After the first meeting, Zhao Erxun was full of emotion, and after all the foreign ambassadors left, he asked Hua Guoqiang: "Your Excellency Foreign Minister, you treat the representatives of the great powers so toughly, are you not afraid that they will unite to attack the Lanfang Kingdom?" ”

Hua Guoqiang looked at Zhao Erxun and said, "Elder Zhao Ge, are you afraid it will be useful?" What problems can I be afraid of solving? Why do we Chinese always stand up straight in the world? We Chinese have a population of hundreds of millions, and the combined population of all the great powers and countries is not as large as ours, if we can unite, the little army they come, we can drown them with a mouthful of spit. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhao Erxun thought for a while and said: "But they have warships, fast guns, race electricity, and artillery, and we can't make them, so we can only be controlled by others, and the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance is a lesson from the past." ”

"Haha, Zhao Ge Lao filtered, now the warships of our Lanfang Kingdom are the most advanced in the world, Britain, France, the United States and Germany all buy battleships and battlecruisers from us, our fast guns are more advanced than theirs, and our artillery has a faster rate of fire and a longer range than the other party, so we are not afraid, you must know that striking iron is also hard. Okay, let's not talk about it, tonight on behalf of His Majesty the King, I will entertain the members of the delegation of the Great Qing Kingdom, and the elder will go back to prepare for it in a while, and meet at the Blue Ocean Hotel in the evening. ”

"Then thank you, Foreign Secretary, and thank you to His Majesty the King on behalf of the old man."

Zhao Erxun returned to the hotel and told Sheng Xuanhuai and others about the results and process of the negotiations, and all the delegates fell into deep thought, is the Lanfang Chinese too strong or the blood of the Han people in the mainland has been worn out? Why did the same Chinese turn from sheep to lions a few years after leaving the Qing Dynasty? For the sake of the same Chinese, the Lanfang Kingdom spares no effort to help the people of the Great Qinghua Dynasty, maybe one day the Lanfang Kingdom will occupy the territory of the Great Qing Kingdom, and it is not a bad thing to be under the rule of the Lanfang Kingdom.

Blue Ocean Hotel is one of the largest hotels in Shangjing, and due to its proximity to the kingdom, there are many government offices around, and many government entertainment is placed here. The hotel has been expanded and renovated once, and from the outside it looks magnificent, and all the dishes are made in strict accordance with Chinese traditions, and many chefs are also recruited from the mainland, which is very popular with Lanfang government officials.

Also present at the banquet was Premier Chung Do-woo. Zheng Daoyou's main purpose was to preach the current policy of the Lanfang Kingdom to the delegation, deepen the exchanges between the Qing Kingdom and the Lanfang Kingdom, and pave the way for Yuan Shikai to come to power in the future.

In the evening, Zhang Wei hosted a banquet in the palace for Zhou Xuexi, the representative sent by Yuan Shikai, as well as Yuan Shikai's two sons, Yuan Keding and Yuan Kewen.

Zhou Xuexi came with Yuan Keding and Yuan Kewen, these two sons have been hostages in the Lanfang Kingdom for almost 3 months, this meeting was particularly cordial, and the two first greeted Zhou Xuexi according to the etiquette of the juniors.

Zhou Xuexi saw that the two of them were much darker now, but they were stronger, more stable and more polite, if they were in China before, the two of them would not have so much to say to themselves.

Zhou Xuexi asked some questions about study and life, and the two said that they were very satisfied with life, and they lived, studied, and trained with military students from the Qing Dynasty, and they didn't feel lonely, especially Yuan Kewen, who put all his energy on studying, and was the first in the school every time he took the theoretical exam, which made Zhou Xuexi feel very happy, but he was compared to his younger brother, Yuan Keding seemed very lost, and Zhou Xuexi and Yuan Kewen, who were excited, did not notice.

For the Lanfang Kingdom did not treat the two sons specially, did not treat them as hostages, but did their best to cultivate, Zhou Xuexi was relieved, this is for long-term consideration, if Yuan Shikai knows the situation here, he can accept the Lanfang Kingdom's approach.

When they arrived at the palace, the guards immediately ushered them into the restaurant, and at this time Zhang Wei, Lu Weimin and Li Zhaoshui were already waiting for them in the restaurant.

Now that the Lanfang Kingdom did not kneel and salute, Zhou Xuexi hurriedly bowed forward.

Zhang Wei took Zhou Xuexi's hand forward and said, "You're welcome, it's like you're at home here." ”

"Your Majesty is too gracious."

Yuan Keding and Yuan Kewen were dressed in military uniforms and hurriedly marched forward to salute.

Lu Weimin arranged for everyone to sit down, and let the service staff serve wine and food.

Zhou Xuexi, Yuan Keding, and Yuan Kewen did not expect that the king of the Lanfang Kingdom was so young, and it should be said that he was not yet an adult, but fortunately, Lu Weimin and Li Zhaoshui were both wearing military uniforms, and only Zhang Wei was wearing civilian clothes, so he did not recognize the wrong person.

Zhang Wei first said to the two sons: "I am a little younger than the two of you, I can be counted as a person of the same generation, you are not welcome here, you two have been here for so long, and I have been busy with the war against Japan, and I have not come to communicate with you, I will have an extra drink in a while to make amends to the two of you." “

The Yuan brothers hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Majesty is polite!" “

Zhang Wei waved his hand for the brothers to sit down, and said: "Sit down, you're welcome, if you all stand up and talk, then we don't have to eat." You two don't think I'm taking you hostage, in fact, I'm helping Weiting train a successor, I don't want his son to become a gentleman, I plan you to study in the Lanfang Kingdom for 6 years, study in the military academy for 2 years, train in the army for 1 year, and then go to the administrative academy to study for 2 years, and then go to the local government for 1 year, starting from the mayor, if I feel suitable, I will let you go back after 6 years, if I feel dissatisfied, you have been studying in the Lanfang Kingdom, so I hope you must work hard, Don't make me look down on you. “

When the two brothers heard that they were not trained as hostages, but as successors, the big stone in their hearts finally landed, and they looked very happy, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, we will study and train hard, and we will definitely not disgrace Your Majesty and my father." ”

Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, 1 entrance exam, 2 monthly exams, Yuan Kewen has performed well, and he has won the first place in the academy twice in the cultural theory class, that is, the military practice course and military skills course still need to be strengthened, and the body is still weaker, and the physical exercise should be strengthened in the future." ”

"Very good, then relax tonight and eat well, it's not as good as eating at home in the academy."

In order to entertain good guests, today's special northern dishes, authentic Lu cuisine, the main dishes are braised sea cucumber with green onions, nine turns of large intestine, jade belt shrimp, prawns, red grilled shark's fin, fried double crispy, fairy duck, pot roasted elbow, etc.; The soup is bird's nest in clear soup; It is also accompanied by some vegetables; In order to feed the two brothers, a Texas grilled chicken was also served alone.

After the meal, guards were sent to send the two brothers back to the military academy, and everyone came to Zhang Wei's study.

Zhou Xuexi spoke first after everyone sat down: "This time, on behalf of the Governor, I came to participate in the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China in my private capacity, and I hope to get strong support from your country. ”

Lu Weimin said: "For the sake of a smooth transition of power, don't be anxious for the time being, after you go back, you still have to make it clear to Governor Yuan that his foundation is still too weak, that is, now that he occupies the whole country, he doesn't have so many government officials to manage the provinces of the country for him, if he can't manage it, it is easy for careerists to take advantage of it, leading to domestic warlord scuffle, so now it is necessary to increase the dispatch of overseas students to the Lanfang Kingdom, and you can train thousands of county-level cadres in 3 years, as for the military cadres, in addition to studying in the Lanfang Kingdom, We propose to expand the Baoding Army Academy and open another army academy in the border special region, so that it can train enough grassroots cadres in three years; As for the provincial administrative personnel, they are not trained in a short period of time, and we will assist some of them when the time comes, and after you have trained qualified personnel, we will withdraw these personnel. After you go back, tell the governor to make every effort to expand the army, first make up the six towns of Beiyang, rebuild the 4th town and the 6th town, as for the original 4th town and the sixth town transferred to the frontier, they have been split and replenished with soldiers, it is already the 1st to 4th town in the frontier Next year there will be 4 towns in the frontier, and then there will be 8 towns in the frontier, and when the army of the governor of Yuan reaches 25 towns, you can raise troops at any time, so that the Qing Dynasty will give the throne to the governor, with the protection of the army and the support of the Lanfang Kingdom, I hope that the regime can be smoothly transitioned. ”

As soon as he heard that so many troops were needed, Zhou Xuexi was stunned, how much money is needed to feed the army? Even the entire Qing Dynasty can't afford to raise so many troops now. The 25 towns reached 300,000 troops, and the annual salary alone reached 30 million taels of silver, not counting food, clothing, equipment, etc., without hundreds of millions of funds, they didn't dare to consider so many troops, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, the Chief of the General Staff, our Great Qing Kingdom can't afford to raise so many troops, and we don't have so much money." ”

Lu Weimin said: "This is raised from four aspects, first, our Lanfang Kingdom gave Governor Yuan a low-interest loan of 30 million taels of silver per year; The second is to help you develop industry and commerce, and you Beiyang will earn a part of it yourself; the third is that the Qing court wants to allocate a part; Fourth, a portion of the Japanese assets auctioned off and a portion of the "Xincho Treaty," which Japan canceled every year, was appropriated. This is almost enough to raise the cost of soldiers, if there are not so many troops, it is to let the Qing Dynasty Chan give up the throne, and the governor will not be able to sit on the throne of the emperor, if it causes a domestic warlord scuffle, it will become a sinner of history, so everything must be a smooth transition as the main purpose. “

"So what kind of industrial and commercial projects can your country help build? There are no good management talents in China, and I am afraid that I will not only not make money, but also lose money. “

Zhang Wei took over and said: "You can have any project you want, do you want to target it for the time being?" The assistance we are considering is the production line of guns, the production line of bullets, the textile factory, the printing and dyeing factory, the coal machinery, the iron ore machinery, the iron and steel factory, the food factory, the match factory, the chemical factory, the flour factory, the machinery factory, etc., as for the business, I propose to hand over all the grain and salt business of our country to you Beiyang to operate, and the profits earned will be enough for you to feed the army. “

"And when will it start?"

Zhang Wei said: "After the end of this meeting, we will start to act. (To be continued.) )

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