Lin Daxin's big move is not only to expand the Dingbei Army, build new warships, and invest heavily in education, but Lin Daxin then increased the intensity of immigration, after all, in addition to the four northeastern provinces, the other eight provinces, Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Luzon, Far Eastern Province, Baikal Province, Saisi Province, and Saidong Province, all need a large number of immigrants to fill in.

The railways and highways of these 8 provinces have also begun construction according to the plan, that is, some planned railways and highways in the original four northeastern provinces have also begun construction at the same time, Lin Daxin has also invested an astronomical amount of money for this, but if you want to build roads first, Lin Daxin thinks that what you say is still very reasonable, and so many railways and highways will also drive the development of various factories in their own territory.

In addition, Lin Daxin has invested heavily in preparing to build thousands of new large-scale factories in various provinces, including metallurgy, manufacturing, chemical, petroleum and other heavy industry enterprises, as well as many large-scale light industries, to further improve their industrial system and expand production capacity. Of course, the construction of so many factories, funding is not a problem, because the personnel are preparing to establish a number of technical schools, it is not very difficult, but so many equipment only rely on Lin Daxin's own machinery manufacturing factory, I don't know the year of the monkey Ma Yue can only be produced, the construction of the factory even includes several machinery manufacturing plants.

So the equipment of the new construction factory, Lin Daxin is ready to gather from three aspects, part of it is produced by Shenyang Machinery Manufacturing Factory, part of it is purchased from European and American countries, and part of it is ready to be passed. Purchased in the future plane, and then shipped back to the Qing Dynasty plane.

After arranging a series of things, Lin Daxin decided to travel back to the future time and space because of the war with Japan. During this period, the Northeast Navy fought another bloody battle with the British and Japanese Navy, so that Lin Daxin never found time to return to the future time and space. In the future, he coincidentally impersonated Yu Fei, the president of the Huaxing Association in Laaag City, Philippines, and invested 50 million US dollars in the Huaxing Association. Prepare to develop and expand the Huaxinghui, let yourself toss materials from Laoag to the Qing Dynasty, and have the cover of Huaxinghui without arousing the suspicion of others, so that Laoag will become a stable base in the future time and space.

In order to deal with the Hammerhead Gang, which ranked third among the five major gangs in Laoag City, Lin Daxin also invited 2 instructors from the American mercenary training camp to train the blade team at the entrance of the four halls of the Huaxing Association and the gang members of the Law Enforcement Hall.

In the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Emperor Meiji, Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito, Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu, and the commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, Heihachiro Togo, met to discuss post-war matters.

Emperor Meiji said, "You probably know. The gold and silver in the Emperor's coffers were enough to pay 20 million pounds in war reparations, but instead of using the gold and silver in the Emperor's coffers, I took out a loan from the British, do you know why? ”

Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi said in a deep voice: "The minister guesses that His Majesty the Emperor is preparing to leave the funds behind to develop Japan's industry, as well as the navy and army!" ”

Emperor Meiji nodded and said, "Ito-kun is right, the armistice agreement signed this time is definitely a loss of power and a humiliation for us in the Japanese Empire, and a shame for me. 20 million pounds in war reparations, and even ceded South Korea, the Ryukyu Islands, the Ogasawara Islands, and the Kuril Islands. Use all the strength of our entire Japanese Empire to develop our industry and army, and prepare to seek justice from Lin Daxin. Settle an old score! ”

Hirobumi Ito, Mutsu Munemitsu, and Heihachiro Togo shouted at the same time, "Hi! His Majesty the Emperor! ”

After that, Emperor Meiji was embarrassed and said to Ito Hirobumi: "Ito-kun, this war has been lost. Someone has to stand up and take responsibility, or I won't be able to account to the people of all Japan. I can't get the high-ranking officials of the entire base camp to stand up and take the responsibility for the defeat, and now I can only wronged you. ”

As the prime minister, when the content of the armistice treaty was transmitted back to the Japanese mainland, he was ready to carry the black pot, and when he heard the words of Emperor Meiji, he said without hesitation: "His Majesty the Emperor, as the prime minister of the Japanese Empire, should have been responsible for the defeat of this war, and the minister asked the emperor to resign and resign from the post of prime minister!" ”

Mutsu Munemitsu and Heihachiro Togo glanced at each other, and sighed helplessly at the same time, such a tragic failure really needs someone to stand up and be responsible.

Emperor Meiji said with relief: "Ito-kun, the position of prime minister will still be yours in the future, you take a break for a while, by the way, do you have anyone to take over the position of prime minister?" ”

Hirobumi Ito said, "I am grateful to His Majesty the Emperor for his kindness, and I believe that Saionji is suitable to succeed him as Prime Minister. ”

Saionji Gongwang is Ito Hirobumi's proud protégé, since Ito Hirobumi has been burdened with the black cauldron, it is not too much for someone else's disciple to take over the position of prime minister, and Saionji Gongwang's own talent is also obvious to all, so Emperor Meiji nodded and said: "Let Saionji Gongwang take over the position of Prime Minister Ito-kun!" ”

Ito Hirobumi hurriedly said: "The minister of Saionji Temple has thanked His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Emperor Meiji then said to the three of them: "This time the combined fleet of the army and navy of the Japanese Empire has suffered heavy losses, and I am ready to reinstate the army to 47 standing divisions, and equip the standing divisions with more machine guns and artillery, and also let the arsenal develop more advanced tanks. Moreover, the War Department must strengthen the training of army reservists, and the next time there must be no disgrace in surrendering more than 100,000 soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire to the enemy. Oh, by the way, I am going to let the former commander-in-chief of the Japanese garrison in South Korea, Kuroki Weizhen, take over the position of Minister of War. ”

Hirobumi Ito, Mutsu Munemitsu, and Heihachiro Togo all thought that Kuroki was a very suitable choice for the Minister of War, and did not dispute the candidate proposed by Emperor Meiji.

Emperor Meiji said to Togo Heihachiro: "Even if the 2 all-steel battleships of Kirishima and Suzuya are repaired, we only have 5 all-steel battleships left, plus the domestic Kure Port Shipyard and Yokosuka Shipyard to build 8 majestic class all-steel battleships, in 2 years, we will also have 13 all-steel battleships, this is completely insufficient, our Great Japanese Empire must have more all-steel battleships, do you have any new plans for your navy?" I want to support the Navy even if I go bankrupt this time! ”

Emperor Meiji regretted that he had not started building 8 Majestic-class all-steel battleships and 8 Asama-class large fast armored cruisers earlier, otherwise the naval battle near the Wild Boar River Pier in the Far Eastern Province that would have decided the course of the war might have been rewritten.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, we are going to expand the dockyards at the Kure Port Shipyard and the Yokosuka Shipyard so that the two shipyards can build more warships, and we are also going to purchase equipment to build three modern large shipyards such as the Sasebo Shipyard, the Kobe Shipyard, and the Nagasaki Shipyard, but the funds required will be very large. ”

Emperor Meiji nodded and said, "The money came directly from the Emperor's treasury, but it will take a long time to expand and build a new shipyard, has the Navy considered ordering all-steel battleships from abroad?" ”

At this time, Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, Togo-kun has already asked his ministers to test the tone of several naval powers, and now only Italy, Germany and the United States are willing to build all-steel battleships for foreign countries, and Britain and France are eager to make up for the losses because of the loss of many all-steel battleships, and the British and French docks are occupied, and there is no dock that can produce all-steel battleships for other countries." ”

Emperor Meiji said: "The level of shipbuilding in Germany and the United States is not strong, but it is also possible to see what kind of all-steel battleships they can come up with, as for Italy, their Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships are very good, if possible, our Japanese Navy orders 4 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships from Italian shipyards." ”

The Italian navy was devastated in the Battle of Manila Bay, and the aged Italian King Umberto I, after receiving the news of the destruction of the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Italian Navy, suddenly fell ill and his condition deteriorated, and finally died.

Emanuele III, who succeeded to the throne, took out a lot of money from his royal family's private treasury to build 4 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships, and suddenly heard that the Japanese wanted to order 4 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships, and immediately rejoiced, knowing that after building 4 Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships for the Japanese, Italy earned money to build 1 and a half Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships, So Italy readily agreed to build four Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships for Japan.

In addition, the Japanese reached an agreement with the Americans, and the Americans will build two American Maine-class all-steel battleships with a full load displacement of 13,500 tons for the Japanese.

The all-steel battleships that the Germans took out, the Japanese were not satisfied, and Japan did not have so much money to continue to purchase all-steel battleships, so the Germans did not get the Japanese order.

Emperor Meiji was stimulated this time, and he even decided to use up the last copper plate and develop the navy, in addition to purchasing six more all-steel battleships, Emperor Meiji also ordered eight Yoshino-class fast-protection cruisers and 16 destroyers to the Kure Port Shipyard and Yokosuka Shipyard.

With the establishment of the new Sasebo Shipyard, Kobe Shipyard, and Nagasaki Shipyard, Japan's shipbuilding program will increase. (To be continued......) R1292