The weeping willows are deep, and the lake water is clear. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

A few egrets are rippling in the green waves, crossing their necks and frolicking, flapping their wings but still nostalgic.

The Summer Palace in May is undoubtedly beautiful, the flowers are splendid, the eyes are not noticed, and the Kunming Lake is like a pool of green jade, giving people a feeling of relaxation and happiness.

Because of the early introduction of environmental protection and ancient building protection concept, the old Beijing city next door has been protected to a large extent, although there are also factories built, but after the land sale and purchase are strictly supervised, and the Ministry of Construction has also set up a special agency to manage, many polluting factories have been planned in advance and moved to the Tianjin coastal area.

But in the current era, Li Mo has no way to completely solve industrial pollution, he can only try to control it, this is the price of environmental development, even Britain and the United States have no way to change anything in this era.

Looking at the surrounding scenery, Chen Ping couldn't help but have a feeling that things were wrong, this garden representing Huagao's masterpiece had never thought he would come in from time to time before it was replaced.

In just ten years, looking back, Chen Ping will also have the feeling that things are wrong, the twelve-year-old boy promised himself that all the things he promised have been realized, and they have greatly exceeded a lot, especially after the statistics of the Prime Minister's Office came out a few months ago, he and everyone were taken aback, it turned out that this country under the leadership of the young emperor in front of him had quietly surpassed France, becoming the fourth largest country after the three powers of the United States, Britain and Germany, and even the industrial status surpassed the old France

Although this has something to do with the population base, he was able to pull the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had the reputation of the world's largest economic power decades ago, back from its rapidly declining rankings, and from an industrially backward country with only Hanyang and a few manufacturing bureaus to an industrial country that is now beginning to take shape and can even build the world's most powerful battleships

In his opinion, the role of the young emperor was not how much money he spent, how much land he encircled, or how many hundreds of thousands of machines and equipment he bought, but with the ideas and meticulous planning that no one knew where in his head came from, and gradually revitalized the country with a very clear order.

It is true that in terms of per capita ranking, Hua is even inferior to the Ottoman Empire, which is known as the sick man of Europe, but the vigorous spirit shown is already impressive, especially the victory parade a few years ago, which completely aroused the fighting spirit of the people of the whole country, so that all the Chinese sons and daughters who still have not as good ideas as foreigners in their minds clearly know that we have stood above the world

This kind of encouragement, even a few years later, is still in the newspapers from time to time

When the Ten-Year Naval Planning Act was passed, even he was in a trance, for he found that he had been unwittingly around this young man for fifteen years, starting that winter of 1892, and fifteen years was a long experience for anyone. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

So when he came with this information, he thought that Li Mo would definitely be surprised, because the Americans were almost learning from China's victory parade not long ago, as long as the round-the-world voyage was successful, all walks of life in the United States would definitely be greatly excited, but he never expected that Li Mo would carelessly put aside the information that the American fleet was preparing to launch a large-scale round-the-world voyage, this action made him and Duan Fei frown, and seemed to be a little puzzled why he would turn a blind eye, you must know that according to the intelligence, It was a huge voyage that could involve more than twenty capital battleships.

It's just that they know that Li Mo's elders have known about the Great White Fleet for a long time, and they will naturally not be surprised when they hear it, not to mention that this is not so much a display of national strength and image, but rather a splendid after the previous dreadnought era, because this fleet has long been outdated.

To describe it as a radical phrase he saw in the BB Party forum in his previous life, it was "the biggest garbage removal operation in history".

The words are very extreme, but there is still some truth, because the battleships currently in service in the United States are all outdated models, but the strong industrial manufacturing capacity of the United States has been reflected in this voyage, and perhaps few people have thought that in fact, before the dreadnought, the United States on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean was the United States on the other side of the Atlantic.

If it weren't for the poor technology of the United States before World War I, and the deliberate restrictions on technology transfer by Britain, France, and other countries, the United States might have made the world's strongest dreadnought fleet.

But even so, the United States still has 26 battleships, 8 armored cruisers and other warships, and in terms of total tonnage in service, it has quietly surpassed China and become the fourth navy in the world.

This thriving industrial country is constantly showing its teeth, but as one cartoon describes, although it has a pot-bellied body, its teeth and claws are still not sharp enough, just as it has shown its strength to Japan in history.

If spending 180 million to buy full control of the Panama Canal was just a bit of blood for the United States, then the Caribbean ship collision incident has deeply stimulated this rising country, and it can't wait.

After getting up and stretching, Li Mo motioned for the two to walk with him, but after taking two steps, he suddenly changed the topic: "Has Lenin returned to Europe?" How much do you really want from him? ”

"Hehe, how much good can he do." Chen Ping shook his head and smiled: "I took out a total of 100,000 pounds, took away 20,000 disabled veterans, and asked for 5,000 rifles." ”

"Hehe, don't underestimate him." Li Mo smiled and shook his fingers: "The Bolsheviks have looted a lot in Russia over the years, and they still have many sympathizers in Europe, if they are really armed, it should not be a problem to arm hundreds of thousands of people." ”

"Not bad." Duan Fei agreed: "According to the information we have, the party led by Lenin still has some family backgrounds, and they took the opportunity to rob the property of many rich people in the last Russian turmoil, although there are no specific statistics, we estimate that there are definitely millions of pounds alone." ”

"Oh? Then why didn't you say it earlier, you would have known that I was lying to him a little more. Chen Ping rubbed his hands, it seemed that he had a pity for this good opportunity.

"Don't worry, this is just a stone-throwing for them to ask for directions, at present, we are the only ones who can provide them with weapons in large quantities, the enemy of the enemy is a friend He knows very well, and he brought 20,000 people back this time, the Bolsheviks will definitely be able to increase their momentum, so it will cause great pressure on Nicholas II, and Nicholas II will hate them" Li Mo squinted his eyes and said: "So if they contact again, they will sell but people must not let go again"

Ping Gang nodded in response, Li Mo turned his head to Duan Fei and said: "You have to continue to strengthen the infiltration in Russia, the Bolsheviks have also offended many people in order to accumulate wealth and incite violence* over the years, those people are the object of your attention, if you can absorb a group, then it will be convenient to act." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, we're already working on it."

"That's good." Li Mo was still very relieved of Duan Fei, compared to others, this uncle and intelligence chief was undoubtedly one of the people who knew his thoughts.

Hearing that Li Mo had been asking about Lenin, but had not said a word about the American fleet, Duan Fei and Chen Ping took the lead in asking, "Your Majesty, what about the American fleet?" ”

"What's the hurry?" Li Mo smiled: "Such a large fleet, the speed is slow, it will take half a year to start from the east coast to bypass South America to reach the San Diego base, and if they get here, I'm afraid it will be at least the end of the year." ”

"But the U.S. has already asked us to enter Honolulu for a break in coaling, and we're going to Japan, and we think the U.S. may take advantage of this opportunity to expand its influence in Japan."

"Oh?" Chen Ping's words made Li Mo stop, this is something he didn't expect, in the previous life, Japan was strong, and after the arrival of the American fleet, it only showed its muscles, and now Japan is weak, so will the United States take this opportunity to make some small tricks and use Japan to contain itself?

Thinking of this, he immediately turned his head, looked at the two of them and asked, "Is there any definite information?" ”

"Not really, but if it were me, I would never give up this opportunity, and there are still many people in Japan who are trying to restore the emperor's rights, so we have these concerns." Chen Ping replied.

"What about Saigo?"

"He is a person who knows the current affairs and is very aware of the current relations between our two countries, so he has always advocated reconciliation with us, but the more this happens, the more fierce the opposition in Japan becomes, and there have been several assassinations against him recently." Duan Fei immediately gave a general overview of the current situation in Japan.

Judging from the indications, it is obvious that some young people in Japan have been deceived by a certain kind of demagoguery and are conspiring in an organized way to gather against Saigo Congdo, and in addition, they have also received contradictions between the United States and China, and are ready to take this opportunity to use the United States to contain China and help Japan get out of its current predicament.

Moreover, according to the observation of the Ministry of Intelligence, this trend has already shown signs of spreading, so Duan Fei will be worried that if the American fleet arrives in Japan, those radicals will take the opportunity to seize power, coupled with the strength of the American fleet after its arrival, it is very likely to reverse the situation of Japan at the moment in one fell swoop

Li Mo didn't expect that this country that he had forgotten would actually start chaos again, although this kind of chaos no longer threatens him, but it is obviously not a good thing to let the United States continue to interfere.

World War I has not been a few years, and there is no time to do Tai Chi, so no matter whether the speculation of the two will happen or not, Japan must clearly realize that his knife is not rusty, so seeing Li Mo's eyes cold, Chen Ping immediately suggested: "Your Majesty, Yokosuka is in our hands, do you want it?" ”

"No, we can't do that." Li Mo waved his hand, and the corners of his mouth hooked a sinister smile: "Yuanshou, you immediately send someone to visit North Korea and contact Jin Kainan." Tell him that we are currently in the process of adjusting our military deployment, that we need some troops to help defend Yokosuka, and that if we can, we might as well fund them to be stationed in charge of the defense. ”

"Let the North Koreans go?" Duan Fei interjected: "Will they be willing?" ”

"Yes."

Chen Ping seemed to understand what Li Mo meant, he didn't want to make trouble in the backyard again, at least there should not be an existence similar to Cuba, he wanted to take the opportunity to stifle all external destabilizing factors, but he couldn't destroy the ruling foundation of Saigo Congdao, which had been supported with great difficulty in the past two years, and he didn't want the Japanese to be too hostile to China, and he was ready to let the Koreans take action, so he said: "North Korea has been bullied by Japan for so many years, and it was very active when it was against Russia when they cooperated with the stationing on Shikoku Island, and now a regiment there, We are more active in the management of public security than we are, and if we are willing to bear the military expenses, Jin Kainan should not refuse. ”

"And, hum, he should understand who the master is by now"

As soon as Chen Ping's two cold snorts ended, Li Mo nodded: "Go and do it, there is only one purpose, to keep Xixiang from the road, and our people don't do it."

"Yes."

After seeing the two of them leave, Li Mo was just about to go back to the study to check the information of the Great White Fleet that he had recorded in his early years, when he saw Li Xiufeng suddenly walk in with a familiar figure.

"Thomas, you damn thing, it's been a year now"