Chapter 197: The Council of Ministers Concluded
"I agree with what Minister Dou Nale said, as we all know, Huaxia is a country with a super large population, and the territory is also vast, and we can get a lot of benefits here now, because this country is falling into a deep sleep, and once this country wakes up, then it will become extremely terrifying, so all of us here, for whatever reason, should not try to wake up or wake up, such a sleeping lion." French Minister Stephen. After Bi Sheng finished speaking, he continued to echo.
If Dou Nale's words illustrate the change in the direction of the wind, then the words of the French Minister Stephen are undoubtedly completely dragging the little devil out, you must know that in this era, Britain and France are still the two strongest countries, and they are also the two richest countries, according to reports, in this era, Britain and France's wealth accounts for at least half of the world, because these two countries have a common characteristic, that is, on the whole world, with vast colonies.
Sure enough, as soon as Stephen's words fell, the atmosphere in the entire conference room suddenly froze, and even Conger's face became gloomy, not knowing what he was thinking, of course, the most depressed and bitter was undoubtedly Komura Shoutaro.
After all, this is a Western-centered world, even if Dongying is westernized, even if it is tighter behind the butt of the British Empire, they will not regard Dongying as their own people, and they are a little stronger, these so-called Western gentlemen will not hesitate to suppress them, and the original intervention of the three countries is the best example.
But if you suppress it, suppress it, why are you slandering me, the matter of the Black Dragon Army, the Imperial Intelligence Department has indeed been contacted, but it is only a superficial contact, and I haven't even figured out where the headquarters of the Black Dragon Army is, isn't this pure slander?
Komura Shoutaro was depressed in his heart, but he was really hard to open his mouth at the moment, because Dou Nale and Stephen at least saved some face, and did not name names, if he opened his mouth to greet him, wouldn't he take the initiative to admit it?
However, Komura Shoutaro, although he did not take the initiative to answer, but Gers, who had been staring at him, did not intend to keep him silent, because the theme of today's meeting, in addition to discussing peace with the Qing court, is mainly to force the little devil to settle down in the next period of time, otherwise, Tsarist Russia will not be able to fight the Black Dragon Army with all its might.
"In view of the strong combat effectiveness of the Black Dragon Army, our Tsarist Russia has to mobilize troops to increase troops to Heishui Province by land and sea at the same time, and must annihilate it in one fell swoop, otherwise, once they form a prairie fire, I am afraid that the whole world of the Qing court will be able to let them go, so I hope everyone can work together to eliminate this potential threat." Gers stared at Komura Shoutaro and said bluntly.
"Well, this threat should indeed be pulled out as soon as possible, but I don't know how many people and horses the Black Dragon Army has, do we need to organize a coalition army to help fight again?" The Italian minister, Raj, quickly reversed his position, which was very much in line with the Italian style.
"Hehe, if you need ,......。"
"No, no, there is no need, we have the strength and the ability to deal with our enemies."
Seeing that these guys were about to coax to organize the coalition army to fight again, and even Dou Nale and Stephen were a little moved, the Russian minister Geers hurriedly interrupted everyone's train of thought, this Buddha, it is easy to invite and send away, no matter what, Heishui Province is the traditional sphere of influence of Tsarist Russia, if these guys put their hands in, then don't want to let people let go easily.
"Well, it's just a few bandits, and there is no need to organize any coalition forces with the 80,000 troops of Tsarist Russia." Dou Nale had to put away his thoughts, be content, the benefits he got before have made Tsarist Russia hemorrhage, and it is enough to keep his position as ambassador, if he is not greedy enough, and wants to take the opportunity to kill others, I am afraid that Tsarist Russia will go berserk, and then don't lose more than he gains.
"It doesn't matter if the coalition forces are not coalition forces, I think, as Ambassador Gels said, this time we must annihilate the bandits in one go, and we can't let them grow stronger, otherwise, the sleeping lion of Huaxia will really wake up, we have to help the Qing court to support their country well, only in this way can we ensure our interests in China, what do you think?" French Minister Stephen Fu added.
"I support this resolution." Raj chimed in again.
"Well, I'm okay with that." The Austro-Hungarian Minister Sophier nodded.
Raj expressed his support, Sofiel expressed his support, not to mention Britain and France, not to mention Tsarist Russia, there are only the American Minister Conger and Komura Shoutaro left, Conger doesn't care, but I feel that the face is a little unbearable, after all, although the United States is now economically developed, but the military strength is very vegetable, although there are many interests in China, but there are few in the three eastern provinces, almost not involved, seeing Dou Nale so supportive, he nodded his head to express his support.
Only the Minister of Dongying, Komura Shoutaro, fell into silence and anger, this is the so-called Western gentleman, this is a blatant suppression, there is no doubt that this meeting is mainly aimed at Dongying, because Dongying is separated from the three eastern provinces by a strait, and Dongying rarely has a large number of garrisons in Korea, and there are also garrisons in Mukden, if you really want to take advantage of the Tsarist Russia's war against the Black Dragon Army, and ignite the fire in Mukden and Jilin, it is really easy.
In fact, since a few days ago, the head of intelligence in Heishui Province, Komoto Taro, met with the top level of the Black Dragon Army, and after learning the news that Tsarist Russia and the Black Dragon Army were about to fight, the top level of Dongying started a discussion on whether to send troops, of course, there has been no result so far, but now that Britain and France are taking the lead in uniting all the powers to exert pressure, it seems that the domestic debate should also have a result.
"I will send your opinions back home."
After Komura Shoutaro threw down this sentence, he left the conference hall with a gloomy face.
"This savage Dongying monkey is too rude, isn't it?"
"Hahaha."
As soon as Komura Shoutaro left, Gers immediately laughed, and although the rest of the people did not speak, everyone except Conger smiled, because they had won, or perhaps, deep down, they all thought that Komura Shoutaro was not qualified to sit here in the first place.
"Well, guys, now we're going to delve into the issue of peace talks with the Qing court." Dou Nale naturally took over the leadership of the meeting, and continued: "The Qing court still has tens of thousands of troops in Yanjing, Zhili and Hebei, and these troops are eyeing the surrounding areas, I don't think this is suitable for our next negotiations, so, I think Geers's suggestion is very good, let's put pressure on the Qing court together, let the Qing court transfer these troops to the three eastern provinces to suppress bandits, of course, in order to let them go quickly, I think the Qing court should hire our warships, and when the time comes, everyone's asking price should not be too high." ”
"Haha, how could it be, our warships are cheap."
"Yes, at most ten taels of silver."
…… (To be continued.) )