(I'm very sorry.,Because the phone is lost.,So this chapter can't be uploaded until now.,It's my own pot.,Please forgive me.。 ）

It's another beautiful morning

In the Red Fort Dome Restaurant

Sunlight shines through European-style oval windows, which bring to life the intricate carvings and frescoes on the walls, and the long dining table is lined with silver candlesticks and flowers, as well as fruit and fine food.

Fan Zhongzhai, the head of the secretariat, Tian Shan, the deputy secretary general, and the eight newly selected first-class secretaries all sat at the table and waited quietly.

Among the 8 newly selected first-level secretaries, 7 of them are from Jiangnan, who have experienced European travel to broaden their horizons, have a deep and solid academic foundation, and have returned to Australia after another year of training in the grassroots department, with outstanding ability.

It is a basic condition that only those who are willing to be loyal to the Earl of Queensland may be selected as secretary.

Among the seven people from Jiangnan, two people with fame are the leaders, one is called Mo Rufeng, and the other is Nangong Yunfei, who is the best in everyone.

"Lord Earl arrives at ......"

Li An, the housekeeper in the restaurant, announced loudly, and all the secretariat officials who participated in the working breakfast stood up to greet him, and then he heard footsteps.

Li Fushou walked into the restaurant with brisk steps, looking energetic, and said cordially when he saw the secretaries in the restaurant; "Let's all sit down, no need to be polite, today there are several newcomers to participate in the work breakfast for the first time, I think the old people in the secretariat have explained, this is a habit of mine.

Every Monday and Wednesday is a routine working breakfast, eating is not the purpose, the main thing is to use the time of eating to communicate, it is more relaxed, and everyone will get used to it in the future.

Now that everyone has arrived, Ang Lee informed the kitchen to start eating, and we chatted while eating. ”

"Thank you, sir." The secretaries replied in unison.

"Well, let's get started."

Li Fushou nodded and sat down at the top position, and the maids served rich meals and fruits like flowing water, and soon filled the long table for the guests to take at will.

Li Fushou took a sip of hot milk and casually flipped through the "Sydney Prophet" that had just been delivered from the railway station this morning, which was published two days ago and delivered to the city of the Red River Valley as quickly as possible by the coastal railway.

Today's front-page headline in the Sydney Prophet is news from South Africa;

The Transvaal War is over, and peace is dawning!

The war between Britain and the Boers lasted more than four months, and because of the covert help of Germany and the Netherlands, many foreign volunteers joined it, and the Boers fought vigorously in the war, which made the British Imperial Army suffer greatly and suffered setbacks on the battlefield.

Forced to desperation

Britain opened negotiations with the Boers, according to reports from the front;

The British negotiators agreed to allow the South African Boers to form their own self-government under Her Majesty the Queen, but the British had the diplomatic rights of the Transvaal Autonomous Government, and the British had the right to do business freely, and the necessary rights and interests such as the right to residence and property were not impaired.

That is to say, the British were defeated, and some of the so-called superficial conditions were nothing more than a fig leaf, and what could not be obtained on the battlefield could not be obtained at the negotiating table.

"What do you think?" Li Fushou took another sip of milk and asked softly.

The important news in the newspaper, the Secretariat and others have read it and have a case, and are ready to answer the questions of the Earl.

If there is nothing to say, it will inevitably lose points in the heart of the Earl.

Every working breakfast is no less than a big test for the participants of the Secretariat, forcing them to cope with it with all their energy and dare not slack off.

From another point of view

This method sharpens the ability of secretaries, allows them to consider problems from the perspective of the overall situation, and through the comments of the Earl, they can deepen their understanding and improve, which is a valuable learning opportunity.

"Sir, I want to make a difference." Mo Rufeng was the first to answer.

"Oh, tell me about it." Li Fushou looked at him with encouraging eyes.

"From a humble point of view, the defeat suffered by Great Britain in South Africa was not only a military defeat, but also a geopolitical defeat, and it can be seen from the statements of the great powers of Europa that there was more mockery than sympathy."

Mo Rufeng peeked at Li Fushou, and saw that he was listening carefully, and he had some bottom in his heart, so he continued;

"The general sympathy of the Boers in Europe is another reflection of the psychology of the great powers of Europa who are tired of the involvement of Great Britain in the affairs of the continent, and the more undisguised rhetoric of the German and Dutch public opinion is undoubtedly the best illustration of this psychology.

The defeat of the Imperial Army in South Africa was called by The Times;

The Boers won a war in which they fell asleep, Her Majesty did not lose an inch of land, and we lost the war.

The comments were full of ridicule of Downing Street and the War Office, reflecting the weakness of the Army, which struggled to maintain a colony on all continents with a limited force, which was good news for Australia. ”

After speaking, Mo Rufeng looked at Lord Earl nervously, waiting for his comment.

Li Fushou put down the spoon in his hand, wiped his mouth with a napkin and said; "Public opinion is only public opinion, it does not represent the position of the national governments, Britain supported the Germans against the French in the Franco-Prussian War, and after the establishment of the German Empire, the relationship between Britain and France quickly became closer, and in turn supported the French against the Germans.

This illustrates a grim reality

On the European continent today, no one can refuse friendship from Great Britain, no one can shake the position of Great Britain, and as long as the Royal Navy of the British Empire is not weakened or defeated, the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets will not diminish a single point.

As for the small defeat of the British Army in South Africa, it can be understood as a tiger napping, temporarily scratched by a little wolf cub, which will not change anything.

The British Empire has the largest number of colonies in the world, occupying 1/4 of the world's land resources, and if it is serious, it can mobilize millions of troops from all over the world to invest, which is by no means something that a small Boer can contend with.

So, the question for South Africa is just whether Downing Street wants to keep playing, doesn't want to pay more to win, not whether it can win. ”

Speaking of which

Li Fushou took a hot xiaolongbao and put it in his mouth and chewed it, feeling the delicious taste of the mixture of meat filling and dough, which could fully satisfy the preferences of Huaxia appetite, nodded appreciatively, and said vaguely in his mouth; "Eat, today's xiaolongbao is good, everyone try it."

Many of them chewed on the words of the Earl repeatedly, looking at the essence through superficial phenomena and feeling that they had a deeper understanding of international issues.

Public opinion has misled everyone's opinion, at first glance, it seems that the whole world is watching the joke of the British Empire, but in fact, the real strong people don't care about these gossips at all, what can public opinion change?

"Thank you for your teachings, Rufeng has been taught." Mo Rufeng said respectfully.

"Eat, xiaolongbao is good."

Li Fushou drank a bowl of porridge, ate a few xiaolongbaozi, and ate two pieces of grilled golden steak, then took two sips of juice and opened the "Sydney Prophet" to read it.

An important local news in Australia is that the Royal Lancaster Grenadier Battalion stationed in Sydney took the initiative to encircle and suppress the increasingly rampant horse bandits, and surrounded more than 100 Scarface bandits in a place called Sunset Valley in Victoria.

The two sides fought fiercely for a long time

The encirclement and suppression team formed by the Lancaster grenadier battalion and the local militia finally won the victory at great cost, killing the bandit leader Scarface Ek and several other notorious horse bandit leaders, killing 51 horse bandits, capturing 37, and the rest fled.

Newspaper reviews praised the bravery of the men and men of the South Carster Grenadier Battalion as a glorious victory, comparable to the encirclement of Lord Earl Queensland at Thylacine Rocks, and then a great deal of fleshy praise.

Li Fushou glanced at it a few times and didn't continue to look at it, looked up and saw the concerned gaze of Fan Zhongzhai, the head of the secretariat, and asked with a light smile; "Zhongzhai, what do you think?"

"Master, the bandits in southern Australia are getting more and more fierce, eliminating the Scarface Gangs and the Billy Kid Gang, as well as dozens of other bandits, large and small, the weeds are inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows and grows, unless there is a large-scale cleaning operation, it is difficult to reverse the situation, at best, it is a headache and a foot pain."

"That's right, I got the news that the Lancaster grenadier battalion was disabled this time, and the team of more than 600 people in total was killed and wounded more than 170 people, and Mr. Governor was so angry that he dropped his cup and almost pulled out his pistol to kill the commander, hehehe......" Li Fushou smiled a little ill-willedly.

The British garrison in the whole of Australia is less than 2,000 people, and the Lancaster grenadier battalion is one of the two main forces.

We must not underestimate the horse bandits wandering in the wilderness, these ferocious gangsters know that once they are caught, they will be hanged, so they are very resolute in fighting and resisting, coupled with their cunning as foxes and rich combat experience, they have brought a lot of casualties to the encirclement and suppression troops.

The British infantry battalion stationed in Australia has been peaceful for a long time, and has been enjoying life on the remote continent of Australia, pretending to be a bigwig everywhere during the day to show off his superiority, molesting women, and drinking and making trouble in bars at night is a good hand, but as a result, he appears in his original form on the battlefield, and he is not worthy of sympathy at all.

Fan Zhongzhai and Tian Shan both laughed, and Tian Shan said; "Some newspapers in New South Wales and Victoria have slandered Queensland's clean-up military operation as an insidious attempt by white men to make room for immigrants.

This time they have hit a hard stubble themselves, and I expect that some media will promote a strange argument that the large-scale crackdown in Queensland is driving all the most vicious bandits to southern Australia, and that they should be responsible for the deteriorating law and order in southern Australia.

Anyway, no matter what we do, it is wrong, and the southern states have always treated it with a picky attitude, which has led to many obstacles in the southern extension of the coastal railway, and it is difficult to implement it.

Master, do you think we can launch an expedition and take advantage of the situation to push our forces into the south, otherwise it will be difficult to see obvious results in 10 years just by the erosion of immigrants. ”

"There's no rush to this." Li Fushou shook his head, took a sip of soup with a spoon, put it down, thought about it for a while and said; "With our present appetites we cannot swallow the southern states, and the mere excuse of contempt for the aristocracy is not very convincing, and can easily arouse the hostility and vigilance of London.

What's more, the Shangri-La issue is imminent, and we need strong support from London to eat this desert island first.

Don't look at the calm now, it's because our news is blocked.

In fact, the British colonial department, the Germans, the French and even the Americans all took a fancy to this island, but I took the lead.

Once the lid is lifted, hehehe......

Just look, all forces will come to the stage to perform, and it will be very lively at that time. ”

Fan Zhongzhai and Tian Shan thoughtfully digested this paragraph of information, and the other secretaries also stopped the chopsticks in their hands and thought secretly, and the restaurant fell silent for a while.

"Sir, after the end of the war with the French Emperor Napoleon, the British once took the initiative to withdraw from the resource-rich island of Java, how can they now look at Shangri-La, where there is nothing but territory, and the United States and Germany, how can they want to intervene in Shangri-La? The humble duty was puzzled, and asked the master for advice. Nangong Yunfei asked.

His words were also what everyone wanted to ask, and all the eyes of attention converged on Li Fushou's face.

Li Fushou unhurriedly finished eating the fried bun in his hand, feeling that he was almost full, picked up the hot towel offered by the maid and wiped his mouth and hands, and then said;

"This time and that time!

The British took the lead in forming seven anti-French alliances, and finally won the Battle of Waterloo, defeating the French Emperor Napoleon across the continent, and finally died on an exiled desert island.

This was the largest historical event of the early 19th century, which affected the entire 19th century Europe and the world pattern, and its significance was extremely far-reaching.

There can be no doubt that the European Balancing Strategy, as the core and priority of British diplomacy, was at all times superior to the other colonies.

From the 18th century to the mid-19th century, the British digested the vast Indian colony, which had everything they wanted, abundant resources, cheap labor, and a vast market.

Compared to India, Java is nothing more than an inconspicuous piece of meat and bone on the dinner table, and the British don't mind throwing it to the Dutch when they have eaten too much, because the Dutch, although small, is fierce and aggressive, and is not a character to be messed with.

Now the situation is different

The British had consolidated their colonial rule in India, while in the Far East ......"

Li Fushou pointed to the north with his finger and continued with a look of embarrassment; "The Shenzhou Continent, which we all love deeply, the British have figured out the general truth after two opium wars, and they know that they can't eat this huge ancient empire, so the current demand is to obtain trade rights in Tianjin, Huhai and Guangdong Province to further find out the details.

In Nanyang, the British launched a war against Burma to further expand the colony.

On Fuso, the British had gained the same extraterritoriality and other priorities as the Americans by the threat of force, and imposed unequal treaties on the Fuso, a impoverished overseas island nation that had become a de facto semi-colony.

So the British look around and soon see that Shangri-La has no owner yet.

Of course, that was in the past. ”

Speaking of this, Li Fushou couldn't help laughing happily, and everyone laughed too, and the restaurant was full of joyful atmosphere.

"As for the Germans and the Americans, that's another matter." Li Fushou's voice sounded, and the laughter in the restaurant quickly fell silent, and everyone listened to him attentively.

After Kaiser Wilhelm I won the Franco-Prussian War, he looked around the world and was surprised to find that because the reunification of Germany was too late and too late, the whole world had been occupied by the old colonists such as Britain, France, and Jose, leaving no leftovers for the Germans.

Unless a war is waged against the great powers of Europe, overseas markets should not be considered.

Perhaps with the last bit of hope, we will send people to cast a net all over the world to find places where we can start, with Africa as a focus, South America as a focus, and the South Seas region, including the Far East.

The situation was similar in the Americans, who, in the first quarter of 1881, had surpassed Britain in steel production to become the world's largest producer of steel.

This is a signal that represents the rise of North American power.

American scholars declared;

The East Indies were never a formal state, but a primitive archipelago that the Dutch did not have, and will not be able to fully control, the vast archipelago.

From these words, you can hear that the Americans covet the archipelago, and we also found traces of the Americans on Shangri-La Island, which illustrates the problem from another side.

So gentlemen, although we swallowed Shangri-La in one gulp, we haven't really digested it yet, maybe a punch can make us spit it out.

This punch could have been made by a Dutchman, a German or an American, and it should not be taken lightly.

The relevant immigration work cannot be relaxed, remember, remember! ”

"Keep the humble rank in mind, and never dare to slack off." Fan Zhongzhai, the head of the secretariat, looked solemn.

"That's good, I've finished eating, you can eat slowly." Li Fushou stood up and strode away, and the secretaries got up to send them off, and then looked at the rich and exquisite food on the table with some reluctance, and resolutely turned around and left.

Lord Earl got up and left to mean that breakfast was over, and all the secretaries were actually not full on this occasion, but Lord Earl would go to Lingxiao Pavilion immediately, and they could only go to work immediately to meet the busy work of the new day.

Qinglong City

The No. 3 High School Affiliated to the University of the Red River Valley

This is a school for street children in the Eagle Project, and anyone who has reached the age of 16 and has excellent academic performance in the school opened by Guangjitang on the mainland coast can get the opportunity to study in a secondary school affiliated to Australia.

After entering 1881

The number of school-age teenagers from the mainland has increased dramatically, reaching an average of 3,500 per month, all of which are transported by Guangjitang's subordinate shipping companies, which greatly saves related immigration costs.

in school

The young students in their prime are uniformly wearing light gray short-sleeved shirts with small lapels, and the boys have short hair, and the girls also have short ear-length hair, looking very youthful and energetic.

They sang songs loudly and lined up in a neat line under the command of the instructor to welcome the arrival of their idols with anticipation.

Today, the Earl of Queensland will inspect Secondary School No. 3 and surrounding schools.

Most of the children here are orphans or street children, who once struggled to survive until Guangjitang extended a warm helping hand to save the children from the sea of suffering.

In the school opened by Guang Chai Tang, the children heard for the first time the name of Lord Earl of Queensland, who saved thousands of children, gave the warmth of home and enough food, and taught children to read and read and understand the truth, which is no less than the grace of reconstruction.

With a sincere sense of gratitude, all the children came to the playground to greet the most revered person in their hearts ~ Lord Earl of Queensland.

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