On the night of June 26, it rained, and Ito Hirobumi sat in his home's Fangmei Library, looking thoughtfully at the dripping scenery outside the window.

He named his study Fangmei Shoya to show his love for his wife, who was named Umeko and was a geisha. But it would be a mistake to assume that Ito Hirobumi was a man of great devotion to love, because he was a well-known womanizer in the Meiji government. He basically doesn't care about the beauty and ugliness of women, just like the flowers at the temple fair, as long as he has a whim, he will become the target of his hunting, and even embezzle the Meiji Emperor's secret money to play with women, and his wife is purely a decoration, full of erotomania.

A few days ago, however, China announced the "June 61 23 Declaration," which surprised Ito, who is very sensitive to politics and diplomacy, and its significance was extraordinary, and it would even affect Asian history.

In particular, the location in the northern part of Laos will inevitably lead the Jews to support China's policy towards Siam, and Japan, which is about to form an alliance with Siam, will become the opposite of the Jews, which will be very unfavorable for Japan to win the financial support of the Jews in the future.

That's a lot of money! Only a majestic monarch can do it!

What is even more terrifying is that, judging from the intelligence records held by Japanese spies, the Chinese Military Aircraft Department did not mention a word about this matter at the meeting! Japan knew nothing about such a major decision, which made Mr. Ito wonder if officials who knew everything about China's top brass were boasting about themselves.

Ito Hirobumi deeply felt the mystery of China, and who knew what amazing hole cards the Chinese emperor had in his hand? The risk of a quick break with China without a full understanding of China is enormous, and he is determined to stop it.

Early the next morning, Ito Hirobumi went straight to the Imperial Palace, where he wanted to meet the Emperor, because in the current extremely passionate atmosphere of public opinion in Japan, only the Emperor could turn the tide and temporarily restrain the wild horse that was about to escape.

Ito quoted Su Shi's and said: "If a gentleman takes what he takes, he must be treated; Those who are great will endure it. If we want to achieve the long-term goal of the Japanese Empire, we must wait for the most haode opportunity; If Emperor Bixia wants to accomplish great deeds, he must be able to endure. ＂

Under Ito Hirobumi's persuasion, Emperor Meiji finally agreed, "Let the empire remain calm and restrained." ＂

At the same time, news of China's announcement of support for the establishment of a Jewish state also shook Siam, as well as the Japanese delegation that was visiting Siam.

In the past few days, because Japan and Siamese have common political needs, both of which are aimed at containing China, they quickly reached an agreement on the issue of alliance, but there are differences in specific terms.

Japan hoped that in the event of war between China and Japan, Siam would be able to attack Yunnan, China, and under these conditions, Japan would give Siam substantial economic and military aid and help Siam train its troops. But Japan has not been able to say exactly what it will do in the event of a conflict between China and Siam.

Siam has the same contradiction in this regard. Clearly, both sides want the other to take on more obligations.

At this moment, the explosive news came that China would hand over the newly seized Phongsali to the Jews. This not only made Siam feel more dangerous, but also made Siam feel insulted: the land that had just been lost was resold and traded. They believed that the Japan-Siamese alliance was far more important to them than to Japan, so they had to compromise in the negotiations.

On June 28, Japan and Siam secretly signed the which stipulates that from now on, Japan and Siam will assume each other's security obligations for a period of 10 years; In the event of an armed conflict between Siam and China, Japan is obliged to provide all economic, political, and military assistance; In the event of a military conflict between Japan and China, Siam would have to advance north of the 20th parallel by military liliang

This condition is obviously more proactive, because its responsibility is only "assistance", which is more general. Siam's obligations, on the other hand, are very specific and clear, that is, to attack northward and engage in armed conflict.

After the signing of the agreement, both sides deliberately revealed the news, and the Japanese delegation returned to China in a high-profile manner, and also convened a farewell party for overseas Japanese.

This news was quickly reported to Ding Yuntong in Beijing, who looked at the report and smiled coldly, this is called mutual warmth, and I heard that there is also a Japanese delegation on the way to visit Europe.

Britain's basic policy at this time was to prevent Russia from moving south to threaten India, and from this point of view, China still had value for the time being, so that Britain would not rashly choose a side between China and Japan.

France has had enough of Asia, Russia is no less threatening to Japan than China, Germany and the United States, and China's vast market is far more valuable than Japan's, who will go crazy to help Japan? What's in it for you? For the sake of values?

And other European countries, there is no Liliang that can threaten China, so Ding Yuntong thinks that this will not be effective.

As for Siam, its aim is nothing more than to recapture the three states of Shanglao, but this intention will only make the Jews more dependent on China, and it will be beneficial to us.

Thinking about the stakes, Ding Yuntong began to study the situation of the Jewish consortium.

During this time, Tang Shaoyi kept sending reports that he was intensively meeting with many prominent Jews, including some Jewish financiers, under the introduction of the Rothschilds.

In just a few days, Tang Shaoyi met with Sander, Cameron, Alfred, Beaton and others, including British oil magnate Marcus Samuel, and London's largest financier Ernest Castle.

Rothschild also helped to contact bankers such as Jacob Schiff, Kuhn, Loeb in the United States, and Warburg in Hamburg.

Although Rothschild had already been consulted, Tang Shaoyi still needed to explain the detailed policy to them, show his determination, discuss specific cooperation matters, and invite the Jewish community to visit China.

At the same time, Rothschild and others were also planning to establish a "Zionist Alliance", and the first thing they did after its establishment was to visit China.

After reading the report, Ding Yuntong felt that it would take time for this matter, and people would only leave their homes and go to a strange place in desperation. It is believed that in the near future, a large number of Jews from Russia and Eastern Europe will first come to China, either to stay or to Funsali. At the same time, it would be easier to hire Jewish experts and engineers to meet the needs of industrialization.

At this time, Ding Yuntong picked up Xue Fucheng's report again, which was about Japan's intelligence, and had previously given three tasks, the first of which was to find out the establishment of the Japanese army, of which the army was relatively simple, and the establishment of the Japanese army had been gradually figured out. However, the situation of the Japanese Navy is highly classified and extremely difficult to spy on.

The second task, sending some children to be trained in Japan, went smoothly.

But the third task, the study of beriberi, is also a top secret of the Japanese military, and there are no clues at all.

In addition, it was found that the miscellaneous news about the Japanese army, whether it was useful or not, was recorded for the emperor's reference. This is also Ding Yuntong's special request, because some clues are discovered by accident.

Ding Yuntong looked at it carefully, not letting go of a single detail. Suddenly, a small piece of gossip jumped into his eyes: in Yokohama, a Japanese military logistics and transport officer, drunk in a bar, told a funny story. said that half a month ago, he saw with his own eyes that a warship preparing for a long voyage was replenishing supplies at the dock, and actually pulled a few live cattle onto the ship, which made people laugh to death.

Then the spy officer in the bar recorded this hearsay news as an intelligence xiangshang-level report, and was also trained for this, which is also intelligence?

But at this time, Ding Yuntong's heart was overturned.

You must know that the staple food of the Japanese army at this time was refined white rice, and they did not eat beef. Pulling live cattle on board indicates that the Japanese Navy is about to start experimenting on the relationship between diet and beriberi. The reason why live cattle were used was naturally to keep the beef fresh, because although the refrigerator had been invented a long time ago, there were no refrigerators on Japanese warships.

In other words, the Japanese Navy has begun to pay attention to Kanehiro Takagi's opinion, and began to conduct experiments on diet changes in the ocean half a month ago. In the previous life, similar experiments did not begin until three years later, which shows that in this life, due to greater pressure from China, Japan was forced to solve the problem of beriberi more urgently, and the research was accelerated.

Ding Yuntong believed that after this experiment, beriberi would no longer be the weakness of the Japanese Navy, and he felt a deep pity in his heart!

However, such an ocean-going experiment will go back and forth for at least half a year, and it will take at least next year to really revise the Navy charter, so that the next turmoil in North Korea will still be beneficial to China, which is the only thing Ding Yuntong is happy about.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and now it was time for the official introduction of industrialization.