"Your Excellency, the things in the newspaper are made out of nothing, the empire is a civilized country, and will never do anything that violates international morality, we are very sympathetic to the harm suffered by the people of Shandong, but we also want to clarify that this is a conspiracy of the Germans, they can no longer defend Qingdao, and the army of the Great Newspaper is invincible in the world, so it will use this shameless trick to smear the image of the newspaper, and the patrol makes Your Excellency You are very smart and wise, and you will not have the same opinion as those stupid newspapers!"

Shan Qi really said that he was a virtue, but at this time he still refused to admit it, blindly cleverly and quibbly, since ancient times, he said that he was a virtue, and Qiao Yu's face was also gloomy.

"Mr. Consul General, since we have not reached a consensus on these basic facts, I think it is necessary to calm down and then talk about this issue!" After finishing speaking, Qiao Yu picked up the teacup, the meaning couldn't be clearer, he had already issued an eviction order, Yamaki Jiro was extremely embarrassed at this time, said that the domestic iron ore reserves were only enough for a month, and now the production was extremely busy, maybe it would not take a month at all, if Qiao Yu could not quickly succumb, then he would suffer huge losses, and Yamaki did not want to repeat Suzuki's mistakes.

"Mr. Patrol Envoy, this empire is now a member of the Entente, we have united with Britain and France to deal with the evil Germany, and we sent troops to Shandong to take back the land of China from the Germans, Qiao Patrol Envoy must not affect the diplomatic relations of various countries because of impulse!"

Yamachijiro brought Britain and France out again, wanting to use the power of the Entente to make Qiao Yu bow his head, but this method may be useful against Yuan Datou, but it has no effect on Qiao Yu.

In order to deal with Germany with all their might, Britain and France certainly needed to be on their side, but they took advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to erode China and exclude the forces of Britain and France, which these two countries did not want to see, so Britain and France might still be willing to see that they were unlucky in China.

Of course, the problem with the operation of Benben industry may affect the material production of the Entente countries, but this gap is not very large, because Sichuan has already signed a contract with Britain and France, and on the issue of the Hanyang Iron Works, Ben Xiu wants Britain to side with him.

It is with this kind of certainty that Qiao Yu dared to make trouble for himself at this time, Qiao Yu didn't pay attention to Shanqi's threat at all, seeing that Qiao Yu didn't say a word, Shanqi Jiro also knew that his threat didn't work at all, so he left the Shuai Mansion with a snort.

Shandong's problems are getting more and more troublesome, those mysterious Chinese [***] teams have not been investigated, and a new case of Yu Wen has emerged, and the atrocities of the book have been exposed to the world, Germany, Austria-Hungary have used this matter to ridicule Britain and the devil for the alliance, and even the United States has shown a dissatisfied attitude, speaking of which the United States is also coveting China's benefits, and now public opinion is becoming more and more unfavorable to the world.

Due to the collective strike of Chinese workers, the export of rice, cotton, coal and other materials has been interrupted, which is a great test for a small island country, the people of this country have been very patient, but at this time they can not stand it, many people themselves took to the streets and began to demonstrate, demanding that the political axe resolve the dispute with China as soon as possible, so that the people can survive.

On October 1, the gunboats sent by the Ben approached Hanyang, set up cannons on the Yangtze River, and demanded that the Hanyang Iron Works start as soon as possible.

When the news of Li Yuanhong's illness reached Yanjing, Yuan Shikai thought twice and found Yang Du.

"You're going to give me an idea!"

Yang Du is also anxious for Yuan Shikai in his heart, Lao Yuan has been really uncomfortable as president in the past three years, and finally drove away Sun Cannon, and then there was a second revolution, the world has just been pacified, and the white wolf bandit army has emerged again, and the European war, which has nothing to do with China, has caused chaos in the world, and it is indeed not easy to solve the difficulties in front of you.

"President, Li Yuanhong is no longer in charge, now that the gunboats have been dispatched, if the people are damaged, we will have no way to clean it up, I suggest that the president immediately remove Li Yuanhong from the post of governor of Hubei, let Duan Zhigui act as the agent, and then be willing to go to Wuhan in person to deal with the affairs of the Hanyang Iron Works!"

When Yuan Shikai and Yang Du were discussing, there was already a situation in Wuhan, and the students in Wuhan heard that they not only denied the atrocities in Shandong, but also wanted to force the Hanyang Iron Works to resume work through violence, but these students did not agree, and ran to the concession and the riverside to demonstrate.

The next day, the people of Wuhan launched a larger-scale demonstration, and some people even threw stones at the embassy area, and the military and police opened fire on the people who were marching, killing more than 10 people on the spot, and the Wuhan tragedy broke out, and the world was shaken.

Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, there has been a saying that there is no way to form an army, and the two lakes are already places where the people are fierce, and the atrocities of the people naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the military and the people in Hubei.

Xia Douyin, commander-in-chief of the Hubei Bandit Army, immediately issued a telegram, asking to lead his troops to Wuhan to defend the people, Xia Douyin cooperated with Qiao Yu very happily in the suppression of bandits, and then rose to the position of commander-in-chief of the Hubei Bandit Army, with nearly 6,000 soldiers under his command, and these soldiers were all equipped with Sichuan weapons.

Qiao Yu sent special officers to this army, established a powerful artillery battalion, and even equipped two planes, Xia Douyin has actually become the spokesperson of Sichuan in Hubei, this time there was a problem in Wuhan, Qiao Yu immediately asked Xia Douyin to lead his troops into Wuhan to deter the army.

Xia Douyin immediately received the order, and the bandit army soon arrived in Wuhan, these bandit troops were well-equipped, and there were two 150 mm howitzers in the artillery battalion, which was also handed over to Xia Douyin by Qiao Yu in order to enhance the deterrent ability, and the bandit army pulled the cannon to the outside of Wuchang City, forming a confrontation with the gunboat, and then the two planes also took off at the same time, constantly hovering over the gunboat, and the planes were hung with bombs underneath.

In addition, Xia Douyin also sent troops to surround all the leased loans, which is called protection, but in fact, these people are taken hostages and put under house arrest, the rapid changes in the situation in Wuhan are dizzying, and even he did not expect that the [***] team really dared to fight against them, so he himself also fell into passivity, their three shallow water gunboats, plus hundreds of military and police to bully the people, but it is far from enough to deal with thousands of tiger and wolf divisions, At this time, Yue Ben could only turn to Britain for help, hoping that Yu Ben could work with Britain to put pressure on the Chinese side and drive away Xia Douyin, who came out of nowhere.

However, Britain's attitude is very ambiguous, and does not directly support the book, but said that the Beiyang political axe has sent Duan Qirui to Wuhan to solve the problem, and then the British will naturally coordinate, and the British is not stupid, Britain is to solve the problem from the perspective of mediation, rather than treating the book as an ally.

This trouble started in Qingdao, as long as Qingdao can be taken, it can play a role in drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, the Chinese side is a private force, as long as the focus is lost, soon the strike wave will disappear.

At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the oppression of the Hanyang Iron Works and ensure the supply of steel raw materials.

After Duan Qirui and the others arrived in Wuhan, they felt a strong smell of gunpowder, and the [***] team was patrolling back and forth along the river with live ammunition, and the middle of the river was the gunboat of Yuben, and there were planes flying in the sky from time to time, it was simply a touch of action, Duan Qirui's brows furrowed tightly.

"Mr. Yang, the situation is so tense now, and our burden is a lot heavier!"

"Duan Gong, what is the identity of this Xia Douyin, how could he suddenly come to Wuhan with a large army, and be able to confront Yue himself, who gave him the courage!"

Duan Qirui shook his head slightly: "This person is not well-known, just last year, because of his meritorious service in suppressing bandits, he was promoted to brigade commander, I didn't expect his army to be such an elite, it's really unexpected!" ”

As soon as Yang Du heard that Xia Douyin participated in the suppression of bandits last year, he immediately figured it out.

"Duan Gong, if you want to resolve the conflict satisfactorily, I think you have to get the Sichuan side to agree, and it will be difficult to do without that patrol envoy nodding!"

"What kind of thing is this, the central political axe is going to be turned around by a local political axe, it is really majestic!" Duan Qirui's heart was extremely uncomfortable.

Duan Qirui arrived in Wuhan, Li Yuanhong was sent to Yanjing City in a gray manner, becoming a tablet in the real sense, Li Bodhisattva was originally reluctant to leave Wuhan, but now he is gone, as if he has escaped from Longtan Tiger's Den, without any hesitation.

Zhu Erdian also came to Wuhan at this time, the representatives of China and Britain gathered together, and the representatives of Sichuan were also sent out, and Qian Moyin represented the board of directors of Hanyang Iron Works to participate in the negotiations.

"China and the British Empire are both good friends, and the imperial government desperately hopes that the Chinese government can eliminate the contradictions and reach an understanding, and now the world is not at peace, but ensuring the peace of the Far East is the basic attitude of the Empire, and no one can undermine the stability of the Far East!"