In 1888, the fourteenth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, it came in the sound of firecrackers. However, on December 16, 1887, an earthquake struck the Shiping area of Yunnan Province, which crumbled the city walls and collapsed more than half of the houses, killing more than 2,000 people. Although Yunnan is not yet the territory of the Northeast, the Qing Dynasty's Yunnan-Guizhou Governor Cen Yuying has secretly allied with the Northeast, and the Cen family has completely controlled the two provinces with the help of the Northeast. Similar to the situation of Yang Changjun, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. In fact, the Qing court had lost the right to appoint and dismiss the governors of Yunnan and Guizhou.

Because of this, the government of the Northeast Autonomous Region sent millions worth of relief funds and materials to Yunnan, which were only distributed in the name of donations in order to save the face of the Qing court. However, the Yunnan earthquake has given Wang Yi a wake-up call, and it is time to increase investment in disaster prevention and mitigation and strengthen national education.

As soon as New Year's Day passes, it will be the Spring Festival. This is naturally the most important festival for the Chinese people. And the Northeast of this era is similar to that of later generations, and the biggest thing is the Spring Festival transportation problem brought by the migrant workers who return home and return to their hometowns. In the early years, this problem was not strict, but with the increasing development of Northeast China, the number of migrant workers from other provinces increased dramatically, and although most of them began to buy housing in the cities of Northeast China, very few really moved their families over.

Although the Spring Festival transportation is not as terrifying as that of later generations, the developed transportation system cannot be compared with later generations. What's more complicated is that the Spring Festival not only involves the Northeast, but also the Qing Dynasty. After nearly ten years of construction, the former does not dare to say that the transportation passenger capacity does not dare to say that it is the first in the world, at least it is also in the world's advanced ranks. But the Qing court ...... If it's just backward, the most important thing is that bandits are rampant along the way. In order to gain a little face in their hometown, these migrant workers went home for the Chinese New Year, not to mention slapping their swollen faces and becoming fat, but they were all big bags to bring the fruits of their hard work in the past year to their parents, relatives and friends. If this is not a fat sheep, then the Qing Dynasty will not be rampant with banditry.

Speaking of which, the Qing court's ignorance of this issue is also unconscionable. First of all, the rampant bandits on the ground really affect the reputation of the government. Secondly, a large number of migrant workers in the Northeast Autonomous Region will remit a large amount of wealth to their hometowns every year to prosper the local economy. The Qing court, which was not financially wealthy in the first place, did not want to lose this financial route. Finally, and most importantly, the Qing court did not want to give the Northeast any excuse to meddle in the interior. If this matter is not handled well, even Cixi, Guangxu, and a group of courtiers will understand that as soon as Wang is good and good, he will send the insurance team in a bright and bright manner, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

But it's one thing to know, it's another thing to do, especially in a place as tragic as the Qing Dynasty. The two Opium Wars had completely destroyed the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, the cornerstone of the Qing Dynasty's domination of the world. Now it is barely used, and only local armed forces such as regimental training are left. It's just that the Qing court didn't believe in the militia at all, firstly, most of the militia were Han Chinese, and on the other hand, it was ...... Well, before the king swore an oath, the insurance team created was the militia group. Since the militia can create a Wang Yi who makes the Qing court like a fly, who dares to guarantee that there will not be a Wang Yi and a second? Moreover, the so-called militia is actually just a nice official statement, and in essence, it is a local bandit armed with a license. Originally, the Qing court wanted to protect the migrant workers who returned from the Northeast for the New Year from being robbed and killed by bandits, so as not to let Wang Yi, the bandit, find an excuse. However, in anyone's eyes, the protection of migrant workers by the militia is tantamount to sending sheep into the mouth of a tiger. The Qing court was like a mirror in its heart, and the local officials colluded with the militia to kill more returnees than the real bandits.

The Eight Banners and the Green Camp collapsed, the militia was the bandits, and the Beiyang army based on the militia was in the hands of a feudal official like Li Hongzhang, and the Qing court would not give them an excuse to use troops unless it was absolutely necessary. Then there is only one army left in the Qing Dynasty that can be used, the new army trained by Yuan Shikai and Xu Shichang and others at the Tianjin station!

For this army, which was established after the Opium War, the Qing court itself still had high hopes. The prime minister's yamen and those princes ran to watch it every three days, and it is hard to say how the combat power of the new army is, but compared with the big smokers of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, at least in terms of military appearance, it is not a little bit stronger. The problem is that this army was used by Cixi to watch the family, so naturally it would not be sent to protect the migrant workers. With the new army, to put it bigger, let the Western barbarians not dare to step into the capital half a step. To put it mildly, it can also deter the Northeast group of Kou Xiaoxiao. Yuan Datou naturally will come to things, do things without leakage, to the Chinese Wu Qunchen, Prince Wangye, big sycophants, willing to spend silver. Lafayette is very important to Lao Yuan, especially in this era when the Qing court has become a candle in the wind, Yuan Shikai has become the white jade pillar of the Qing Dynasty, and the purple and golden beam of the sea.

The problem is that the safety of the Spring Festival is not solved, Wang Yi is going to send an insurance team to the Qing Dynasty, so arrogantly threatening the imperial court, the prime minister Yamen does not even dare to fart, but just asks for grace in every possible way, saying that he must give a satisfactory explanation to the Northeast.

Grind with me, right? Wang Yi sneered when he saw the reply.

The sky is blue today, and it's warm in the café on the corner. Wang Yi sat on the sofa chair and looked out the window at the people who were buying New Year's goods, a little distracted. Tong Qianjia sat opposite with Jiang Jiaren's arm, and the two girls chatted muttering. They went to the maternity and infant hospital for a check-up, a health check-up, not that there was something wrong with their bodies.

In the café, soothing music was playing on the gramophone at the bar, and for a moment, Wang Yi felt as if he had returned to the Starbucks of later generations, and he always felt that he suddenly brought out the mood of petty bourgeoisie.

A beautiful waitress walked over, dressed in a European maid outfit, a long black dress, and a white apron. The skirt was a bit too conservative compared to later generations...... Of course, the era of miniskirts has also appeared, but not in the café, but in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion.

"What do you want to order, sir?" Although Wang Yi is the king of the Northeast, his portrait never appears in the public eye, firstly for safety, and secondly, because Wang Yi hates to engage in personality cults. So the waitress who came over didn't know that it was Wang Yi in front of her, but thought it was the young master and grandmother of a wealthy family.

"A latte." Wang Yi responded with a smile. "Thank you."

"We want Mocha, and we want ...... Cappuccino, caramel macchino...... Another plate of fruitcake and a tiramisu! ”

When the coffee and cake came up, Tong Qianjia and Jiang Jiaren smiled, but they still didn't forget their husbands.

Wang Yi shook his head, indicating that they were at their own convenience, and then Chu Yuan walked in from outside the door and whispered in his ear: "Captain, Xu Shichang has arrived!" ”