On the afternoon of 11 May, horse-drawn carriages stopped at the gate of the British Consulate in China in Dongjiaomin Lane, Beijing, and more than a dozen consular officials from various countries wearing suits hurriedly entered the British Consulate.

As a diplomatic heavyweight who now controls the empire's interests in the Far East, Bauer has earned the trust of London. Gladstone and the current Prime Minister, Sir Salisbury, were deeply satisfied with the Far Eastern interests that Power had secured for the Reich, and as a rising political star of the Liberal Party, he now increasingly felt that the situation in the Far East was unmanageable.

Yesterday, Chen Jitong, counselor of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, came to visit him and informed him of the news that there had been a serious anti-Chinese incident in the Dutch East Indies and that the Chinese government was forced to intervene militarily.

The empire completed the coastline survey of the entire Australia in 1860, but entering the barren land of Northern Australia has indeed been implemented in recent years, and the so-called East Timorese natives have always been aborigines, damn Chinese, even have a keen sense of smell to incorporate the indigenous into the Confederacy of South China nationality, which makes the British Empire feel extremely troublesome.

Although these aborigines have been incorporated into the citizenship of the Republic of South China in recent years, it is completely impossible to deny that the aborigines have existed in the local area for more than 100 years, and the white people have only been in North Australia for more than a decade. 10 years ago. The number of white people in Northern Australia is only a few hundred. There is no comparison to the nearly 10,000 indigenous people in the area, and even after the discovery of sand gold in Darwin, the local indigenous tribes still control large swaths of coastal land.

Moreover, after learning about the Darwin incident, Bauer received another important piece of news from the military, and there is another important group of people in the port of Darwin, that is, Chinese workers who have crossed the sea from the South Seas to join the local gold rush army, although in the past decade. Most of these Chinese workers, numbering less than 2,000 people, were employed by whites in the region, but it now seems that this has been an important factor in determining the situation in Australia.

After receiving Bauer's telegram requesting instructions, Prime Minister Salisbury and the top level of the House of Lords in London almost replied with a very resolute attitude, saying that although China in the Far East has become an important force in the East, the British Empire will obviously not make any concessions on such a principled issue as Northern Australia...... Even if it could lead to a war conflict!

When Bauer received the telegram from London, he did not actually show any joy in it. The purpose of his request for instructions from London was in fact clearly stated in the telegram. Years of confrontation and cooperation with this Prime Minister Qin have long made him understand that what this calm Chinese general has to do is absolutely impossible to achieve his wishes through frontal blockade, so he reported to Prime Minister Salisbury that he hopes to obtain a larger mandate to negotiate with China.

But now, it is clear that everything has fallen apart, and the big men in London, who do not know anything about China, are fools who spend their days holding up the glory of the royal family, but they do not understand at all that the decisions they have made are likely to completely destroy the dignity of the royal family in the Far East...... Of course, these London bastards will surely leave their affairs with the Far East clean up afterwards!

The person who really sat on the shell was obviously himself...... The nominal supreme agent of the empire in the Far East! It was only after much deliberation and racking his brains that Bauer decided to entangle all the European and American forces in the Far East and strive for a close diplomatic contest with Chinese...... At the very least, it adds some weight to yourself!

The clock had already turned past 1 p.m., and the American Minister Muffin, the French Minister Yourcenard, the Austro-Hungarian Minister Roland, and the Italian Minister David had already arrived, taking advantage of the opportunity to discuss topics of interest......

But what made Bauer slightly unhappy was the absence of the German minister Schleier, who was said to be in Shanghai for trade negotiations, so he missed this important meeting, and the Germans sent Counselor Wagner to attend, and this obviously old-fashioned man, when he arrived at the end, turned a blind eye to everyone's existence, and only sat very arrogantly at the bottom of the table.

Bauer immediately entered the meeting hall and stretched out his hand to beckon the embassy staff to invite all the participants to take their seats, and he obviously had a very clear attitude today, and after a few polite words, he immediately went straight to the point, "Dear friends, there is only one purpose for inviting you here today, and I think you must be very concerned about it...... Where do our interests in the Far East go from here? ”

The question immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the British ...... It can be said that it is one of the few people who can profit from the rise of China and the great changes in the situation in the Far East, and after the eyes of this group of diplomats swept over Bauer, it naturally ended up in Wagner, a German who seemed to be in a completely meditative state sitting at the bottom of the seat...... Presumably it was the foresight of the wise Prime Minister Bismarck!

Naturally, Bauer will not consider the speculation of these people, what he needs now is to gather the strength of the countries in China and strive to obtain the greatest negotiating strength, he paused for a moment, and naturally hoped that one of the following would pick up his topic, and this task, he naturally had already arranged.

The Portuguese Minister to China, Frings, immediately took the case, "Ladies and gentlemen, the military rise of the Chinese government has posed the most direct threat to the interests of our countries in the Far East, not to mention, this Premier Qin is an out-and-out warmonger, and he relies on his own warships to ignore the legitimate interests of our countries in the Far East...... So, we must unite and put the right amount of pressure on the Chinese government! ”

When Frings said this, he was also very happy that the Macau Concession Act was stillborn, which meant that the Portuguese government's administration of Macau was completely controlled by the Chinese government...... Of course. At present, the Chinese government is only squeezing out Macau's territory. Even moved the customs forward to Nanping Town. In fact, this is already the rhythm of announcing the Portuguese to get out, and what is even worse is that the Portuguese government has no way to deal with it, and it is already a sure thing to leave.

Obviously, Frings's start worked well, and the Dutch minister on the side, Porta, immediately got up and took out a telegram very excitedly, "Everyone. What Minister Frings said, we all know very well...... The day before yesterday, Chinese openly carried out an armed invasion in the ports of the Dutch East Indies, and if this continues, the territories of all countries in the Far East will never be at peace...... The Chinese can fight wherever they want! ”

The news of his self-detonation immediately triggered an exclamation from the ministers present, and the conflict in the port of South Andy was far from spreading as fast, and it could cause a heated discussion here......

"What? Chinese attack the Dutch East Indies colony? ”

"This is a total atrocity against the principles of diplomacy! It must be united. Let Chinese do things according to international rules...... If it goes on like this, it's not all messed up! ”

"Cunning Chinese Yankee ......"

Bauer is clearly pleased with the atmosphere of his agenda today. His two younger brothers are obviously shouting very hard, and they have indeed achieved very good results, and their own issues are naturally directly aimed at matters of concern to all countries, and now the United States, which has colonies in the Far East and France, and potential territorial competition with China, will obviously be more anxious to get closer to itself.

And other European countries, in the Far East Free Trade Area in which the British Empire fully participates, if they want to get a piece of the pie, it is necessary to follow in the footsteps of the British Empire, and he observed, and immediately felt the enthusiasm of the ministers of various countries, someone to take the lead against China, or the British Empire, which is now the number one empire, no qualified diplomat will give up such a good opportunity!

However, the sudden questioning that popped up made Bauer feel quite depressed...... Wagner, a German who seemed to be in the last seat and seemed to be in a fugue just now, suddenly opened his mouth and asked the Dutch Minister Potra in a very questioning, even provocative tone: "Minister Botla, as far as I know, the situation and evidence in the hands of Chinese are very different from what you said...... Moreover, as far as I know, the Dutch East Indies could not even fight against the confederacy republic of China, South China, and it is hard to imagine that the Chinese need to send a powerful fleet enough to conquer the world to such a small place as South Andy! ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately poured a basin of ice water on the atmosphere of the lively discussion just now, and the new French minister Yourcenard, who was about to move and got up to speak, sat down again with a solemn expression...... However, the Chinese navy, which was so large that it made the whole of South Vietnam restless, simply ignored the presence of the French Far East Fleet and did not even enter the port of Saigon.

The French Far East Fleet, which was completely destroyed by the Chinese at the beginning, has recovered a little bit after 7 years of recuperation, but ...... The French fleet, which has only 6 armored ships, now has only the snort of the two ships Chiyou and Dayu, which are known as the strongest firepower in the world, let alone confrontation!

"Conquer the world...... It seems that this glory is far from being reached by the Chinese! As long as there is a British Imperial Navy, the Chinese maritime force will always be only a coastal defense force...... I think Minister Power will agree with this! The American minister, Muffin, was obviously dissatisfied with the Germans' boredom and immediately jumped out.

Bauer naturally knew the news from the mouths of the Germans, in fact, he naturally understood the news reported by Chen Jitong, and it is estimated that there are no details that can be believed, but the details are not important, the important thing is that Chinese collected a large amount of evidence of the massacre of Chinese Americans by the Dutch in Port Southandy, and the Dutch Army was not angry, and it was actually beaten by the combined forces of the local Chinese and Turks...... All this, after the appearance of the Chinese fleet, which was so large that even the Imperial Far East Fleet was terrified, became a completely unchangeable status quo.

However, on this issue, it is obvious that he can't change anything, but what he can have is impossible for China to get, Bauer immediately got up and answered with a resolute attitude, "Everyone, the rise of China's military strength is an undeniable fact, but our interests in the Far East are the price that China must pay for its rise!" (To be continued......)