Order in Singapore was restored quickly, and of course, the assistance of the local Chinese was indispensable. As the interim governor of Singapore, Qin Han is very satisfied with the efficiency of the local Chinese, although they do not have the efficient style of those officials in China. But he did things vigorously and resolutely, and he did not inferior to domestic officials in the slightest.

Qin Han's official residence is located in the former British Governor's Palace, and Qin Han still can't believe his appointment. The people in the expeditionary fleet thought that it would be the Minister of Southeast Asian Affairs, Li Xin, who would be the interim governor of Singapore, but no one thought that the emperor's decree would specify Qin Han to take this position. After meeting with a large number of local Chinese and thinking twice, Qin Han decided to ask the emperor to strengthen and repair Singapore's defenses and build Singapore into a solid fortress, so as to extend the war beyond the country. In Qin Han's view, as long as Singapore is firmly stuck in the throat of Malacca, it is impossible for the British to let go of attacking Chinese mainland. Then the nail on Singapore must be removed. It's the same as leading the war out of the country. At the same time, he wrote in the newspaper that the empire must strengthen the defense of Malacca if it wants to prevent external troubles. Then it gradually invaded the Indian Ocean, turning the scourge of the sea into wealth, and if the empire controlled the Indian Ocean, it could control the world.

After the recital sent away, Qin Han did not blindly wait for the holy decree, he discussed with Li Xin, if the British want to recapture Singapore, the fleet is not enough, and the fleet must be assembled, and the Empire's East African fleet in the Indian Ocean is also a great threat to Britain and India, so the British will not come in a short time. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we should send a large amount of supplies to Singapore. At the same time, a large amount of food and military supplies were purchased from the surrounding areas, and artillery and ammunition were transported here from Lanfang and the southern coast. Li Xin took Qin Han's words seriously, and personally led part of the South China Sea Combined Fleet back to Lanfang and Hong Kong to transport military supplies.

Since the implementation of these measures, there has been an endless stream of ships in Singapore's ports, and some merchant ships from France, the United States, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries have also sold goods here.

On this day, Qin Han was inspecting the construction progress of the additional fort at the port, and a soldier came to report, and the government sent someone to wait in the governor's palace.

Qin Han secretly wondered that the government envoy came so quickly, the report had just been sent away for ten days, and even if there was a railway and a telegraph in Guangzhou, it was impossible to return now.

After thinking about it carefully, Qin Han realized that the envoy who negotiated with the Johor Kingdom must have returned.

Although there was still a lot of work at hand, Qin Han was still ready to go back to find out the news on the other side. Qin Han entrusted the most important work to Xu Jibing, the commander of the 31st Infantry Division, and he asked Xu Jibing to lead his soldiers to build a defensive trench at the location he had determined, and the front of the trench should be covered with bamboo sticks and iron thorns.

These positions were carefully calculated by Qin Han and were just outside the effective range of the naval guns. The purpose of this was self-evident, Qin Han did not intend to fight under the cover of the British naval guns, and this would reduce the scope of Singapore's defenses. All the residences that were too close to the shore, Qin Han had already ordered them to be abandoned. These strongholds were mainly on some highlands that had some support. In addition, Qin Han brought a large number of new grenades from China, and these grenades were no longer thrown with special grenades like Western countries. Because of the quality of the new explosives, the grenades made in China are basically not much different from the grenades of the 20th century, and each soldier is equipped with a base of five. Now, in order to deal with the imminent counterattack of the British, Qin Han asked to go back to the fleet that transported military funds and transport more grenades.

After arranging to Xu Jibing, Qin Han said to Lu Jingsheng, a Singaporean Chinese: "I still want to trouble Mr. to lead the people in the police station to keep the spies tight, those curfew orders have been released, so I won't say more." Have all the major roads on the streets put up notices for the beheading of a big ox at noon? ”

Speaking of this, Lu Jingsheng interceded for Zhang Daniu and said: "Your Excellency, everything is inevitable when you are in chaos that night, not to mention that Zhang Daniu killed only an Englishman,"

Qin Han said firmly: "Mr. Lu probably didn't know that Zhang Daniu raped and then killed the British woman. He has to be killed, and now the hearts of Singaporeans are unstable, among which there are many foreigners, these foreigners come from all over the world, and every move of our Chinese soldiers in Singapore represents the image of China. We are the teachers of kings, the teachers of benevolence and righteousness. If you can't make an example of a hundred, foreigners will think that my squadron is just a group of barbarians. After they went out, they spread ten, ten and hundred, how can I be the teacher of the king, how can I convince people, and why can I gain a foothold in Singapore. You don't have to say much, kill! ”

After listening to Qin Han's words, Lu Jingsheng was speechless, and even Wang Dayong, the commander of the 30th Infantry Division who originally wanted to intercede, did not speak, although Wang Dayong's qualifications were quite old, but during this period of time, Qin Han's strict management of the army and far-sighted wisdom left a deep impression on him, and Wang Dayong finally did not open his mouth for such a commander's decision.

Besides, when Qin Han returned to the Governor's Palace, he saw that the cabinet was Guo Baicang, deputy director of Southeast Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Speaking of which, Qin Han and Guo Baicang have known each other in the capital, at that time Guo Baicang had just returned from studying in Europe and was interning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while Qin Han came back from the Northeast to report on his work in the military department. The two departments are not far apart, and when the cabinet distributes salaries, the lists of the two are one after the other, so they often see each other, although Qin Han is a system member, he and Guo Baicang have a good conversation. Today's meeting made both of them extremely happy, and Qin Han hurriedly asked people to serve fragrant tea. Invite Guo Baichang into the seat.

Guo Baicang looked left and right at the Governor's Palace, which was full of Western atmosphere, Guo Baicang was not unfamiliar with these Western buildings, when he traveled around the European continent, he was also well-informed, and it was not uncommon for these Western buildings to be seen. Today, Guo Baicang reunited with his old friends, and what made him even more emotional in his heart was that Qin Han had become a member of the party from the head of the first division. At that moment, Guo Baicang said: "Today, Boyi, you are already an important minister of the empire, and everything is unpredictable. I think about you and me. Often noisy for a game of Go. When I think of the past today, it seems like I was born just yesterday. It's interesting. ”

Qin Han said with a smile: "Pu Qiu is an indifferent person, but if he wants to compete with me for a son, I naturally want to make a fuss." ”

Guo Baicang took a sip of tea, smacked his lips, and said: "It's a pity that the best Pu'er tea, Boyi mixed the old tea with the new tea, and the leaf color has turned red, and the taste is old and fragrant." ”

Seeing Guo Baicang's indifferent appearance, Qin Han smiled and said, "Puqiu is still the same, and he loves tea like his life?" ”

Guo Baicang shook his head and said: "The vicissitudes of the times. Everything is passing. How can I remain the same. ”

"By the way, what do the people of the Kingdom of Johor say?"

"What else, the king of Johor agreed to the empire's protection agreement, allowing the empire to send troops in, and the empire will have one more colony."

"Great, Puqiu, you are great news for me this time, with the Johor agreement, I have a better chance of sticking to Malacca, I was worried that the British army would attack me from behind Malacca, but now as long as I send troops to Johor behind it, I will have no worries."

"Then I wish you another great victory."

"Inherit your good words, brother," Qin Han laughed heartily.

Singapore is now garrisoned with two divisions of about 30,000 men and built three bunkers, which are distributed on three sides of the island of Singapore, forming a triangular defensive formation, with 180 batteries distributed near the port of Singapore and the bunkers to the south. Around the island, a circular trench has now been dug and the trench has consciously retreated four miles from the position of the coastline. Of course, the island also has a large number of strategic supplies in stock, ready to deal with a long war.