I don't know when the car began to become the most fashionable means of transportation in the Northeast, and the body paint that can reflect the figure of a person like a mirror in the sun, every time it stops on the side of the road, it can be said that for many people, the car is always a new thing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Not to mention for ordinary people, that is, for the world's first powerful country in China, Sa Daoyi, who is also full of curiosity about cars, to be precise, for Oriental brand cars, in the legation of the capital, there are always such and such sayings, but there is no doubt that the riding experience of Oriental brand cars is extremely comfortable.

Sa Daoyi never doubted this, although it was not the first time to sit in the Oriental car, but whenever he sat on the soft seat, he always felt extremely comfortable, which was a completely different enjoyment from riding in a carriage.

"Perhaps, I should order one too!"

Thinking like this, Sadao thought in his heart, it seemed that the French Legation had ordered an Oriental car, and perhaps the British Legation should also buy one.

Thinking that this car was a machine made in the Northeast, Sa Daoyi was stunned at first, and then his face was full of surprise, as if in the previous moment, he had once again habitually ignored the empire, especially the sharp changes in the Northeast region in the past few years, so much so that it was hard to believe that this would be Asia!

The black Oriental brand car is driving on the street, and Sa Daoyi sitting in the car will always look out of the car from time to time, and cast his eyes on the city outside the car. But only in eight years. Even if it is as prosperous as Shanghai. Nor is it necessarily comparable to the city.

Since he became minister to China four years ago, Sa Daoyi has been paying attention to the Northeast, even when the new policy was changed in Zhili and other places, he still paid attention to the Northeast, and nowhere in China did it attract more attention than the Northeast, and the modern factories and mines on the train through Shenyang to Dalian showed him the power of the region.

In this age when industry is power. What better way to show its power than a factory?

In Sadaoyi's mind, a series of figures can not help but emerge, now the total number of companies in various industrial sectors in Northeast China is 18,875, in the past four years, the spinning equipment in Northeast China has expanded by 7 times, and the production capacity has increased by 13 times, but compared with the textile and consumer goods manufacturing industry, the heavy industry development led by the Northeast Heavy Industry Development Company has developed more rapidly, especially the development of the steel industry as a symbol of heavy industry is extremely rapid. As early as last year, the output of its Anshan Iron and Steel Company exceeded 600,000 tons, plus 150,000 tons in Benxi and 500,000 tons in Incheon, and the steel output in Northeast China has far exceeded that of Russia.

Driven by the steel industry. Other sectors, such as machinery manufacturing, have also developed rapidly, but perhaps the most notable are the railway and maritime industries. Including North Korea, it has more than 6,874 kilometers of railways, and in just four years, its maritime capacity has nearly tripled, from 770 to 1,614 ships with a total tonnage of more than 950,000 tons.

Perhaps, another figure is more telling 1899, the tax revenue of Northeast China was 214.56 million yuan, and its total fiscal revenue was as high as 737.56 million yuan......

A series of figures, all show the world the power that it has, it can be said unceremoniously that the current Northeast has fully met the standard of London's "big country", of course, if the Northeast is a big country.

But is there a more powerful force in Asia?

It was with this in mind that Sa Daoyi came to the governor's office accompanied by Tang Zhaoyi, this is not the first time he has come to this large office, in fact, in the past few years, he has come here several times a year, of course, each time the purpose of coming here is different, but more often it is for "friendship".

The thin Saudie is a typical 19th-century Englishman, with a beard under his dry nose and a strange look in his often fast-turning red eyes, the British minister to China can be said to be a linguistic genius, he is proficient in Chinese, Russian and French, in the past four years, Tang Haoran has dealt with him more than once, and even owed him some favors, such as on the unilateral tariff issue in the northeast last year, according to the agreement reached with the United Kingdom, from January 1 this year, The Tohoku will introduce a tariff surcharge, which will actually pave the way for tariff autonomy.

On the issue of tariff negotiations, Sa Daoyi once stood on the standpoint of the northeast and gave himself support, and the reason for his support was very simple -- the northeast is the only region that does not impose additional centimu. Of course, the more important reason is that as a hardliner against Russia, he hopes that by increasing the financial resources of the Northeast, the Northeast will be able to further confront Russia.

"Hello, Mr. Minister!"

When he walked into the office, Tang Haoran took a powerful step, and when there were still a few meters away, he stretched out his hand to Sa Daoyi, as in the past, he was still wearing a white navy uniform, for his special dress habits, Sa Daoyi and other ministers of other countries have long been accustomed to it.

"Good night, Your Excellency the Governor!"

Sa Daoyi, who was dressed in a light gray suit and a black bow tie, hurriedly stretched out his right hand again and held it with Tang Haoran.

"Please be seated, please be seated!"

Tang Haoran pointed to the sofa with a smile, personally took out a cigar from the small iron box on the coffee table, and asked Sa Daoyi to smoke. Sadaoyi did not refuse, in fact, he is also a cigar lover, in the British upper class, there are several people who do not like cigar smoke, and even this is the reason why he likes to deal with Tang Haoran, compared to Li Hongzhang, the extremely young governor in front of him, most of the time, will make him forget that the other party is a Chinese.

After lighting a cigar, Tang Haoran turned his face to Tang Zhaoyi, who was standing aside, and said:

"Shaochuan, today's conversation with Minister Sa is just a conversation between friends, do you understand?"

"Thank you, Your Excellency."

A diplomat's professional smile appeared on Sa Daoyi's face, of course he knew that this was the governor's gesture, but at least it would avoid dealing with Tang Shaoyi in the future. The other side will use today's conversation as the tone.

"You've had a busy day. I'm here to bother again. I'm really sorry. ”

"Where, where."

Tang Haoran smoked his cigar by himself.

"It's a pleasure to have friends from afar, we've been friends for many years, and I'm glad to meet you. Tonight we are small talk between friends, and in the words of your country, chatting with friends is the best rest. ”

Sa Daoyi hurriedly smiled and said:

"Yes, yes. It's a great honor to have a casual chat with you. ”

"Mr. Minister has been the Minister to China for four years."

Spit out a puff of cigarette, Tang Haoran casually opened the conversation, just like anyone who meets an old friend, without any disguise at all, but only he understands that everything is just "flickering".

"It's been four years."

Sa Daoyi blinked and remembered.

"Over the past four years, I have personally witnessed the changes in your country, and in particular the progress made in the North-East under Your Excellency, Your Excellency, over the past four years. Shocking, so to speak, in Europe. Some people even say that everything here is like a miracle, and even in European universities, there are already economists who describe the economic policy of the Northeast as a rule, and looking at the achievements here, one cannot help but admire it with contempt. ”

This is not just a compliment on Saud's hand, in fact, through the papers of those German economic advisers, many European countries are full of interest in the "economic control" in the northeast, of course, they are even more surprised by what kind of panacea "economic control" is, which can quickly complete the primitive accumulation of a primitive and backward region in just a few years, and achieve the industrialization that other countries need to take decades to complete.

"Well, old friend, I don't think you and I need this kind of compliment!"

Waving his hand, Tang Haoran looked at Sa Daoyi with a serious expression and said.

"Although the current Northeast has made some achievements, this kind of achievements are actually extremely limited, and the current strength of the Northeast is still relatively weak. You know, we're under more pressure than anyone else! Even more than any other country in Europe! After all, now in the Far East, we are almost exclusively under the pressure from Russia! ”

Unlike most Chinese people who have a good face and like to cover up all problems, Tang Haoran always likes to exaggerate some problems in front of others, just like Russia's threat to the Northeast, and it is this exaggeration that makes the people of the Northeast believe in a fact - Russia may invade the Northeast at any time, and the lie repeats a thousand times to become the truth, and this is true for the people, and the same is true for the British, but the purpose is different, the exaggeration of the British, But only to get further support.

Get to the point!

Although he had previously said that this was just a "conversation between friends", Sa Daoyi realized that now he was down to business.

"Of course, I know this very well myself, even in London, and this is why Britain has been willing to support you for the past four years!"

"I am certainly very grateful for the support you have received."

said so, but Tang Haoran said with a straight face:

"However, this is still not enough, Your Excellency, now that the power of your country is completely trapped in South Africa, we support the situation in the Far East almost alone,......"

After a slight pause, Tang Haoran looked at Sa Daoyi and said seriously.

"It was for Britain to support the situation here, and originally, we could have made more choices, such as reaching an understanding agreement with Russia......"

When mentioning the agreement, Tang Haoran noticed that Sadaoyi's brows moved slightly, which was what Britain was most worried about, and they were more worried about China choosing to cooperate with Russia under pressure from Russia than Russia. By that time, who in Asia will be able to stand in the way of the Russians?

"Of course, my friend, you can do that, but are you sure that the Russians will not stick their bear's paw into the northeast? Reach into North Korea? ”

When answering Tang Haoran's question, Sa Daoyi deliberately brought the topic into the established track.

"Who will be able to help you then? Perhaps, Britain is now paying more attention to South Africa and Europe, but Britain's influence on the world situation is not easy to ignore. ”

Sa Daoyi casually said another fact, British influence, for Sa Daoyi, this is his greatest reliance, and in the same way, he also knows that for the nine governors of China, they all need this kind of influence, and the governor in front of him is naturally no exception.

"It's not enough! At least not now! ”

Taking off the cigar in his mouth, Tang Haoran looked at Sa Daoyi seriously and asked:

"Mr. Minister, if four years ago I was worried about whether the Russians would stretch their paws into the Northeast, now I am worried about whether the Northeast will be able to stop them when the Trans-Siberian Railway is built two years from now! At that time, will we be able to stop them? So, now I'm facing a choice! ”

"Choose!"

Sa Daoyi looked at Tang Haoran, only to feel that his heart was beating violently in an instant, could it be ...... Tang Haoran has already made a decision?

"Your Excellency, please believe that no matter what, Britain will stand behind you and give you the strongest support!"

Is this some kind of diplomatic endorsement?

Of course not, it's just a promise of a diplomat's interests, and it can't be taken seriously.

"But Mr. Minister, there are many things that we must take into account, such as the fact that relations between Russia and Beiyang have long since eased, and that the conflict of interests between Russia and the Americans seems to be disappearing, and we always need to consider these issues!"

When mentioning the two places, Tang Haoran said calmly:

"My fear is that if that day comes, we're going to have to face pressure from many sides, and if we don't solve it, I think in the end, we're going to have to make a choice of last resort to avoid that happening!"

Although Tang Haoran did not mention what the choice was as a last resort, Sa Daoyi had fully understood what he meant, and he had realized what the reason for the other party's request was, he thought for a moment, and then said with a serious expression.

"I think, maybe, there are some issues that we can resolve through further negotiations, what do you think? Your Excellency the Governor! ”

After a pause in his words, Sa Daoyi looked at Tang Haoran with a serious expression, and then deliberately added.

"Sometimes, Mr. Governor, we can't be too hasty, after all, there are still some issues to be resolved between us, after all, now...... What Britain needs to face is the Qing Kingdom! ”

There is no doubt that Sa Daoyi's words are reminding Tang Haoran that he is just a choice for the United Kingdom, and even far from Britain in terms of status, in the face of Sa Daoyi's reminder, Tang Haoran smiled slightly, and then his voice and tone became extremely conceited.

"Yes, Britain is facing the Qing state, but in the Far East, we are the only ones who can compete with Russia! Only the Northeast! Mr. Minister, I think London must understand this! (To be continued.) )