Chapter 123 Shandong Commune (4)

【123】Shandong Commune (4)

Although he was frightened half to death by the rumors of the plague as soon as he landed, he firmly believed that God would bless him this year as much as the Pope, so he stayed without fear and offered to see Yao Fan.

As soon as Yao Fan heard that Merris had arrived, he immediately rushed to the dock area from the machine gun training ground, and he now had an errand to see if Merris could do it.

As soon as Yao Fan saw Meris, he happily hugged him, and pulled him to find an empty house of the Customs and Maritime Division, and the two talked secretly in it.

"James, there is no plague in Qingdao." Yao Fan told him frankly.

"What? Frank, what do you say? But I saw notices from the Qing government plastered all over the docks and city walls! Is my translator lying to me? ”

"James, that's not what you see, it's actually a deception."

"God, why do the Qing bureaucrats in Qingdao do such a trick! Are they crazy? Frank, you must know why. ”

"In fact, these deceptive notices and rumors were the work of my men. James, just a week before you came to Qingdao, I started a revolution, a revolution for freedom, democracy, and self-cultivation for the citizens and yeoman farmers, and Qingdao is now under my control, and I have to numb the officials of the Qing Kingdom with the excuse of the plague in order to gain time for armed training. ”

"Oh God! My God! Bless this brave man! Merris crossed his hands in front of his chest.

"Frank, you know how brutal those scavengers are! Once you're caught by them, these barbarians will cut you one by one to a size that's perfect for rats to enjoy! ”

"James, don't worry, I won't be scraped alive, I have the belief and strength to win! You have to trust me!

Know that I have formed a unit armed with muskets! In order to defend the victory of this great revolution, we will fight with all our might! ”

Meris looked up at Yao Fan's determined eyes, this Chinese had now thrown away the ridiculous braided hat, his head was combed into a noble twenty-eight, and under the sunlight shining through the window, he was full of soft light, looking like a nobleman from Europe.

At this moment, a hazy thought suddenly appeared in Meris's heart: "Maybe God asked me to come to Qingdao at this time to help Yao and help him in this great struggle for freedom and against imperial power like the French Revolution!" ”

"Frank, you need arms! You must use the best German rifles to destroy the attack of the barbarians under the emperor, and the torch of justice and freedom must be burned in Qingdao! Meris was inexplicably excited, and her tone was high-pitched.

He glared and clenched his fists and said, "Yes! Yes! Yes! You are different from them, you are a civilized nobleman, and you even understand Chapter 123 Shandong Commune (4)

Noble German! I can't watch you being torn to shreds by those barbarians! ”

Yao Fan smiled softly and said nothing: "Is German noble?" Why do I think German is similar to the European Henan dialect? Where is it noble? ”

"Frank, all the managers of German foreign firms in China are my friends! If you need arms, just ask, I promise you a very low price! The Mauser 71 rear-loading rifle under the eyes of the German 6th Army is very good, and if you need it, I will do my best to get it for you! ”

"James, I want to thank you for your kindness, but I'm armed with rifles and have made a sufficient stockpile of weapons, so I'm not worried about the source of the weapons right now."

"Oh? Made from France? British goods? Meris was very surprised, he really didn't expect that Yao Fan's rebellion had been planned for a long time, and he had even prepared enough weapons and ammunition in advance.

"Chinese goods, produced by my family's secret munitions factory, should be sufficient for the war with the Qing State. So I don't have to spend huge sums of money on advanced rifles.

James, what worries me most at the moment is not the munitions, but the blockade from the sea. I am afraid that in the event of a war, Qingdao's shipping lines will be completely cut off.

Jade, I need the protection of free trade from a sea power! ”

Meris opened his mouth and thought for a long time, "Frank, your consideration is right, once the Qing State imposes an encirclement and embargo on you, Qingdao will not be able to transport even a single piece of rice." ”

Yao Fan said: "James, I doubt that no country will tear its face with the Qing State for the sake of this little paradise of freedom and democracy that I have established, but I bet that if a German freighter sails between the concession wharf between Qingdao and Shanghai, or between the Japanese trading port of Nagasaki, the Qing government will not dare to arrest the ship or confiscate the goods." ”

"Frank, do you want me to be your smuggling captain?"

"Yes, of course it's a very risky deal, but I also offer great profits. All my goods can be handed over to your agent, and you can give the goods to anyone in the concession in Shanghai or the open port in Japan.

I swear, James, that I will make you and your family the number one foreign firm in Asia, and as long as I can stand firm, my regime will be your bayonet in Asia! Yao Fan took Merris's hand and drew the flatbread fiercely.

Meris's heart was strongly stimulated at this moment, and he naturally thought of "a pro-German regime!" An Asian Free Port! A bastion of freedom on a savage big 6! A piece of land in the sun! There is no doubt that I will receive a medal from the Kaiser!

My God! I now finally understand the noble mission you have given me on this trip! God bless the Emperor! God bless Germany! ”

Yao Fan seemed to see through Meris's thoughts, and whispered like a devil and seduced: "I believe that His Majesty William I is very happy to see that in the far east, there is a commune in Shandong (4)

A friendly ice-free port that is enough for the German ** ship to dock with coal and water to replenish food.

I hereby promise that if His Majesty Wilhelm I can guarantee Qingdao the status of a free port, then Germany will enjoy full duty-free import and export status in Qingdao, which will make German goods more competitive than those of other countries.

However, in order to ensure the stability of my regime and not to be reviled by the Chinese people, German citizens cannot have extraterritoriality in Qingdao, and any crime will be tried in open court in accordance with the laws of the regime I have established.

James, I assure you that these laws are civilized and just, without the slightest insult or harm, except for the most heinous crimes that should be shot, other violations will only be punished by different years of imprisonment, and my prison is very humane, even if it is much cleaner and brighter than in Germany itself.

In addition to giving Germany free trade and one-sided most-favored-nation treatment, I will not accept any colonial requests from any country, that is, I am diplomatic, military, political, and economically, and I do not recognize any suzerain! ”

Melis rolled his throat excitedly, and said, "The German Minister to China, Mr. Barland, is in Peking, and I think I should go and see him." Until then, Frank, take care and don't be torn apart by those barbarians. ”

After the conversation that day, Yao Fan only received 20,000 taels of silver tickets from the Meriss, and loaded the cargo ship chartered by the Merris with a full 1o tons of dye, and the price per kilogram dropped from 45 taels to 3o taels like an avalanche! This goods is worth 3o thousand taels!

"Next delivery in gold, James, remember, I need gold!"

Merris nodded firmly: "My manager will be responsible for transporting the goods back to Shanghai, and I will take a boat to Beijing, Frank, you are waiting for my good news!" ”

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