Sa Daoyi asked, "Commander Yang, we haven't been dealing with each other for a day, do you have any reason to say it?" If your reasons are convincing enough, we won't force you. ”

Yang Xiaolin nodded: "Actually, the reason is very simple, I think the current China is not suitable to intervene in any disputes in the international community, our country is in ruins, and there are many things that have not been done well." You have all seen in Beijing that our construction has just begun, and I don't want to let some disputes that are not important to us stop us from developing. ”

If you change to an inexperienced diplomat, you may give up your efforts after listening to Yang Xiaolin's words. But the three people in front of him are all old foxes, Yang Xiaolin said that he doesn't want to let some minutes that are not important to China stop the pace of China's economic development, in other words, if it is important to China, he will not hesitate to intervene.

Sa Daoyi now understands that Yang beats the ghost is still the same Yang beats the ghost, but he is not willing to kill people for the British and Americans. This is normal, no country in the international community is willing to charge for other countries, and the British in Crimea stuck a knife in Turkey's ribs because they wanted to prevent the Russians from encroaching on their European interests.

Foreign policy will never have only one plan, the previous plan is just a trap for them to lure this beast, and since this cunning guy has not been fooled, it is time to change the way not to take this guy for a fool.

Conger said at this time: "I understand Commander Yang, and we in the United States maintain our understanding of China's attitude of maintaining economic development as the top priority. Well, I'll propose another proposal for you to consider. ”

Yang Xiaolin said: "You say. ”

"Respect for your choice on our side of the United States, which will not affect our cooperation. After China established a military base in Xisha and our navy had the opportunity to meet, in order to ensure that the two sides get along amicably in the future, I think we should sign several agreements to regulate the behavior of both sides. We, the United States, are still willing to help China develop its navy, and if your fleet has problems on the sea surface in the future. You can stop at our military port at any time, and we will provide you with repair and protection. In the same way, our warships want to be treated the same if they encounter a similar situation. ”

Commander Yang smiled: "This, I am very willing." ”

Conger is playing the old routine of diplomacy, and when he can't pull it over, he won't let you leave. The treaty seemed friendly and mutually beneficial in peacetime, but in the event of war, the Americans could easily drag China into the water. Because when he was attacked by Japan, his warships could dock at any supply point in Xisha that belonged to China, and China was obliged to ensure his safety.

However, this treaty is acceptable to Yang Xiaolin. As long as you don't think about fooling me to fight the war you need with the lives of the Chinese. The rest is negotiable.

"Mr. Sadaoyi, I have another plan that I would like to talk to the British side. What the Chinese navy lacks most is actual combat experience, so please convey to the British military that we hope to have closer exchanges with the British fleet, the American fleet, and the French fleet, and that we can hold some military exercises from time to time. ”

Yang Xiaolin's suggestion made Sa Daoyi suddenly understand that in fact, this beast was also very uneasy about the Japanese. The military exercises are a good idea, which are jointly conducted by Britain, France, the United States, and China, and are first and foremost a kind of deterrent to Japan. Secondly, it will also help to pull China away from Germany.

"I'll report back to the military, it should be fine."

Talking about this, China's position in the South Seas has basically been made clear, and the attitude of the West towards China is not very satisfied. Because Yang Dagui did not agree, but he did not completely refuse. China will develop its navy at its own pace, and on the one hand, they will show weakness to Japan and take the attitude that they will not challenge the Japanese navy to be the first in Asia. On the other hand, it cooperated with the West for development.

As for what kind of position China will take if there is a conflict in the future, it depends on whether that conflict is very important to China.

Mr. Sa Daoyi smiled, and at this time he knew that Yang Xiaolin was much more mature than before. At least in terms of attitude, he no longer had the urge to intervene in the Russo-Japanese War with only 10,000 troops in order to fight for the Chinese. The next thing I should do is to tie China a little tighter, and I must make the Chinese feel that it is a war that they need to fight.

"Commander Yang, then we will prepare a specific negotiation plan after we go back, and I hope you can send special people to negotiate with us immediately, I hope that the negotiations and future cooperation between our two sides will be pleasant."

Yang Xiaolin nodded: "Okay, Mr. Sadaoyi, please rest assured, I have always wanted to establish a friendly relationship with you in the UK, and I hope to be a true friend with you." I look forward to the day when we can work together sincerely. ”

Sa Daoyi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I believe this day will come." ”

The Japanese side also expressed disappointment that China had finally adopted the practice of cooperating with the British in building a navy and that it was expected to cooperate with the U.S. navy. However, they didn't say anything, at least China didn't jump out as blatantly as the British, let alone immediately start a large-scale shipbuilding plan.

China made compromises to both the West and Japan on this issue, and when neither of them reacted strongly, the development of the Chinese navy was put on the agenda. Commander Yang still adhered to his concept, first bought a few broken ships for training, and the first to develop was the shipyard.

Yang Xiaolin's task to the Fuzhou shipyard was to build a cruise ship with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons within half a year. This decision really makes all countries not optimistic about China's naval development, because they believe that any military development must be premised on the country's attention, and Yang Xiaolin's approach is obviously not to treat warships as a thing, and perhaps the Chinese navy will always stay in the situation of a third-rate navy in the future.

The commander of the Philippine fleet of the Americans even sent a telegram directly to the naval headquarters, asking the Americans to stop pinning their hopes on the Chinese and the British.

"The fleets of the British Empire are now all concentrated in Europe, staring at the German fleet, and if Japan attack us, they will have very limited reinforcements. And the Chinese should not count on it anymore, we cannot expect their light cruisers to help us guard the Philippines, let alone their cruise ships. The Japanese built their Third Fleet in Indonesia, with five battleships, three heavy cruisers, and more than fifty other ships of various types, and the number of warships continued to increase. We only have two heavy cruisers, and if the commander has woken up from his sleep, please send us reinforcements at once, otherwise, let's go home. ”

When the Philippine fleet of the United States was in despair, Li Yuanhong finally set foot on European soil and began state visits to France, Germany, Austria, Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Sweden.

This was the first time that a new Chinese head of state visited Europe, and Li Yuanhong became the first Chinese leader to set foot on European territory since ancient times. His mission is to conduct a series of trade negotiations with Western countries, to open the way for Chinese goods to enter Europe more smoothly, and at the same time, to import some of our continued technology from abroad.

For example, the technique of making light bulbs.

It's like saying that, China doesn't produce its own light bulbs, they are all imported from foreign countries. After the establishment of China's department store, Philips in the Netherlands negotiated with the Ministry of Commerce of China, and they will provide Chinese lamps and lanterns in the future. The current Philips company is not the kind of big company it will be in the future, it has only been established for more than ten years, and it is still in the mature stage.

The Ministry of Commerce looked at their samples and was very satisfied, but the price was a bit expensive, nearly twice as expensive as Japanese products of the same quality, and the reason for this was the problem of freight. The Ministry of Commerce was a little hesitant, but Philips was eager to make the deal.

China has a population of 400 million, hundreds of millions of families, and billions of houses! How big of a deal is it to buy them a light bulb for each house? Later, the Ministry of Commerce gave them an idea, you build a branch factory in China, so that the freight and everything can be saved? If things are cheaper, it is also good for the Chinese people.

Philips doesn't have much to say, and they believe that building a factory in China will make Philips grow better. It's just that the Dutch government is a little reluctant, they are afraid that Philips will take root in China from now on, and no country is willing to let companies with development potential flow abroad.

In Li Yuanhong's original itinerary, there was no plan for the Netherlands, but later in order to negotiate this deal, he temporarily added it.

Of course, if it really can't be done, you can choose other countries, and even China can build a production line by itself, which is not a problem according to China's current technology. But Yang Xiaolin said that there are some things that we don't need to make ourselves, and there is no need for China to bother to do everything by itself, especially some industries that have nothing to do with national security, which can be completely handed over to foreign businessmen to do.

If you have the time and energy, it is better to put more effort into some things that are very promising in the future. For example, airplanes.

The first air weapon in the history of mankind appeared in the Napoleonic era, hot air balloons. This thing is really good, it can be used for reconnaissance, calibration of artillery, and many countries used hot air balloons during World War I, and the French once lined up a big hot air balloon formation when they were fighting with Germany, and the scene was spectacular!

The advantage of exhausting the hot air balloon array can block the reconnaissance of the opponent's aircraft. At that time, there was basically no way to take a hot air balloon, two balloons dragged a net, waiting for you in the sky, and if you hit it headlong, the plane would be destroyed and killed.

But later it turned out that this method was useless, although the plane needs to play hot air balloons requires good skills and luck, and the German pilots really have nothing to do with that big array, but the Germans are not stupid, and they see it from afar and hit it head-on, won't they turn around.? (To be continued......)