"But please rest assured that your freedom is guaranteed, and while you are waiting for your summons to be summoned, you will not bother to go out and take a look. The commercial street of Xin'an is still very attractive. Duanmu Ci continued.

The little prince's eyes lit up when they heard this, since they agreed to go out shopping, this really didn't mean to detain them, that's good!

"Xiao Wang, thank you Duanmu for your kindness. ”

"Well, as long as you don't dislike our poor hospitality!" Duanmu Ci said with a smile, and then stood up, "You must be tired after a day's journey today, so I won't disturb you to rest, so I'll leave!"

"Master Duanmu, walk slowly!"

"Well, Xiao Dong, beckon the three guests to go to the room to rest. Duanmu Ci nodded at an attaché beside him, and then walked straight to the door of the reception room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "Oh, that's right!" Duanmu Ci suddenly turned around and said: "Everyone is a civilized person, we should know the truth of mutual understanding, we will not make it difficult for you, I hope you will not make it difficult for us." ”

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As soon as the little prince arrived in Xin'an Town, Li Kang got the news, but he did not mean to see these people now, as Li Kang suddenly held a high-level meeting in the morning, and put forward the proposal of "upgrading the Department of Water Resources to the Ministry of Water Resources" in the meeting, and threw out the topic of "the direction of China's foreign development in the next few years, whether to go west or south", he had no time to think about other issues.

The proposal in front was a little better, but the latter issue was a hornet's nest and caused an uproar in Chinese officialdom for a while.

The cabinet has not said anything, the army and navy, which are also under the Privy Council, first began to tear up, to put it simply, the army all support the westward expansion, tentatively called the "westward expansion faction", and the navy all supports the southward movement - in fact, the navy has enough weight in Xin'an only the naval commander Kaifeng - for the time being, it is called the "southbound faction", and the two sides have quarreled on this issue, so they almost rolled up their sleeves and went into battle in person.

This is not difficult to understand, in the final analysis, it is all the fault of interests.

The west is inland, and advancing to the west will undoubtedly take the army as the main force, and the expansion of the army is no longer a dream, recruiting troops and horses, and increasing the number of troops!

As for the southward movement? Blocked by the Hengduan Mountains on land, we have no choice but to go south by sea, and Bi Ran will take the navy as the main force, so it is only natural that we will wantonly build ships and recruit sailors on a large scale! Although the army will not be mixed up in eating sand, it will definitely become a foil for the navy in a short time!

Think about the British army during the period of the empire, the royal fleet dominated the seven seas, and the rice flag was planted all over the world, but the royal army lacked a sense of existence, who cared?

The military has a clear position, and the civilian officials do not have too many entanglements of interests, but are happy to watch the excitement, but since Li Kang has raised this issue, they must also express their position, and they can't keep hanging high, and slowly, some civilian officials began to choose to take sides.

From the point of view of modern people, going south is undoubtedly safer than going west, not only do you not need to contact with the Hedong countries early, get involved in right and wrong, but go south is different, there is no large-scale force in the south, Huaxia all the way south can be said to be smooth sailing, there is no scruple at all, there is no need to shrink back, and sea transportation is certainly more convenient than land transportation, and sending materials to the south can reduce a lot of costs.

The most important thing is that if the sea is opened up to the countries in the southeast of the river, then the benefits that can be obtained in the future will not be comparable to that of a mere transit in Suwu Town, this is a monopoly trade! Monopolize an entire maritime trade route, think about the bubbling of Dumei.

It is a pity that China has been a land power country since ancient times, the Continental Army is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in the minds of the Chinese people, the status of the mainland is irreplaceable, the ocean has always been in the marginal area, even if it is now China, everyone knows the importance of the ocean through the later history of Li Xingxing, and those who get the ocean get the world!

But as we all know, it is difficult to change in a short period of time without sudden changes. What's more, this is not the old world after all, and no one knows how long it will be before the enemy will come from the sea in the future, and there is no sense of urgency.

In this case, it seems that it is not impossible to start with the land first, and then open up the sea after the basic situation has been stabilized on the land.

In particular, westward expansion is a step by step, without a single step, the territory within the step will be called the territory of China, and the southward is a leap forward, relying on the coast, the establishment of colonial cities at intervals, its inland, and even the territory between the colonial cities are not completely eaten into the mouth, can only be regarded as theoretically divided into the territory of China, how can the theory be attractive in practice!

In the minds of the Chinese people, this kind of colonial town is too far away from the mainland, no different from an enclave, and too empty! This kind of development method does not meet the appetite of Chinese officials.

Therefore, unlike what Li Kang imagined, after the civilian officials joined, they did not support the southward movement in a swarm, but most of them supported the westward expansion, and the situation of the navy not only did not turn backwards, but worsened the situation, which Li Kang did not expect.

Navy Headquarters, Navy Commander Kaifeng is writing letters quickly at the desk, and on the side of the table, there are several letters that have been written, he is now alone and desperately needs help.

"Someone!" shouted to Kaifeng after he had finished writing, carefully loading the letter into an envelope, then painting it with fire paint.

"Commander?"

"Send these three letters to Qi Huan Town as soon as possible, and be sure to hand them over to Admiral Liu, Mayor Qi, and Director Huang!" After handing over the two letters to the guards, Kaifeng said, "Go now, and then teach one person to come in!"

"No!" the guard took the letter, answered, and quickly turned to leave, and a short time later, another guard walked in.

The letter was sent to the mayor of Sanbao Town. As he spoke, he picked up another letter and handed it to the guard, "Go!

"No!"

"Send this letter to Zhao County Order of Shennong County, send this letter to Chairman Sanjiang Qian, and send this letter to the director of the factory. Make no mistake!" Kaifeng instructed with a serious face, "Go quickly! ”

This morning's ruffle, Kaifeng can be said to be blistered by the lips of such an army turtle, he didn't know that the civilian officials had also begun to show their attitudes, if they knew, it was estimated that they would not be able to eat the angry meal.

Li Kang can't eat now!

Of course, he was not angry, but depressed, feeling depressed about his mistakes, I didn't expect those civil officials to be so faceless, how could it be unreasonable! Don't you know that he, Li Kang, has always had a soft spot for the ocean?