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Bush stared at the letter written to him by Qin Lang without saying a word, trying to guess what he meant, but he could not think of anything -- apart from this sentence, he did not reveal any valuable information, neither explained how he judged this, nor explained how the situation in China would change. In the end, the senator had no choice but to think that Qin Lang's purpose was only to remind him and draw the attention of the Foreign Affairs Committee to the situation in the Far East.

"Do you think it's going to be that simple?" His friend, Deputy Admiralty Harriman, asked mockingly, with a sneering expression.

Bush blinked, then kicked the ball back. "What's better for you?"

He didn't think Harriman could see any valuable information from Qin Lang's letter, but Harriman did see Qin Lang's true intentions. "It's just that I think Qin's purpose is to tell you that he can get some information about China that the Foreign Affairs Committee and the State Department need in a timely manner but can't get in time." The Deputy Admiralty picked up his cup, drank the last bit of coffee in it, and continued, "And it's the analyzed intelligence. ”

"Do you think he wants to show his value to the Foreign Affairs Committee?"

"No, an important value for the United States of America. Clearly, Qin is well aware of what the consortium leaders and lawmakers envision for China. ”

Bush knew what Harriman meant. As ridiculous as it may seem, the consortium and some lawmakers do have a grand idea, and the government is seriously considering it: to drive Britain and France out of China and make it a sphere of influence for the United States alone.

This idea has been around for a while, so Qin Lang's plan was only involved in the Foreign Affairs Committee a few years ago; However, it is still a secret, and because of the still disparity of power between the United States and Great Britain and France, for the foreseeable future, all who know it will have to be careful to keep it safe and avoid making it public, lest it provoke an overreaction between the two targets and their rivals.

However, Bush is not surprised at all that Qin Lang would know about it; Both he and Harriman were well aware of his judgment, and guessed that the idea was a small one.

He was only curious about one thing. "This time, what does Qin want to get?"

"He won't reveal the answer until the last minute comes, and we can't guess." Harriman shrugged. Qin Lang's intentions were rarely directly exposed, and he always hid them so well that it was difficult to guess - the Admiralty had not figured out why he had proposed the design of that new warship to Dilman, which was not at all like a businessman's practice, and he had not received any benefit.

"Weird, isn't it?" Harriman said.

"There are so many oddities about this friend of ours that the minor problems of the Admiralty are nothing compared to other problems." Bush spread his hands, and then picked up the letter that Qin Lang had given him, "Just like this, I don't see any signs of change in the situation in China. ”

"Really?"

"At least that's what the report to the Foreign Affairs Committee shows."

"That's just because the Foreign Affairs Committee doesn't know enough about the situation in China — we don't even have a professional spy, let alone an efficient intelligence agency." With that, Harriman took out his pocket watch and looked at it. Should leave. He stood up, picked up his coat and hat, and finally said, "You'd better go to San Diego and talk to Qin in person." ”

"When his judgment is proven, I will go to San Diego." Bush shook his head. Whether it's leaving Washington or meeting with Qin Lang, this is not an ideal time: because of what happened in Canton Bay and Mahan's actions, lawmakers are arguing fiercely about whether he needs to punish Umbrella, and he can't and can't go to San Diego at such an important time.

Harriman knew the current situation, he didn't say anything, just nodded his head to Bush, and then pulled the door open and walked out, leaving the senator alone to think about his problem.

"Change?" He stared intently at the letter in his hand, "What change?" ”

For the time being, no one can answer this question yet, not even Qin Lang. In fact, he knows no more about the situation in China than Bush or Harriman, and perhaps even less, because he does not really have a reliable intelligence channel in China as others think, but he believes that the situation in China will change very significantly in the foreseeable future.

And the impact of this change is by no means negligible, on the contrary, it will be significant, even enough to affect China's future.

There is no doubt that this will be the case.

For there is now an element sufficient to cause change: the incident that Rachel caused in Canton Bay and the unfortunate end of the incident – undoubtedly extremely unfortunate and unbearable for the Manchu government and the Chinese who still support it – especially His Majesty the Emperor, who is still young.

It is extremely easy to deduce his thoughts, even without taking into account what is said about him in history books. Emperor Dezong of the Great Qing Empire was only twenty-five years old, and Qin Lang knew that young people of his age were just like the Yi Shui he had just met three years ago, hot-blooded, impulsive, driven, and believing that he could achieve brilliant achievements, and once he thought something was right, he would do his best to try to accomplish it, but at the same time it was difficult to bear the humiliation, and any little stimulus could cause them to become even more impulsive......

In fact, he himself should be like this; Qin Lang is also only twenty-seven years old. But in middle school, he became what he is now, calm and sane almost all the time, and only showed a little passion when it came to his hobbies - but Guangxu was not like that.

So he responds to stimuli, and he encounters strong stimuli not once, but twice: a year ago, the Venerable Emperor had just received the first major setback and humiliation of his life from the Japanese Empire, and now, an American woman had forced him to remove an important governor from office, even if it was more to the Virgin Queen Mother, and as a self-aware emperor, he would still find it unbearable, so he would definitely do something.

And there were people who supported and encouraged him, such as his teacher, Mr. Weng Tongyong, who made an indelible contribution to the eventual war between China and Japan in 1894, and other members of the upper bureaucracy known as the "Imperial Party" who supported him in full power, who did not really want change, but who were happy to see the emperor take action to wrest more power from that pesky old woman.

Those would have agitated the young emperor to act; Of course, in the end, the backbone of the Restorationists is also a group that must be considered. Even if they can't yet directly influence the emperor and can only make suggestions through various indirect and inefficient ways, their voice will eventually be heard by the emperor and seen as a guide.

It's as if it had happened before.

Of course, all of these people would have contributed to the change in the situation in China, and it was even possible that the reform movement that had taken place in 1898 would have been brought forward to 1897...... Of course, although under his operation, the form of the division of China by the great powers, which had not been formed until that year, had taken shape ahead of schedule, Qin Lang was not completely sure about this: first, he had forgotten the historical background that led to Guangxu's final decision to make the change, and second, he was not sure whether the butterfly effect he had triggered through Rachel could have such a great effect.

At this moment, the historical knowledge he has at his disposal can no longer play much of a decisive role, and only his judgment can be relied upon.

But he still lacks enough self-confidence.

"I never imagined that I would lose one of my greatest strengths so quickly." Qin Lang sighed, and then tore the letter to Morgan to shreds. The emperor of Wall Street, who is neither Bush nor Harriman, will not believe unfounded speculation, let alone engage in an activity for which he will not receive a clear or not rich return, and there is no point in writing to him now.

Of course, he will write to Morgan, but not now, though......

He thought for a moment, picked up his pen again and began to write another letter to Morgan. While it is not possible to exchange views with him on the development of the situation in China at this time, Qin Lang still has other things to communicate with him — but not a joint carbide plant, but about a proposal he had earlier.

He once suggested that Morgan send killers to eliminate Marconi and transfer his research materials to Tesla, which eventually completed the development work and Westinghouse Electric monopolized production; Of course, Morgan fully took this advice and put it into action, and Tesla's research was announced to be complete a few months ago......

Now Qin Lang wants to get a few sets of radios, no matter how they are rented, or bought, he needs them, to establish a communication network between San Diego, District 51, Guangzhou Bay, and the Vietnamese base, he does not want to transmit the company's information through the telegraph company, not to mention that the telegraph company's service has not yet been extended to the desert areas of Nevada, and Vietnam seems to have no hope.

He wants his own communication system.

However, when Qin Lang wrote this letter to Morgan, he did not know that in distant China, something had already happened that he had expected: Yang Shenxiu, a member of the "Imperial Party" and the Imperial Envoy, presented his emperor with a letter called "Current Affairs Are Difficult, and I Respect the Tribute and Discussion".

"The times are urgent, there is no way to change the old and no new ones, and there is no way to survive the immutable law", he wrote. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )