It's June, and it's only the beginning of June, but it's getting hot. That being said, the temperature inside the presidential palace is still very cool despite the large number of air conditioners installed in the presidential palace. The entire presidential palace was designed and built by Wang Xuan and others, and it also has some meaning of being warm in winter and cool in summer.

If it were an ancient person, the first impression would be shock, and the second impression would be surprise.

The former is the grandeur of the presidential palace, and the latter is the basis adopted for the presidential palace.

How easy is the air conditioner, this does not need to be said at all, the problem is that the power consumption of the air conditioner is also large, in Yan Shao's era, many people obviously consumed air conditioning, but they could not bear the power consumption brought by the air conditioner, but Yan Shao obviously does not have to worry about this, as the greatest tyrant of this century, Yan Shao has never been worried about the problem of money...

As a result, the air conditioning in the presidential palace is usually fully turned on, even if this is in great conflict with the claims of later generations to save energy and reduce emissions.

Even so, in the presidential palace, with the efforts of many air conditioners, the people in the presidential palace still have some smiles...

In addition to Jiang Baili and Feng Guozhang and others...

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For that general, what he said just now was just a joke, and he was also happy when he said it, but whether it was Jiang Baili or Fu Xiuming and the others, their faces sank after listening to his words.

Especially Fu Xiuming, his face looked a little gloomy and ugly.

That general was originally a smart man, and he was not a heartless guy. Of course, I can perceive the situation around me, so after laughing for a while, I saw such a scene. The general paused after a dry laugh, glanced at a few people, and then said with some hesitation. "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong..."

It's no wonder he thinks so, after all, Fu Xiuming's faces are inevitably too ugly.

"No..." Seeing the appearance of the general, Jiang Baili hurriedly persuaded with a pleasant face. It's nothing, it's just that we're thinking about something, something upsetting..."

It's just a matter of thinking about something. And it's really some upsetting things, some upsetting past events, for example. Something they seem to have forgotten a long time ago. Standing beside Feng Guozhang and the others, Fu Xiuming frowned and wanted to get up from the sofa.

But then Jiang Baili shook his head at Fu Xiuming and the others, signaling that they were not restless, and things were not so bad. At least in Jiang Baili's opinion. If Yan Shao wanted to be the emperor, he would have been able to do so a long time ago. Since Yan Shao didn't do that in the past, even if the current situation is more special, I believe there will be no problem......

As early as many years ago, Fu Xiuming and others have been worried about whether Yan Shao will embark on a 'road of no return', and this worry is not unreasonable, because the political parties and the government at that time were almost Yan Shao's words, and no one dared to guarantee whether Yan Shao would embark on such a road. Naturally, this kind of distrust also made Yan Shao very unhappy, so he often designed to tease them in the past. Until entering the republic—————— entering the republic. Even after the nominal republic, the practice of monogamy has largely become the dominant opinion within the government. In this case, Yan Shao married three wives by himself, not to mention the exaggeration caused by this for the time being, there will be controversy within the government, after all, polygamy is not in line with modern civilization, and in today's China, there are many people who advocate total Westernization, and some people regard polygamy as barbaric.

In this case, they will acquiesce to Yan Shao's original wedding, and they are not without this consideration. After all, with their understanding of Yan Shao's character, if they veto or even boycott this wedding, Yan Shao will never back down, and they will be ugly to each other in the end, and it will even make Yan Shao, who is already very authoritarian, go further...

There's no way, who called Yan Shao's power in the country is greater than that of them combined, if Yan Shao really plans to do this, there are too few people who can stop it...

Later...

Although Yan Shao has more wives, in fact, as time progresses, their hearts are much more relieved. For what? Because they no longer have to worry that Yan Shao will be the emperor.

To be the emperor, first of all, you need to have an heir, that is, the so-called crown prince.

If you don't even have a son, how can you be called an emperor? You can't follow the example of Qin Shi Huang and die a second life, right? In addition, Yan Shao seems to be alone again, and he has no relatives or family in this era, so since Yan Shao has no heirs, they naturally have nothing to worry about.

After all, no matter how authoritarian the system of the Guoshe government is, no matter how dictatorial Yan Shao is within the government, it is only himself, and they don't need to worry about a little Yan Shao coming out.

Even if something really happens in the future, Yan Shao will only live for a hundred years at most, and he can't be directly or two hundred years old...

But now...

has his own children, plus this country is simply what Yan Shao himself said...

In the end, how Yan Shao will choose, I'm afraid no one here can guess...

However, unlike Fu Xiuming and them, although Jiang Baili was also a little worried in his heart, he was only a little worried. In his opinion, Yan Shao has a child, which may not be a good thing for this country, because with such a father standing there, although the possibility of the child growing up healthily is not impossible, if it fails to grow up normally......... I'm afraid the situation is more or less not good.

In history, it is not uncommon for people like Gao Yanei to be general, but Yan Shao's power is much greater than that of Gao Yao. If you don't educate your children well in the future, I'm afraid there will be a big mess.

What's more, although the current Yushi Group is still in charge of Eleno and Yan Shao, don't forget that Yan Shao and they will also leave one day, and when that time comes, whether they can have an enterprising leader will become inevitable.

But at the moment, it's obviously impossible to see anything...

But in Jiang Baili's opinion. Yan Shao may not choose the path to the throne, even if he already has a candidate who can be used as the heir.

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"But we still need to be more observant, and I just hope that the president will not live up to our expectations. Otherwise......... Like many people, Jiang Baili also saw very clearly that China was completely under Yan Shao's control, and there was almost no possibility that others would be able to play tricks.

Although there have been examples of Yuan Shikai being overthrown in history, it was entirely because Yuan Shikai himself died, and the whole country was not yet completely unified, and even in a state of chaos. It's no wonder that the Chinese people will agree.

Even if Yuan Shikai really wants to be the emperor, he must be like Yan Shao and govern the country first. Otherwise, it's such a mess. Yuan Shikai still wants to be the emperor, but it is too whimsical.

The minds of the common people are very simple, they usually don't care about the system, they only care about whether their life is good or not, as for whether there is an emperor above. They won't care. Not to mention, as once said. In this era, the constitutional monarchy is the mainstream, and the cabinet system or the presidential system is not the mainstream, and even if it changes, no one will say anything.

So as long as Yan Shao doesn't do anything against the will of the people, even if he does something, I'm afraid no one can do anything to him...

This is probably the advantage of this era, as people of this era, people have long been accustomed to their inferiority and humiliated fate. That's why they look forward to the appearance of Mingjun so much. Hopefully, there will be a fate that will act as a proxy for them to move towards a new hope.

And for them. Yan Shao is such a Ming Jun, and they naturally don't want to go against Yan Shao's will. Anyway, over the years, China's development has been obvious to all, and they have not changed at all, let alone in the mood to understand what the so-called republic is...

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Yan Shao was only by Elaline's side for a while before she was kicked out of the bedroom. Although he hoped that Yan Shao could spend more time by his side, Elaline still knew that business was important after all, so he naturally didn't want Yan Shao to delay his business because of accompanying him.

After Yan Shao left the room, Caterina and Otsuki Kaoru surrounded them and talked to Elanon. After more than an hour, Fumiko, who had already finished school, came out of nowhere, and also came to Elano's side, a pair of big eyes full of curiosity as she looked at Elanon's stomach.

Naturally, as a child, Fumiko's heart was also full of a sense of crisis when she looked at Elanon. A sense of crisis that other people's attention to themselves may be snatched away, but in addition to this sense of crisis, the most in Fumiko is probably joy and joy.

After all, Elaline is pregnant, which means that she will have such a brother and sister...

What's more, although she is young, Fumiko knows very well that what she is fighting for with the child in Elano's belly is not this at all...

From a certain point of view, in fact, Fumiko's opponent is none other than Elaline who is lying on the hospital bed, and it may even be her mother Kaoru Otsuki...

Fortunately, Fumiko is in a more embarrassing youth, although she also has a little girlish feelings, and she is also more precocious, but after all, she is not really ripe...

So at this time, Fumiko is actually no different from ordinary little girls, and she is still very cute.

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Leaving from the bedroom, Yan Shao came to the living room with a happy face, and he didn't notice that Fu Xiuming and the others had a slight abnormality on their faces.

If it is changed to the world of the Three Kingdoms, it can be understood that these people have ghosts, and it is even very likely that they colluded with someone to be unfavorable to Yan Shao, but after all, this is the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, not the Qin and Han Kingdoms, so Yan Shao doesn't need to worry about this problem...

"Let's all sit down..."Walking to his own position and sitting down, Yan Shao asked his subordinates to bring some drinks, and at the same time faced the people who had already stood up.

After sitting back in his original position and nodding his head towards Yan Shao, Jiang Baili said straightforwardly.

"I believe that the Battle of Jutland is well known, as you already know, that the British suffered heavy losses in this battle, and that the losses of the Germans were pitiful. Of course, none of this matters. Although the Germans' losses were much smaller than those of the British, judging by the information the British received. The Germans did not achieve their intended strategic goals, so from a tactical point of view, the British could be said to have lost a lot, but from a strategic point of view, the British won the battle..."As he spoke, Jiang Baili took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Yan Shao.

"This was passed on by the British not long ago, and it seems that the British have a lot of things to hide from us before..."

What Jiang Baili took out was a document sent by the British not long ago. The document is written simply, mainly describing the events related to the Battle of Jutland, and reiterating that Britain was the victor in this war. That's what it is, in a nutshell.

Of course, if that's all there is to it, then there is no need to listen to this, after all, it is a game in which you say that you are the winner. Yan Shao was not interested at all. What's more, Yan Shao may not have a good impression of the British. This time, the British fleet suffered heavy losses in the Jutland Sea, which was even a rare good news for Yan Shao. The problem is that there is still some important information on the document, for example, the British have long been aware of some of the actions of the Germans, etc., especially the fact that the Russians got the code book, which is clearly written here, and before this, China undoubtedly did not know about it...

Regarding the matter of the codebook, although Yan Shao came from later generations, he was not very clear. After all, later generations studied World War II, and there are really few people who studied World War I. Yan Shao may know Verdun, maybe he knows about the Somme, or he knows about Jutland, but such a trivial matter must not know the way. So after reading the above information, Yan Shao's face obviously became a little ugly, but then he quickly returned to his usual appearance, and then spoke. "It's not unexpected, although we are already allies with the British, we are not close enough to say anything about each other after all..."

Speaking of this, Yan Shao shook his head, although he felt awkward in his heart, but soon he figured it out. Historically, when the British first came out with tanks, no one told them, and it wasn't until the first generation of tanks came out that France and other allies knew that Britain had such a thing.

Since the British can hide even an ally like France, it is only natural that some things should be hidden from China.

Let alone...

At present, although China has sent more expeditionary forces, after all, the seniority in the Entente countries cannot be compared with those old powers. Now that China is so powerful, I believe that there will definitely be many people who look at China unpleasantly, and it is really natural to have such a situation...

"If it weren't for the heavy losses of the British in Jutland this time, I'm afraid the British might not have told us about this by now..."With a sneer, Yan Shao threw the things on the coffee table, and then looked at Jiang Baili and a few people. But this has nothing to do with us, it is their business for the British to suffer in Jutland, we just need to care about the road..."

"That's right, the point of wanting to defeat the Allies is on the road after all, as long as you can annihilate all the troops of the Allies on the road, it is useless to defeat the Germans no matter how brilliant the victory at sea is, not to mention that at the moment our country in Europe except for a small part of the navy is training, there are no people left, and the naval battles in Europe can be said to have nothing to do with us..."

After listening to Yan Shao's words, Feng Guozhang, who was sitting on the side, bowed slightly.

In fact, there are some things that Feng Guozhang did not say, that is, after this naval battle, the British could not accept the Xuefeng completely. After all, every time the Yukikaze goes to sea, there are always a few ships from their own country that sink relatively close to themselves...

And among these ships, the Yukikaze is undoubtedly the most famous.

Because of every mission, the teammates of the Snow Wind suffered heavy casualties, but the Snow Wind itself had no problem at all. Because of this, the Snow Wind has become a complete broom star in the British Navy, and this name is even overseas, even for ill-informed people like Feng Guozhang...

Then the problem arises, although the British Navy does not believe in such things, they cannot force others not to believe it. At least in this era, unlike later generations, people in this era still have some religious beliefs.

So gradually, the Snow Wind sent by Yan Shao also had its own thunderous name 'Broom Star' in the camp of the Allied Navy..."

In the eyes of many, the Snow Wind is simply the biggest broom star in the sky. However, there were many people in the British Navy who wanted to get on the Yukikaze. The reason is simple. In such a troubled world, there is a ship like the Snow Wind that specializes in harming its allies, but it itself has not been damaged at all. Naturally, many people will participate in and protect their names...

In the end, because of the lack of places, some people even fought on the spot—————— when queuing and physical examination. It's not surprising that since the Yukikaze is so popular, the door bar will naturally become higher...

"In that case, let's talk about some things on the road..."Seeing that Feng Guozhang agreed with his opinion, Yan Shao nodded and raised his voice.

In fact, things on the sea are still very important, after all, the United Kingdom is an island country. Almost all supplies are imported from abroad. And if the German navy blockaded the European continent, the other Entente countries would probably be in trouble.

It's just that Yan Shao is angry that the British are only saying now, plus the strength of the British Navy is still very strong at the moment. Even at an extremely tragic price, it was definitely not comparable to the German High Seas Fleet ...

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As Yan Shao said, it is indeed the most important problem on the road right now.

So near Paris, just replenished the troops. And the expeditionary force, which had undergone some training, was ready. You can go to the Somme at any time. The expeditionary force dispatched a total of 120,000 troops from the First Army and the Second Army, and although the remaining Third, Fourth, and Fifth Armies were not weak in strength and weapons and equipment had already been sent to the localities, the officers and men in the troops were still more or less unaccustomed to the soil and water, and these could not be compensated for by training.

So for a short time, they can only stay in the station near Paris and recover first. When they got used to the climate and geography here, and went to the front line for reinforcements—————— Xia Fei had no problem with this. After all, he can't let a group of troops who are not accustomed to the soil and water go to war...

It's just that the French are somewhat strange that they don't know what the road is for, those Chinese actually got a large number of water tanks from China, and even transported these water tanks to the vicinity of Paris, and there is a meaning that they will be sent to the front line of the Somme...

Naturally, the expeditionary force will certainly arouse some suspicion among the French, after all, this kind of move of the expeditionary force is too eye-catching.

However, compared with the fanfare of Cai Ye and their delivery of the water tanks near Paris, their disposal of these water tanks seems a little careless. Like the door of the warehouse where these water tanks are stored, basically a few warehouses may not be able to see a guard, which makes people subconsciously feel that this is not something important, at least the Chinese think so, and they don't think that anyone will run over and steal it...

In addition, the perimeter of the barracks is relatively tightly guarded, although some French people can enter, but it is not easy, if you don't get it, you may be trapped inside, until you are captured—————— now China and France are allies, if this is really the case, it will inevitably anger Chinese, which is definitely a thing worth the loss for the French government...

So when it comes to the worst, basically no one cares...

In fact, as a storage tank, the storeroom is certainly not possible to be unguarded there. Far from being unprepared, on the contrary, it is precisely the fact that the precautions are too tight...

Although there were only a few guards at the gate of the storehouse, there were many officers and soldiers of the tank unit in ambush in the storeroom. They are usually responsible for maintaining these weapons, and when something really happens, they can do it directly...

If no one comes from outside, they will naturally stay in the warehouse honestly, but if an outsider enters, then this person will definitely not be able to get out of the warehouse alive, which Cai Ye dares to vouch for with his head.

Even if someone went in, they were killed by the tank soldiers inside, and afterwards the French came to the door to ask for someone, Cai Ye could also excuse it as a precautionary work against German spies, because those people were sneaky, so they were regarded as French spies...

To put it simply, that's it...

"The transportation problems along the way have been completed, right?" In the office of the headquarters, fiddling with a very beautiful vase sent by the French government some time ago, Cai Yi turned back to Xiang Xinyuan and asked a few people.

"No problem," Xiang Xinyuan replied after smiling. With the cover we made, although those French people were a little curious, they basically wouldn't be coming, plus we made a lot of arrangements along the way, basically there will be no problems..."

"That's fine..."Bowing slightly, Cai Ye took his hand back from the vase. The armored vehicle thing is a secret, at least for now, so we must not expose the existence of the armored vehicle until it is our turn..."

"Please rest assured, we know this..."Wu Peifu, who was standing on the side of Xiang Xinyuan, said with a smile. To be honest, I'm curious to see what the Germans, the British, and the French will look like when those armored vehicles come out..."

"You'll have a chance..."Glancing at Wu Peifu with a smile, Cai Yi said slowly.

That is, when Cai Ye was chatting with Wu Peifu and others, an officer suddenly knocked on the door outside and walked in, still holding a telegram in his hand.

"Report, a telegram has just been sent from the French Commander-in-Chief, the French Commander-in-Chief of the Chauffeur wants us to be ordered to leave for the Somme, and to arrive by the 15th of this month..."

"Before the 15th..."Hearing that it was the 15th, Cai Ye nodded lightly. Tell General Xia Fei that the expeditionary force will definitely arrive at the Somme before the 15th, so that he does not have to worry..."

France's infrastructure may be relatively poor, but the railways are absolutely developed, and the distance between Paris and the Somme is not particularly far, even with all kinds of equipment and a batch of water tanks, Cai Ye is still confident that he can reach the Somme before the deadline.

And after listening to Cai Yi's words, the officer also saluted. "Yes!"

After speaking, he turned around and went back, leaving only Cai Ye and Wu Peifu and others still in place.

"It seems that it is very idle...", shaking his head, looking at Cai Ye from afar. Commander, since General Xia Fei has given the order, then I will go back to the garrison first. Although the general thing has been done, there may still be some mistakes, so I should go back and stare at some of them..."

"Hmm..."Hearing Xiang Xinyuan say this, Cai Yi nodded in agreement. Then you can go back first, and the affairs of the army will trouble you..."

"Yes!"

Standing beside Cai Yi, glancing at the centripetal distance who turned away, Wu Peifu's eyes revealed a trace of envy.

Obviously, he is very envious of Xiang Xinyuan for this opportunity, after all, this battle is by no means an ordinary small battle, but it is likely to be the largest battle in history, as the initiator of the first battle, Xiang Xinyuan will undoubtedly become a famous figure in history...

Waiting until a few decades later, when people talk about this battle, when they talk about the expeditionary force, they will inevitably talk about the name of Centripetal Yuan, and this is exactly what Wu Peifu envies the most.

However, he also knew that although his Fifth Army was much more elite than the troops in Centripetal Yuan, after all, it had just arrived in Europe, and if he let them go to the battlefield like this now, even if it was not murder, I am afraid that the casualties would definitely not be small, so despite envy, Wu Peifu could only endure it... (To be continued......)