"Extra, extra! Look at the newspaper, there is big news! …… Take a look at the newspaper mile ......"

Compared with the mainland, because of the popularization of education, especially the literacy education for immigrants, the circulation of newspapers here is greater than that of the mainland, and if it were not for the control of the "Press and Publication Regulations", I am afraid that there are not only dozens of newspapers in the northeast, but there may even be hundreds, although so, it has also caused a boom in the newspaper market. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The prosperity of the market has created fierce competition among newspapers, and newspapers will always use all means to attract the attention of citizens with eye-catching headlines and novel content, and these newsboys are no different.

"Outside, outside, come and see, the first republic of Asia is established!"

"Outside, outside, the overseas Chinese in Nanyang are unbearable to be humiliated by Westerners, and they resolutely revolt!"

"Outside the number, the provisional government of the Nanyang Republic has been established!"

"Outside, our Northeast Navy is protecting overseas Chinese, and the muzzle of the gun is directed at the Netherlands!"

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Perhaps, for the ordinary people in Northeast China, Nanyang is far away, if it comes to emotion, they don't even have much nostalgia, after all, most of the overseas Chinese in Nanyang are people from the southeast provinces, and in the Northeast, more immigrants come from Shandong, even now it is mainly in North China and Central China, and only a small number of people are from the southeast, but this does not prevent the people in the Northeast from blowing for them.

Over the past few years, through the education of new immigrants and the indoctrination of public opinion tools such as newspapers, the people in Northeast China have developed a hazy sense of state and nation. Although not strongly. But in the midst of constant indoctrination. They have long since abandoned the rotten view of the region, replaced by a vibrant view of the country and the nation, and when they began to accept the wave of nationalism, that new idea was influencing each of them.

At this time, when the news of Nanyang came, they were saddened by the inhumane treatment suffered by overseas Chinese in Nanyang, and while they were hostile to the inaction of the Manchu court for more than 200 years, they also applauded the decisiveness of the Northeast Navy. When the news of the establishment of the provisional government of the Nanyang Republic came, they saw not an independent state, but a Chinese diaspora building their own state to resist tyranny.

When the collection of funds for the Nanyang Republic and the gathering of volunteers, such activities spread to every corner of the three eastern provinces, but in the Governor's Palace, there was a lot of laughter, as if everyone was celebrating something, not so much because of the atmosphere, and this atmosphere came from the Governor.

"Independence is just the first step!"

Put down the newspaper in your hand. Tang Haoran had a smile on his face.

Everything has changed!

Not just about the history of China, but even about Borneo. He believes that soon a new country will appear in the South Seas, and more importantly, China's oil security will be guaranteed in the future.

"In the future, when the time comes, we will annex the Nanyang Republic to China through a referendum! Until then, no matter what others say, for us, the Nanyang Republic is our homeland! ”

Tang Haoran was so confident because the British made a concession - Britain acquiesced in the independence of Dutch Borneo, but with one condition: to guarantee its independence, not to be a Chinese colony.

And the reason why the British will give in is not that the British are generous, but entirely because of the previous "glorious neutrality" and non-interference that the British swore to "glorious neutrality" and non-interference on the issue of Dutch East India. If you remain neutral on the question of the overseas Chinese, then, now, when the Dutch come to your aid, China needs Britain to maintain its previous attitude.

The British themselves dug a hole for themselves.

On the one hand, there is the plea for help from traditional allies, and on the other hand, the anger of new friends.

More importantly, of course, Britain's previous official statement has actually cut off the possibility of a possible "tightrope walk", and between the Netherlands and China, they can only make one choice, otherwise they can only remain neutral, and as we all know, if they remain neutral, let alone Borneo, and even the Netherlands will lose the entire East Indies - compared to the military power of the Northeast, the military power of the Netherlands is not worth mentioning.

When the First Fleet of the Northeast Navy appeared off the coast of Batavia and began its deterrent cruises in Dutch East India, the British made the decision that was most advantageous to them, and to the Dutch, that the Netherlands would withdraw from Borneo and agree to its independence, while the Northeast, as its new friend, would ensure the subsequent independence of the South Seas Republic.

Refers to the independence of a country founded by an expatriate? This was originally a false proposition, not to mention whether this country was founded by overseas Chinese, or was it established directly benefiting from the full support of the native fleet.

But in any case, for Tang Haoran, he has already got what he needs - Borneo, oil, and of course, a foothold in the South Seas.

"Chongshan, do you think that now, in the current situation, will Beiyang temporarily relax its vigilance?"

Looking at Li Yuxin, who had just returned to Dalian from the capital, Tang Haoran had a smile on his face, now the Nanyang incident has attracted the attention of the whole of China, and the intelligence shows that Beiyang is also paying attention to the development of the situation, for them, they are naturally happy to see the power of the Northeast being contained by Nanyang.

"It depends on how you look at it!"

Li Yuxin took a sip of tea from the teacup, and then looked at the big handsome and said slowly.

"As everyone knows, the land military strength in the northeast is completely tied up by the Russians, 70,000 of the 100,000 troops in the northeast are stationed on the border with Russia, and only 30,000 troops remain...... but they are scattered in Korea, such as Liaoning, but only two mixed associations are stationed, which can almost be described as undefended for thousands of miles."

It is a well-known thing that there is no defense for thousands of miles, and even the ordinary people of Tianjin know that only if Beiyang is willing, tens of thousands of Beiyang elites can go straight to Shanhaiguan, and when he was in the capital, Li Yuxin asked more than once to "based on mutual trust" on the basis of hoping that the main force of the Beiyang Army would retreat to Shandong or south of Baoding. And "west of Dalian, only the troops of the First Association are stationed". It was the basis of his negotiations.

That's why. Li Hongzhang and others did not see the Northeast Army as a threat. But on the other hand, everyone also understands that with the railway network in the northeast, it can quickly transfer the army to Shanhaiguan at any time. But this is only the surface, in fact, there is also a military force that can be mobilized in the northeast -- the Zhuangding Regiment of the Settlement Point, hundreds of thousands of Zhuangding who have received a certain amount of training and can be armed at any time. It is the foundation of the military strength of the Northeast, and it is also the reason why the Governor's Office dares to go thousands of miles without defense.

"Hey, it's hard!"

With a long sigh, Tang Haoran spoke there as if he was talking to an outsider.

"Now, our northeast is sharing all the eastward care for the Guannai, but they don't know at all, they only know that our northeast is threatened by it, but they don't care about the helplessness of our northeast to strengthen armaments, and the Russians are enemies of us. I regard my land as a place of expansion, as the governor's palace of the three eastern provinces. How can I not strengthen my armaments......"

Listening to the marshal pouring bitter water there, Li Yuxin just smiled slightly, these are just superficial articles, but this kind of bitter water has to be poured by someone, he often pours these bitter water at the political meeting, what he does is to strive for a trace of understanding, although there is little hope, but more or less there is always some effect, at least Li Hongzhang agreed to transfer the new army of a town to Baoding. Although it doesn't make any sense because of the existence of the railway, it at least relieves the current pressure.

"Well, that's it, as for whether others understand...... Look, how about we meet an old friend this afternoon? ”

Some words must be said and listened to, just like at this time, Li Jingshu, who came to the Northeast with Li Yuxin, is the most important listener, and it is also the reason why Tang Haoran sighs from time to time.

"The Russian Pacific Fleet, after winning Japan, not only won excellent ports, but also took advantage of its geographical advantages, forming a prestige in our northeast and Korea. I had to strengthen the Navy to cope with the heavy pressure from the Russians, but ......"

After a slight pause, Tang Haoran looked at Li Jingshu and smiled helplessly.

"Haoran, don't misunderstand your father's intentions, my father has never had the slightest complaint about Haoran, although some people in the house have made irresponsible comments, but my father doesn't know that Haoran is ......having a hard time in the Northeast."

Li Jingshu, who does not understand politics, has always been a member of the council, which is also the reason why he came to the Northeast with Li Yuxin this time.

Especially at this time, in the face of the "frequent external uprisings" in the Northeast, Li Hongzhang himself wants to know Tang Haoran's thoughts, and he wants to find out what kind of attitude and thoughts the Northeast has.

"It's just that my father doesn't know, since the situation in the Northeast is so worrying, why did Haoran start a side matter in Nanyang?"

This is exactly where Li Hongzhang is confused, anyone can see that Tang Haoran just wants to use the Nanyang incident to divert his attention, but on the other hand, he is a little confused, after all, the vision of Beiyang is not ordinary people, ordinary people may be attracted by it, but for Beiyang, they can only be vigilant.

"Is that what you want?"

With a helpless wry smile, Tang Haoran walked up to the globe, turned the globe, and said to Li Jingshu.

"If it weren't for the coincidence, how could I risk the world's condemnation and offend those foreigners now, brother, you know, now I am afraid that I can't make friends with foreigners, use them as help, to stop the ambitions of the Russians, this Dutch is a traditional ally of the British, this time ah......"

After a long time, Tang Haoran pointed to the globe in his hand and said,

"But even so, for the sake of China and the Northeast, I have to do this, even if I offend the foreigners and the UK, I can only do this!"

It seems that at this moment, Tang Haoran put himself in a position of "worrying about the country and the people", as if he was not doing it for himself, but for the country, and even for him Li Hongzhang.

Why?

"Brother, come and see ......"

Pointing to the globe, when Li Jingshu came to his side, Tang Haoran pointed at Russia with one hand and said with a line with the other.

"Russia is here, the Far East is here, Japan is here, and now the Far East and Japan are all occupied by Russia, and the ambitions of the Russians for the Northeast and even China are well known, once China and Russia start to fight with the military, the entire territory of the Northeast may become a battlefield, not only that, but the Russian fleet will inevitably attack in all directions, and at that time, although the Beiyang will make every effort to block it from the sea, if the Russians advance and occupy Japan in a few years, and send additional fleets from the mainland, how will the Beiyang deal with itself?"

As he spoke, Tang Haoran's fingers swiped on the globe, and he said as he swiped his fingers.

"The Baltic Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, converge with the Black Sea Fleet, then pass through Suez, enter the Red Sea, enter the Indian Ocean, pass through Malacca, re-enter the South China Sea, and then enter the Taiwan Strait......"

"Smack!"

slapped China on the globe with a slap, and when Li Jingshu was startled, Tang Haoran looked up at him and asked in a deep voice.

"Tell me, when the time comes, how will we stop the converging Russian fleet?"

Thanks to the Russians' expedition across the world to conquer Japan, this miraculous voyage laid the foundation for the victory of the Russians, and also made Li Jingshu know that Tang Haoran was telling the truth, if that was the case, the Beiyang was not just as simple as being attacked on the back, and the Russians, whose strength had never been seen before, would be able to bombard the coast and even occupy important coastal areas, and then ...... With just a slight thought, Li Jingshu only felt a chill in his back and muttered to his lips.

"This, how is this good!"

When he cast his frightened eyes on Tang Haoran, he saw him say with a solemn expression.

"Therefore, this overseas Chinese incident in Nanyang has made me see an opportunity and a good opportunity to cut off the claws of Russia!"

Pointing to Borneo on the globe, Tang Haoran said in as calm a tone as possible.

"The scripture says where you see Borneo,"

"Huh?"

From the globe, it can be seen that the position that Tang Haoran is pointing to happens to be on the path that the Russians must pass.

"Therefore, my idea is that if our Northeast Fleet can be stationed in the South Seas, then the Russian reinforcement fleet will inevitably pass in front of my eyes, and by then, Russia will already be exhausted after a long voyage of thousands of miles, and although our Navy is inexperienced, it will be able to intercept it in the South China Sea and even Malacca, and at that time, our Northeast Navy will definitely do its best to defeat or severely damage the Russian fleet, and even if our Northeast Navy loses all the battles, it will be enough to ensure that the North Ocean can save the tide of the war at sea! In this way, you can cut off the claws of the Russians! ”

"Brother Haoran, what do you mean ......?"

Li Jingshu looked at Tang Haoran in surprise, and he didn't even understand his intention for a while, what did he mean by this? The Northeast Navy is stationed in the South Seas? Don't......

"Please tell Quan Shuai through Brother Shu, although Haoran is selfish, but Haoran is a Chinese person, and everything he plans and does is for the sake of national affairs! As for the rest...... Hey"

Closing his eyes as if in pain, Tang Haoran held the globe in his hand and sighed.

"It's up to others to understand!" (To be continued.) )