In 1876, Japan opened the door of Korea by force and forced the Korean government to sign the unequal "Ganghwa Treaty" between Korea and Japan, and then the great powers came one after another, and in 1882, the "Korea-US Treaty of Reconciliation and Commerce" was concluded, and the door of Korea was forced to be fully opened to the outside world. This has led to a deep national crisis in North Korea.

For two decades after the founding of Korea, Japan was Korea's biggest predator.

But now that Japan had been beaten to the ground by Liu Xian's eight fists earlier, of course they did not dare to use force to force Korea in 1876. As a result, after China unified the world with the new Qin, many consortia and businessmen naturally replaced the role of the Japanese on the original historical trajectory.

During the 10 years from the 3rd to the 13th year of the new Qin, the trade volume between China and the DPRK accounted for more than 90% of the foreign trade volume of the DPRK, and the Chinese side bought the DPRK's soybeans, cotton and other cash crops at relatively cheap prices, and then shipped them to the country to sell at high prices, making a profit. At the same time, after the secondary processing of modern industry, these raw materials are turned into daily necessities such as edible oil, soy sauce, and cloth, and returned to the North Korean market for dumping at high prices to obtain huge profits. At the same time, Chinese banks have invested heavily in North Korea, both public and private, and some of North Korea's factories seem to be making huge profits, but in fact the majority of the profits belong to the investors behind them. By using such means, the deep-pocketed Chinese banks and consortia easily controlled the North Korea's financial industry, shipping industry, and fishing industry. In the 8th year of Xinqin, the Chinese won naturally became the official currency of North Korea.

For China's traditional vassal states, it is natural and has a long history to use China's money as their own. As a result, newspapers in Tokyo, Japan, Europe and the United States were clamoring for a while. Except for saying that China harbors evil intentions, there is no ripple in North Korea at all.

This predatory trade has led to soaring prices in North Korea. Except for the price of grain rice, which has dropped dramatically, everything is constantly rising. Who said that there were no tariffs on trade between North Korea and China? Therefore, the quality of life of the North Korean people has been declining over the years. Although many people can eat enough!

In addition, due to the dumping of a large number of Chinese industrial products, the urban and rural handicraft industries in the DPRK began to disintegrate, and the process of differentiation of the rural areas in the DPRK intensified, and many farmers and handicraftsmen went bankrupt one after another. This has made the impact on the domestic situation in the DPRK even worse. However, because of the guidance of the Chinese and North Korean governments, and the funds, food, and materials that the Chinese government and the imperial family fund and donate to the DPRK every year, China's influence in the DPRK is very positive and high.

In recent years, North Korea's Eastern School has developed rapidly, and the spearhead of condemnation is directed at the current ruling elites in Seoul, but they never say a word about China. Liu Xian also reminded the North Korean government, and as a result, Li Chao arrested Choi Si-hyung, the second-generation leader of Dongxuedao, the Haiyue Divine Master. This excites contradictions even more.

If China had not directly intervened in North Korea's national policy, Liu Xian believed that the outbreak of the historical Donghak uprising in Korea would have been inevitable. The hardship of the people's livelihood is also the biggest reason why a steady stream of low-level people in North Korea have crossed the border and fled to the northeast and the coastal plains of the Khingan Mountains in the Outer Khingan Mountains in recent years.

Of course, Liu Xian would not be stupid enough to take the initiative to interfere in the DPRK's government affairs. Anyway, now that North Korea has also established a new army, it will not be like the situation in history when the rebel army attacked the city and conquered the city, was invincible, and the officials and soldiers who fought it would reappear. Liu Xianle watched the play.

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Hawaiian islands. Honolulu.

As soon as a cruise ship with the flag of "Panlong Yunhai" docked at the port, a group of Chinese who had been waiting for a long time surrounded it.

Everyone's eyes are on this cruise ship of three or four thousand tons. And the two Dome cruisers that arrived with this cruise ship were not seen at all.

See who's in the welcoming crowd?

There were Chinese ministers, counselors, and military attachés in the Kingdom of Hawaii, responsible persons of Chinese consortia in Hawaii, and Chinese businessmen and plantation owners who set up sugar factories and sugar cane plantations in Hawaii.

The cruise ship ramp was set up on the shore. First came a group of heavily armed soldiers, then a young couple. The eldest princess and the eldest couple of the new Qin Dynasty of China.

In addition to the emperor and empress, the most noble couple in the Oriental world today.

Firecrackers rang out. Gongs and drums are noisy. Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess and the eldest princess came to Hawaii for a vacation, even if they have nothing to do with state affairs. That is also a great honor and responsibility for many people in Honolulu.

The first thing they want to do is to entertain Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and the concubine, so that they can have fun in Honolulu. Speaking of which, the scenery of Honolulu is indeed excellent. Second, of course, it is necessary to ensure the safety of these two masters; The third is to make these two masters feel the respect and respect that they and others have for them.

No Chinese would be unaware of Emperor Laozi's love for the eldest princess. Since ancient times, which emperor's daughter has been married to distribute land? Although those islands are not as big as a single place, they are really amazing. There are all kinds of people from all over the world. Perhaps after the end of the Sino-Russian War, the dynasty will completely occupy the Caspian Sea, and the emperor will also pick out two small islands there and give them to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess. Sealing and giving are very different!

It is also because Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has been favored over the years that everyone knows that the position of the queen mother is so solid that everyone never thought of challenging it. This symbolism is even greater than the existence of the emperor's eldest son! The favor of the eldest princess directly enveloped and strengthened the status of the queen's mother and the emperor's eldest son.

And judging from the current situation, the eldest son of the emperor is a certain prince. Now that he is serving the eldest princess, it is equivalent to indirectly pleasing the queen mother who feels sorry for the eldest daughter and the prince who respects her sister, the second emperor of the Chinese Empire in the future.

Liu Mengyao dealt with the people in front of her decently, and Fan Ning, the master of the horse, also had a smile on his face, but he didn't say much.

Since ancient times, China has been dominated by men and women, but this sentence is not easy to use in the eldest princess's mansion.

The eldest princess Liu Mengyao was not spoiled by Liu Xian's favor, she was dignified and magnificent, gentle and beautiful, and she followed the queen to take care of the harem affairs for two years before she got married, and there was no problem at all in receiving people and things. But what about the horse? Introverted, because he is the youngest son in the family, he did not receive any special care because of this, but acted in a low-key manner.

He was so young that he was still studying hard at university at the end of his tenure as first assistant to the van der Bang cabinet. Many of the political resources left by the Fan family are all in the hands of Fanning's brothers. Although Fanning has no intention of entering officialdom, he also knows how to avoid suspicion. After all, he is the youngest sister-in-law, and he is very favored by his parents.

Just like that, Fanning is graceful, but he is not good and does not like to talk and make fun of strangers. So after he married Liu Mengyao, Liu Mengyao was more likely to deal with the external reception at home. Although in terms of status, the horse master is 'attached' to the princess.

Now that they have been married for more than a year, the relationship between the two cannot be said to be like glue, but from the perspective of package and marriage, they are already a good couple, which is very good.

I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Coming to the seaside villa prepared by the legation, Fanning exhaled deeply and looked greatly relaxed.

Well, in addition to the familiar smell of the sea, there is also a fresh smell of trees, which still feels good, much better than the simple taste of the sea. In the past three months, the young couple traveled from China to North Korea, to Japan, and also to the Bering Strait, and then all the way to Hawaii, along the way for tens of thousands of miles, and the journey took more than three months.

As an architect, Fanning doesn't like to float on the sea, he likes to keep his feet on the ground!

In other words, anyone who has been floating on the sea for so long likes to be down-to-earth at this time.

Of course, Fanning was able to smell the freshness of the trees and the smell of the sea facing the sea at this time, which really showed that the people at the legation had seriously found a good place. In recent years, the Hawaiian sugar industry has developed rapidly, especially on Oahu, where Honolulu is located, which is the third largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, comparable to a large county in the interior of the Han Dynasty, and has a population of more than 250,000.

And with such a large population, on a mountainous volcanic island, on an island with a developed sugar industry, it is also difficult for the legation to find such a beautiful seaside villa for Fan Ning and Liu Mengyao, or in the Chinese concession.

Speaking of which, let's explain what a Chinese concession is. In the 10th year of the New Qin Dynasty, in 1886, China forcibly leased the land from Kalakaua I of the Hawaiian Kingdom for 100 million yuan at the lowest point of the plain between the Kolau Mountains and the Waianai Mountains on the southern shore of Oahu. This is naturally the Pearl Harbor of later generations, the largest and most important naval base of the US military in the Pacific region.

But before that, there were no military facilities in the area, and it was not even a formal seaport, and the adjacent port of Honolulu was Hawaii's most important deep-water port.

Anyway, this is how China's first private land in Hawaii was created. Lao Mei also cut another piece of land from Oahu Island as a US concession in a-for-tat, but all this was not taken seriously by Liu Xian. When China took Pearl Harbor, a natural port, of course, it did not immediately build and use it as a military port, but at least it removed the threat of the US fleet using it. That's enough!

It is also because Pearl Harbor has not yet been built on a large scale, and China has only built a small ship repair factory and two docks here, so that it can still maintain a piece of nature. In addition, the sanitation management in the Chinese Concession is very strict, and the street market is much stronger than that of Honolulu Port, which seems to add two points of natural freshness to the air.

Looking at the port on the side from the balcony, it seems that the entire Chinese Concession is a flat ground paved with cement, with snow-white lines dividing a grid of different functions and work areas, neat dock and warehouse buildings are scattered, with several lawns or tree green belts inlaid in the middle, and the lampposts are also painted snow-white, with beautiful lights hanging on them...... (To be continued......)