Chapter 154: Conflict Rises

Ye Zhao did not participate in the talks with the Zanzibari people, but gave full authority to Jiang Peitong and the officials of the overseas provinces, and a few days later, Ye Zhao's fleet set sail for the east of the Indian Ocean.

More than a month later, the fleet arrived safely at Dayachi, the seaport where the South China Sea Fleet held the choke point of the Strait of Malacca.

With the active participation of the Chinese, dredging rivers and building ports, the prosperity of Dayaceh is now not inferior to that of Jakarta, and even the port throughput capacity is close to Singapore, because the Chinese merchant ships entering the Indian Ocean like to berth at Dayaceh for various supplies and no longer regard Singapore as a transit port.

When he arrived at Dayachi, it could be said that he had entered the empire's sphere of influence, and in the South China Sea, the imperial fleet would not be afraid of any British navy, and it was a long sigh of relief that the accompanying officials accompanied the emperor on patrol.

Zhu Sisi came to Dayaqi to pick up Ye Zhao, and reunited with her concubine after a long absence, she was in love in every way, but unfortunately Rong'er and the matchmaker wanted to sit in the capital and couldn't hike.

After a night at the Oriental Hotel in Grand Yaqi, we will have breakfast on the second day and then leave for China across the Straits of Malacca.

In the morning, sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window enjoying the rays of sunshine, Ye Zhao turned up the newspaper as usual, including the Singapore English newspaper presented by the intelligence department, today's hot news is that three days ago, the Imperial South China Sea Fleet seized a British opium ship in the Strait of Malacca, and now the opium ship has not been released, and the Chinese and British governments are conducting intensive diplomatic mediation and fierce contests for the fate of this opium ship.

The Lion City newspaper is Singapore's most important English-language newspaper, and on the prominent page, British freelance writers pointed out sharply that the seizure of British merchant ships in the Strait of Malacca was a conspiracy carefully planned by the Chinese, and the thriving national strength made the Chinese full of confidence, and now they finally showed their fangs to the empire on which the sun never sets, and began to challenge the dignity of the empire. From the perspective of a British nationalist, the journalist hopes that the British government will fully respond to the challenge of the Chinese, and must not tolerate their behavior, otherwise they will have more courage to cause more serious trouble.

The military operation of the Chinese in Zanzibar more than a month ago has now become a trivial event, and China's invitation to the Germans to participate in peace talks with Zanzibar seems to be far less impactful than the behavior of the Chinese fleet, although the war allowed the Germans to expand their influence in East Africa, and the Chinese also entered East Africa with the help of the Germans, and the two countries made the newly formed cabinet of Zanzibar cancel the existence of the slave trade market, but these events are far from ordinary British, It is far less than the intuitive feeling of a merchant ship being forcibly detained by a foreign warship.

Especially in the past two months, the relationship between the British and the Boers has been extremely tense, and the British newspapers have often broken out unfavorable news for the old empire, such as the diplomatic department has contacted China, accusing China of providing weapons to the Boer rebels and training them, although it is a secret contact between the diplomatic departments of the two countries, but it is still poked out by the British newspapers, coupled with the incident of the Kang tablet ship, which makes the British confused and angry, as if the Chinese are now determined to get along with them.

Of course, in Chinese newspapers, the opium ship incident is another rhetoric, the medical community of the eastern countries has long included opium in the ranks of controlled spiritual **, the southeastern countries signed a treaty very early, announcing a complete ban on the illegal trade of spiritual ** by the beginning of this year, these controlled **, including opium, the eastern contracting parties have also been asking European countries to join the treaty, but have not received any response, so the Chinese media believe that the sailors should seize the opium ship in accordance with the treaty, Prevent a recurrence of the opium parlors that were everywhere in the past. …,

Although the total ban on smoking in the empire aroused the dissatisfaction of many people, it finally achieved some results, at least the opium halls could no longer appear blatantly in the bustling long streets, including the opium halls in the concession, which were also banned one after another.

Speaking of the concession, it is no longer the situation of the past, although the current dynasty inherited the previous dynasty, it is impossible to say that the leased land treaty is forcibly invalidated, but through buyback, lease and other means, the concession has gradually become a mixed residential area and commercial area of Chinese and Western, and it is more unlikely that there will be a situation of a country within a country, but it is more like an economic development zone, and it is also a foothold for Westerners to come to China, which is similar to the Chinatown of Chinese overseas.

Looking through the newspaper, Ye Zhaoyou also thought about the concession by opium, asked Zhu Sisi a few words, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Little Wiggins, what are you going to do?" Zhu Sisi asked with a smile, it is the height of summer, the land of the South Seas, it is even more unbearable, she is wearing a snow-white professional skirt, her spirit is refreshing, and the sexiness in the toughness is only tasted by Ye Zhao, who dares to think about it? It is impossible to think of the filthy thoughts of blaspheming the mother of the nation.

Although she has long since withdrawn from the House of Representatives, Jusisi's prestige has been invisibly enhanced, and she is also one of the three most revered mothers of the country.

Ye Zhao took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "His business, let's talk about it, bring it back and talk about it." ”

Seeing that the Chinese occupied Stone Town by dividing five by two, Wiggins Jr. had long been frightened, knowing that he had provoked people who should not be provoked, and now he was much more honest, after Lao Sai recovered from his injury, he almost beat him violently, and now he is nested in the warehouse all day, afraid of meeting Lao Sai.

Zhu Sisi nodded slightly, now she is gradually accustomed to her identity as the mother of the country, she and Ye Zhao are the same, they are all the superior who can change the fate of tens of millions of people with one word and deed, what about a country, Zanzibar has changed the political system in an instant, from the Sultanate to the current constitutional monarchy, among the cabinet members, there are two Chinese and one German, and now her husband's power, there is really no second person in the world to match.

is the equally powerful Queen Victoria of the British Empire, how many constraints are there in her actions? It's really not the same as her husband. However, with great power comes heavy responsibility, and Zhu Sisi hopes that her husband can carry the empire all the way forward, instead of being carried away by power, and so far, her husband has never disappointed her.

"Sisi, I haven't seen you for months, you've changed a lot." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

In fact, since Jin Feng's death, Zhu Sisi has been different from Ye Zhao, at this time she only smiled gently, without squeaking. If it was before, Zhu Sisi would definitely ask Ye Zhao, when she went out for a year younger, she didn't find a swarthy beauty? Where is this still the emperor?

"Let's meet Lao Sai." Ye Zhao suddenly said thoughtfully.

Zhu Sisi did not officially meet with Saiganucha, but after listening to Ye Zhao's words, she understood what Ye Zhao meant, and said with a smile: "How did you make a Kunlun slave friend?" From the bottom of my heart, like most Central Plains women, I have an instinctive dislike for Westerners, let alone the black "Kunlun Slave".

Saiganu is in excellent physical condition, and now he is almost healed, and after following Wande's body, he carefully entered the living room, and saw Ye Zhao sitting on the main seat and Zhu Sisi beside him.

Obviously feeling that this oriental nobleman was imposing at the moment, Saiganu almost walked a few steps, and did not sit down on the sandalwood chair with goose wings arranged on both sides, but stood aside and looked at Ye Zhao with a little doubt.

Ye Zhao smiled at this time and said, "Lao Sai, speaking of which, we have been friends for half a year, and when I come to Dayaqi at this moment, I can't hide it from you anymore." ”

Wande's eyes were bright, and he leaned into the translator's ear and whispered a few words, but the translator didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly whispered to Saiganu. …,

Sai Ganu was stunned, looking at Ye Zhao blankly, he couldn't believe it for a while, but at this moment, he couldn't believe it, and then thought about Ye Zhao's bearing and pomp, isn't it, if it weren't for the royal nobles and the emperor of the Central Plains, who could this oriental nobleman who would make his heart inexplicably weak when he stared at him?

After being stunned for a while, Saiganu came back to his senses, hurriedly knelt down on one knee, took a few steps forward, lowered his head and kissed the top of Ye Zhao's soft boots, spoke incoherently excitedly, and muttered a good word, to the effect that "Your Majesty the Most Exalted Great Emperor, the Heavenly Khan who rules the Eastern and African tribes, your loyal and humble servant greets you, I am willing to give everything for you, serving you with blood and fire, axes and swords......"

Listening to the translation, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Get up, Lao Sai, I haven't told you, don't complain about me." ”

Seganu muttered words of loyalty for a while, and then slowly got up, listened to Ye Zhao's instructions, and slowly sat down on the sandalwood chair next to him.

Ye Zhao said again: "I know that you are an aspiring leader, you have come to the Central Plains, you can see more and learn more, and you will be of great use." ”

Saiganu almost said yes, this excitement in his heart, Mr. Wen is the emperor of the Central Plains, although he dare not say that he is his friend, but how can it be regarded as a relationship, in the future, he will be able to greatly use the power of the emperor, this is really the god to protect our clan, and the day of our people's prosperity is not far away.

It's just that he hasn't found a treasure to give to the emperor so far, which is really difficult, Saiganu is cranky, and he has a lot of thoughts for a while, and he doesn't know what he is thinking.

Zhu Sisi didn't mince words about the black chief, remembered something, and whispered to Ye Zhao: "Yue Hong is here for Dayaqi, can you see it?" ”

Yue Hong is the No. 2 spy head of the current Internal Affairs Office, when Ye Zhao was in Guangzhou in the past, Yue Hong was the adjutant of the Secret Service Department of the Internal Affairs Bureau, and he was not inconspicuous, but now he is the No. 2 person after Ruisi, and he is a very powerful character.

Speaking of which, the old courtiers who were born and died with Ye Zhao are gradually getting old, and a generation of new people is replacing the old, regardless of the political arena or the military circles, Ye Zhao is gradually facing a new situation, and even the internal affairs system, this Yue Hong has not had much contact with Ye Zhao, and Ye Zhao really can't say that he understands him.

Yue Hong personally came to Dayachi to deploy Singapore's intelligence affairs, and among the political parties in Singapore, there are actually many stalwarts who have received Chinese funding.

"It's gone." Ye Zhao waved his hand...... )