Wang Sirui has never been a person with magnanimity, and his belly is not very good, especially when dealing with foreign enemies, Wang Sirui's attitude can almost be described as a small belly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And the Japanese are the first day after Wang Sirui came to this world, and he made up his mind to destroy the country.

What was the purpose of deliberately forcing the Japanese army to send troops to the Northeast? In addition to showing off his muscles to foreigners, another reason is to deter those local warlords in the country and pave the way for his future reunification.

Of course, there is another very important reason, that is, Wang Sirui wants to do everything possible to weaken Japan's war potential.

However, the pedantic court of the Manchu Qing Dynasty dug a big hole for Wang Sirui, which Wang Sirui had to accept, and even seriously slowed down Wang Sirui's pace.

Now that the war is over, it is natural for the two sides to hold peace talks. This has been a rule since ancient times, even if the two countries did not declare war this time, Wang Sirui will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

Regarding this negotiation, Wang Sirui appointed Wang Shizhen to be fully responsible, although Wang Sirui had a tough attitude, but the hole dug by the Qing court for him this time was too big, so that Wang Sirui could not fill it at one time.

However, Wang Sirui's attitude towards Japan was very tough, and he wiped out all the benefits paid to Japan in the Xinchou Treaty, and the treaties of the other powers continued to be implemented.

On the first day of negotiations, however, the process of negotiations reached an impasse. The Russians applauded Wang Shizhen's solution and agreed very much, and the rest of the countries neither opposed nor supported it, anyway, it was a neutral attitude, as long as you can guarantee my interests, what other love is, take care of my affairs?

In addition to the Japanese, the British were strongly opposed, and the French expressed their unacceptability, hoping that Wang Sirui could think carefully before making a decision.

The British intervened in this war, and as Britain's future allies, the Japanese not only lost watermelons, but also did not even pick up sesame seeds, which was somewhat unacceptable to the British.

After all, in the Xinchou Treaty, Japan was able to get more than 30 million taels of silver, with a total of more than 70 million taels of silver in principal and interest. If Japan is unable to get this reparation, then where will Japan get the funds to develop itself? If the Japanese can't develop, what can they use to confront Russia?

The reason why Britain is close to Japan is that it hopes that Japan will be able to contain Russia in the Far East and prevent Russia from exerting too much pressure on the European region.

Of course, if the British chose an ally to be Wang Sirui, then they would like Wang Sirui to remove all the things about Japan from the treaty, and even wish that Japan would in turn allocate a large amount of money to Wang Sirui.

It's just a pity that all this can only be in fantasy.

Although Wang Sirui has recently shown strong combat effectiveness, it even gave the British a sign that even if they went to war with the Russians, they would not necessarily be defeated.

But Wang Sirui is not orthodox after all, and the Qing Kingdom is currently faintly fragmented. In the same way, what the British needed was a decaying, unified Manchu, not a strong Wang Sirui, after all, the British still needed to ensure their own interests.

What can the Japanese do when they become stronger? After all, Japan is only an island country, and as long as the Japanese dare not follow the instructions of the British, then the Far East Fleet can easily blockade Japan, so that he will not be able to get the slightest supply from the outside world. On the other hand, the Qing State could not do this, even if the sea area was blocked, what could it do? Even if they don't need overseas resources, they can be self-sufficient, and such a Qing country is not what the British need, nor is it what the British want to see.

"Stick to our bottom line, don't break through easily, the longer this matter drags on, the more beneficial it will be for us, and it is best to drag it out for three or five years, ten years or eight years." Wang Sirui smiled, not caring about the progress of the negotiations.

Anyway, Japan will not be able to continue the war in the short term, even if the British are willing to lend money to Japan and support them to continue the war with Wang Sirui.

Then within a year, this war will not be able to be fought.

The 3rd and 5th Divisions, which had lost more than half of them, had to return to China for rest and replenishment, and they could even meet that neither division would be able to leave their homeland in the next two or three years.

And Japan itself only has more than 10 permanent divisions and regiments, so how easy is it to expand armaments and warfare? This time, three divisions were drawn to fight in the northeast, and this was already the limit of Japan. And the losses are so great, if the Japanese still dare to continue the war in the short term, then the first enemy they face will definitely not be Wang Sirui, but their own people.

Therefore, according to Wang Sirui's judgment, it is impossible for the Japanese to re-launch the war at least in the next two years. If we count the negotiation sparring, the return of the 3rd and 5th Divisions for reorganization, the pacification of the country, the search for loans from Britain, and so on, I am afraid that there will be no new war in three years.

And three years later, to what extent will Wang Sirui's strength swell? According to Wang Sirui's five-year expansion plan, if there is no accident in three years, then Wang Sirui will have almost 500,000 combatable soldiers and 200,000 to 250,000 recruits.

Excluding the troops that were deployed in various places, once the war broke out, the limit of the troops that Wang Sirui could send to the front line at the first time was about 35 to 400,000.

And how much can the British lend to Japan? Will the Japanese be able to support an expedition of 200,000 troops? Not to mention anything else, the logistical supply of these 200,000 troops alone can drag the Japanese to death.

Therefore, in the short term, the Japanese cannot pose a threat to themselves. And Wang Sirui is not stupid one-size-fits-all, this time he only cut off the benefits of the Japanese, but for the interests of other powers, Wang Sirui did not make changes, and still paid according to the order.

And this move, invisibly, also invisibly won over some countries, at least to keep them neutral. Coupled with the fact that the Germans are stirring up, it can be said that Wang Sirui's life can be described as very stable.

However, solving this problem does not mean that you can be carefree from now on. If you want to completely stabilize these powers, then Wang Sirui should pay the first indemnity as soon as possible.

So here comes the question, excavators...... Ah, no! Where does the money come from?

After a series of military expansion and rectification, industrial development, Wang Sirui has little money left in his hands, if he pays this first indemnity, then it will not be long before Wang Sirui's power will collapse.

Even if Wang Sirui does not use his own money to pay these compensations, if he can't find a new source of money, then at most, Wang Sirui will be penniless for half a year.

"How is the previous showdown going on with the tax contributions to the various places?" Wang Sirui continued to ask, because Wang Sirui personally led his troops to Shengjing to fight the Japanese army, so this work was temporarily delayed.

"Up to now, the Daqing Bank has only received the first batch of three million taels of silver from Feng Guozhang, the governor of Shandong, two million taels of silver from Zhili, and four million taels of silver from the capital, totaling nine million taels of silver, and the rest of the local taxes have not arrived. In the past few months, Daqing Bank has carried out orderly operation according to the previous plan, making a total profit of 91,000 taels of silver, excluding labor and venue costs, and making a profit of 89,000 taels of silver. Qiao Zhiyong said a little tiredly, in the past few months, Qiao Zhiyong has tried his best to operate.

Even his own ticket number was closed, and Yan Weifan, the economic talent he had finally recruited, was brought to Daqing Bank as the treasurer.

But due to the long-term war in the capital, the earlier merchants ran and died, and they have not been able to recover to their heyday until now. And the Qiao family's previous resources naturally had no way to give full play to their advantages.

It can be said that it is already very good to be able to achieve a net profit of 89,000 taels in three months. After all, it's important to consider that the money didn't arrive at the same time. The first one was one million taels of silver collected here in the capital, and then intermittently there were silver of varying amounts, ranging from one or two million to hundreds of thousands of taels, and the last batch was delivered a week ago.

"Well, that's good." Wang Sirui nodded secretly, the bank can make a profit of 100,000 yuan, which Wang Sirui did not expect, and he also knows very well that the money is added to the vinegar, in one, who will lend so much money to? The market in the capital doesn't need so much silver at all.

But you can't put all this money in the warehouse and let him mold himself, right? Isn't it a general idea? Thinking of this, Wang Sirui continued: "Go to Tianjin and Shandong to see if you can expand the bank's business." In addition, remember to do a good job of review before lending to avoid dead debts as much as possible. ”

"We are planning to do this, and some time ago I also sent someone to Tianjin to take a look, and found that the business there should be slightly better than here." Qiao Zhiyong agreed that in order to avoid the occurrence of dead debts, he had to personally review all orders of more than 5,000 taels and exchange views with Yan Weifan.

"As for those feudal officials who are still waiting, send them another telegram, ordering them to send the silver taels within a month and a half, otherwise they will be severely punished." Wang Sirui said ruthlessly, because he hadn't won the war yet, so he couldn't make those ministers stop watching, but now the situation is different, he has won the war, so he will never allow those feudal officials to continue to wait and see.

"Tian Zhichao, your 19th Division will be transferred to Henan immediately, Henan Governor Zhang Renjun is in charge of Wen, you are in charge of the military, after you get there and stabilize, you will immediately start recruiting new soldiers, reorganize the 7th Division, and eliminate all those that do not meet the requirements, and form two new divisions of 25 and 26, and I will arrange the selection of division commanders before the end of your recruit period. In addition, Lao Ma sent a battalion of men to assist Lao Tian. Henan is the land card of Zhili, if even Henan can't be incorporated, I don't think we need to incorporate other places. Wang Sirui continued to order. (To be continued.) )