Empire to supply and reinforce India from the sea.

At the same time, if the Chinese Empire used the island of Sri Lanka as a springboard to attack the Indian mainland from the south, and then cooperated with the Western Theater to send troops from the Himalayas to attack the north and south, it would be a fatal blow to the British army in India.

In ancient China, Sri Lanka was known as the Lion Country, an important supply point for Zheng He when he went to the West.

Today, the island of Sri Lanka is occupied by the British and renamed Ceylon.

After years of economic infiltration, the Chinese Empire had established a consulate in Colombo and had a Chinese immigrant settlement.

The Chinese here enjoy the treatment of citizens of the world's most powerful country, and no one dares to provoke the Chinese, even the landlords, the British, have to retreat.

On the first Sunday of February 3986 (March 1886), when the Chinese here were worshipping the Buddha, a group of white people suddenly broke in and destroyed the Buddha statue, injuring many Chinese.

The incident quickly alarmed the Imperial Chinese Consulate in Ceylon, and after investigation, it was a local religious dispute.

However, this is a rare opportunity for the Chinese Empire.

Before the British could react, S.H.I.E.L.D. instigated the local natives to deliberately attack the Chinese, so the Chinese Empire had an excuse, and the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy suddenly appeared in Colombo Port in the name of protecting overseas Chinese.

There were two British frigates and a patrol gunboat in the port of Colombo, and when a heavy cruiser, two light cruisers, five destroyers and four troop carriers of the Imperial Chinese Navy suddenly broke into the port, the British Governor-General of Ceylon hurriedly ordered the British ships not to open fire, and at the same time urgently summoned the consul of the Imperial Chinese Navy in Ceylon to express their protest.

However, the consul of the Chinese Empire in Ceylon had already received an order from the imperial government not only not to accept the protest of the Governor of Ceylon, but also to protest against the Governor of Ceylon for harboring the local natives and plotting to plunder the Chinese.

For this reason, the consul of the Chinese Empire in Ceylon listed the historical Nanyang massacre of the Chinese, which was done by the Spaniards, the Dutch, and now the British are doing the same.

But the previous Chinese court was a wreck, and it couldn't manage it and didn't dare to manage it. Today's Chinese Empire will never allow overseas Chinese to be harmed, so the Governor of Ceylon was ordered to immediately take military action to suppress the local natives and protect the Chinese, otherwise the Chinese Imperial Shence Army would intervene in this matter.

The governor of Ceylon immediately cried, he was more wronged than Dou E, in this era, what country in the world does not know the strong position of the Chinese Empire, who dares to bully the Chinese?

However, no matter what the governor of Ceylon explained, the Chinese Empire did not accept it, and forced the British army to suppress the local natives.

The governor of Ceylon had no choice, fearing a military invasion by the Chinese Empire, so he had to transfer troops to suppress the local natives.

The result was obvious, the natives secretly supported by S.H.I.E.L.D. were quickly armed, and the British army was all over the place, and even the standard equipment of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army appeared.

The Governor of Ceylon was dumbfounded, and he suddenly remembered that the Papua Islands and the Solomon Islands of the British Empire seemed to have been blackmailed by the Chinese Empire one after another.

"The Chinese Empire has set its sights on the island of Ceylon!"

The urgent telegram was sent to the Viceroy of India and then forwarded to London, and when the Prime Minister of the Coalition Cabinet, William, learned of it, he was furious and scolded.

"Damn the Chinese Empire! They're ready to eat us again! ”

Hearing the news, Defense Secretary Cook and Coalition Cabinet Minister Saul and others were also quite nervous and did not know what William was going to do.

"It is impossible for the coalition cabinet to pursue a policy of non-resistance anymore!"

"So is there going to be war?"

Everyone knows that the original policy of non-resistance was the helplessness of the British Empire, so it had to sacrifice Thor and make Thor the object of scorn by the people of the British Empire.

But now that Saul has stepped down, the coalition cabinet has been formed, and William has been elected prime minister, he must no longer implement the policy of non-resistance, otherwise he will be ousted by the people immediately.

"But we can't beat it!"

"Yes! We learned that the Chinese Empire's Dreadnought-class battleships had reached a terrifying speed of 21 knots, and none of our existing warships were any opponents. The Royal Navy could not seize the supremacy of the sea, and Ceylon would not be able to defend it, but would give the Chinese Empire a greater excuse to go to war. ”

"Obviously, the Chinese Empire learned of the Anglo-Russian agreement that only if the mainland of one of the two countries was attacked, the other side would intervene in the war. Today, Ceylon is only a colony of the British Empire, and the Russian Empire clearly states in the agreement that colonial conflicts are exceptional. ”

William was stunned for a moment, and then scolded again: "Damn Russians, they only care about their own interests!" ”

The Tsarist Russian Empire did not want to excessively stimulate the Chinese Empire, so it formed an alliance with the British Empire, the original intention was to deter the Chinese Empire and avoid the Chinese Empire from invading Tsarist Russia, in fact, Tsarist Russia was very aware of the contradictions between the Chinese Empire and the British Empire, so it deliberately excluded the colonial conflict and did not want to be dragged into the war by the British Empire.

Just then, an urgent telegram from the Secretariat arrived.

"The Chinese Imperial Marines suddenly landed and attacked Colombo under the pretext of protecting overseas Chinese and suppressing the natives. The Governor of Ceylon ordered no resistance, and the British 547th Infantry Regiment withdrew from Colombo, and by the time of writing, the Imperial Chinese Army had occupied Colombo. ”

"What?"

When William heard this, he almost fainted in anger.

"It's also a good thing, we didn't give an order for non-resistance, the governor of Ceylon retreated without any resistance, just send it to a court-martial, and the matter will be settled!"

Saul said suddenly, also relieved, he was afraid that William would have no way down the stairs and would be cornered and forced to go to war with the Chinese Empire.

Now the Governor of Ceylon has given his own order of non-resistance, which is just the scapegoat.

A lot of times, politics is so dark.

William knew Thor's kindness, but he was upset.

"What do you mean, that we just give up Ceylon?"

Thor shook his head and said, "It's not that we don't give up, it's that we can't hold it!" We can't fight a full-scale war, and now we don't have that strength, and neither can France, Japan, the United States, and Russia combined! But in the face of public opinion pressure at home and abroad, we have to do this, and many times, we are always forced to do so, aren't we? ”

William nodded, although unwilling, but it was.

"However, we can't win militarily, we must win in public opinion, we can't be so cheap with the Chinese Empire!"

William quickly regained his fighting spirit.

The next day, international public opinion exploded again.

Under the pretext of protecting overseas Chinese, the Chinese Empire sent troops to Ceylon and occupied Colombo, and the British Empire once again did not resist and retreated, and these two pieces of news detonated public opinion all over the world.

In particular, in the British Empire, huge demonstrations and verbal criticism were suddenly set off.

However, the Coalition Cabinet quickly clarified that the British Empire did not fail to resist, but that the Governor of Ceylon was greedy for life and feared death, and declared that he would not resist without authorization.

Subsequently, the Ministry of Defence of the British Empire announced the removal of the Governor of Ceylon, Leyva, and the transfer of him to a military tribunal, while appointing a new Governor General to Ceylon to preside over the war of resistance.

It's just that from London to Ceylon, thousands of miles away, by the time the trust governor arrived, the Chinese Empire would have occupied the whole of Ceylon long ago.

During this period, the British army in Ceylon was leaderless, and the British Empire government did not give them any orders or tell them whether to resist or not to resist. Their fate, like that of Governor Leyva, was mercilessly sacrificed. (To be continued.) )