Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Fox of the False Tiger
The killing of 38 Japanese spies in the cemetery of the martyrs was immediately reported by many newspapers such as the "Declaration". The following day, Wang Yi wrote an article entitled "* Book" in the "Declaration", which listed in detail the beginning and end of Japan's invasion of the Ryukyus, the invasion of Taiwan, and the Ganghwa Island incident in Korea, and made Japan's modern reform and many internal contradictions clear. In his final general comment, Wang Yi pointed out that in order to ease the acute domestic contradictions, Japan will inevitably choose the road of foreign aggression. Its primary target was the first subject of the Qing Dynasty, Korea, and then the entire Qing Dynasty, whose ambitions were already clear. I hope that the compatriots of the whole country will unite to jointly * Japanese goods, expel the Japanese people, and do not raise tigers for .......
Li Hongzhang is working in the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili, and last year he was also anxious, and the drought and locust plagues in Zhili continued one after another, and it was not until the end of this year that the initial relief was achieved.
Zhou Fu hurriedly walked in with a newspaper at this time.
"Wushan, what happened? Why are you so panicked? โ
"My lord, the Great Shang Group in Mukden has received news that Japan has invaded and occupied the Ryukyus."
"What!" Li Hongzhang stood up. "Have you ever confirmed it at this point?"
"Confirming ......," Zhou Fu replied, "But...... In another matter, the day before yesterday, the Great Merchants sent Japan to Mukden to steal their internal technical secrets, and all of them were put on display. And said...... In Mukden, the Japanese must leave the country within three days, otherwise they will bear the consequences. The Japanese minister to China has already lodged a protest with us on this matter and demanded that the murderers of the Japanese civilians be severely punished, otherwise they will not hesitate to meet each other in arms. โ
Li Hongzhang now has an impression of Wang Yi, and he also has an impression of Dashang, thought about it, and said, "How does Wushan think this matter should be handled?" โ
Zhou Fu didn't speak, but put a copy of the "Declaration" in front of Li Hongzhang's eyes, and said: "There is a "* book" written by Wang Yi, how about the adults read it first, and then make a decision?" โ
Li Hongzhang nodded.
While the two were talking, Tang Tingshu hurriedly walked in from outside.
"When it was built, you ......," Li Hongzhang and Zhou Fu wondered.
"Xiaguan has seen adults, and Xiaguan is here to dedicate books......"
Tang Tingshu is now busy with the affairs of the Kaiping Mining Bureau, and the main reason for this is the technical and financial support of the big businessmen. As far as the current situation is concerned, several coal mines in Kaiping can be put into operation this year, with an estimated output of about 10,000 tons. From next year, coal production will increase steadily and significantly, and is estimated to reach about 40,000 tons. The steel mill under construction is also progressing well, and if there are no accidents, the furnace can be opened by the end of the year.
Tang Tingshu rushed to Tianjin today for the sake of the dispute between the Great Merchants and Japan. In fact, he didn't care much about this matter, but this matter involved big businessmen, so that was another matter. Tang Tingshu doesn't want anything to happen now, otherwise as soon as Dashang withdraws people, all the work in his hands will be completely picked.
"Compilation of the Rise of Great Powers", Tang Tingshu dedicated the book, and then explained: "My lord, I am ashamed to say that this book was taken by the lower officials in the Yingkou Wanguo Hotel without asking......"
Don't ask for yourself, in fact, it's stealing, because of this, the owner of the Wanguo Hotel, She Fatzi, didn't look for Wang Yi to theorize, and then jumped to scold the street. Tell me who you introduced! Tang Tingshu and Xu Run, who came for the first time, stole books, and Hu Xueyan and Lai Chang, who came for the second time, were not clean hands and feet. You just look at it, even if you say to borrow, let's pinch our noses and admit it, good guy, you take three copies for one person, and five copies for one person. Take it like this, you really can't see it!
Wang Yi was also angry, and later together with She Fatzi, he scolded these people all over again.
Tang Tingshu took less, only two copies, but when he came back and saw that Xu Run had five copies in his box, he regretted it in his heart. "I'm too kind......"
Li Hongzhang and Zhou Fu also looked at each other and smiled when they heard Tang Tingshu stealing the book, in their opinion, this was an elegant thing.
The "Compilation of the Rise of Great Powers" is the things that Wang Yichu talked about when he first came to Zhang's house, and now they are compiled and drawn together, and they have only one purpose, to point at Japan and Tsarist Russia.
Today is the fourth day after the Qingming Festival, and in the eyes of the people watching the excitement, in Yingkou, Haicheng, Dashiqiao, Panjin and their nearby towns, a team of insurance team members arrested Japanese businessmen and expatriates from their beds, and then forcibly repatriated them without saying anything. And those who dared to resist were all beaten to the point of bleeding under the butt of a gun. There were also some Japanese ronins who screamed and played with the samurai sword with the insurance team, but these people Wang Yi didn't kill them, and after being arrested, they were directly sent to the medical school and the newly established pharmacy school in February this year, which is estimated to have become the so-called real yร n material. As for the Japanese family property, after the sale, it was added to the second and fifth parts, half of which was given to the local government offices, and the other half was secretly ordered by Wang Yi.
Because Japan did not have a consulate in Yingkou, the Japanese had to ask the British minister to intervene in the matter.
However, to the surprise of the Japanese, the British flatly refused. On the one hand, it was also because of Japan's sudden annexation of the Ryukyus, which made the British a little dissatisfied. But the more important reason is that the British do not want to offend Wang Yi because of this matter.
Wang Yi's reputation in the international scientific community was not clear to the Qing government, but Wei Tuma was clear. Last year, one-third of the scientific community's achievements were published by the Big Commercial Industry Office, and their heavyweight research results accounted for more than eighty percent of the world's research results. Although it has been established for a short time, and it has only been more than three years before and after, the achievements of the Dashang Industrial Real Estate Office can be described as brilliant. They are well-deserved leaders in the scientific community and the top scientific research mecca in the hearts of scientists all over the world.
And as the godfather of the industrial real room, Wang Yi himself is a master of science. Although Wittoma did not meet Wang Yi, he did meet Wang Yi's British partner, Charlie Fama. This person was originally one of the principals of Qichang Foreign Company, but that was an outdated identity. He is now one of the two largest shareholders of the European Telephone and Telegraph Company, and controls the entire gramophone industry in the British Empire, as well as the soon-to-be-begun radio broadcasting industry. This is only his family property on the surface, and as for those in the secret, Wittoma even suspects that Charlie himself may not be able to figure it out.
Charlie Fama is now the Queen's guest of honour, and his reputation for charity is so great that it is only a matter of time before he is knighted.
The most important reason why Wittoma met Charlie Fama was that the Royal Academy of Sciences wanted to establish a relationship with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and if possible, to seek cooperation. However, because of the British opium trade policy towards the Qing Dynasty, the Great Shang categorically rejected the matter.
However, what no one expected was that this impolite refusal would cause an uproar in Britain, and some famous British scientists even openly stood up and demanded that the government change its policy toward China and stop the dirty opium trade. Although the matter was very troublesome, because of the obstruction of the opium traders' interests in the upper and lower houses, the bill to end the opium trade was not passed after all. The merchants later thanked the British scientists who had come to the fore to stop the opium trade and sent them invitations to lecture in the industrial chamber at a convenient time. However, in the eyes of ordinary Britons, this matter is more like a slap in the face. The barbaric and uncivilized Orientals appeared polite, while the civilized British were engaged in the shameful opium trade.
As soon as the Japanese saw that the British could not get through, they came to the Americans to ask for help, but the American consul representative in Yingkou was the partner of the great merchants, Naide. Even though the American minister Xihua agreed to mediate, Naide simply ignored it. He just read out the issue of Minister Xihua's hope to stop the big businessmen from discriminating against Japan, and he hadn't even finished reading it, and then threw away the official document casually and went to have coffee with Wang Yi.
Japan is now embarrassed, because there is no real minister to China, and the one who remains in the Qing State to deal with China affairs is an acting minister named Zheng Yongning. Although this person is Japanese, he is a widow of the Ming Dynasty and is originally from Fujian. Although Japan does not suspect him of rebellion, it is obviously unrealistic to let such a person deal with all the current problems. But the new minister to China, Shishido Ji (what a fucking weird name), is still in Japan, and there is no one in Japan in the Qing Dynasty.
Wang Yi looked at the report submitted by Wu Xiao, and at the same time there was also the news that Li Yuzhen got from the Japanese branch of Dashang Silver Furnace. The Japanese branch of Dashang Silver Furnace is called Anji Foreign Company, and most of the people in it are foreigners, and the only few Chinese have not yet appeared in front of people.
Large-scale demonstrations have already taken place in Japan, and many of the original scholars have come forward to speak out, demanding that the government go on an expedition to clean the country and avenge the death of the Japanese.
Wang Yi just smiled when he saw these reports, come on, if you don't come, you will be a grandson!
To tell the truth, the current Japan is a fox in the power of a fox and a fake tiger, not to mention that the army king doesn't care, it's their navy...... In 1879, the Japanese navy was on the coastal defense route, but it was temporarily suppressed due to the defeat of the Satsuma domain in the Southwest War. Therefore, Japan is practicing defensive national defense, and the land is the main sea secondary. Just those few broken ships, what an east ship, that is, the wooden ship is equipped with an iron shell! Mt. Fuji ship ...... Not even an iron shell......
The better part is the battleship Fuso, or the legendary Central Battery Ironclad, with four 240mm Krupp bubbles, one 170mm bow and stern gun, and six 12-pounder guns in the armored gun room in the middle of the ship. The standard displacement is 3717 tons, and there is an armor belt 105-229mm thick in the waterline part. The Fuso is a steam hybrid with sails and a speed of 13 knots.
It's not that Wang Yi looks down on him, if it weren't for the fact that the gentleman in his hand is really too problematic and he doesn't dare to travel far. Not to mention that the Japanese are looking for the door, he still wants to find the door!
Naide was standing beside Wang Yi with a coffee cup at this time, this is the window of the office of the Dashang Affiliated Primary School, the scenery is not bad, at least it is very open.
"I heard that there is a former president in your country, and he is coming to visit Wรจn?"
"yes!" Naide shrugged.
"I don't know how much money I charged?" Wang Yi came to a sentence without yin or yang.
The two looked at each other and smiled, all without saying a word.