Chapter 145: The Lion City (Part II)

Generally speaking, in the outside world, the New Nanyang Trading Company is considered to be China's largest foreign-related arms dealer, and is inextricably linked with Russian armed rebels, local Iranian tribes, independent ethnic groups in Nanyang, and separatist forces in the southern part of the Ottoman Empire"Armed rebel gangs" have been banned by explicit order, and no company or individual is allowed to have financial dealings with them. ＂＂

Of course, there are also those who say that the New Nanyang Trading Company has the shadow of the Empire's security services behind it, that it is a tool of the Empire's influence in foreign expansion, and that it is the product of a conspiracy. However, in Asia Minor, the New Nanyang Trading Company has become the largest arms trader, and the three major military industrial groups of the empire all sell weapons to foreign countries through their agents, of course, the types and quantities of weapons sold have a strict approval system, which requires the official approval of the empire, and the countries and organizations on the official blacklist of the empire are embargoed according to the laws of the empire, and China is also the first country to implement the arms embargo.

The hardliners in the Independence Party have always hoped to break the shackles, and there are often overseas Chinese running in the capital to lobby officials and parliamentarians from all walks of life, and with the implementation of the general election in the Empire, the hard-line faction of the Independence Party believes that the time has come, especially the "Loyalty and Patriotic Society" has become a coalition ruling party, and the hardliners in the Independence Party believe that the hope of lobbying the Imperial Congress to remove the New Jiapo Independence Party from the blacklist of the arms embargo has increased greatly. It was the hard-line leader Wang Xianpu who had secretly gone to Beijing to lobby.

Ye Zhao also met with several independents, but he felt that it was very different from what he imagined, and he felt that there was no big difference between the Independence Party and overseas Hongmen and other gang organizations, whether it was from the organization or the style of acting, they all had a strong gang color, but as more and more intellectuals and British gentlemen joined the Independence Party, this party gradually changed, such as the oath of the oath, which already had a bit of the shadow of a political party.

However, on the whole, Ye Zhao was a little disappointed, because after returning to the Lion City Hotel, Ye Zhao was too lazy to go out again, and just waited for the fleet to end the visit and then set off.

Ye Zhao was on a merchant ship, and the merchant group was armed to escort it, and no one knew what kind of goods were on board, and because of Ye Zhao's "identity", the independents who had met with Ye Zhao had reason to believe that Manager Wen escorted a boatload of munitions.

When Ye Zhao's merchant ships were in Guangzhou, they joined a fleet going to the African Straits, a "Penglai-class" battleship, two "Beijing-class" cruiser frigates (the Beijing has been retired, this is a new type of Beijing-class battleship), in addition to torpedo ships, corvettes and other ships, plus auxiliary ships, a huge fleet, and the fleet will join the Maputo fleet sequence after arriving in the African Straits, making the empire's military power in Africa climb to a peak.

The fleet's actions have captured the world's attention from the start, and the addition of the navy to Maputo in the wake of China's democratically elected government is an apparent response to skepticism and a sensitivity to the perilous region.

In fact, the empire implements a system similar to the dual constitutional monarchy, according to the constitution, the emperor has supreme power over the civil and military officials, the parliament has supreme power, can dismiss the civil and military officials, can dissolve the parliament, can also suspend the rights of individual or group members, army transfers, but also under the direct leadership of the emperor, is the imperial navy to strengthen the presence in the African straits, the European media generally believe that it is the Chinese emperor's instructions, after several years of Sino-Russian war, The Chinese emperor began to dance the sharp fangs of his empire again. …,

No matter how the European media speculated, there were many merchant ships and oil tankers that took the opportunity to follow this fleet to Africa, but Ye Zhao's "Lingshan" was not eye-catching.

The Imperial Foreign Affairs Department had communicated with the British Straits Settlements Government that the fleet would dock at New Kapo for a goodwill visit, and then sail through the Strait of Malacca to Africa. The move was seen as a signal of goodwill from the imperial government. Of course, there are paranoid anti-Chinese people in Europe who see this as a provocation.

The fleet will depart the day after tomorrow, and at noon, Ye Zhao will flip through the newspapers in the ornate living room with red carpet and chandeliers.

The ultra-luxurious guest room, the large and small rooms have more than 20 rooms, now Ye Zhao is sitting in the main living room, from the suite entrance through the red carpet corridor on both sides of the room, is this wide hall, floor-to-ceiling windows, far blue sea and sky, the scenery is extremely beautiful.

Gulshail sat on the side of the sofa, boredly fiddling with the small silver pistol in his hand, wearing a silver uniform that highlighted the coldness, a beautiful mixed-race face, deep and charming amber eyes, and slightly reddened hair that was highlighted and cut short, Gulshail's whole body was full of wild and bright demeanor.

Christina and Hao Ruwa study medicine together all day long, and even like to sleep in the same room, Hao Ruwa is even more restrained, she didn't say a few words to Ye Zhao all the way, and only Gul Shayir was with Ye Zhao every day.

Looking at the newspaper in his hand, Ye Zhao sneered slightly, Gul Shayir rarely saw Ye Zhao have such an expression, so he came over curiously to look at it, and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Ye Zhao's chin was hurt by Gul Shayer's short hair, and he frowned and said, "It's like a wild boy." ”

Gulshayir pouted and said, "I've always been like this, don't you know?" ”

Seeing that she was getting more and more lazy, Ye Zhao had no choice but to shake his head.

In the local English-language newspapers, there was an article by the Fairness Party criticizing the imperial system, saying that China was now an evil feudal regime, and that it was quite deceptive, and that the supreme authority of the king was affirmed in the form of legislation, which was rare in the world, and it was a serious regression of civilized society.

Because of the Empire's arrest of the Fairness Party in Hong Kong, the British Parliament quickly passed a bill to distinguish the Fairness Party from the Triad, and the behavior of the Fairness Party in Hong Kong, Singapore Jiapo, Kolkata and other cities has since gained legitimacy, and the British Conservative Government has used it to punish the Chinese for their provocations.

Although the Reich's foreign affairs department has repeatedly protested, the British Parliament has never repealed the bill, and it is because the Fairness Party has gradually blatantly shown its head in overseas cities, and at the same time, the "great debate" of ideological emancipation has begun in the Empire, and the security services have also exercised restraint in the assassination of the leaders of the Fairness Party abroad.

Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer such articles in newspapers.

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