Whoo, although the cold wind outside is constantly urging, but Ito Hirobumi in the prime minister's office is no longer affected by the bleak cold wind outside, and now he has completely silenced on one thing, that is, what Inoue Xin said just now.

It was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, not the Department of Etiquette, who was walking around with German Tsarist Russia, and this was a big problem.

In previous years, during the Chinese New Year, Liaodong would have a special department, that is, the Department of Etiquette under the Ministry of Commerce.

The departmental differentiation in Liaodong is a four-section system of ministries, departments, and offices. The Department of Etiquette is one of the four departments under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Commerce, mainly responsible for the reception of ministers of various countries and celebrations at large-scale commercial events. It's just a face with Liu Jun. It is one of the most rigid divisions of Liaodong oil and water.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, how is it the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Ito Hirobumi began to feel uneasy, although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would often receive ministers, but it was the people of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who were celebrating the New Year, not the Ministry of Commerce's Department of Etiquette.

"What about the Department of Etiquette, this matter is not from the Department of Etiquette of Liaodong, how can it be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." In the office, the office that had been silent for a long time sounded Ito Hirobumi's question again.

"No, the Department of Etiquette has not made any arrangements at all this year." Inoue hastened to answer, fearing that if he answered slowly, he would bring even more rant and confusion to Ito Hirobumi.

"Check, be sure to find out as quickly as possible, all the issues that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liaodong is talking about with Germany and Tsarist Russia, as soon as possible." Ito Hirobumi was clearly aware of something, and he didn't speak as calmly as he had just now.

"Okay, I'll handle it right away." Inoue nodded, turned and walked out.

Baga, what is Liu Jun going to do, when he saw Inoue Xin going out of Beiyang, Ito Hirobumi touched his head in annoyance.

The breath of the New Year has not subsided. Lushun City and even the entire Liaodong territory has been managed by the imperial court, and the sound of firecrackers rang out from time to time.

The sound of firecrackers came into the study, waking up Clint who was napping. Opening his eyes and looking into the distance, Clinder stood up and walked to the window to lower the curtains.

Looking up at the telegraph room opposite, Clinder shook his head again.

It has been almost five days since the telegram was sent to Germany, and in the past five days, he has been waiting for a reply from the German side all the time, whether to join forces with Liu Jun to send troops to declare war on Japan or miss this opportunity, Berlin has not received any notice.

Hey, sighing, Clint anxiously walked over to the wine rack, poured a glass of red wine and sat down in his seat. He had been given the latest news again that the Tsarist governor of the Far East had secretly arrived in Lushun last night and was now sitting in the Liaodong Headquarters.

Klinder, who has always regarded himself as an analyst, knew in his heart that the discussion between Tsarist Russia and Liu Jun was probably coming to an end, otherwise, the governor of the Far East would not have secretly entered Lushun from such a distance as Vladivostok under the guise of a small trader, which was clearly to discuss the distribution of the spoils.

Damn, what the hell are the high-ranking officials of the Reich doing, if this continues, Germany will miss this opportunity, and also lose an opportunity to acquire colonies in the Far East. Clint angrily drank the wine in his hand. In a depressed mood, he began to curse the high-ranking officials who knew that they were powerful in Germany.

In fact, Clinder really misunderstood this time. After receiving Klinder's secret telegram, the German Emperor Wilhelm II immediately convened the Imperial Ministry of Defense, the Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other major ministries, as well as think tanks, to urgently convene a meeting to discuss the issue of whether to declare war on Japan with the intelligence soldiers sent back by Klinder.

As soon as this matter was said, the senior officials of the empire were immediately divided into two factions, one faction was headed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and advocated not fighting against Japan, after all, this would affect the relationship between Japan and Germany, and on the one hand, the personnel of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Reich were indeed resolutely supportive, and Liu Jun declared war on Japan, after all, Germany needed a colony too much, and among them, the Admiralty had the loudest voice, over the years, the German Navy had been held down by Britain on the high seas, and there was no room for play, and now there is such a good opportunity, If a colony were to be acquired in the Far East, it would be a pie-in-the-sky affair for the High Seas Fleet, and the German Navy would be able to split the fleet in two, and at the same time be able to move some space for the High Seas Fleet base to build new warships and launch them again.

These two factions began to quarrel, and even fought, and in the end, neither of the two factions could convince anyone, so they could only let the German Emperor Wilhelm decide.

To be honest, William was a typical militant, and when he received Clinder's telegram, his first thought was that his opportunity had come. However, in the face of the suggestion of the imperial think tank, he had to be cautious, because the think tank told him that once it was determined that Tsarist Russia would unite with Liu Jun, then he could unite with Liu Jun to send troops together.

Therefore, in the past few days, Clint has not been able to get any information, which is also a reasonable problem.

"I can't wait any longer, I'll have to keep Berlin updated." After whispering a few words, Clint stood up at once and began to walk towards the telegraph room.

A short, urgent telegram began to reach Berlin to the west.

In the Lushun Headquarters, Liu Jun, who has always paid little attention to food and clothing etiquette, looked up and down in front of a huge mirror for the first time in his life, and Zheng Yiqian on the side was sorting out with him from time to time, the set of handsome military uniforms that had just been taken out.

"Oh, don't tidy it up, it's just to meet him as a governor, there's no need to be so formal." Liu Jun kept muttering. “

"No, as the commander of the Liaodong Army, it is a vase of more than 300,000 soldiers in Liaodong, it is a façade, and it is better not to dress up, so it can show the majesty of the soldiers of Liaodong." Zheng Yi pulled Liu Jun, who was about to run, and said with wide eyes.

With such an exaggeration, Liu Jun's eyes widened, and he could only stand there obediently at the mercy of Zheng Yiqian.

Just a few days later, Tsarist Russia again approached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and began to pull down his face to talk to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again, this time, Tsarist Vidoyev also kept silent about the affairs of Kyushu, but began to discuss the specific division after taking Japan in the future.

After deliberations, the general situation had been determined, and the most detailed was not something that he could decide as a Viteyev, so Moscow appointed the Governor-General of the Far East, the Tsar's most favored minister, as plenipotentiary to Liaodong and start final negotiations with Liaodong.

The Governor of the Far East had secretly entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the protection of the Intelligence Bureau last night, and this news, Liu Jun was intentionally or unintentionally exposed to Klinde, so in the entire Liaodong, only Klinde knew that the Tsarist Far East Governor had come to Lushun.

"What are you going to talk to him about this time?" Zheng Yiqian, who was sorting out her clothes, glanced at Liu Jun and asked lightly about the doubts in her heart.

Smiling slightly, Liu Jun thought for a moment and replied: "Regarding Japan's future occupation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has completed the discussion, there is nothing to talk about this, and I have only one thing to talk about with him, that is, his Pacific Fleet should not hide in Vladivostok with me, but must come out with me, form a joint fleet, and destroy his sea power."

"You're so poisonous, the Pacific Fleet is so little bit that you still click." Zheng Yiqian smiled slightly.

Nonsense, since this is going to be a joint force, of course, it is to ask everyone to contribute, otherwise my Beiyang Naval Division will carry the Combined Fleet, although it can annihilate the Combined Fleet, but this is always not cost-effective, and among them, if the Beiyang Naval Division loses too much, what will it do in the future to counter the Pacific Fleet to counter the German Far East Fleet in the future.

Liu Jun had long thought clearly that although the Japanese Combined Fleet would be destroyed in the future, there would be a German fleet, and now that he has a good relationship with Germany does not mean that he will be good for a lifetime, sooner or later, he will compete with Germany or even Britain.

"Hehe, just in case, I'll save some money for the future."