"Elsewhere?" Hearing Yan Shao's words, Li Liang was stunned for a moment, and then asked in some surprise. "Somewhere."

It is no wonder that Li Liang is so surprised, after all, at present, China's interests overseas seem to be only Iraq, Kuwait and the East Persian Gulf, which have not yet been fully reached, and the reason why it is said that they have not been completely reached is because except for Kuwait that has been handed over by the British, the remaining East Persian Gulf still belongs to the Kingdom of Najd, and before the end of the war, I am afraid there is no way, as for Iraq.

Although the expeditionary force is now fighting quite well, in fact, a considerable part of Iraq still belongs to the Ottoman Turks, and the territory obtained by the expeditionary force is only part of the south.

So, while China's ownership of these areas had been recognized by the Entente, it was, at least for now, only a part of it.

However, Yan Shao's words just now have obviously excluded these areas, so the rest of the places, Li Liang really can't guess.

Seeing that Li Liang was puzzled by what he had just said, Yan Shao put on a smile and was silent.

Seeing Yan Shao's appearance, Li Liang himself secretly speculated.

"Since it is not those three places, the problems of Tibet and Xinjiang have now been almost solved, and the same is true of the problems of Outer Mongolia, as well as the northeast, with the arrival of a large number of troops, Japan does not dare to provoke at all, so ..."

What Li Liang said was all from last year.

Tibet, Xinjiang, Outer Mongolia, and Liaodong were among the areas of China that had been encroached upon by foreign powers in the past. Let's say Tibet. By the time of Yan Shao, the central government had basically no control over Tibet, not even Yuan Shikai. In history, he was also forced by his friend Zhu Erdian to sign a treaty about Tibet—————— which can also be seen from here, although Zhu Erdian and Yuan Shikai had a good personal relationship, in fact, the most important thing for Zhu Erdian was the interests of Britain.

In addition, there are Xinjiang, Outer Mongolia and Liaodong, in fact, the problems of this place can also be summarized into one, Russia, can also be summarized into one and a half, Russia plus Japan.

In the past. Russia has always had its eye on China's Xinjiang, Outer Mongolia and Liaodong regions, albeit because of the defeat in the Russo-Japanese War and after the Xinhai Revolution. The Beiyang government's crusade against the rebels in Outer Mongolia caused the Russians to make no major moves in these two areas, but although there were no big moves, the small moves almost never stopped...

As for Outer Mongolia. Do the Russians need to say more about the coveting of Outer Mongolia?

As for the half. It is an indisputable fact that after the Russo-Japanese War, Japan replaced Russia's position in the northeast, and although Russia's interests in the northeast have not been completely replaced, it is an indisputable fact that Japan occupies a dominant position in the northeast.

However, after the establishment of the Kuomintang-Socialist government, the Japanese were completely driven out of the Northeast through the Shandong Campaign, so that the Northeast problem could be calmed. Immediately after that, they tried to find ways to solve the problems of Outer Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet.

Naturally, the process of settlement Russia and Great Britain will certainly not be happy. But by that time the war had broken out in Europe, and the two countries had no time to deal with such a small matter, especially for Britain, as long as it could ensure his interests in India.

Therefore, in 1915, after China sent troops into these two regions and completely resolved the separatist situation between the two regions, although Britain and Russia were very unhappy, and even sent people to negotiate with Yan Shao for a while, they could not help but back down.

This is not only because they need China's help, but also because even if they want to settle accounts with Yan Shao, they don't have the ability, after all, they can't go to war with Germany and at the same time transfer troops to the Far East to fight China, that is the heart of Germany...

So as mentioned earlier, the great powers can only make concessions on this issue first, but at the same time of retreating, whether the great powers have ever thought of settling accounts with Yan Shao after the autumn, no one knows this...

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Since the problems in Liaodong, Outer Mongolia and other regions have been solved, China's border problem has basically been solved, although in the south there is Vietnam equal to China's border, but it can only be regarded as a small trouble, after all, in Chinese history, there is a threat from the north, there is also a threat from the sea, but there is no threat from Southeast Asia in the past 5,000 years—————— you have to count, the sea disaster has been since the Ming Dynasty, right?

Although the so-called Wo Kou are usually made up of Chinese...

However, in this way, Yan Shao's words seem a little strange, after all, after the surrounding has been resolved, it is difficult to say that there is anything that needs to be ensured, unless...

"Unless..."Glancing at Yan Shao, Li Liang speculated according to his understanding of Yan Shao, and said slightly after half a sound. Could it be that the president wants to do something in the Outer Khingan Mountains or North Korea! ”

Based on Li Liang's understanding of Yan Shao, in the case of nothing happening around, since Yan Shao wants to keep a certain place, it is obvious that it means that he intends to do something to some surrounding areas. And in these areas, Li Liang, Trans-Khingan Mountains and North Korea are undoubtedly the most suitable targets.

Trans-Khing'an Mountains, the Russian Stanov Mountains, is located north of the Heilongjiang River, in Russia. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the nomadic peoples of northern China, including the Sushen, Xianbei, Mongolian, Jurchen, and Oroqen, have lived in this area. During the Qing Dynasty, a small number of Han Chinese also moved here. Outside Xing'an Ridge, also known as "Stone Great Xing'an Ridge". In Russia, it is called the "Starov Mountains". It is located between the Lena River basin and the Heilongjiang River basin in East Siberia, starting from the north of the Onen River in the west and the eastern part of Kent Mountain, stretching to the east, its northern branch reaches the Bering Strait, and its southern branch reaches the Sea of Okhotsk, which is the watershed that flows into the Arctic Ocean in the north and the Heilongjiang River and the Pacific Ocean in the south.

From 1849 to 1853, Nevelskoy, a Tsarist naval officer, led armed men to cross the Trans-Khingan Mountains and invade the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River to establish an invasion base. Subsequently, under the command of the Governor of Eastern Siberia, Muravyov, a large number of Tsarist Russian invading troops broke into the Heilongjiang River and carried out military occupation of the north bank of the middle and upper reaches and the banks of the lower reaches.

December 29, 1857. The Anglo-French forces captured Guangzhou. Knowing that the Qing government was in a state of exhaustion, the Russian government convened a meeting of the "Special Committee" on January 5, 1858 to conspire. The meeting adopted Muravyov's proposal to continue to "emigrate" to Heilongjiang, backed by force. Opinions on the diplomatic negotiations with the Manchu government.

Eventually, the Qing government was forced to sign the Peace Treaty of Aihui, also known as the Treaty of Aihui, with Muravyov. This was the first unequal treaty between Qing and Russia that Tsarist Russia forced the Qing government to sign, but this treaty was still in force, moving the border between China and Russia from the Trans-Khing'an Mountains to the Heilongjiang River, so that about 600,000 square kilometers of Chinese territory north of the Heilongjiang River and south of the Outer Khing'an Mountains, as well as the undefined boundaries of the Udi River and the Lena River in the Arctic Ocean, were annexed by Russia. The treaty resulted in the loss of about 600,000 square kilometers of territory north of the Heilongjiang River and south of the Outer Khing'an Mountains (i.e., the Outer Northeast), the largest number of territories ceded at one time in China's modern history. Since then, the name of the Outer Khing'an Mountains has disappeared from the map of China's territory.

However, it should be clarified. At that time, the officials who signed the treaty with the Russians did not have the right to sign a treaty with the Russians at all, so the treaty should be invalid, but the Qing government had no ability to refuse such a treaty. So the end result is that the Outer Khingan Mountains are gone...

As for Korea, it was a vassal state of China for thousands of years, and this situation never changed until the Sino-Japanese War with Japan...

And with Li Liang's understanding of Yan Shao. If Yan Shao plans to choose a place to operate. These two places are definitely the best fit.

After all, whether it is Wai Khinganling or North Korea, in the eyes of many Chinese people in this era, they are their own places, but they were temporarily robbed by robbers, and it is obviously very natural to take back the place that belongs to them.

At the same time, Japan suffered heavy losses after the Battle of Shandong, and now has no ability to threaten China, although Russia seems to be a behemoth. But the losses on the Eastern Front will only be greater than in Japan. Even if the European war ended the Entente won with the loss of Russia. I'm afraid it won't be able to make up for it for at least ten years, and even if Yan Shao moves to recapture the Outer Khing'an Mountains, I'm afraid Russia won't be able to retaliate, so ...

Whether it is North Korea or Trans-Khinganling, it is obviously a very worthwhile target.

As for other places, of course, it is not without options.

For example, Taiwan is still occupied by Japan, for example, Burma, which is ruled by the British, and French Indochina, which is ruled by France, which is called Vietnam...

The problem is that although Britain's losses in Europe are not small, after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, not to mention that even if the losses are large, they cannot be greater than those of Russia. And Britain is stronger than the navy, although the Chinese navy has made a lot of progress over the years, but the gap with the British is still big and bizarre, not to mention anything else, but the double-digit battleships are enough to make China cautious.

If it were to fight with Britain, Britain would not even need to send troops to Burma, but only need to send a navy to blockade China's coast.

And Li Liang is sure that the Japanese government is absolutely willing to help with this kind of thing.

Don't look at the fact that Japan seems to have no sense of existence at the moment, but in fact, the scale of Japan's navy is still stronger than China's, especially in the case of two Fuso-class super dreadnoughts and three Kongo-class battle cruisers as the main ships, not to mention that the Japanese government has recently promoted a new shipbuilding plan...

As for France...

Not to mention anything else, the good relationship between Yan Shao and France alone shows that Yan Shao will not choose France at all. What's more, as the only country among the great powers that has a good relationship with China, although France's losses in this war are very large, and the size of its navy is not yet the same as that of Britain, China does not need to worry much, but for the sake of a French Indochina, it will not choose to do so as long as it has a little brain.

Even if you have to recapture French Indochina, you can talk about it after you have settled other countries first, and France has no use value, so there is no need to be in such a hurry...

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For his own inference, at least Li Liang himself felt that it was right, but after listening to his words, Yan Shao showed an expression of can't help laughing, and then even patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and only said to Li Liang after half a sound.

"You, though you're not a bad person. But after all, it's still a little too petty..."

Glancing at Li Liang as he spoke, Yan Shao couldn't help but sigh.

Seriously, in fact, Li Liang is not a particularly outstanding talent. Even after a lot of experience, he can only be regarded as competent in the position of prime minister, and he does not seem to be very good...

Especially recently, he has been deeply influenced by those literati in China...

In fact, in Yan Shao's view, the literati in China have always been very naïve, and they simply cannot understand the law of the jungle of 'the jungle of the jungle I believe that peace is the best thing, and those advanced countries abroad are very friendly countries, and even if there is anything, they will stand up and uphold justice.

And actually. But they forget that those countries that colonized China are precisely these countries.

Even the United States, a country that has been highly anticipated by the Chinese people, did not play China at the Paris Peace Conference in history.

It can only be said that strength is everything. And Li Liang was born in the United States. But over the years, the impact has been a little deeper...

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While Yan Shao was still sighing there, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Luo Wenying and a few of his subordinates were also sneakily walking in some alleys in the city, and they would look back cautiously from time to time.

Compared with when she first arrived in Russia, Luo Wenying's face was already full of wind and frost at this time.

No way, compared with China, the climate in Russia is still relatively worse after all. Especially when winter is approaching, the climate is very cold. It's even much colder than in Beijing.

Luo Wenying was born in Anhui, a province that is not up or down, it can be counted as the south, or it can be counted as the north, but after all, the climate is still more northern, and now in Russia, a place that is more northern than the north, it is impossible to say that it is not hard...

However, for now, the task is more important...

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After walking cautiously in the alley for a while, Luo Wenying and the others came to a small courtyard. knocked lightly on the door, and soon someone opened the door and glanced at Luo Wenying and the others cautiously.

"Who are you looking for..."

Don't talk nonsense with this person, Luo Wenying didn't say anything, but directly reported a series of secret signals, hearing this code, the person's face changed, and he didn't say anything, but directly led Luo Wenying in, because when he heard this code, he didn't need to worry that Luo Wenying would be a secret agent of the Russian government...

In fact, it is not easy to press Luo Wenying's activities in Russia, not to mention anything else, the secret agents everywhere alone are enough to make Luo Wenying and others cautious.

After all, the Russians are not all waste, there are also some very powerful characters, although Luo Wenying's actions are secretive, but there are many contacts with Molotov, and there are still some horses and feet that have been discovered.

At present, the Russians have organized a group of people to deal with Luo Wenying's friends, fortunately, so far they have not found out Luo Wenying's true identity, and even under the intentional guidance of Luo Wenying and others, they thought they were Japanese, so until now their identities have not been exposed, but Luo Wenying knows very well that not being exposed now does not mean that it will never be the case, at least there have been many traitors within the Russian Communist Party in recent times, although their identities are only known to Molotov and others in the Russian Communist PartyBut it's not safe, maybe there was something wrong with Molotov's side that day, and maybe even arrested, and by that time ...

They may not have any problems, but Yan Shao's side will definitely have a lot of headaches...

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After walking into the small courtyard, Luo Wenying and the others quickly saw that there were several people sitting there in the courtyard at the moment, but at the moment they were all busy with the things in their hands, and they looked no different from ordinary Russian citizens, so they were well disguised...

"Please go this way, Comrade Molotov has been waiting for you for a long time..."Leading Luo Wenying and the others to walk, the young man turned back to Luo Wenying and the others.

Nodding, Luo Wenying took her gaze back from those people, and then followed closely without saying much.

After following for a while, Luo Wenying and the others finally met Molotov in the innermost room, and Molotov's expression was obviously much haggard compared to the past.

But it can be seen that he is still relatively energetic at this moment. After seeing Luo Wenying and the others, he first took two steps forward and hugged Luo Wenying fiercely, and by the way, Luo Wenying once again appreciated the smell on his body that made people frown, and then hugged a few other people.

Unlike Luo Wenying, although those people have also undergone rigorous training, they still seem a little unbearable in the face of the smell of Molotov, and this feeling is also shown in their expressions.

But it can be seen that Molotov himself doesn't care much, at least on the surface, in fact, he knows very well what the smell of his body is, after all, even if he himself is used to this smell, his eyes are not blind, he can always see other people's expressions...

After letting go of Luo Wenying and the others, he and Luo Wenying came to a table and sat down. As soon as he sat down, Molotov was already facing Luo Wenying and the others with a straight face. "My dearest friend, you may wonder why I took the risk to call you here, but in fact, I need your help with something this time..."

With that, Molotov took out a photo from his bosom ... (To be continued......)