Luke Wright made a chicken and dog jump in the Philippines, and many Chinese, Japanese and Americans were killed, and the spearhead was pointed at the Lanfang Kingdom, and later Governor Luke Wright announced that the main messenger behind it was the Japanese. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Japanese also wondered that the Chinese spies here had just been sent out, and they would not have achieved results so quickly.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Lanfang also issued a statement that these people have nothing to do with the Kingdom of Lanfang.

Luke Wright feels that it is only in the Philippines, and cannot stir up the whole world situation, after all, the center of the world is still in Europe, and finally sent personnel to Hanoi, Singapore and other places to make trouble, not only the United States will die, but France, Germany, and Britain will all die, so that everyone attaches importance to this matter.

While Governor Luke Wright was busy making trouble, Johnson arrived in Shangjing to visit Foreign Secretary Hua Guoqiang.

Johnson introduced to Hua Guoqiang the policy of the United States, which is to hope to do business with other countries, and does not mean to target any country. The United States has a strong industrial strength, and now that the Lanfang Kingdom has just been built, the United States can provide the materials it needs, and it will be sold to the Lanfang Kingdom at a very low price, which is a good thing for both parties. In addition, the U.S. government has decided that citizens who hold passports of the Kingdom of Lanfang are not within the scope of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and the two countries can be friends.

Hua Guoqiang also introduced the policy of the Lanfang Kingdom, the Lanfang Kingdom hopes to live in peace with all countries, the Lanfang Kingdom is an independent country, not a vassal of the Qing Dynasty, the United States treats the Lanfang Kingdom like this, it is an insult to the Lanfang Kingdom, so it was unwilling to interact with the United States before, and has not sent an ambassador to the United States, and now the United States can adjust its policy in a timely manner, and the Lanfang Kingdom welcomes this attitude.

Johnson proposed to let the Lanfang Kingdom take out a loan, Hua Guoqiang said that for the time being, the Lanfang Kingdom does not need new loans, the previous loans from Germany and France have not been spent, and now if they borrow from the United States, it will cause a waste of funds, and they will definitely contact the United States for loans when needed.

Johnson feels that there has been a certain change in the attitude of the Lanfang Kingdom towards the United States, which is a good thing, and he can't rush it, he can only do it slowly, and when the two sides reach mutual trust, everything will be easy to do.

Johnson and Hua Guoqiang also exchanged views on the current international situation and international relations.

Hua Guoqiang expressed his willingness to establish friendly diplomatic relations with any country under the condition of equality and mutual benefit, the Lanfang Kingdom is now in the construction period, and needs the help of friends at any time, of course, the United States will also become one of the friends of the Lanfang Kingdom.

When Johnson asked about the sale of French battleships and destroyers by the Kingdom of Lanfang.

Hua Guoqiang said that this is just a normal business dealing, of course, any country can buy the battleships, cruisers and destroyers of the Lanfang Kingdom as long as it can pay a starting price, and all countries are treated equally. The main reason is that the Lanfang Kingdom does not have such a large financial resource to support so many battleships, which is also to reduce military expenditures and concentrate limited resources on economic construction.

Johnson also said that recently, the Japanese have often done bad things under the banner of the Lanfang Kingdom, but under the investigation of the US police force, it was found that these things were planned by the Japanese, the purpose of which was to prevent chaos in the world, hoping that the Lanfang Kingdom and the United States of America would fight, so that they could sit back and reap the benefits.

Hua Guoqiang said that the Qing people are self-purifying, the Lanfang Kingdom is a peace-loving country, never takes the initiative to attack other countries, hopes for world peace, and the people's lives are rich.

Johnson said that the United States absolutely believes that the Lanfang Kingdom is a peace-loving country, mainly because Japan is a restless country in East Asia, always wants to make war money, and after tasting the sweetness of the First Sino-Japanese War, it has continuously launched wars, first occupying the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan Island, and the Korean Peninsula, and then launching the Russo-Japanese War, which displaced millions of people in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty and made them miserable, and now they want to provoke a war between the Lanfang Kingdom and the United States, and they are out-and-out warmakers.

Hua Guoqiang said that the Lanfang Kingdom very much hopes to contribute to regional peace and stability and shoulder the responsibility of a regional power, but now that the Lanfang Kingdom has just been built, its energy is focused on economic construction, and it is really powerless against Japan.

Johnson said he would report the matter to the U.S. government.

That night, Hua Guoqiang reported the contents of the talks with the American envoy to Zhang Wei, and Zhang Wei thought to himself that this was the United States trying to kill people with a knife and provoke the Japanese to go to war with the Lanfang Kingdom.

Hua Guoqiang thought for a while and said, Your Majesty, if we don't tell the Japanese about this matter, let's say that the United States wants to provoke us to start a war with Japan, and see how the Japanese choose, so that they can put pressure on the Americans, and we can also win free assistance from the United States.

Zhang Wei said that we should wait first and see the attitude of the Americans before making a decision, otherwise it is easy to startle the snake and let Japan have preparations in advance, which is not conducive to our future actions.

Zhang Wei thought for a while and asked, since we want free assistance from the United States, then we don't need to fight Mindanao for the time being, and we should let the pirate army stop attacking.

So he immediately picked up the phone and asked Li Zhaoshui.

Li Zhaoshui said that they had already arranged for them to suspend their operations, otherwise they would have taken Mindanao now, and it was really not cost-effective to lose one Mindanao for the sake of this kind of assistance.

Zhang Wei told him that the most important task now is to get 200 million yuan in free aid from the Americans, and in addition, before defeating Japan, there should be no conflict with the United States, and after defeating Japan, we should find an opportunity to clean up the Yankees.

Johnson sent a telegram to the US Secretary of State on the same day, saying that the Lanfang Kingdom now has no intention of starting a war, concentrating on economic construction, and even sold 2 battleships in exchange for money to develop the economy, and hopes to receive free aid from the United States.

After discussing with the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of the Navy, they felt that the Lanfang Kingdom really had no intention of competing for regional hegemony, and that the sale of battleships was obviously in exchange for money, but in fact, it was to reassure the surrounding forces and gain time to develop the economy, and it was very difficult to provoke a war between Japan and the Lanfang Kingdom, and they could only be allowed to fight unless they were given sufficient free assistance.

The President of the United States said that it was more cost-effective to spend money to let them go to war than to directly participate in the war himself, but he didn't know how big the appetite of the Lanfang Kingdom was; In addition, can the Ranfang Kingdom still be an opponent of the Japanese Navy after selling 2 battleships?

The Minister of the Navy said that if there is less, it will definitely not be able to impress the Lanfang Kingdom, and the 2 battleships they sold are worth nearly 20 million US dollars, and they will not look at it if they are less, at least 100 million US dollars will be needed to make the Lanfang Kingdom have something to say; Don't look at the Lanfang Kingdom buried 2 battleships, even if he doesn't use battleships, the Japanese are not opponents, and their 6 battlecruisers Japan can't deal with.

The secretary of state said that even $100 million is a good deal, and you must know that the United States just cleaned up the indigenous people of the Philippines, and the cost will reach more than $1 billion, and there will be so many casualties among officers and soldiers, and if there is a war with Japan, the scale will be many times stronger, and the cost will be expanded by geometric multiples, and $100 million is too cost-effective.

The Secretary of State sent a telegram to Johnson, asking him to continue talks with the Lanfang Kingdom, and if they could go to war with Japan, the United States could provide 100 million US dollars to the Lanfang Kingdom free of charge.

After half a month of ink, Hua Guoqiang and Johnson finally reached a verbal agreement, and the Kingdom of Lanfang lived in harmony with the Philippine colonies of the United States; The United States donated $200 million to the Kingdom of Lanfang for economic development; The Kingdom of Lanfang guaranteed a war with Japan within 1 year; The United States will support the military operations between the Kingdom of Lanfang and Japan behind the scenes.

What's more, because the Lanfang Kingdom has Lanfang-class battleships, France has purchased 2 Lanfang-class battleships, and Britain has revealed that 1 Dreadnought-class battleship has been launched, and the performance is not much different from the Lanfang-class battleships.