Lin Yuan said: "Of course we have a way, we have something that can fly. ”

Deng Shichang said: "I heard those rumors that you have the help of flying gods, is it true? ”

Lin Yuan said: "There is no god, our thing is called 'airplane', which can fly in the sky like a bird. ”

Deng Shichang nodded suspiciously, and said: "But even so, we still can't beat them, even if our shells can hit very accurately, but they are also hitting us, our defense is obviously insufficient, our warships are generally not equipped with armor on the side of the side, only in key parts of the armor protection, such a level of protection is obviously not the opponent of the monarchy." ”

Lin Yuan smiled, and was about to say a solution, but he heard the voice of the orderly soldier and said, "Captain, I have found you, something big has happened in Beijing!" ”

Lin Yuan said to Deng Shichang: "Lord Deng, I'll go back and deal with it first, and we'll talk about the solution after dealing with it." ”

They got off the Japanese warship, Lin Yuan went directly back to his residence, and it turned out that Zhang Hua and Shen Tao, who were in Beijing, sent back a message.

The news is: On December 5, 1894, the Boxers in Beijing killed the British ambassador to China, Keshir! The British government has sent a note to the Qing government that it will send troops into Beijing to protect the British citizens in Beijing.

Lin Yuan was shocked in his heart, this was an excellent excuse for the great powers to start a war!

Now the situation facing the Qing government is very critical: first of all, the entire northern border is under the nose of Tsarist Russia, the Trans-Siberian Railway has been built, Tsarist Russia can mobilize heavy troops into Northeast China at any time, Mongolia, there is also a certain Russian garrison in Northeast China, they can cooperate with the Russian army in Outer Northeast at any time; On the Korean side, the pro-China leader Min Concubine was killed, Japan was already in a position to re-enter Korea, and the Japanese navy was regrouping.

There are also countries such as Britain, France and Germany, Germany has just carried out a provocation in the area of Jiaozhou Bay, and has tasted a little sweetness, which is inevitably envied by Britain and France, and they will definitely take advantage of the murder of the British minister to invade China and force the Qing government to sign a series of unequal treaties.

In the history that Lin Yuan is familiar with, at the beginning of the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China, Russia invaded and occupied Northeast China, causing the Hailanpao Massacre and the Jiangdong 64tun Massacre, killing a large number of innocent civilians. Now, if the war starts, the Beijing ship will not have the ability to conduct a land war in the northeast region, which covers an area of 1.5 million square kilometers.

Lin Yuan then ordered Zhang Hua to figure out the hole cards of the great powers and see if they wanted to start a war.

Zhang Hua received Lin Yuan's order, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought, he silently lit a cigarette, closed his eyes, immersed his body in the smoke, and slowly thought about countermeasures.

At this time, the door opened, Zhang Hua opened his eyes, saw Shen Tao walking in, and asked, "Xiao Shen, did you go to the yamen today?" ”

Shen Tao said with a smile: "I went to the Yamen to inquire, that group of boxers knew Kaishir's itinerary clearly, it seems that this group of people has been thinking about killing him for a day, each of Kaishir's guards is killed with a knife, it seems that this group of boxers are all masters!" ”

Zhang Hua asked, "How are the people of the Yamen sure that this thing was done by the boxers?" ”

Shen Tao replied: "Kehill's wife didn't die, she was just slashed, not on the vital point, she said it." ”

Zhang Hua frowned and asked, "What, his wife is not dead?" ”

Shen Tao smiled: "What's wrong with you, my brothers at the yamen have seen his wife, but they are not dead." ”

Zhang Hua said: "That's not right! The Boxers have rules, killing a foreigner will reward 50 taels of silver, a foreign woman 40 taels, and a foreign child 30 taels. ”

Shen Tao said: "I said Lao Zhang, what are you doing like a mother-in-law and mother, aren't you going to die a foreign devil, you deserve it!" ”

Zhang Hua lit another cigarette and said, "You don't understand this, this is an excuse for the British to start a war." ”

Zhang Hua suddenly said, "Have you gone to the British embassy to see it?" Is it well guarded? ”

Shen Tao said: "Their embassy is in Dongjiang Mixiang, and the British minister lives in the original Prince Chun's mansion. ”

Dongjiang Rice Lane is the later Dongjiaomin Lane, and its name has not been changed at this time.

Zhang Hua said: "The people working there are Chinese or foreigners. ”

Shen Tao said: "I really pay attention to this, every day dirty work like transporting garbage, they find Chinese to do." ”

Zhang Hua nodded and said, "Tomorrow we will go to the British embassy." ”

The next day, Zhang Hua and Shen Tao disguised themselves as garbage workers and infiltrated the British Embassy through the corner gate of the palace, which was entirely Chinese-style building, and one of the small two-story buildings attracted Zhang Hua's attention.

Leaving the palace and returning to his residence, Shen Tao couldn't help but ask Zhang Hua: "We have been working all morning, do you see any doorway?" I didn't see anything. ”

Zhang Hua smiled: "I have already found out where they hide the documents. ”

Shen Tao smiled and said, "That's easy, I'll go and steal the documents." ”

Zhang Hua shook his head and said, "This can't be done, it's too dangerous." ”

Shen Tao couldn't help asking, "Then what do you say?" ”

Zhang Hua thought for a while, and then asked, "Will you set fire?" ”

In a room at a Japanese-style hall in Beijing, Sakurai Wakami kneels on a Japanese-style tatami mat and faces a middle-aged man, who smiles, "It's still Toushan-kun's clever methods, and the students have been taught." ”

The middle-aged man crossed his legs, holding a cup of tea in his hand, sipped it leisurely, and said with a smile: "Miss Sakurai is polite, our Genyosha and your military department are all serving the emperor, regardless of you and me." ”

The man's name is Toyama Man, and the Genyosha in his mouth is an extreme right-wing organization in Japan, and when it comes to Genyosha, everyone may not be very familiar with it, if it mentions its other name, I believe that no one knows the Tao, that is: "Black Dragon Society".

At this time, the Black Dragon Society was still called the Xuanyang Society, and Toushan Man was one of the founders of this society.

Sakurai Wakami said with a smile: "Toushan-kun, pretending to be someone from the Boxers to assassinate the British ambassador to China, this idea is too ingenious, and our empire can benefit from it again, but I don't know, will those people reveal our secrets?" ”

Tou Shanman said lightly: "Those few people, they will never speak again." ”

Later historians unanimously believe that the Boxers were responsible for the murder of Keshir, so the truth of history is often unknown.