In addition to the technical preparation, the more important preparation is the economic one. For example, in order to produce these things on a large scale in the future, MacDonald needs to be able to consolidate the American shipbuilding industry at some point. It's just that the timing of this integration is very important. If the integration is too early, but the war has been dragged on and not started, then it will be inefficient to get so many shipyards in hand. Moreover, before the start of the war, Scrooge predicted that the economic situation would not be too good, because if the economic situation was good and everyone had money to make, then how stupid would it be to fight a world war? And this kind of bad economic situation is certainly not short-term, because if you endure it, you will have a good life, who wants to fight a world war? Therefore, if you start early, those assets will definitely lose money for a while. Although Scrooge is sure that he will earn more in the end, if he can reduce the cost a little, it is a little cost, who would think that he will make less money?

However, if it is too late, the tendency for war to break out is very obvious, and it will be too late to do it again. Because more people can already see that the war is about to start, and they all know that as soon as the war begins, these things can make money. Then the prices of shipbuilders will naturally rise. If you buy it at that time, you'll have to pay even more. Of course, if Scrooge's version of the "Liberty Wheel" had been developed successfully, it would not have been a problem to make money.

In the original history, a major war broke out in 1914, if everything remained unchanged, Scrooge would certainly be able to grasp the situation, however, Scrooge caused a lot of interference to the world after all, so, although this war is still inevitable, but considering that the industrial development speed of this time and space is faster than the original, So, Scrooge estimates, this war may be a certain amount of time in advance. It's just that I don't know how long it will be in advance.

"The matter on the Chinese side should be resolved as soon as possible. If we still follow history and make a Xinhai Revolution in 1911, don't start a world war before that, and at that time, not only the British will not have the strength to intervene, but even the United States will not have the strength to meddle in affairs, but I am afraid that Japan will take advantage of it. Scrooge thought, "If I had to do it, next year might be a good opportunity." ”

Empress Dowager Cixi died in 1908, and before her death, the Guangxu Emperor, who had been imprisoned by her, also died suddenly. The death of the Empress Dowager Cixi was a huge blow to the Manchus. Although Cixi is often criticized as a "diehard" in various histories in later generations, Cixi's biggest problem is actually the problem of ass, not the problem of ability. Because there is indeed a contradiction between Bao China and Bao Daqing, and her ass is sitting on the side of Daqing. Although this old woman has also done some stupid things, at least among the Manchu people, this old woman's vision and skills are first-class. If you put her in the Manchu aristocracy, the core ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, then she is not a figure who thinks twice. As soon as this old woman died, the ruling power of the Manchu government suddenly dropped sharply, and the government and the opposition were separated. It's a good time. Moreover, isn't the death of Emperor Guangxu also a thing that can be exploited?

Scrooge suddenly remembered a certain time travel novel he had seen before the time travel, in which the protagonist made a prophecy before Cixi's death, declaring that Cixi would kill Guangxu before his own death, and then, seeing this, achieved a huge political advantage. Although the goals of Scrooge and the time-traveler were completely different, in the spirit of take-it-or-leave-it, Scrooge felt that he could do the same, and even, with the propaganda power in his hands, it was even more convenient for him to do so.

"Let the guys of the Liberation Society throw out a "Cixi's Life" first? Well, Zhang Taiyan's writing is good, so it should be good for him to write. Then, whether Cixi kills Guangxu or not, it is a pit. Thinking so, Scrooge rang the bell and called for Vernan Barrier.

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Tokyo, Japan, Minbao Editorial Department.

For a period of time, the newspaper of the People's Daily, the organ of the League, could barely be maintained due to financial problems, but fortunately, it was later funded by those Chinese Americans from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it was finally able to continue to maintain.

This morning, Mr. Zhang Taiyan was writing at his desk in the study, when he heard a rapid knock on the door. Mr. Zhang Taiyan frowned, put down his pen, stood up, and walked out of the door. But when he saw that it was his student Qian Xia standing outside the door, his face turned red, excited and happy, so he frowned again and said, "Qian Xia, what's the matter, why are you so uncontrollable!" ”

Mr. Zhang is a master of Chinese culture, extremely stressful of nourishing qi, paying attention to the collapse of Mount Tai in front and the color remains unchanged, Qian Xia is his proud protégé, (unlike Zhou Shuren and Zhou Zuoren's brothers, Mr. Qian Xia (Qian Xuantong) is a disciple of Mr. Zhang Taiyan) Now such a calm look, naturally makes him a little unhappy.

After listening to the teacher's criticism, Qian Xia immediately woke up, put away his excited face, and said to Mr. Zhang Taiyan: "Teacher, Mr. Tao has a letter. There is important news. ”

As he spoke, Qian Xia handed the letter to Mr. Zhang Taiyan.

The letter was written in duplicate, one was an original manuscript written by Tao Chengzhang himself, filled with all kinds of strange sexagenary branches and numbers, and the other was translated by Qian Xia. Since his training in the Far Friends class, the Restoration Society's correspondence has been heavily coded to improve confidentiality. Naturally, Blackwater doesn't teach them how to make complex passwords, which is quite mathematically demanding. So it gave them an easier way. That is, to select a certain version of the book, and then indicate the page number, the number of lines, and the number of words in the secret language, and then select a word, so that the word by word constitutes the ciphertext. If the other party does not know the books and editions used, and the books used are changed regularly, it will be difficult for others to decipher the letters, even if they are found. It's just that such a cumbersome thing of plaintext becoming ciphertext, and ciphertext becoming plaintext, of course, needs to be done by a special person. Here in Tokyo, the secret letters sent to Mr. Zhang Taiyan were all translated by his protégé Qian Xia.

Seeing that the disciple had regained his solemn attitude, Mr. Zhang Taiyan nodded, reached out and took the letter, unfolded it, and looked at it.

"Cixi is not in good health, I'm afraid she won't survive next year? Is this news reliable? Why did Huan Qing talk about this kind of rumor? Zhang Taiyan saw Tao Chengzhang's letter saying that he had received the news, Cixi's physical condition was very bad, although there was no big deal, but the failure of the body was very obvious, I was afraid that he would not live long, so he casually came up with such a sentence. But in fact, he is not too skeptical of this news. Because under normal circumstances, Cixi should have died a long time ago. In fact, everyone has long speculated about how long Cixi will live.

Cixi is now in her seventies, which is a very long life in China at that time. At this age, if there is obvious physical failure, even if there is a royal family, even if there are various rare drugs to continue life, it is not necessarily possible to live for long. And those so-called drugs that can sustain life are not without toxic side effects, the more you use, the smaller the positive effect, and the more obvious the side effects.

But the following content immediately attracted Zhang Taiyan's eyes. In this letter, Tao Chengzhang analyzes the changes in the political situation after Cixi's death. He said in the letter that before Cixi's death, the most reassuring and difficult to deal with was the Guangxu Emperor who was imprisoned in Yingtai. For a long time, there has been a huge interest group around Cixi, and this interest group is completely opposed to Emperor Guangxu. And the imperial party elements who supported Guangxu were also waiting for Cixi to die, thinking that if Cixi died, they would have a bright future.

Therefore, Tao Chengzhang further analyzed that in order to ensure the interests of the post-party group, Guangxu must not die after Cixi. When Cixi is about to die, she will definitely let people kill Guangxu first. Therefore, he suggested that Mr. Zhang Taiyan write an article on this to predict this change. In his opinion, if Cixi really killed Guangxu as predicted at that time, it would be a mother and son killing each other, and everyone would be lost. The Manchu Qing Dynasty, which could even do such a thing, naturally did not have any legal system to speak of. In addition, after the death of Cixi, there was simply no one among the Manchurians who had enough power to control the world, and in such a situation, there would be great hope for the success of the revolution. And if Cixi gets nervous and doesn't kill Guangxu, that's not bad, Zai Tian Clown is not a person with any political ability, if he makes a comeback, everyone in the Hou Party will naturally be in danger. And the imperialists will definitely counterattack. Nowadays, which of the real power figures in the world is not the post-party? In this way, I am afraid that the Manchu Qing will fall apart faster. At that time, an uprising was launched, the Tatars were expelled, and the restoration of China was naturally a matter of course.

"Tao Huanqing is really a caring person. I thought so far. Zhang Taiyan put down the letter in his hand and sighed.

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"The news about Cixi's physical condition came from Dr. MacMillan...... As soon as Mr. Zhang's article comes out, there will naturally be many controversies. And I think that even if there is Mr. Zhang's article, Cixi will still kill Zai Tian clown before she dies. When the time comes, there will be Mr. Zhang's article, and the Manchu Qing will naturally fall to the ground. However, this is only a small boost to our revolution. After all, the success or failure of the revolution still depends on itself. If you want to talk about prestige, what kind of legal system did Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, and Dolgon have in those days, and what kind of prestige did they have? It's just that by force, he just seized the world. Now, if we want the revolution to succeed, we must not relax in terms of force. Bosun is now rectifying the police in Anhui, and he has also contacted many revolutionary aspirants in the Anhui New Army. Jingxiong, your death squad is also going to train as well. Time is running out. In the Chase School, Tao Chengzhang said to Qiu Jin.