Rong Lu looked down on these Japanese, "The Japanese knife met our Great Qing Kingdom, I don't know if it will be sharpened into a needle?" However, Brother Shaoquan is in the north, and he has managed the Beiyang Navy Division for a long time, dealing with the Japanese, and how to behave, the younger brother has to listen to Brother Shaoquan's opinions. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The two of them set the policy lightly and skillfully, and they had to fight back more or less against the actions of the Japanese, which was the confidence of the two people, and the imperial court did not have no action to deal with the Japanese, setting up the three provinces in the northeast, and sending Rong Lu, the secretary of the military department, to the northeast as the governor, which was the biggest warning and deterrent to the Japanese, but just that, it was not enough, more or less, there should also be actions at the local level, the governor of Zhili and the governor of the northeast, two people together, do some countermeasures, it is very appropriate. "The Japanese Yoshino is about to arrive, and if the warship wants to play a role, it can't be done without seven or eight months and a year of training," Li Hongzhang thought for a while, "The Beiyang Naval Division here, there is nothing that can be done deliberately, just cruising the Whale Sea, you can do it a few more times, after all, the Beiyang Naval Division used to be in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, and now since the Japanese don't know each other, while the Yoshino has not yet played a role, it is good to go to the Whale Sea to go around more and make them uncomfortable." ”

The Sea of Whales is what the Japanese call the "Sea of Japan", and in 1815 the Russian navigator A.J.V. Krusensters named the Sea of Japan. The eastern boundary of the Sea of Japan extends from Sakhalin Island in the north, Hokkaido, Honshu, and Kyushu in the Japanese archipelago; The western border is China in Eurasia; The southern border is the Korean Peninsula.

The Chinese side does not recognize this place name, when the Jin country, this sea is called "Jinhai" which means the sea of the Jin country, and later came to the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, because there are many whales here, the homonym will call this sea "whale sea", before this place is not much concerned, after all, there are few disputes in the northern seas, except that the Russians may come here to go south, in fact, for so many years, the number of times the Russians come to the whale sea is only a handful, there is no dispute, if it is not for the Beiyang Navy to defend Gyeonggi, There is no need to set up military ports in Shandong and Shengjing, and it is enough to go south to guard the East China Sea, but with the Japanese on the side, their navy has also risen, so the Whale Sea will have to play a more useful role.

The whale sea cruise is basically to stick to the coastline of Japan, which is also a deterrent to Japan, "Whether the new army can enter the three northeastern provinces, this is still undecided, and now the prime minister's yamen in foreign affairs is to go all out to pass through Africa and West Asia," Rong Lu nodded, and continued to say, "We can't help here, my side, the group training must be done first, I heard that there are many Japanese spies in Shengjing, and they are spying on intelligence everywhere, which is also not allowed, Shengjing is where the capital is, Although it is not an important economic zone, if there is anything wrong here, I don't have to be the governor of the three northeastern provinces, just wipe my neck. ”

"Other than that, Brother Shaoquan, I think," Rong Lu smiled slightly, "We brothers can do something together." ”

"Oh?" Li Hongzhang raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Zhonghua, you are the most thoughtful, I want to listen to your high opinions." ”

"The sailors cruising the Whale Sea, if there is no place to stay in the north, it will not go far, and in the old days, cruises, generally speaking, only go directly to the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, Sakhalin Island has not been there, because there is no transit port in the north, I mean," Rong Lu said, "in Vladivostok, Jilin, build a military port." ”

At this time, Heilongjiang has no outlet to the sea, Jilin from the North Korean side, all the way to the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, Sakhalin Island is also the jurisdiction of Jilin, we often hear in the Qing court drama of the famous Ningguta, is located in Jilin Province near the sea. Li Hongzhang nodded, "Vladivostok to build a military port?" This is a good idea, Vladivostok is an excellent ice-free port in the north, in the past, Britain and France attacked, Russia in the name of mediation, a mind to take Vladivostok into the bag, but unfortunately they did not succeed, the location of the port here is excellent, from North Korea is also very close, if there is anything wrong with North Korea, then it is very good to send troops in Vladivostok. It's not that I didn't have this idea in the old years, but where is Jilin, I have to listen to what their Jilin general means first, so it will be delayed. However, since Zhonghua is in charge of the Northeast, there is no problem with this matter. ”

"If a military port is built in Vladivostok, then the movement of the Japanese can be smaller," Rong Lu nodded, and continued, "A few years ago, General Jilin came to report that the fishermen on Sakhalin Island said that there are Japanese people who often go out on Sakhalin Island, and there is a port in Vladivostok where they can anchor, so Sakhalin Island can also be visited from time to time. ”

In addition to the route to the direction of Jinzhou, there are no merchant ships that will pass through the Whale Sea, but in recent years, the Sino-US trade has been a little more, in this way, the United States to Jinzhou and then to Sakhalin Island all the way down to Tianjin Port, although a little detour but also opened up a new route, the Russian Governor of East Siberia, is also very shrewd, in the Kamchatka Peninsula, forced to build a supply port out, the fee is very expensive, and often there is a suspicion of stealing customers, but the location is important, In addition, there are hot springs and so on in this place to enjoy, the merchants of the Qing Dynasty are the richest, and the transit supplies like to stay here, so the routes over the years have also increased one after another, and it is indeed imperative to build a military port in Vladivostok to manage the affairs of the whale sea and maintain the safety of the shipping lane.

"With Zhonghua, you are in charge of the Northeast, Ningguta, and Vladivostok are no longer a remote place," Li Hongzhang said with a smile, "Zhonghua still said that there is no secret body?" You have a lot more furrows in your chest than I do. ”

Rong Lu smiled slightly, "It's just a matter of seeking government in his position, I'm in the Northeast, thinking about it, I don't know much about foreign affairs, and I don't need to talk too much, as long as I do this military affairs well, the matter of foreign affairs will be annoying Brother Shaoquan in the future, not to mention anything else, first put Shengjing to the factory in Jilin, and build a few." ”

In a few words, the two of them negotiated the matter, Li Hongzhang wanted to set up a banquet to entertain, and before he sat down in the flower hall, Sheng Xuanhuai came, he first greeted Rong Lu, and then said to Li Hongzhang, "Concubine Min of North Korea has arrived in Tianjin, and said that she wants to see you." ”