However, Li Hui praised the navy's approach, not only because the system is cheap and the actual cost is far less high, but also because the navy will not be able to take the entire island of Singapore before the arrival of subsequent reinforcements, so where can the half a month saved be compared with a mere one million taels of silver?

With this extra half month, the Chinese army could ensure control of all of Malaya before the arrival of the British expeditionary fleet, so that the actions of the other side could be grasped in advance; The Navy's 10 warships, especially the six Haitian-class armored cruisers, also have plenty of time to maintain and repair to ensure that they are in excellent condition in the event of a decisive battle, and as long as this is ensured, China will be invincible in this war. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After confirming that China has become invincible, some of the emergency measures taken by Li Hui in order to keep secrets can finally be lifted, such as the foreigners in China, who were almost all under house arrest, including diplomats from various countries, finally regained their freedom. Well, there are still thousands of people who have been convicted and sentenced to prison still have to continue to serve their sentences, and those Western diplomats are naturally very dissatisfied with this, but the new Chinese government has not even given a clear explanation for the Western diplomats who were killed before and after the occupation of the embassy district, and the matter of these ordinary foreigners can only be postponed further.

In addition to the diplomats who had to stay in China because of their responsibilities, most of the other foreigners who came to China were frightened after the turmoil and were impatient to return to China as soon as they regained their freedom, but a few particularly bold reporters kicked their noses in the face after being released and offered to interview Li Hui, the leader of China's new regime.

Li Hui's current schedule is quite tight, and he was going to refuse, but after hearing the name of one of the reporters, he changed his mind, "This should be Morrisun, right?" How did he become a journalist now? ”

"How do you know? It is true that I have not signed a contract with the media yet, and now I can only say that I am a traveler, but as long as this interview is successful, there will definitely be a newspaper to contact me......", Mo Lixun couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Li Hui's questioning, but he was not overly surprised when he thought that the other party might have made a judgment based on professional habits.

Morrison had obviously done his homework before he came, knowing that Li Hui had a "prejudice" against the so-called "explorers", so he said that he was a "traveler" rather than an "explorer" that Westerners in China were more accustomed to talking about, but he did not know that Li Hui knew a lot about his life, and any cover-up he made was useless.

However, among the more famous foreigners who came to China at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Morrison was already regarded as one of the more friendly to China, not to mention that few people could just evaluate the Boxer Rebellion more objectively, and the reason why Li Hui was willing to accept his interview was that he wanted to use him to let ordinary people in the West understand the Datong Party and the nascent China better, and to prevent Western governments from wantonly demonizing and propagating New China and the Datong Party. His appreciation of Morrison himself is also an important reason that cannot be ignored.

Morrison has been in China for a relatively short time, and his Chinese skills are naturally not very good, so Li Hui directly conversed with him in English (Tianjin Machinery Bureau and Weihaiwei Base have English-speaking environments, and Li Hui's "dumb English" foundation is quite solid, so he has made rapid progress, and now he is quite fluent in spoken English. Mo Lixun was taken aback slightly, but compared to Li Hui's great achievements, being able to speak a foreign language is really nothing, so he just praised it and didn't ask more.

Although Li Hui handed Morrison a copy of the English version of "A Brief History of Momen", which was printed in two days, because of cultural differences, Morrison was still a little confused after reading it, and asked, "General Li, what kind of organization is 'Momen'?" If you can, it would be nice to cite a similar organization that has appeared in the history of the West......"

"There is no such organization in the West, and if you insist on finding the most similar one, then only the 'Pythagorean school', which integrates politics, academia, and religion, should be somewhat similar, right? However, the difference is also obvious, the Pythagoreans were mostly from the upper class, while the Momen were the complete opposite for most of the time, and its members were mainly from the lower classes, and the Pythagoreans valued art, while the Momen had long been disgusted with art and extremely pragmatic, which was more like the Calvinists, and the strict precepts were also similar. However, from the point of view that the members are all scholars or experts, it is the 'Pythagorean school' that is closest to ......," Li Hui replied as he pondered.

"Oh, is that true?" After hearing this, Morrison opened his mouth wide in disbelief, and then quickly gave birth to a question, "General Li, you should also be a 'ink master', right?" You say that the 'ink masters' are all scholars or experts, but are you the one yourself? ”

Li Hui nodded with a smile and admitted without modesty, "Yes, for example, the Haitian-class armored cruiser was designed by me, but ship design is just my hobby, including political and military." When I was a teenager, I mainly focused on biology, chemistry and medicine, but after returning to China, I had to plan a revolution, and then I had to command the unification war, so professional research could only be put aside temporarily, and even the antituberculosis pills that had just been successfully tested in clinical trials were actually the results of the previous ......"

After hearing about the efficacy of the "antituberculosis pill", Morrison's expression immediately became extremely exciting, a new medicine to cure terminal diseases, which in itself can already cause a sensation in the world, and Li Hui will become a world-recognized top pharmaceutical expert. In terms of warship design, although Li Hui only has the achievement of Haitian-class cruise, he is also qualified to rank among the world's top designers. It is not easy for two completely unrelated research fields to reach the world's leading level, and it is even more unbelievable if you look at Li Hui's age, and the Chinese Revolutionary Army's devastating performance on various battlefields in the past month or so has also been achieved under his leadership......

In the face of Mo Lixun's heartfelt admiration, Li Hui was modest, "Actually, I'm not as powerful as you think, mainly because there are many talents in our Momen, so that our army has advanced weapons and excellent officers to use, so we can be invincible." Including the strength of the Haitian-level patrol also depends on the many advanced technologies mastered by Momen, as for the design, in fact, it is far from perfect......" (To be continued.) )