Lan Fang's military department has long concluded that if a war with the British starts, Lan Fang alone can ensure undefeat in Southeast Asia, but if he wants to burn the war to Europe, Lan Fang is powerless. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is no doubt about the destructiveness of the war, if the war only takes place in Southeast Asia, even if Lan Fang can withstand the British Invincible Armada, Lan Fang will be beaten to pieces, 10,000 steps back, even if the war does not burn Lan Fang, Lan Fang's economic development will be affected.

And this is what Qin Zhiyuan never wants to see.

In the thirties of the 20 th century, this time node was still quite crucial, whether it was Lan Fang, Britain, France, and the United States, they were all doing their best to get out of the sequelae of the world war, a large number of veterans had to be resettled, the huge wartime military industrial enterprises had to be transformed, and the wartime economic system that lived within their means had to be restored to the normal economic model dominated by the market economy.

These things are easy to say, but it is not easy to do, the world war has been over for more than two years, and neither the British, nor the French, nor even the Americans, have come out of the shadow of the world war.

After a deep conversation with the old Renault, Qin Zhiyuan convened a series of imperial meetings to discuss the feasibility of provoking relations between Britain and France with the elites of Lanfang.

Lanfang is nominally a constitutional monarchy, but in fact it is still an absolute monarchy, Qin Zhiyuan has supreme authority in Lanfang, basically there is no resistance, and Qin Zhiyuan's will is resolutely implemented.

Having decided to toss, an oil exploration team immediately set off for the Persian Gulf, still under the banner of United Oil, to Syria, which had just been occupied by the French after the World War and was once known as the "graveyard of empires".

After the World War, the British and the French divided the lands of the Middle East. The British took Palestine and allowed European Jews to emigrate to Palestine, while throwing Kurds and Persians of different religions together to form a new kingdom of Iraq. The French gains were Lebanon and Syria, but the British had strong resistance to the French getting Syria, which left enough room for Qin Zhiyuan's operation.

It takes time to explore for oil, even if the exploration team of United Oil has the detailed information provided by Qin Zhiyuan, it is not easy to find oil in the desert, and before that, it is still up to Siam to create enough trouble for the British.

On February 8, 1921, the Spring Festival of the Year of the Monkey in the lunar calendar, as in previous years, although there was no clear concept of the four seasons, Lanfang still celebrated the arrival of spring, summarized the harvest of the past year, and looked forward to a better future.

This day is a festival for Chinese people all over the world, and wherever there are Chinese, there will always be various celebrations, even if they are in a foreign country.

In previous years, Chiang Mai was also jubilant, as in the Republic of China, Chinese people would set off firecrackers, paste Spring Festival couplets, lion and dragon dances, and visit relatives and friends. This year is a bit unusual, just two months before the Spring Festival, the Chinese in Chiang Mai have packed up their homes and left, and some even sold their family property, which is simply a posture of never returning.

Such a large-scale activity, of course, could not be concealed from the British, and the British did notice these anomalies, but at the same time, the British did not stop the departure of the Chinese, even if this migration had spread throughout the ten provinces in northern Siam, the British did not take it to heart, but some British took the opportunity to buy Chinese properties at a low price, and even forced buying and selling and other things happened from time to time.

If it was a normal transaction, the Lanfang government would not interfere, but for those things like forced buying and selling, the Lanfang government still protested to the British.

The British did not take the protests of the Lanfang government to heart, and although they routinely sent investigators, they often failed. The Lanfang government did not make a big move to find justice for those Chinese, so in the two months before the Spring Festival, the "artillery battles" between the Lanfang government and the British government were frequent, but they were limited to verbal artillery.

Before the British occupied Chiang Mai, although the Siamese king Rama VI had control over the Chiang Mai region, the Chiang Mai government also had relatively large autonomy, and the relationship between the Chiang Mai government and the Siamese government was more similar to the relationship between Goryeo and the Qing Empire, so although Rama VI had been martyred, the impact on the Chiang Mai government was not great, and the Chiang Mai government was still able to ensure the basic operation, and there was not much turmoil in the society.

However, this social stability did not last long, and the departure of the Chinese had a much greater impact on Chiang Mai than the arrival of the British, after the departure of the Chinese, large tracts of land lost their owners, a large number of factories were unoperated, and there was a gap in the social economy, which needed to be filled, and if not done properly, the existing stable order would be immediately broken.

The Spring Festival is a traditional festival for the Chinese, and the Siamese people have little to do with it, in previous years, when the Chinese celebrated the Spring Festival, the Siamese people would also join in the fun, but this year the Chinese have left, and the Siamese people have no place to join in the fun, so Chiang Mai is particularly deserted on this day.

The headquarters of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Chiang Mai, which is a place where the Chinese people pooled their money to buy, does not belong to a certain person, so it is not for sale, but after the Chinese people left, the headquarters of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce was forcibly occupied by a group of ruffians, and then it was converted into a brothel and a casino casino, which looks indeed more lively than before, but the miasma has lost its original solemnity and solemnity.

Because of the departure of the Chinese, the locals do not have a few dollars in their hands, so the business situation of this casino is not very good, but the victory is that there is no venue rent, and there is no cost, a group of splashes still attach great importance to it, there are three or five big men holding their arms at the door at any time, and there are also people in the field who lend money to collect money, which looks quite like that.

With a burst of shouting and reprimanding, two big men walked out of the gate with a thin young man, the young man struggled desperately, how small and weak, he couldn't get rid of the two big men's hijacking.

Walking to the door, the two big men ignored the six-step stone steps outside the door and threw the young man down.

The young man tumbled down the stone steps, his head covered in dust, and a large bag on his head swollen at a rate visible to the naked eye.

A big man scolded in his mouth: "Master is not a good hall here, it won't be your turn to play tricks, you are the uncle if you have money, you are the uncle, you are not even as good as a grandson if you don't have money, come back next time with enough money, otherwise don't blame the buddies for not being emotional." ”

The two big men cursed, turned around and entered the door.

The young man covered his head and was stunned on the ground for a while, but finally did not dare to speak, and left amid the shameful laughter of the big men in front of the door.

"Dog's day of Ba Da Feng, when Lao Tzu makes a fortune, come back and take the money to kill you-" When he was far away, the young man dared to scold, and his voice was not too loud, and it was obvious that he was still afraid of that Ba Dafeng.

"Ponchaa—" A voice suddenly came across the street.

The young man turned his head and immediately changed to a warm smile to greet him: "Young Master Zhongqing, didn't you go to Bangkok?" How did this come back? ”

Across the street is Xu Zhongqing.

(To be continued.) )